Show SHORTER FAVORED BY COMMISSION Episcopal General Convention Convention Convention Conven Conven- tion May Abbreviate Ten Commandments New York Sept 2 2 The The forthcoming general convention of ot the Protestant Episcopal church will havo have before I Ia It ita a a. proposal emanating from a commission commission commis- commis sion slon of ot bishops clergy and laymen to altar the form of ot tho the ten comman commandments commandments command command- ments as the they are aro now printed In the catechism and tho the communion office The Tho commission reports In favor o ot of shortening the commandments by the omission of tho time-honored time reasons for tor their observance The proposed change will affect the first commandments commandments commandments com com- so that they will road read as ns follows 1 1 Thou have none other othor Gods bu but t me 2 Thou not make t to thyself thyself thy thy- self an any graven gr Image nor the likeness of ot an anything that Is in heaven above e or In the earth be beneath beneath beneath be- be neath or In tho tiro water under tho the earth thou shall not bow down to them nor worship them 3 Thou shall not take the name of ot tho the Lord thy God In vain aln 4 Remember er that thou keep ho holy the Sabbath day 5 Honor th thy father and th thy mother The commission has recommended these changes for tho reason that the arguments for the observance of ot these divine divIno laws are not parts of the commandments commandments commandments com com- themselves they thoy were peculiar pecullar pecullar pe pe- pe- pe cullar culiar to the national life of or the Israelites Israel Israel- Ites lies and changed conditions have havo robbed the arguments cf ot much of ot their thel weight Tho The proposal Is 15 not so radical as 1 It appears on the surface The ten commandments commandments com com- wore were printed In this shortened short short- enod ened form in the first prayer book boole o of Anglican church published In 1519 and also in n the prayer book used In the Episcopal church of or Scotland toda today |