The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-08-06
The English Church.
Proposed RefOrms-Ehc Debates I'm
the fRoGse OIL Lords.

The correspondent of Tile Ne,o York
TINES in London writes under date of June
20: II
The house Of lorls does not, perhaps,
occupy very brilliant or disnidcd position
in our parliamentary system, and it coca
sionally draws down on itself good deal
of riiicule for attempting to staye off or
cripple popular measures. But, to do it
Justice, it is an assembly With what DR..
Johnson would call "a great bottom of
common sense, and when it takes any
question seriously in hand it does its work
in very thorough and vigorous manner.
This has been the case with tie public
worship regulation bill, hich has just been
licked into shape by the lords, and will be
sent down to the commons next week.
The object of the bill is to provide simple
an. seminary recess of compelling clergy,
men to keep within the limits of the law in
regard to the various forms and decorations
of public worship. In the first instnn ce,
it is left to the bishop to determine whether
in any particular case legal proceedings
shall be instituted A special judge is to
be appointed, to whom all questions Of or
nament and ritual are to be referred Last
night very important announcement was
made by the lord chancellor lie stated
TIA; the archbishop of Canterbury had APP
piled to the crown for letters Of business to
be ISSUED authorizing convoeation to revise
the rubries, and that the applica ton was
/ to be granted. Moreover, the bishop Of
London has introduced a bill the object of
which is to invest the queen and council
with power to give effect 20 amendments of
the rubrlc which have been recommended
by convention, and which have been laid
before Parliament and not objected to.
! The result will be to establish permanent
machinery for adjusting the rubrics from
time to time 10 the varying temper and re-
quirenents of the day. The bill was intro
duaod by the archbishop of Canterbury,
but the lords Thoughts it rather a weak and
.wayering project, and distrusted the ainount
Of power which was gwen to the bishops
A lay judge was therefore substituted for
e diocesan court, and various other changes
made for the purpose of making the enforce
nnent Of the law more direct and effectual
The bigh church bishops. of course, pro
tested indignantly at the TT atment to which
it was prog oSed 20 subject ritualists who
leied the lay, and the cry was taken up
BY some Of the. clergy outside. A few days
ago a meeting vas held in london, at which
DR.. Pussy, Canon Liddon, and other lead
ers of the, high church party used very
strong language about wha. they would and
which was passed admitted e---Li- .i.-t
ognaIaents, ritual and ceremonial are not
sustained by priyy council decisions, but
denied that they involved disobedience to
the law. The claim Of Tie ritualists is, in
fact, simply Pat they know best what the
meaning Of the law is, and that they are
L
was put forth explicitly in Canon Liedon's
resolution, which, as a solemn declaration
Of principles of the party, is worth giving
in fuf: 81
'TbIt this meeting does not hesitate to
express it's conviction that the historical,
grammatical, and true Interpretation Of the
oraalaents ubrio of the Book Of Common
.rayer is this, viz: That the ornaments
and ritual prescribed by that rubric are
those which, being preyioGsl J 10 use IN the !
Church of England, were not directly abro- !
gated or modified in the second year of Ed /
ward VI. And though it admits the wise
discretion and charity shown by the church
in net enforcing under existing circumStan-
ces the observance Of the rubric in its in
tegr;ty, il cannot, in the face Of her resolve /
tas shown by the retention of that rubrie
ct tie revision Of 1862 to maintain in
principle, ever with respect to extcrnals,
her own historical continuity with the pre-
Reformation church of England, accept the I
Purchas judemertas the law ofthe Church !
Of England, or even, conflicting as it does l
Nth previous judgments Of the same court. /
as true and haal exposition of the law of
the realm"
Iae houss OF lords, however, was not TO !
be intimidasci ty this oluste-, and has, 10 /
the main, held to its intentions The power /
given 10 conyoeatior to revise the ruhrics /
may. however, be regarded &C concession /
to clerical feeling. the coavocation in
oluded q representation Of. the laIty, the ar Z
.rlngensnt sNoNi he amoras likely to siye
sati5rn ctisnlF The scondtfrt ~ tbs hose Of
lords sc another proof that the tendeaoy 20
RogspisIn in tie church is almost aho.
setiier confined to 3 section ef The clergy.
and that the great body of the Iaisy are