The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-01-05
In0 o S1nsssase B. Bs'Wess a High

The Difference Between a Hirb.
ohuEehman and q Ritualisl,
EdltoFl Of he Inislllgneet:
Il may be that / am yerY obtuSe
PethAps am. But for the lie OF me- I
ea1nol tell What your coFIespondenf
Atistides" d driving RL AIlef iskine
up 4 tull column and & half In me INTEI-
LI0RNcER, dipping first into this and
then into that, without arriving at any
eAtittaet0ry conclusion about any thing,
BE- wind1 up BY advising me 10 leave the
Episcopal Church. Said I to myself,
We'll now that's decidedly cool, thai
such advice should be given 10 me, Who
was probably member oil the Episcopal
Church-lt may be an unworthy one
before this Aedgling or his "riiuAlismn
were ever heard Of : and ! didn't say any
hing more, and | WOnt--on that point.
But u your correspondent a evidently
. rituAlIst, taking shelter under the high
sounding name Of "HIgh ChurchmAn,"
i may be Of interest 70 him TO know how
! would distinguish between the two
Glasses Of persons, and In this shall en-.
deavor 10 obllge him. shall not say
that the distinction q one without 4 oil.
ference, or that It Is merely that which
exists between tweedledum and tWeedle-
dee; but that they stand related 10 each
other as cause and effect, as foundation
and superstructure, as germ and fruit. In
plain English, the high churchmAn Ia the
sower, and the rituRliSt Is the reaper.
The high churchmAn sets the trap, and
the ritualist springs The trigger-church-
man does the brain work, the ritualist
does the brainless part; that Is, he does
the silly things that make ignorant people
stare, and old.iaShioned churchmen hang
their heads In humiliation and shame.
They arc generally more OH less In
sympathy with each other, and In our
general and Diocesan councils will sci.
dom be found voting In contrary direc-
tons They both talk much about "The
Church" and are down on the "secn."
Rome and Geneva" q the 'haIp Of al
thousand strings" upon which they are
wont to play, but they never fail to lean |
little more toward Rome than Gene
Va. They love Rome for her EpiscopScy |
and high rituGlism, but their righteous |
souls abhor Geneva Tor her sheer "bald.
mesa" And meeting houses" WheW !! |
away with them; they are their souls ab.
horrence. They. love the Bible some,
but they love the "fathersn more The
words "priest" "altAr," q ID 0aRe genus,
they roll as sweet mofsels under their
tongues. They love to DO called oimen
doctor" and the sanctuary proves
their devotion by pronouncing the Aw-
NKN with 8 vengeance. 1
Now, as your correspondent seems toi
be disposed to play the part Of cAtechiGt,
he will, perhaps, allow me to put one or
two plain questions TO him:
LIST Do yon, without Inental -FesefHA.
ton, believe In the doctrines Of the Prot
eshnt Eplscopal Church, Is taught Ii her
So articlesg a., IS mTsI
"a, Doyop believe hat 'Holy strip-I
ture contains all things necessaly 10 sal.
walton; 20 that Whatsoever u not read
therein, nor may DO proved thereby, q
not to be required Of any man, that Il
should be believed Is an article Of faith,
or be thought requisite or necessary 70
BY yolr answer to the ftst Of the fore.
going questions, so far "a belief Is con-
cerned, you may be able to prove the
genulneness Of your ohurchmAnship, and |
TO the second the truth Of your christian.
lily. WAIT AND SEE,