New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-22
REVOLUTIONS IN THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

The R<r Dr. r. Ewer, ST. Iyaatius Church tEp'opaD
In his sermon last evening the Rev. DR..
Ever of St. Ignatus Church. Fortieth-S near Sixth
ave. preached the revolutions that have taken place
during the last hundred years in the Church. taking bis
text from Acts w. 49, 3d. II this counsel this work
be Of men, 1t will uought but if 1t be Of God ye
cannot overthrow it, lest haply ye be found to fight
against Tho preacher stated that during the last
hundred years there had been five great movements IN
the Church These said be. may be designated as the
Wesleyan the Low Church. the High Church. the Pussy
lte, and the Catholic movements careful review
shows that they are not disconnected disturb
ances. each created by a set Of eccentric agi-
tators but successive stages Of one grand revousn,
guided by the hand Of God. The aim OF this reforma
ton Is not TO graf ROmsh TO the church. as Is
feared or gnorany Dy sOme t GaI en
Ieacceptance of tho blessed catholic doctrines and
ino onr At ALMOST every stage in its
gress II has been greeted with the derisvs cry OF
Popery" and has suffered from the violence OF moDs
Bat it has nevertheless steadily gone on, dissoyiDe
opposition and swelling In volume by gathering into
Itself the very elements mat once opposed IT, 10 oraef
agaons beer 10 each other Is necessary to consider
the state OF things IN the centuries ahat preceded tn n
In the 10th century there was q Crying heea % a.,
reformation. what did the Church IN Ensandt she
But the vital point what was her condition us she
stood thus freed from Rome and reformedi Her wor-
snip. her church government, her ntiai alnerea 10
tally the Only pOiuI OF contact between the Anglican
Church ana protestant sects was desire " get rid
Of evils that had crept into Chfstlant Inc Proest
ant bodies the continent ignored the pa.t de-
stroyed the Church, and wiped out Cathonclty:
Sue preserved the Catholic Chureh, bus purneu
IT. She came out OF the Reformation, therefore,
Us reformed church. Cahoiicat once IN feeling IN doc
rinr and In outward appearance. See was still united
10 the Catholic Church OF all the past without being
Ronish, she still altogether Catholic Then Rome
stroye 10 retake her Tho struggle lasted until the
eleventh wear OF Queen Bess, when the Pope gave up
the contest HdvnJ thus escaped from Rome, she vas
attacked by Professionalism, when Sought 10 onslaSe
her IL was not sufficient that she was no longer
Romisl--she must not 1e even Ca1honc' Theelosians
were sent over from the Continent These Vaccinations
against the Reformed Catholic church OF II l.
gland continued through tue reigns OF Ehzt
beth, JaDes, aud Charles l.. and eliminated IN
CrOmwePs time Then began the vOIR OF
devastation IN earnest, and today we/are feeling
the effects vi this work OF ruin aud Dissertation. linen
came whole century OF codness, deadness, and desc
lation One thing, however, sectaranisin had not
ayared to obterate, and that was her prayer book
and formularies. They were. indeed, neglected. the
doctrines set down hem clsbcieved; but there thtS
still stood and the day bound TO come when the
steady influence OF the pray er'b0oR would remond nj
children. This cold, dead century that followed
the devastatiOns OF Cromwell was what Is
known as The Georgian era IL "Hs
the period OF tao fox.huuting parsons.
altered or altogether Omitted. The water was ire,
queutly blessed or consecrated services pr0Noeu
iOr In the prayeT-boOk we're uusald The surpice was
all the that remained. Not one OF her candies
Reformed Catholic Church here, aud there % red
alta r-clOtb la many churches the Holy Commuuion
was celebrated only four times. IN some only once a
wear, Ia only intervals of several years. Lent
ana other unob-erved The Iide OF irrev-
ia lowest eDh but worse tIan all the very
doctrines OF the prayerbOOk were disbeheved.
Now what 10 IL tnaJ has been taxing place since
Simply revolution from this state or things; simply
Of the Prayer BOOK, revival and rehabi
tatiOn Of the AngoCatholic Church 40 double witness
both against modern Professionalism and modern Rome