The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-11-30 00:00:00

YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSSOCIATION.

A large and most rrspeeteble audience assembled at
the National schoolroom, If elcombe Regis, on Wednes-
day evening last. to ilea, a lecture by the Rev. W. C.
feinpler, of Burton Bradstock, on " Rationalism and
Rituali.m." It will be remembered that the rev. gentle-
man protested openly, in the time of the late Bishop
of the Diocese, against the doctrines in the celebrated
charge. The choir was taken by the Rev. T. A.
Greeeee.

The meeting having been opened with prayer and
singing, the CHAIRMAN briefly called on Mr. Templer
to deliver his lecture on the two very serious, solemn,
and sad topic..
The Rev. W. C. TrIIPLIA in the course of • full and
carefully reasoned lecture, abundantly supported with
texts of Scripture, first spoke of Rationalism as infis
delity. While Ritualism seems to be based on super.
stitious credulity, Rationalism is merely the refusal to
believe all that Morse and the prophets have written
concerning the Lord Jesus Christi
and refusing on the
ground that it is contrary to MO reason of man. There
are different kinds of Rationalist., and among the cold,
calculating rationalists he instanced Dr. Colorise. It
waa said of Colmmo thot be declared the Bible was not
true because its stateuients did not agree with his
arithmetic. But he drew • great deal upon his
imagination for his facts, and the lecturer showed
that certain statenienis attacked by CoLenso were
not contained It scripture. Among them was
the aaertii n that the priest had to carry •
bullo,k some miles on his back, where the true
sense was that ha thou) CAUMS it to be oo d, and
not that he should carry it himself The polite and
learned rationalist is repri.ented by the seven refined
aullears of the Maoris .14 Eerier; among them Dr.
T.rni 1., who bade happily been promoted to the nee
of Exeter, on a sad day for the whole chureh--(hear
hear). Thee said we hoist go to Drees, end Rome to
complete our ideas of the Divine attribute But
n thing and no one lint the Lord Jesus Christ can give
peace to the troubled vouscienov, and safety to the soul
—(applause). The objet of the Eadia and Retie**
woo thoroushly to undetmine the inspiration of the
Bible Z. bat in this thy wield wirer moose& Pasoing
on to the notorious lb-cc liemo, he said the Christ or
that book could not be th.t of the four evangelists, for
whereas the author said the object of Christ was to
gather round him the Choicest spirits of the time, every
Sunday seliolac knew that the Lord Jesus was the i
friend of sinners, who were saved not because they were
better than other people, hut bemuse they Sees, how
hod they were—(heas). 'rhe rev. Wearer proceeded to
refute the statements of the different rationalistic
' te.ehers ; but.. hi, lemurs appeared to be. printed
one, it will be tintless:nary to give it at length.
Ritualism was next dealt with. It was an error to sop-
, pee that it is modern; it is as old Ise Satan himself,
though it has got some of it. most gorgeous habiliments
from modern hands. We see lilt the early church, in
the *worm of Julaizing teachers, and later in the seri
' vim of the Choral. of Rona. Built was checked by
the Reformatioo—God be thanked for the glorious
Reformation of three hundred yeers e.)—(beer). ft
ho. suddenly re-appeared in she irei7 city (Oxford) where
thinner, Ridley, and Latimer died for preaching its
' esti ocion. Ritualiam is the daughter of the woman
des' Deed in the Revelations as attired in gold, and
purple, and decked with precious stones, if she is not
the very 1.1111•11 herself —(applause). He warned them
Moine, Pl.** of wonibin there Rome is imitated in the
leaot degree. where the eye is red and the heart starved
(where emblem, un-app.inted by Faripture absorb the
' plass of the Lord Jesus i liriat), leot they should oontract
a lepiosy which, like the bloodspot on the hands of Lady
Macbeth, shall be too deep to he effeeed_(a..). ide
believed that Ritualism and Rationalism re-act on each
other, and supply each other's ranks. They are not
radically opposed, and though they may seem to fight,
jet it is only like fencer, on the stage, and it we got
bohiad the soenes we ahould often lee them shake hands.
Rat) inalism raises man on the ground of his reasooing
Litellectual were, and Ritualism raises up man as •
priest. and clothes him with spiritual authority. Like
Herod and Pontius Pilate they are united against the
Lord and His disciples. It was the demand of the priest
to listen to any reason at all. Thus Ritualism begat
for the submission of Al reason that led men to refuse
nationalism, and Rationalism anarchy. The lecturer
uttered tome warnings against broad ehurchism, sad
•encludeJ by sposhins of the Real l'rmaince, which is
only in the believer's heart—(applause).