The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-06-25 00:00:00

THE DORSET COI

THE CRISIS OF THE CHURCH.

The Bev. W. C. Templer, M.A., &dot of Burton
Bradstook, preached all Allbritton Church on Sands,
evening, June 18, and a collection madam behalf of the
ermine semi" amounting to Et 12s. The church was
densely deeded, the congregation consisting in addition
to those madly frequenting the church of many church-
men and &mentors from the town and neighbourhood.
The sermon 11111 a most powerful and ireoroseve one,
and was listened to with eyeful attention throughout,
nothwithstanding Re length, and ere regret we can only
give a summary of it The test was taken hour SR
Matthew aryl, 26,27 and 28 verse& Thom persona, he
said, who have been looking to our Church during the
last few nen cannot fail to see that it is at
the present time pasiine through • great nide &are
do not quite comprehend the point at issue, ethers are •
little alarmed, while others feel the importance of the
passing smarm t, bo t no one whateveirlds panda' or ability
an formed the future—nom can say whether thinountry
will continue to maintain IL Protestant ehneeter or the
Church it, Protestant truth. He use not at et
prepared to arm that there wee only one point in the
premed controversy—on the contrary there were many,
bet at the same time the other pointa were of less
moment than the one the text referred to, which, if
adopted, would open the door to Popery. He
should cell their attention to four points—lot, the
teaching of the Church of Rome on the nature of the
Saoranient of the Lord's Sapper. 2nd, the teaching of
So Anglican Priesthood, se they trailed themselves.
3rd, the doctrine of the Church of England as eon-
tamed in her services, formularies, and articles, and
4th, what God said in his Word. The Church of Bose
turns what is a spiritual feast into a camel festival.
17;raprotege to change the bread into the body of
st sad the wine into his blood, which demerits they
I maintain become the literal, corporal. absolute, Bch.
.metial body and blood of Christ. That is the teaching
.4 the Cherelr of Rome The teaching of the so-eallea
teatime Priesthood, the Tradarians, the Rommisers,
those who insist on sacerdotal power and invarithle
oareneetal gram, is amend illy the same. The words
' may be different from those used by the Church of 1
I Horne, but they mean the same thin. There were I
I differeat schools who did not use quite the same words,
hut they all meant that tle breed and wine in the
S.orameet were not quite what they were before. The
doctrines of these men were volatile, and were enveloped
in a cloud of words; it warn not easy therefore to
" metre this make," it was mot sem to Mew whit their
doctrioes were, but if they oompiired Sent with those of
the Churn of Rome they would dad they both meat the
same thing, they were Cody 'a distinction Ittihad a
differeed." One of our prelates had said that our Lord's
body was &dually present on the altar in the &eminent
of the Lord's stepper, and a party in the Church tried to
throw dust in their eyes and remesset this as the
doctrine of Martin Luther. He deeartbed the doeirlose
of the Church of England, and alluded to the Artistes
of the Churn, and addressing the Dhenteri present
remarked that NoneonforWsta said there were gist ens
of Popery I. the Prayer &ok, without having read the
book to see, be lashed therefore to disabuse their minds
dethat ides. Re salaried on the nhjoet and said it
was not what the Prayer Book might be made in the
hands of it. emotes, but what it redly meant they
ought to consider. He spoke at some length of the 28th
article which showed that the 8 eracont d the Lord%
Sapper woe 'Scabious only thread' the faith of the
recipient, and wee a direct mintradtetion of all the self.
styled Anglican Priesthood taught, and be than referred
to the Cherish Cad:imam. The Sacrament according
to the Church of England wadi be said a oommemorie
tire act for the remembrance of the death of Christ
and the benefits received thereby. There were two
parte In It—the outward reads sign of the breed and
wins, and the inward and spiritual pees of the body
and blood of Christ, which were verily sad indeed taken
by the faithful in the Lord's Supper. The doctrine of
the Lord's Supper in the Articles and in the Com-
munion Service was that the advantages of it were to
be received by faith only. The unfaithful might take
the bread and wine, bet it was only the faithful who
could food on the body and blood. Why mamma the
two pa-te therefore when such a plain distinction is
drawn by the Church/ A plainer and a more scriptural
enuodation of the Lord's Sapper meld not have bee*
penned. In the Communion Serves it says are to
feed oil Christ, en 3 where 1-44 thy heart kith with
thealmpving. Nothing could be more teat than
that. We arm thsrded, he oriatinueek that the reel
of the body and blood of CNC', In the halide
:rbr priest, on the der, In the mouths of reelpisats.l
a &kudos and • mare, end • device of the evil me
Christ Is noli premed cm the &leer or le the wine. We
do not believe in transubsteddadoe, semomiletioe, or
, ementelastiatim, sad are not going to adopt oldisr
' people's =Wakes., not even Luther's- We say
Christ is not present Pe the months of people
who receive, but in the hearts of Teeple who
believe. He Gould produce 'numbers of other proofs
'he said but forbore. Let them now go to the
word of God and examine it for a few moments. He
Ireferred to Mark xiv. if and following verses, which
showed the bread and wine were a represeetatioe of our
, Saviour, and remarked the merge could not he sou-
-1 streedlliterally, as if ei the cup would be Christ's blond
I not the wine, and if they so adopted it the blood 'roll
Ibe the blood of the New Testament not Chriat'a But
I bow natural and easy they were to explain if under-
stood as a symbol and emblem. He referred also to dm
22e4 Mader of Luke, seating the literal interpretation in
It remedied the sup would not hold, Mt bow easily it
could he implaised. Is the Saaraineet they shooed
I forth Oboist's death until he same, they did not repose
' it, they merely showed it forth until be YIN, when
faith would be tamed into sight The &relish martyrs
were all examined on this point, and why? bemuse the
&pieta knew if they could eery this point, they had ag
. It were eternal life Is 'Mohown heeds, and emu site it
or withhold it to or from whom they would, and via this
tremendous power could override man and plass fetters ca
Ms mek , and deposit the whole power of Reaves so in speak
In the Ma& of the Marsh. This &seine the Lelia
martyry therefore strenuously resieled. He this read
meads hoar Crimson% aced other metre' wane, ng
osiatinuod, this is the work of &tan and he will
moomplish it if be ean by sebstiestiag the ransom or
superstition of man for the work of God. If we naive
thia dogma and by that we are to be guided, the me is
laid to the rood of nisn's future hopes. After
some farther remarks he urged the eogingetion to read
their Bibles, whisk man persons hardly did at all, and
referred to Hob. le 19 and remaining venue In that
Meteor, in whin it sleds that Christ did not offer
himself often, and yea be said these men soy be is
offered every time they celebrate the Enbarld, aa they
call it. The menage went on be date he remarked
thee as It was spooned pato men moo to die, so
Christ wee mos offered to Mar the sins of deny. to
a merinos he said he had endeamered to make the
matter plume to then, he whiled he could have done it
mora so, iiii everything depended on their rightly under.
standing the sithier. Let time beware both Cherie-
men and Ilimentere ffor if one cherub went down other"
would follow) of the doctrine of the real preemie CI the
Lord's Siemer. Lot them beware of the &dries, who.
ever it was gedeevoured re persuade them t r believe in ikon
matter whether lee wee • hind met whether he visible ;
the poor, sad pm of his salemmos to them, did. great !
deal of good or not If asked the qessebse, let them
my Ch4.l Will present, not on the tale, or is Mc. 1
hands of the Pried, bet In the IMAM of those that !
believed In Ria. 116 thous Itotion oe the Lied Jesse
Obeid and they would iiiiived. It was ht. Gem and
bonded voaeleasa that if the Oltereh of England _ ess
broke" upendailicwiwil. • WWI/ Widwaair mild%
reseeed oat of sight. Let these at this Prelate Mend
Amalie le Ambler sed bee, Is the literty- with white
Christ had wade *ea free, sad nes go 'mutat/
&woe( limparelees, but avoid •1164=-1
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