June 1.
Yefore the close of April the Church Assembly, meeting at Westminster, gave final approval to the Prayer Book Measure 1928, in the form in which it had recently been passed by the Houses of Convocation. This Measure, then, goes to the House of Commons, which was expected to devote two days to it at about the date ached. Tt will be re-that the revised Prayer Book, commonly known 5 the Deposited Book, was passed by the House of Lords last December, who voted on it first, but rejected by the House Commons.
The sensation which this vote caused through-lout England must have been felt by actual contact to be app ointed. People could hardly believe that a Book repre [so many years of labour, by practically the whole Bench Bishops and approved by an overwhelming majority in the Church Assembly, could have been rejected by the Commons, whose vote had never been looked on beforehand as more than a formality,—Indignation was further caused by the fact tha: Scottish and Irish MP's, who are not really concerned in the Book, had contributed to its rejection. The Bishops immediately announced that the Book would be reconsidered, revised where revision appeared necessary to meet objections raised in Parliament, particularly in respect of the practice of Reation, and submitted to the Commons once more. The Lower Houses of Convocation have never had an opportunity discussing these amendments: and this was seized upon by Prebendary Harris, in the recent Church Assembly debates, to move that the Prayer Book before the House of Commons without a majority in its favour 80 overwhelming as to preclude all danger of a second rejection. Ultimately Dr. Harris was induced to withdraw his motion
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