. The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . A. del THE EARLY CONVENTIONS, NORTH AND SOUTH. 37 of New York; Beach, of New Jersey; White, of Pennsylvania ;Wharton, of Delaware; Smith, of Maryland ; GrilEth, of Virginia, and. / C^=^^^\^ Purcell, of South Carolina, were the clerical members of this com-mittee, with the Hon. Messrs. Duane, Peters, and Read, Dr. Cradock,and Messrs. Dennis, Sykes, and Page, of the laity. Little appears in the journal of this convention indicating theimportant changes their action contemplated. The abolition of twocreeds, and the omission of an arti-cl
. The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . A. del THE EARLY CONVENTIONS, NORTH AND SOUTH. 37 of New York; Beach, of New Jersey; White, of Pennsylvania ;Wharton, of Delaware; Smith, of Maryland ; GrilEth, of Virginia, and. / C^=^^^\^ Purcell, of South Carolina, were the clerical members of this com-mittee, with the Hon. Messrs. Duane, Peters, and Read, Dr. Cradock,and Messrs. Dennis, Sykes, and Page, of the laity. Little appears in the journal of this convention indicating theimportant changes their action contemplated. The abolition of twocreeds, and the omission of an arti-cle in the only creed retained, the ^r^**— *ycK. rearrangement of the prayers, thereduction of the articles, the expur- j7gation of the imprecatory clauses ^of the psalms, and the removal of those little archaisms of the English liturgy whose only hold uponthe people for years had been their retention in the churchs prayers,and the appointment of a committee for the preparation of a newpreface and a now calendar, and for the selection of new hymns andthe reduction of the metre psalms, were all hurried through fromSaturday, Octol)er 1, when the committee first reported their draftof the alterations, to Wednesday evening, October 5,
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