New-York tribune., 1874-10-28
ia going 10 be Romanzed but she will be greatly scan
daIized, and retarded In her growth.

Ia going 10 be Romanized but she will be greatly scan
daIized, and retarded In her growth.
THE SCOPE OF LEGISLATION -
The Rev DIR. II. W. Beers Of Albany spoke next. Tho
question he said appears to be- Is 1t policy TO have
any legislation on rtualf II SO, Is the proposed canon
any Of the substitutes the proper iegslaton'
The canon is certainly monument OF good WILL OF the
brothery kindness In the Committee-the same spirit
which think pervades this House. But In my opinion
1t will not be wise to egislate upon the subject at All
II anything DONE should be carefully drawn ions
shadow Of doubt whether this House can egsate upon
the subject Of ritual except BY rnbric reme9Sy
OF tine Prayer Book Does canon do more than TO
the Bishops that they already have the power
the difficulty at ali. There can be no greater
evil under the than unnecessary iegisaht,os5 rs non.
Rtualists want and gives more than the Rituaists
desire That is good ssn. Whether this Church can
whether sha incense or place Cruelty sn Tpo9 OF
the altar. is another question TO Oil THESE ou Who
ask something from this Church we snc acsne The
win have no incense: we will nave vssscrcne no work
freedom and federation. though not as on 0cSmnatbe
this Of s x, baro ar e. great
be the great touchstone OF 1aitn; WI" The Church
Church work with yesmen to ali workers the
cause Of Christ be he Ritualist OF Low hat state OF
nays enss to This nsrsan IS
on the wane, perhaps through pqSt tna,ss themselves
through oae soUe hold those doctrines The Church
those things Which az he e0 moon clear as
the sun and terrible an army In patt'e.
A DIVIDED CHURCH FOR CONVERTS.
Tho Rev DR. A. c. Garrett Of Nebraska next TOOK up
the argument against Rituasm. submit ne saiu' ta'
there ia necessity for legislation upon TINS question:
The Joint resolution Of the last session failed to bring
ho greement which was promised. 1t is necessary on
account of the anxiety which prevails throughout the
length and breadth Of the land It Is right tnat We
snosa n oes we are nos meeting trivial things
right too because these Ruaists are hndereps OF .e
Sress appIova Of them for Gospel to the
poor. But viii not admit that the Ritnasts have ga
ners are plenty the Rtuaslic churches may overtake
some of them But in country the evil staIes
Of Ss In peaee eas race and system Of worship which
command their respect When these Rtuallses ncanses
and 1ions they distract these people and teach
divided church. Then. again. this Church is es tsaGh
Sseh intelligent people can understand hold there.
canon proposed because 1t enters into specifications.
No list specifications be 50 complete Us W
Tben. n again. these specifications wrong because
the practices spoken OF are now @ rne s
VOICE to- interpret those things which doubtful the
submitted by the deegate from scognn
the Bishop authority and gives nun power " @ e11r
else that authority II necessary ior you 70 P n; ~nu
are Protestant and far better Episcopa Make i the
duty Of the Bshopto settle THESE questions ""u '''
you will have quieted these 0isturDances'
THE CANON INCOMPLETE
The Rev. Dr. Meyer Levin Of Maryland said he was
thankful that there we're men in that convention wLo
by their voices could stir the hearts OF the members
He agreed In part with both Dr. De Koven ana Dr. Gar
ret ind yet be regretted that he was bound to diner win
them on some points. He was opposed TO the canon
"a repored by the Committee Some had spoken against
il on the ground that 1t was special legis iaon Dut
speca lie gslation had already been had ana what was
wanted was adjudication. The highest court OF the
Cburoh in its pastoral had already decided that eeva
Uiawful and now 1t depended the General Conven
On by legislation to that these words had NEAR
ing The Convention had not met merely 10 90 sone
thing TO satisfy an outside panic-it had something
more than that do or the resolutions OF the various
,anIT snecned what were offensive but this had been
said before by the House OF Bishops. aitnoug9 tae
bishops did not think the time had come TO ENFORCE
the law They hoped that the paternal advice OF the
bishops would been sufficient but as IL was not sum
at tie proper time offer amendment that should de-
fine positively what prohibited, which the Commit
time make provision for the singing OF an anthem dur
ing the Oerory The bishops should have the rghtiu
standing committees Should the two bodies disagree
what authority would the Bishop have under the canon
the agreement would hold for two years. When the
Standing Committee TO be elected the next year
members because they had too far while others
would be for retaining them on account OF ne ac1on
70 The Bishop the Convention merely declared that ne
SSn Would preyde for both sdehose who exceeded
Inc limits and those who did not come up 10 the nts
Legislation In the Convention was not ,or one o.
aud those who had not enough II Ine Bishop anu
standing Committee agreed then the Binop ese be de
served be- But then this was in opposition 10 tne
tut Nv wen the oeese Tne proposed
provided for trial. and was therefore unconstitutional
Of public rumor, Injurious to the Church it was the
duty the Bishop or there were no Bishop tnen e
clerical ministers Standing Committee TO investi-
this, and therefore he objected to 1t.
MISCHIEF CAUSED BY RITUALIsM.
The Rev. Dr. Samuel A. Clark Of New-Jersey read o
paper which he said had been placed in the pews OF
church for the edcauon Of the congregation explain
ing the meaning OF the bowling. prosrations, genu-
exions lights flowers &C.. and showing that the eleva-
tiops and alterations Acknowledgements OF Chrsts
presence on the altar He asserted that such teaching
was false doctrine He had attended service in q
church where there actions that he could not un-
and where could not hear the words OF the
i' toward the CATION He had seen all sorts Of
posturing and had even seen man take rSnse %
practices were doing great mischief, and
ss s the a Ts%a be few the e % protect
the rights OF the Church. During next three years
there would be few ministers added to the Church snoad
who we're fond millinery and toys tying ropes around
Their sss sn The re@esy
this he thought DR.. De Koven's amendment was the
best as he did of presbters turning spies
or cIergymen being at the mercy OF few laymen 1t
was evident that Dr. De Koven wanted to stop Rtuasm
augher and he knew best what the situation required
THE PRAYER-BooK GOOD ENOUGH.
Jacob Thompson Of Memphis, Tenn, said he had for
many years received from the pulpit the teachings OF
the Church without comment; but since he had been
elected lay deputy he had read papers on this subject
OF Ritualsm He, personally, was neither High Church
nor Low Church, and be certainly no Rituaist He
was a churchman who desired to see the PrayerBook