Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-16
lion. The old and the proposed new

forms are
NEW FORM OLD FORM
for" m WlSG % n2% yg tneTe Re wise n2T 2yrrl there
1S'rur,T,d ,,d,., -" that learned, ,ye that are
Psalm y, verse 10. in change as fol-
lows:
NEW FORM OLD FORM
5h@ iror r2or tSd5 ,h9u wi: tho poor thou pre-
"ncth to their cry. eth thereto
In the Forty fifth Pslam, King"
is changed to king as the reference
IS mad" to earthly power.
Would Change Litany
a change in the Litany is proposed
which would take from it the old
fashioned humility of phrasing.
In the present form the opening in
vocation is:
20 God the Father Of heaven. have
merry upon us miserable sinners"
The proposed change reads:
20 God the Father, Creator Of
heaven and earth:
Have mercy upon US"
Miserable sinners is also omitted
from the remaining three of the four
opening invocations.
Episcopal minister's here were un-
wiling today to discuss the proposed
changes because the volume containing
III" report of the joint commission has
not yet been distributed among them,
and they have had no opportunity to
max" study of the changes.
The Rev. DR.. Henry r. Chimney. Jr
who is member of the commission,
said: "Thcre are so many rccommpnda-
. iionS made in the report of the COM
mission that. Of course. we could not be
unanimous in all things. The report
represents the opinion of the majority
and | would be unwilling TO discuss any
of th" proposed changes before they are
acted upon by the convention. ts
y do not recall who proposed the
change in the marriage service. making
thr promise Of the woman the same
rs III" promise of the man. / cannot
recall that III" influence of women was
at work
"Th" changes in the wording of the
psalms nr" all corrections and follow
| new and accurate trnnslations.
Some May Object
AS to how the changes will be re-
r"ivcd, cannot say. There are. of
course, some clcrgymen who object IN
any changes. but there are only a few
VIII" tax" that position.
Larger numbers oppose particular
| proposals, and we will not know the
strength of opposition against any
chang" until the convention meets in
Detroit to act. Then the opposition
will present ITSELF
Bishop Philip NJ. Rhinelander and
George Wharton Pepper. the other two
Philadelphia members of the commits
sion. are out of the city on their sum-
mer vacations
The Rev. Richard J Morris said 'I
have had no opportunity to study the
proposed changes in the Book of Com
mon Prayer. But the change in the
marriage service making the promise of
the woman the same as that OF the
man has, been agitated for the last
twenty years or more. 1t has been
pressed as part Of the feminist move
ment.' -
Number Always Opposed
The Rev \. j. Arnold said: II have
not been in position to follow the
action of the commission and do not
know what has been proposed. For this
reason I could not express an opinion
at this time A number of clergymep
have always opposed changes and prob
ably will maintain that attitude
Changes in the Book of Common
Prayer hav" been under consideration
by the Episcopal Church for six years.
The Joint commission. consisting OF
seven bishops. seven presbytcrs and
seven laymen. was appointed at the
general convention in 1913 The COM
mission made it's first report at the gen.
"ral convention in st. Louis in 1915.