The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-06-19

We publish, this morning, COM
munieation on the subject, which will
be read with interest.
The following are the resolutions
adopted by the Convention, with
great degree of unanimity:
-Resolued, As the opinion of this
| Conference, that a careful revision of |
the Book of Common Prayer is need. |
| full to the best interests of the Pro /
tcstant Episcopal Church.
Resolged, That all words or phrases
seeming to teach that the Christian
minister is a priesthood, or the Lords
Supper a sacrifice, or that regenera-
ton is inseparable from baptism,
should be removed from the prayer
book.
ResozUed, That in the opinion of
this Conference it is the duty of the
| Evangelical men in the different Do
ceses to take measures to inform the
| laity of our church, by means of the
pulpit and press, respecting the vital
Questions which now agitate the
church.
ResolUed, That it is the opinion of
III this Conference that the American
Church Mission Society should ex-
tend its work to foreign fields, or
chat another association be formed on
e the voluntary principle to conduct
Reso10ed, That this Conference
recommend the evangelical clergy Of
our Church to avail themselves of all
such means as they may deem best to
g promote fraternal and Christian rela-
: tions with ministers of other Churches,
> especially by uniting with them in
}, such great national Institutions as the
: American Bible Society.
r. communicated.
q A gathering of a few clergymen and
laymen Of the Episcopal Church, in
e Chicago, 20 agitate some trivial ques
ton Of Church matter, is just now
furnishing material for the wise
re penny a-llners. Our reliable " cor
r respondents have their hands full
IS The labOring mountains produce {
- mouse, and behold discord is foreseen
= A handful of hot blooded gentlemen
J. meet to resolve, and blow off 4;
le little superhous steam, and some PEG
3. pie who have suddenly taken pro
,s found interest in the affairs Of tina
= Church. are troubled and anxious les
- !. the word should come to an end. |
OF this tempest In a teapot end
DR. quietly, after all, it will be a sad dis
j. appointment to weeping : outsiders.
The world seems to be moving. X j
81 not singular that light things &c
o, tossed about a little. Agitation pro
le duces life, and life's token is move
nv ment. Extreme men and notion
move along with the grand current
A few able men in this Republic hav
lie become dissatisfied with the work 0
by our forefathers. They think it need
". tinkering. Republican institution
); demand REFUSING, they tell US, and the
propagate their views. They hav
xt a right to do it. They have started
In newspaper to advocate nI0Rofchg
e. They have the right to do that also
~ Foreigners say, IS Anal boosted Re
public In dissensIOns-gOiDg to ruin
re about to crop out into monarchy. JUS
DIS as we expected" Meantime this her
at itage survives. It is big enough t
ar hold the inlpeTidltSt, and it allow
- those Jealous gentlemen to talk on
NC There is an impression among til
e. people most interested, that the Re
public can take care of herself. Per
haps the Episcopal Church also vii
survive little debating club In Chi
re cago.
nj As divorce sensations are rathe
~ I, stale in that moral city at pres
a. ent, the noise of a score or tw
ng of busting, factieus black. coats i
of convenient relief to the re
- porters. But there are bigger in
y terests in the world Lord Macaula
e. once said: We know no spectacl
us so ridiculous as the British public il
id one of its periodical fits of morality
as In general, elopements, divorces, an
! family quarrels pass with little notice
e But once in six or seven years on
be virtue becomes outrageous" News
ad paper writer's and their readers ar
no just now having such a spasm owe
e this decimal fraction called "Con
o. vention of the Episc pal Church" i
r. pious Chicago. The it'' might b.
eff. worse.