The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-10-22

,5as7. ENGLAND.
Epsscepal PrssSyeprtass. AZ lAAs We have
got 70 the bottea e IT, seory shout DR..
Wherefore ana DR. Tk0m00u. when it
was stated foFtnfeAe ago that these. two
AnGlicsn prclGtes bad conducted Presby-
tsrian service In . Presby terisn church at
Glsngarry. We remembered the indignant
contradiction OF . somewhat aimiiar story
about the Greek ArcAbishop at York,
which had been pnbliAhed by a daily
paper, and we refrained from noticing the
rumor till we should see whether it was
confirmed or denied BY orr high Anglican
contemporaries. The Church Herald con-
6ned itself to saying that, IL trne, # was
irregular; but the Scotsp,on Published q
letter from DR.. Eden, the Protestant Epis-
copal Primus, which we printed last week.
and which gave everybody to understand
that the Bishop of Winchester at least had
only borrowed the Kirk from the minister
to conduct in it an Episcopalian service for
an Episcopaian congregation who had no
church Of their own. Nothing was said
about the Archbishop of York, and, MS it
was stated that lie had cOncOcted quasi
extempore prayer by attempting, some
what imperfectiy, to repeat by heart petit.
tions Of the Tiffany in an inverted form,
there was a presumption that DIR. Eden's
explanations did not suffice to cover at
least DR.. Tbomson's case. If the story
was untrue, it was lie with circum-
stance. Next, we have the testimony of
the Bishop Of Winchester himself who
says that he conducted a mission service,
there being no English service In the vii
lage that day" The Archbishop of York
remains mute. Now We have another wit
mesa. A Scotch paper publishes letter
from the Rev. Alexander Cameron, minister
Of the parish Of Glengarry, who is moved
by Bishop Eden's letter to tell his side Of
the story. He says that the two prelates
" were kind enough to ,oficiate for the
benefit Of my congregation at large, and it
was Understood that the usual order of
Presbyterian worship would be observed.
This was the case on both occasions. Those
who were conversant with the Liturgy of
the Church of England recognized in the
first prayer of the service q compilation
from the prayers of the Liturgy, but to the
majority of the congregation the service
was precisely the same as that they are ac-
customed to on every Sabbath" IF this is
OF testimony is in its favor-the Bishop of
Winchester's explanation must mean that,
while, In order to please the Presby terians,
he took care to appear to be conducting q
Presbyterian service, he used the words of
EpiscOpaiian prayers In order that he might
be able to say that he used the liturgy of
the English Establishment. Now we can
net, of course, have the slightest objection
to one non Catholic sect fraternizipg with
another on the basis of common Protest
antism, or on any other basis which they
| may choose but we must record the fact
that this determination is apparently as
Stunning n more official character than has
been hitherto the case, for the Presbyterian
minister states that cit was understood
that the usual order of Presby terrain wor-
ship should be observed" aud thanks the
Anglican prelates for their "brotherly feel
ing towards our sister Church." We must,
however, admit that the Bishop of Win
chester's letter is not calculated to foster
this brotherly feeling, or overmuch to
please the Scotch Presby terians, for he
speaks of the GO Presbyterian body" and
sour beloved sister the tEpiscopal) Church
of Scotland" After all, if the head of the
State Church In England communicates
when in Scotland with the State Church of
| that country, it is perhaps natural that the
Bishops Of the State Church in England
should help the ministers of the State
Church in Scotland. The incident is only
reality of the High Anglican theories, and
| of the absurdity OfNthe attempt to throw a
| Catholic color about an institution whose
! very Bishops acknowledge, by at least a
modification of their own ritual, the local
claims of Presbyterianism. All the coiored
spectacles in the world will not make a
Landscape really blue and no talk about
branches of the Catholic Church will
raise these prelates of the establishment
above the level on which they place them
| setves. We have no doubt however that
| after this, as after every other shock,
vigorous and successful efforts will be
made to keep mp the illusion, and that then
the incident will be quickly and sharply
dropped, and we shall hear no more about
it.-London Tablet.
The London Times on German Anti Co.
tholicisns.-Sir George Bowyer has written
to the Times to point out that the resistance
offered by the Civil Governments to a
purely theological doctrine is superauous,
and absurdly inapplicable to a time when
the real danger comes from quite another
quarter. To this the Times replies in
leading article that German statesmen are
in fact doing exactly what Sir George
Bowyer says they ought to do. "They
are respecting authority and leaving it to
ITS proper department in religion. Their
Language to religious people is, Have you
authority hold 1t; define it and interpret
it as you please. But since you cannot
agree about it, and have O multitude of
questions which no State can pretend to
decide for you, we must leave authority to
| its own Pr0yince-in the heart and soul:
in private opinion in the religious wor,
ship aud life.'" Now we do not wish to
bring accusations OF disiugenuousness in
fIsaE