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Show GENERAL SYNOD M REITS New Liturgy "Will Occasion Very Lively Discussion. NEW YORK. June 6. Tho centennial plon of tho Krand synod of tho Kcfonncd church in America will conveno nt thv Col-leclate Col-leclate Church of St. Nicholas thin niternnon. Tho Hcwlons will Inst for nt lenet a woeli. A public meeting hi commemoration ot the centennial session will bo hold ' Thursday evening In tlw church, at which addresses will ho mnilo and a letter from President noosflvelt, a member of tho church and a communicant of tho Church of St. Nicholas, will bo read. Discussion Over Ritual. There promises to bo a lively discussion over a. new ritual or llturKJ' at mo of thn sessions. The liturgy, as explain by tho committer which prepared It, Is not now at all. but Is an abridgment of the old form, without the omission ot anything essential. The liturgy was reported to thn synod of Inst year by a committee of which Rev. Dr. II. B. Coe. n'or minister of tho Colleglnto church, wajr chairman. Tho report wah received re-ceived anil referred back to the local bodies for their approval. Favorable, action Is now looked for, but It will not come. It Is said, without some discussion. It In nuggested that the general synod may make It possible for tho churches to use. either tho' new or the old form. |