Lfl 





'. ..' . . 



Church Union, bear- 

 rr K -nl to the action of 



abbbopforthc 



. i: . ' 



..f Julr 6. 1*N. and the 

 of fcpt 88. 18M, and 



1HH8. declares ite 

 araspathv with the Spanish reformer* in their 

 to obtain blessings which th.- ch.m-h 



bat long enjoyed. Tat, in view of the various 

 ftanesnivoived in ft reoogri 

 fanniil at aforesaid, refuses to aoceot anv respon- 

 MUtvintbe matter until after the Lambeth 

 ObsJatanos shall have aiaminad the standards of 

 of the amid Reformed Church, and shall 



have decided UM grave Question whether the said 

 Baftmm 1 Church is to be reeg 



reeggnlied as in com- 

 with the AngUoan Church." The ap- 

 proval of the boot* was given generally t<> t h 

 MOMMfteodations of the Archbishop*sCommittoo 

 on Voluntary Schools. and they were commended 

 to tb* immediate and careful considerat 



Church, It appeared in tbe debate on 

 that the voluntary schools were 

 derth- two di Acultiai of 

 ii depart- 



ments in building* H nd of 

 in maintaining the schools in 

 fat* of the perpetually increasing expenditure 

 for giving such instruction as the 

 d'fnrtnvnt minimi. The work of 

 Education art had very seriously in- 

 jured the financial posit ion of a good many of 

 Ml* taking away, as it did, the school 

 Tbe qaathon of the consecration of 

 before the 

 in the form of a 



the. 



of the act, and baaing the momb. 

 per bonse to eonaider what steps should 

 U> vindicate the tat 



by showing that it was clear 

 Tin the matter. M and thu* to alle- 

 f her devoted mem- 

 > adopted raoommending 

 nd uniform constitution 

 Uring it desirable 



MM MV ii i MI i of church wardens to main- 

 tain and repair church burial grounds should 

 not be traoifarred to parish councils * 

 sanrtina of the ordinary as well a* of th<- pa- 

 rochial church autboritW and recommending 

 the annual publication, for the information of 

 t of staleaunts of funds 

 and church warden* eon joi 

 of Lyro*ti f.^i resolutions op- 



on the subject of i 



M-II.H.IH as mar seem most c\ 

 (juinMiirntu without endangering th. 



character, and i< win tin- p-tu-ral Mi|.|".n o 



concerning the appoint mem of church 



and approving the report of the archbishop's 



committees on Christian teaching in elementary 



he bishop- wnv requested to formu- 



..btaining such further lii 



aid from im|crial or local sources for voluntary 

 seem m.-t lift t thcirre- 



. 



of the 



Church and the consent of the legislature. 



The principal q ~<-d at the meet- 



ing of the - ii May 



were Welsh disestablishment and the marriage 

 of divorced persons. The former subject was 

 debated in the upper hou*c in view of the pas- 

 sage in the House of Commons of the Govern- 



ill on the subject. All the speakers re- 

 garded the proposed disestablishment as in- 

 equitable and likely to IN- disastrous to the 

 Episcopal Church in Kngland, as well as to re- 

 .!. A resolution was passed in 



.ver house in view of the recent marriage 

 in a church in London of a person who was re- 

 spoiident in an undefended divorce case, r 

 ing the bishops to take such steps as they might 

 think U'st to prevent the repetition of" such a 

 grave scandal, "by which the oonaoienoafl of afl 

 really Christian people are wounded, the stand- 

 ard of morality in the country is lowered, the 

 sanctity of family life sapjied, and the blessing 

 of the 'Church given to persons intending to 

 live in a state which the Lord of the Chmvh has 

 directly and implicitly condemned. For all civil 

 purposes what is desired can be obtained b\ a 

 union in the register's office, and as it is state 

 law and not Church law that makes such unions- 

 possible, the undersigned entreat your lordships 

 to do whatever can be done to prevent **\\<-)i 

 -r solemni/ed in church, and to 

 hinder her blessing being given to those whom 

 Holy Scripture ti-aches that the Lord will not 

 bless. Upon presentation ..f this resolution in 

 the upper house, that Ixxlv declared that it was 

 fullv prepared to take \i<-\\ steps as the members 

 of this house, may be able to tal, 'it the 



nee of the scandal described in U 

 tirh,* Cferi of May 15, 1895. A report of a 

 f both houses (.n the accession 

 service was discussal in the upper hou- . It 

 proposed amendments intended to remed . 

 tain difficulties attending the use of 



ii of York met Feb. xM. The 

 rejK.rt of the committee appointed by the two 

 archbishops to inquire into the prospects of 

 voluntary schools was considered in the upper 

 house and approved, as was also t! 



1 to amend the law relating to Church 



age. The lower house HI [.roved 



the draft of the Church Patronage bill. 



I he i;, formed ( hurdles in Spain and 

 Italy. The memorial of the Protestant Church 

 rnion \ < M.i-hop o f Canterbur-. 



hohliii. 



Spain by the Archbishop of Dublin and his asso- 

 ciates, already mentioned a.s having been dis- 

 cussed in the Convocation of Canterbury, relates 



That the Archbishop of Dublin had inquired of the 

 --. whether the primitive 



end ertaMihed principle* of juri- -.M be 



ftafegvanied if ^ur}i binhop an was contemplated, 

 should refrain from assuming a territorial title or any 



