, 1875-02-28

| the Eucharist, aa the spiritual substance or tn:
sacrament !; and ca the alteration OF this Pref
| enca with (3) the express cavoat, not tho ado
| ration of the holy elements. Bishop Antlrewo
in effect. puts this into syllogistic form: Whcrs
: soeyer Christ Himself ls present. He is to
adorea. But Christ Hinself is Present in II,
} ranens (the Res SacranentD. Therefore. thi
Presence ia to be adored-but not the conse
Grated elements, which n1e but the sign and vi.
ness OF that Presence. The words Christ Hin
SELF" 50 used by Bishop Anlrewea, are eguiya
lent to the words s.Peraonal Presence" /" Az use
in our day, And how 80 n,anycan hold this Pei
sonal Presence, and thus grant bishop A. mino
promises, aud yet deny hiB conclusion, that is
the worship Of tho Presence. ia past my com
| prehepsion.
51r. Bennett put the doctrines into forrns
expression which disturbed the pence Of tn
Church, and brought him to trial. The 1orrna
expression WAS justly censnred; and yet boil
the doctrines aud these formal expressions wer.
acquitted and dismissed in peace to their .ancien
place among the lawful Dn5ia of tho Church.
In tho General Convention OF 1871, DR.. D,
Koven cited this decision as an = fortiori argu
ment in his own case, viz. that if these doctriues
in the Bennett formula were lawful, much more
| were they lawful in his own and The Au{lrewes
formula. This he made manifest at the late
General Convention. At the outset I understood
| the purpose Of his citation Is I understand il
now. Others, strangely enough, accused him oi
''shahog this decision ~ defiance in the iace
|
s'gross idolatry."
Tis coward consciousness Of wrong, when
| driven to bay, that plays bravado and strikes
| the attitude Of stern defiance. But true cour-
age, strong in conscious integrity, shrinks not in
| HtormieBt times to speak the thing that it boz
| on the solemn sanctions Of the law, to stay the
| lawless rage Of men. st. Paul did this, and ap-
pealea to his right as q Roman citizen to aaye
himself from Roman wrong: They that know Dr..
l A1f 41nA II x9.u A.
| has not brayer, trner son than he; and yet it
| B this hls outspoken, guileless bravery that
makes him the target Of thousand tongues.
Aud when he lnterposes tue law as shield to
| qnench these fiery darts, and defend his rights
as Christian citizen in the Church. his enemies,
less nobe than the Roman, are only moved to
greater rage.
It is claimed, md justly SO, that tho Prvy
Council Judgments are binding on Us, because
or1r Articles aud Formularies are the sama "a
those Of tue English Church. If, then. we are
law~abdiug Chufchmeu, let us for yer; shame
obey our ordination vow to - rnsintaln and set
forward as much as 1ieth in us, quietness peace,
and love, among NIL Christian people," As to the
Judgments demonstrate, beyond cavil, that they
have for ages enjoyed the Gberty of the Church,
are therefore under the laws protection, and
therefore cannot be = lawful bar to any ona's
elevation to my place in tho Church.
But DR.. Craik. President OF the House Of
I Deputies in 1871, accused Dr. De Koyen Of
''gross idolatry;" but, on being better inform
cd, he wrote IN place Of these words, ga doc
trine lending to idolatry." What is this doc
trne ? Precisely that of Bishop Andrawea as
DR.. Oraik opposes to this, as {his orr tho trua
doctrine in the case 2. In his correspondence
with Dr.. De Koven, under date OF Louisville.
Jan. 30, 1872, " he says:
-. According to Christ's institution, and to the
precise definition Of Il given BY tho Church. the espe
cal presence Of Christ which belongs to this secr-
mcnt only DO In the actual paztakaS Of the
sfatsd snes assoEg n < to -, as They
yeylug Christ to tho believer, when they received
0aiy in the recepon, when tho command il obesed.
the sacrament which Chr7Bt ordained comple:e when
one. Then christ talalls Hia promise, md besonea
our aritual food and suseuance il that sacrament"
Then we may adore Him rs truly, mysdcalfy, and
spiritually present; uniting Himself to us. We must
they but the material Instruments used by His
grace to give Himself to Us, hunb1y obey1ng His con~
nand they are the means to conEey to u this
great gift and tha sensible pledge to cssuro Us
thereof.
In the samo letter, and as authority for these
views, Dr. Cralk quotes the following from page
345 Of the 9th volume Of Cosin'a works in tile
Library Of Auglo-Catholic Theology:
Time It is that the body and blood Of Christ arc
sacramcntsly aud really not feignedy) present. wheze
the blessed bread snd wine tGken BY the faithful
ard o it Il hs The,
so taken, as in another work oho History Of Pspai
Transubstantiaton} hzva naors At large declared
Therefore. who.oeser SO reeeiyeth them, At that tis
wnen no reseavstn them rightly does he adoro and
Ssa s "a luz toee4es ; VIM 70 sacra
ood INTO tbcn' w hec.n.a TIL hoay and ha -
neither sensiby present nor otsrwise 1T ali nresen
but oniy to them that are dzly prepared to reesyo
them, aud in the very act OF receiving them and the
clements toget to which they sacEa
"a taat &C. an,.en1 sns adosaon = the aaa
reete o NV .11srns so.;, niaot snn =. %
blessed clements. '''~~'' '"'1 40 - ''4'
Hero. then Rishon ardreve. rt,hor f.oa;n
Dir. Craik and nr n Noren onnonncs car,
tain doctr;na concern;nr ~ Fnch.-;st w,;s
doctrine il essentially nne and tba s.nt, n ta1n
Iii W |11 i'ba rea, snritn,i oh;act;va -ar
,onaI presonee of Chyist in 1, tha FHch,r;stP ~
,rr sn;r;fsoi foot .nd s,atan.ncs =, tha4 g..
nnnt .r,J fos tIa adora+;n, - r1,;st 80 -.
,rasan+. h11t fe ~ ~ edor..;a. as '4as 4t
3lessed e]ennonts ~ fraib rsesrta ou his M aoc9 @
rina tv;ca n1er nnce IN h;s ozr, vn-Ja anJ 49,
n thosa of R;ahon Gns;n Risbor .narsIes os
,or1nnfa ;nniaa wStt ~ Tia Enran1s a4n-eseas
- :. sacramental nnon " Nv cnneecrat;oT ~
he e]amanta. Riahon Cosin asss1t. th;a q az. ~
menta; ,,nion h,,t onfv n tha ~ ~ sx,rth,-
ece1ton. Dr.. craiS .donias t.s !. nnior ;, aifo.