Show MARAI MARRiAGE Gt Of DI DIVORCED PERSONS ONS General Assembly of Presbyterian Church In United States Is Not Averse verse to It REPORT AGAINST MAWST IT KILLED Special Committee ell Ministers To to Marry larry Any Ilose Mare Mar Is by Ii Ills His Church N NY V Y May Iu 23 3 By y a vote ote of or orIn In to 10 I II the general of ot tho tte t 1 church of ot tho Iho lie United Unit ell stata thIs afternoon wiped out that pert part of or th Ih the report of or the thi special com coin committee on Oil and 1101 divorce which n ministers to lo ro cc roto reo fu to mat ry my any t er on whoso whose mitt Is by the tho church of or which that person ID Iy a l 1 member mem er The Thue committee hud hid formula ted led this provi provision Ion sion to 10 help hell promote tho thio work wort of ur tho thu In I conference cont on Oil attil divorce which Lakes lake III In 13 lions und anti this action of or the assembly It was tonight might Wight prove I n a wetback setback to 10 that Iho conference Time The remain mOonlit mr der or of th the 10 report W Will tOlls s adopted The Ih general Kentral also approved Iho the partial rr ort of f time the com Illee c on fornis and anil services which thich provides an un order of ot morning service and altO an pit order or ler for the baptism of or In omits Both orders olden mire aro 10 to ti bo he optional The recommendations ot of the special committee on marriage und nail divorce are aro aroas as Oil follows Then Jhen again enjoins all under Its It I care and amid author ity to refuse to the perform marriage ceremony In the Iho cones of ot divorced per persons sons eons except as is ni uch such persons love have been beon divorced upon Ullon grounds and Ind for causes Il ns Ol scriptural In lit tho the stand standards ards of or tho tIle church the comity which should ex ext exist st between Christian churches that It would be desirable nud tend to tl the tho Increase of or a spirit of ot if Chris thin tian unity wo Ye earn advise all the ministers under the time euro caro ant ami author Ity Iy of or tills thIs general assembly to 10 re to roo rUB fuse to 10 unite In g any person pernon or 01 persona whose who e such min l have hae goad gond reason teason to believe U uI I forbidden by hy the lawn lawit of or the church hureh In which person ierson or persons seeking to bo be married may hold holl ml The Tue appeal end address to the In conference Is I hereby In by hy this general assembly all Ild commended to thin the consideration on of or all allour 11 our dir ministers lerl anti congregations The Tho committee on und and dl Orco Is him II continued and Int Instructed to 10 cooperate with wih wIt it the representatives of other oilier churches In u endeavoring to 10 obtain such Mich ecclesiastical err unity unit und and such state or national na legislatIon ant as ns may I shield both church nod ond state Inlo from exUding existing amid pending perils remus The Tho committee Is In II working work III with wih com of ot tho the 13 other othel denominations till all 11 of Ir which Interchurch lon cot ference on marriage and divorce which Issued 1 an appeal to tho the Chris Chri tian thin public I Iho The Tho ho report of or the on mis mIl claim for freedmen wilt wan WI adopted It If recommends tho the expenditure expend of ci In the work of or tho the coming year on T r Telegrams were received and read amid great Rt enthusiasm from front the thi as nf itt tho the Cumberland If Presby Preshy brim terian church at nt DI I Iq nt tho thio Pros PreA church of tho the United States nt itt Mobile rejoicing In the probable union of or alt ni thren bodies bodice Time Tho TIo report of ot the special committee On 0 forms antI and alli services wn wits In then token taken UP lit Dr Van Pyke Dyko J k nf or Princeton Is II chairman of ot tho the committee which re ro reported ported n a form for morning meriting service anti and anda antia a R form torm for baptism of Infants The proposed now non nw forms forma have not nol been heln viewed with wih favor by h tho ho conservatives who ilO think thy of o ritualism Sneaking on the tho subject Dr Von Van Dyke Dlce said Ild that 75 i per cent of or the 2000 churches selected at ot random by the tho committee wore already sonic some lomo form torm form of ot service with wih n a responsive tea fea ture tori tUf of oe the tho ministers do de sire Alro a 1 book of o not a mu 1 prayer book hook not a R litany not a n ritual but bil a collection of ot to formal form rl mm nail and help 1 ful tul for fo voluntary use Ulle In Presbyterian terlan churches At the Ih conclusion lolI of ot Dr Van Dykes Dykell address a it I resolution WI unanimously adopted Indorsing the tho work of or the com corn so ito fur far fl ns nil It baa hM progressed ond continuing the tho existence of or th the tho rom corn committee until Its IH work shall be com coat completed Debate on the tho report of or the commit tee on marriage divorce was then begun helln A number of ot the tho commIssIon commIssIoners ers took rook exception to tho the second para paragraph por paragraph graph of ot the tho committees lions advising ministers to refuse to 10 unite unie In marriage any persons perM whoso marriage IH II forbidden by h tho ho laws InIs of or other othor Thil paragraph was tutu WI finally Inal stricken n out emit by h n ii 1 vole tote of ot 22 in to 21 The report as mis IS amended was then until adopted tomorrow alien n adjournment uvo taken |