THE MORNING OREGONIAN. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1922
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In the upper jrroup are the members of the house of deputies, the "house of representatives" of the Episcopal church. Four clergymen and four
layman from each recognized diocese, and one clergyman and one la y deputy front each missionary district comprise this powerful body.
The lovrer group, while having no direct voice In the church deliberations is recognized as one of the great Influences of the convention. It la
composed 01 the delegates to the meerlngs of ihe Woman's auxiliary. .
ATTACK OH M il
ORGANIZATIONS THAT FOS
TER HATRED CONDEMNED.
Uower House ol Episcopal Church
Strikes Word "Obey"; Also
Bridegroom's Endowment.
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certain societies whose members are
secret, disguised and masked; which
organizations, while proclaiming loyalty
to the government of the United States,
In reality, by appealing to religious
prejudice and racial antipathy, -by
preaching bigotry and Intolerance and
by affording opportunity for acts of
violence, have pursued a course toward
the overthrow of ordered society; and
Whereas, In many places where
society of this nature has been intro
duced there have followed" numerous
Instances wheie persons, without the
ceremony rf a trlaf, have been taken out
by masked men, tarred and feathered.
crolly. whipped and otherwise humili
ated and maltreated, and others, by
threats and Intimidation, have been
driven from their homes and communi
ties and deprived of their Inalienable
rights without due process of law; ana
Whereas, Such an organization is
morally responsible for crimes of ihis
nature committed In its name by men
wearing its garb, whether they are. really
members thereof or not, because the very
nsture of tre oiganlsatlon opens the
way for any lawless element In a com
munity to operate with but little fear
or arrest and punishment; therefore,
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Resolved, By the house of deputies.
the house of bishops concurring, that
we solemnly condemn all secret, so
called "patriotic" societies whose masked
and nnknewn memberships capitalize
bigotry and hate, foster racial and
religious prejudice and encourage acts
of lawlessness and mob violence. Be it
further
Resolved, That It is the conviction of
this convention that any men or set of
men. organized cr unorganized, who seek
to set man against man, citizen against
citizen, neighbor against neighbor, race
against race, or creed against creed, are
enemies to society and disloyal to the
fundamental ideas of America, no matter
In how strident tones their claims to the
possession of ultra-patriotism may be
voiced.
After the house had heard the at
tack on the klan it settled down to
the matter of prayer bcok revision.
The baptismal service caused nc end
of discussion. By time for the noon
adjournment eo many substitutes
had been offered for the work out
lined by the prayer book revision
committee that the house, by unan
imous vote, referred the baptismal
part back to the committee with in
structions to return a rvised revi
sion today.
The confirmation ceremony ne'xt
received attention and the house
passed on to the subject of matri
mony. The action of the house of
bishops, accepting the revision
which omits the word "obey," was
reached. A dozen aeleg-ates were
on their toes, ready to spring up
and claim the attention of the chair.
A. S. Brown, lay delegate from
Washington, was recognized. He
proposed a resolution which would
invalidate the action of the upper
house in striking out the moot word.
Man was responsible for iis wife's
debts, his wife's support and ever,
his wife's behavior, according to
law. This last word brought a roar
of laughter. The idea of a woman
being submissive to her husband
was in accordance with old customs
and principles or las-. Mr. Brown
contended.
Dr. Russell L. Smith of Arkansas
attacked the proposed new cere
mony. He spoke of flippant young
girls, held that the movement was
inspired by the press, an institution
that is no jespecter of ancient cus
toms, and plecded with his hearers
not to be swept away by pleas for
modernism.
Canon W. L. DeVries of -Washington
cathedral took the opposite
view. Marriage, he contended, was
a partnership, not a medieval cus
tom, tlfe wife is no slave in the
20th century. A house, entirely com
posed of men, he declared, ehould
respect the wishes of the women
members of the church.
Modernis-.-i had two forceful op
ponents In Eev. G. C. Stewart of
Chicago, the brilliant young rector
of a wealthy Chicago parish, and
the white-haired Rev. H. H. Powell
of San Francisco. Dis Stewart's at
tack on archaism was one of the
most stirring addresses yet deliv
ered in the convention.
"There is a kaiserly motto that
the woman belongs in the nursery,
the church and the kitchen," he
commenced.
"Woman entering into the poli
tical field and the political arena
I can see no reason for cont'nuing
the present unfair balance in mari
tal relations, if the wife obey the
husband, let the man obey the
woman, too."
Woman's Counsel Ik Extolled.
"In all the great crises of life," in
all of the problems which confront
a man, it is obedience to the helpful
counsel of the wife that helps him
attain his goal.
"This word 'obey is a holdover
from the Genesis.: this order that a
woman must submit herself to the
desires of her husband a polyga
mist is archaic in this age.
"St. Paul was severe on women
the opponents of this measure
quote the Scriptures to me Paul,
my brethren, interpreted the life of
the oriental woman of the first cen
tury and we are dealing with Amer
ican women of the 20th century."
The address of the young clergy
man from Chicago was greeted with
a storm of applause.
"In that beautiful allegory of Gen-'
esis," said Rev. Mr. Powell, "we are
told that God took woman from
Adam's side. He did not take her
from his head, as his master; from
his feet as his slave, but from his
side as his partner and companion."
Vote Given for Elimination.
At the end of a 30-minute period
arguments on the subject by rules
of the house were stopped and the
matter went to a vote. The action,
as far as this convention is con
cerned, will mean that in three years
tne word "obey" will be left out of
the episcopal marriage ceremony.
The matter of the omission of the
phrase pertaining to worldly goods
went, tnrougn tne house without
comment.
Resolutions condemning war and
demanding laws to govern the i
vorce evil were also heard by the
house and referred to standing committees.
CONVENTION UNCONVENTIONALITIES
FIRE HELD IN CONTROL
Burn In Umpqua District Checked
Before Heavy Damage Occurs.
GARDINER, Or'., Sept. 14. (Spe
cial.) Sunday afternoon a fire of
unknown origin broke out in the
old Aasen camp near the mouth of
the Umpqua river and spread
rapidly. Firefighters are succeed-i-
iti it well enousrh
in check that no serious damage has
been .done although it has spread
into the Winchester Bay Lumber
company's holdings.
Monday Harvey Brown of the
Douglas county fire patrol took a
survey of the. fire in the lower
Umpqua country by airplane.
THE elevator In the Multnomah
was packed. There was room
for but one more. If he hap
pened to be of sufficiently small cir
cumference, which ruled out several
of the bishops waiting to ascend.
Rt. Rev. G. Mott Williams, D. D.,
bishop in charge of ' European
churches, stepped into the gap. And
as the elevator went up he was
heard to mutter:
"Partridge and Woodcock In great
procession came,
But strenuously kicked at being
. classified as game.
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This story- is told of Rt. Rev.
Harry S. Longley, D. D., bishop co
adjutor of Ohio:
He was riding to the auditorium
on a street car beside a seedy look
ing man who surveyed him with a
critical eye. Turning to a compan
ion, he made some remarks deroga
tory to ministers in general and to
priests and bishops of the Episcopal
church in particular. The bishop
maintained silence. Then the agnos
tic proceeded to attack individual
articles of the Christian faith in a
loud voice so that all the occupants
of the car could hear. Still no
response from the bishop. Finally
the man said at the top of his voice:
"I don't believe in heaven. There is
no such place, and if there were I
would not go there if I could."
"Well, then, my good man," an
swered the bishop quietly, "go to the
other place, only - don't make so
much noise about. it."
Newspapers, like other human in
stitutions, sometimes make mis
takes. And sometimes, the mistakes
are amusing. At a recent consecra
tion of a. bishop the inspired re
porter wrote - that "the presiding
bishop, sitting on the altar, laid his
hands on the man kneeling ,at the
litany desk."
At the general convention at San
Francisco the opening service was
covered by a baseball reporter, the
season for that, sport having just
passed, who . recorded that the
bishops moved along In the great
procession with their flowing robes,
and with their score-cards in their
hands."
".'...
Rev. Ernest Stires, D. D., Is rector
of One of the largest and most fash
ionable Episcopal churches in New
York, and is here as a delegate
from that diocese. Rev. Corne
lius Woelfkin is the pastor of the
Fifth Avenue Baptist church, which
is attended by John D. Rockefeller.
The two clergymen are close friends.
Recently there was a special serv
ice at St. Thomas' church on a
week-day which was attended by Dr.
Woelfkin. When the time came for
the offering the sexton glanced
about for suitable men to pass the
alms basins around. Owing to the
fact that the service 4as on a week
day and during working hours,
there were few men in the congre
gation. The sexton approached Dr.
Woelfkin and asked him to assist in
taking up the offering, which he did.
The first Dr. Stires knew of It
was when Dr. Woelfkin addressed
a note to him the following day
telling of the Incident.
'
An Interesting figure in the house
of bishops is that of the Rt. Rev.
Beverly Tucker, D. D bishop of
southern Virginia. He has nine
sons, seven of whom are clergymen,
one a bishop. His one daughter Is
the wife of a clergyman.
W. C Bender is the name of the
genial and good-looking traffic
officer placed in charge of the aud
itorium. The other day when
sudden influx of delegates appeared
at the railroad station he was asked
by the motor committee to take one
of the cars standing in front of the
auditor'um down to the union sta
tion. He got into what he thought
was the right car and hastened to
do the committee's bidding.
In the meantime a woman, ap
peared In front of the auditorium
and looked distractedly about for
her car. It had disappeared it was
stolen! She immediately called the
police and reported her loss.
It was a bit embarrassing forthe
Ill6utenant to report to the woman
that her car had been taken by a
member of the police bureau.
'.
A new curate was taking part of
the service for Bishop Gailor when
he was rector of a parish. He was
reading the litany. The sentence
printed asked that the Lord "illum
inate all bishops, priests and dea
cons." The nervous novice read,
"That It would please thee to elim
inate all bishops, priests and dea
cons." Which reminds one of a story
about one of the clerical members of
the house of deputies. When he was
a student in 'seminary it came his
turn to conduct the chapel service.
It was the last service before the
Christmas holidays which the pro
fessors had made more enjoyable by
assigning papers to be written and
books to be read for report immedi
ately on return. A prayer regular
ly used included a petition that God
grant the students a "true vocation."
The young man prayed for a "true
vacation."
There -was great amusement In
the house of bishops when it was
announced that they would proceed
from the marriage service to the
burial of the dead.
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In notices sent out before the con
vention met, it was noted that
among other evidences of the hos
pitality of Bishop Sumner and his
fine corps of assistants was a list
of buildings which had been placed
at the disposal of , the delegates. One
of the buildings offered was police
headquarters. So far as we know,
no bishop, priest or lay deputy has
yet called upon the city o-f Portland
for use -of the building, either in
dividually or as a bodv.
A fair woman reporter from an
eastern paper (we just can't keep
women out of the sacred precincts
of this and other places of church
council) remarked to Rt. Rev.
Charles P. Anderson, bishop of Chi
cago, that she thought the Rt. Rev.
Reginald Weller, bishop of Fond
du Lac a "live wire."
"When speaking .of a bishop,"
gravely remarked Bishop Anderson,
"I would hardly think it proper to
call him a 'live wire.' I would sug
gest that you speak of Bishop Wel
ler as, a 'spiritual force.'"
.
"How do you get upstairs?" quer
ied a woman of one of the pages
standing at the very foot of the
stairs "Slide," said the 'page un
der his . breath and politely sug
gested that the woman walk up.
BISHOPS EMBARRASSED
INQUIRY ANENT BISHOP SUM
NER IS REQUESTED.
the amendment when its purport
"was explained.
After a warning as to what per
sons a .minister may not marry, the
canon amendment will now carry
this warning to communicants:
"Nor shall it be lawful for any
member of this church to enter upon
previously had been called to the
attention of the convention that the
body, three years ago, failed to
name the full number of nine
judges for trial and nine to sit in
the court that reviews such trial.
There is now before the bishops
recommendation which, if adopted
a marriage when either of the con- may bring to triak for heresy Rt.
trading parties is the husband or , Rev. W. M. Brown, retired bishop of
Present Declared No Time for In
vestigation; of Case of For
mer Daan R. T. T. Hicks.
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' Extra Oil Dividend Declared.
INDEPENDENCE, Kan., Sept. 14.
The. Prairie Oil & Gas company to
day declared the regular quarterly
dividend of $3 and an extra divi
dend of $2. payable October 31 to
stockholders of record September 30.
tunities of Bringing them into the
church.
"In view of the above facta, we
urgently request that an Immediate
investigation of these .conditions be
ordered by "the house of bishops, as
we feel that this is a serious matter
and worthy of your earnest consid
eration. Respectfully submitted by
Edith E. Burke, president, 714
Kearney Btreet; and Daphne Hen
derson, secretary.
"This letter has been unanimously
approved by tie society."
Miss Burke, president of the so
ciety, which now holds its weekly
sessions in room A of the public
library, talked willingly of the let
ter" yesterday.
Bishop's Acts Protested.
"Our society left the pro-cathedral
on March 1 when Dean Hicks' res
ignation became effective," Miss
Burke said. "We have 45 members
and practically all were communi
cants of St. Stephen's. Some have
since transferred their membership
to other church parishes, but I do
not know Just how many. They
have done this, of course, as further
protest against the way Bishop
Sumner treated Rev. Mr. Hicks. The
letter was not prompted by officers
or a group of members but was
authorized by the society as . a
whole."
Bishop Sumner did not care to be
quoted with reference to the com
munication and Its attendant cir
cumstances yesterday, but may have
something to say later. He indicated
that he would certainly have some
thing to say if official cognizance
of the petition were taken in the
house of bishops. The consensus of
opinion among members of the house
who would In any way talk of the
matter seemed to be that the letter
raay be read to them by the presid
ing blshpp but that its request for
sn investigation will be Ignored. It
is a matter that might properly come
before a diocesan convention but not
before the national, body..
Canon Amendment Adopted.
The house of bishops yesterday
adopted the amendment to the
church canon on marriage, whereby
It serves proper warning to its com
municants that persons divorced in
any way other than the church ap
proves forfeit their membership bi
remarrying and cause forfeiture of
membership for any communicant
who marries them. The only di
vorced persons whom the canon per
mits to remarry in this church Is
the innocent ijarty in a case where
adultery is involved.
Heretofore the Episcopal church
has sought to control the matter of
remarriage of divorced persons in
directly through directing the clergy
as to what persons they might not
lawfully marry. Bishop Charles H.
Brent, who introduced the amend
ment adopted yesterday, cited cases
in which communicants had lost
their membership through Ignorance
of the implied bar against remar
riage of or to divorced persons. M
There was only slight opposition to i "
the wife of any other person then
living, from whom he or she has
been divorced for any cause arls'ng
after marriage." The amendment
does not become .effective until
adopted by the house - of deputies
and ratified at the next'triennial
convention.
At their morning session yester
day the bishops deleted the prayer
book provision which has forbidden
clergymen to preach funeral ser
mons for suicides, unbaptized adults
or excommunicated persons. The
rubric which contained this pro
hibition was voted out, but it is
understood that a clergyman may
use his discretion and decline to
officiate at the funeral of a person
in any of these classes. The pro
posal was warmly debated and- car
ried only by a vote of 47 to 43.
Church Unity Progresses.
Enthusiasm was aroused over
church unity by the report of the
joint commission on faith and order,
read before the house by Bishop
Brent. The report told of progress
made in this direction at the world
conference held in Geneva, Switzer
land, in 1920, and proposed a secopd
such convention to be held in May,
1925, in Washington, D. C.
Bishop Brent, who has been chair
man of this commission, was highly
lauded for the work accomplished
as he concluded the report. He was
proposed as the logical man to head
the world movement toward church
unity in the next great conference.
It is expected that he will be elected
to this pos. when the matter comes
up for consideration. "
Trial Judges Elected.
. Election of Judges to sit in pos
sible trials of bishops of the church
was held, this being merely the for
mality of voting in the members
proposed in a committee report. It
Arkansas. Personnel of the trial
and review courts as approved yes
terday follows:
Judges of court of trial of a
bishop:
Judges now in office Bishop John O.
Murray, Maryland ; Bishop Frederick F.
Reese, Georgia: Bishop Kdwln S. Lines,
Newark. Elected for six years Biahop
Theodore Du Bose Bratton, Mississippi;
Bishop Benjamin Brewster, Maine;
Bishop William F. Fnber. Montana.
Elected for nine years Bishop Edward
M. Parker, New Hampshire; Bishop John
N. McCormick, western Michigan; Bishop
Herman Page, Spokane.
Judges for court of review of a
trial of a bishop:
Judges now in office Bishop David
Seasums, Louisiana: Bishop William
Lawrence, Massachusetts; Bishop Rich
nrn1 N. N'flfton. A'DRny. Kl-rfM fir
six years Bishop -William A. Leonard.
Ohio; Bishop Chauncey Brewster. Con
necticut; Bishop William L. Orsrstt,
Virginia. Electe.l for nine yer Bishop
William Walter Webb, Milwaukee; Bishop
James Ie Wolf lrry, Khode Island;
Bishop William Caboll Brown. Virginia.
Mass Slcotlng Is Called.
A big mass meeting of the Epis
copal general convention devoted
to interests of foreign-born Amer
icans will be held at the municipal
auditorium Sunday nlk'hL The gen
eral theme of the meeting will be,
"What the Church Can Do for Our
Foreign Horn and Their Children."
Rev. Thomas H. Burgess is head
of the special division of the de
partment of missions, which con
cerns Itself with this work., and will
discuss aims and achievements. Rt.
Rev. Edward L Parsons, bishop co
adjutor of California; Rev. George
C. Stewart of Kvannton, 111.; Rev.
Homer A. Flint of Pittsburgh Pa.,
and Dr. George Zabriskle. chancellor
of the diocese of New York, will b.
among the speakers. Rt. Rev. John
G. Murray, bishop of Maryland, will
preside.
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