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Show Carriage of ' : :t. . .-Divorced Persons Episcopalian Convention Finally Reaches Agreement on a Canon on This Subject. , t 1 BOSTON, Oct. 24 An agreement "on the "divorce qiiebtlon was reached to-cla'y to-cla'y by stho .housof hjshprjs and the oivq of deputies of. the iEplscopal general gen-eral convention, .'after mnnj"' days:' of discussion. -That- section -of -the -canon bearing directly, on the remarriage of divorced di-vorced persons, whlch'wiis amended by the bishops-Saturday, assented to by.the deputies today, and becomes effective at once, follows: j (' , ( -tiorq is the Canon. "No minlsibr 'knowInKfy.. aftor dub' Inquiry, In-quiry, shall' s'olbmn!zc tho marrlago of any perspn who"-has boon .'or .lstiia fiup-pand.or fiup-pand.or tho wlfo of any other person then llvinir from which ho or she ha. peon divorced for-anj-causo arlBlng after innrrlauo. But this canon shall not be held to Hppljv,to tho Innocent partv In a divorcer ftfr' adultery;; provided, that before be-fore tho application f6r siich remarriage a period of not lss than one year ghn,Il havq olapscd .nftcr'the granting' of suah tJiyprce. and thnt satisfactory cvldcnco touching tho facts In. tho case. Including Ii .copy of tlio court's decree and record If - practicable, with such proof that the defendnnt was personally served., or appeared ap-peared 'In-the action,-bo laid before tho fcceieslnsllcal authority and such- occlos-laselcal occlos-laselcal authority having tnken advice thereon,' shall havo declared 'In writing that in his Judgment the case- of tho applicant ap-plicant 'conforms to- the requirements -Of this canon and provided furlhor, that It shall be within -tho discretion of any minister min-ister to decline io solemnize any marriage. mar-riage. Administration of Sacrament. The' bishops adopted an amendment to a section referring to the administration t-f sacramenti, providing that if a clergyman clergy-man shall not have rensonablo cause to doubt whother a person having married, "otherwlso than as the word of God and discipline of the Episcopal church allow" such clergyman shall refer tho matter to tho bishop beforo administering tho sacraments. sac-raments. The deputies had mndo an execution ex-ecution In faor of the "Innocent party divorced" on the ground of adultry who had remarried, but the bishops struck out the exception. Their action was accepted ac-cepted by the house or deputies leday. What Churchmen Say. Leading churchmen expressed the onln-lon onln-lon that the restrictions placed upon "tho romarrlage of divorced persons will be rare in tho church hereafter. It Is un-' dorstood, however, thnt an 'attempt will be made to nave the next convention -specifically declare against romarrlnge under any conditions. The houso of deputies todav rejected, after n long debate, a resolution to atrlko cut the words "Protestant-Eplscopar' on the title page of' the common book of prayer. . , , |