PRAYER BOOK.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18899, 14 January 1927, Page 9

PRAYER BOOK.

SECRET REVISION PROPOSALS.

DEMONSTRATION AGAINST ANGLICAN BISHOPS.

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LONDON. January Yi

X procession of clergy and laity, organised iointiv br the Protestant Alliance and League of Loyal Churchmen, marched U. Lambeth Palace, simultaneously with the opening of ;i momentous ten days' private conference ol the Bishops of the Church of England under tile presidency of the Archbishop of Canterbury on unrevealed proposals for the revision of the prayer book. , , , The procession was headed by a banner inscribed, "Warning to the Bishops. The Church is m danger. God says, 'Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers set up. Respect the prayer bock, which wa.? Given us by our martyred reformersOn arrival, the party knocked at ami entered the gates, and was received by the Archbishop's chaplain, to whom they handed a petition condemning practices that, sav6ured of Rome, and also the fact that the conference was in adding that secrecy was abhorrent to tfi<j English natuvo. The petition referred to the proposal,, as: "A bise betrayal on the part of those who should be the guardians of divine truth We are asked to accept your lordships' proposals. This we will nerer do." The sravest contention is over the altered Communion rites. The Bishops are endeavouring to find a compromise for Ansdrt-Cathnlir- "nd evaneelical opinion. When the Bishops agree on the rirecise changes thev willhe presented to convocations, nfter which, in n final draft, to the Church Assembly in July, intimately, the House of Commons must approve the proposals.