The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-10-29 00:00:00

I THE ABOHDILWON OF TAUNTON AND
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HIS RESOLUTIONS.

The Archdeacon of Taunton has published the
following resolutions as those speed upon tole=
posed for adoption by a westing to tte held ini
on Tuesday, Nov. isk at Bt. Junin.. Rail.
To the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire Into the Rubrie.,
Orden, and directions for RepilaUor the °mum and
Conduct of Public Worship, be., wcording in, the use of
the United Church of Bombed •od
The 11 remota linnorisi of tibo onreipnad Cowmen end
Laymen, being cononeselosiste, Mewed-
1. not the use of high ceremonial In church.. sod chapels
I. part of the con= n and statute law of the Church of
lowland, and is the sub,ieet of a rubric of the present Book of
COMMOn Prayer, Ivinung to ornaments of churches end
metessents of minister,. which rubric ha* rewind •
Interpretation from the Judicial Committee of the Pdvy
Council. se follows :
" The Rohde to the meomt Prayer hook adopt. the
lof te..s.tut• Mosi: but they ail' nh‘lomdr le= mom tidos, that Om same drown and the mum utensils or
artleire which were used under the Bret Prayer-boot of
Edwerd VI., may mill be uoid."—l. UddeU Wseterton.2. "
Tut sod, oss, altboUrn In many puticulare long in
abeyance, is held by men, of her deep end lelh to he the
=r outward expremion of her doctrine,• kelp to devotion,
oma. cif Medrep; and the dlr., to have Mullen to
Very endow lan to the Ills sod devotioo of our songregational
worship.
& That such sharpness In the Church of England, together
with Its continued mildews elsewhere, ha. mused the revival
of high 0ft...0.w to b.. rewarded as an introduction of
novelties of or/robin, and to be matter for euspicion.
Tut, therefore, such molt ni should not he elfeetad to
any sue wiWout great cam and caution, and doe reglad for
the ferilop of the congregation, End Ole legal righte of the
ordinary:

S. Thatto Impose any restraint upon sash revival. other
than the restraints above specified, would FIQUIN so peg fedi.
legislation, which la upon general principlee, most objection-
able ; and which, in this particular instance, would operate
%lib grave and MlUlllart injuetlce against one ...Wm of the
thelEr end : and would further contravene °Wigan/Is
with revert to ceremonial entered into by the clergy under
the existing law ; thereby suiting a pros dent for the con-
t°"•°U°°of ill °the* fbligallons alike entered Into, sod
which eg posf "do ligililloc If It could he al:10MM,
would have the further evil consequence cl narrowing the
Mils of thechurch of England.
A Wirt number of Your MRDOTIIIIII4 are not in the habit
or using high ceremonials or viol-414min( In Murtha. •Isere
It Is used ; but neverthelee, in common with tbier brethren
who do so worahlp, they humbly subunit that, tee all the
memos above stated, It Is most Inexpedient to promote my
alteraUon of the existing so; or In any on; to restmln tha
lawful liberty of the clergy and the rights of the laity.
N.B. The of the meeting will be confined to tbe
moving, seconding, and passing Of resolutionu for the adoption
dreulatlon. mud premonition of the memorial.
All communications to be add's...ad to the Arehdreee
of Taunton, But Brunt; or to Robert Bret 4, Iraq , Stoke
Newington.

Cheep Anthony Denison Is a remarkable man. Not
remarkable for his piety, or his wisdom, or his learning,
but for that peculiar kind of audacity that seems to
make up for his deficiency in those three aforemaid
requisites for a Christian Minister. He is never so
happy as when he is doing something from which
ordinary men would shrink. We have seen him, within
• few years, at an election at Oxford, leap over the
barriers to the Convocation Hones, in the face of the
Viee-Chanoellor, and thrown batik by the university
official.. We have seen him enter the lists with the
Dean of Ripon, and when thoroughly beaten, and con-
•icterl, and laughed at, coolly turn round and .0011.911
the dean of ribaldry, think in; to cover his own dis-
graceful retreat under a cloud of affected indignation.
And now he is coming forth once more, and as cbairman
of the committee for • a Ritualistic gathering
to be held on November 19th, he is publishing the
'resolutions to be adopted on that occasion. He clearly
mistook his profession when he became • clergyman.
A Fenian leader is more suited to his capacity and
temperament. How he would have gloried in mulling
up a police van and rescuing his comrades, just as he
glories now in attempting to smash up all the safe
, that the Reformation placed around our Churcrart
letting loose once more the evil spirit. of superstition
I and printers/ t. Having for some years part treated all
law with contempt; having only himself evaded con-
demnation by • fluke: havintiriir. Litshington's judg-
tnent duly recorded spinet he is now coming
forward in defence of law, end with his brother
Ritualists preying for protection against the unruly
and ungodly Protestants, who suspect his sincerity, and
reject his authority. The mond resolution is as
follows:—" That such use (of high ceremonial), although
in many particulars long in abeyance, is held by many
of her clergy and laity to be the proper outward ex-
pression of her doctrine; a help to devotion ; and •
means of teaching; and the dintse to have resulted in
very serious lees to the life and devotions of our con-
gregational worship." Let us judge this by the open
declarations of some of those who will sign this
memorial. We shall find that, what they term " her
doctrine," i.e. the doctrine of the Church of England,
is fetched from the Liturgies, An., of the Church of
Rome, which existed in this land before the Reforma-
tion. These vestments and symbols are an outward
and faithful expression of the doctrines of the Church
of Rome; end .I.erefore when our Reformers got rid
of thine ess• r anti-ehristian doctrines, the high
ceremonial mred of itself. The "real presence
in the elements" (call it transubstantiation or consub-
stantiation, or something" ineffable,' it matters not)
being exploded, it was &Muni to suppoti that any man
would continue to dress himself as • priest, when the
altar and sacrifice were removed; or that he would
genuflect before a chancel, from which his" wheaten
wor had been banished. Nor were these ceremonials
re-introduced until the (else doctrines were first of all
re-adopted. The revival of such oeremon•al has not
caused, and is oart comming eoepiorem, or Wooly repro
sented in the third resolution, because of such abeyance,
but because we see in that revival • deliberate
purpose to revive the pernicious doctrines which
it represent., and which are not the doctrines of
the Church of England. We grant, and we
wish it to be understood that there is an inseparable
connection between the ceremonial and doctrines ; and
seeing the latter are else/Liana unruiatakeably for-
bidden by the Church of land, it is • piece of
audacious effrontery to take vantage of an omission
in the law, if there really be such an omission, to re-
introduce that which is part and parcel of the for
bidden teaching. Again, the Archdeacon's resolution
affirms that such ceremonial is a help to devotion. In
the year 1867, with such ceremonial practised in its
perfection in Italy, Spain, and Mexico, and with its
known results in t. e piety and morality and
intelligence of the inhabitant. ot those lands, it
require, no slight confidence in the ignorance and
blind prejudice of his followers, for the venerable
gentleman to propose such an absurd declaration as
this. Let anyone enter the abbey at Sherborne ; any-
one, we mean, who knows whet devotion means—not
mere bowing and genuflecting, but intelligent and
spiritual worship. Let him beer the prayers sung over
at • pace that defies anyone but • trained chorister in
good condition to keep up with, and then let him say
whet help to devotion there is in the whole procerkinga
The fact is, such ceremonial satisfies men with the
ebacrice of all devotion, and so attracts the silly and
vein, who want a religion which will not give them the
trouble of thinking, or withdraw their thoughts from
the gaieties of fashionable life. Again, the Archdeacon's
fourth resolution states that in reviving such a
ceremonial due regard should be had for tin feelings
of the congregation, and the legal rights of the
ordinary." Excellent! bow truthfully does this
represent the feelings of the whole party? What
tenderness for the oongregatioe ha been shown in
this diocese—in the perish where the landowners,
good old-fashioned churchmen, were compelled to
refuse church rates ;—at Cane, were ninety com-
municants, with large numbers of non-communicants,
have been driven from the Church; at Pewsey where
a rate has been refused, so• commencement of ;Wittier
proceedings; at sherborne, where the respected gentle-
man who gave thousands towards the restoration of
the abbey has long been compelled to worship elms-
where, and to withdraw all p.cuniary hap from the
Ritualttio parish priest. And this in • diocese where
we are supposed to have no Ritualism. And as for their
respect for the rights of the Ordinary, what body of
men have shewn more utter disregard for these right.,
whenever they interfered with their own vagaries 1
But look once more at the fifth resolution. It states
" that to impose any restraint upon such revival (of
ritualism) would contravene obligations with respect to
ceremonial entered into by the clergy under the exist-
ing law," Hist is, it would interfere with the con-
scientious discharge of duties which the clergy under-
took at their ordination ; that, we ereeums, is the
meaning of the clause. And is it not notorious that
instead of entering the ministry with the idea that
this ceremonial was part of the Church's services, thew,
men hay., ever since their ordination been finding out
new effects in ceremonialism, and never thought shout
their conscience in the matter, until they found them-
selves stopped or threatened by the la ty, and
then they found out that all this trumpery is a
conscientious obedience to the law' If they never
suffer more in any other way then they do
in their consciences, they will be fortunate.
But is it competent for this commission to re-
ceive memorials from any party in the hunt)?
Having authority to examine witnesses, and thereby
come at the truth of theee matters, and being appointed
to examine the legality of these practices, is it con-
sistent with its constitution to receive memorials con-
taining the opinions and wishes of men notoriously
extreme, and who in reality have roused all the cam-
motion in the church which has made the commission
necessary? Legal or not legal, there are men en that
commission who will present the memorial, and Mr.
, Walpole is imbecile enough to be twisted round any
one's finger, and to be frightened by Denison as he was
by Reales ; but surely this ought to be resisted. his
had enough to have such • packed commission: it is
had enough to have that notorious memorial of Arch-
deacon Dmirion and twenty more de myster-
iously printed in the evidence taken ore the com-
mittee ; but it is peat bearing that men who are sitting
In the capacity of judges should motive petitions from
one of the parties whose cases are before them, and
that some of those very judges should encourage their
most indecent act One good feature there is in this
business • these interlopers in the Church are some-
what alarmed. This desperate appeal to the com-
mittee shows it. In this diceeee another plan is being
pursued, that of absolute inaction. They think that
Use storm will blow over. We believe that they will
be mistaken, and every now and then they get • little
hint that it is only a lull; it will soon come on again,
earl that with a force which we hope will be irresistible.
Let us ever bear in mind that the late Charge of the
Bishop of Salisbury is a tangible matter; there it
stands in black and white, an insult to the good sense
of every man of Wilts and Dorset, a standing defiance
to the Protestant feeling of the Church, and an ill-
disguised threat to all who resist it. Until every
offensive threat is retracted it must not be condoned
or forgotten, and we hope and believe that before
Parliament meets we shell hears little more about it.
Let our Protestvnt friends be ready ; they will have
of showing their colours; and we
trust etrwisoiresrtremlunity of the indignation wearing out, it
will only become more distinct and marked, that our
representatives may tee it necessary to fall in with
the almost universal feeling of the laity, who will now
take the matter into their own hands, without asking
the leave ere permission of bishop, priest, or deacon.
Those Anglican primate are "sowing the wind," and
me long "they will reap the whirlwind."
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ono oroo of the ems once. in the Prayer Books °ICONS
FiLeetath and Cat Janne, ght.ir I .rdaidps eay the Rubric,
ne." al In Wit sodsnenornl—as9ort of Omani*. of 103" r
Home of Convocation of Canterbury on Ls4sl. 11)111.

PILFERINGB FROM THZ COMIC PAPER&
has "Auk"

MOST 601171.010011.—We kaow a lama who keeps
seek a sties wet& over his tongue, that he will not
even allow himself to talk molest Nine.
laCanatuu Dia.—King of Italy "Th. hawk. Nis.
Pope. bas decided that you retain 'Th. Cross Keys,'
but thinks, for the pesos of th• neighbourhood. you had
bettor tannest to gin e up ' The Threw o
Brost in tug Ron mtoOtr. (Emily loose to see het
dear Charles shoot, but is a little &Mild of • gun.)—
Marina (not quits in good humour): "Now, dear. if you
will bold on by • tan.., instead of my oast, perhaps it
won't be • miss this time
BETTIS LAYS 111• R NITA—The distribution of the
Etsade and ?Woe. pries mosey will imminence cm the
2411 i,.t.tt So mays • natio. in the Ganda,. We
wonder how many of those sotitied to share. hsre got
,nto the Gaunt, before notice of the distribution of
piss mosey they woo tea years ago

A Worst' Fiona—Spiteful dd part, (who Is tarring
the stays of the flagstaff) : " Stripped reends seem all
the ' go' with 'era it ? (Chuckles.) I'll stripe 'eta I
Put a extra streak o' ile in, o' purpose—won't dry (or.
month I Cowie lollopin' about with their erielynee age
tr'inea, they mud she the consekensee I I'

A Won wrrit run Pauttieg.—Coutti, w• say, Lord
Derby, you don't need to be told that we like ever oci
many things shoat you, such av your open handedness,
and your oratory, sad your Homer, and your pluck;
but confound it, Edward Geoffrey Smith-Musky, we
don't like your humbug. Now then, you need not look
at se in that manocr, NI if all the blood of the Stanley,
slate Joan were e-dre. We defy as much as we admire
you. Yes, laughing is better, but we don't know that
we are going to laugh •Ith you net. Whet do you
mean by telling two stories at the Manchester banquet
the other night Two—yes, two, and in the Free
Trade Ball too which has been consecrated by the pee.
formates of Ale. Punch's young men. You spoke up
for ,or Reform Act, and doelared that such was your
itionfidenee in the goodness and virtue of the working
men (or "wageipaid men" a • you called them) that you
anere o. that the attacmous trust that had been placed
in them would be vindiested. Very well. A good
many poople believe this. But then you went on to
inform these very working men, first th•t they
hearkened to the True of eontemptitile Lindero, and
mentedly, that they shamefully submitted to a tyranny
under which they groaned. Very well. A good any
persons believe this. But, Edward Geoffrey, if you will
allow., to quote another translator,

" Rut you • tbeautuot mouths. • thoustnd tongues,
And throats of brass fostered by Iron lours,"
you could not fuse those two oppoeite statements into
one argument that should prove to Mr. Pasch that
YOU passed your Rrform Act for soy other than a
party porpoise. What's the good of humbugging?
Receive the assurance of our profound respect.

Frew " Am."

Mrs. Brows ir • Nrw Yoar 'Bur —I don't think
as ever I was no jolted up out down ma I were in our of
thorn 'buses as rune up Broadway with no conductor
behind for to let you in. As I 'oiled one myself a-'olrlia'
my umbrella'', but It. all 'worry line for to stop 'em,
but 'owever to get in I did not see for the steu is that
'fah that I couldn't 'ardly reaeh 'em, and that purer no
there were not ro 'old for the foot; and jut as I got
in at the door if the feller didn't drive on, and I tout
'are pitched back'ard out if I 'mint pitehed for'ard and
come with my 'end full butt Kin the end of the 'Uta es
would 'awe stunned to. if I'd oonte with my full fore.,
as I were pretreated dole', Biro' the door eehettio'
with my foot in it as 'eld me both and broke the shock,
bet pretty nigh broke my ankle too. The way in...
'hues dawdle, up that Wrest I. enorteh to drive you
mad ; not as they can git along any faster, for of all the
cro -din' and mishit,' ea ever you no., ell a-ninnin' one
*gin another, and nobody couldn't
the polies, as ia that perlite e.'suldin' you over, with
their straw 'at's and nice white gloves.