The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-01-28 00:00:00

ecclesiastical Intelligence.

Trui at. ALBAN'S RITVALUITIO CASZ.—We have
reason to know, in regard ts the St. Mban's ease, that
the jwlge has mad* up his mind to decide nrainst Mr.
Yealconeohie on all points; that the d defend.
nut will not •ppood to the Judicial Committee of the
Privy eloni cli. but that he will resign hi. benelloe and
secede from the Chureh of England.-214 CissircAesan.

De. HUGH IPNelhe, referring to a statement which
btu appeared in the Guardia* and ‘• that h..
was omega at St. Alban',. Holborn," write. :—" I
have not been in London since Nov. tuber. lam so
oonscientiously persuaded that what is called the high
celebretion at St. Aline's, Holborn. is idolatry. that
could no more ounmot to share in it then I coal to be
wilfully guilty of Sebbathsbreakiog, adultery, or theft."
Till BOOK OF CoMMOM PRAT EL —lt oontsies liOrne
of the bast liturgical elements of the Christian church,
shaped and supplemented at • period which cricited
inteinest religion. feeling., by men of eminent piety,
of vast theological knowledge, and of greet
power; at a period ton, when our marvellous &dish
speech. though in a state of Sox and transition, was. in
comps tent bands, an instrument of moat nervous,
majesto, and beautiful repression. The archaic tinge,
which the lapel* of three centuries has given to these
oompoeitions, cnly enhanees their mature and reverend
crane. In conjunctive with the Bible and Shakespeare,
it has had a mighty influence In preserving to on the
stasaly and weishty forms of Tudor speech so
eminently fitted for the !septa's of prayer. Perhaps
no devotional manual has no Imo essfully avoided the
effosion of mare religions sentiment, and at the same
time embodied the manly tendencies of the deeply
religions heart. Unlike the breviariee, litanies, and
manuals of France. Italy. sod Spain se wet] as of
Englialt Roman Catholicism, which Alien themselves
shiefly to the emotions, and often mhister to that
chick is morbid in feeling sad repulsive in taste, on
tee ground that they are designed for the ignorant
PlO4 of the people, the Bock of Common Prayer is as
noble In thought as it is stimulating in feeling. It
sansise the taste of the stoat cultured, while it ie
Psefesitly simple to the most Iguentel Like the old
Lorin hymns, it Is majesties end andemoestastima and
works it epell upon the worshippers bs the simple force
of its matesnrets, and th• eaten Intensity of it. earnest.
now It has none of the sensuousupes and mantis
ineetality that characterise many prayer. and hymn..
and yet it is instinct with devotional feeling. It
ministers to robusteese se well. tenderness of religious
life, and is • wooded.' trspreesion of the religious
charm:V.6AMs of the English nation ; although to
more senior's nations like the French and Spanish it
would seem sold, wad distant, and rigid. Very precious
are many of its prayer., and weld the dubicioa sacs,
dotalime sad tb• ecolesisetied polemics with which
they hairy really nothing to do, be discharged from
Hama, their severe simplicity, their spiritual vision',
their sompremed meanings, their chastened reverence,
and their deep and solemn pathos, would commend
Ono to all reheats hearts. We see scarcely wonder,
therefore, that the Book of Common Prayer should bp
PO far removed from the coeditions under which
...dietary books live, and from the feelings with which
they are regarded. lii. an ark of God, which has cons
tamed rasa, plosions thine, mod mead which great
somberla gialwr.—Drivish Quarterly Review, sow