The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-10-24
p1xcopnkC Convention
Corstruasaeu of the nef,ate ON Ritu.
Yens,,nd 70, thc R,ittm,.c I'm,
SIXTEENTH DtT OCTOBER II.

!,n.tryt;,y. and proceeded to e:scw the Go,,-
| n,cttou between The ca.iol'. of the Church
! in EI,,iana and al The Eb,lrrh IN america
aai . IL hut lev ci those present under
Sfoui Ills inaitSc. The conservatives h"ro
! should 80 Tor th;s canon, because i, would
| MAKE thc rhu"n> the law aud III tway wii,
/ that Iuhvi2 that had lntdr NJ; the trouble
| IL III" Chu$ch Of Euel1uA. Sonic may
saci,iiyc something. bat we must make
| that sacrifice for peace. We can find no.
!! t3Ug that will be so conservative. SO well
| calculated 20 avoid AL cause o: encourage
| mrnt "f strife. This canon Only declares
| thai the ranonS II the thurch CT England
| In Use in America IN 1879 shall he the an.
| taority. Tina, was before amy Of these guess
tionS a9itafc,, tie Church.
| M. McCrl,ls then impressed upon %ll
those who were within the C&,tch The he
| crs>;t, at obaymg lis Laws and regulations.
| Rev. nr. Norton. &c Virginia, said he
ani many mcluherS Of this house had felt
Qi>apNoinicd 1t The action Of the commit
tee. especially wheu it was learned that the
| report OF The five bishops was never men.
! toned in the committee. But alter listen
| Ing 10 the very admirable discussion OF yes
| tcr,laY, after receiving the valuable intor-
nation that was then communicated, and
hcar!u. from AL those who spoke The eN-
| prcsSiunS Of kindness and brottorly love,
| lie was satisfied that thsmoSt difficult ques-
| ton woUid I've settled without impairng in
! the laa>' The influence of the Church for
! yo1d ,r WcanCniu" that brothe"ly love.
| Tie reverend deputy fcom Alahama
! a. Air. Striuof"llow), wao had spoken
| with 81 mAc.. sense Yesterday. had said
| mat 40 Coupiaiat mad come itom The ia
,acrS o. The Church IN this matter. It was
strange that &c was 50 ohlNious Of what bad
! fahGn plat e in li, own diocese. Did he for
oct h4t the Bishop Of Alshalna lad, iii an
j:,!Grc,S to hi uwn convention. rc@rglted
itn1t HE General Convention o! 1865 had
.nai tal>cu action on this subject. and en-
,.r,N>!:I The hope that his d!>"cc>c had
;i,tn ffee .:Gm thc evils which had az
i,,ictn.I other diocs,.;>.5 Gentlemen sl!d this
Twas a snail matter ,hat ti!"r" was 10 ne
Iccs,,ty log any action; chat il was trying.
Ito rrescri1e il what part ri The chrnccl
ithe minister should stand. And Yet they
knew thlt las: sunday ministers Of this
Church stood up. and b. peculiar ipseG.
itirus ul the voice. by significant pa'l>c>, by
rcuu(l"c!ionS, they give adhelrrrc IL those
imon$trous hcrcsies in rcicrcnv" ii Tie
tlrs<cd Eucharist which tie tn2'i9!l n:":.
ttyrs died sooner than admit.
he was chnrcllman III his inmOst core :;
whatever came, he expected to he i'll this
Church, bat IA must express his opposition
I
lie indicated his doubts ~ to tie Cti!cGcy
Of he proposed canon, for, even after tie
sa,,Ic ARGUMENTS that had been made, he va:
moi satisfied ~ 20 the English caRon&. He
could i;ayc wished :tiat .oln2!h;3g tad been
don" 10 preserve the blessed E2cnagi&l iron.
i;lri-ton.
! MIR. Andrews. of Ohio, sad if tiii> caror,
Tu, utiuIted every form or fcstl@c OF to'
tn,ani,n HAT any ilan has attempted 10
bring III the Church viii be cXtcrninated.
What he WAS afraid OF was that il they got
iinto the discussion Of what was and Wiiat
was not The canon Law i'll force OF 1880 TOR
llhi> is Il subject on which able mra differ
III would result III 4 Thoroughbred discus
SION bad would swamp the whole thing.
~ol,c tGiEk they may he injured hy his
iiiiing il they cannot garry ont certain
form Of ritual: but WAS not Ills ntaiter
Tor the whole Church 81 Got; Was II Il
tpcrsonai wrong 10 any man because lie
could not invent new posture, or drape
his altar with canvas, or stand Ill l'aItiGu
ii.r rlare, or PROSTATE him.elt before inani-
mate objects? i il Bis own pleasure or
Iwishes he i striving for. or is II the good OF
1.-The Church: The man who comes TO the
Church with 4 menace that il things lie
Wants cannot he done he Gil' leave it, had
il.attrr leave it. I>light applause, which
Iwa~ quickly suppressed by the Cl:tr.l
! NJ. FoG., OF TcDHe;s see, did not believe
This canon world make the law 81 the
thurch uuy palmer II he ''icl !nr It, he
. wo,.hl vote lor what ne did not u'i':rr*'and,
as he aid not know what Gallons OF Tie
lu,,,.I, 0f England were il force III l'S9 ;
and The ycry t,us! authorities Wcre unliey
in 1nc u;linioM that IL was cAtrclEriy ali!
/ cnlt TO find what can0IS were IN lGltc.
! It is net i'll the province either Of this
IIn1i.4 or Of the House Of Bishops to lay
iGor.n 4 rule OF uniformity. III they CD
served the pFantices aud the teachings Of The
iLgr,; Jc<ll, Chris, il they t0Eefatcd mat
tiers that we're urimpoTtanf, no .tSi'l&licE
would be necessary.
i;cv. Dr.. Dckorcn, CT Wisconsin, 90
i"cctl in principle to dcdtcin@ the cAnoii>
In force, in 1889 IT, the law on ritual. 1t
wa, not really known what canonS were III
force in 1889. 1t was known SUPPLIES
Iwcrc not in use before 1855. All aged
!cIry.~yr0au living ncW in the diocese al
Wl-con -in. but from Ne" Iork, had toi1
hin; thIt after snlich tribulatiou AID PEI.
iturlaiion he had concluded to wear sur.
pi!ce. and had written tc Bishop Hobart OF
|: his determination. Bishop Hobart replied,
;tc!ln& him to be very careful.
Now, according 10 TINS canon. tie
canons Of the Church Of England Ill lo!ci
in 1889 are TO be the las.
The speaker then read the canon OF the
Church Of England con YeStmcnis," pre-:
I scribing i'll certain cases short gowns ah0
long Gowns without CUTS, no coloreQ nose,
! no wrought niehtcaps, clergylicn's cloaks,
&c. Now, il the cauons Of the ttureh 81
England were TO be adopted, tue h!his'ef'
of the Church would have to Conform 10
these regulations.
THE u!iyer book says that minister mag
do certain things. Il don't say he shall!
! ALREADY a bishop Of the Church has seen
1T 10 prohibit the singing Of tue G1o'td
I'at,t after The reading OF each psalm, be.
cause the prayer book does not say lnat II
/ shdM lie sung, but only that it ntdy. 1nis
canon give, the power TO any BISHOP !.
prohibit. at his pleasure, anything Mliicl
thc Drayer-book says may be done ne &c
not believe in Observation-Disclosures, Dnt ne
ind others believed III the catHoi,2 dGct'ltl.
I vair;a had c0,.e down through the Cherct
II England from n"lnl'ti'C s:nie>, ,',''
soti,alu y III the celcbrAtion ,o' tE2 lin'y
Tu1!igri-l DE spirit 81 our LOU WIS p'o'
sent. .t,;. -.,.,,
| s;,;nr his f.slin" against reverence being
| nhscryrd in the ceremonies OF The Chufch
il it that TOO much reverence Is the curse
Of this landS Is it not true that the coz
crrga,sons are dreadiully irrcVerent! 10
they not have paid cholrs 70 uck'e tnen
ears and sing the praises OF God by proxy
! The cry is that we shall have no incense
ascending from our affairs but 90 not cue
| women who ell our churches--do we hos
see them tiliu. themselves with incense,
the odor or which is very fragrant. 70 ne
SIRE ? But is this for the glory OF God
Rather, is it not for the glory OF men ana
| Yomen? =.