Show NE W I ri nl DISCUSSED D 1 f J A Episcopal Church Leaders Lead Lead- I ers Voting as to Who i I Shall Take the Place t N of Paul Jones Here 1 t i D DETROIT r Mich Oct 18 I J The Tho house of bishops in the I triennial general convention of the Episcopal church to today ay began began began be be- gan balloting for bishops to the missionary districts of Liberia Haiti the tha Panama canal zone the Philippines Utah ant anti and Salina Nan Ian The house house- of or delegates will likely act on th the j next Monday Election sessions see ses Ions alons of or both houses are secret and sea sea-I the there I re result is not known until the house of deputies has acted I Through the action of ot the laymen of ot the Protestant Ep Episcopal copal church In the i 6 1916 general convention sustained by byboth byboth byi i both clerical and In lay delegates the innocent party to a II divorce may be re- re wedded In the church Amendment of ot otI I the tho canons to prevent remarriage by byan byan byan an Episcopal priest t of ot a person who has a divorced husband or wife living was defeated despite desperate efforts by many of the clergy and a few of ot the laity to secure Us adoption Both BothI I orders registered a a. majority against the amendment ACTION ON DIVORCE Under the canon tiie he innocent party I to a a. divorce may be remarried in the church If It tho the bishop after examination of court rec records da and with legal advice consents although no priest is compelled compelled compelled com com- to officiate The amendment i i defeated woUld make no distinction between bet guilty and and Innocent and would absolutely p prohibit an Episcopal clergyman officiating In the marriage of persons divorced for tor any cause I In their battle to prevent what former former for for- mer Ambassador Page Pae today charac- charac for I t I as continual al nibbling away at the liturgy that has brown brown into the I hearts of our people the older churchmen churchmen churchmen church church- men in the house of deputies have carI car car- carried car car- I j I sled ried many of ot their points They prevented pre pre- I vented the shortening of the te deum They prevented the adoption of a new prayer for tor the president of the United States which would leave out the petition petition petition peti peti- tion for the continuance of ot his health and prosperity contained In the prest present pres- pres 1 t ent prayer FIGHT IS LOST I They last their fight however to toi i prevent revision of ot the gloria In ex ex- ex celsis by dropping the repetition of I eX a phrase and for th the retention of which Thomas Nelson Page prayer book in tn hand almost tearfully pleaded The new prayer for tho the president failed of adoption when the laity declined by byone byone byone one vote to sustain the clerical delegates delegates delegates dele dele- gates in their approval of it a reconsideration reconsideration recon recon- also failing falling to carry carn Women do not want representation In the legislative bod bodies Its It's of the church In the opinion of the constitutional amendment commission expressed to the convention On recommendations of the commission an amendment that would make it possible to elect ele-ct women I delegates was defeated Leaders in inthe inthe the church expect the enfranchisement I of women by the church will be one I of the h big questions 0 to come e before the i f 1922 2 convention e however I To promote nearer approach to so social social so- so cial righteousness the house of bishops asked concurrence of the house of deputies deputies deputies dep dep- in plans plan to s send nd forth to every I part of the Episcopal world social prophets to speak on social service topics I FIELD OF HONOR At a joint session of the two houses I the report of the general board of re religious religious religious re- re education and addresses on the needs of ot the work were heard The re report report report re- re port said a survey y showed many of the clergy were un r paid and overworked and asked consideration for these min mm- It also showed that during the past three years 77 per cent of ot the clergy ordained were native Americans Twenty-four Twenty of these ordained had previously been clergymen of other churches The house of bishops asked the concurrence concurrence concurrence con con- currence of the house of deputies in a resolution for tor the establishment In France of an American field of honor i as a consecrated central spot and monument for our sacred dead and where the bodies of ot those who tho sleep overseas o may as far as possible be gathered and where annually on a day dayot of ot commemoration fitting services and observances ances may be held in suitable buildings erected for that purpose |