The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17
EPISCOPALIANS DISCUSS
 MANY PERTINENT MATTERS
strene Rssslutien On "0Den Puinff' RnsseA--No Change To Be Made
 In Title Of CAurch.

Richmond, Va, Oct, 1e---A declara- ton by the House of Deputies regard ing the 'open pulpit" a discussion of a change in the title page Of the prayer book, involving q change in the con- stitution, the submission of a joint com mittee's recommendation that the trt- ennfaf convention of 1909 be held fn Cincinnati Ohio, and a debate regard ing church work in the tropics. Alaska and the Arctic region, were among the subjects that occupied today's sessions of the general convention of the Prot estant Episcopal Church.
 The declaration regarding the open pulpit was in the following resolution, passed by the House of Deputies:
 'No minister in charge of any con- gregation of this church, or in case of vacancy or absence. no church warden, vestryrnan or trustee of the cangrega- tion shall permit any person to offi- ciate therein without sufficient evil dained to minister in this church. pro- vided that nothing herein shall be so construed as to forbid eommunicants of the church to act as a lay reader.
 It was recommends that the title of the prayer book be changed by strik- ing out the words, "According to the Protestant Episcopal Church in the uni- IGQ SLAEGSs u WA6 GkRA6AA0U tAt&b LII v translation of the term "Prctestant EpiscopaP' was impossible in many languages involving at all times a sub bstftution of terms and that in for eign flelds 1t seemed fnnpracticahle to speak of the churchs as being confined to the United States.
 The house deemed it inexpedient to ask any change In the legal title Of the church. The question of the pray CT book will be referred to the House of Deputies for their concurrence, and in case the resolution is adopted, the change in title, involving e change in the constitution, -fll not finally be ac- cepted until adopted in the convention of 1910.
 The feature of tonights session was the passage by an overwhelming vote of the so-caiIed Archbishop bill, which. however, is only for the election of Q presiding bishop of the church. who will be paid and controlled by the general convention and will serve un~ til he becomes seventy yeafs of age This bishop cane only be selected from those presiding over dfoceses of the United States. The most earnest oppon- ent of the bill was the Rev. pr. Grcs- vener. of New York. who made bril- liant speech. Dr. Grosvener con. tended that the election of q presid- ing fbshop, rather than by giving .tlis honor to the senior bishop of the church, was following the example Of the Church of Rome. and placing q Pope over the American church. He said 1t was the most dangerous pre-. cedent that had ever been proposed in the church and that 1t was nothing fu the world but move toward centraliE, ation.
 The vote was taken by the orders and resulted in fifty-six to six in the clergy. and forty-seven to nin1 in the laity. Just before the close of the night sessIon. Rev. Dr. Huntington. Of New York. offered a resolution rela- tive to the formation of a commission to make a certain revision in the church canon and report to the next general convention in Cincinnati. This change. pr. Huntington said. was one that was absolutely necessary as the church was fighting with weapons that were antiduated without being old.