London, Feb. 6.
One of the most fateful and most critical sessions of the Church Assembly began to-day at the Church House, Westminster, to decide on the amended Prayer Book, The changes to be made in the amended Book of Common Prayer which was rejected by the House of Commons last November are chiefly in the matter of wording in order to remove possible misunderstanding, notably with regard to reservation of the Sacrament and the powers of the Episcopate.
The National Assembly of the Church of England consists of 43 yo presentatives of the House of Bishons, 318 of the House of Clergy and 362 of the House of Laity, galleries of the Church louse were packed when the As-sinhly opened.
The Archbishop of Canterbury reported the fate of the original proposals in the House of Commons after they had been approved by the Church Assembly, last year.
The Bishop of St.'Edmunds and Ipswich said that, although he had supported the Prayer Book measure which the House of Commons had rejected, he was unable to support the amended measure, which still contained reservation provisions which were certain to be again refected by the House of Commons.
Land Hugh Cecil, who insisted that the Church, and not Partiament alone, was competent to determine things spiritual, was constantly interrupted, The Archbishop of York appealed to the Assembly to exercise restraint, The House of Bishops, the House of Clergy and the House of Laity will discuss the measure separately to-morrow.
Tribute to Archbishop Feb. 7.
The Church Assembly met to-day to consider the return to Parliament of an amended form of the Revised Prayer-Book, which the House of Commons recently re-Jected.
"The Archbishop of York, paying tribute to the "Archbishop of Interbury, pointed out that he had served for a longer period than any of his predecessors for over 400 years. Ho spoke of Dr. Davidson's single-minded advice and beneficent rule of the Church and of the admiration, trust and affection which the whole Church had for him.
is Grace announced that a committee had been appointed in order that some special personal taken might be presented to the Arch-Bishop of Canterbury in this out standing year, in which, ineidentally he would also celebrate his golden wedding.
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