The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-18
REVOLUTIONARY
CHANGES IN THE
PRACTICES Of
' EP|SCOPAL|ANS
WIFE WILL NOT BE
REQUIRED TO "OBEY''
Injunction to Do Away With
Use of the Common Com
munion Cup.

Special Dispatch tn TIL" lnt"llig"ncer.
NEW YORK. y. Y. Aug. l1.-Rcvolu-
,irnary changes IN the sanctioned prac-
iiccs of the Episcopal church arc pro-
vidcd for in report of the commission
on the revision and enrichment or the
Book of Common Prayer that is 10 be
submitted to the general convention IN
October.
4 COPY Of tn" report has just boon OBJ
tanned by the Tribune. 1t PROVIDES tor
Faith healing.
Amounting with holy oils.
R~quiom communior.s and prayers for
tn" dead.
Erscrvaiio ion Of the sacrament.
IntinCtion--thc use OF n dipped wafer
instead Of the common communion cup.
Twenty Radical ProposalS.
There are twenty radical proposals. 1t
is expected that bitter opposition TO
some Of th"m will develop on the floor
Of tho convention. Even the rcviscrs
Ianticipatc this. and some Of the objcc-
tions are expected from within the com
mission itself. As II in anticipation OF
this. tho report contains the following
prcfarlory statement:
rh" report is signed by tho chair
man and secretary, md IT IS intend
cd by this method to signify that
the great majority Of th" recon-
mcndationS arc unanimously approv-
cd bv the commission or have sub
Stantial unanImily.
There arc. Of course. items from
which any given member of tho
commission Will dissent. or in re-
gard Ia which hc may feel ndiffcr-
cnt. 1t is understood MA, any
member Of the commission is free
to cypress his dissent in regard TO
any itcm either in the convention or
in any way which may seem best TO
him.
Eliminate "obey."
or great popular int t'rrSt will he the
decision to recommend the elimination
Of tho word "utcy" from the marriage
ceremony This is in Difference to pro-
tests that have been gathering strength
for many years. Some clcrgymen Of the
Prot rstant Episcopal church have re-
fused absolutely to use the term and
they have had the moral support Of min
listers Of other communions who have
said that tho retention of the word
obey" was n survival Of the days when
wives wcrc regarded as chattels.
4 further concession to the demands
Of tho new day * the decision TO elimi-
mate IN" stat" n"nt by the bridegroom
with al my WOr!dlf goods thcc Wcd. '
II is held that II" law safeguards dover
rights and that tho words. in modern
practice. have been stripped of their
meaning.
Permit 1ntinction.
Also tho ailuSinn 10 isaac and Echec-
On" is eliminated 1t will he remember
cd that a few months ago Nr. karlA
Rcilland. tho rector Of st. Georges. re-
fused "a use his ailusion. declaring
that tho dorcri'r III" OF isaac and Re
bccCa was not n model
Th" present marriage ceremony
: says: go eternal God. creator and
i prrsrrNcr "f al! mankind. Eiver or
all spiritual grace. tho author of ever
lasting life: send thy blessing uron
, these. thy servants. this man and this
! woman. whom We bless in thy name:
| that az isaac and EchcCca lived faith
! fully together. 50 thrGr two persons
I may surely perform and keep the
! VOW and covenant h"twiNt them
made"
I'll" drciS!n" - permit ''intinrtior" or
thr d.nriNr q IN" conS"Cratrd wafer in
tho Chalirc instead of giving III" cup os
ihns" who are at N" communion I. in
4 line with wartime accommodation of
! Ri shop William Lawrence Of MaSsarhu-
! setts. II has hc"G urged for some tim,
by E:pisccHaliarT on sanitary grounds.
They have stated that tn" use of 4
. common cup Wa / menace TO the heath
Of the people.