Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-06-14
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~ MEssRs. EDITORS: In my last article
I gave rapid sketch ofst4e 2fbIofT k6f
the Church of England, antfthe Epfscopal
Church in this country, as bearing on the
present condition of this Church. I left
ofwith the statement that the heated con-
troFersy that now itates this church and
viii probably rend it, dates from the ap-
1fearapce Of the Oxford Tracts
-. ThS sat 1.-THE grsetatisn ]. Par
troduce the Roman Theology: They well
knew that doctrines underiie the whole
| surface of outward church fife and give it
shape, character, and permapence. First
cations adapted to the adult mind, in 4
great variety of discussions, the Theology
of Trent. Next they began the issue Of
fjuyenile literature, through church publi-
cation societies, of naSHkshA PfdiAevalf
Pfalf superstitious character, N broad COM
ftfast with the Christian literature which
had before been prepared for the young.
was working. For, thOughAal fh6 d0ck
triadI treatises were met and confuted
with great ability and success by writers
of the Evangelical school, the Sunday
Scheof 3itefatufe; appealiHg aln,est-exeiu-
|SiYely to sentiment was not susceptible of
direct logical or scriptural confutatioD.
All that 4the faithful guardians of the
church's purity could do vas to point ont
and warn parents and Others sgafpst the
inbidious corruption.
Soon it was manifest q new series, Of
measures were to beadopted. Silently SLOW,
lly, Slnost By fmpereeptible steps tbeeHtirel
outward arrangements of the church, in
the furniture of its houses of worsfiip, and
tlIe conduct of its services, passed through
process of change. Oneiby one the 'Com-
mnniqa 7aflssT "hppsst table 90 1sS2
as Bishop Batfner insisted they Should be,
we're removed from the churches, and AZ
taFs, like those in Romish churches, took
their place the Altan signifying the false,
again, offered, ~ being M eriously pres
emit, after, lco1se cration, in the bread and
vince Soon the, eld reading desk and, pull
pit disappeared and the chancel furniture
was so arranged that the officiating clergyr
man might turn his back to the people in
THE. prayers biiA variety oftbbowings" and
genuflectionS likethose praetised by ROM
ish priests, soon followed. Then came a
change In the nomenclature of the church,
SO that Matins,,- aeGl- ~ eepers,t and En-
charistic Sacrifice, |, !. and q great variety of
kindred Romish terms took the place of
Che old Protestant .phraseology. .Priestly
siSSsp la 1etShs sS II sdo1
peared along with colored vestments, i'm
some of the more advanced" churches of
this reactionary school. "Auricular con-
fession," a9d priestIy; formal absQlqtIon,
after the rpanaer .pf Rome, soon followed
in the train-and so at last we came to the
point where, in many of the churches in
our great cities there was little difference
between the scenic worship and unscriptu-
raj preaching, and that to be seen and
heard in churches of the Roman Com
lat first; What were Called odd fashioned
high churchmen," seemed, to oppose the
new system, and in some measure they
did, and still do protest against it. But it
was not long before it became clear that
tile difference between theitw CLASSES was
more that of degree than of kind. The old
s ses taSssa s grs osh he
Tractarian school have always worked and
voted with them in distinction from, and |
even i'm opposition to the Evangelical par
tn. The old high church party have held |
back with Q measure of + imidity, but they |
have been pulled" on, Notwithstanding, |
until they are as far removed from thier
d fiEst Roeisonfas were the tractaqriaPs at fhet
. The high church party, in its two wings,
soon began to attain an pnwonted growth
The Evangelical party being full of mis-
sionary zeal, were beguiled into an almost |
exclusive prosecution of foreign missionary
enterprise, 9eaving the figh party. who'd
OILY aimed at ecclesiastical growth and
control, to have the charge of the domestic
missionary field. They used their advan-
tage to the fullest extent. They filled near
III all the Western States and territories
with high church missionary Bishops, who
Id due time became Bishops of regular
Dioceses. They filled their theological SEM
inafes 9Th YelaFs of teaehsrs and Profss7 I
sors who htforth young men half taught
process of mere church extension accord
ing to their views, until these new Dioces-
s were filled With clergymen, devotees of
The new system.
The result was soon seen in an over
majority against Evangelical
principles and men in the general conven-
ton. The latter found themselves at the
mercy of the former, who learned to treat
al their measures with extreme disregard. |
They organized themselves with all the
of political party under
thorough discipline, and have for years
been giving to this once good old Protest
mt church, the fun type of their own ex-
elusive .doctrinal and ecclesiastical system.
Some further illustration of this, i propose
o give in my next aiaM 40 7sleil ,-se*. /
iaesl ,dfsoMxusIeATEp.).lla5a. I,1;iaz..q |
e.s.le ~---. An Error Refnted.s ,'a.I-i1m
Inreporting the, proceedings Of the In !
ernational, Union e I'M Baltimore, last
week, the.press offhat city made aserioas
mistake, which seriously com romises that /
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