, 1869-02-28
TIE ENGLISH RITUALIsTs,

u.eGst: an's nesocIht'9n u very lArEe, aud u
eonoue'ea ~ persons IN good society.
TIE ENGLISH HITUALIaT9.
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an., aao a'tusNt m9scmcot 10 England has
= aeAeneu ~, : elith - cannot ot.nd whore II
nc,,, ~ II ooes not snaaeniy and completely
ro nrnrt ~ ~ W. fn, .no ~ W o' tuEIena, of
Ano1,,a, ~ - Wy ~9atcn ~ HoWc. lao MAI
~ "s.uu .mho,, ~ sus sAe.onochse eaae declares
~ tha s5.uo.G 5ats..p penelmancas, Mo kncellnEa,
toG p'oet!At,ones hno tRe !sshtlHKs OF candles,
70 pe MniawMi: ANY clergyman who does
!nese tn!nEs any more offend. sgalnst the
law aEa may 10 punished. OF courso, 1t
qolte p9oeao!e mat many arc
Even s,nno,,,r no" rho ooeaclog WITH ps1fec:
niif. passed am,d r. ef,,uGa sH.nt;s n.o,. !Mses
c.tho3ic " P,e'a;s. o pane pop 70 pfesent Koman
Arehblshops OF Westmlsster. and Tuam, etc.,
"as neyef oneyea and va neycr enforced In
one s'iage ins.snee in Ensilsh AZ seldom does
tSeth; II rarely attempts TO bite. But the
iei hi.aailsGe p.1.esises aIe declared to be un-
o nnu ~ y ~ oa. n s"In"Aq I posst!on fot Inc
saitss Wv " o.S snun e nne snem.
Pi,rs,st. ~ ha|d 80. .s<.st ~; rn, aaie, t4e
Lonaon a6nH .n4 a.4,e ssemnese, 70 oeeloe upon
SouIM oi acllon: ms more nefy were for
broadly dsfStnE the law 7the!!so!se, like that
o. Anons ial1en anGel. was etul fof open
waf-ot Wiies moro tneHpeEt they boosted
Ts @ on. 'es of s sse senis s Tss a8 ss
doctrine they aFe Intended 70 s5mbolIze. Il
- nos aeceesa5 70 eecsoe or MAKE "a! ior
wi ~, ;H4a onas,sea n1ase - no" pendaE "@ea
Wat untn that Is decided -.end then! Mean
wnile, iet every one 1ct On his own RESPONSE
6!llty, each Tor himself, Without concert.
The moment for united and final action has
not Set come.
y nEt Re,9apS ,et{ ~. noIe % Or eHsa
esn.y. the . talaanst5 19ssh{ taesr pracdces
pec@uss lucy sfo ayLhnoas ol CERTAIN doc
| trine. The PriEy Council condemns them
6ecause theY are Symbols o. that doctrine.
Of policy to say: Our practices only are
condemned, no condemnation has ret been
! pronounced upon our doctrines; He need
NOT disturb ourselves" 8uch, however,
| PRACTICALLY the position now taken up BY
| tne Atoal4n and they hAVe 1t least
course. lhe oeelslon On the doc
| lr1ne mtst come At last, or the question
| must be put away IS incapable Of Judicial de-
| ctslon. In the latter CASE the RttuAltsts will
b theirs- II the decsion b. against them,
thsy mnat secede or conquer the Church IN
| spito Of the law, carry the Church With them
| tstate slltance aud al or sever the Church
froH. the State. Tbs Rev. Nj. Mackouochie,
The hero Of the movement, h.s publicly de-
clnred ngalnst secession. It Is "in the
Church Of England" he eAys, that
his brethren "must win or lose ~
and he clamors for the severance
Of Church aud State, declaring the
adultery" One cannot help remembering
what cry Was raised among the orthodox
and the endowed. some few years ago, when
John Bright denounced the nuIon or Church
and STATE a an :" adulterou: intercourse"
o SoT saa Ger5sh 5sbz s1Sya ,doas tn
sentiments Of all enlightened men wlll Justify
him In using them.
1t is obvious that England Is On tho verge
Of great religious eonvuision. Rituallsm
=; 20 s%oeia1ly. Increment 70 compel the priest:
priests. It Is REACTION aes1nst the apAth5
The pcrtnnctory and mechanical routine Into
which the State Church Of Eogland had
naturally fallen. Some few years ago, tho
English State Church had fallen aaleeP lo IT.
berry = watehrncn. The clergYmen preached
thelr routine and monotenous sermons to DUH
and unawakeued ears once every Sunday, and
that MAS the whole Of tho religious work oi
,he vsss s The chapel: Of 1hs N9neonfss
always crowded BY earnest, a.tcntive, vide
awake congregations; nobody ever SAW a
Romln Catholic chapel that had seat to
spare the churches Of the State clergy were
half empty and all but lifclcss. Only where
Eregntions By the mere charm. Of bis mel
li1uous c1ocntinn and his white hands, o.
some boisterous Low Church preacher
drew crowds TO hear him thunder aa1iust
aEainst tho Roman CatholIcs-op1y In such
ea1es a. these did ths chuschea Of the StAts
show any signs Of vitality. suddenly ther,
came reaction. There were meu In tn,
Church who could not accept this lie o
apathy and monotony. They lnsisted thu
, pr1esss: Naturally they turned their eye
toward the Roman Catholic Church. Nov
, that Church has been guilty Of many crimes
II has pertecutcd, II has corrupted, II ha
and ,ossiS o.iRasd ~ teo x1I2 pap
ono thing It has never done-f. b.
| never gone to sleep aud lot la rco
, pic lIvo their ltvos OF die thelr death
unhccdsd. 1t has often bccn q b.,
. mother: It never has wholly abdlcAtod th
place Of > mother. 30 much The Morae 70
fts chlldrrn. very often; |. would ba Nell 70
, the world II Tho Roman Church had Decn
elumberous Md hccdtoss - the Engll,
, Church lately cauo to be. Hut tho Noma
) dailts; ard tic Rlluathu !nsiaied that Il.
} EpRll,h Church, tho true and only cAttoll
{ Church, nom which KomsntIm was hut !.
, ctninr and hofcav, must como back 10 h.
! original ulssion aud be- llktwiso Church (
Q piicass, Bo thut instituted attractive ~
4: gorgeous ceremonies; thcy founded schools
I They founded ordcrs OF JounE tncu laecraoot
! Of earnest women F.; thor kept mp esosc 70
I | pQuat1ut valuations Rsnnuk tho pOns aud II
II lick Of sho!r focks they gavo adyico ~
. aims, and medicines they had dcAcuuessu
}. and siaters Of mercy. II tuuit 10 owned ths
0 thoy took 70 oral coutrss!onS, among th
a rosk Of thclF Innovations. Whatever ihe
d follles, OF faultA. or absurh!.tcs. there was !
; them AZ earneat dealso TO reach the heart
:, Of their people and 10 enlist In the work {
Is the Church The services OF eyc1y tnan au
1 woman In the!s congregations. Tho churcht
y become crowded, Women ard young me
: were specially outhu.laAsic In the work. Th
ID Rituallst leaders bad the 1T, In which Il
= Rotoanlal were always 10 happy,
ID tAdiuK out what every follower coal
sr do, and setting him or her TO do II This
no fancy mcturo- We could point TO uAc
churches In Lprdou, which q few ysszs n
wesc nothing more than The rseer.scl
m heard dnli se,hou eycTy snnday brt
n now ihe ceptrcs of An cucrre,ic. enthn.ias,
rnlrtous sctfyitT. which. II il exurnsses