New-York tribune., 1922-09-03

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as Christ was raised up from the dead
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ME-. The kindred phrase, "Crucify
the old man, and utterly abolish the
hody of sins comes out.
Exaggerated Expressions
OF Penitence Are Doomed
Such language is antiquated and its
theology no longer accepted. The same
treatment has been meted out to those
exaggerated expressions of penitence
which now abound in the PRAYER Raak
II this report is adoptedsthe repeated
confession in the Litany that we "are
miserable sinners" and the statement
IN the Penitential Office that we ..are
vile earth and miserable sinnersn will
be omitted. The collect for Good Fri
day where the prayer is offered, "Haye
mercy upon all Jews, Turks, infidels
and heretics," has long been source
Of offense to the Hebrew race. It is
to be changed to read, "Have mercy
upon all who know Thee not as Thou
art revealed in the Gospel of Thy Son.i
The proposed changes in the mar
riage service have been widely her
aided, but it must be remembered that
This service has remained practically
onaltered since the sixteenth century
Since that time the legal position of
woman has been completely changed
She IS no longer piece of property.
but human being with rights and
privileges all her own. In recognition
OF this fact it is proposed to omit the
WORD obey from the promise made by
the woman SO that the promises Of
husband and wife may be identical
reading in each case,
] take these--to have and to hold
from this day forward, for better for
worse, for richer, for poorer. in sick
ness and In health, to love and to
eherlsh tlil death do us part.
In the giving of the ring it is pro-
posed to omit the words, with all nv
worldly goods thee endow,. and there
is brief prayer for the blessing of
the ring. In the exhortation the min
asfer hitherto has said, "If any persons
are joined together otherwise than
Gods word doth allow, their marriage
is not lawful" In Difference to expert
legal opinion this is changed to read, /
their marriage is not such as the
church alloweth." This is a tardy ad :
mission of the fact that it is the func-
t,on OF the state and not the Church,
TO pronounce on the validity of what
after all is g civil contract.
AS BELTS its hallowed associations.
the commission has dealt with the
office for the burial of the dead with
commendable reserve. A new sentence,
Let not your heart be troubled.
neither let it be afraid" is added at
the opening of the service together
with additional psalms and an alter
native lesson. The historic sentence
from the Book of Job is retranslated so
as to OMIT the words, though after my
skin worms destroy this body, yet in
my flesh shall / see God" 1t will now
read, Il know that my Redeemer liveth,
and that He shall stand at the latter
day upon the earth; whom l shall see
for myself, and mine eyes shall behold,
and not as stranger This change is
made IN the interests of good taste,
but 1T is more accurate translation
of very obscure passage of Scripture.
A new; prayer for the blessing of a
grave is provided which may be used
where the burial ground has not been
consecrated and the sentence of com
initial has been changed from, "Foras-
much as it hath pleased Almighty God,
in His wise rovidence, 10 take out
of this world the soul of our deceased
brother, we therefore commit his body
TO the ground" to read, 'Unto
Almighty God We commend the soul
of our brother departed, and we COM
nit his body to the ground This
avoids the implication that death is
always the act of wise providence.
Many minor changes are suggested
in the Office of Holy Communion, but
two or three are attracting widespread
attention and encountering determined
opposition. The hrst is the proposed
new title which is to be:
THE DIVINE LITURGY 4
being
The Order For
TIE LORDS SHIPPER OR HOLY