Evening journal., 1919-10-17

made TO authorize a hymnal Wfllch diu
not contain these old-time faV0rites,-
One SOutherner exclaimed holly TT Is
most unwiso 10 attempt TO force this
hymnal down our thrOats.' He added
that the hymnal is by no means what
it ought TO be if il is going TO he auth
orized as the official hymnal Of the
church"
In reply TO the hymnars critics. Mr..
pruyn said ne was surprised TO hear
that some Of the. hymns named had
been left out Of the new hymnal, that
he could not understand a., but he
desired to inform the deputies that the
cost Of paper was "enOrmour" and
The addition Of even few hymns
would be very expensive. The expense,
he pointed out. must be borne by the
trustees Of the pension fund, who de-
sired to have their fund benefit by the
sales of The hlmnal
Edmund l. Bayliss, OF New York,
answered this argument by saying:
III the only objection is the loss OF a
few dollars think we can well afford
the loss IN order TO obtain a good
hymnal. II the Protestant Episcopal
Church cannot afford TO get the best
possible hymnal, we'd better keep our
old hymnal."
The Rev. DR.. Randolph H. McKim. OF
Washington, plunged into the contro-
versy with the remark that he wished
at such a moment for The sound OF
voice that is still. the voice OF the great
Phillips Brooks. who at one Of The
general conventions elOquently defend
cd the retention Of the famous hymn,
How Firm Foundation in the
church hymnal.
~ think we should take time 20 con-
slider what hymns should be inserted
In the hymnal and get them in, even
II it costs many dollars" Doctor Nc
Kim declared
The attack on the hymnal was open
ed by Tie Rev. Or. B. w. r. Taylor. OF
schenectady. y. Y, who said he has
been a choirmaster for thirty-nine
years. and in that capacity found the
new hymnal unsatisfactory principally
because the service part Of the book
was "singularly bare and slngularly
inefficient"
"The commission has given us p
hymnal which seems 10 be compiled
on the assumption that all the church
has to do is TO sing hymns" Dr. TAYLOR
told the convention. He suggested
the whole matter should go over for
three years which will give the com
mission time to enlarge and enrich the
musical edition.
Answering the objection by Mr..
Pruyn to the effect that the pension
fund would suffer by the additional
expense Of making improvements to
the hymnal, James r. Strong, OF New
ark " J.. told the deputies he did not
understand the hymnal was created
to make money for the pension fund"
cardinal MeTcier. primate Of Bel
gium, has accepted an invitation to
address the House of Deputies next
Monday afternoon. 10 was announced.
The House OF Bishops will be invited
to attend.
Petitions for divine guidance for the
President Of the United States will not
he omitted from the morning service Of
the Protestant Episcopal Church as the
result Of appeals made in the House OF
Deputies in the triennial general cont
vention yesterday by Thomas Nelson
Page, former ambassador 10 Italy, and
Major General Charles NJ Clement. q
Harrisburg. Pa
The proposed concordant by whicf
il is hoped to bring about closer unit
Of denominations for spiritual velfarl
Of the world was saved to consideration
in the convention by an appeal in thI
House Of Bishops by Bishop Chsrl9
II. Brent, Western New York, Tor
merly chaplain general Of the America
EXpedItionary Forces.
These were two outstanding feature
in the deliberations OF The most III
poriant general church convention hel
since the war on what delegates omar
acterlze It's biggest day"