The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-16

| IA order io oppose the resolution Of l'"N. ~. /
! Huntington for Joint committee io m. /
/ bare standard prglcr hook ol ls'1. lie /
dc,1a,cd thai ihc hulch was filled with /
anxiety, nnie,i and distress. and that IL de-
/ Mahdod that the revision should cease. /
d" " hy sir" he said. " mems hearts are fail /
/ iug them because Of the attitude of [
/ fhi, convention. am not the oldest mem /
| hcr of this convention. Int can remember /
/ the time when our PraNcr-l'Ook was rccaid- /
ed a. - sacred thing. II was regarded - +
! I'M, inmhlo. 'lhp man who dared 70 pui his /
/ hand upon thai book. 80 change q single line /
uf tsod's art. was regarded ~ guilty /
thing. Since then LOYALTY 10 that oid book .
| began to di~ppcar: contempt for the au-
/ thortv of the ulhric crcpi in; every man /
/ has seemed 80 Dee law unto himself. II
used to hc the boast of the men Of our 7
Church that wherever he Travelled over
thi, broad land hc would hnd
/ the book he loved unmpaircd.
/ Now mo- man can enter the hilN or sixty /
churches in \cW York and find the state NJ
thing. alike in an, two Of them. The, tell
us that the book will bc finished IN l>''s, II
IL cannot hc finished noW We cannot control /
the actiou- Of the con, cnii0n which follows
us"
. Dr swopc referred to the fact that some
bod, had said that one Of the arguments Of
his side nf the ease was the argument Of "a /
centennial edition II the book of common /
/ PRAYER. lie was not personally Of pocii- /
cal turn. but il was q remarkable coinci- 4
dcncc that the date of the ratification Of The +
present volume was October lG. i1s''. and II I
what Dee desired to ~cc was accomplished. IL +
] would bc i'm reality centennial edition.
~oMf EXCITEMENT.
An eloquent address was made by Rev.
Davis ~es-um-. Of Louisiana. in favor Of
the resolution. ilc did NOT believe that amy .
large body of the hurci desired that rc,i- +
sion should De- brought o. sudden. undc- .
,clopcd and premature close.
Rev. Novel; Logan. of Mississippi. in .
dignantly denied the accusation of Dr. F
Huntington that There were amy erroneous .
statements ion the report of ihc minority.
The House had evidently made up ii~ .
mind. and was getting impatient when llr. I
Goodwin. Of Pcnn~yl lNania. secured the F
lOOr.
There were loud calls for "quo~tiOn." hut f
thc deputy from Pennsylvania Wa~ de-
torminod to point Oui to the re,isory party .
The follS uf their ways. III has been said +
that this feeling of praNcr-hooA revision is /
dying out. II in NOT DYING. hiu thriN ing
and. NOW and here IL must Do" put to f
death
pr. Holland. Of Missouri. denounced thc
resolution. The silent stab Of tho eucharist +
at the Church Of some of the language used .
hl the latter speaker was ~O -trom. chat F
the House chafcd under llo lash.
"Nouo of the pledges made Dog ihD mcm-
hcr, TODAY the House is bound to believe. F
Mr.. President, ! protest. ] demand that
the speaker rctrari thai sentence" pr. /
Huntington. of New York. had arisen oN- I
citcdly and pointed hi- finger al the deputy I
from Missouri.
The Chair was asked to admoni~h the
deputy. hat decided that 10 the latter had /
said ''No member can make plcde, which /
tine House il bound o. believe" that Doe WAS +
in order
NHlGH STATE ul rFiiIND.
This dramatic incident showed the high
state OF feeling ON both sides durin. this
debate Amer Mr. BursWin. OF renu~tha- I
mia. has spoken in behalf Of the resolution
and against ihc amendment OF the commit .
tee. pr. Phillips Brooks. of Massachusetts. .
took lhe floor.
pE. rHuLLr> ms"oh-.
Dr. Brooks Thought 10 cause for thanks
that opportunity for ro, i>ios was h1d. The
proposed revision WIS % ~ieu of progress.
and in order that the Prayer-lipok might he
| in living sympathy with ihe people Oi thn
| Church. hc thought that those portions Of
the min0riN'- report declaring that tine
! peoples faith iu the volume was being
shaken hy the acts Of thc revision. ~1Nurrd
strongly of superstition. While DO WAS hi-
majority of the changes suggested. Dec he- F
I licNcd in continuing Vision s0 that au op- f
! portuniiN mi-ht Doe given for onrichin- and
cnhancin. ihc book.
ltAa~ moved and carried that ihc Vote ou
tine uondin. question Doe taken at i.lj and
that each side Dee allowed tom minuic- lo ,
! close tine debate.
lr. >Wopc. of New ) ork. protested against
the discussion being chohcd oh without all
who desired having chance to hc heard.
hut was Obliged to ~ii down while Mr.. Bid
die put in the final argument for the mi-
n0riiy'- report.
Inf Clo~l.
Dr. samuel Hart of Connecticut. the -rr-
rrtaN of tine committee 100 closing iur ihr
majority rcp0rt. said that tine committee
was %, mo- means wcddcd tn all fhc PROPOSE .
tion- brought before them. Among those
which they did deem especially desirable
was the Introduction. iorin~tancc. 0f 20 pcni-
tcuiial -clA ico for Ash "Wednesday: the m-
PRODUCTION of a burial service NOR. nppro-
pirate for children. and 300 DO" ruhric. placed.
at tine opening of the oilice Of The ho, CONE .
munion. the omission of tine dccalo-uc.
InENoIr.
Prumpli, a- tine moment arrived the me- .
tion was pW iu ihc House. Tine secretary .
rradin- a~ follows.
Rcsoirrd, That thero,i~ionofihc PRAYER .
Book hc brought fo an end ai the present
session of the General convention with the .
ruitciJun Of such propositions of thc con- F
Ncnii0m oi l~SG a~ may -ccm best.
\ soie hy dioce~e and orders Wa- r-
qi.-tcd. resulting iu ihr defeat of ihc iur- F
goiu- a- follows. clerical 'oic.filt di,ccsc~ .
represented. aye, .n MR. -. dN idrd D.: Jay .
vote. ou,-so,cn dioc' - represented. ayes .
49, nays %. divided .. pr. Huntington then F
moved that the House go into % committee .
of the whole 1t 10 o'clock to-n01uW .
morning t0 consider the question of
further uc, i-ion Tine motion va~ carried. .
HE HOl ~ Or BISHOPS
al their session today passed resolution
adopting PRAYERS for thr r-diiun Or harvest |
season. for persons undertaking journey.
for unity. and for those Who labor iu the .
gospel for missions. II also adopted ihr
Thanksgiving clause for children recovering
from sickness and riurnin. FROM Jour
ucy.
rWo ,GEp BISHOPS Er~ioN.
The designations of two bishops vas the
most important incident iu the upper
house Bishop liedcll. of Ohio. and bishop
Williams. of Japan. were received from thc
hands Of the presiding bishop and referred
to thc proper committee.
I'm the matter of liiur2iral revision tho
Bishops did not concur With The lower
house WIN lr-dlu 10 Icl'lIlht lht iiA lhhHl .
oNerto the next convention for the reason
that while they agreed in substance There
were some pro, isiuns in the action of the
deputies which they thought advisable io
modify.
DANVllLe FAVORS THE RAILROAD
She ~ub>cribcs i5O.O0O-Thc y. ". {. \.
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