The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-01
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New Scr, oyD,l.,lss on TnE SUBJECT o.
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AN ASIAATEr>~-s XII oALi'"'
~1rotestant Episcopal Convention OF
nc Diocese of New jersey rsa .semb!ed on
Thursday morning in Grace churcn, Ncm.
ark. N. j. DR.. Schurlei's- resolution on
ritualism was taken UP. lie SAID 10 was .
great mistake to suppose there was Any
severity Ia the resolution, or any personal
feeling on bis part toward men win WHOM I.lil
he had heretofore acted. tie was us
Churchman, aud felt sorry he could not sla,u
shoulder to shoulder with the men Win
whom be had been associated. LUIS mas
not question Of eucharlstlc aooIaIloI' ou'
CT unity of public worship, when LUG pas
roral letter of the bishop was lnlenuto ~ W
secure. 1t was question OF Icspe'. aoi
law and authority. The resolutions were
,hs IoyicaI and necessary sequence OF the
facts Let forth in the preamble. Those who
n 10 into excuses unauthorized by .law,o
link into omissions also unauthorized, are
alike within the scope Of the resolutions.
he referred to the charge OF the Bkhop In
the Tyng case, and said the time had come
wien the same instrument OF canon Ia" Is
TO be used against the other side.
The Rev. Mr. Goldsborough offered the
following resolution as substitute:
"Whereas, the last General Convention mas
lcniSla,ed on the subject OF alleged lrreSu'"-
rites in the celebration of Divine scrY!ce'
this Convention considers the TURNER aga,
ton OF that N tier by the Generai Ooh''n''oN
expedient and advisable" ,:, ,,o
In offering tine Substitute ne e"'o .i LIZ
wanted 10 know If any mco1cef VI lne
diocese was guilty OF unseefn!y p5ac.ic .s%
He acknowledged that ne peilefeu III 'ne
roo, presence which the Prayer-Book
,I N.
,nI r. he was wrong he wanted to be clted
hcfnre the Convention and tried for it. lie
h,,ljrycl in an ornate service, and chose 10
celebrate it in that way, provided he dld not
roDtravcae the authority Of his Bishop. Let
Us have federation, said he; do not try TO
drive US out of the Church because we Try
10 draw souls to God By that method.
4 genuine sensation was occasoned by the
Rev. DR.. Nicholson, Of Trinity church, New
ark. who. in the course of Il vigorous anti
ritualiStic speech, brought the matter home
10 Grace church. He, too, loved toieration:
but there should be limit. They tell US,
said he, "that three years ago irregularities
existed. They asked the General Confen-
ton to pass q canon prohibiting the carrying
of A cross-is that done or not: the use oil
irh;s about the holy table when not neces-
sary-bchold. gentlemen, look - and the
reverend gentleman pointed to the altar OF
the CHURCH in Which he stood. whegeon stood
two large candlesticks, with long wax CAN
dies in them. aud other High Church altar IT,
bic arpendages. "Some,' he said, "were by
these things prevented from attending Wor-
ship at Grace church at the opening OF the
Convention"
When be entered the church he saw no
such d,ersitics in services. Now, no one
e ud enter enc Of these neW-fashloned
c:,urcheS and understand the service. II was
tIme for action. There are doctrines symbol
lid which are moi in accordance with our
Standards. The principle OF eucharstic
alteration and the sO-called real presence
were lately condemned and declared not to
be doctrines of this church, in the Bennett
c!se. If the real presence were the doctrine,
icyallv to his Master would compel him TO
leave it. He finds no such doctrine in Scrip
t,ire. There is real presence, not in the
elements, but in the heart Of the receiver.
Their church, in her articles, teaches no other
real presence.
After considerable further debate, the fol-
Lowing substitute, offered by Rev. Dr. Gar.
r;son, was offered and carried by vote OF
tll,r,y.four clerics 10 twenty.tour, seventeen
Iay to eleven:
Eesolged, That the following be adopted
as Il minute of this Convention, and copy
hereof be transmitted to each house Of the
General Convention
The churchmen of New Jersey lave re-
ccived with duIilul reverence and with very
great satisfaction the wise words Of their
Right Reverend Fathers in the pastoral let
ter of 1871, touching the subject OF ritual.
The Diocesan Convention i'll this, its
ninety.first annual session, adopts those
words of the Bishops as the expression of
its own conyiction-to wit:
l. That "what is known as ritualism is
mainly question Of taste, temperament,
and constitution until it becomes the express
sion of doctrine'; and
3. That whatsoever "ritual or posture"
there may be stately introduced amongst US,
which undoubtedly inculcates and lncou-
RACES what is known as eucharlstic adora-
ton, finds no warrant in our office for the
administration of the Holy COMMUNION.
In the confidence inspired by the goodly
counsels of the Bishops in their pastorate the
cburchmen of New jersey rest assured OF
what they earnestly desire, that whatever
action the General Convention may deem it
wise to take on the subject will proceed
upon the principles thus already Indicated
by the utterance of the Upper House.
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