| Show prayer readers headers in tro utile otile erom from F rom tom newspaper reports which have been received from washington by way of california fornias it seems beems that there has been considerable agitation among the he episcopalians Episcopal ians inthe federal city in consequence of a little interference by the authorities with their rei rel religious bious worship some of the episcopal clarg clergymen hrs krs en refusing to read the prayer of thanksgiving for federal victories that had been prepared as some state by bishop whitingham whittingham whitin Whit ingham harn haen of bla hla maryland ryland riland and according to the asb ass assertions e rations of 0 others t 11 er s by the civil authorities the reverend divines in question deeming it an unauthorized and p interpolation of the service the prayer wab was to be read in the churches eight days in succession according to directions which some fully complied wi b others read the obnoxious formula fo r mula muia but bu t once one el and an d four ot of the clergymen refused to read it at all and thereupon they y were webe welo informed by the provost 11 11 iiii fill 1 of the t if they ihei wo not pray tray as directed they bho sho should ull cease their sup altogether a and dispir dispersed sed bed their congregations gregat ions and shut abut up the churches this interference with their worship was considered by the recus sant priests and their congregations as a gross violation of their constitutional and religious rights and they and all who spoke against the proscriptive prescriptive measure were denounced as se ceders by tholo who were opposed to them in sentiment A writer in the star denounced the prayer as the infamous hellish and bla bia blasphemous hemous prayer of the crazy bishop of maryland mary Uary aey wey A washington asserts that avras lyras not lot briten by bishop whitingham whittingham WhIt ingham but was selected from the service in the episcopal prayer book appointed to bo be used at bea sea sear bear ly a few words only having been chan changed 0 ed in order to adapt it to the peculiar candi condition tion of affairs in washington the raising of the potomac lotom ac blockade and other federal triumphs it Is a stated that the bane bame prayer was appointed to be read in his diocese by bishop otey of tennessee sh artly aft after erthe the battle of bull run as a thanksgiving prayer for that confederate victory an exchange in speaking of the proscription of these non nod says that they w were e re Is served right for if they did not choose to pray as they were bid they should baie have conff confined ine lne d themselves to secret pray prayer er and thinks think s they got off first rate on cn y having had their churches closed and their congregations dispersed whereas the tims time was when clergymen and laymen too were roasted alive and had their heads chopped off for the same samne offense |
