The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-04-23
French Eplscopalians.


Contradictions are not often embodied in
one being, though sometimes we hear OF
such thipgs. Dry wines and cold fevers
are said to exist, as also white negroes, but
French Episcopalians we had thought be-
yond the range almost of possibilities.
Henry VIII. of England has not reputa-
ton among foreigners of any country Tor
such on amount Of righteousness a. would
befit the founder Of Church, and espe-
cially would the French be unlikely to re-
coguize his apostolic character. There has
always been a rivalry and, even, hostility
80 marked between the two nations OF
France and England that nothing in the
nature of voluntary subsection on the
part of citizens of the one to the power OF
the other can be anticipated by the mort
active Imagination. And the Church of
England, being essentially national In its
constitution, it's government and it's origin,
it must be, to a great extent, identified In
the minds of foreigners with the English
Government.
Why, one might as we'll expect to see
Freuchmen expressing an earnest devotion
to the British crown and joyful accept
auce of English rule over France in civil
affairs, as to find them giving their ALE
glance to the English Church. Disguise it
as we may, change names, and speak OF
| the Episcopal Church if we choose, names
do not change facts, and the institution is
every where essentially the "Church OF
England" We have heard of French
heretics, of Huguenots and Calvinists; we
know that Professionalism has made its VIC
tins even in France, but among oil che
thousand protean forms of that revolt, it is
a novelty to find that the English form
should be adopted by Frenchman where
there is 30 large list for his selection.
Novelties, however, are generally adver-
tised nowadays, and so one cannot be
utterly surprised at seeing an advertise
ment of French Episcopalianism, such as
appeared in the daily papers sometime last
week. 1t was to the following effect:
FRENCH PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL SERVICE
The Rev. Louis Bissey will, d. ", conduct the
above in Christ Church, Canal street, every
Sunday afternoon, at o'clock.
Or rather, the above may be considered
an editorial notice of a fuller advertisement
in a neighboring column, wherein appeared
a complete programme of days and hours
for the said " French service"
Surely the war is to be carried into the
enemy's borders in good earnest now. Pro-
testan tism, SO far from being house
divided against itself, and on the eve Of
final dissolution, is girdipg its loins for
vigorous campaign. 1t has come to lts
second wind. It has been been rumoret
that the venerable ecclesiastic who preside
over the affairs of the church mentioned il
the above advertisement, had fallen int
somewhat of disfavor on account OF hi
persistence in old fashioned ways. Thougl
i. he had been in service SO many years, an
. indeed decades, high churchism, it wa
, said, was beginning to turn upon his pastor
d ship with ingratitude and to strike hi
+ authority with the blight of impotenc!
But how little reliance is to be placed upo
the idle reports Of runner is fully exempt
n fed in this instance where we find Chri
10 Church 80 far from frittering away i
l. strength in domestic discord, actually ca
r. rying q sudden aud vigorous war into I'll
- territory of it's Creole neighbors.
as If Mr.. Bissey can only convert tt
III Creoles, the innovators of Christ Chur
as will be check mated for o while.
ne We must add, however, that we do n
&c count on much success for Mr.. b. This
'i- not the age of heresiarchs. Protestantii
We had it's founders and its impulse in
DAYS of Luther and Calvin. 1t has he
n,v gradually weakening over since. The
r Of will, of course, be other heresies after it
ned entirely gone and put away among
.n'' other historical mummies of Arianis
. &c. Socinianism, etc. "There shall always
His heresies." But these new heresfes will
ROD. rod on new issues aud with new conditio
He The world is not to be humbugged
ID of new phrensy with an old delusion of wi
lev0- it has already gotten 30 sick. Mr.. B. '
,. ny. hardly fail to fall as fiat as that OF
very. French gentleman of at least equal abil
or to Mr.. Loyson, formerly known as Pere
ts to
Their cipthe.
In the meantime, though the Ere