The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 15, 1901, Page 1

8 "VOLUME XC—NO. all. 137. 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CLERICS AND LAYMEN CAST VOTE AGAINST HE REMARRIAGE OF DIVORCED PERSONS STIRRING SPEECHES ARE LISTENED TO BY CROWDED GALLERIES Orators Display Considéerable Emotion in Discussing the Grave Question of [atrimonial Ties. day of debate on the on on remar- divorced persons y Church Deputies of the Epis- sitting ds a s and voted on the all-im- of the debate wded with ladies test interest guished clerics pated in the reli- amendment of the w York to allow for adul- vorce the Fouse of clergy of s thought, however, t defeated wher operative The vote will n by the House of De pu- n the House of Deputies ession to pass upon I mary Bishops e church. There and four of these The fifth was r ymination was that of Ch: ted States army and Bishop s of t fons favorable actio sionar ishope held a busy ses- A long letter w t to the Episcopal chure t stitution to adopt re the church of Bishops for was also consecrate A resolutions that country listened to -the | cated by 173 noes | y divorced | resignation of In the event | adopted relative - to *he Bishop Willis of Honolulu. o be called a missionary. district of the Episcopal church of America prelate will be nominated to go and care for the epiritual needs of Bishop Willis will then of the the community. be made an honorary member House of Bishops |DEATH TAKES CHURCHWOMAN Yirs. Emery Twing of New York a Victim of Pneu- monia. fary Abbot Emery Twing of New nd honorary and first ‘active secre- tary of the Woman's Auxiliary, died last evening at St. Luke’s Hospital. Pneumo- nia caused death. { Mre. Twing came out here to attend the Episco vention, and up to four days ago he was taken down with the | | ilness t carried her off, was an inter- este or at all the sessions. | Her a after so short an indisposi- tior ol n a great shock to the | Epis world, in which she was great »1. Always an active work- er, st many close personal friends | amor se ted with the manage- ment f chur airs. In the Woman's | Auxi Las always taken a deep | intere No ngements have yet been made for the rvices will be held in | this ci of her fellow workers are hered. The re- mains The decease French Miners Favor Striking. PARIS Oct. 14—The result of the coal miners’ endum on the question of a general =*ike is that 40,000 voted in favor of & gencral strike and 10,000 cast thelr | otee Asoinst About 110,000 men did sister to Archdeacon Twing of this | f bis_withdrawal from that district it | - SCENE IN TRINITY, CHURCH WHEN THE HOUSE OF DEPUTIES, SITTING AS A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, VOTED TO ADOPT THE CANON PASSED BY THE HOUSE OF BISHOPS PROHIBITING THE RE- MARRIAGE OF DIVORCED PERSONS. DEPUTIES CAST THEIR BALLOTS IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Prohibitory Canon Is Adopted by Small Majority, but| May Meet Defeat on the Final Vote. FTER three days of most earn- est debate the House of Dep- utles of the General Conven- tion of the Episcopal church voted yesterday to concur in the canon adopted by the House of Bishops which pro- hibits the clergy of the denomination from marrying any person who has been divorced. The House of Deputles, sitting as a com- mittee of the whole, voted down the gmendment to the ¢anon offered by the Rev. Dr. Huntington of New York, which exempted the innocent party to a divorce for infidelity from the ban of prohibition. On a rising vote taken yesterday the Huntington amendment was defeated by 173 to 155, and the canon was adopted by 182 to 138, \ The canon will not become final, how- ever, until it Is adopted by the House of Deputies, voting by orders. These are fitty-nine dloceses represented in the con- vention, each 3iocese having a lay and a clerical vote. It will require a majority of the dioceses to make the prohibitory | canon against remarriage of divorced persons effective. The deputies resolved into committee of the whole at 10:230 yesterday morning, as previously agreed upon. Deputy Joseph Packard of Maryland presided and Dep- uty Lewis of Pennsylvania led the debate. The committee by a unanimous vote de- cided to take the final vote at the hour of noon, allowing Deputy Lewis unlimited time in which to make the reply for the special committee having the divorce canon in charge. The Rev. Howard Stuck of Dallas re- opened the debate and spoke as follows: 1 am glad to have the opportunity of asking the gentlemen who, on the floor of the house, have so vehemently maintained the right to the dissolution of marriage, whether it is real- 1y possible to dissolve marriage unless it Is possible to dissolve the consequences of mar- riage. It presents Itself to me as a very im- portant consideration. It has been said here that adultery is worse than divorce; and yet 1 think I shall but echo the sentiments of every clergyman here who has had any sort of experience in pastoral work when I say that I have in my own short ministry again and | again pleaded against divorce and urged the condonation of repeated acts of adultery rath- er than the institution of proceedings for di- voree. Why? On account of the children; In order that those innocent lives should mot rest under the stigma that the father was a debauchee or | the mother a lewd woman. And I hold with the learncd and reverend deputy from New York, the rector of St. Bartholomew's, who made such a stirring speech in this convention, that there is a relationship which no courts of law. civil or ecclesfastical, can possibly dissolve, a spiritual relation as well as 2 phy- sical one; that if you cannot dissolve the re- lation between parent and child, which is one of the consequences of marriage, neither can you dissolve the marriage relation itself. I am glad to devote a few minutes of the ten that I have allowed to me to express the growing emotions of indignation with which I sat and listened to the reverend and learncd gentleman who represents the forelgn churches when he brought that ralling accusation against the whole nation and against the whole Continued to Page Three. BISHOP WILLIS MAY RELINQUISH CHARGE IN FAR-OFF HAWAII Confers With Committee of Prelates and Shows an Inclination to Withdraw From Honolulu. HERE Is every indication that | an amicable settlement has been reached between the House of Bishops of the Pro- testant Episcopal Church of America and the Right Rev. | Dr, Willis, Bishop of Hono- lulu, who represents the English church in that district. Owing to the executive | sessions held by this august body nothing | has been given out as to the terms of the proposed settlement of the long standing | dispute between the house and the prelate | named, but there is every indication, how- | ever, that within a few days the English Bishop ‘will resign his charge and the | church of this country will look after the interests of her people in the Hawailan | Islands. | The matter has been In the hands of a | special committee of the House of Bish- | ops and yesterday this committee sub- | mitted the following resolutions, which | were adopted: ‘ Resolved, That In view of the action of the Bishop of Honolulu communicated the | Bishops in council, devolving upon this house | the Episcopal oversight of the work of the | church -in Honolulu and parts adjacent, this house hereby signifies its acceptance of the same and its purpose to take at an early day such action as may be necessary and expedfent in the premises. Resolved, That when such action is taken the presiding Bishop be requested to place the missionary district of Honolulu under the charge of one of the Bishops of this church until such time as a Bishop shall be duly chosen for the see of Honolulu. Resolved, That in recognition of “the long to services of the Bishop of Honolulu the house hereby makes it a matter of record that ucon the reliquishment of his as asreed upon Dbetween him and committee of the council of Bishops, this house extends to him a loving welcome to an honorary seat whenever it may be in his | power to attend its sessions. Resolved, That the Hawallan Islands are | hereby constituted a misslonary - district of this church by the name of the missionary dis- trict of Honolulu, said action to take effect on | the 1st day of April, 1902 Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That consent is hereby gfven for the election of a Bishop for the missionary district of Hono- 1ulu in the discretion of the House of Bishame Bishop Willis has represented the Eng- lish church in the islands for many years. He has conducted services in the Episco- pal church every Sunday, but his con- gregations have been made up of his fol~ lowers. The Rev. Alexander Mackintosh, D. D., rector of the church, has conducted services for those not in accord with the Bishop. The feud has been of long stand- ing and was intensified at the time of the annexation of the islands. The opponents of Bishop Willis felt that he should im- mediately resign from his see and that as a foreign Bishop he should not maintain his jurisdiction. The Episcopal congrega- tion of Honolulu desires to join the Amer- ican church, but the whole matter has. since annexation, been unfavorable on ag- count of large property interests which Bishop Willis claims belong to the Eng- lish chureh. The house agreed to the report of the committee on marginal readings and also adopted the resolutions of sorrow on ihe untimely death of the late President. The Presiding Bishop was empowered to call a session of the House of Bishops in the event a Bishop should resign. Heretor fore the church had to wait untll the house held its trfennial convention befors the vacancy was filled. A furt®er reso- lution was adopted empowering tne Eouse of Bishops to declare a missionary dixtrict vacant where the Bishop has been dis- abled’ or incapacitated. The passage of this resolution was dus to the fact that Bishop Wingfleld of North~ ern Califérnia became weak and unable to send in his resignation. The House of Bishops passed a canon fixing the age of a deaconess at thirty and direction that she must be unmarried or & widow. At the afternoon session a letter was drafted to be sent to the Episcopal church of Mexico. It is as follows: The House of Bishops acknowledges the re- ceipt of the communication, addressed to it by the synod of the Mexican Episcopal chureh assembled In the City of Mexico on the 1Sth day of December, 1900, asking for the conse- cration of Bishops for the church. - The Bishops Continued to Page Four. *