The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-04-16 00:00:00

THE DIOCESAN SYNOD.

If any doubt orbited a• to the result of • Diatom=
Plynosi wheu it, Let srogenoas muistitaents assembled
1.4 autumn, that d.ubt must have entirely deep.
iiesred new. Anything more mioohievona in dodge,
or more Imbecile in performance. was WYK eatibited
within the Church of England. But through It all
there looms in the future the osatrallsotion of ell
church work, with the Bishop at the tap. Does Mr.
G. Eliot suggest the formation of • "Lay Helpers
association, the Hey. W. H. Jones proposes, sad
ourito, the introdualon of Wm cord. "with the eanatlon
and authority of the Bishop." Thus weak minded aad
vain young men, proud of being members of a Synod.
are but eat. paws in the hands of the worshippers of the
Bishop; and, by the diver latroduction of a few words,
S motion which appeared to elm at .the employmest of
Christian laymen, because a Itindratioe to that en-
I Erpr"°%; tye a clergymanbye h msona a employe
theh °ll4l be
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leave. Again, with regard to the Sisterhoods; .
Hoye_ ,r moatobaractensimslly observed, they
were bonnet to coons•lee tufo feed's' of tisk eoastitnasta.
I (When is the next g. weal election ?)—titoagb so doubt
the opposition to' suiterboud.' arose pitly from not
being well acquainted with the subject.' We invest
they know a great deal more about at than he supprkes.
And when dir. Groves, bat spokes with a
boldness and honesty tut contrasted very remarkably
with the half-and.hall ;ailerons's of roma others, the
Bishop thought the question had thaw be referred
baok—it would be premiderr to Garry eneh a measure at
pretest. "lie thought that It Wee of it. greatest
posdble oonsoquenou that the work should be or=l
snoosasfuliy, ceder reel Mamma sad Ipiecopel
item." Ss, although it wim net larded, It was (sly
deferred, and what we are to upset is man sad women
gestured over the Moors, warding to the Bishop's
will and pleasure, and •Isrgyman forbidden be employ
any lay helpers but the litalmea tools. Truly a WOO
prospect; to which even the Bev. Mx. Brine's totted'g
description of the German Desammasse" with Omar U.
piO quiet ways, and their little quiet Woe dream, with
their little quire boaneta," seanot ressuelle as. no
great difference between the German system sad Mat
introduosti, or to be introdaised, into England ia, that
there they are the free servants of the Cherish: here
they are to be really the slaves of the Bishops. There
are no Bishops in Lat'seren Germany.
But it to not enough for his Lordship to have the
. lay helpers and Deaconess*, under his thumb, the
I Board of Education mast not presume to have, will of
! iti own. In vain General Buckley and Mr. J. Hansel.
! Pieyde.l protest: what chance haa • Prossetaat against
1 the church dienituies of Salisbury? sad is WIWI
' Synolesuen, whether eabeeribers or net, ere throat apes
the Board. So long as they sishocrihe to the Bpinispal
erred, they may keep their mousy in their posher&
Agaie, Churchmen may not even oolleet raessey, or
contribute to Wisdom at hoses or abroad, bat it most
go
through the Bishop. This, like the Sisterhoods. la
• little premature, but It he. leaked out : and thee the
Church of Kaglaad Is to loss her freedom, aad essaist of
Bishop. sod their serfs.
As for tut preemies" that the Sped should ems to
DA:cheater, we suspect that She Bishop knew how the
laud lay better thou his Rural Dean supposed. H, is
right to keep at Salisbury. The atmosphere of the
Cathedral and all Ira aaponititisaa sorrier just salts
snob transactions.
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Bat I. the -13isbOp of Balkier, this Dt3 be trusted
with ibis power? Is his spirit go meek, and his temper
so forbearing, that there is no fear of bla making • hod
Rae of this additiorial power shiest an obepalona slew
at, ready to plot in his bode? Hear his words: "It
appears to ins that it la highly desirable and helpful
that differenose of °plait.° should imaso forward. Thai
is one reason why I want those nobles= and sande-
men who do not like our proesedings to sone amosget
ea, and bear what we have to say. U time Lie
dilemma, I would rather have It spoken, and let it be
taken for what It is worth, than that Mem abouid be
this g minas sad ;mud, or whatever it may he, out-
side.- Of ruse his Lordship has no objection to
difference of opinion to the Brood, as hie 800 gaum Li
similar to the Irish pitch and lose, "Used I win, Harp
TOO loss ;" and the Synod la powerless therefor for
good; the great reform at present reqeired being reform
of the Bishops.
Of woo hia lordship would like these" patients tad
noWernen" to be present. Their Ammo spoils the
who!, concern ; but how is. we &merlin the tempos
and language of the Bishop Wilell he speaks of Lord
Mad trebnry'a disapprobation as "0 prombk mai a
growl"! D. Moberly In Ms fa-blown digs*, =-
rounded by hi. baby synod, spoked Lord Shafterary,
the man whose wisdom, and benellosacr aad
beartortr, is known throughout the world, inl-a
I and described his opposition to Ito Syaal as
"a gtonbl. wad a growl." These 1106111111011 sad giallo-
nen would aot have a gear= the lefiseasie they have
in tho direr if they had ran MP bail, sad been sought
In the episeopal lisp; and his Lordship !mows that they
represent the great mine of the pee*. Him inn
hierysta / And the reeeptioa that the Res. CL
Bingham met with Is not very sneouraging, if reports
be true.

us once or. warn oar brother ehareluasa
who tug into whose hands they ass playln& by sapper*
Mg this Synod. It is a Bisbegi, who has 4sis4ly mtg.
•• It le the especial privilege (of the priests) to *dada-
liter the ocalsetive powers of anssmassewireffen and
sheolaition (by which the (artist esessaase al webs
is added to the penitent). Mit I the neenhig
' coolest roar Willa one be essetwor, sad pray oat for
another that he may be healed.' • Oa this prisolple the
sonleastonal has been Intrados'.d within a bier talks el
Sallebary. Bot this perversisa se Ilsriptare has awl
even the resommendallos al novelty; and, W It had, it
wonld prove nothing. By it the prises Is as mash hsaad
to imams to the lar man, as the layman to tie poises;
and the text says "Pray oes tor maths'." These
prime' declare that alisolotion Is not a prayer, hal as
" administration.'

Again, "sp,sial priestly powers demand by dee
imposition of hands from the Aoriliss, and may not be
iovadad without saarilegs." What wonld bosoms of
the poor Disseatlag primate'. U theme men bad the Pewee
they seek for? The Bishop of Wtnehester's lately
lstrodacsd into the Hew of Larda. gave Melrlis
power to comma to prison for eoatempt of rout. kat
would they do auto the man who oommltiled "merileger
dud yet this is ths Bishop that all parties of the slew
are amine( to uphold. flowerer, we may be thattldil
that U the Synod ii missideroun it is the imloseile; •
few snore mestaige end the mune will be played.