Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-10-23
FIGHT TO MAKE
BOOK OF PRAYER
MODERN LOOMS
Will Memorialize Episcopal
Convention to Cut Out IAN
Are Sinners" and "Chil-
dren Born in Sim"
WANT A GENUINE REVISION
Advocates of Plan Say Ritual
Should Reflect Scholarship
and Spirit of the Time.
UNCHANGED IN CENTURIES

St. Louis, Oct. "a memorial
will be presented to the Protestant
Episcopal convention next week ask
ing for radical revision of the prayer
book.
The memorial, as prepared, charges
that when the convention OF 1913 ap-
pointed commission to revise the
prayer, book, with the proviso that
the revision and enrichment shall not
include any change of doctrine it
made impossible a genuine revision.
1t was stated that there has been
no genuine revision of the prayer
book since the Reformation.
Should Reflect Modern Spirit.
In support of the memorial it will
be urged that the prayer book should
reflect the teachings OF modern schol-
arships regarding the Biblical text,
that it should show an appreciation
of the beauty and joy of creation, in
stead of the present declarations shat
all are miserable sinners" and that
children are born in sin"
The memorial is signed by r. Full
ton Cutting, New York; Rev. Percy
S. Grant, New York; George Foster
Peabody, the philanthropist; Rev.
Karl Reiland. New York; Bishop
Paul Jones of Utah, Rev. ]. H.
Melish, Rev. f. H. Nelson, Cincin-
natl, and Bishop Sanford of San
Joachim, Cal.
Establishment of am international
court having jurisdiction over all ma
tions of the world in the same way
that the United States supreme court
has jurisdiction of all states in the
union, was suggested as a practical
method of preventing war, in a re-
port submitted to the house of depu-
ties. The report was presented by the
commission on minimizing war.
Whether the class of motion pic
ture films shown in the United States
is improving was question raised
with the submission of aFesolution
by Rev. +. W. sShaylor of Seattle.
This resolution directed the church
social service commission to ar
range conditions to create national
board of censors, and originally as
serted that while admitting the bene-
ficial effects of some spictures, pic
lures in increasing number are being
presented showing distorted views Of
affections, suggestions of lust and
license, and details which combine to
develop school OF crime"
Phrase Stricken Out.
Rev. Edward S. Brown of Cam
bridge, Mass, objected to the words
Increasing number" asserting that
that is matter Of personal opinion
and as result they were stricken
from the resolution as adopted.
The clergy and laity of the church
are urged in resolution adopted by
the house of deputies to the rigid
observance of all social habits OF
those Christian principles, which
make for sobriety, purity and holi-
ness in life"
The resolution also asserted that
"the awful tragedy of Europe de-
mands a. searching investigation of
the standards of our individual and
corporate life" American life," it is
asserted, "is marked in vulgar and
fragrant way by ostentatious luxury
and prodigsl extravaganza, creating
false standards of living and tending
to make more evident the cleavage
between rich and poor"
Divorce Question Goes Over.
That the fight within the church
for the prohibition of the remarriage
by its clergymen OF divorced persons
was not ended when the house of
deputies recently rejected the pro-
posal was evidenced today in a reso-
luton introduced by Rev. Leighton
Parks of New York and referred to
the commission on holy matrimony.
This proposed a canonical amend
ment, which would forbid clergymen
performing such ceremonies and is,
in new form, the rejected proposal.
With its reference to the commits
sion on holy matrimony, leaders of
the convention asserted it was certain
to become one of the paramount is
sues in the 1919 general convention.
Prohibition probably will be dis
cussed before the convention next
week. This was determined today,
when a memorial submitted to the !
house of deputies by the Church
Temperance society was referred to a
committee to be reported later in the
session. The memorial in effect asked
that the house endorse the prohibi-
tion movement
Dakota Missionary Project.
1t was announced that the house of
deputies would consider proposals TO
create new missionary district in
South Dakota, late Monday after
noon. a committee appointed 70 in
vcstigate the proposals reported to-
day that in disbelief relief OF some
sort was necessary for the district,
but that it was divided as to the
manner of obtaining it. The full re-
port will be made on Monday.
Detroit Mich, was finally chosen as
the place of the next general convcn-
ton, when the house OF deputies to-
day concurred with the house of bis
hops in its selection. The convention
will be held in October, 1919.
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