New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-14
for the .o,a,aeration NJ

been mt into printed form for the confederation Of
The Council. communication had ocen received from
The Free pngTcn o. ns terms Of pn,gn
pressed much satisfactorily the work that had been
Ell eted Quite an earnest Discussion here arose gpOo
motion 70 drop the utF OF Right Rev from oelorc
g Bishop in the publt documents and the usuagos OF
the Chure some Oh delegates speaking very WHr any
posing It. TINS motion finally laid upon INC ''o0
by vote of j., TO II. ..-,,,.. MN.
The const ltuton, presented by the commune, ncd
taken w., article by article The first article was a1oph
with slight amendment with the second, .hr I,nn the
NINTH winch forods church decorations a. oacb
vestments postnres ana Socerdoal char
that the Christian ministry possesses @ excitcd
actcr or that the Lords supper IL sicrlhce, eoJ
an hours debate. The Council was evidently eppvohh
70 any ceremonies or forms the tendencies OF when
were sacerdotal Upon motion Of Mr. Adrlch OF lineage
several specifications above quoted ana SUGGESTION
that there he legislation upon the CONSTRUCTION
an altar ehcited "a decided vote, prohibiting
the use Of ANYTHING having the appes , nn
provaI of the vote since believed the teachings Of
The altar fruitful OF error than almost any
thing else IN the Protestant Episcopal CGurcb Bishop
Cheney contributed somewhat To the merrlnent OF le
Council by the confession that CBrst Chhcn cneago,
has an altar although he had thought that church
given to sacedotal practices. lie promised however,
that they would not longer offend in this particular
The opposition TO the of the surpce was quite Vlg'
the part OF several members, ana motion 70
forbid the wearing OF such garment was supporno nv
would not prevail he did wish to tnd himself more
restricted in one direction in The R9Iormea Ch T6
Rev. Mr.. Neil OF Philadelphia remarked that nc
had never worn surplce until one was onercd MIN
in the morning by a Bishop OF the REFORMED
Episcopal Chufch. "i7n'p ohTI"y So then
notion and 1t finally lost The article was lnen
adoped In This form, intended to forbid Rituallsin:
"Nothing calculated to teach, either directly or sym
bOAcally that the CHRISTIAN ministry Possesses
dotal charaer that the Lords Supper is sacrnce
shall ever be allowed in the worship Of this Church. nor
shall any communion table be constructed III the form
OF an altar" The tenth aud last article ana the con-
stituton as whole then adopted, and the con,
sideration of the canons followed. The language OF
many of these is similar that OF the canOns OF the
Protestant Episcopal Church, aud with few changes
they adopted far as the seventh inclusive INC
hour OF adjournment put an end 10 further business
THE EVENING SESSION.
Bishop Cheney, in the absence OF lhe Chairman, pre-
sided at the evening session. The consideration
OF the canons continued. The eighth, re-
gardiug Bishops, the ninth. tenth, eley-
enth twelfth. and thirteenth were passed
with little changes. These were the last OF Title OF
and worship Of the church" The Canons or lltle
II, relating TO "tho organized bodies OK inc
church" met with moro frequent objection, nut
no general discussion cnsucd until the fourth secu0n,
uron congrc cations reached Section 5, prOvid-
ing for the election of Wardens and Vestry-
men, brought many TO their feet. motion
the wardcns, be chosen from among the commun-
cauts This StrcnuOusly supported ana as Warmly
opposed. IL was point which aroused consld-
siderable feeling both sides, several very pointed
hour and half this discussion was continued when,
at nearly 10 o'clock an adjournment was car
RED tine disputed section being reserved lof
tO-dav's decision. There remain also the canons OF
Title III, regarding "dsclphne 10 De considercl al5o
he proposed alterations in The PRAYER Book OF 1885 be-
side other and varied business TOdays sessions VIII
ginning $3.50 o'clock. II is expected that the Council
Will continue through the week