Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-12

ton in the order, Just before the adj
ministration of communion, of the
words: Blessed is He that cometh in
the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the
highest" Judge George F. Henry Cf
Des Moines insisted that this was a re-
turn to the Roman Catholic ritual, and
that the Anglo Catholic clergy wished It
inserted to 'regularize" practice which
they have been following without church
sanction. He compared it with the
eighteenth amendment and the Volstead
act, which some people want changed
because they cannot be enforced"
The insertion was defended by Canon
st. George of Milwaukee, who insisted
that it was liturgiically correct; that
since the twelfth century 1t has been
included in the ritual of both the
orthodox and Roman Catholic churches
and taken over by the Lutherans and
PreSbyterians, despite their strict Prot
estantism
Exactly the contrary view was taken
by Rev. DR.. George c. Foley of Phila-
delphia, who declared the insertion to
be historically, liturgically and dog
matically wrong"
Il can't find anybody who wants to
use it unless because he thinks 1t is
pretty or because he wants to obtain
recognition of certain ideas. 1t was not
used in the early liturgies in its present
place. It was not adopted by the
Roman Catholic Church until that
church had first adopted the doctrine OF
transsubStantiation. the idea that the
Holy Spirit comes to the altar at GER
tain definite time. There 1t makes sense
1T is true the Presbyterian Church
uses it. wondered why, and asked the
man responsible for putting it in the
Presbyterian prayer book. He said he
put 1t there because he liked the music
that goes with it. He also told me that
Presbyterians we're safe in using it be-
cause nobody suspected them of slipping
back to Rome, while in your church II
is different
1T is totally useless preference fol
medieval rather than primitive prac'
tice. 1t is really conductive to lawless.
ness I'll admit it Is effective. The musi.
cal setting thrills me, just as the sing.
| ing of some gospel hymns thrills me
until I think of the ghostly bad the.
, oiogy Why do the gentlemen wish t.
! introduce 1t unless their consciences ar,
uneasy?"
Excluded by Vote.
IT was voted to exclude it from thu
prayer book by very close vote. 81
yes and 50 no. with l9 split delegation
votes added to the negatives under the
rather complicated system of voting
followed by the convention.
! What was said by some to be high
church victory came when the HOUSE
| ratified a change In the prayer fo
| Christ's church militant, which wa
! declared by William J. Battle of Texa!
| to constitute 1t prayer for the dead
! which he claimed was contrary to Epis.
! copal doctrine
| The first item in the prayer book re-
vision rejected yesterday afternoon b,
the House OF Bishops was a proposed
amendment to the Office of matrimon,
! for new prayer OF blessing of the rims
| to replace the one adopted in the con
| vention OF 1925. The resolution received
only 81 votes.
In the office of visitation of the sicl
ii was provided that when any sicl
person shall desire the ministry of heal
ing through amounting or laying on o
! hands, the minister may use the fol
| lowing prayer: Il anoint thee will
oil day my hand upon thee, in TIN
name OF the Father, and of the Son
and of the Holy Ghost, beseeching tn,
| mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, tina
| all thy pain and sickness of body beinI
t put to fight. the blessing of health ma,
| be restored to thee
Sacramento Dealing Is not q rev
practice in tlf9 Episcopal Church. bu
this u the hfst time since the frs