| Show J TUE TUB j f New NeWYork Ne York Sun Bun Pf l andal which led to the appointment of th commission that framed tho the rejected canons Is 19 not nol due In m any any wn to the tho present or ot orthe the tho church in allowing the tho dl dissolution of marriage for a q 1 single cause It has I arisen orlen Iris from the Ule frequency of divorces among Episcopalians t Jp of pt social prom Irom prominence prominence for tor causes caus never allowed by that church MIlt more me more especially t for de desertion Th Thes S people have gone to states slates under u der who laws marriage may maybe bp bo be dissolved for that cause causO and after obtaining such divore usually Imme Immediately they hay have married new nOW motes mates and turned returned t to t their places In so society society society without nur MurlO from it and nn to of Episcopalian services They pay no heed hm h d l to the he law In of ot their church when It 1 interferes with their ther Inclinations SI the IhO tow law may be BrooM n a Eagle The house of tio hoP is In ln tho the pal convention n at t SOn San Francisco resolution coiling calling for Cor or a o cOrn com of bishops presbyters anti and lay Joy laymen men as ns a n standing l n upon tho the relations of and arid labor The Tho appointment ot of i is IA an nn effort on the tM of the church to bring Its ita influent to bear benr upon lIPon the tho actual affairs of 0 me le and should be cl ci for that thIt th i renson Every E err ef cf effort effort fort to make the t e an actual force In this world instead of f n a v theoretical guide toward the th world wor to come COlne la hi n B astep step In the tho right direction There Is 13 I In th thE way W of conciliation I that can be done dOM before labor deputes I come como to n a Ahead head V great deal can bo bu buI bedone I done by forming nod e ore BIM public opinion on the and Ann Wrongs of if the tho tb Pew Few win which do donot donot not have public on their side Philadelphia The Episcopal has been teen saved by Its house of deputies from the un unwise unIse Unwise wise Ise policy propose prop meA br by b the house of bishops bl v hons In I tt the Ia h h i Li n II LI for f divorce V adopt I v tt Ia h Li II LI cd ed d by the li t rM i and rejected ct d by b the former Three T and three courses Sonly only nrc rc possible ro In the atti attl attitude attitude tude of ot a n toward divorce It Itcan Itan con can an hold manIan i Indissoluble as os does docs the a 0 no nowhere nOwhere nowhere where hold held h ld today tOd by the c civil law or the average if Of the community It Itcan con can treat nay any divorce as IS dissolving dissolvIng ing lag marriage a held by bt b no communion It can hold bait marriage dissoluble only anly for scriptural Cause aUse nus and permit per remarriage only to tho Innocent nt party In Jo n a divorce dl r O ob obtained tamed d for tor this Either one of these positions PO it Is logical consistent ant and capable of ot application A compromise between beh them which for forbade forbade forbade bade the Uit church for remarriage to the Innocent party In ip tho the case of ot di dl divorce divorce vorce orce for scriptural ral cause eaise 13 but recognized the tho of f such persons by lJ another church or th civil was IS certain to lead W endless contusion confusion Chicago Post There will be no rio general f expression sl of surprise over the action of the th Epis Eps Episcopal copal convention In finally rejecting the proposed marriage and ana divorce can canon on despite Its approval a 1 by the house of bishops The section forbidding the tho remarriage of divorced persons for any cause sQ not existing l their form Corn o if z making th Innocent i ir for fOri r i the sine Bins of f the guilty was so sore re to repugnant to tho the sense of justice that it at nt the hands hanc was wa pr to defeat of the clergy and laity London Times The Tho condition of the marriage laws Is a subject whereon on enlightened AmericanS Amer Americans AmerIcans however confident of their Institutions institutions t they may b speak despond despondently despondently despondently though they may shortly retort to the Ibe marriage m laws Ins in England are not above aboe reproach Tho The most obvious reform In America would be bo to top pass paso H n ft national law on the sub subject subject subject but apart from tie the t e constitutional Impediments in th the way wa of such uh 1 it step the condition of or public opinion does riot not encourage such legislation Twenty five years hence another Protestant Episcopal convention may cony bo ho debating the tho same amo B problem with no clearer pros NOli prospect peat of Its solution than exists today I |
