NEW PRAYER BOOK

Grey River Argus, 10 February 1928, Page 5

NEW PRAYER BOOK

RESERVATIONS ISSUE Attitude of Italy “PRO BOOK MAJORITY AMONG ENGLISH COMMONERS.” LONDON, February 8. Addressing the Church Assembly, th” Archbishop of Canterbury said that th.Bishops believed the number of churches in which continual reservations wore practised was well under seven hun dred. This figure represented between 4i and 5 per cent, of the total number of ('hurches in England. Replying to Canon Partridge, he said that the percentage was calculated on the number of parish churches. Replying to Lord Hugh Cecil, he said that continuous reservation was practised in about eighty institutions, including hospitals and such like. lie was unaware how many had any form of devotion. The Laity approved of the Prayer Book by 196 to 80. Most of the speeches fell into one of three categories: firstly, a plea, for general approval. leaving details for Thursday’s revision stage; secondly, refusal to approve of the measure., because it legalised continuous reservation; thirdly, appeal to postpone the measure in the hope of securing a general agreement, and thereby obviate the risk of the Commons again rejecting the Book. \ Earl Selborne, presiding, said that when the Commons rejected the Book it acted within its rights, but the action was unprecedented. There was a proBook majority among the English mem-' hers. The opinion of the English people would prevail in the long run, not the opinion of Scots, Irish and Welsh, ell appealed to the delegates to forget rlitem. aPna shrd hrdtahrd hrd hrdm Parliament. I'hey were responsible only to their own constituents and consciences. All the Houses take the revision to-