Fergus County Democrat., 1916-10-19

denied equal rights with men in two
actions taken today by the house OF
bishops Of the Protestant Episcopal
general convention in session here.
proposal to permit women to sit
as delegates in the general convention
was rejected, while request from the
1t. Rev. Logan H. Roots, bishop of
Hankow, to be allowed to admit WON.
en- to membership in his advisory coun.
rli, was denied. The house suggested
10 she bishop OF Hankow, it was
/ stated. that he might create an aux
illary council OF women.
The proposal to give women equal
rights with men in the convention
was sponsored by Robert II. Gardiner
Of Maine
! A similar resolution is now on the
calendar OF the house of deputies. and
it was pointed out todays' action in
the upper house does not preclude it
being discussed in the lower body.
The house OF bishops. which also
considered changes recommended in
the communion service by the com.
mission on the book OF common pray
er, VIII suggest In its report to the
house Of deputies that the Ten Com
mandments be printed in the PRAYER
book in both their shortened form and
IN their full form and that the clergy.
men be given optional use of either
III the service. it was stated,
The prayer suggested by the com,
mission asked that our land be-
blessed with honorable industry. sound
learning and pure manners" 1t also
asks that we be saved from violence,
olscord and confusion from pride and
Rrrogance." and that our liberties be
defended and our unity preserved.
Discussion OF the revision of tho
even1ng prayer was concluded today
a number OF minor changes being
agreed upon. In the main these looked
toward a greater liturgical nexibility
and the dropping of archaic phrases,
enabling the clergy to adapt the serv.
Ice either to the ordered worship of
metropolitan cathedral, or to that
OF frontier mission Discussion OF
new prayers resulted in the approval
of one for state legislatures and an.
other for courts Of Justice.
The house of deputies confirmed the
election of the Rev. James Wise of
st. Louis. as co-adjItor bishop Of Kan
saS.
History Of Church in Paeeantry.
The history OF the Protestant Epis-
copal church and its doctrines of con,
t1nuity from apostolic times. were por,
tJayed at the Coliseum here tonight in
church pageant. given by the Epjs.
copal churches of St. Louis, and wit,
1,n Iain
to the general convention of the
church now in session
To each parish church in st. Louis
had been assigned scene in the pag,
cant, and for months the members of
the various parishes had worked on
their parts. In all, more than 1000
persons took part
The pageant began with the organ.
iZation Of the church in apostolic times
and then showed the church in the
British Isles its history during the
pre-reformaton era and the contests
between the throne and the papacy
for supremacy. the breaking away
from the Roman church in the reign
of Henry VIII. the planting of the
Protestant Episcopal church, as part
of the Church of England. in the
United States, and the history of the
church in modern America.
The spectacle was divided into nine
groups. each composed OF three to five
scenes. The first group portrayed the
beginning OF the apostolic church, and
the scenes represented the Day OF
Penticost as described in the Book of
Acts. the first church council-that
at Jerusalem, also recorded in the
Book of Acts-and the missionary jour
ney of the Apostle Paul to Athens.