, 1870-07-29

London Corretpor.l<nee a. kh< .ife lTofE 1fne&
great religious scandal has grown out Of
tho Usblc revision. AL High Churcbtnen, and
csrecially Ill Ritualista. hare been horziaed Ut
lie fact that tho Dean Of Westminster invited
the members Of the Revision Committee, who
are not members Of the Church OF England
Tresbyteriaus, B.ptists, xnd Unitartaus-to re-
ceire holy communion in N:asminstor Abbey.
The Church Times is terribly outraged at this
broad Church proceeding. 1t heads its leader,
The SAcrilege At Westminster Abbey" and
"The inylta,lon Of the Dean Of Westminster to
the ns1e;eS sn sehtsnae Th1 naye nern a.
TO participate In the holy sacrament Of the altar.
Is ihc deepest insult that has ever been euerei to
| the Church Of England
In this set Of " blaspheuv," it says:
~ 4 ttgnitaty Of the church, one who has b~en
appointed by the Stats, the custodian OF Que Of
her mos! ancient shrsnes, and who Il bF virtue Of
| his sacrc1 orders the gnat71Ian Of her spiritual
t1caz1sre-housc has with bis eyes open, anl with
ont The thlntest shallow Ut excuse, violated hef
| rntfics anil her cannons, tEansgressed what has
eyer leen tee tule and oniss o. tae Gaihone !a;
| her pearls before swtne, and Etsen thaa Which Is
most ho1Y to the tioEs"-that il the PEcshytcrtans
seems en- u ihis eonmuaon Bsaops s Il
the Established Church, ani with them. inter
tngctl without distinction, were ministers Of the
mi; ot almost st every W Soncouforsaist caurcn il,
Enlland-lndercndcn, Baptist, WESLEYAN, lnl-
| I1ftan."
Tie Tin,es locked upon this t.s.crilege.r "
which is forbidden in the twensr.aerenth
canon-" Schismatics not to be admitted TO
the communicates ''a pleasing anEuzy for
. letter feeling between The contendiug fac
sions Of Church md State And eSen the
High Church t1uareiida speaks Of the scene
in rather uuchEistian way as "a happy au-
Cuyy." It is ! strange affair altogether
strange that Rlshors should be in communion
with preshytesiAns hnd BaQtists, and scarcely
LEGS strange that rresbyteF1ans and BlptistB
should be in communion with Bishops. And
how can ehurchmen Of the Church Tsa<s
tyre te1u4ln in communion with such BiHhopa
The matter has been taken up in Convoca-
tion on memorial from the English Church
Union, ard The bishops declared that they had
no call to know that Bartists and Sociniaua
weze EneelinE with them 1erezeutiE Nonnt
the tomb Of Edward w., and that It did moi
te kneeJicg beside ihe1n- Il Cnitaziani
; | choote to Tecite the Sicene Creed and tht
I Glord PAIR, and then tneel 1t the ssc1et
| tomb and receive Holy Communion from ths
harda Of the lean Of Westminster, thst !,
; their affair. There IL. however. rule tha
. every commuri.ant must be confirmed, O
willing to be confirmed. The Bishops did no
8 | see their WY ont CT the difficulty. but it vii
! ! be come tirne tefora they hear the last OF it
= ! But We 4re to have I new church, or demon
iEation, IN EnglAnd-tha Church Of Chunde
q SET, The reception accorded to The eloquen
a uindoo has encouraged nunber of English
:, n.eu to unite in forming Theistic Society. il
the hope tllat England mAy be converted t
- the principles hs adYocates-simple Deism a
tn fifth, and simple Christianity as to practice
1ha clergy Of Liverpool are bard At logger
hesds about The Hindoo. who. At the Latest y
counts, has broken down, In spite Of his ten
pesance and vegetatiauism The naoat dissi1
guisbed Baptist minister in Liverpool, Re,
d Stoxeu Brown, invited Cbunde1 Sen to peeac
l. in his pulpit, Is Eev. Nr. Burns invited D.
A. | Newton 10 heal the sick of his neetng-housa
n The othe1s, not sozzy, pethAps, 70 have III,
- an excuse. denounced Mr. BrpKn from tue
puipits, snd the war ragea from Sunday
SUNDAY in their 1espective conEregations.