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Show I NUPTIAL RITUAL MAY BE CHANGED Brutally Frank Words to Be Deleted By Church of England By NORMA N EL MATBON Special Correspondent of The stand -a rd-I-".amiiier -(Copyright. 19-:-. by The Standard-Examiner Standard-Examiner ) LONDON. July l Not the least of the terrors of getting married in Eng-land Eng-land Is the frank brutallj frank 1 reading of the Anglican marriage CST- : emony. More opposition has been ,' growing a., ,n the principles implied' than the straightforward. Ellzabcths.nl way Of. expressing them The natlnnnl : II; , afnbJ'. during its summer sessions this c ir, will con-. . most probably endorse sweeping 'hanges propose,! I , commit" tee. headed by th. bishop of Glouches-WORls Glouches-WORls DELETED The words "lnetteuu I bj God in the tim of man s innoci -r.-as are the words to "eatlsfj m in's carnal car-nal usts and appetite,. like brute beasts that nave no understanding." Three reasons are given In th. exhortation exhor-tation for the ordaining ,,. marriage I ', tm- nr.st f.e principal , h ,,,,,, )K substitution of the "Increaae ol man-t";J man-t";J for lhc Procreation of children" d rM,D "P1-05 m words ; mU7 f,fcnr'v'y outspoken has been modernized to res.d "'Bseondlv It SSttS ordalne.j ,n order that the natura nMmcuM Md affections. Implant, ,, b Sod, should be hallowed and direc-. ,j aright, that those who are not cull, Dy Ood to remain unmarried but by him ere led to this holy estate, should continue therein in pureness of living." Di :ny 100 Pi-.R CENT. The prayer for children loses the words ' We beseech The, assist with Thy blessings those two persons, tbs1 they may both bo fruitful In procreation procre-ation of children." and there Is substituted sub-stituted "Bestow, we beseech Thee, up-on up-on these two persons tho heritage and gift of children " The new version Will not be issued j immediately for general use, even if , the assembly adopts it. but will be used If requested and with the permission permis-sion of bishops. OLD I .AW SCRAPPED Another committee this on" composed compos-ed of eminent Jurists appointed by the lord chancellor, scrapped a principle of Inw that has been accepted SOI U 15 centuries when U recommended that .1 married woman tdioui, 1,. h-dd guilty of crime, even though she committed com-mitted it in the presence of her husband hus-band It is practically certain it will be recommended that u be passed by parllament. For centuries it was held that a wife could not be considered legally responsible for crime, but governments gov-ernments of the sixteenth and seventeenth seven-teenth centuries limited the woman's "privilege" by Inflicting penalties on ........ vi .vim niurucr. .cvei - , theles in most felonies and miedeum-Ots miedeum-Ots a wife could plead the coercion" Jaw, based on the theorv that she is ;her husbands property, an irrespe.n-,sl.,Ie irrespe.n-,sl.,Ie rrciiture. like a child or a lunatic. luna-tic. PROUD OF i : ONOMl The committee made Its report luss than two months after its appointment appoint-ment pointing out with undorsandablo pride that the Whole nuslncss had i-umi the governme nt 22 5i The report seems as Significant of the times as the action of the house of lords in slam-j ming the door in the face of Lady RhonddS who churned It was achronls-tlc achronls-tlc Lady Rhondda waa the first to sit as a peeress In January' the committee commit-tee on peerige-H oted 7 to 2 In favor but when .is recommendation came up before the hou.se. almost certain or being be-ing passed, the lord chancellor Inter-vened Inter-vened and n oved it back for recon-Ideratlon. recon-Ideratlon. The second committee voted no without explanation |