Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-19
50 ARTICLES LEFT
IN BOOK Of PRAYER
Question Agitated for Three
Years Closed When Depu-
ties Concur With Bishops.

uniting all parties of the church, the
movement to remove 80 articles from
the Book of Common Prayer of the
Protestant Episcopal Church. was final
ly cropped today. when the House Of
Deputies concurred in the action yes
terday of the House of Bishops to leave
these articles in the prayer book
The house made no change in the
resolution from the House of Bishops.
which in As language proposed that
the matter of dropping the 80 articles
be indefinitely postponed. But the
unanimous action of the House of Dep
uties was considered as finally closing
the question which has been pending
before the church for three years.
The House of Deputies after concur
ring in the decision of the House Of
Bishops. proceeded further to order the
commission on the revis and enrich
nent of the Book of Co..~Sn Prayer,
to proceed with printing, publishing and
distribution of the new book.
A COPY of the complete revision was
formally presented to the house by
DR.. John w. Suter of Massachusetts,,
chairman of the House of Deputies
committee, which co-operated with the
bishops committee on the revision.
The SO articles were ordered kept In
the PRAYER book by the house in an at
nlosphere tense with significance. pune
tuated with laughter and applause Inc
action finally was solemnized by the
unexpected and voluntarily led singing
Of the doXology.
Editor Approves Motion.
While representatives Of virtually. all
r7arties in the church, high and low.
Joined in the making and seconding OF
the motion. an outstanding feature OF
this part of the session was the APP
proval of DR.. Frederic G. Morehouse OF
Milwaukee. editor of the magazine. the
Living Church. who three years ago
moved the original resolution to strike
out the 80 articles.
Frank H. Nelson of Cincinnati. who
three years ago also had voted for the
removal of the articles at the conven-
ton at New Orleans, presented the mo-
ton to the House of Deputies. AL
though he said he did not believe they
belonged in the prayer book, he added,
in support of this motion to leave them
there, Il do not think they are the
thing on which we should center our
controversy today
Several seconding speeches were
made, led by F. H. Sill of Connecticut
of the Order of the Holy Cross, repre-
sentative of the so called high church
group.
Immediately following him came a
deputy known as a broad churchman,
Roosevelt Page of Virginia. Il beg leave
to say" said Mr.. Page. that nothing
this convention has done or any other
convention will ever do. will add as
much to the satisfaction and peace of
Our beloved church" He characterized
this convention as most sensible"
DR.. Morehouse. who had moved the
original resolution three years ago. was
roundly applauded when he rose to
second the motion. He explained that
his original intention had been to cease
to publish the 80 articles in one place
and to begin publishing them in
another. But he said it had developed
and become clear that elimination of
the articles would distress the people
of the church"
isn't Worth a Division"
"It isn't worth division in the
church" he said. "It isn't worth hurt
Ing the members of the church. When
It became clear that there would be no
unanimity It also became perfectly clear
that this step ought not to be taken.
Very gladly, therefore" he concluded
significantly. do I second this resolu
ton,
Other seconding speeches we're made
by Judge George F. Henry of Iowa.
Charles P. McGill Of Virginia, Marina
duke Hare, dean of the Cathedral of
Davenport, Iowa.
AZ the conclusion of the vote, which
was unanimous, as the presiding officer,
DR.. George Craig Stewart of Chicago,
started to proceed with the business, q
voice in song rose from the back of
the hall in the solemn tones of the
doxology. Business was halted, and the
entire assemblage arose and sang. The
leader in this was Roosevelt Page of
Virginia.
In discussion Of ways and mears to
publish the new revision of the prayer
book, Dr.. Morehouse proposed informal
lv that the church should officiaily au-
tf1orize the publication without copy
right This invoked considerable ia
vorable discussion.
d. c. Man Is Elected.
The House of Bishops early this
afternoon elected four missionary
bishops, including one native Wash
ingtonian. Rev Norman Binsted, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas w. Binsted Of
52ol Sherrier place. was elected bishop
Of Tohoku, Japan. He was elevated to
this position from his present post as
dean of the Cathedral at Toxic.
The Rev Frederick Deane Goodwin
of Warsaw, Va, was elected missionary
bishop Of Nevada.
The Rev. George II. Thomas, rector
of st. Paul's Church. Chicago, was
elected missionary bishop OF wyoming
The Right Rev. William NJ. Thomas
a native of Mattopeny, Md. was elected
missionary bishop of Southern Brazil.
Political Resolution Tabled.
A resolution which would have put
Ire church on record against political
activity of the church las a corporate
BODY was tabled by the House of Dep
uties yesterday afternoon shortly after
its introduction, but the same resolu-
ton introduced in the House of Bishops
was referred to the commission on
social service.
In the House of Deputies the resolu-
ton was introduced by George Zabriskie
of New York City, who spoke briefly but
earnestly in support of the matter. But
upon objection by Rev. Henry Hobson
of Worcester, Mass, in a speech OF
about two sentences, the resolution vas
tabled with large viva voce majority
vote. Hobson contended there was no
likelihood that the church would be
led into any kind of political activity
and that passage of such a resolution
would reflect upon other church bodies.
The resolution would have declared
It the sense of the church that the
accepre.a principle of the separation of
uheich and state should be maintained
and that this church, while creating
and upholding the highest moral stand
ards through its clergy and laity, should
not. as corporate body, enter into the
political arena to promote by legislative
actions specific or partisan measures"