The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-10-16
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
TWELFTH DAYS PROCEED
INGS Of THE BODY.

The establishment of a BOARD OF
Regents on Christian Education
recommended - The Book OG
Prayer will he Revised.
NEW YORK. October 15.-ln the EpiS-
copal convention this morning the com
mittee on CanOnS presented its report
and asked to be discharged. They rec
oInmend the establishment of board oi
regents ON Christian education to con-
SiSt of three members from the house o.
bishops, three from the house of delegates
and one from the joint committee, the
latter to also act as an advocate COM
mitttee, to report at the next conven-
ton. The resolution was passed. The
Rev Mr.. Clark. of Michigan, then read
the report of tht committee on memo
rialS Of deceased members. EulOEics
were read on all members who have dieG
since the assembling of the last conven-
vcution. The report of the committee on
amendments to the constitution then
was, at the request OF Benedict, OF south
crn Ohio, placed on the calendar and the
ttec discharged. A resolution was
passed requesting Congress to pass a
stringent and uniform divorce law
lrr the Dist,ict of Columbia and terri
tories: and Alteration was called to the
report OF tie late commissioner OF labor,
Carroll ID. Wright ON the subject OF d,-
vOrcc. 'thy committee on thl prayer
book offered resolution that the morn
ing AID cyc"lir" rrycIS Slruld DeprIntcd
IN tie same !,ry - tii% rest ut thc ser
vice. AT | ...i til" it, u.s. proceeded to
the CDLsiiitru LJu OI the order u me ua'.
DR.. Huntingdon thcn HsCcuied tHt plat
form 10 speak on the subject OF the re
port ON lilurgiral revision. lac an
nounced that he divided his remarks un.
der three heads First, rhetorical; sec
ond, erroncunS, and third, imaginative.
He then proceeded to criticise the report
severely. Rev. Geo. McC christian, OF New
York, one OF the members who prepared
the minority report, then arose. ii,
spoke warmly against any further revlS-
ion OF the prayer book. He was followed
by Rev. Joseph \. Blanchard, OF Micn-
gan. who opposed further revision. Al
the close OF his remarks Il motIo.rto ad-
journ for lunch was carried.
When the afternoon session OF the coI-
veution assembled Rev. DR.. Cornelius L.
Swopc of New York, opened the debate
on the proposed revision OF the prayer
book He dcplored the modern tcndenc!
to revise the PRAYER book, and appealed
to the meeting to stop it as sacrlleElous.
Rev. Dr. SiSsumS, of Louisiana, favored
the revision and tie minority report. He
said there was more harmony i'll the
church since the work OF revision was
begun. Rev. Noel Logan advocated the
adoption Of the minority report, and
Rev. Goodwin, of Pennsylvania, critl'
cised the statement made by DR..
Sissums. The question OF revis-
ion is more active now than
it was six years ago." he said "and it
will only die when it is put to death.
The present convention cannot find the
convention Of 1892 in the least. We car
set it a good example"
Rev. DR.. A. Holland, of Missouri, tolt
the convention that no church could tel
him what prayer to offerin the privacy o
his family and he protested agains'
making a crazy quilt out Of the prayer
book. IL am low church" he cried,
"and appeal to every low churchmaI
to vote against this proposed revision.
Hill Burgin, of PittSburg, thought the
majority report was at least worthy o.
consideration, and then DIR. Phillips
Brooks argued strongly i'll favor ot re-
vision. If an attempt to get nearer the
truth could destroy Il mans faith he
thought such faith had better be des
troved. He sanctioned such rs would
keep the prayer book in living sympathy
with the spirit OF the age.
A resolution proposing to give each