New-York tribune., 1867-03-23

, -, which they entered, and the organist plays
anntayv during which the other six atarcandles are
ubto6 When the clergy return, tho priest is eeen IN
zen ,nauiplc and chasube. The latter differs from the
ostment worn by the Catholic priest az mass only In
,ro Less stiff in texture pointed behind, and covering
te arm nearly 10 the elbow; and instead OF being en-
hroidered with a cross the back, IL IA marked with
fgure nearly resembling the letter Y With hands casped
before his breast the priest aseends the steps ana
standing before the altar, with his hack TO the people,
goes on with the second part OF tho service We need not
describe it, for it principally translated from the mssa
The words are all repeated in tone which Is half reading
and half chanting and whenever the minister says Leu
us Pray or The Lord be with YOU he turns round 10
the people like priest chanting Oremus or Donhus
yobscum The epistle and gospel are read by the dea
con The sermon foowsa rather vague and wordy dis
course chiefly remarkable for the frequent and affection
ate use Of the term Catholic The preacher begins
nv saving In tho name OF the Father, and of the
Son and of the Holy Ghost and the moro deVOuuy
disposed the congregation thereupon cross Themselves
After the sermon the most solemn part OF inc
service taken nearly verbatim from the canon Of the
mass; and at the commencement great many OF INC
congrc1ation who apparently not communicates
leave the church with reverenal faces as II they rn
posed the old law fsbddng cateehumens TO witness 'o
more sacred mysteries wero still In force But the curious
snectators who compose large proportion OF the
audience arc under such scrupe about relnaihlhg'
The writer arms that there many places in New
loss in conformty with the ritualso ideas of St Abans
but the In this respect In own country are
nothing compared with those which arc rapidly gaining
,ronnd in the English Established Church. Tho move
ment in Great Britain Is not so much the struggle OF an
marty for change reform it Is the spon
tancous working OF logical doctrina development when
ia gradually spreading throughout the community
Among other measures great efforts have been made 10
Introduce Protestant religious orders, and there
are now at least 400 600 members OF
yarious sisterhoods who take vows, some lor
life some for three years Societies OF. the same hhd
have obtained precarous footing In the United et'es
"There ia one In New-York, whose members wear
costume suggestive somewhat Of the closter and some
what of the mantuamaker's shop. Ihey nave
neat little things between caps and vans on
tbcir heads; make believe rosaress hanging from
their gIrlles, and black bombazine gowns dstehdeu
IN fashionable dimensions by means OF hoop-skirts
The writer alleges that the views OF the rualsts tend 10
upprotestanize the Church of England, by accepting as
they do the doctrines Of the Roman Catholic Church IN
every particular except the supremacy Of the Pope and
tbe immaculate conception of the Virgin Mary and also
its discipline even religious vows, sacramenta confes
sion and clerical cclbacy. lie finds great encourage
nent for the prospects of Catholicism in the movement
believing that the Protestant has gained something by
the discovery THAT one can bend before crueix with
ont breaking the commandments and that Tankncenso ~
not an abomnatlon in the sight of the Lord" The stc
lures Of the Rev DIR. Bacon the philosophy Of con
version maintained in previous number Of the Catholic
World are commented az length and vigorously con-
troverted though in an admirable temper Tho poetry
i'm this number is below mediocriy, and neNcusabe
waste Of the handsome white paper which IL Is
printed.