New-York tribune., 1889-10-18

ing prayer II any such practice is to be stgmazed as
"oNe' or tho doctrine considered innovation. then
ma Is there that has the authority Of antiquity The
N1urch comes pay last onees to one OF her mem.
GERS there is petition for him now. understand that;
meagfe petition. carefully woFded ntendeJ shock
anybody's sensIbilities but It 1 suppose
soh why the Church has not made ample provision
nriore Is rat # has been in fear Of those coTupons in
ho Chuch Of Rome that did grow the prayer
% |ne dead. am not here dispute the wisdom of the
Church's action heratfora h,t .v tho, ,h ,,ro ,o !,
Is past
b. contrary to what might have been expected. no
body was found who wanted to discuss the question:
taken with the result that i19 members voted in the
On 65r. s MS a being announced. .' tis s'"'sS Rev
IN IN The body of the church, and exclaimed II don't
eoriene sN, ihat sane man could vote against such
Doiy called out second that but there were loud
Gnai ,1 Tor ORDER and the chairman ruled that
S'h mat 1t could not be voted on again
SHORT SERVICE FOR VARIOUS OCCASIONS.
Inc resolution Of the Rev Dr. Huntington OF
New-fork. proposing "a Short Office of Prayer for
ouhdry OccasiOns,7 briefly explained by him.
ne thonght short ofce like that proposed would
De Vi great use ON OCCASIONS for which the PrsyerBook
uoes not provide; for instance, Western missionary
CoIhIis INTO town MONDAY and wishing show ths
PeoPle what responsive service Is Ike. could do It
thuch better with a short service like this than TO
n1He 10 instruct them on tho moment I'm all the
Rpncau9ns p OF the morning and evening prayer. Tho
V; Dr. ". y. McNicker, OF PENNSYLVANIA asked
W mere ale We 10 stop? One Of the beauties of our
Past Frayer Book IS its shOrness II seems TO con
IAN all that Is absolutely necessary for occasions of
pubic worship and very little more II we are
gong 10 add h're service and there a service or a
prayer or beautiful collect which strikes the fancy OF
.nls one or that one, OF body, even, where are
We 70 draw the line al all ?1
al, a vast amount Of discussion followed the doctrna
hem being entered by more than debater
ihe vote on the original re 7outon with one or
TWO Norba! amendments accepted by Or ITuntin gton
so. ' N' '"''
Ihe liouse VIII this morning consider the repor.
oi the Committee Of the Whole to action so far
taken by H.
The southern Society viii give Q reception on Sat
utuay night az it, home IN West Twenty ffth-st.
the southern bishops attending the Convention.
IN the House Of Bishops the question came up as
p whether there should be any alteration in the
suiuton. which requires satisfactory provision 10
was proposed that instead Of that expression a two
ths vote OF each House should be required but that
was lost The subject Of suifragan bishops was laid
over to the next convention There was a memorial
~ favor Of naming new dlOces-s from cities instead
ot territories The idea commended. but IL
resolved 20 take action. because that IS matter
which dlOcescs must regulate for themselves mainly
a report was brought IN in favor Of the division OF
'alf0rnia. but minority report was also presented
ana the question made the order OF the day for
saturday. The House went With the work of cot
sdering L1turgtcal Revision. and adopted two add-
tlOnal sentences In the OifertOry. IL provided
That the Ascension Day proper preface II is
called should be used on Whltsunday.