The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-16
PRAYER BOOK REVISION.
TIE CONVENTION VOTES DOWN
THE MINORITY REPORT.


Up To-Day-A Resolution in Favor
of a Uniform Divorce Lava Board
of Christian Educators Among the
Probabilities
NEW YORK. Oct. 15.-In the Episcopal
convention this morning the committee on
canons presented its report and asked to be
discharged. They recommended the estab-
lishment of a board Of christian educators,
70 consist of three members from the house
of bishops, three from the house Of dele
gates, aud one from the joint committee,
the latter To also act as a separate commit
tee, 10 report at the next convention. The
resolution was passed.
Rev. Mr.. Clark of Michigan then read
the report of the committee on memorials
Of deceased members. Essays were read ON
all the members who have died since ths
assembling Of the last convention.
The report Of the committee on amend
ments to tie constitu ion was then, on
motion Of DR.. Benedict of Southern Ohio,
placed on the calendar, and the committees
was discharged.
UNIFORM DIVORCE Law.
A resolution was then passed requesting
congress TO pass a ringent and uniform
and territories, and attention was called to
the report Of the late commissioner of labor,
Carroll ID. Wright, on the subject OF
div rec.
The committee on the prayer book offered
resolution that morning and evening
prayers should be- printed in the same type
as tie rest OF the service. This resolution
was put on the calendar.
At II 80 o'clock the House proceeded to
consideration Of the order of the day.
DR.. Huntingdon then assembled the platform
to speak on the subject of the report on
revision. He announced that he divided his
remarks under three heads-6rst, rhetorical;
second, erroneous; and, third, imaginative.
He then proceeded to critcise the report
severely.
REV. CHRISTIANS OPPOSITION
Rev. George M. Christian of New York,
one Of the members who prepared the
minority report, then followed. He spoke
warmly against any further revision Of the
prayer-book.
He was followed by Rev. Joseph N.
Blanchard Of Michigan, who opposed
further revision. At the close of bis re-
marks motion TO adjourn for lunch was
carried.
When the afternoon session assembled,
| Rev. DR.. Cornelius f. Swope Of New York
| opened the debate on the proposed revision
Of the prayer book He deplored tho
modern tendency to revise the prayer book,
and appealed to the meeting TO stop 1t, as
sacrilegious
Rev. Dr. Sessums Of Louisiana favored
revision, aud the minority report. He said
| there was more harmony in the cnurch
since the work of revision was begun.
WON'T DIE A NATURAL DEATH.
| Rev. Noel Logan advocated the adoption
| OF the minority report, aud Rev. Da lei r.
Goodwin OF Pennsylvania criicIz d tho
statement made by Dr. 5essums that tho
| question of revision was ready to die O.
natural death. Revision is more active
nov than it was six years ago, he said,
land 1t will only die wnen it is put to death.
The present convention cannot md the
convention Of 1892, but we can set it good
example,
Rev. DIR. A. Holland of Missouri told the
convention that no church could tell him
what prayers to offer in the privacy of his
family, and he protested against making q
crazy quilt out of the prayer book. II am
a 10 y churchman," !" he cried, land appeal
to every low churohman to vote against
this proposed revisioI."
DIR. BROOKS MAKES STRONG PLEA.
Hill Burgwin Of Pittsburg thought the
majority report was at least worthy Of n
sideration, and then DIR. Phillips Brooks
argued strongly in favor OF revision. II an
attempt to get nearer to the truth could
had better be destroyed. He sanctioned
such changes as would keep the prayer book
in living sympathy with the spirit of the
age.
A resolution proposing to give each side
ten minutes in which to close the debate
was adopted.
THE MINORITY REPORT LOST.
AT 4:50 o'clock che chairman ordered
vote, which was taken amid much excite
III Was hu nd hf.
secretary announced the result as follows:
Yeas, 80; nays, 46; divided, IL The
report of the majority will come up for
consideration tomorrow. The convention
then adjourned for the day.
SPECIAL PRAYERS.
The house of bishops, at their session.
passed a resolution adopting prayers for
rogaion or harvest season, for persons un-
dertaking journeys, for unity, and for those
who labor 10 the gospel a.d for missions.
The bishops also adopted q Thanksgiving
clause for children recovering from sickness
and returning from journeys.
The designations of two bishops were
the most important incidents in the session
of the upper house. Bish D Bedell of Ohio
and Bishop Williams of Japan were the
two, and their designations we're referred
to the proper committee.
In the matter of liturgical revision, the
bishops did not concur with the lower house
with regard to referring the hymnal over
to the next convention, for the reason that,
while they agreed in substa ice, there were
some provisions in the action Of the depu-
ties which they Thought advisable to
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