The New York herald., 1874-10-28
THE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
Rftu alism Crueifcd-In Whose Tomb
wall Ii BE Barred and Who VIII he
Its Mourners-Thirty-eig Dioceses
Vote Clerieally and Thirty-four Lai-

NEucAncu-Ah EOS0 Tom %
VIII II BE Barred and Who Wtn BE
Its Mourners-Thirty-eig Dioceses
Vote Clerieally and Thirty-four Lai-
caly That Ii Must Die.
The throes OF the great Protestant Episcopal
Church In the United States have at last brought
forth canon on rituallsm. which was yesterday
adopted by q vote OF IS out OF Al dioceses voting
by their clergy, and 80 out OF 3S voting oy their
aiy that the practices and ceremonials familiarly
known AZ ritualistic such as the use o incense In
public worship, the placing. carrying. or retaining
. cruclnx In any part OF the place OF public wor-
ship. the elevation OF the elements IN the com
munion and their exposition. as objects toward
which alteration is to be made, or any other act
OF alteration In the eucharlstic service snali
cease Two dioceses voted clericaliy in the
negat.ve-namely, Albany and Michgan-and one
was divided-namely, Indiana Three dioceses
voted aicaly in the negative-namey. New York,
Vermont ana Arkansas, and one New Jersey, dl-
Weed. As o matter OF history II may be interest
ing 10 tnat Of las clerical votes recorded
only sixteen voted against this canon printed In
Sundays paper. DR.. De Koven, In giving ms
vote, created some merriment oy voting nrst
against himself-thar Is, in favor ol the canon-
and then promptly correcting his vote. Vi the lo4
lay votes cast only seven opposed the canon. And
1t Is proper to state tnat this opposition was not
DaSeO on aueCtlOu lOS oos oPSA> AiAAS~-
enccs Of opInion as to the value OF the present
canon TO eject reform.
FURTHER DEBATE ON RIrUALIsM.
Ine question came up Ior iurther debate at the
noonride nour. DR.. Shattuck. who had the floor
on the previous day wnen the hour OF adjourn
ment cut him on, continued his remark >, whicn
were merely . plea for liberation. together
with some illustrations OF the great moral
eject OF rtualism ~ Boston and elsewhere
oI the error oil eccIesiastical repression or pro-
scriptlon. He remarked that Bisnop Cummins
npnr han fstll
TO hold ana pTeacn his own views III IT, but because
he could not get others 10 be leve as he did. And
the speaker contsnded II Was q dangerous thing
TO attempt TO ENFORCE our Opinions upon others By
legislation IL seemed TO be mutual agreement
oi the deputies THAI the laymen SHOULD have the
clergy mad mad before. Mr.. Andrews, a iayman, OF
ONO. therefore followed his rttuaiistic Lrotaer
from Massachusetts. lie remarked rhat 1t was
admitted that this symooiizn2 OF erroneous doc
trlnes IN the public worship OF the Church ought
TO be stopped, ana tnat the old moue OF aealing
win 1t by The bishops Is the best way. He tnere-
lore. advocated the several PROVISIONS OF tue
canon, and rebntsed sey.,dt,'s many OF the areu-
ments aud objections made against 1t, and showed
by Scriptural and other quotations that
the speclnc acts forbsdden by this canon
symbolic reaching in every known instlnce
in The word, notably among the Jews, made
Pnarisees and hypocrites. Dr. Bolton oI Virginia,
io,lowed. He proposed that the complaint OF Two
presoJ ters be let cut; but argued III lavor OF
making the canon little more specific, so as 10
prohibit aurlcular cohesion and private absolu-
Ion and prayers Tor the dead, as well as the other
acts. lie would not take away rom DR.. DE k0ven
his ritual lie might stiil have tue nne churcn ana
he grandest music ana the surpilced chOlrs II he
pleased. But the Doc OF has gone astray, and he
Is good man 10 be lett thus TO hiIlseli, and
all the Convention now proposed Is 10 take G re or
him and see tnat he is not lost. He could still
have the privilege Of g"!ng among the poor anc
preaching as often As hx liked.
WE ARE ALL RITUALIsTS HERE.
he said There IL not man here who does not
worsnip and gorliy God. 1t Is not rituallsm, but
Romanlsm, we are trying to get away from among
would lake US oack to mednval times, advanced
cnurchmanship. He never heard vi the ad-
vance gaard being In the - rear OF an
Ronanism are two oi1erent things. but these
willy rltualists are one day on one side and the
next day the other side or the great wall that
separates those two forms Of religious thought.
ire question or priestcrat IS at the root OF tnls
whole matter. The Protestant Episcopal Church
has no sacrIncng PRIEST and no altar Of sacrilce.
II believes IN perpetual sacrifice offered once ior
all. Tne Doctor :nen read from manual oI rtu-
aSm, defining the number and manner OF oOwlngs
here and there IN different parts of the service,
and adaed that this book was freely distributed
IN The pews oi a church III THIS city.
The Rev. Dr. Beers followed. not in an absolute
argument in iavor OF rttuaiisn, with which he de-
elaborate argument against the canon on the
grounds OF propriety and expediency and neces-
world is calling for the Gospel and for something
to counteract the lnhdelity anu mdtcriasm or
strauss and lyndall and tneir school this Conven-
ton gives II canon on incense. cruci:iXes and
eucnarlstIc alteration. He argued against the
canon also on the ground that the Convention hav-
ing commission on union with the Greek Church,
which uses incense, would stultiiy Itself BY the
passage OF this canon. DR.. Garrett, OF Nebraska,
saw u necessity ana a proprIety III the passage OF
such canon. The blsnops have Jailed TO check
this evil because rhey had not the power but they
have no excuse now. Ritaasts, he declared, are
binderers OF the Church's work. He denied them
any monopoly OF preaching the Gospel to the poor.
Every minister OF the CHURCH IL ready to do TINS
as they are. They might SET hold of lew poor
people here by their pictures and shows, Dut rhey
could not introduce sucn Things in the ne. lands
ol the West without great injury 10 truth and to
the Cnurcn. Dr. levin and Dr. Clark followed,
and tnen Jacob Thompson came on with q substi-
tute providing for joint commission OF both
houses to SIT over the matter for the next three
years, and then present TO the next General Con-
vention tne proouct OF their incubation. Mr..
Hazehurst, Pniladeipnia lawyer, gave his views
In detail against rituaism, and demanded, In be-
half OF the laity OF the Church, that some legsla
tion be given on this matter. Dr.. Norton, OF Vir-
glnia; Mr. J.. Prnge Smith, OF South Carolina;
MIR. Blanchard OF Maryland; Dr. Hall, OF Brooklyn,
and Mr.. Burgwin OF Pittsburg, followed; after
which the vote was taken, with the results already
gwen. And rltuaitsm ls dead. Ii ltf
OBITUARY.