RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 484, 17 April 1909, Page 13

RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY.

OF THE PRAYER;BO()Ki

''''-,■ "■ '■■ V : -•'■ ■;':- j ßeferring to theireportJoAth'e .icommittee ■v: ■ ';-; i a PP olnted i in pursuance-of the' King' s, "Let- •'.;.; ■'-:."; '•■' ■■*" J '" J . o f'.-;,B us Jnesß|"}:;-..jt'p : ;i-coiisider.■■■■■possible' . , ; v .changes in tli6 :text;of H l * i : ft : '■•■'■■ -■:ffoy#ook was;.presented : on :^cbru; aryl7 v" : ■' " : to .the Lower House of the -Cpnvpcitbii of •;Vi/, 1 •':;'' Canterbury..- ; -ft r<: : -ft; ,a\Vnether, Cenybcatibri '■'will approve' of : all ■f : /v i).::,! the;:recommendatibns.' re-; /committee,ftarid jwh^ : ''- ? ;; v: !: :-.subsequent;; action.'.'bf ■■iParliiment;.-' /it":may. ft-ftft ft^ly; o ?. predicted ..that';the report Jwill.have ;S; :^.-V\: :C :, ' : »:iwwevimlnence ) '/ahd\wiil.- affect pnblic'opiri*; ftwft J; .~ '9 ni uppnl, many •'• vexed' questions; : ftA-: largo, ';■;;ft-.ft;-: and;that'nbtvthe least valuable, ;part of, the' / ; ; ;^i;.; Report, deals, with ■non-iontrbversial;:inattera. : :' ";,,..■; .It'is;desirable'.ttP| legalise Jjustoms which ;are ..■'.■■. :■■.■:; ;.■ widely .'.observed/ '.althbugjfwithout aiithprity, ft ..' 2y fteuch - : as"the*'iise;''of 'hymiis,'" the '<. recitation of ;.-.■./:'.'.the• Litany~at-.-other ; times-than thosecon- .' \:-,.■;'.;;;.temp]ated:by the-present/rubric, , the rphding : .'Vftft ■'■■'•: of*th'o■ Lessons laymen; ; andvtho;liko.;i; :'. - : ' : ■ j '■;'. ■' ■; .-'The;.: conimttt6e i '; , recominen'd. r taj revision/of . ;■■;■•'.■■V\ f i the l " OccasipnalSPrayers/and =of■!tho/,Offortory ■■« ft '^ :: :,Sentences (which could {easily; be carried but, ■ : '^ : -:arid:'with[advantage)| , and: they VyirEeJalso a ■'". :; . irevi'siori; of thb : :Lecti6nrtry, : a larger choice .;'- ;■:ft .ftof.'alternative Lessons'ito 'be "permitted, -and ;•! •■; v . r ; '.some' of>' the present-Old Testament' -Lessons: .■•■'-.•. .'■.■■■ ; '' , , : --;'to'- : :be .■expungedv'vSj« v vVr'!v'; ; -:! : :ii.V-W■■■.■■_';■'■■'''.'.•>■ :" . ■ '■■■ ft: ■' , ; ftftA .useful/alternative; ■■'tq^th'e'fnormal''form' '■: ; ,;-;ftft , of (the-Burial ■i.ServiceihaS^been'i'yresented 1 ■■'ft >ftftfta"Jong;with the''report. , !; ; This is;much .needed/ ...'.; i'■:■.}■■?.???■' P?"sh^ ;clergy'mahVknows how;.distress-, : ; : - '■'. ■ : $"6:': }\ \ if -'.teftusoy the ? present /'form-. '.ih-'-'i tho •: -'■■''■ v r.l^se'or^hoMywhdphaye^bperilyi'defied-the £ ; V; vhristianrlaw.or; openly•denied'the Christian '■'-'•'■';■:'■ £ aI ."AU ".% do.npt,see any,necessity/for/cpri-! ft:ft-fti nning';the tho; Alternative - (a ; ; 5 '■!;'' : 7'-, y^y'i beautiful;'.and .touching;bne)itbjtne case .'■v.:-; ■■;:...-r'<oJE vj persons 'pf -unspund; mind; it would bb a :!^: ; :}';;«ial: : :relief:ijf,; at : : the; wish ; /of (the relatives,. •:' the officiating mih,:,;,:i,r'; : v -isterJcoWd;.use;fthis; simplo;Offic&-in all : cir-' '.; ;'o;;?. : ;.ouni'Btaiic.es;:' Order '■' ; . ; V -/^ould^be 1 obvidtisly,iriapp'libable^" r' : 'i : :: : f^'' ' ■''■■.■'' ''V : ." .n-.Two" littlel.omissions—of : the -'spurious text ■•;•■: : ';about:.tbe^a , hree-..Heavenly-Witnessesrfrom ....,;. -.;.;■:■ the, Epistle of Low Sunday, and,of the name , .' V. of % St.; Paul. in. coiineotion ■.with; the' Epistle 'y.tp,-;the Hobfews—indicate: i'ithatcthe verdicts - ■ •■-.'■■■■.■-;,5? ew .•■ : 'i'eStßment r 'pn(iicism.'vh'av.ej'Bot-'beeii , ' : - v -V-.:.: :, .;^:;aisregJ»rfed.-.'- ; vA- , VprppoMl;'\whrehi l oiay''c'aose , : 'more;stir;is.to,substitute in"the(Pfbpbr Prev •: -?faoe)forfrWlitsun^.;;Day, for V ;; -divers languages',' .in.thetdesciiptionpf/the :;•■■. .■••;■■••■ gift.- )! ./;-. '::A;^- : r\- x !; :;:';; H "::'-':'" .: >:-:; } ; :v^A^really■ valuable siiggestion in,:theKCon- -::;.:' ;fi™ation;Seryi<je~is -:,.io-. replace'StheX wpra -.;:•' ;. '; in the: ; Kreface\and(the, Question '.';.' ; °y, Vthe,.-word:'Veonfess.^-'.-iltVisf important -..,■;.. . : w::Dnng;,outrclearly;Hbat ,''Confirmation' , -.is ;■'.' i, m <? r e-thanxaHreafflrmation.of-:re.sponsibility :.. •.'oni'the .part'of! those: who .are "tov.be con- ;. ■ '.;■..' tirmea, .-■: :-M'-;.-","!]:-, : .'r'ir h V.'.•■•."■•,? '' : ■''.',> ':'-.:■.■ ':^,;V , ■;. ■ • t;)X e :ft°K : ":<'■■ ' .v v,; yoteopppsitipiuin.jo' which, ; '■■V 'y>,;.w«:;believe,■•th?'-.phtfrch' ? as , ; welV :«-': PJ^fs-: > «;'-M--proposed;:by;'the-;'6iiDstitution .-■: y-T> ■-.: :«.-.:■ ?nay.; : :,jf6r,-V^hall ! -i ! ;iri:stheVrubriei '• to give V--,;V'; : :.■ or<tb" ',■■:: : .■':. :i ;..;:refrain ;from,reciting, Athanasian;Creed. '■/-. '■ :■. '■<■ &Tehoment;,;maya'be ; ; the ! s opposition ;- ■:■ '■':\-:\ fC on Vone-school of thought,- it^is-^bf-unlike- ; ' •■' ■i'j u. ' the ma Jo«ty:Tbf Churchmen: will .be V■■^■^■J :^KK?^ t SV:W'P^Hj c ■SV!ft : ■■ ! Mαma^iy.f■chn^6Kes . .-.-;. ;:Of,pnytog!,thpj;recitatibntbf:'jAe!iQuicijiffiue ■'■■-; W , - , *- thnsfl S' v « n; "'W'•■ • sanction of^au- .' [■:_:■'■■.■ ; tnonty. ;; ■~;•: 'M;;-; : -.;.\ y: ;;"■*''■'■'■■:■.■;■<.:'£'<•. : '.-;,,- : '- ■_ : ■' '-■■ '■■ : . Precederit.cf;the-Irish'Chiirch,'rather y •'■■ ■ -W n J.;o f.-ithe,.American;-.-..•is vfollowed > in"•the ■■■■"' -'. : ' ■ : -su l ?S? W?• o£fi W'' fw ; the Visitation' of . ; ..;the.;Slck; ! pf'th«;form J of l 'absolutjbh given;in . ■■'■ •■: :^ e 'Commission: office::as-an-alternative"for : v r ;V Jesus : Christ,M<etc; ■' '■; ■.;' ■'• -f,'■ i i t prpposed;iin^,tnd;Ordinal,' ;■, < •.:;«■; to,.:substitute ;.for-the 3 question ■ addressee ;.•; A", to ; j,deacons 'as belief - iii ■ * "all v the ;.;.,,:,.:; ; : : ; Unonical ; ..Scriptures'.' ; -the-'correspondine ;••;•- ;" r J^^etr::prpvided"that;/6urtclerEy^are • •'■ ; S^^i the W ol^&«Ptu«; ; 'SH ..:,;■ oujhoiently?!' allAnecessary^dpctnh^'.we'ma^ ; f : - ; 'a 6^VSirP^-fm >equirihg: i of. ! them: /. : e « i.?ome^faithful;/mea''ffom,:tlioVwbrk.'.'of- ,,■■;. ■;:";. ; ?'^ i^; ;:■■;:■-:;w';i.v.-;. t •: / r "':';'"■-: ■/ ;' :"r' "JPPrtant;recommendations. JTiistly'::. when- •: i-V- *^ r ?;l 18 - : .a^large;fmimbefi'of-ebmmuiiicanfs; ~ !• V :f^^gest::,tl l atvit ; .:aay.;:.be': ; sufscient-tb' . ; ■.•■ • v -to,, each ycOTimun l VbJansV : • Vl^d,!#at4heVi;uir:;formulaV;;W^ ; > ' ':•■ ■■Wtetf.'H* .onalmkbe^id,first°&l*tf V:■-'^^:■■^l β "■ ? l^^% : ■?■^i .'•■■• ;■: 1 * h : ef . : . ,:: .otwp l ,; i afternative,:vestures^JlegalisedPM. ■ ;; ;:;; : i^e-inmj s ter : :at.thnVtime^f: celekS the : '■ '■ ;: the; Eucharistic^est- ■ ; . ■.:.:/•■..merits commonly, so called : : : ■• |■ '. '-: ■■ v;M: S :;:■'■ 'I'"!"? I ?"^ ne^ 'nibric a: has : ',be«i i ;TCei)arcd :^,, ;^ns.pg;4e;,lleS avatio n^mh^S. ■ ■ ' w"' ;l ? WeOlal v° irc '!nistance s 'fpr }; the"■purP ose t of :;com m unicati n g : therewith ':■ :^s ■ «M^" * . v^ e ?-}H?hWi3htion;being; C are- ;; f« !?s^)Vforbid;'Ed e ervafeon : ■vv;C ch «^for; : anv ; i P uAp S e-,,oth6r.;than:this\-. ' ' " ? \JtsTs:- 5 f r lV■Teji'sComniaridments -is' > v:,V.--..J?.se.rted- :Tr-"The:TGii)Command-m}-f Sunday, ~, :tu;:: .whenever; they are ;btoitted,^the' ; v t •+? 1 * h ,i~I Tho r ;-.:.:..;:., GodLwith .all; thy heart/' : 'and 'all tbv ; . -j ■■"•■-:': hrst ?;and.»^reat r v Commandments■•"-•And'Vtjie" ;.-,;.; ;.:>..- ; at/>Thbu ; S halt ; lovb^tn|' ,■.-.,. ■.•.fl)B.ndments,Jjang.- ; -ali.;,the': ( law,'aha the-pro--.,::.;.:.;pheW/ .;. The ;people:rospohd:r' Lord, Have ,;, : ■■■■yJW.-.ogoii-ne/.aiid wrifco these; Thy: laws in : ... . <™r,bearts,f v .we beseech, Theo." , '.'::-;- ■!,; '" : : ■ 4^L be: Co m e ?' ; recogriis^.that > variety-pf .-,. ;.^mperamen^demand,s\variety^oilthe forms ■ '■"• , :express6d,!sand Hhev «;+'<," :fe e to exclude, from the Church . .either, oftthe rtwp great .schools bf-'thbught ■■■-■ : wiih^f , e f C^ ch - oi c ? n s™t ;-iiKto^'include :• ,■ ■;,:;sSSh«>tv«nd ? habit.;as..'io:-;the;:&ftfilSle -'of. . ,■ ■ : '-J»P»«uPr it .niust; frankly recoguise and ?1ega1..:,-, ..:,-, • forms ::pf,worship i : i n regard ~■. ...; n Wt : ,on ; the-Bishops :be-;,;.;;-ingvinaintara'ed:- & : pre-' ;; ' I,- .. ]: ;■' '"%. ' . : --:->■) ;;vS:;sv::*j v ./HIS;;J)REAMiv:; ;.' ?. ;: ■.•..■ Spea&g;rbc«ntly in 4he^isiEn^London," ■' ; :; t«A V?^n ard a'dream ho , had had;.Ho, was,:he thought;.in : purgatory, ■;. ■• .■.•■wheni ?n , angel-cameVto summon fini to . ;Poter.;refusea,;him':for:.that day! ,'■■■. t ? are;«xpecting,!f : said; the saint, *<x ■~;: W l-onajre: : from•'Londonv I ; must' . ■': '•■ .:f?P" a ?"e tho. occasion: by letting: no" one else •,:. the same, : doy. : ' The Dives coming here ■.. ;; *°*J:us ; one.:Who;not only.left-money to . *ne-poor,mils will, but actually gave in his : "- ; ™ e 1 llne rr a ' hvm Z '■■ ; to' : all in his ;emplov- : A'-J?W:'; Henoo,'you see/I-want to emphasise , .■.'.•t^isinculwly -rarei-sieht .of the-riclr man ; •,.,. Passing from earth to heaven." . ■■< . • ; . , paying heard thisexplanation,-tho dreamor : !?^P? nsol ,"!g limself as ; best ho could upon wftM'T 1 - p, PrGeent 'y -.he 'saw'; coming"to-- ... w^ta'ipMi■■ma'n,.:;wh6'ih;-he''Tecognised ntiS - ° ha l bc(, ,!? ' n the cmploy':of tho '|S a^'; >" ! <1 the- dimmer.: to' ■••"■■-■ ™f ? 6t XW-the bell, for no one ;; r ? '"' : * Md -^ t ' V, I / JI-shan, e^t.:Petcr : I : mto.lettinj; mo ml" ■• ■-A-- ■ , '■■■■■■■■■ : tM^ ? fl!*' ; M"^s- p, ? ,ye^'-hW eMi-mnoh' , - :; r^^|s,|p|§s«'i!«;s : '-'■ '" Yanghon r6plicd: .V.. „ ,Pms terotigh it :onct,"--'gaid'th» Saint :