New-York tribune., 1889-10-17
ANOTHER DAY OF REVISION
NO CHANGE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE MADE
BY THE CONVENTION.
PHILLIPS BROOKS READS A MINORITY REPORT
on THE MEMORIAL PRESENTED BY THE
EPISCOPAL coLoRED CHURCH.

oN THE MEMORIAL PRESENTED BY THE
EPISCOPAL CoLoRED CHURCH.
In the Protestant Episcopal General Convention
yesterday the committee TO which had been re-
lerred The memorial OF the Coored Episcopal Con-
Iercnce asking that the status of the colored race
| III the Church be defined, reported that no fur
lncf declaration of the equality of all men in the
ohdFch was needed. as the Church had already
"iaue such declaration. minority of the COM
m'ttce disscntcd from this report. on the ground
'ilaV some more emphatic declaration of the rights
oI the colored race was called for The Rev
nhlliipS BrookS read the views of the minority
me Who'll subject was made the order of the dav
Tor Friday at II a. m.
Inc House spdlt most of the day as n commit
mittee OF the whole in the consideration of tho re-
For' OF the Committee on Lturgical Revision
ChahcelIor Woolworth, of Nebraska being in the
chair Speeches were limited to three minutes
'he secretary Of the committee Professor Hart Of
connecticut, having five minutes TO present the
views of the committee. The eleven amendments
already adopted by the House of Bishops were
taken up for consideration, each one being dis
cusSed separately. The House was in n very dis
putatious humor, and each amendment was tho
subject of a lively controversy.
ihe first amendment Inserting the word propcr7
u" 'iie Hpe 0i lessons was adopted. The next two
amendments restoring number of vcrsiclcs in the
Morning and Evening Service, which are in the
LhghSh Praycr-Booll, but are dropped out of the
american Praycr-Bo provoked long debate
ana were finally rejected The debate on them
showed that there is strong feeling against insert
ing anything IN the PrayerB Book simply because it
Is ~ the English Praycr-Book.
The next amendment. giving the Church the
night TO use the whole of Psalm Xcv instead Of the
Nenlt"" in The morning service, was rejected
IN the debate on this amendment, the question
whether the use of portion of psalm is mutia-
ton OF Scripture was cXhaustivcy debated The
next amendment permitted an abbreviaton of tn,
canticc in the morning service beginning " . all
We works Of the Lord bless ye the Lord The
House refused to accept this The amendment per-
hitting the use OF shortened form Cf the Beue-
dctus' on certain occasions rejected. The
proposal to substitute for the words Thy Holy
Church universal the words the good estate of
the Catholic Church., in the prayer for al con
dltions Of men, being a conformity to the English
Prayer Book, WAS rejected. An amendment adding
petition to he delivered from earthquake, fire and
Hood TO the Litany was adopted.
IL is pretty evident from the action yesterday
that the House CT Deputies is not impressed with
the Importance or wisdom of the proposed changes
that thus far have come before it, The probability
is that no changes cf great importance will receive
It's assent. And judged by the SLOW progress made
Yesterday, ii will not be possible for the cO1vcn-
ton TO consider all the changes recommended by
the Committee on Liturgical Revision.