Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-04
The Church Of England.



CoLENSo PREVENTED FROM PREACHING
BY A THREAT OF INHIBITION-DIsSATI-
FACTION WITH THE COURSE OF THE
BISHOP OF LONDON.
\ London letter to the New York Tribune
says:
Bishop ColensO was announced TO preach
on Sunday at st. James chapel, i'll York
street, out OF St James Square. This is one
OF those churches to which strangers, rs well
as large regular congregation, are much in
The habit OF reSOrting, drawn By the fame of
the Key. StOpfOrd Brooke, one of the most
eloquent and most liberal clergyman in the
Church of England. To hear Bishop ColeIiSo
there came greater crowd than usual.
don't know whether the bishop breaches pop
ular sermons. but of his own great per
SOnal popularity there can be no doubt.
The bitterness with which he is pursued
by the more bigoted churchmen is enough
TO account for that. There was hope
that he would have been asked by Dean
Stanley 10 preach al Westminster Abbey. II
he had been. that venerable fabric would
have seen one of its greatest ;hrOngS. 81.
James chapel Is not large, and hundreds We're
turned away: other hundreds filed the aisleS
and stairs. But those who got in were far
from aringBi>hOpColensOaS as thOSewhO We're
kept out. He did not preach, and Mr.. Brooke
explained 10 The congregation why lie did not.
Late on Saturday evening he had received. he
said, "a letter from the Bishop OF London The
Bishop OF London stated that he had seen the
advertisement that the Bishop OF Natal would
preach next day at Mr.. BrOOke'S chapel and he
hoped The matter would be given up quietly.
Otherwise he should have to ask his secretary
tOprcpare an inhi bit tiOn and inhibit the Bishop
of Natal from preaching. Mr.. Brooke replied
that he regretted that The Bishop OF London
should feel Obliged TO take such step, and
told his congregation that, in the circum-
stances he could only submit. He went on
10 say that, in his opinion, the Bishop OF
London had acted with great courtesy. :. for
he might have inhibited the Bishop of Natal
at the door of this church" IL may be
doubted whether his congregation shared
their pastors high opinion OF the Bishop OF
LOndon'S courtesy. They responded TO the
statement. say the reports, by an outburst
OF indignant feeling. such as ls not oft e1l wit
messed in any place of worship. and which.
in this instance. took the form of deliberate
and loud kissing; after which, Mr.. Brooke
delivered sermon, to which his audience
listened IN frame OF mind which may be
imagined.
The kissing was meat, Of course. for the
Bishop OF London. 1t was the readieSt means
OF indicating an appreciation OF the intOler-
ance shown by his lOrdshp. Mr.. Brooks. it
is throught, might have shown more firm
ness. IL iS very strongly affirmed that the
Bishop had no legal authority to issue an in
hibitiOn of the kind he threatened. or. at
least, that such an inhibition would have no
legal force. and that a clergyman disregard
ing ii would incur no legal penalty. If this
view be correct, there can be no reason why
Mr.. Brooke should have felt bound To obey an
inhibition from the policy OF which he OBJ
viously dis>ented. Still less need he have
come down before the shot was actually fired
Whether an inhibition has any legal yaiidi-
~ or not, ii is certain that a letter announc-
ing an intention TO issue one cannot have
The Bishop of London carried the day too
easily so far as Mr.. Brooke and the sermon
OF last Sunday are concerned. But am slow
10 believe thatthe Bishop of Natal can really
be prevented from preaching in London.
There seems to be some doubt whether he
himself cares for a conflict with the ecclesi-
fssilccal authority Of the diocese. 1t is stated
that, in consequence of the threat of inhibi-
tlOn he declines an invitation to preach IN
the church of the Rev. DR.. Hawes next Sun
day. Even should this be so, there can be no
reason ior calling In question the courage of
of the most protracted and apparently des-
perate contests ever waged in the Church.
PROCTOR KNOTT needs to be looking after
Duluth again. The people there are actually
discussing the project of laying a railroad
Track on the ice from Duluth to Sault EST
Marie, distance of four hundred miles
They claim that the ice on Lake Superior
lasts until April. and is thick enough to sus-
tam any number of freight trains. Doubtless
congress VIII be pressed for subsidy for this
new road this winter; but while there NAV be
certain advantages connected with the con-
struction OF this kline, the idea of taking up
four hundred miles OF rails every spring is
something novel In railroad enterprise Du-
luth Is suffering from greatness, however. and
must be erelieved.-LOmsWeC Cbuier-Jou7aal.
A FoRGER DIsAPPEARs-Henry j. Hos
mer, woOd-turner, of Fitchburg, Mass, has
disappeared. He has been in trouble finan-
clally for some time, and it now appears that
he resorted TO forgery to raise money. Sew
eral notes presented at the Fitchburg Ma
tional Bank by Hosmer are pronOunced
forgeries, and he confessed the fOrgeries in
some cases. The amount raised by him from
forged notes at the bank and from forged en-
dorsements is between 1000 and 1000
VIRGINIA ITEMs.-The state senate has
passed a bill repeating entirely the laws re-