The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-06-18 00:00:00

CONVOCATION AND THE QIIEHTIONS
AOITATLNO THE CHURCH.

The relatioos of Church and Mate at the present thee
are web in to sense very serious alarm is the seines
of all tbaeghtfal persoes. Coevocatios. an lastitutice
of the peat, snarly insonsisteat vrith all the ideas of
the present age,was through the weskoess of Oh. snaked
of Ministers, allowed owe more to pat in an appearsoce. I
Its cenallation renders it laeapsh&.of eommaading the
of the Cbtreh, *bile the pliernity of its
proceedings is • loughillgateek to those of our tiountry-
moo who ar. Nonconformists. It only professes to
reptramat the province of Canterbury; sod Pt the
whole Church of England, and Ireland, and the Camas
iseipected to pity Merano. to its dearer. At pretest
its Otte °Own seems to he to assert its own dignity.
and enlikatis the powers, as well as the embers, of the
Bishops. Than before long it must came tato sollieion
with Parliament, sod this we hope we shall hear of it
Donors. la the Reese rof Laid', tits motiosi to lender
anneesmary the attead.ne. of Bishops sad their host
of paid servants at the opening of ealarvad church'
yards, and the refusal to mask= the appointment of
amisaarit Bishop, show that the laity ere timiloidas to
ripe their eyes to the eitoresiehmass of priestly power
The essiestrailea of ambits, ninth more of chunk-
yards, it not of the Church of Englaod. It was
purposely and deliberate!, thrown aside a• worth'
less rubbish at the Bator-imam, not omitted by
mistake; but of leas it has not only been revived, bet
loaded with an ever increasing amount of e 'monies.
until • procession of sorpliced Pinata, sad • Bohop
with • pastoral staff, is considered assenual, for the
purpose of doing that, for which the performaner of war.
ship, according to the rites of the Church of Eo.land,
by the appointed Minister, is kept, soneut hone
Of our great Reformere treat the idea of eonescration
With aostompt, bat now a poor littie perish itannot add
• few yards to Its churehytird dithotit • seremooial,
fla ridiculous in spirit, as it is burdeosome in expense.
But it serves to bring forward the Bishop: and that is
'Bough, and is • he opportunity of displaying before
the eyes of the astonished yokels • religious promotion,
so well analysed by 5.G.0., and so truly lediorous in the
eyes of all Christian men and women. If, therefore,
the Rouse of Lords sootiness to cheek this eairowah meat
aed Coe...slims to favour it, the result Ia e Tidiest;
Bet spin we have Lord Shaftoskarry going to Work is
• minsibis and straightforward manner to meet
Oh. evil that is now threateeing the Church,
and while Convocation °soh's. forth its
iedipatioa, the attempt is made he get rid Of
his lordship's honest proposition by • side wind in the
shape of • Royal Commission, arranged with such '
p•lpoble dishonesty that the Archbishop of York
refuses to set with it at all. Voir the Chants of
England Is for tot vast and indesietial a body to be
thrown aside by the State, it mast k-ep Its hold upon
it, and therefore the Bishop of Salisbury need not dream
of • Church of England freed from Stare isdaseae, and
left to the tender mercies of such prelates as bisseolf.
But if the Mate 'ashes to keep Is. hold oe the Church,
It mast use its influence directly upon that Church, aaJ
insist that its power. be not said forth. mere glorifica-
tion of • caste, instead of the iostruetioa and well-being
of the people. Lord Derby haa now a One opportunity
of showing whether Le ia equal to the oossioion or no.
If the suspielon one. arises that the Commiodon is one
sited, the iiidignatlon of the whole country will be
ennead, and next samion Lord Shafterbstry will and
lea diMoulty in carrying through both house. • (or
more stringent measure than he has now in currying
his very moderate proposition. elsonwhils the laity
must keep their eyes open, and in every poesible way
show that they will not be deluded or terrified. Every day
sees emus new plea devised for increasing the episcopal
power. We have no. before us the prose...tut of a
diocesan meeting of Sunday School Teachers at Salis-
bury, under the presidency of the Bishop. Choral
eervioe at the Cattedrel sad a semen from hi. lordship,
of worse, form part of the bill of fare. To get hold of
the young, and poison their minds has ever been
• favourite plan with them modern Anglican
Jesuits: to vat bold of the learners is only
en
risosysieent on that plan, sad aa if • tr.is•
log for mistresses at nalishary were sot enough,
tho flu ay @shoot Somber' ourt be got hold of. We
say without hesitation that while the diocese is in ifs
present state, no man ho has any reel love forth. Church
of England or her teachers, wi I neither mod • teach.?
to Salisbury or bike ono foto then., and V
inen are true to their (*motion., his lordship
receive, in the failure of this hist doOgs, en untnist.lo- '
able Intimation that be has do longer the (*Olden°.
the diocese. Fie {nay ins.gine that if he withholds the
oublication of hi. Charm a little longer, the storm of
indignation will have blown over, but be I. mistaken :
that Charge was In itself an insult and • menace that
cannot be endured unless it be retracted. An insult to
the Protestalit feeling of the county, a manual to all
who value religious liberty. One clergyman alone in
this whole diocese has openly signified his approbation
of it, by giving his signature to Archdeacon Denison's
audacious memorial. That aleripman's name is on the
council of the Dorset (booty School, red we Warn than
.ho have the trulnigedieht elf that &shoo), that while
the Bishop la the visitor, end that clergyman Ob• of the
oouncil, no dili ones or (Magog of the master will
keep the school from sinking in public estimation.
The hymea of Dorset are wide awake now, sad
not in a temper to he trifled with; end their
temper is not improved by the Bishop's answer
to the calm and &pilled protest of the &Wert
churchwardens, nor by the insolent blustering of the
Ritualistic organ on the same aubjeet. With regard to
the general wellbeing of the Church, no real good or
hotieet reform can ewer be expeeted while the miserable
fares of Coovecatiou matineeo to be played. A body of
clergy, elected by the deny, or rather by • small portion
of them—the Upper Rouse °gnarling wholly of Bishops,
the Lower House in9i great measure of their nominees:
bow long is England to endure such • mockery? And
why is the previa°. of Canterbury to distal, to all the
Church? l's history has been no. of abstraction. Is
the days of King William when • Bill paned the Lords
and Commons for so enlarging the platform of the
("larch, as to include ones more the Orthodox Nonenn-
remises, the Convocation rejected It: and thus a .1.0• Ore
which would hove moved England much trouble and
dimension, and probably protested her from the present
increasing Anglican Popery, was negatived by the bifter
bigotry of oe-leeiestics, who ems learn nothing and
forget nothing," and She lea on the laity as their
servants to he used for their own glorillostioo. Oei •
get rid of this iocurobrance, and &substitute might essay
be found: the reforming such sobadate bit of machinery
Is hopidesti, and we therefore hail with great *stake-
don soothing raga seems to imply that the day of Its
re is at hand. Should, hoirewer, a love for
:ihri;ts! Amply became they are old, load those in power
to pay deference to this ecolatiastkel iniabes, and
should the removal of this Ritualism be thereby pee'
vested, while the Cherie'. position will thereby be
endangered, the polities' doom of those who betray be.
wiil be sealed. The last letter of 5.G.0., which
appeared • few days since in the Timm, is well worthy
of its distinguished author. Remarkable ante for Its
alimonies@ of illustration, its plain common seas., and
its avowed abborencia of all eselosiastioal fiankeyism,
it disposes at once of the false prekaos, under which
an increase of Bishops is sought for. The petition of
the *Nested eery is bad enough already ; bet to
have Rural Deans- blown up into Bishops, pissed over
!Amu, would indeed he the lot of Cassia, to be a
'servant of servants." The fast is the belplimeness of
large portion of the Bishops at the present oriels; the
duplicity sad disloyally clone or two, as plandy shown
by 5.0.0.. their waving after more power' while they
evidently dna% kaow bow to nee what theyhave ; tbeh
desire to strengthen tlwig position& by inereasiug their
Bombers, will make men begin to think whether a groat
deal of uuneoomaq espense might not be saved by
lessening their sum : and whether their work *odd
not be pet in well dose without palatial residences,
and cathedral retinues, and a most sapriniiiivo
grandeur. We believe that Urge masses of our fellow
countrymen might be evangelised, who are sow in •
state of heathenism, if some of these eneeesseary
expenses were ourtailed sad the money expended in
sending faithful Ministers to every solver of our
lasaighted cities. Our Bishops are doing their beet to
Wise &boat this sonsummatioa, sad while we have no
love for sweeping changes, there ars abuses that have a
salami leadoesy to feed upon themselves anal they
bosom es overgrown that there is no care but satire
removal.

Tow, Cornrow. —A meeting of the corporation wee
dint for hat (Konday) evening, but after waiting half
ea hour • swan amid not be fount% no so business
WIN
Two Royal Rene Artillery at the Doreheeter
lowwwite, ware inapeeind on Thursday by General
Buller This battery IWO the reputation of being one
of the smartest in the otatatry.

Ws wicllead that Ms Id- ward Notting, who was
lately fined for Dallas bread otherwise thaa weislit,
at Wbitembik bus Win sottels=al whist the
seavisties fit et ow (Outer

ALL !Unite OSUICIL--The ananal murnboos oe
behalf of Una einint had yen preasbed on Sunday last
by tby VAP rooter, ood
oirertorios amoostod to en 12s. id.

00aa Ilamaa eattuday. —At to-day's market about
the anal average supply ot wheat wee ea der ; bade
dall, at the previous weeks' roam No shanties ia
the value et oats. Ise:eator's return Wham, ea to
681. ; oats 96a to NW —Avenges : wheat, Itia118.;
gala

Clisme.- A =Ash yr played es Saturday beSiress
sievesol tbs Liagstas Park Olab, sad • Owe al *be
rum =Nabs'. at ..bus lee Cheassi 710/4 el lie
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