, 1874-10-24

In tlH fe1u6al OF INC f1ouBc OF DeleEltcH OF
tho General Convention of the Episcopal Church
to confirm the election OF Prof. q. r. Seymour.
Dehop-clect Of Illinois, tho antagonism OF the
Church to Ritualiam has very ncarly. II osquite.
Church either Is at hand or very near ut band.
Either RituaAsgn. or what is meant by Ritual
ism, Is auti-Episcopalian Or it is not If 1t ia,
It's adheronta and advocates have no logical al-
ternutiye but to reject 1t, and conform to what is
orthodox Episcopalianism in tho oyos OF the u,a-
tority, or to form an independent Or
ganlzation 10 be known by Whatever
name thoy shall choose. Tho Episcopal
Church Inns been singularly frco from schism,
properly 80 called. This Is to DO attributed In a
l.shed Church In England. In this country therc
is no established Church and hcro and not in
England achism in thns denomination may bo
locked for frat. There ia hero no power oxtor-
nal to tho Church to hold 1t together. In Ell
gland there Ia such a power. Both horo and In
ENGLAND tho point On which partioa IN tho
Church arc ot varinnce ia Rtualiam. Tho qucs-
tton between tho Ritualiats and tho anti-nitua1-
ists has assumed vast importance and has do
velopcd much bitterness Two General Conron-
htion Of it, and have failed. Tho English
courta have had to consider 1t. THO English
Parliament has been obliged to pnaB LAWS pro
ecribing it.. Gladstone has not thought it be-
meath his notice. Disraol las NOT bcon ablc to
avoid it, More than ouco has an eminent clor-
gyn,an in the Church failed TO recoIye tho honors
Of the Epiacopato because ho was taintcd, or
suspected to be tainted With tho NitnaliBtic her.
cay. Not, however. until tho dny before ycster-
day, did tho foclng against tho movement reach
scholar, doyont clergyman, Professor in ono
OF tho principal theological institutions OF the
country, was, becauHo Of his supposed nitualisto
!! Tendencies, voted by the House Of Delegates to
| DO m unfit poraon to I'LL the positlon made Va
cant by tho deceaso Of Bishop Whitchouso. The
Ritunl1Bts and anti-litualiHta may now be said
to bo Bquare1y at iasno.
Outsiders havo worry inadequate idea Of the
significance Of the 1tualistio controversy. They
gro too apt to suppose that It is question oi
candies, Of dress, or genutosions. Such is moi
the case. We're 1t nneru rnatter Of taate, the
| contonding partioa might easily enough ngroo tc
disagree, on the priuciplo that there is no uao IL
diyputlug about it--de gttstibus aon est di!putan
dun. Tho ditrerenco must DO ono Of eabentinls
or it could not become 10 embtttorod, It is roal
| 80 xtn}1,n Inv
Grafton aud tho Real Presence arc OF are not doc
trinos Of tho Episcopal Church. RituR1ism i,
but tho outward expression Of tho inward asson
to these doctrines. The condemnation Of nt
ualiHm will be taken III q condemnation Of thca'
dogmns, and herein lies it's chief dan
ger to tho Church. Evidently. tho III
herouts Of Rtualism aro attached to their peou
]iar belief Thoyare attached also to tho Church
When tho question arisos which thoy Rhall ad
hero to, will they cling TO Ritualiam ? Analog
iacliuoB US to believe that this will bo tho re
suit. All experience teachos rhat in roligiou
controversies men cling to thoir beliofs, and ar
ready to sacrifice much that thoy hold In CON
mon with others to tho ono point or two point
which distinguish them from all others Of thel
kind.
by tho action Of the General Convention, til
contest IL runowed IN the Diocese Of illinois, an
+ 1t cannot bs denied that the Rltualists-or,
I thas namo u not liked, tho friends Of DR.. 30!
:. mour-have got soyero back-set. a grcat mau
t wayorlDg memberB will now 10 turned, al
when tho next Diocesan Convention assemble
r~ o.. a-t- ~. 1.
!. In thu last.
j. The caas OF Methodist horosy, nhiah has heo
a | trial In 1h1fan nanola Il, 4.