The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 15, 1901, Page 3

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. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1901. MISSIONARY PRELATES ARE ELECTED TO SERVE IN FOUR VACANT DIOCESES | g - FISSION FIELDS | IS THEIR STUDY Bishops With Extra Territorial Jurisdiction Speak of Their Labors. | SAFEGUARD LIES WITH THE WOMEN Noted Bishops Urge Sobriety at a Meeting of the Church Tem- perance Society. 1 4 J oy ° 1 | i Wfi@’fzfirfi?fl}mfim, 0 . - consideration of the] of christianizing the Philippines is pro- b L iR PO AT b i HE Church Temperance So- | which no one can take off your shoulders. It ard of Missi gressing favorably. H | ciety convened last night at | lies with the women whether son or brother at Trin In Porto Rico, according to reports, it| | i Re's | Church. Prayers | O sweetheart goes to the dogs. The respon- v seems a little bit more difficult to impress | | St. Luke's urch. y sibility is all the greater, that knowing tha large o g i Vest Virginia | « I and addresses by noted Bish- | weakness of men you will not strive the more. P the natives. Brazil and West Virginia | 4 s . 2 3 cleric: > 2 b ops made up the services. | You must begin with the women who are Achic D s i 02 Bt 8 o Dudley of Kentucky | DY nature the spiritual influence which should fmpor- | work was extremely dificule - DISTINGUISHED PRELATES OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH WHO ARE IN ATTENDANCE AT B!dshotpd ume:' O ervices and | ¢, exercised for the redemption of men. ° <ume 0! one was 2 JIN = IVEN JOW - s v IN ucte e se i v of d o therefore | ered entirely satistying, for in many of THE NINTH TRIENNIAL CONVENTION, WHICH IS NOW IN ITS THIRD WEEK'S SESSION IN THIS CITY. il s of Dalias and | wAS (o tha'heredity of drunkumens. The g these districts the people are so closely wedded to the traditions of their fore- fathers that the introduction of new forms of worship are extremely difficult. THE DELEGATES WILL CONCLUDE THEIR WORK THURSDAY NIGHT. <+ = e it that, if he has sons and daughters, he will leave a dangerous heritage, and the son or daughter of such a man always fears alcohol | as an agent of awful harm. The reason why e text from e sermons of the the Bishop of Georgia expounded the ben- | efits to be derlved from a course of tem- perance. The Bishop of Kentucky was the first sias The Bishops are convinced that with am- | g St G ok TR o A stimulants seem to be necessary is physical ple funds at their disposal they can carry | to speak. He was followed by the B”‘;W- depletion. This provokes a desire of stimu- out the text “Go ve therefore and teach <% Datlas, the concluding address falling | Jepletion. This provokes a des to_the lot of the Bishop of Georgla. I ask you to bear in mind to use this safe- The Bishop of Georgia said in part: guard. Keep your bodies in soberness, tem- There is a large responsibility, dear sisters, | perance and chastity. ettt e O loyal to Christ, unfaithful to the prayer booi. ns. vas with extreme regret that the announcement that the Bishop of Alaska was unavoidably absent was Teceived, This new “land of gold” is considered one of the most promising fields. The native: it was sald, are ready to receive the Gos ONLY THREE DAYS NOW REMAIN FOR EPISCOPAL i CHURCH TO TRANSACT WORK OF THE CONVENTION. T 10 a. m. to-day the House of Bishops will again meet in the Sunday-school room of Trin- nis chosen or a: listened with acquired ter- , gathered in tion, commanded what the church of her w and the iu- | pel, but while the efforts so far made hav z X i X | fathers did not allow. What do these things | I cail upon this convention to turn down such DS, Sout D P BRNL, s : . h | legislation. 1 call upon the gentlemen on the nations that | met with a small modicum of succ | ity Church for the transaction of business, resuming its session at 3 p. m. after the midday indicate if they do not indicate that the church | legislation. T ¢ e st - 2 e that time came In |is hoped that with better means of | | 7 ! f 4 > 3P f Y of the living God iz helping to open the gates | JToct, SI0g 00 sons. for turning againet our through which is rushing the tide which event- land the greatest desolation of the ages? Our Anglo-Saxon civilization is doomed un- communication the missionaries will be more assiduously and be en- the | abled to overcome nature's obstacles. also A recess. The House of Deputies will assemble in Trinity Church at 10 a. m. and will probably take | greatest scholars? WIll they offer it on the ground that Dr. Fulton of Pennsylvania did the other day, that the clergy of this church who Philippines Per Brazil, who are 1 ‘urther session of the Board of Mis- i £ z p { '\t at Its strongest and | are so cowardly that the sheep can't be al- s also the Bisho slons will be held to-night, at whic the final vote on the canon on marriage and divorce, which passed the committee of the whole yester- Jess Ry N T I tity ana the integ- | lowed the full stretch of pasture that Christ 2 2 re detai distinguished workers in the i o oy 0 f S aohola otk p PrES Tity of the family must and shall be preserved. 5 —~ Tk ield 1 speak. ay. e House, sitting as the committee of the whole, has yet to pass upon the canon on discipline Thousands upon thousands are Continued on Page Four. hour looking to this convention in the strong hope that we, with confidence and courageous convictions, will glve this church of ours the prestige of masterly leadership in the great movement for social regeneration. DEPUTIES VOTE for divorced persons who remarry. This evening at 8 o’clock the two houses will meet jointly as the Board of Missions and hear ADVERTISEMENTS. e was being nisrepresented. He did not that immorality in Italy was the re- ROMAN CHURCH. *ameron Mann canon in the follow- NDS THE only faintly recog- ention, not at the dua as a memorial | or group of dioceses, but | not meeting the issue, ¢ ought to be done, and this house to t ters which are re individual or some reported by the com- Bishops are amend- t the thing back where e it just exactly Where se smendment means the old were dissatisfled iticism which has been ment of the delegafe from am no apologist for of every man, cler- this house, Whether, as & tholics of the United States ably distinguished by their and remarriage. terrupted to say that Dr. Nevin in Cat R olic priests. Dr. Mann resumed, saying: _A great share of the discussion on this ques- tion has been at random. We have been dis- ng whether people should be allowed to be married. That is not the ques- erconally 1 believe in certain cases right of people to a divorce and to & iage. Personally I believe that there are ses besides adultery for which a di- 1t be granted and one of the partles 10 remarry. things are the exceptions for which it was sought to find some remedy in the canon which will be submitted to you immediately after this one, the canon on the discipline of once divorced in marrying again. The n now is simply as to whether the clergy urch shall solemnize the marriage divorced person. The church does not say to any person under thig canon: ‘You shall not be remarried after divorce.”” It simply says to our clergy: ‘‘You shall not marry any person who is divorced where the former partner is still living. DR. McKIM ATTACKS CANON. The Rev. Dr. McKim of Washington delivered a stirring speech, as follows: I would like to say a word or two to clear up my own position in regard to a question of the interpretation of Holy Scripture. In an- nouncing my own copviction that this canon would be in violation of the teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ and in contradiction to the Holy Gospels, I, of course, did not intend to | imply for a 'single moment that other gen- tlemen upon this floor, who took a_different view of the meaning of the Holy Scripture, were not absolutely entitled to their own opin- fon, nor did I wish to cast any imputation upon them; but the question is simply this: Between two interpretations of Holy Scripture which shall control and direct the legislation of this church, that which has cortrolied among us for a hundred years, that which has behind it the opinion and the testi- mony of all Protestant Christendom, of the whole Eastern church and of the united volce of the episcopate, or shall it be an interpre- tation which is defended chiefly on Roman in- terpretation and by a few Anglican divines, and in America by Bishop Hall and some others and the Rev. Dr. Briggs? 1 would like to say that the interpretation which I believe to be the true one is supported by a large number of the greatest divines in the old and in modern times. Something has been said this morning about the gratitude which dwells in the heart be- of the universal Communion. T hope this convention will not be stampeded into legislation of this kind upon the ground that we must do something. It is remarkable, but it is a fact, that not one speaker upon this floor has even attempted to show in what way this canon would help to restrain di- vorce. We have had a great deal of beautiful eloquence about the purity of the family and the sanctity of the home, but no one has given us a single reason for believing that cither the sanctity of the home or the purity of the family would be conserved or protected by such legislation as this. Wny, sir, they came to us like a quack doctor, saying: *Take this nostrum of mine, It will cure,” We want to known what is in the prescription; we want to know how it will have the effect of curing us before we swallow it. Now, sir, I ask these questions: Has this rig- orous ‘theofy which some of the committees confess lies behind the legislation ever been efficacious? Has it been efficacious in Porto Rico for the last four hundred years, or in Spain, cr the Philippines for the last four hundred years? In regard to this whole sub- ject I appeal to the intelligence of those who hear me not to vote to engraft a principle upon our canon law, which, wherever it has been tried, has not conducéd to the purity of the home, and if it has reduced the number of divorces has done so at the.cost of an in- crease of concubinage and adultery. But it s said that this canon does not touch the right of the innocent party to marry again. It is defended upon contradictory grounds, Some tell us it means, the indissolubility of marriage. Then other members of the com- mittee get up and tell us no, it does not touch the question of the right of the inno- cent ‘party to marry, it only is a question re- Jating to the use of the marriage service. Then, gentlemen_ of the convention, this canon has lost in moral significance if that is true, Then it means only just this: A canoy to protect the marriage service, not to protect' the home; it is a canon not for the purpose of comserving morality, but a canon for the purpose of fencing around the mar- riage service of our prayer book. Now. sir, here is a confession of the impo- tence of this canon. Consider that at the present time this church is leading the opinion of the Protestant churches upon this matter. Some time ago in the dlocese of Washington there was a com- bination formed uhder the leadership of the Bishop of Washington, different clergymen of different congregations came together and agreed to petition Congress to abolish all causes of divorce, except adultery, and that has been successful, and after the Ist of Jan- episcopate of the Anglican spect; you make it impossible for us to stand with our brethern and work with them for the purification of the family. I regard this meas- ure as absolutely fatal, and I regard it as abso- lutely fatuous if it is supposed for a single moment that its adoption is to have any such effect as that. And then I want to say that it will weaken the moral protest that this making against unlawful di- church is now | vorces. At the present time, when a clergyman of this church refuses to marry a divorced per- son, the whole world knows that he refused be- cause the divorce is not for cause of adultery; but if we adopt this canon, on the refusal of the clergyman they will. know why, and the church will cease to make Its protest against the immorality of adultery. Just a single word in regard to a question that T trust will touch the hearts and the minds of all here. I ask the members of this house: “Will you put a ycke upon the consciences of a great majority of the clergy of this church, a majority of the clergy of this body, and a ma- jority of perhaps three-fourths of the clergy of the whole United States by imposing this burden?’ Delegate Buxton of North Carolina at this point offered a resolution that the committee take a vote on the question at 12 o'clock. SPEAKS ON PRACTICAL SIDE. The Rev. Dr. Roller of West Virginia secured the floor, however, and said: I desire to address myself more particularly to the practical side of this question. Per- sonally my sentiments are very much like those of the pessimist described on this floor the other day. I am opposed to the several clauses of this fourth section because it seems to me that whenever this church falls to encourage, to guard, to defend and o protect innocence she is departing from an important part of her high and holy mission on earth. It this canon is passed as It stands it seems to me that it will be necessary to begin at once the revision of the prayer book, which Is supposed to have been closed. The tables of consanguinity and affinity have been left out and it is now proposed to leave out ths only possible exception which has been ex- pressed by our blessed Lord and master, and when that is done we must make the marriage service so that instead of reading in the charge to those about to be marrled, “'be well assured that if any are joined to- gether otherwise than as God's word doth allow their marriage is not lawful,” we must insert, “this church,” and assure them that if any jolned together otherwise than as this adultery doth us part”? Dr. Roller resumed, saying: I submit that this is in the nature of hurried legislation, and hurried legislation does not accord with the conservatism of this church. I know you may smile and consider it pre- sumptuous in me to say that after this com- mission has had this matter in charge for so long that now we arc in danger of hurried legislation, but I believe it, and because [ belle(\'a it I want to offer the following amend- ment: Strik> out the whole of the last part section 4 beginning: with the word ‘‘unless, “‘Unless the former marriage was annulled by a decree of some civil court of competent juris- diction for cause existing before such former marriace.’ s FAVORS TOTAL PROHIBITION. The Rev. Dr. Hall of Delaware cham- pioned the canon in the following speec I most Keartily favor the canon as it comes to us from the House of Bishops, because I believe, first, in the indestructibility of mar- riage itself, and second, that the conditions in the family’ and soclety at large are such as to Imperatively demand an utterance that will challenge an honest public sentiment. While many look upon this age as the very greatest and best of the ages, others take a more sober view and say there IS room for the very gravest apprehension. The chief menace to our civilization, in thelr estimation, moreover, is not what it is com- monly supposed to be; they, for instance do not view it by any means in the materialism with which the spirit of commercialism is permeat- ing soclety; neither do we see what is most to be feared either in strong drink, the spreading discontent of the masses, the prevalent cor: Tuption in politics, or the maladministration of public affairs as seen in cities like New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and perhaps even San Francisco. The saddest paragraph in the awful chapter moreover Is the manner in which the churches and the ministers stand charged with doing much, both by sins of inanition and by sins of commission, to the actual bringing about of that terrible woe. There are hundreds on the Lord’s day who preach Christ and say it may be that the family s the nursery of the vir- tues, but on Monday they stand up, without, 1t may be, a single question, and say T pronounce you man and wife. A member of our own communion went to my own Bishop some time since and asked his permission for what the canon, even as it now stands, does not allow. To-day she is & mem- ber of the great Roman community; presum- ably she, either for this or for that considera- particular significance, and I assert that if it does not, then Christ is not a safe moral guide; first, because he will either allow a double standard of morality, saying that a man can put away a womar in case she has been un- chaste before marriage, which if it does not ap- ply to her makes him uphold a double standard; if it does not ap- ply to the man, makes Christ have a double standard, and if does apply to the man makeg Christ open the largest door for divorce that was ever opened; saying of every man who is not perfectly chaste that his wife upon discovering | become divorced. nial infdelity c e e passage is that But the general tenor of Christ is limiting divorce. I therefore claim he is not opening the door; he is closing it. The word must be considered as havinz a special significance. It must mean adultery. 1 call upon the rector of St. Bartholomew's to bring out of the secrecy of his own breast the rea- sons that make him depart from so intelligent an Interpretation. I call upon him and ask him to say why it is he departs from the judg- ment of such scholars as lehlfmt.nnd those Who have been specified. He can't keep it quiet, because we are bound to specify to the world and it is not a matter of private judg- ent. ml charge and claim that this action degrades marriage, making it a spiritual union that can cnly be dissolved physically by death, instead of a spiritual union that can be dissolved by a spiritual act, one specified by Jesus Chrisi. I claim _that this action is against the prayer book and the language of the service. The gentleman asks, how is it that they do not specify adultery? good taste, and o it covers up the whole trans- action in this phrase, “I take thee, take thee, Mary, according to God's holy ordi- nance.’” God's ordinance’; and it contains that speci- fication. 1 would ke to ask how s it that you are going to be so rigorous that the chair- man of the committee on canons will stand up and say, 1 favor separation,” when the same service says, "I will cleave unto her, I will cherish her, I will love her."” And yet he says I am in favor of sevaration. him to answer that question. I claim that this action is contrary to the genius of our church, a church that would not condemn the theater in ages when all plays turned on betrayal, I claim that it is unfair to the whose wife up, that he must distribufe his children around and may not bring a new and faithful wife to comfort him in his loneliness and to train them in the right way, though Christ has left the door open. It is unfair to the poor, un- Our church is a church of John: 1 That qualifies it all—‘“‘according to I charge poor man s been unfaithful and who has left him a family of little childrén to bring e s it of the Roman church’s teachings, reports on the missions of Africa, Hayti and the Southern States of America. i | CLAIMS CANON IS UNFAIR. ON DIVORCE LAW | but it was ratner the result of the fac e | ¢ Southden Vir- . that divorce was prohibited on any |« e 4| The Rev. Dr. Grammer 0 , . ground whatever, and that the clergy ginia said in part: themselves had been influenced thereby | cause the House of Bishops has taken this ac- | uary no divorce will be legal in the District of | church doth allow thelr marriage is not lawful. | 1 am prepared to support five propositions. | X ued From Page One. to look upon it in a venial way, as the | tion. I would like to call attention to the fact | Columbia except for the cause of adultery. A delegate—I would like to ask if jt | @™ Prepared to support the proposition that the S people had. He certainly did not mean | that, although our own House of Bishops, by | That was brought about by Christian unity. | wou)q®t8OH FEmE e 1o as | term translated in the _Bible ‘unchas- | for 2 moment to attribute this state of |a narrow majority, has passed this canon, | Adopt this amendment and you take away riage SERulen é’ Until € mar- | ¢y’ means adultery. I claim that | immorality to the teaching of the Roman | nevertheless this is in conflict with the voice | from the ‘church this leadership in that re- 0 Trea ntil death or|ihe general phrase here acquires a To keep the skin clean is to wash the execretions from it off ; the skin takes care of itself inside, if not blocked outside. To wash it often and clean, without doing any sort of violence to it re- quires a most gentle soap, a soap with no free alkali in it. Pears’, the soap that clears but not excoriates. 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