New-York tribune., 1922-09-11
iscopalial,s
Ear Apart or
Healing Issue
e.,r.;or, Against Hickson
Mslhods Is Indicated in
gepors OF Commissions
Field Of Action Limited
Sal;i ON Book Revision
f,sup Violently Opposed 10
lny Change; DIR. Slatsery
Defends Committee Plan
a. the Rev. E. c. Chorley
s..c,or rsianosch 70 7'he Tribute

ssec,ai Dispasch to The Tribune
y0gTLAND, Ore. Sept. To- Prayer
,.st revision. the admission of women
s seauties, church unity, spiritual
s..,;ar and the program of the general
..g - the Church will occupy the
s,s.na,on Of the convention during the
sssoea week Of its sessions, which
epsns tomorrow.
Tsere is wide divergence OF opirl-
IAN concerning the report Of the COM
,,iss;on on fuller recognition OF the
ninissry Of healing in the Church, This
eommiss;on was appointed three years
npo as the direct outcome OF the heal
;ssu -o;ss,ons held in the United States
sss garoes Moore Hickson, lay mem
~ - the Church of England. MIR
m:.tsan asserteG tiat through the
.a,ss~ s..s ~ faith and the laying on of
ban5s even organic diseases could be
snsed and his healing missions were
sttsnded by thousands of sick people
and many cures we're claimed. There
1ns m.s No "a attempt at diagnosis and no
,siysct cooperation with the medical
profession
React From Hickson Theories
The report now presented by the
,ammission indicates marked reac-
a. against the Hickson methods.
wsils recognizing the place of prayer
IA faith in cases of sickness, 1t also
ssesruizes that medical science is the
,srTssi means for the care and healing
Il Ae sick, and that the best results
sss II obtained only by linking of
s,saa and religion.
ssso sounds note of warning con-
,.ysg those of the clergy who, with
sF, sasquate preparation and training,
81, taken up the work of healing
wiu;ons and seek to limit their ac-
fHass by requiring the approval of
tde bishop and cooperation with quail
IA medical men. One of the evils
,suIting from the indiscriminate exer-
III OF the ministry of healing has
bssp the extrayagant and often un-
gsurded claims of cures, and the COM
nission suggests that no such claims
X made save on the certificate of a
,.pusable physician who is familiar
With the particular case.
The Hickson methods have warm
Supporters among the clerical depu-
lee, and equally strong opponents, but
L sny attempt is made to commit the
Episcopal Church to an unqualified in
basement of his teaching it will en-
nunter influential opposition.
Conservatives Oppose Revision
Both in the House of Bishops and
tas House Of Clerical and Lay Depu-
ees the order Of the day tomorrow
Is the report on the revision and en-
fiehment of the Book of Common
frayer. There is a small group of low
saprchmen of the old and vanishing
Hpe which is opposed to any kind of
nsision whatever. The leader of this
Hanp is the Rev. DIR. Floyd w. Tom
Etss rector of Holy Trinity Church, of
Philadelphia. who said in an interview:
sisa difficult to speak unfavorably of
II. work Of commission that has
safsad hard for nine years to make
changes in the Book of Common
prsset, particularly when some mem
begs ii the commission are close per-
sehal friends. But when church issues
are Concerned one must speak frankly.
This commission was appointed in 1913
to report such revision and enrich
msat Of the prayer book as will adapt
no proposition involving the faith and
doctrine of the Church shall be con-
/ sdered. The third report presented
d bthe Portland Convention practically
a akes away the present prayer book
nd substitutes a book of devotions
quite inferior to DR.. Van Dykes book
y devotion, compiled for use in the
Pesbyterian Church.
Substitution, Not Revision
slt is not revision but substitution
which had taken every part of the old
book and changed it even where the
changes hardly find understanding, let
Acne necessity. For instance, the
Slcria commonly used at the end of the
Senedieite is replaced by q phrase
which Is faulty alike in theology and
y grammar and the old prayer for the
resident is replaced by a prayer
whose origin is unknown and which
lacks hturgieal beauty.
IN Seattle recently I read in daily
Paper about blue penciling the Ten
commandments. Such is the Western
worids criticism of some of the
.1anees called for by the report. If
saopsed the Episcopal Church will have
zen robbed of one of her greatest
ssasares, and unrighteously so. For
.a s,s grave question whether six or
ssnt hundred men, even if 800 of them
as ciergymen and bishops, have the
safsl right to take from thousands of
~ssshpers book of Common Prayer
sSsf saisa long. has been their comfort and
'alsa really is their possession"
D' siattery Answers Criticisms
eal n nsnswer to these objections the
Z ass' VI. Charles Lewis Slattery, rector
n, eface Church, New York, and
s..ss s...ssnsOp-eoadjutor elect of Massachu-
s. S4S a who is presenting the report to
t. mouse of Deputies, makes the fol-
/. me prayer book commission IN
i is.t seport J q, is trying TO make the prayer
~ little more flexible so that serv-
A - snaii be varied, and so far as pos,
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