| Show I 1 p B i TRIENNIAL CONVENTION CO ENTO nt 01 Deputies Considers lie tho and aisil Divorce Question Que i San aan Francisco Oct 11 On tho the as assembling n of ot the house of ot deputies today an attempt to tRIte tithe up matters on tha calender calander In advance of ot their order was WIlS promptly tabled showing a I disposition to proceed with wilts wih the regular gives first r t consideration con to the canon on fIn In marriage and divorce and other sins sim itar ilar lar prominent subjects At 1030 1020 the house went rent Into Inlo commit tee t e of qt the on an the tho new marriage and divorce union Imon An attempt to strike strikeout out OUI n a requirement of or section 3 that In recording n a marriage the tho clergy shall shull state slate the ages age of ot the tho parties was de tie tented A requirement that when the tho parish register record should be he signed by the tho married parties anti ami the witnesses was as after considerable objection retained I Section 3 was then adopted an as 1 a U This Thi brought the controversy shown down to the famous article 4 C already adopted by b the bishops bl which forbids the marriage of ot persons divorced for tor cause culle not existing before their former practical bar to the re ro marriage of ot divorced persons I by the Episcopal church Mr r Lewis of ot Pennsylvania to correct a misapprehension of ot the tho pur port fort of this canon Ho lie 10 explained that It does dos not propose to prevent any one at 1 t all tl from tram being bing married It I only ani on proposes propose to forbid ministers tera of the Episcopal church to tu us marry any an divor divorced ed c eu persons whatever whose whoso former husband or wife wHo is 1 still living Rev lIes Ie Dr huntington offered nn an amendment Intended to except the tho In party to a 4 divorce obtained for tor the fiu o of ot adultery when the tho fact is I made lon e to tel appear by a I certified record train from the tho court gruntIng the divorce He lie le supported his proposal by isis It ftp lP peal Ilott to the tho authority ty of ot Jesus Christ which ho he said cannot be bo attacked ex cx except by the assistance of ot what Is known nf up the higher criticism m anti and this title could be ni fully tul answered It If the tho need arose |
