The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-11
EplscopaIinrch Convention

4 ""The triennialheral convention of the Protestant Ebishl church, now in ses- sion in Cincinna7is of great interest to members of the. .tglican communion and , of considerable aest to Christians gen.
 orally, but I anAcuued to think that
 while several lar,zouestions will be dis
 cussed, among tin that of changing the
 name of the chun7in the United States. few will be settd this year, sald layman. q thinlhowever 1t Is only
 question of time tAn the corporate title
 of our American nnch of the Anglican church will be mdffied, but that matter will have to wait berhaps, for another generation The ouse of bishops Is a splendid body of nan but most of these dignitaries are ext-emely conservative.
 For some years pIt many loyal chprch- men have been defrous of having the word Protestant illuminated from the title. and at one time the advocates oI "a = stand ready to veto the proposed change. Not a few of the bishops would have Hbeen glad. doubtless. had the name been OInef IDdn IL lS iiiS SNoi' |, 1Ne A.- taking a conservative view of the whole question they wish to see action post poned.
 '.In the general convention each diocese is entitled to four clerical delegates and four lay delegates-caled deputies clerical and lay. The clergymen elected from the church in the diocese of Ala bama are
 "The Rev T. J. Beard of Birmingham the Rev E. A. Pinick of Tuscaloosa and the Rev. Stuart Mcqueen and the Rev E. E. Cobbs of Montgomery-all of then good churchmen, but all so Tar as l Know are moderate or conservative.
 sRitualism' or the Anglo-Cathollc par ty within the Protestant Episcopal church does not seem to be making IS muca progress as does the same party in Ens- land. In The mother country the ritual ists are highly organized under the name of English Church unions of which Lord Halifax is the president His lordshiI is aggressive but tactful. The paramount issue with Lord Halifax is reunion with the Church of Rome but in reading ar account of the last meeting of the Eng fish Church Fnion, held in London 1T september, I gathered that Lord Halifax was opposed to having the prayer book tinkered with He wishes all proposed notifications to wait until the who'e Anglican body is ready to accept ces- tain radical changes, such as restoring di rect prayers for the dead and prayers tc the Blessed Virgin.
 "By the way, speaking Of rituaiism I recently came across what was tf me a curiosity-an English publication on church ceremonial In relation tt a administering holy communion. Int book is printed on fine quality ol paper and is strongly bound, but in 2 cheap and homely cover. The title page reads, Ritual Inaccuracies, or errors generally made in the celebration oi | the Holy Eucharist. compiled by ths honorary sub -sacristan of the Societ, | of the Blessed Sacrament Then fol lows the name of London and Oxfort publishers. The year of publication was 1866. The book contains nearl, | 80 pages and gives with singular mi
 nuteness the manner approved bl the extreme ritualists for the celebra tion of the communion or. as som Anglicans now call il, the mass O l the holy sacrifice. The book reads yer.
 much as if 1t might be a Roman Cath
 ollie formulary. Parts of it seem t
 have been taken almost bodily iron the Latin ordo. And what surprise
 me in particular is that such a bol'
 ritualistic publication could have beel
 circulated in England as far back a
 1866 without making trouble I re call the Oxford movement discussion
 still in vogue when I was a youth il
 the sixties but l never read anythini
 in the Anglican church quite S
 avowedy ritualistic as this quaint look
 ing little volume"
 Improving Appearance of Capitol ParI
 T rejoice and am exceeding glad,' ssi, a West Twentieth dweller, that th'
 owners of property fronting the par
 have begun painting, repairing and re Iroofing several of the houses.
 Some months ago had occasion f
 remark on the absence of pride and fair
 ness with their tenants of some landlord
 as to repainting houses in this locality
 Since then there have been seven house
 in the section named repainted and re
 paired, and still the work goes on. Now
 if the owners of certain dilapldated bricl Ihouses would rise to thu occasion an,