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formula could be laid down.
| But what do we seek for? We seek for
q law which will be so plain that by nc
eccentric Interpretation may 1t be made to
kill instead OF cure. The practical opera
| tlon Of this canon will be to produce the
impression that this Church, which claims
to be mother to its children, Is not actu.
atcd by mothers instincts toward them.
| He should not be sorry If this canon
passed. He believed that all this agitation
In relation to ritualism was an omen OF
good to the Church anything was better
than apathy. He saw in the deliberations
of the committee, in the spirit Of harmony
| in this convention, that we are advancing
to nm era of more liberation Of individual
opinion. and he believed that If this con-
tfnued this Church would march on con-
| quering and to conquer; that its creed
would be the creed of all the millions OF this
country, from the. Atlantic to the Pacific.
| Mr. Mead, of Albany, Of the minority of
the committee, stated that he had been ulr-
able to sign the report, believing that no
Inecessity existed for any action on this sub
| iject that it was inexpedient to attempt, by
Legislation, to remedy what had been com;
planned Of. He thought it best TO add
nothing to increase the differences of
opinion as to any forms and usages which
might be adopted by any members of the
| Church. He had not regarded these things
| as casting reproach on the Church for in
validing its authority, and why, then,
should further strife be stirred up?
Mr.. Craighead, of Tennessee, member
Of the committee, asked DR.. Mead IL he had
stated that but three members Of the COM
mittee were opposed to the report.
| Rev. Dr.. Andrews, OF Virginia, said the
Ichairman of the joint committee, Bishop
L. - f,l~S
announced 1t as II to ).
| derstood that in the committee he had
| fought against this canon with all bis abil-
| igy. He would not state the objections to
| it, for they would be presented much more
ably by others, but he wished his children
,, to know hereafter that their father had
been opposed to this most prep0sterouS
action. [Laughter.]
Rev. Or. Goodwin, of Pennsy lvania, said
| uniformity of worship was an important
matter. and it was only to be secured hy
/! the action Of the House OF Bishops. DR..
/, Goodwin then spoke Of certain forms of
worship observed by some, and said that
!! Bishop White, OF Pennsylvania, had al
=: ways bowed mt the name Of Jesus when it
: occurred in the creed, but at no other
, time.
| Rev. DR.. Mason, of North Carolina, said
! this was mistake. Bishop White bowed
at the name Of Jesus wherever ii occurred
, lp the service of the Church.
! Rev. DR.. Goodwin believed his statement
was correct. He always bowed when the
! name of our blessed Lord occurred in the
creed, but at no other time. He was kind
of black sheep in this matter in Pennsyi-
rania. lie believed and felt that he bowed
| in due reverence, and God forbid that he
| should object to any one doing it in the
spirit of reverence, but lie thought much
, of this bowling was done for mere form. =,
| He thought it not proper that the second
section of the canon should ne adopted. 1t
=; provides for the Observance Of the canons
of The Church Of England in use in 1859.
Who would get up here and say he knew
what those canous were? 1t was folly to
! lay down 4 law tor observance When no one
, knew what that law was.
Mr.. McCrady. Of South Carolina, held
that the canons of the Church were all
based On the canoss Of the Church OF Eng
land.
The house mt Z. NJ. took recess until
: Z. NJ, having provided that the consider
alton of the report on the ritual shall be
resumed tomorrow at Ii o'clock.