New-York tribune., 1874-10-19

ReoS be@sn And az the Oxford school OF thought has
sscn n the 81 ShSrch It's
spreading and taking root ever nos o the WaSer n IL
in this doctrina soil that the sturdy ana TROUBLESOME
forest OF Rituallsm mas It's roots ovement seeus
10 be conflned manly to DEVELOPMENT OF the cere.
oniai OF the altar in candles 10 81 ,h a Ss ~
the World IN senuecton. aud other adoratlo4s; m be-
He that Is SO present IN pents reonsistp9 Of
Smce % alb srde. manipe. stole and chasuble. wnioh
only be by prss roS and higher than the
choir offices OF Morning and Evening ine can Se
said s%ply 10 the cbpoTsers and other aynen
in flowers aud Incense as nrtner bSrs
m @ Ia ton Of the sacred elements and III the use VI
wafer adj aud OF the mixed chalce. :. a. a.. ...,,
such IL RfaIism in Its outward aspect 10 the casuai
and IL would to him TO De useless TO at
tempt TO suppress It, while its potent FAUST, ue
doctrine OF the Real Objective Presence or wnicn IL Is
srsy the ex remains untouched or permitted.
But this is not all The Ritualstlc OF Ithoho MoVe,
cermoSia OF the Altar II involves the revival OF vol
un AIRY confession OF Sisterhoods and Brotherhoods OF
Tnntempston of frequent offerings Of the Sacrifice OF
the Altar" OF Spiritual Communlons. ana OF frequent
on out Of the Enchariso Service instead OF Morning
Prayer the main service on Sunday forenoon and IN
tSe sn,ritnaI Ife Furthermore it looks to reuuon
first with the Greek Church ana with the Old Catholics
and eventually OF all Christendom, on the basis OF the
Aposolic SUCCESSION the Catholic sacraments,
the Creed, and the first six General Councils
H.
staT It is right for the Roman Catholics in Their
ewes and In the eyes of justfying world to surround
lis throne with an expressive ritual and IT, the Lord
being present the Greek altar IL Is right for the
a justfyug world to surround their altar also with
ritual then on can tue Anglican a
ing u similar ritual long as the PrayerBook asserts
iectiye Presence on the Anglican altar that on the
Roman and the Greekf" Nay, fnrtner." they say
the PrayerBook Of the English Church expressly com
ryrfit.t xyp
namely: And here IL Is to be noted that sucn 0rna
OF the church and OF the ministers thereof AZ an
use this Church OF England Dy the authority
of Parliament In the second year OF King Edward the
sixth"
The opposite party, OF course, deny that Baptisma
Regeneration and the Real Objective Presence nre doc
tres OF their church, and petitions are presented to
the Convention now in session asking that Tue frayer
Book be 80 altered as either DOT 10 express Sucn uo
trnes or at least to permit others to be held also IL
seems therefore, that long as the BOOK stanus
either expressing the doctrine OF the Real Presence or
at any permitting II to be hed, there must DC
trouble In the Episcopal Church. Inc Datte aoout
Rituasm in the present Convention Is Date rag,hg
citadel itself, where rests the doctrine which the Cath
apa tne s de"es Wat she teaches as that
there can be no two opinions about tne mater tnsn
and 1t would not till then, Will there be quiet
Within her borders For the Of the present dif
Guilty acs her lies In the fact that III the days o
Catholic sources and recommending to her children the
Catholic doctrines Of the Early Church, she yet so
phrased much OF language to give il possible, no
ofense to the Protestants of the Continental type and
to retain as many them among her children posi-
BILE. Indeed, there has Deen war Det"eeh tne TWO
parties from that day to this.
Rituasm proper made its first appearance Ia this coun
TRY 80 years ago II generally supposed that St Adams
in TINS CITY, the first church IN which it appeared
This. the Rualists claim, Is an error It's manlfesta
tons began on this side of the water about the year
1872 in Trinity Church. the island OF Nantucket, In
the Diocese Massachusetts. That Church was at the
time under the rectorship of the Rev Frederic W. l.
Pollard, who had been graduated from the General
Theological Seminary in tss ey f19 + 1 OF sns
that young Pollard who adhered to the principles OF
the Oxford tracts. was the first to carry
out those PRINCIPLES into their ritual aspect. He He
caused the holy table OF his church to be
replaced by altar which he erected on three steps
In the sanctuary he placed credenee ana fald.tool
On his altar were two candesticks, and between them
oil painting OF the Blessed Virgin an and child. lie
elevation OF the sacred species after consecra
stead of at the end Of the altar during
istc service, read the Epste ami Gospel from their
short lace surplce introduced the houseling CLOTH re-
served the Eucharist and taught eucharstic alteration
come The assistant of Dr. Crosswe at time Rector
OF the Church of the Advent in Boston Trinity Church.
Nantucket. destroyed III great fire at that place III
1896 aud the Rtualstc practices disappeared ron the
town, only TO reappear there SIX years ago
DEVELOPMENT OF RITUALIsM
Meantime there was lu I'm Rituasm until about ten
years since when broke out afresh in st. Adams
Church. New-York 1t was not long before it made its
appearance also in Christ Church. Ffthave.; but in
mder form than at st. Adams. Trouble arose tn the
parish, the rector the Rev. DR.. Ever resigned, and
new rector who not Rituast he Rev. DR.. Thornp
SOM was called Meantime the parish had however be-.
come so accustomed to tho retable, altar and
flowers to the coored altar vestments the boy choir,
and the gas lets each end OF the altar which had been
introduced under the former rector that they were re-
taned; who the two lights the altar the euchars-
tic vestments and other rualistc features abo
ished The early and frequent eucharsts too,
tanned for a while, but they also fell into disuse. The
third church where Rtuaism came out and this time in
its full and vigorous life. was st. Mary the Virgins
Meantime, the eucharistic cross and candles, un-
lighted, appeared on the altar OF Zion Church.
The altar cross with flowers each side, the altar
cross alone appeared at other churches for instance
st. Ann's the Heavenly Rest, and st. Johns while at
the fguratiOn. "The Little Church Around the
Corner" which, by the way is OF the most capacous
and popular churches the city. all these and other
rituastio features including the lighted candles made
their appearance. Meantime. too. Old kTrinity and
Trinity Chapel slowly and quietly filed into the
Rltuastic line the eucharstic vestments intro
duced both at the church and at the chapel; at the
chapel the publication OF the sacred vessels at the close
of the singing of the Benedctus before
the Conservation, lighted corona over and In front OF
the Rituastic retable. with altar flowers on
each SIDE were adopted; and at Trinity Church ap-
a HtaS eS ean
dies upon the altar itself with altar cross aud flowers.
About this time st. Ignatlus's Church organized,
and jus. below s.: Mary the Virgins: Wnile
chapels ventured the retable ana flowers; until
the Episcopal Churches In NewYok shade up, through
almost uperceptble degrees. from the anti-ritual
churches. such Ascension, and St. Georges through
those that have adopted only Of the ritualstic
features such st. Anus ST. Chrysostoms Heavenly
Rest. and 81. Johns, and so on up through Trinity
Chapel, Transhguration Holy Communion, Trinity
Church, st. Ignauss and St. Marys even to ST. Adams
at the top The main rituastlc features at Trinity
Church and chapel and the TRANSPORTATION have been
specified To these st. Iguatius's adds the use OF pro-
cessonal cross the sign OF the cross and
publication OF the priests fingers before he cee-
brates it furthermore adds to the white and black
purple and igreen stoles for the Lenten and
Trinity seasons. st. Mary's which Is the
degree above st. Ignatius's adds still further
of r.dc nd the af adj