The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-10-14
protcstaut Episcopal Triennif
ccnerar Convention.
,.r.v MORNINGS PROCEEDINGS.

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Convention met this morning at II
,,,nnt The Rev. James Craik, y. D., 81
G9Ss ,vrS as president, called the Convef
t;on to order for business. g.
"V Tbs Committee on New Dioceses reported (
:. Cav ssror of dividing the diocese of Mary
i IN The report of the committee was
I 49,, by the Convention.
&C., o. Alfred Stubs, of New Jersey, pre-
a.o3 a memorial for the increase Of the |
psi raember asked that it be referred to the
o.nr;,tee on the State of the Church.
'''' member objected to referring it to
...,,,;ttee composed exclusively Of clergy
S W., and said If it was referred to COM
-,;tfee it should be to one composed Of lay
Mr.. s. B. Ruggles, of New York, adv
o,tAd some action such as would establish.
r-ostcr uniformity in the value Of ts'
money paid as salary to the clergy. IIE
member thought it would be expedite
IN ask the action Of the House of Bishoa,a-
m this matter. After some debate the mAa
ter was referred to q committee Of Eve Isl
men.
memorial presented on federal cou
r;ls was referred to the Committee on COZ
mons.
Mr.. John N. Conyngham, of Pennsyl7hEiiss,
1ia. presented memorial as follows: lam
That uniformity in the manner Of VIC 81 Of
shipping Almighty God is one Of the chi ~
reasons for the use Of Liturgy, and is III
itself most desirable:
That it was the object Of the Church Of
England, and afterward of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in the United States of
america, as appears by the preface to their
respective Books of Common Prayer, to
establish form of worship which might
most tend 10 the preservation Of peace and
unity in the Church, the procuring of reVer-
ence, and the exciting of piety and devo-
ton in the worship of God, and, finally,
the cutting off occasion, from them that |
seek occasion, of cayil or quarrel against
her Liturgy
That in order TO attain these ends the |
Protestant Episcopal Church in these United
States made, at its organization In this |
country. many important alterations and |
smendments in the English Book of Com !
mon PRAYER, all tending to simplify her |
Worship and to promulgate Christianity and |
the truths of the Gospel to mankind "in |
the clearest, plainest, most affecting, and |
majestic Manner; /
That of late many ministers, forgetful of |
tho objects of the fathers of said Church |
in this country, have introduced various |
changes in the previously long established |
manner of conducting divine worship |
therein, and of performing her rites and |
ceremonies, novel to our people and not |
contemplated by the Book of Common |
PRAYER and the Canons Of the Church, and |
which do not "tend to the preservation of |
peace and unity in this Church" Dor to |
1.-THE procuring of reverence and the excl |
ting Of piety and devotion in the worship |
Of God and especially not to the cutting |
of occasion, from them that seek occasion,
0: cayil or quarrel against her Liturgy
That by reason Of the said changes the
worship in the churches in this diocese and
Of other dioceses is no longer uniform, and
great scandal and dissension have been pro-
noted thereby;
That your memorialists deplore the in
PRODUCTION of said changes in the manner
Of worshipping God, by whatever ancient
practice in any other Church the same may
have been recognized, and whatever their
Intrinsic merit, and express the tervent
hone that the same may cease from among
US;
That, leaving your honorable body to par
,icularjze the practices to which we allude,
vour rlemorialists respectfully express their
disapproval of all deviations (manifestly
On the incrcase) from the prescribed ritual
of our Church, and of all acts, Intentional
ros,ures. unaccustomed ministerial gar
ments, and personal or church decorations,
and all conduct in the celebration Of Divine
Worship which tend to make the same re-
semble in outward seeming that Oh the
Church of Rome;
That in our judgment, charity and the
interests of this Church, as well as good
taste, REQUIRE the abandonment by lndlvl-
duals even Of acts not forbidden, If lnlu-
rious to its peace or likely to be mlsunuer-
stood hy Protestant Christians;
Wherefore We respectfully pray that ca
mons NAV be passed which shall establish
and enforce uniformity in divine worship
in all our churches, and tend to renew ana
preserve that simplicity and absence OF I'M
necessary ceremonial which the early Pro-
testsnt Episcopal Church IN this country
sought 10 attain.
The new canon, which accompanied this
memorial, is aimed directly at the ritual
istic tendencies Of certain churches. 1t Is
entitled canon for conducting divine ser
vices 1t forbids as unlawful the use OF
crucifxes and candlesticks on super affairs
80 called made of wood or metal, stand
ing or hanging over any communion table
as part of the decorations thereof, etc.
Ii also forbids the elevation Of the ele-
aeuts, bowling at the name OF Jesus except
where il it occurs in the creed, bowling to
the communion table, etc.
The Offering Of this memorial started
score Of delegates to their feet, but further
debate was arrested by the arrival Of the
hour for recess.