New-York tribune., 1874-10-19
for their authority on tho usages to be found in tho

for their authority on the usages 10 DO founu in 'no
whie all hi. s going on ANGLICAN sisterhoodsi start ar
into being and flourish IN Boston 20 Ssrnor and
and for the laig at st. Ignatuss blessed
on Good Friday. and the Midnight Mass on Christmas
eve are said to grow more and more popular. Pubic
York; the Advent, Boston; Mount Calvary, Baltimore.
and Christ Church, Detroit mission is about 70 be
deIpha. More and more penitens throug the episcopal
confessional one rector alone having heard over 100
aud between 600 and TOO during the year the
being divided @ % between women ana men, n about 'he
should be remarked here that for twelyemonth or
fed above has been developed alarm aud dis
turbance and that there has been therefore lui In
this respect Leading men in the movement state, in
deed that In its ritual aspect the movement came
to It's elimination time In answer TO BISHOP
who asked the question in reference to Ritual develop
ments, Where are you going g. one OF the prominent
Rltuaists replied MY dear father We have got there
we arrived some time sin0o. And we have got the
tools we are hard work, every OF fighting SIM
and laboring TO build up the spiritual 'Ie Ia tnose n
get hold Of" Il seems that among the means used to
this end are retreats. extemporaneous serpons Puoc
vcss familiar instructions" given by the priest
walking up aud down the aisle among his people, people
prayer and hymn private instructions IN self
examination. and the arts Of private medita-
tion and contemplation frequent use OF the sacra
mept, and OF spiritual communion, confession and
absouon for buriened conscences, and the gathering
OF awakened into conraerntes for prayer and into
guilds for work.
In England after regular service, with perhaps re-
dnced to do so are gathered into in the Parish
Building" and here, with brief. hearty and informal
and addresses the clergy and some OF the more
earnest laity round among the people, c0nversing
privately with and another on the condition OF their
Fridays and at other times guild of the parish.
with the vested chorsers and vested clergy march out
OF the church In procession with banners, ana pass
through the streets singing Occasionally all Will halt
at and ons OF sn9 %
crowd OF the and Of others are thus gathered Dy
singing all the way aud leading the gathered crowd H.
when a service with rOusing sermon Will come on ana
then follows the scattering OF clergy and more earnest
lay down among the congregation to confer with them
individually. An American Bishop while In England
asked the Bishop OF London why he did not pnt stop
to these rilualistc street prOcesslOns My dear
brother" was the reply, with tears In his eyes. eyes
serES wSo s" realize 'S be h ss Only
souls to save" The charitable works undertaken
mention they consist OF schools workingmens clubs,
reading grOOms hospitals training schools for nurses
orphan homes retreas 70 Whch
any family In England, however Door. can In case OF
inesmabe benefit in case where poor m0tnet as
stricken with Illness as In that case the nurs WI oteh
hold duties and Of the little children, baby possibly
among them. as well as of the sick motler
AS the "CatbOic" movement has gone on there nave
been several serious controversies In connection with it
for tho trial of the Rev. Mr. Cheney Chicago
and his deposition from the ministry by the late Bshop
Whitehousc the difficulty between Dean Seymour and
ex Dean Forbes In the General Theological Seminary;
difficulty preceding OI
70 the Divinity Professorship In the Seminary and
the recent controversy in Wisconsin when Dr. DeKoven
was a candidate for the Epscopate or that Diocese
These troubles not, however on account OF Ritual
ism itself they closed rather around doctrna points
winch are intimately and perhaps logically connected
with the Rtualism that had been developed esew here
Tue trouble in connection with MI. Cheney was with
regard to baptsmal regeneration that In connection
with Dr. Mahan c0nfessi0n and with DIR. DE k0ven
was the real presence and eucharstic alteration AS
the ritualisc has sweed risen, and stubDornly
swept on so the OF opposition has, especially IN
| mounted threateningly over against it, IL was
| well understood by both parties that the meet
| present General Convention, where the Waterloo
| struggle would take place And as sometimes few
general engagement nearly can be asceTtaiDed
now that Lower House Is sttng with closed doors
the question OF confirmation OF DIR. seymour 10 the
Illinois Episcopae has prematurey brought on the
general engagement In that House This accounts Tor
the prolonged The air Of course VIII DC
clearer the battle Is over and the ecclesiastical