Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-11-08
CONTINUED from last week.

III April, lJOZ, al eullOTldl On thC
new Hymnal appeared in the Chris
tian Advocate of New York, in which
a delegate from Wisconsin was given
the credit of having introduced the
matter in the General Conference.
This article had caught the atten-
ton of the Rev. L. V. Claypool of
Waverly, Iowa, who, unknown to me
had written DR.. Buckley, calling his
attention to the error contained in
the editorial Replying to DR.. Clay
pool, DR.. Buckley gave this eXplana-
ton:
New York, April 22, 1902.
My dear Brother:
When | prepared my editorial |
went through the Journal by the
index The index was incomplete,
ly in error in saying that DR.. Green
introduced his motion two days be-
fore. The Hart motion was intro
duced on the morning of May 10th,
and the Green motion on the morn
ing of May 9th but it was introduc-
ed, though not indeXed correctly. An
attempt was undoubtedly made 10
index it, for the index calls for
something relating to the Hymnal
and locates it on page lS4, whereas
it should have been page lSS. The
index does not give under "Hymnal"
what the matter was, but simply
says "Hymnal.' 1t is a pleasure to
me now TO have made the mistake,
for DR.. Green made a most excel
lent speech on the subject, which |
shall publish in full, especially as it
supports, as you say, the view that
i take. Yours truly,
j. NJ. BUCKLEY.
A few days subsequent TO the re-
ceipt of this letter by DR.. Claypool,
the Christian Advocate contained the
following editorial:
''In the recent editorial in this
paper on What Was Our Hymnal
Committee Appointed to Do?" there
was an error for which we are hardly
responsible. Our history of the dis
cussion in the General Conference
assumed that the first resolution on
the subject was presented by the
Rev. Frank l.. Hart on May 10, and
we affirmed that subsequently on the
same day, later in the session, the
Rev. II. Fl. Green, ID. D., of the
a
memorial relative to the Hymnal
which was referred to the Committee
on the Book Concern. In tracing the
discussion we referred to the index
of the Journal" which gives the
order without stating the phase
treated, as follows: "Hymnal, new,
1S4, 2O4." On page 1S4 there is no
reference whatever to the Hymnal,
and after looking at two or three OF
the preceding and following pages
we concluded that there had been a
mistake in indexing. DR.. Green's
resolution was presented later in the
session of May 8, and should have
been indeXed under page 1888; but
no reference whatever is made to 1t
in the index.
We are not sorry for the error, for
the resolutions and speeches of DR..
Green are of such a nature as to
show conclusively what was meant.
1t appears that one or two memorials
relating in some way to the Hymnal
had been passed to the secretary on
May 5, and referred to the Commit
tee on the State of the Church. There
had been one or two others relating
to the Hymnal passed to the secre-
tary, and one at least had been re-
ferred to the Committee on the Book
Concern. This is the account of the
proceedings as contained in "The
Daily Advocate:"
III. H. Green, Upper Iowa: Il have
a paper to present which the secre-
tary will please read.
"' Whereas, 1t is thought by many
that the Hymnal now in use does not
meet the present wants of the church
in some important particulars; there
fore,
Resolved, That the Committee
on the Book Concern be instructed TO
inquire into the expediency of having
prepared a new hymn book. in which
the defects { 4 there are any in the
book now being used may be reme-
died.
"'H. III. Green,
l.. NJ Shaw.
j. C.. Nagec'"