Journal of the ... Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Pennsylvania, Volume 136

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order of the convention, 1920

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Page 427 - O LORD our Governor, whose glory is in all the world; We commend this nation to thy merciful care, that being guided by thy Providence we may dwell secure in thy peace. Grant to THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, and to all in Authority, wisdom and strength to know and to do thy will. Fill them with the love of truth and righteousness; and make them ever mindful of their calling to serve this people in thy fear; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost,...
Page 171 - Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord : look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
Page 39 - For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom ; to another, the word of knowledge ; to another, faith ; to another, the gifts of healing; to another, the working of miracles; to another, prophecy; to another, discerning of spirits; to another, divers kinds of tongues; to another, the interpretation of tongues; but all these worketh that one and the self-same Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will".
Page 447 - ... space retire alone to one of the voting shelves or compartments so provided and shall prepare his ticket by marking in the appropriate margin or placing a cross (X) opposite the name of the candidate of his choice for each office to be filled, or by filling in or writing the name of the person for whom he wishes to vote in the blank space provided therefor under each office to be filled and following the names of the regularly nominated candidates and marking a cross (X) opposite such names.
Page 39 - So also the Lord hath ordained, that they who preach the gospel, should live of the gospel.
Page 428 - ... for Daily Evening Prayer, and that the proposed alteration be made known to the several Dioceses in order that it may be adopted by the next General Convention in accordance with the provisions of Article X. of the Constitution. (5) Omit in the Gloria in excelsis, page 21 of the Prayer Book, in the second paragraph, the sentence, "Thou that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us." (9) In the rubric following the Creed, on page 26 of the Prayer Book, substitute for the word "a//"...
Page 177 - the rock whence they were hewn, and the hole of the pit whence they were digged.
Page 28 - On motion the nominations were closed and the secretary was instructed to cast the ballot for these nominees, who were declared elected for the ensuing year.
Page 427 - Venite may be omitted." (15) Print as the Gloria at the end of the Benedicite the following: "Let us bless the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost: praise him and magnify him for ever.

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