New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-11-14

BowinS toward The Altar on entering leaving the Chsncs
5. Situations Of the Gospel aud of the Altar
8 Edchsrsic vestmeuts
H. II. Aureus fG Confessions
Is. Pfayefs for the Faithful Departed.
IA. Use Of unesvened bread
10. Mixed chalce with blessing OF the water.
II. Change Of Book to Gospel side for the Gospel
ls. Episte and Gospel not read tow ara ths people
20 Bosng 'h sacred Name and at catering or departing from
81 Altar cards with secrea
% lay clerks 70 assist a and Msg
q. The of the viretta
81 Singing Sssua Cortis Bnedietu' and the A0aus Del
% Invocation Of Triaiy with sign OF cross before sermon
80 CrucsIes
SI Elevation OF sacred species
~. Eucharstic alteration
All these had been specified But to the Amusement
abandoned and tue fight was to close around the last
four only. Even the OF the crucix and OF incense
II can we'll imagine" said DIR. De KoveD, "a very
magnificent ceremony that perhaps some Ritualists
brought into the church, kept In it all through tho
service up the time OF the Celebration OF the Holy
Communion, reverently borne by acOytes out OF the
church when Celebration began and then the clergy
man getting up and saying, We had the cructx In the
ont when the Holy Communion bcgns because when
the Real Presence there the symbolic representation
In introducing the canon, from which how
seyeneighths OF the indictment against Ritual had thus
rec ara noteworthy. " 1t was" said he evident
minds of many the Committee that there q grow
gshetic faculty had been brought before
our wOrshp that the churches throughout this country
had been seeking to allure men TO the worship and love
of Christ and il was felt by many of that 1t would be
a dangerous thing and a wrong thing TO crush down
these %soIc rni You viii observe tbnf
the canon is before is exceedingly careful to
touch ceremonial except that which belongs 10 the
holy communion. None other. Professional hymns,
snnday-schoo chldrens crosses, vesments of more
thnua INCA trN4
inc time gone by when this Church be pestered
out Of its dignity by proposed LEGISLATION or any such
Sired to remove the doctrina sting from the whole
might do because however wrong some men may CON
that other men are 10 the bosom OF the Church
plant the cruel heel any school Of cody who in
the fear of God can work beneath her banner" And
action IL rests with this Convention TO say whether
there shall he large noble fexlOility gwen TO the
touching petty ceremonias shalt be sent forever
the tomb of the capuies" or course The canon
One of the opponents CathOliciiy. however after
speaking OF wnat lie had hoped the canon might COM
prise said that nevertheless. he would satisfy himself
with the fact that the canon II IL did nothing else at
least squinted in the right direction for he was not
disposed to lose the whole by demanding too much"
Another opponent declared that the canon did not deal
with the Vexed question. cit buks the matter" said
he: land when it shall 60 out TO the world there
will be general feeling of dissatisfaction. The people
will ask Is all you do IN view Of the dreadful
condition ae ns SIR 0ft IL e for TO he
General Convention to speak, and TO speak plainly
that they cannot be msunderstood and for one should
be ashamed TO go back from this Convention carrying
In my hand only such canon as this. Another dele
gate said claim that this is framed that 1t
is no action whatever upon any given question; pro-
hbits nothing enoins nothing and simply constitutes
q new tribunal not known 10 the canon law Of this
church." Meantime drafts of more stringent canOns
were offered amendments substitutes, but tine Con.
vention voted down the whole OF them In a body. In
closing the debate Hill Burgwin. from the Committee
on Canons, authortatyeiy explained to the delegates
n Of Ms e9 a ere ee IS there
ding Of the doing or the not doing OF any par,
ticular act;" that tho canon simply provided
that if presbyter disobeyed the cody admOnltiOn OF
his Bishop in whose Judgment some ceremonial not
provided for in the Prayer BOOK sym0ozed false or
doubtful doctrines ne couG DO tried lof his
tnued Mr.. Burgwln, forbid IN Terms certain practices
Committee who would not have consented to Introduce
this house any watch ventured to interfere
prohibiting; believing that that was matter which was
sacred to the Rubncs And as for the four specihca-
lions Of Crucx, Incense Elevations aud Alteration. he
said you Will notice the cautious language with which
those specifications introduced. We do not they
are forbidden We do not say absolutely they are
lawful We do not by law declare them to be such; but
we simply say that in the OPINION OF the Committee
of this house If the canon passes-hese particular acts
symoolical OF doubtful or erroneous doctrines"
Whether they not the canon leaves to the decision
Of each Bishop with his Standing Committee.
SO the passed and went to the House OF Bishops
for It's action The latter struck their pen through two
Of the four remaining specifications; inc two namely
concerning cruclxes aud incense and sent back the
only OneslXte6nt1 instead or Oue-egltD OF
original indictment left In IT, The lower house refused
TO pass thus truncaed. JOINT committee OF
conference OF both houses was chosen to whom the
muilaed canon was referred This committee reported
back the SUI shon OF its features OF incense and
the crGcx, and still retaining only the last spec
cations, namely the 3lst concerning elevation OF the
sacred species and the SD concerning bowpgs, gcnu
fectlonS ana prosrdOns TO the Lord present In the
loly Sacrament but with third specification against
any Ike acc" TO those mentioned In the two
specifications In this form the canon passed both
Houses. IL nave been requested To state" said Mr.
Burgwin, from the Conference Committee just before
the scanOn passed. "wbat the sum aud substance
M TINS canon Is so far as 1t differs from the
canon originally passed by tue House; ana
am prepared TO say that the Only substantial
change the canon by the Committee OF Confer
elce 10y striking out the first twO specifications III the
rlgnal canon. Otherwise 10 remains substantially IA
when it passed this House," Thus CathOic:ty went
INTO convention with ~ charges on the Indictment
against IL. THcnty eight Oi these were ldl III c0Dbs ny
the Committee on CunOn7. with "noHe pr0seqal'
chanted them la requiem, aud with tno deyout
trust expressed that such lnns might be eyed Ia
and deposited forever the tomb OF The Capulets.
Two OF remaining charges subsequently received
their qUetus at tae hands OF the House OF Bishops eav
ing two only pass TO the statute bOOI the
things spcc1cd IN those two not prohibited" by the
yet perm tted either simply iet where they
before, tine judgment or snOp, Uut with
moral weight OF the opinion oi the delegate as ind
Vlduas against them.
Tais review would not be complete unless we now
glanced "a moment ut these two specifications, which,
fortunate tah thtir tthifY DrOthcis succeeded 81
getting Ou more dead thau alive. from CANT
let OF the Two houses the lrs or the Two s-AOt any
elevation whatever pit Tue elevation Ot the elements
la tho Holy Communion Ia such manner as 10 expose
alteration is Ia be made" but even II t1e canon bad IN
prohibited this, IL Is something men Is not ANA
has not the practice IN any rtuastc church SO
spec tcat0n was uselessly Inserted Tnis
duces the entirO indictment " one count 0nynaincly
alterations OF tue blessed Lord except Guch as
provided.by rubrics OF the PrayerBOOk. But DR.
DekOyen SAID. That Is all wo ask :; the PraycrBUO
says All knceling" And then the canon went through
with an almost UNANIMOUS vote. Furthermore, the
canon. ~ is ,-ed II, however. Two presby
ters attempt TO enforce 1t of Che brethren tan
~ DC laced by lueu Lao kted