The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-23

Praver-Book. The numbering of verses OF
one hundred and nineteenth Psalm In al
lowed.
The printing Of Psalter and canticle-
with musical note or "color II agreed upon
10 far a. this convention j. concerned. In
the ordinal the words. after morning prayer
i. ended" are omitted in the first rubric OF
each of three services. This Is intended
10 pro,id for possible eXigcncies of time
and place on occasions of ordination.
Introduction of the
NICENE CREED
i'm the ordination offices was agreed to by
concurrent action. The longer phrase o.
Tcai CreafOr was omitted IN the printlnt
of the ordinal in the office for conservation
Of bishops. reference beng made 10 ihls
paraphasc as found in the Office for the ordi-
nation Of priest, i'm the event Of It's use be-
ng desired.
The House of Bishops unanimously con
CURED i'm the selection of Baltimore as the
place of the meeting Of the next convention.
and i'm the report of the committee OF con
ference i'm naming Thursday evening as the
time of adjournment of this convention.
and O'Clock Z. VI. also the hour for the
closing services and the reading OF the pas
toral letter.
AFTER RECESS.
After the usual noon recess the House Of
Dpputic- continued i'm the work of revision.
The substitution Of the kyries for the Lords
PRAYER i'm the order of the burial OF the dead.
and that at the end of the office, after " The
grace of our Lord" there be- added three
additional prayers, were adopted. The va
rious amendments went through in many
cases with but one negative vote in each
order-that Of the Iowa dcputation.
change in the special prayer for thanksslN-
ing day was carried
The next resolution offered for concur
renee was a new collect in the marriage
service. 4 general surprise was occasioned
bv DR.. Hale. of Iowa. offering an amend
ment changing the phraseOlOgy Of the col
ieci They NAV abide together IN love.
Mr.. Cas-ill. Of Texas. arose 10 inquire If the
Iowa depuiation intended TO vote for the
amendment: if not the House desired that
| il should bee withdrawn.
The amendment was. nOtWithstandlng
carried. Dr. Huntington bitterly opposed
| the resolution. declaring that the iniroduc-
lion of the hOlv communion into the mar
riage service would transform the service
into spectacular ceremony. DIR. Good
wyn. of PENNSYLVANIA. opposed the resolu-
ton Dr. Nelson. of Virginia, hoped the
| resolution would not prevail. The House
voted 10 concur by a close vote.
The next proposition was Of the same ma
turc. viz: The Introduction Of the commnn-
! ION in the burial ceremony.
| Who desires holy communion AT the
burial Of the dead = asked DR.. Hunting
ton.
Father Hall. Of Massachusetts,. answered
this bN stating that he had many time
| been asked 10 fender the sacrament 10
berea,ed ones. lit is not a question Of
theory said he. but one of practice. II
was but natural at the time of the Reiorina-
tiOn. when the spirit Of reaction was hlsh
against the R0mi-h Church. that the com
munion should be abolished; hut surely
such reaction j. not 10 last forever
Mr.. TaylOr. of springfield. thought thal
the passage of the resolution would coun-
teraci the evil of spiritulism. and all that
pertains 10 that horrible abOmination.
DR.. AlsOp. Of Long Island, declared that
if the House passed the amendment u
would be- construed a. sanctlOning masre-
for the repose Of the dead.
MIR. Mason. of West Virginia. followed III
the same strain.
Mr.. Gailor. Of Tennessee. Thought that th'
question WAS of such significance as the lasi
deputy represented ana mat ihe A'nericdn "a
Churcb should not look wholly TO tn
Church of England for its enrichments'
lie believed in little more ~ PiuTfbu.
Tuuyo.- The vote resulted thus: Clerica
-avcs. 81: nays. Il: divided. 3. Lay
aycs. Is: navs. i: divided, q, the lay mem
Lers defeating the change
TIE FEATURE OF THE ROLL CALL
was the affirmative vote Of the Iowa la,
deputation. the first since the work OF re-
vision was begun. DR.. llale's was the ONLY
NEGATIVE vote i'm the clerical depuiation.
Three other unimpOrtant amendment
were adopted. concluding the work OF con
currence with the Upper House, ana th
matters on the calendar will now be takei
up. o..,,.,.
NIGHT SESSION.
At the night session. the whole argumen
Of the rejected amendment 10 the marriage
service Vas reopened in the House of Depu
Ties bv the committee Of conference aP
pojntcd bv the Bishops. II was moved ina
The action of the afternoon be receded from
and the following be inserted IN the services
bet,Neen the words and and Ito THIS u
the exhnrtatiOn the Bishops having WaiN@
th4ir resistance Of the word ''hallOwed' II
, the ulace of .beautlhed;" IAN honorable
state instituted 10y God in the time oi man
innOcency, signifyins unto us the mysuGa
J union that Is betwiNt 'hrist ana III
Church. which holy estate Christ adorned
and beautified with His presence, and III
first miracle that He wrought IN Cana o
, Gallilee'
4 hot discussion followed.
| pr. Gibson. of Central New York, argue'
that the words thus taken from the Angll
, can book should be- restored.
Drs. Corey and Dumbell spoke in favor o
| the amendment.
Dr. Nelson. of Virginia, declared ina
e some members seemed to believe that ol
4 questions Of marriage and divorce we mus
cumber our liturgy with all sorts q
4 messages because they are true or SCRIP
( tural. Ii should bee remembered that II pc,
nile desire "A divorce they will be divorced
we put the whole Bible into the Prayer
: A vote being taken resulted thus Clel
cal-ayes. "a: nays, T.. Lay-ayes, ~
c navs. il: divided 3-carrying the resolulo
i by close majority.
f 4 turbulent session followed.
: DR.. Hart. of the conference committee
' moved that the House recede from lis actlo
II IN rejecting the prayer of humble access.
IA number of deputies arose at once ana pr'
tested against nullifying their action take
= "A few hours previously. deputy iroi
r MARYLAND inquired in what manner I'll
l. matter had been referred 10 cOmmitte'
:. and raised IA doubt tina, ii had ever been r.
II ferred.
Secretary IIutchins was unable 10 Nerll
# the reference. and over an hour was spel
Al i'm recOllectiOns of what occurred ana
technical points. The whole matter was
;. length postponed until this morning at
10 O'Clock. An announcement was then mac
~ that the vote on the marriage interpolatio
# had resulted in the negative, owing 10 Ia
# Carolina having been misinierpreted As "
# ting in the affirmative.
# Mr.. Cassill, Of Texas, demanded hea
10 ing, but his voice was temporarily browne
l. The secretary then announced that mi
:, take had been made, resulting in tie ,Ot
10 when the sole delegate from East Caroli
n decided 10 vote aye, and after IA half hol
~ spent in explaining the situation the for
going result stood.
j. N0lhing else of moment transpired durli
m the evening session. several motions 10 "a
,e iOurn were made and lost. but DIR. Hart,
Df the Joint lturgical committee, decided
press no new motions, and at the expirati'
m of two hours the House adjourned till I
=. morrow morning at y O'Clock.