The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-08-25


portance to the writings of the Fathers
than the narratives of the inspired evan
geists and the epislcs of the apostles.
They hold indeed that the Scriptures
bought not be read at all by the laty, I'M
less accompanied by the exposition of Their
meaning to be found in the Book of Com
mon Prayer. They virtually reject the
atonement, and set aside as fanalicism
what is regarded by other bodies as the
religion Of the heart. They look upon
religion as mainly consisting in the observ.
ance Of forms and ceremonies. They
maintain that the bread and the wine in
the sacrament are converted, when conse-
Grated by the clergy, into the actual flesh
and blood Of Christ, and that the sacra-
mcnt constitutes a kind Of continuation
ofatonement Of Christ on the cross. 1t is
for maintaining these two latter points in
"a sermon preached in the Cathedral Of
Oxford that DR.. Pusey was convicted of
Popish heresy by a board of divines, and
sentenced by the Vice Chancellor to two
years prohibition from preaching within
the precincts of the university, The board
OF divines, six in number, separated with
out coming TO formal decision but they
afterwards severally gave in their deci-
sion, and were unanimous in their con-
domination Of the sermon, as advocating
heresy. DR.. Pusey has entered his pro-
test against the decision of the board and
the sentence of the Vice Chacellor, on the
ground that he was not heard in his de-
fence, and that the Objectionable parts of
his sermon were not specified. rcqu-
sitlon, signed by about sixty members of
cOnvOcatlon and bachelors of civil law,
had been forwarded to the Vice Chancel-
Tor, requesting him TO point out the OBJ
jectlonable parts in DR.. Pusey's sermon.
The Vice Chancellor has refused to com
ply with the request, though, before pass
ing sentence, he furnished DR.. Pusey pri-
vately with the grounds on which he CON
demned his sermon. The sermon, it is
understood will be published in few
days, and will doubtless, excite intense
interest.
Puseyism has made extraordinary pro-
gress in the church within the last three
years. 1t is calculated that out of 900
clergy in England and Wales, 5000, or
three-i0urths Of the whole, are deeply
tainted with it. In Scotland, the whole
o!the Episcopal clergy, with the exception
of three or four are decided Puseyiles
IN Ireland, also the heresy is making
alarming progress. 1t is calculated that
the majority oflhe Bench Of Bishops are
more or less deeply tinged with it. Those
OF the prelates who most openly advocate
Puseyite principles are the Bishop of Elk
eer, the Bishop Of London and the Bish-
op OF Oxford. Among the churches and
chapels in London in which Puseyte
practice prevails to the greatest extent,
will be found Shoredtch Church and
Margaret street Chapel, Oxford street.
III me later place II would be difficult
to perceive any difference between the
form of worship and that observed in a
Raman Catholic church. In many of the
Puseyitc churches and chapels, daily
worship has been established, and in all
of them, we believe, the sacrament is
administered weekly. We understand it
is likely the subject will be brought be-
fore Parliament, and the question TO be
determined will be, whether a protestant
country ought to be called on topay from
eG,000,000 to G7,oOO,OOO a year to the
established clergy for intoxicating popish
principles and observing popish prac-
tees in their places Of worship, in entire
disregard Of the solemn engagements they
came under at their ordnance to maintain
tho Protestant religion Of the land.