New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-10-30
PASTORAL LETTER FROM THE EPISCOPAL
HOU~E OF BISHOPS.

BALTIMORE, Oct. 27.-The Pastoral lettcr
from tho House OF Bishops read in the Convention BET
adjournment last evening, contained the fOowiD ad-
month concerning the rtualistc and iola ten
denotes which have made their appearance IN the LI,co
pal Church:
What Is known as "Ritualisn" Ia mainly question OF
taste, temperament ami constitution, nntll Il neconcs
attempts yet TO express Itself by ritual in questionable
ard dangerous ways is connected With the Holy
heolOgy The practice and the doctrine which It mplep
are most certainly unauthorized By Holy Scripture
he Goly SIS, SSIsmsHS TD,ttas$I ana 4, mos, %Ea
tho nnrture OF the faithful Is ruch presence as allows
Ior-Gip to Him thus and there cSent H. say tho very
Hol Word Wherefore, il teacher sue ;ests this error
by act or posture lie places himself II antagons to the
and puts IN peril the souls Of men, In the presence,
therefore, Of This danger call upon the ministers and
should always cherish and ex1iit ,1t trae and genuine
and the reat ncr Of the M 6 to
celyiuc thereof yet 1t is The hOnnden duty Of each
MAJ he Oily reverence if TIA ca re: SION even seems to
inruicate and encourage superstition an! iioldtry
movements in the Church, there arc otbnr points
which Your Bishops must not be silent Tho hlat relates
his matter plain and clear she permits and offers to
her clrea the opening Of tlIr grGiS In pr. ate to
this the frat resort She does not provide for It's fro
qn Mt recurrence or uniform pretce; se does not i'm
clare necessary for tho forgiveness Of sins the at
tainDcn OF high degrees OF sp ritual advancement
dOs size connect with 1t blessings which can be secured
only by .ts observance. she simply Offers and cOmnCnds
this privilege to those OF her children who quiet
tDer own consciences by selfcXamnati0n, Immediate
confession to God with faith In Christ repentance ana
restitution Wherefore to make this seeking of comfort
Hld counsel not exceptional bus customary free
enforced uf not by actual law least by moral Obiga
ton and spiritual necessites Is TO rob Chrlsts provision
OF us mercy and TO change IT into engine Of oppres-
sion and source OF corruption.
Another point OF danger lie tendency toward saint.
worship, and especially its elimination in the worship OF
the Blessed Virgin. Tho annals OF our race under the
covenant dspensaons, well as Lepond their Iimits
SHOW that there s nothing to which our fallen nature s
more fcarfuly Inclined than tha worship the creurn
rather than the Creator And this propensity to evil
has always found It's most attractive deveopa,e nj in
sehbuOus disposition to defy and adore the
ana love OF wOmanhOod The crrUi Of which we speak
nS arisen chiefly from this propensity Of our nature
ana found Its apology In perverted view OF the ven.
STatlOn que 70 her whom al generations" are TO "cal
p'sst1. There Is no sin more continuously and de-
ctsVey marked by the signal displeasure Of God than
thht VI loO!atry In its manifold varieties Hence al
oukh We 40 not anticipate general prevalence OF ten
uelcles 70 AdTto1dGrg which have done much 10
encourage We nevertheless feel that their sliOhSt ind
edCn ochanCs our immediate and decided reprobatiOn
Io Dare suggrstOn that the intercessOn Of the VIRGIN
hdy or any OthCr saint ID in any way sought In our
approaches to the Throne Of Grace a ndfgn TO the
OHr only Mediator and hterrcRs0r Whicl. We Ihs mos
"iShL"sss ChIL"t .sL
IL LIS hUY aid aE-sutEolLut uauAs.