The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-10-26
/ THURSDAY M MORNING, OCTOBER 2e- 10
/ fslve IegIsla,ion-that II would be new
thino. In Tho Church Rut he THOUGHT there


Ithing I'm this Church. But he thought there
Twas some rcpressive legislation In The
lcapor1s.s 0uy low. church brethren bad cer-
Itainly been rcpresscd /; they had sent neti-
itiOns by The usf1el.basketful to omit cer-
ttain words In tho rayer.Book, butTe haye
not done it. Some OF them have wanted to
ladmit the ministers OF other denominations
Ito participate In the Church services; bat
we hive not allowed tt; some want to add
to the fcryor OF their m ,ctings Dy eXtempo.
Erancous prayer, but we have foroiddcn
lthat. He was for repressive legislation. He
twas for rcpressing MI that was wrong.
He denied that ritualism was declining.
lit had attained to dangerous proportions in
IEpelund, aud 1t was flourishing here.
The House, at 3A5 ?. NJ, took recess
until p. M. l.... .-....F
| EVENING SESSION.
| The House rca+sembled at Z. M.
The resolution to admit representatives
Iof missionary Jurisdictions to seats on the
floor, with the privilege OF participating IN
THE debates, but not the right TO vote, was
adopted.
The debate Oh the canon of the ritual was
resumed
| MIR. Barbour, of Virginia, treated. at
| length of the provisions Of the English ca
|nons, and said that the ritllalsts would ask
for nothing better; that they could get oil
| the encouragement they wanted out OF
! them. No matter what WAS done, they
would find some looph0le OF escape. lie
thought The best thing was to let them
alone. and they would pass away like one
Of their own sweet professional hymns.
Mr.. Barbour then went on in nm affecting
strain Of mingled cloquence, pathOs, and
humor, amid the deepest of silence.
MIR. Carter, of Maryland, asked leave to
t,a
poncment of the whole subject, AMI the
leave to withdraw was granted.
Rev. DR.. jackson, of Connecticut, then
| offered substitute that, the House OF
Bishops concurrlng, joint committee be
appointed, to consist Of five bishops, five
prcsbyters, aud five laymcn, to sit during
the recess, to ascertain and determine clear
Iv the existing law of ritual in this Church,
and TO ascertain whether any further pro-
VISION is necessary, and if SO what, to Sc
cure the due and proper performance or
the Church service, and ~ report to The
II next General Convention for its action
thereon.
DR.. jackson advocated his amendment.
He contendeG that the evil in the Church
| WAS not TO be cured by leEisltion, but by
informing the mind Of the people. The
ritualists were rcf0rmers: their publica-
tions were everywhere, while we who OPP
| pose them are doing nothing. What we
should do is to mould public opinion-to
! inform the people of the errors Of ritual
| iism-and then public opinion will endorse
the legislation we may find necessary. lie
| thought il decent and comely ritual very
necessary thing, and he wished the Church
had more of It. What he principally OBJ
! jcctcd TO in the ritualistS was the doctrine
| of aulicular confession, which they were
iinduStriousy propagailnS. He had seen
| things in the administration OF the Holy
Sacrament which he regretted, because he
thought 1t was made Il mere mechanical
ceremony. But, as he said before, the true
remedy was to mould public opiniOn-to
: point out these errors to the people.
! Rev. Mr.. Morgan, Of Iowa, wanted inn
mediate action. This question, he said,
had a.itatcd the public mind for six years.
| Mr. Carter, of Maryland said no one was
more anxious for 4 uniform law Oh the
ritual than be, but lie wanted Il law which
p! it was TO be supposed would hc the law of
the Church for all time, maturely aud most
carefully considered, and hence he should
| be mcSC sorry to see, in the haste OF the
moment, this canon, rs it now stood,
passed.
I 4 great deal had been said here about
rituaIiSm, and it. was said that there wClc
no rituaIi@ts here. In the proper sense of
| the word he wls Il ritualiSt !; that is, lie be-
| licvcd in devotional worship. He was not
J Il member Of st. Luke 5 church (Baltimore),
but was there any one who would stop the
fchoral service of that church, who would
/ prevent the psalter from being chantcd,
falthough there WIS no canon authorizing
'i!p
Rev. DR.. Vinton interrupted to say tile
rubIic expressly provided that the psallcr
should he rcau.
Rev. Or. uaisht said there was no doubt
that il was rurricaily implied that The psal-
ter may be sung.
/ Mr., Carter That only shows how my
clerical brethren dltlrr. [LaughterE The
deputy from Long Island tDr. Paddock
| had taken great rains this morning to
prove that few or hone OF the canons OF
The Church of England on ritual were i'll
| force in America in 1IS9, and yet these
! canons are declared TO be the law OF ritual.
| The same cauoiS OF The Church OF Eng
| land were not in force in Maryland us III
Massachusetts, or in Virginia. lie asked
! that when the law Of ritual was made That
| it be ,lnitorm-that it be applied to all
that every clergy man of The Church be
bound 10y it i'll all particulars.
The house then (at 10 J.. NJ. } adjourned.
| TIt is understood that tho Vote by which
The canon on ritual passed the House ol
| Bishops was "a to IL.
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