The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 16, 1901, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1901. REV. WILLIAM REED HUNTINGTON OF NEW YORK - ACHIEVES DECISIVE VICTORY IN CONVENTIO | RT.REV. . T ROWE. EISHMOP OF A AJHARA... “RIGHKT TITAIL \ “REVEREND A. LEoNARD PlLsxioP OF W YOI NG—" e REV. CAMERON MANN HIGHLY HONORED Nominated to Be the [lissionary Bishop of North Dakota. N the House of Bish- word received House of missi nominated duous du from Deputies proceeded a candi- s nt di e fell ac: cho! Ma; of West cen ‘a leading part e Ho of Depu- Hou: of Bish- the House of y informed of of is an able speal of the He earned he elec! This COKDITIN OF CHUACH INT ent rector of his commanding Dur- of ker. House very considera- gs, which came up tion of the elected by the appointed who were gh honor. Cablegrams Brown and Dr. Ingalls, ely in Brazil and Han- received a message from Deputies to the effect that curred in the report on mar- prayer-book _asked in the German language was done by itttk @ | g .. DISCUSSION ON DISCIPLINE. the { to take definite action, and urgently rec- House of Bishops and an authorization was given to have the translation printed and used by congregations using the Ger- man language. The report of the joint committee on the church in Sweden was presented. The committee stated that it. had not time ommended the most cordial relation with | the church of Sweden and that the work among the Swedish immigrants be | pu ed. The report was referred to the committee on ecclesiastical relations. The joint committee on the validity of | the Reform Episcopal church asked to | be allowed to continue and report at the next General Convention. The request was granted The following nominations were made for the general relief fund: The Bishops of Pennsylvania and Connecticut, Rev. Morgan Dix of New York, Hev. Reeves | Alsop of Long Island, William Alexander Smith, Elihu Chauncey and George C. Thomas of Pennsylvania. The House of Bishops elected Bishop Potter to prepare the pastoral letter for 1904 and to consult with the Bishops of Southern Virginia and Albany. The pas- toral letter to be read to-morrow night will be prepared by the Bishop of Ken tucky, and the latter will be assisted by the Bishops of New York and Alabama. The house also recelved the testimonfals | of the Bishops elected by the House of Deputles, and they were referred to the | committee on consecrations. An ad- journment was taken until this mornin; The committee on capital and labor, which is composed of the Bishops - of New York and Massachusetts and the | Coadjutor of Chicago, | ries of resolutions on the subject. These | resolutions were published exclusively in | | | submitted a se- | The Call last Friday. AN | the minist. these figures,” the state of the 0 a partial conce 6 pe: ts has church that 7 less in th n to reinfo than there were rs fewer by 317 As ecrated; of the returns pre- $200,565 10 848 49; other ex- Total for all the report says, increased a ERESTINGLY TOLD 1N FIGURES BY DA, DUKC Continued From Page Four. Into many as the was three laymen have lums, 50; other focesan h must at con- and the the a but turn given rd the cts. 31 . 361 “sve hurch, _ever t that mere figures can never ption of its number of iittle life are such that the communicants rapidly than the clergy, vet nition 10 us estly than rvest would his fieid upon us more strongly inations to diaconate e last three time preceding the last ree the re 69 fewer candidates s for holy orders and nearly 200 three years we find the number of Sun- now than |in God. | president being given power to fill vacancies ““Your committee re-echoes the cry that these dumb figures utter—men are wanted: educated, trained, devoted men to labor in the various activities of the church’s life. We trust that | the youth of the church will be alert to re- spond to_the call to service. When Dr. Duncan concluded reading the re- port, he offered the following resolution, which was’ adopted: “‘Resolved, That & copy of the report pre- sented be transmitted to the reverend fathers the House of Bishobs, with the re- quest that they issue a pastoral letter and ask their united prayers and benedictions.” TRUSTEES ARE AFPOINTED. The following deputies were appointed trus- tees of funds for wvidows and orphans of de- clergymen and for disabled and infirm Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix, Ri Dr. Alexander Macka: . Elihu_Clancey, George Rev. Dr. J. 8. B. Hodges, Rev. Dr. Littelle, Rev. Dr. Greer and Rev. Dr. Olmsted. The committee appointcd in 13% to take into consigeration the Guestion of the validity of | ders of the Reformed Episcopal church and | whether reconfirmation of the members of said | church is necessary asked for further time, and on motion was continued, with instructions to report to the next General Convention, the e committee. e Rev. Dr. Parks of New York, from the committee on nomination of trustees for the relief of widows and orphans of deceased clergymen and of aged, infirm and disabled presented the following names for The Bishops of Pennsylvania and Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix, Rev. Dr. trustees Connecticut, Alsop, William Alexander Smith, Mr. Chauncey and George T. Thomas. The action of the com- mittee was approved and those proposed were elected _trustees. Rev. Dr. Davenport, chairman of the com- mittec on canons. read the report of the com- mittee and offered the following resolution: “Resolved, Any Bishop or Bishops elected and | consecrated under section 7 shall be entitled to & seat in the House of Bishops and shall be eligible to the office of Bishop or Bishop. coad- jutor “in any organized diocese within the United States, provided that such Bishop shall not be ‘so eligible within five years from the date of his consecration, except to the office of a Bishop of a diocese formed in whole or | in part out of his missionary district.” Deputy Clement Chase of Nebraska offered a joint resolution providing- that hereafter nom- inations of Bishops to missionary districts be not made public until after the names have ( been finally acted upon in. executive session by the House of Deputies, and in no event shall eny nominations be made public that have been acted upon unfavorably. Under suspension of the rules the resolution was adopted. PROLONGING SESSION. Ex-Governor Prince offered a resolution ask- ing that the afternoon session begin at 2:30 and continue until the house decided to ad- journ. It was adopted. Dr, Estell offered a resolution of sympathy on the death of Mrs. Twing. It was adopted by a rising vote and the secretary was instruct- . | } =T REY A3 CORTLANDT WYHITENEAD. PBirabe® o PITIVEURGH, * —5 SCENE AT THE HBADQUARTERS OF THE WOMAN'S AUXILIARY, AND PROMINENT CHURCHMEN ~ WHO ARE INTERESTED IN ITS WORK AND WHO HAVE TAKEN RT.REV. % e SATITEIL ToeavID TH PART IN THE MEETINGS OF BrsHOT ox c@%%:;{.s THE ORGANIZATION. AFRIQT. - - OF EPISCOPAL CHURCH CONVENTION ITH the sessions to-day and to-morrow of the House of Bishops and the House of Depu- | ties, the General Convention of the Episcopal Church <will be brought to a close. This morning the two houses will meet in Trinity Church at 10 and will also resume in the afternoon at 2:30. - Considerable business remains to be transacted and the two bodies will not adjourn at the usual hour of 5 p. m., but remain until a later hour. s - e ¥ ed to transmit a copy of the resolutions to the family of deceased. Under suspension of the rules, on motion of Rev, Dr. Mann of West Missouri, the resolu- tions offered by him a few days ago continuing the commission on marginal readings and au- thorizing the printing of the readings at an expense not to exceed $500 were taken from the calendar and adopted, On motion of Dr. McConnell the house re- solved {tself into a committee of the whole | to take a vote upon the canon relating to marriage and divorce. Chairman Packerd took the chair and called the members' attention to the value of time. He suggested that all the members could not be heard on the subject, but could show their attitude by their votes. Dr. McConnell of Long Island was the first speaker to teke the platform. In part he said: ““The matter before us is the proposed amend- ment to canon 13 as sent down by the House of Bishops. That canon provides that any man or woman who has been divorced and remar- Ties, or Who, having been divorced, remarries the person who is divorced, shall ipso facto be excommunicated, and it provides that the Bishop in any case may set aside this canon, no matter what is the cause of the divorce. “I simply ask, do you want to pass it? Do you want Lo discharge not only the individual but every power of discipline in.this church and turn it over absolutely to the Bishop in his_own diocese? “If you do you will allow as many excuses as there are dioceses in the country. One [ Bishop may claim that marriage is indissolu- ble; another will take the ground that there are two or three more scriptural causes that al- low divorce and permit the divorced persons to be in good church standing. You will then find the church as the States are now doing, Tegulating what the causes of divorce must be, Why, then, Is it that such a monstrous canon as that is sent down to us from so wise and intelligent a house? The reason is very sim- ple. We are confronted with a task so diffi- cult that we have been now nearly twenty years trying all sorts of devices to meet it. HOUSE WANTS TO DO RIGHT. “This house wants to do right. I do mot believe there is any disposition on the part of any member of this house to simply carry his point. I believe every member is willing to let the State grent the divorce. We are all satisfled that it should grant the divorce, but we want the power regulated. There are 100,000 divorced persons in the United States. Of these divorces 70 per cent have been gained by women. Now gentlemen, does this conven- tion want to say that the State shall grant no divorces? Is that what you want? Is there any gentleman here willing to say that he ‘wishes the State to grant no divorces? I don't belleve there are ten men on this floor to say it. We want the State to grant them, but what we want is to have the individual power regulated.”’ Robert Treat Paine lowed and said: ‘‘May a layman say a serious word from his heart in solemn protest against this canon of prohibition? It seems to me an awfal thing for the church to be so eager to prevent men and women coming to the communion of our Lord. If there is any question about a. person’s coming and he Is forbidden on the ground of of Massachusetts fol- | sin, T almost say that I am on the side of the sinner. “1 wish also to call the attention of this house to the dreadful inconsistency between this proposed canon and that which was consid- ered yesterday and temporarily adopted. Under that the proposed parties who are to be married after divorce come up to the church door on ‘Thursday asking to be married, and the door 18 shut in their faces and the blessings of the church is refused on Thursday morning, but on Sunday morning they come up and are welcome to_the communion of our Lord.” Rev. Dr. Fulton of Pennsylvania sald: ““1 think it only right to say with regard to the committee of this house which has been in charge of this fearful subject during the last three years that they have been struggling most consclentiously to prepare something that would justify itself to the mind and to the consclence of the convention. I am frank | to say that I have not felt, especially of late, satisfied with any form in Which our work has beefi cast. The great difficulty is that it Is | dangerously easy to put down something that | looks right on paper, and it is awfully dlfl\(‘ull; when the concrete case comes up to say that you have done what Is right in the-sight of | God. In doubtful cases we invite those who are penitent to come to the holy communion. We are not allowed to define their penitence for | them. In this matter, since we have no courts to try it, and the ultimate court at last is the court of consclence, 1 should hesitate to sub- stitute the authority of this convention for | the consclentlous verdict of the soul of the individual face to face with God. Therefore I must_entirely and positively object to the pro- vision in-this canon which substitutes a pre- sumption of guilt for a presumption of inno- cence. That is to subvert a primary principle of Anglo-Saxon justice. This is probably a matter of pastoral relation, but here it is pro- posed to make it a penal regulation, the most extreme which man can impose.”’ DR. GREER MAKES A SPEECH. The Rev. Dr, Greer of New York followed, and sald: I hesitated about taking the platform, be- cause I am reluctant to inflict a speech upon the committee when I think it is prepared to vote upon the question; but I wish simply to state my own position in this matter. And, first of all, that I am one of those few, if you please, theorists, if you please, who belleve in the Indissolubility of the marrlage relation (Cries, “Good, Good"). I believe that thatshas been and is the attitude taken by a large part of Christendom to-day with regard to what that part of Christendom recognizes as a marriagé relation and which it regards as indissoluble. But 1 should be glad to have this church put itself simply upon record as believing and de- claring its bellef in that great, high and sa- cred principle. I belleve that whether it does it now, the time will come when it will do it, when all the religious organizations of Chris tendom will do it; yea, when our Christian civ- ilization Will do it, and we will come to Tec- ognize the fact that it is expedlent not simply because it is expedient, but expedient because it is right. And yet, having taken that position and made that solemn declaration as to its be- lief and its principles, then I would have this church go no further; and, therefore, I would favor the substitute offered by my friend from Long Island to strike out this canon with ref- erence to discipline. It is true the canon pro- vides that the Bishop of a diocese or a dlstrict may adjudicate that matter, that it can be re- ferred to him. Ah, gentlemen, the office of a Bishop is a high office In this church; the duty of a Bishop is a high duty in this church; but it is the not the duty of the Bishop, it is the duty of the priest, in his close, intimate pas- toral relations to deal with the cricumstances and the details of the case of every Individual sinner in his congregation. Therefore, I would strike out this canon of discipline altogether, because it 1s & canon of casulstry, and casus. try cannot deal with the Individual circum- stances surrounding every individual case. “It has been said that the preacher in the pulpit occuples the sublime strategic point in the moral universe. No, sir; not the reacher in the pulplt occupying that sub- ime strategic point in the moral uni- verse, but the minister, or the priest, or the pastor when he 'comes into touch With the history, with the pathos, with the sorrow of the individual penitent soul occu- ples the sublime strategic point in the universe. Let this church put itself upon record as be- lleving in the great principle, then strike out the canon of discipline, and put itself on record with its Master, that “This man recelveth sin- ners Il;d eateth with them. (Cries of ‘‘Hear, hear."” The Rev, Dr. Spalding arose at this juncture to ask if a certain portion of the amendment were stricken out in what condition would it ‘e the church’s legislation on the subject? )@ chairman replled that each member of the committee must determine that for him- self. A delegate from Minneapolls, laboring under the impression that message No. 36 of the House of Bishops was going to be voted upon, tried to have it amended, but Chairman Pack- | ard ruled his amendment was out of order. The Rev. Dr. with a sharp speech and supplemented it with an amendment asking the House of Deputies | not to concur with message 36 of the House of Bishops. Chairman Packard ruled that such 2n_amendment would be proper in the House of Deputies, but not before the committee of the | ‘whole. A motion was then made on the following resolution and carried: “Resolved, the House of Deputles concur- ring, That sections 3, 4 and 5 of message No. 36 be repealed.” The question next came up on the report of the House of Deputles In adopting the reso- lution as so amended. Upon motion the committee of the whole arose and Chairman Packard, after reporting, asked that the committee be discharged from further consideration of the subject and that the message be made the order of the day immediately upon the assembling of the house in the afterncon. It was so ordered. A message from the House of Bishops in- formed the House of Deputies that it had con- curred in message No. 83, with reference to marginal readings for the apocrypha. An- other message informed the deputies that the Bishops had adopted a resolution concurring with the version of the prayer book in the German language and approved Its being print- ed and used by German-speaking congrega- tions. Another message was received to the effect that the Bishops had received the re- port of the joint commission on the church of Sweden. ¥ The Rev. Dr, Lindsay then read the names of the following members of the church to act as a_committee on ‘‘capital and labor’’: Rev. Dr. McKim of Washington, Rev. C. D. Willilams of Ohlo, Rev. Dr. Hodges of Mary- land, Rev. Samuel Mather of Ohio, Seth Low of New York and Jacob Reece of New York. An’ adjournment was then p. m. L o e i i o ) REMARRIAGE 1S NOT PROHIBITED Continued From Page Four. taken until 2:30 same time, and Chatrman Lindsay had diff- culty in maintaining order. A’ deputy became involved in an argument with Secretary Hutchins as to the duty of the latter to state what was being voted on, the genial secretary retorting that it was the duty of the presiding officer to give the required information. The situation was finally cleared up by Judge Stiness of Rhode Island being called upon tc explain the proper course to pursue, after Chairman Lindsay had said: “The talk will be endless unless we have a definite proposition @s to how to act, there- fore I call on Judge Stiness to_explain.” Judge Stiness informed the house that the proper course to pursue, in order not to inter- fere with the existing canons on the subject, was to take a vote that the House of Deputies concu in the debated. canon as received from the House of Bishops, and, in the face of the vote on sections, to defeat’ the motion tu concur. \ The final vote that the House of Deputies | concur with the House of Bishops in the canon on divorce and marriage was then taken and resulted as follows: Clerical. Lay. Ayes = Noes e 58 a Divided 1 1 The motion to concur was therefore declared lost. VOTES AGAINST DISCIPLINING. The house then took up the report of the com- mittee of the whole on the canon for diseiplin- ing divorced persons who remarry, which was defeated in the commlittee. The Rev. Dr. Mann of West Missourl moved Hopkins of Chicago followed | MISSIONARY ENDS ISSIONARY work among the colored people was the subject of - discussion . last night at the session of the Board of Missions. Differ- ent phases of the work were ’ ably presented to the board | | by clergymen eminent in the missionary | | field. The Bistops of Haiti and Cape Palmas, Archdeacon Russell and the | Bishop of Georgia described the work | which the Episcopal church is prosecut- | | ing. in tHeir rcspective districts for the amelioration of the condition of the col- ored race. The Bishop cf Georgia stated that he | believed that rauch of the work that had | | been” done for_the education of the ne- | groes in the Southern States had been misdirected, in that it has educated the | negroes out of sympatay for their people | and out_of sympathy for their environ- | ments. He declared that industrial train- ing is especlally adapted for their uplift- | ing and through it the negro would some | BOARD ITS LABORS Eminent Clergymen Tell of the : Needs of the Negroes. day become able to appreciate and utilize a liberal education. He claimed that the Episcopal church, rather than any other denomipation was best adapted to soive the megro problem. The Bishops of Haiti and Cape Palmas made appeals for assistance in estab- lishing industrial schools in their respeet- ive previnces. The Bishop of Palmas gave an interesting description of the work which is being accomplished in Africa. and made a request for more missiona- ries, lay and clerical, to go to the Dark Continent to preach the word of God. He also asked for mechanics and all classes of skilled laborers to instruct the people of Africa in the use of tools, but he de- manded that these men should not teach the natives any vice, such as intemper- ance. Before missionary work among the col- ored people came up, the Bishop of Alaska told of the progress that the Episcopal church is meeting with in the far north. Last night's session praeti- cally winds up the work of the Board of Missions, and the board adjourned die. sine @ Tt ol tetfenfenfeofeffenfecfefect + | that the house comcur with the House of | Bishops In the canon, so that by voting against it the canon would not be accepted. The mo- | tion to concur was unanimously defeated. | At this point the Rev. Dr. Lindsay called | | Judge Stinest to serve in the chair. | | The Rev. Dr. Greer of New York then se- | cured recognition and said: *‘In order to save | | something from the wreckage, I offer a reso lution,” and he presented the following: | “Resolved, The House of Bishops concurring, | that a joint commission be appointed consist- ing of three Bishops, three presbyters and | three laymen, whose duty it shall be to conf with the official representatives of other re- | ligious bodies in the United States, with a view | to establishing uniformity of practice on the | subject of holy matrimony and divorce: pro- vided, however, that no action taken by the above joint commission shall be binding upon | | this church until or unless it shall be duly rati- | fled and confirmed by a subsequent General Convention.” This resolution was unanimously adopted. DR. HUNTINGTON’S VICTORY. The Rev. Dr. Huntington of New York said: “T have also some wrecks which I should | lke to save, and I ask the consent of the house ‘ | | i to take from the calendar the report of the committee on amendments to the constitution relative to Dr. McKim's proposed amendment, report No. 13.” Dr. Huntington read this report, which Is as follows: ““With reference to the amendment to.article | X of the constitution, proposed by the Rev. | Dr.” McKim of Washington and referred to | this committee (the said amepdment being | identically the same as that propcsed by the | Rev. Dr. Huntington in the General Conven- 1 tlon' of 1895, p. 236 of Journal), the committes | have inserted atter the word ‘canon’ in the last line but two of the first paragraph in the said | amendment as proposed by the Rev. Dr: McKim | the words ‘of the General Convention,’ and | before the last proviso the following: ‘Provided | further, that the same be approved by the House ‘of Bishops.’ After the nmext ‘proviso’ | they have struck out the word ‘further’ and inserted in lieu thereof the word ‘also,’ and have further inserted the word ‘all’ 'before ‘canonical’ in the last line but two, and at the end of the same line have omitted the words ‘In_such form as shall be provided by canon.’ They recommend the adoption by the House of Deputies of the following resolution: ‘“ ‘Resolved, The House of Bishops concur- | ring, that the following change be made in the constitution, and that the proposed alteratioa be made known to the several dioceses, in or- der that the same may be adopted (n the next | General Conventlon, in accordance with article | { XI of the constitution, as follows: (Add to article X the following:) ** ‘But any Bishop of this church, acting by and with the advice and consent of the stand- | ing committee of his diocese or missionary dis- | | trict. may take under his spiritual oversight | | any congregation of Christian people, not there- | | tofore in communion with this church, which accepts the Apostles’ creed and the Nicene creed,. and whose minister, having received ! Episcopal ordination. approved by this chure | shall covenant, as may be prescribed by can | of the General Convention, to use in public | | worship in thc sald congregation such form or | | directory as the said Bishop shall set forth and | authorize: * “Provided. Such form or directory shall con- tain or enjoin nothing contrary to the doctrine | of this church, ‘shall make provision for the apostolic rite of confirmation, and shall re- | quire, in the administration of the secraments | of baptizm and the supper of the Lord, the un- failing use of the words. acts and elements ordained by Christ himseif; provided. further, that the same be approved by the House of Bishops; and provided, also, that no such con- gregation shall be admitted into union with a diocesan convention until it has been organ- ized as a parish or congregation of this church in accordance with all canonical requirements, and until it has been duly certified that the book of common prayer is the use of such con- gregation.” “*Chairman. - Rosers of Fond du Lac sooks | ties from all parts of the hou: | section 1, against the adoption of the report on the ground that there were not sufficient saf guards in it, and moved to amend it 5o as to provide that a Bishop should mot confer holy orders until certain stringent requirements had been ccmplied with. The Rev. Mr. Tayler of Los Angeles moved a substituie to insert certain words in the or- iginal report, which he thought would meet the gist of the amendment proposed by the previous speaker. The substitute of the Rev. Mr. Tayler was lost and the amendment of the Rev. Mr. Rog- crs was lald on the table. The Rev. Dr. Spaulding of Alabama advised agaivst any hasty action on the report of the committee. A number of speeches were made by depu- which could not be heard by the presiding officer. The Rev. Dr. McKim of Washington moved that a vote be taken in two minutes and Rev. Dr. Huntington of New York asked the two minutes to close the debate. that he did for He sail wish the sympathy of any deputy, but asked every ome to vote for thw report ‘on its merits. “‘This whole matter,”” he sald, “is opening | the door by a little crack instead of double boltinz The vote was then taken on the report of the committee and resulted as follows: Clerfcal. Lay Ayes . B Noes B 10 | Divid - 58 3 The am: fon contained in the Teport of the committee was them adopted. MESSAGES FROM THE BISHOPS. A message was received from the House of Bishops notifying the deputies that it had mot concurred with the deputies in its message No. 40, ‘passed at the morning session, requiring the withholding of the names of those nom-. inated for missionary Bishoprics until final and favorable action has been had uoon the nominations. The Bishops asked for a com- mittee of conference, and announced as_their part of such committee the Bishops of Mary- land and Delaware. The house, on motion of Delegate Clement Chase of Nebraska, author- ized the nresident to appoint three members on the committee, and the president announced the appointment ‘of Mr. Chase and the Revs. Drs. Moore of ‘West Virginia and Clampett of San Francisco. Several messages were received from thy House ot Bishops, the first of which notified the deouties that it had concurred with them in its message No. 46 as to the publication of marginal readings for the Bible. _The, second gave notice of its concurrence in the preamble and resolution as to capital and labor, and had appointed as its part of the committee therein provided for the Bishops of New York and Massachusetts and the Bishop Coadjutor of Chicago. The third message gave notice of concurrence with the deputies in amending title 1, canon 19, section 7, sub-section 7, and section 8, sub- on the election of a Missionary Bishen to a diocese. The last message Informed the deputies that the House of Bishops had nominated for slec- tion as Bishop of the missionary district of North Dakota the Rev. Cameron Mann, D.D., of Western Missourl. Professor Booth on Fire. Professor Booth of tne University of California delivered an interesting lecture yesterday afternoon at the Hopkins Art Institute on the subject of “Fire.” He d scribed combustion in all its processe: from the slow oxidation of matter, through the course of time, to the rapid burning of substances in pure oxygen. He declared that spontaneous combustion is produced by- the generation of heat in material that is a non-conductor of heat and_possessing at the same time a low kindling point. His remarks were accom- panied by appropriate chemical experi- ments, aptly illustrating the subject. The spectroscope will form the subject of the lecture for next waelk.