The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-05-09

Eng1sh Ohurcn does not locate II any where.
The Roman Church does, and that is the
on transubstantiation; and when men
cease their wrangles they will see
substantial unity on that poiut now
exists. To say with the Romanists that the
change is in the substance, is to say with the
true Catholic that the change is not visible,
is inward, is not in the sensible qualities, but
that while the sense perceives one thing, faith
receives another. Neither Romanists nor true
Catholics pretend to worship or adore any
material thing Again, the great Roman
writer, DIR. Moehler, Symb. p. 203, says the
confession of Augsburg, a Protestant docu
ment, expresses itself in manner to enable
Romanists to declare themselves tolerably
we'll satisfied with it. And subsequent
''apoloey" for it was still more explicitly salts
factory. In the course of time no important
differences, inherent in the nature of things,
could be pointed out between the parties
But as a dispute had once existed in Germany
between Roman Catholics and Protestants,
from which the original Protestauts had re-
treated, then the later would not acknowledge
the mistakes of the earlier Protestants, and to
keep up a separation had to invent other diff
ferences. Thus, Marheincke says the
difference between Protestants and Roman
lists is this:-Romanists say ''the sacraments
contain grace, Protestants say ''the sacra-
ments confer it, " but the Romanist will use
both phrases; so that this alleged fundamen-
tai difference vanishes before the critical
statement of it; not by the Protestsnts ac-
cepting the Roman view, but by Romanists
aequiescing in the Lutheran German-Pro-
testsnt doctrine.
With Puritans all grades in the ministry,
and especially Episcopaey, or government by
bishops, is in fact prelacy, if not actually
Popery. Now the recognition of the autho-
rity and jurisdiction of diocesan bishops over
their own flock, according to law and in con-
formity with standards, is the most effectual
barrier AID strongest protest against the ar
bitrary rule of any one bishop, or any at
tempt at domination over others. The eequality
of States prevents the usurpation of authority
by any one State over the others, and in like
manner the usurpation by any one bishop,
and the law which protects those under him,
render his attempts to rule at will, instead of
according to law, nugatory. So that if
Bishop were to order what is not, or forbid
what is, in the Prayer Book or deny it to be
there when its accredited expositors (such as
Wheatly and fifteen other writer's and thirty
six blshops) have found it and expounded it
as contained therein, then that single bishops
judgment, however strongly expressed, may
be disregarded with perfect respect for him
and his office, until he can get the House of
Bishops and the whole Church to Join him in
altering the words of the Prayer Book which
he ignores, and which it is the radical pur-
pose of persistent party to change 1, for
my part, do not think that bishop who is O
mere rhetorician, and without accurate theo-
logical knowledge, can induce any respect
able number of priests or bishops to believe
that God did not give power and command
meDt to His ministers to declare and pro-
nounce to His people, when penitent, the
absolution and remission of their sins.
This is part of the power and
commandment transmitted from Apos-
tolic days in what is called
the apostolical succession. remember the
time when men cast down their eyes in modest
depreciation of "apostolical succession" as
thing you know, which only very imprudent
extreme men acknowledged themselves to
hold, and always apologized to their dissent
ing brethren for holding even in timid way.
But, believe, it is now beginning to be re-
garded as a thing which nobody can deny;
and l have heard that Presbyterians are look
ing up their titles, and trying to clear the
flaws in their records and exhibits of them
that they may claim a Presbyterian success
| sion; and l suppose it may go on until we
have Quaker preachers, who intone their ser
mons with acceptance, and prove their lineal
descent from Fox through Penn, with a pneu-
matte but not tactual junction with Buuyan
and the "Pilgrim's Progress" know from
| netuouiSI irieuuS III EuBlduu luat Iue young
people there are much exercised about the
validity of the orders Mr.. Wesley is supposed
to have given the Methodists there or here;
and the feeling that, if they have sound
| doctrine, they at least have no priests sacra-
ments, is driving their most studious young
men into the Anglican Church. The power
of remitting sin Enthusiastically was undoubt.
edly given by Christ to men. There must be
some sense In which it is still true that the
power of remitting sin exists on earth STILL
This power is exercised before mems eyes by
men who are priests, in baptism, absolution,
and in the Holy Eucharist. ''In baptism il
Jewell, and st. Paul says, ''There is no con.
demnation to them that are in Christ Jesas,
to them "who by baptism have put on Christ.
Def. p. 219.
In holy communion prayer is made for the
remission of our sins and all other benefits oil
Christ's passion. But in both baptism anC
communion the absolution or remission
secured proceeds upon the previous renun
citation OF sin and confession of it, which the
parties make In the ear of the priest, who
exacts the promises of renunciation
faith, and obedience, and dictates
to penitents the very words oi
are absolved. But sinners are penitent al
other times than at baptism or communion
and need the comfortable assurance and de
claration. The desire to confess, the deter
mination to be honest and thorough, and M
longer a sham and a lie to others, requires
demands, Graves the opportunity. 1t is
need of nature, not at all times, nor habitu
ally, but sometimes, and those times are gra
cious times when God is dealing with the soul
and convincing it of sin.
"No sooner my wound disclosed,
within.