Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-05-21
The New Church Movement.

At the diocesan convention Of Pennsylvania,
DOW being held in Philadelphia, on Tuesday,
| Bishop Stevens, 10 his address, spoke of the
Cummins new church movement as follows:
Since we last met in convention an event has
occurred which is unprecedented IN the history
of our Church. One Of its bishops has abandon
ed its communion, and transferred, us he de-
clared, the work and office, which by consecra-
| ton he received from this Church, to another
sphere. The other sphere has proved to be the
establishment of q Reformed Episcopal
Church" This unfsithfulness to his threefold
vows of ordination, this needless rending OF the
| Church of Christ, he has crowned BY an act I'M
parslleled in the annals Of Chiist's Church-the
consecrsting by his single self of u lawfully de
posed clergyman, to the work and office of y
bishop. Vigorous efforts have been made by
the dissffected sect to aspsersee the purity OF our
our clergy and laity. To this end lalsehood,
Misrepresentation perversions Rave been re-
sorted to through the press and the pulpit in
reference to ouI prayer book, our pollty, and
our legislation.
The future of this sect very much depends on
tho course which shall be taken in reference t.
certain grave questions by. the next General
Convention. Should that body, representing
our whole communion, looking to the Interest OF
all its members, and legislating not for momen-
tary issues, but for the future welfare OF the
Church, modify some of its existing canons, and
give emphatic condemnation. of the doctrines
and practices now preached By the advanced, or
so-cslled Catholic party, which has SO recently
appeared amongst US then, not only VIII all &C.
cssiun for leaving our Church be cut nt, but the
movement itself will have lost its leverage IN the
removal of those things from our liturgy which
gave it origin and power;
The Bishop then called attention to the acton
of the last general convention on the sutJect OF
ritualistic usages and errors. Ihere
was an emphatic denunciation Of them, and then
I,--- - IFtolI SIN und MT thp
fallacies upon which it was founded, and The
Bishop pointed out errors which insldlously
lurk in the rites and Wllch are
sought to be foisted into the Protestant Eplsco-
pal Church" ,,
At the afternoon session an election was held
for members of the standing committee and dep
uties to the general convention. The election
resulted in thesuccess of the low church element.
MYSTERY EXPLAINED. The Petersburg lu.
dex OF Tuesday says:
The meteorological explosion which shocked
this entire section on last Thursday is sui me
subject of general comment. a private ielleT
received in this city from Castalls, N. u, dated
Nav 18th, 1874, gives the following solution,
which, so far, Is the most satisfactory YET rem
dered:
1--WE had here yesterday a meteorlc shower
ond we have now u stone before US weighing
twelve pounds, of celestial origin. 1t seems to
be about 30 per cent iron, with some tin and
other minerals. 1t is just like the meteoric
stones l saw in the British museum, of which |
saw about 800, the largest collection in the world,
one of which fell in Australia, Weighing several
tons. I WAS out IN my cotton field, and heard
four loud explosions, apparently just over my
head, followed by four or five hundred, just
Ike a battle opened. a ball of fire was, seen
from here. This stone has been atire and burnt
black, with q very thin crust on the outside. 1t
has on it apparently the trail of a large dog it
buried itself nine inches in the ground, and Is
nearly round" =