The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-17

body" ought to be understood liter
ally. The effect of your bless
ing the elements is that there be-
comes a real presence of the Lord :
body and blood in the Sacrament"
The Bishop believes, in common
with many members of the Episcopal
Church, in an Apostolical priesthood,
but not stopping there he maintains
that " to the clergy are delegated the
m~inistrations of the Priesthood OF
Jesus Christ He does not openly
say that a priest has power to forgive
sin or absolve sin, butt it is generally
understood that he holds to that be-
lief, although he has not seen mt TO
make a public avowal.
No one misjudges the Bishops sin
cerity, and all speak of him with
affection, and if It were the. only
clergyman of the established church
holding such doctrines, there would
have been no such gathering as that
Of yesterday, but It is understood that
he is only the mouthpiece of the Ritz
alistic party, and that ritualism
means more than a change of forms
and ceremonies-the acceptance OF
doctrines which will ere long sweep
the church Of England over to Rome.
[ have not space to give extracts from
the tracts and pamphlets put forth by
the ritualistic party, but it was stated
by several of the speakers, and the
pamphlets warrant the assertion, that
the new Guild of St. Adams" held
to nearly all the doctrines of the Ro-
man Catholic, transubstantialism, con
fession and dissolution and the power
of the priesthood.
H THE MEETING. =
Il was held in a large hall, which
was packed to its utmost; extra trains
were run on the railroads. and their
usually quiet old town was filled with
staunch men and women of the mid
die class, whose souls are stirred
within them at the utterance of such
doctrines as those put forth by the
bishop. General Buckley. OF the
army, presided sstout, bluff Eng
lishman. Lord Sydney Osborne, who,
although a Lord, is also a minister of
the Church of England, gave the first.
address. He is tall, spare, has a thin
face and gray beard. He spoke with
much emotion. He could not con-
ceiye of a meeting held under more
trying circumstances. He would not
mince matters; they had met in
direct opposition to the chief officer
of their church, in the town in which
he dwelt, and in which he was justly
loved and respected. He had
belonged to q religious party, but the
time had come when it was neees-
sary to look danger boldly in the
face, for all hat they held dear
was threatened-the faith of their
fathers and their own faith. He
would give the Bishop OF Salisbury
credit for being sincere, and he wish
ed he could say the same of all
the Bishops on the bench. He then
took up the doctrinal points of the
Bishops charge, showed how that
prelate had departed from the doe
trines of the Church, and concluded
with gloomy forebodings for the fu-
ture welfare of the Church. He of
fered a resolution to the effect hal
the meeting viewed with alarm and
indignation the innovations which
had been introduced into many of the
Churches.
Mr.. Long, Member of Parliament,
stated hat in a large number of the
parish Churches candles and incense
had been introduced. The time has
come, he said, when many of them
must either be subjected to just such
displays as may be seen in the Romish
or attend-Ghurch at great
incoByenience in other parishes, or
Join the dissenters. In the town
of Calne, the parishioners had
gone to work to build an
other Z Church, a they could not
stand the popish mumeries forced
upon them by the officiating clergy
men. In some places secret confess
had been established, and wo-
men and girls were encouraged to re-
pair to the confession without letting
husbands and parents know of what
was going on. He quoted from the
London Times, which said that Ri
is the shadow of a great ca
lamlty, but it is more than that. 1t is
downfall of the nation. He
secuted the idea that the Ritualists
were in the majority; they would find
that the nation which sent Charles /.
to the block. and drove James III.
from the throne, was not going to ac-
cept Rome With all her abominations.
Rev. Mr.. Graves made a thrilling
address, saying that England was
on the eve of a revolution Let the
ritualists have their way and there
was an end to the Church; society
would undergo a change such as Eng
land never had experienced; the
power of England would be like that
of Italy or Spain among the nations"
There were many moist eyes in the
house; strong men wept as he mar
rated the. changes that had already
taken place, and added that if things