The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-12-21 00:00:00

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contempt the large bodies t of,
,Iknitebwreeel DissentersDissentersf. Ilese-i-bristiars at ome, and twat sot to the
; Archbishop Howley at their head, sent • mortgage to the
' Protestant church at Geneva, mongratalating them
no
ee
In 1835ePewhytbee ed
whole e hbeeeeeegeh °
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Enlishe' Bili'eettnhoPh "B°:11h.
the 300th anniversary of the Reformation. Why., 11,"
not • message sent to that eburen by the Pan-Angil
Synod? Bemuse since 1835 they had drifted very far
from their old Protestant moorings ; the Bithops in
had been diligently dismoainaned since then, and
18 15 bad not learnt the theory
to the Pen-Analfeen Synod woad not attempt to
—for it was thee comparativetely ePeenntkeinieoewineeeeeelbet jeint '
acknowledge either the Scotch or the Geneva churches. as
I true breeches of the Church of Christ, and could find
nobody to fraternise with nearer than Coastanti-
nople. This wee a painful state of things, and he felt
with it. Many of their lordships desired ours to be •
eompreheneive church. So they desired it to be, but
oepesethgrateethteeselaitay ofthiEsoasgrciaand %aloe%
, they was
mot tosatret'ed
church which should ernbrms Papist* in one
' direction end Sociniens in another—Hiear, hear).
Bithaabt
mould not conceive the advantage of a National
Seeh • church instead of adding to the fold of the Lord
Jesus, became a "mingle•mangle" in which every bird
has its perch mid every beast its den—(applause)--sind
such a church the people of England must tell the
higher D 01•0111 they did not cant, and would not have
—(bear. hear). He bell that it was their duty to
speak plainly as to the condoet of the Bishops. They
were in the habit of speaking their minds to the
Premier, to the House of Lords, awl to the advisen of ,
the Crown, and they must not be dumb when the '
Bishops appeared to be remlis in doing their duty.
Every man must be brought to the test of publie
opinion. If. was thankful to say there were Bishops
who had felt the Church Association was a grit and
valunble yesistanee to them. The Archb shop of York
came to the association. and told them the difficulty he
was in with regard to Mr. Voysey, a clergymen in his
diocese who we. preaching downright Socianiam --(The
Chairmen : Infidelity)—and telling the people that for
Jesus Christ in his private prayers, and, in other words
four years,he had never mentioned the named the Lord
saying that he had no faith at all in the glorious
gospel. The Archbishop felts difficulty in dealing with
the sue and asked the association if they would help
him. They felt that as they had coke 1 for contributions
to the guarantee fund to prosecute the ritualists they
°paid not touch the money for this purpose ; oo they
asked foe a special guarantee fund. and soon 1.7.000 or
PS 000 wastpromieed. He must my, mush as he
differed from Mr. Vuysey, he respected him for the way
he bad met the cam. He had met them like a man.
There had been no shuffling and no 'mastic, tricks or
I endeevonru to rides °betides to the law promedings.
Mr. Voysey mid at once that be would allow himself to
be tried on the merits of the case, and stand or fall by
Ithem ; •nd he thought there was not the slightest doubt
the ammintion would *tear the cherch of that soandaL
; When the Arebbishop_of York asked them to help him
lathe matter, the English Church Union wrote to their
Secretaries saying they were quite as mush interested
as the assmintion in pot gim. the church from Sooinianism
and infidelity, and offering to contribute belt the
expense of the prosecution of Mr. Voyeey. No doubt
It would have been a very charming eight to have seen
the ritualist 'society and the Protestant Choral Assoeia-
tion oombined in that work, but the amordation com-
mittee very properly declined their money, feeling they
. eould not hove anything to do with them - (hear, hear)—
that they were traitors in the church—that their work
WY evil and mischievous—that they were really Papists
lis disguise, and that in no way whatever ought the
association to appear as one with them—(applame)—
end be did not think the ageociatirn had lost by taking
that couree—(heer, beer). Mr Moncrieff then referred
, to the twelve days' mimion in London, and said be was
surprised to read of it in some of the leading London
paters as though it was • new feature in the church's
work, whereas years ego the Evangelical clergy in London
had carried on revival sersices, and attracted crowds.
They (the Evangelic.ll) had Exeter hull service., and
' meetineein theatre, in every nook and corner of London.
The Bi.hop of London'e mission went on with that work
for some time; and he remembered one of the emit.
, mit'ee coming to him and saying they were In a perfect
j fix; they wanted this Bishop of London's mission to be
I as comprehensive as possible for the event ligation of
the muses—they wanted men who would go into the
worst parts of the metropolle, and preach wherever they
;
could find • place to stand on or hearers to listen ; but,
mid the committeeman, we do not want all of one
party in tbe church, you know; we went some high
churchmen, riot extreme, of course; and some broad
church; but, he raid, the thing is the Evangelicals are
the only men who will do the work (hear, bear, laughter).
And be believed that was the red fact. In that wort
the Evangelical clergy had wrest seemes, and it seemed
the ritualists observing that, and seeing moreover
the results of revival serviees by the Wesleyans and
others oh termieed on a grand revival movement which
thould take London by surprise. He was sorry tin see
that nearly es many as 100 churches were open to their
agents. He wee sore to all present this work would be
a mune of deep thankfulness to Almighty God if
it hot been destine' simply .to bring before the
messes Christ and Hint crucified, and they would have
been ready to foreive much they dimpriroved In the
manner of doing it; but such was not the character of
tho movement. Christ indeed had been preached -
eiri•t crucified hail in • sort of way been set forth, but
the priest was always thrust forward as standing be.
tweet, the sinner and the Saviour. In more than one
church hail been witeessed what had never been seen
since the days of the Reformation —confeenional boxes.
Priests Mad been standing at so-called altars and telling
the people that there must be contrition, c.d.-seism,
and eatisfaction. if there was to be pewee of conscience
and joy in the Holy Ghost, but their doctrine on this
subjnot was nothing more nor less than that of the
Church of Rome. Contrition alone would not do.
there must he confemion to the priest, and there tenet
be satisfaction by doing mem penanoe Imposed by the
priest. At the doors of many of the churches were
sold Prayer Books, containing directions for confession,
copied word for word from manuals of the °hereto of Rome.
In one church there was an rdinary set-vies called
"The renewal of baptismal vows " The priest celled
on the people to remember what was promised for them
in baptism, and strove to awaken in them a genic, of
their great neglect, and then required eat h one to come
to him for oonfession and to remie his vows, upon which
ell were oupplied with wax candies; these were lichted,
and they marched in prow...ion mond the church.
They were then told to snuff the candles out. and
✓eserve the ends to be lighted when they were dying?
What was that but a most intolerable Popish supersti-
tion? end what were our Bishops about to permit such
dolor ? If any Evangelical clergymen were to adopt
any other form of service than that of the Prayer Book,
or if they introduced an extempore prayer in the middle
of the liturgy, there were Bishops who would be down
upon them directly: but these men who introduced
vestments, and lighted mndl.s, and such mummery and
nonsense in the church, were permitted to go on, and
there seemed scantly a Bishop to rebuke them. Thom
services were carried on with the approval, he regrettei
in say, of the Bishop's of London, Rochester, and
Winchester. Fle hoped the aged Bishop of Winchester
was not the man who approved it.—(Mr. Peon: Oh no,
the present Bishop). That amounts for It. (Laughter).
Dr. Sumner, he felt sure. never would have sanctioned
such doings as these. It wan the "modern Hooker"
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ioasi had
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ten at
a Churchthe
of England —(heer, hear). The prosecutions before the
Cousin were the Mackonoehie case, which was now
brought to a conclusion, and he was thankful to say the
esseciation had met with signal .11COBSP, Mr. Msckonochic
having been condemned for doing his best, in as mean
and jeouiatical a manner as could possibly be devised,
to avoid the plinth sentence which the court had pre-
viously given against him. Flo had been directed not
to elevate the Host "above his head," a definite term
introduced at the sugireotion of the Court, so he raised
the elements to the level of hit head he was forbidden
to light candles during the administration of the Idord's
Supper, which woo done in honour of the fancied Real
Presence. and therefore an idolatrous eat, so be hod
seven lamps in front of the table, and lighted candles
during the servioe up to the time of consecrating the
elements, and then put them out. Then he was for.
, bidden to kneel when he had consecrated the elements,
en he genuflected till his knees nearly touched the floor.
IWhen brought before the Privy Council for contempt
of the judgment, be was held to have conformed on the
two first point., but was found guilty of the kneeling,
and strictly admonished not to do it again, so it *odd
not . ow be held that the doctrine of the Real Presence
after consecration woe the doctrine of the Chetah of
England. The Ititun'ista were very bitter about the
' judgment of Lord Cairns, and on the change of the
, Ministry they hoped that the present Lord Chan-
, mho, who had the character of being • High
j Churchman, would be more favourable to them. But
l Lord Hatherley's judgment wee ea severe • one as
, could he given evilest them. The Times in an article
' on the judemant showed how unfaithful Mr. Macho-
; noehie had been to the church, and how mean and corn-
I temptible had been his conduct in regard to the former
I judgment. in terms which no ribialiat could read with.
out wincing, un lees he had the hide of a rhinoceros
The nest cam was that of the Rev. Mr. Bennett, or ,
Promo. It WS, clear that ritualistie practices were
adopted se symbolical of the doctrines which they
taught. Mr. Bennett propounded the doctrine of ;
the Real Presence in the most diodinct terms in an '
essay he puhlitheel. and a Calle was brought against him ;
for it. Numberless technical difficulties had been
• reform
raised, and the defendant refused to appear before the
Itmies,ore
teoholhigthly
Privy Council. upon which the Council has decided
they mast wait four months before hearing the
himself
So they were obliged to wait. But It was another moat
important question which the Association had raised
and It showed the need there is of
of the Fricieseinstiml courts. A men brought
the., ander the present *Totem, might avail
. case
hich ought to be settled In three or four months
might might be protracted for as many year.. One of the
objects of the Association was to efface areform
,in the eoel. elastics! courts, and there was ry
reason to believe that • Bill would be introdeneeed
Parlisment in the next maim, which, if 'ed.
those who are canning such an offence in the church.
Another ease wee that of Mr. Purchase, of Brighton,
for vestments. The question was before the Arch -
wofounidunieb'n rablelle"thteihntoi'dde aye 'Le
court for judgment. If in favour of seek..., aa
would atone, appeal to the Privy Council eY
• Mr. Wiz
a clergyman of the Isle of Wright, had refused te.
submit to the recent judgment of the Privy --
Council • ;
and he thought there would be no difficult i hat.
case. But they would See the Cburoh Aeseci?e t
tionhad
mem, of work on hand. Returning to the allegation
that this was a persecuting society, he said who be
gan
these Persecution*, and told them it was th
Churchmen and Ritualist*, in the celebrated the High
ease, when the Bishop of Eseter refuaecl to them
institute
Mr. Horhem to • living because he held the E
doctrine concerning baptism ; and thee theYL"elift
Ditcher v 1/enison, when the Archdecase of
examining chaplain for the Ilisho ;on of Taunton a.
refused to admit a young roan into holy °rd."'
Bath
and
Wells'
held that the wicked and such ashese." he
do not partake of the body of chew
are Told de lively faith
Theca.' was brought into court and thee the
"4.‘""Ut.
deprived of hie living and his ae b Archeeeee" There
deacon was
was an appeal to the Privy I;:ee .C,
technical point, and the di on • purely
and the Archdeacon neeived„ as sentence
wal
revoked'
Church of it
Wara,
a *talc"
of
leave to continue in the Chu
The Protertents of the country Itragland—Hattehter.)
These
men had beet, tf7 had been too forbearing.
Wowed to go on till they openly