The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-09
FAMOUS LONDON PRrtcnnRs.
Iron church and High Uhgrch- Fem stan
lev and "EnIher Mnc," u II. Alhnns.

dcs ItUf MuuifS. VI. Adolf lcNillr sums uI inc
clar4r tcrstics If the TIM. great divisions uf he
Church Of England. There is first, he si,s. the
High Church party, nri-tocrn'lc, inclined to
corcmouialism and to the Developments Of tho
saccrdotal. the traditional. and the episcopal
element. In opposition TO II is the Low church
or Fvaurccal party, striving to approximate tie
church to the CalNiri~iic type, and To- suh"rdi-
nate questions Of eplscopacy and liturgy to the
profession " the doctrines " reformed or,ho-
doxy Lastly, there ia the broad Cdurch party,
endcayorlng to hold itself at an equal distance at
once from saccrdotal superstition and from deg
matte narrowuess, and especially distinguished
by It's philosophical spirit, its tolerance oi ind-
yidual opinion, and the liberty which it demands
for the results " science and crudltiun.
Thus far the intelligent foreigner As for
u.s. we have in a former letter described thelead-
ing Evangelical Of England although he docs
not belong to ts church. We mean Nr. Spur
geon. Tho foremost actual Anglican Low
Churchmen are Mr.. Iiylc and the Dean Of Rpon,
but these great authors tof penny tracts cannot
begin to compare in power and glory with the
thunderer of Newngton Butts To-day we pro-
pose to deal with the two master spirits OF the
Broad Church and Of the High or Rtualisuc
party with Dean Stanley and With tho Rev.
A. IA. MackonoCbie.
The Very Rev. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, D. d.,
Ii. D., has had his sixty-one years OF life about
"a thicl>ly studded with high honors and high
Offices as a worm OF the earth could well bear.
OF these we spare you the recital. Are they not
all written In the calendars OF oxford aud Of 81.
Andrews In the book OF the chronicles OF the
| Prvy Council and Of the Ecccsiastc COurts2
| oxford has marked her sense Of his acquire
| ments as "A scholar aud as a theologian by many
| distinctions, among others with the chair OF
Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History. 81.
| Andrews installed him a. her Lord Rector In 1875.
! He at one time superintended the education OF
the Prince Of wales, and in l-s travelled through
| Palestine and other parts Of the east with His
Royal Highness. In 1861 he was appointed Dean
OF Westminster, Of the Abbey. the Pantheon Of
| England, with pOwor - say who should and Who
should not be buried there. thus holding as It
were. the keys Of British immortality, Kind
OF terrestrial ST. Peter. 1t was under his regime
| that Dickens won grave IN the Abbey. II was
his cloauence that laid tho nohlost wreath upon
the novclist's tomb while a thousand carton
vultures were picking holes in the dead mans
life and creed
THE DEANS WRITINGS.
But posterity ~ II knows any of us| will know
the Dean best 10y his writings. Asa journalist.
he is well known In the United states by his let
tiers TO a religious New York weekly. whose
name has been several times mentioned during
| u
views and magazines, lis work has. for more
years than we remember enn he'd the pages OF
the London Ouirfeilt the EdinhBrGh Rcriclc.
and Fdsci's: while ID has hecn an element NJ
that lutcr-horn, hut cert iinly not lesser reicW,
the Contemporary. His works. az published IN
dependently, consist If an innunerdhle multi
tudc Of sermons speeches, essays on pioninent
theological and political questions, Win ne ot
the famous nr. Arnold ~ Rugby lsec - Tom
Browns school Days.. and works on history
aud prophecy. In connection win MS the
| Deans Ia tern travels. Guided by the onl-
niscience OF our friend Mr.. Gornctt, superntend,,
ent Of the British Museum, we have pounded
| our WAY through "A perfect storm OF pamphlets
and books, raised Toy all these words and works
of Mr.. stanley. In the spirit 81 humanity We
For all curious persons let II suffice 20 behold the
half dozen rays OF light We have compacted
into one little culver, ~ follows:
The first droppncs ofthe thunderstorm fell on
young Stanley when he Won certain theqiogc9,l
| ege IN 1870 But the storm burst indeed when.
IN lsu. he published his magnificent LIE Of
| herosy in the man culNgizcd by the young clcri-
cal author Arnold held the Eyaugelicals a.
men Of infinitely little niinds-with nothing Of
Christian wisdom as men who left II intellect
"fallow field for all unsiEhtly crceds 20 hour,
ish in The Record newspaper described Itself
as " shocked, admitting nevertheless, that the
Eyoneclcals. lin the present. As ~ past ages;
have. generally not been grei 'ly distinguished
for those talents and requirements which most
captiyato the world and the cnrnal sense Tho
treasure Is in earthen vessels very often. IN
Vests - the Kind that Nautppe used 20 elias
Brooklyn trial. and that fragrant apostle Of The
Higher Life whom Amei4ra srht as
THr DEANS THEOLOGY.
In 1875 came Stanlcy's "sinai and Palestine
In which he laid stress on the "poeucu' AZ ~
tinct from tie pro-aic. a., oml ll,hi.cut Gi tu'
prophctical scripture. The Rev, 4 keith as
sailed this with "Refutation' keith's essa'
is marked 10y uncomfortable Typographical emo
tiun In the way ~ Italics They arc the on
, thing worthy Of notice in Il: He must have
, chewed hi- pen In suppressed Mysteries a h
wrote. The Whole affair gives one the impr'-
! sion Il a charge Of bowling haibarians ~
, the bowels Of the party in war paint gush out
The poor Dean nothing ne can no. or say i
a fortunate enough to insinuate that he did no
. believe that Socrates was damned. Worse h
4 Sophrnnlscus was a wonderful eN.mple of III
y grace of God that his long life had been no
= merely virtuous and self-denyng but vrtuou
y and self-denying beyond all parallel In the al
! Client world Instantly this nbominaiion o
y and saint Socratcs,' very learned tract II
i structug the Dean by extracts from Aenopho
V and Plato "a 10 the true character OF the grace
d less rcprohaie he had 80 ignoronty eulogized
!, telling how Socrates used to give Nantippe a.
IF slip Of nights and go.or drinking with Acihiad'
:, aud that crowd, calling round on the way hon
10 with Fheodata-in fact that socrates was " Oh
~ Toward The close Of 1874 the Dean asked d
n teuch. 10 preach in Westminster Abbey liishf
Va Colenso found himself unable to accept the Il
'
count Of the hurricanes which ragged througho
= all the land Of Philistia. ,
"Introducer of German neologyl, This Is u
great cry raised against Stanley. DR.. Arnold
Do said to have been " the first English clergy maj
~ who subjected ecclesiastical records ITO Il
- treatment which Wolf and Niehuhr had apple
10 the history Of Greece and Rome" Stanl
Ill was the Doctors fayorite pupil and Is said
Oh have received his clerical mantle.
a. on Stanley, ont
Were the last words OF Marmion.
ed This question of German tendency IL tcrrif
"a ono with the ohscurantists, 10 be even able
II" read the German language Is enough for the
They hate IL US Jack Cade hated grammar, as l
Is muIihs Of the middle ages hated Greek
TO As to whether Dean Stanleys theology IL @
actly " on the square or not, we are not theol
900 gien enough to decide As to the Dean hi
Ns self We are not aware that he has ever reili
eu directly to any of his assailants even to wort
oil and noble ones while. as to the gnoble,
Inc doubtless Is familiar with the German poets O
vice " Never fight with "A hedbug The j
a., aud TITLES OF heresy charged upon him are
~ minute for our coInptehenson =
a., IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY
- In consequence Of the Illness and death ~
~ wife, the Dean has not preached In the Abb
n since last Chrisrm day, We heard that =
phi mon follow us with the minds eye and ear, IA
You shall hear such part Of u as our space