Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-24
EPISCOPAL BODY
At SESSION
Convention Completes Pray
er Book Revision-Commit-
tee Named for Canvass.
" the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Mich, October 24.-Clos-
ing sessions of the fortieth triennial
eeneral- convention of the Protestant
En;scopal Church are being held to-
day. sessions ending with special
service in st. Paurs Cathedral this
afternoon, attended by the bishops.
enrolled, and the clerical and lay dele
gates. at which the pastoral letter was
to be read.
Conference action on several minor
matters of legislation was expected
this morning, and the selectlon OF a
bishop to the missionary district OF
Utah to take the pi Gaelana of Penn
sylvania, who declined the election,
was planned.
Sixteen members of the new execu-
tive council, which will take the re1ns
bishop on January /. 1920. were also
to be named today.
Makes Rapid Progress.
The convention yesterday made
rapid progress in clearing up the
heavy program outlined when 1t
opened more than two weeks ago.
Revision Of the prayer book was
completed as far as urged by the re-
vision commission, which re1rained
changes to which there developed
stern opposition. Amendment of the
communion service was among the
changes not attempted. Because OF
demand for more democratic" prayer
for the President and the nation the
house of deputies today decided to in
clude in the revised prayer book both
the old petition for the President and
the new one favored by the house Of
bishops, the choice being optional
with the clergy. Textual revision of
committee, which will report at the
next convention.
Committee on Membership Canvass
A group of business and church
men was selected to direct the ma
wide canvass for the church
membership to end December 7, for
the purpose of arousing the fun
power of the church and awakening
it to its opportunities and providing
the means to the end.
This committee includes Henry P.
Davidson, war head Of the American
Red Cross; Burton Mansfield OF New
Haven, Conn; Arthur Wood. former
ly police commissioner of New York
delphia lawyer. and o. J: Sands. Rich
mond (Va.) banker With these men
were named Bishops Charles P. An
derson of Chicago. Frederick F. Reese.
Georgia; Arthur S. Lloyd and Charles
Sumner Burch OF New 9 srs ana ana
Drs. Ernest NJ. stires. New York;
Edward S. Rousmaniere. Boston;
James E. Freeman. Minneapolis; w;
H. Milton. Wilmington, n. c., and
Frank II. Nelson. Cincinnati. Ohio.
The aim Of the campaign IS to
qualify the Episcopal Church to take
it's part in meeting the problems
of the reconstruction period. a con-
siderable part of the program being
to meet the conditions OF social un-
rest and to Americanize aliens Ex-
pansion of the work Of the church
in all mission fields lis also contem-
plated.
Woman Representation Considered.
There is apparent very strong
current in the tSs ee agatnss
councils of the church, a. question
which required with introduction Of
a resolution by DR.. H. H. Powell OF
Berkeley. Calf, that a commission
be named to consider the advisaoil"
ity of establishing national and pro-
yincial houses Of churchwomen. The
resolution was given favorable action.
The house of bishops accepted. with
minor amendment, the amendments
to the constitution proposed In the
house of deputies to open the way to
ordination in the Episcopal Church OF
ministers of other denominations
Final action is expected in 1922.
A joint commission on the concordat
for which these amendments are NEG
essary was named. as follows: Bish-
ops Boyd Vincent of southern Ohio
r. H Weller of Fond Du Lac. E. 8.
Lines of Newark, Charles Sumner
Burch of New York and P. NJ. Rhine
lander of. Pennsylvania. Drs. William
T. Manning, New York; ]. n. McGann.
western Massachusetts,: Hughell Fos-
brooke, General Theological Semi
nary; P. F. Sturgis. Rhode Island, and
R. H. Gibson. Atlanta. and the follow
ing laymen: George Zabriskie. New
York; r. H. Gardiner. Maine; John
Stewart Bryan. Virginia; G. c. Mac
Kay. Missouri and G. c. Burgwin,
Pittsburgh.
Powers for Provisional Synods.
In the house Of deputies additional
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