The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-12-01
CheGntdEtgeufer:
.,,l.n ,rlrh CHURCH Movement.

Rev.E.C. Ever, Of St. Ignatins' Church,
New York, preached on Sunday morning
i,s, nnon the "Object and Meaning oil
the Catholic Movemeu'"-the "Catholic
movement mn in this connection meaning
,bS GHigh Church" or "Puseyite' move.
man, within the Protestant Episcopal
church. Tie said In substance: 1.-THE
mon Of Oxford who started out with
pr,oy did no. realize the full scope Of
,h,ir work. The Oxford tracts reused
n. ovpo,iijon Of the Established Church
oi England; also the contempt Of Rome
md the coarse opposition Of the mob.
Tby work, which began in 1888, has
shown Vrea. vitality, twas real resur.
,.c.lon Of the work Of A. D. 80. There
coues time when the homes. opponents
IN ,uch movement begin to ask, what
Soes /, nleanT Is there not some one
mae that will cover this movement ?
P,rhap, this: 1t means the reafhrmation
At The doctrine OF the Incarnation In its
integrity, The rcapplication Of this
doctrine to church life and the spiritual
ma Of tho soul accounts for every new
snergy the movement has put forth. 1t
lns0un,s for every brotherhood and siS =.
prhood: Tor the candles religlIted; the
translation Of the writings of tho fathers;
for chants; for every church that has
been restored to primitive style; for
every early communion; for hammered
procsssiona; for cOntratGrnitiesi for re.
newed aicetici.ur for the chasnbles worn;
ior the nov spirit Of seli.sacrifice, and
ior the caro- of the poor. II accounts
lor Pu,ey slienccd and Keble baniShed,
instead Of obtaining preterment or higher
university degrees, and for similar per-
.ecution Of ME. Il accounts for Prentice
cat down, and for Mahan defending him.
leli against the theological professors,
aud for his words: 4 will not protanc
your civil courts, for viii not render
unto Cesar lhut which il ChriSt's" The
Catholic movement haa gone to the roots
II things. It haa been wrongly asserted
that ,herU vas little other reason for the
DlvinO incarnation save the need Of sat
,iying the jewish law that demanded q
blood atouement. But the doctrine Of
ratification by faith alone ia incomplete;
l,aIulterates the doctrine oil good works,
aud destroys their merit. Confession and
.b,Olution become useless with the Ieceiv.
sr ot that dogma, and the care and train.
Jog Of sick Eouls il supererOgahOn. The
pitt becomes all, the body nothing. \
thousand Salutary restraints are removed
from the bodily senses. OF what use il
IM,iug? The body has nothing to DO
nth spiritual religion. Christ's words,
Thi. kind EoOth not out but by prayer
ADD fasting, become null and void. In
place Of the worship OF the whole man
there is that Of the soul only; this Ia cold
iud gloomy.
MANY good people suppose our move
aOnt ia all riIuaIism.' This Is q mis-.
take. The incarnation Of the Son OF God
means not only tho reconstructing Of the
soul bu. the rededication OF matter to
God and godIy uses. That Christ was
trAn.igured is true, but 80 were his gar.
uents. Ritualism ia therefore natural
partot our work, and il has been patient
y insisted upon. We must not relin-
quI,h single battery or lunette that de:
lsrda the citadel. Therefore the odd
EhiieVaSh has been removed from the
walls and the Sombrc cOloring from the
lItaB, and cheerful vestments are worn
ADD congregations kneel.
There is involved also in the preach
log OF the true doctrine Of incarnation
the revival Of baptism as tremendous
supernatural TACT, Thence the revival
Of all the five lesser sacrameuts. II
brings these back from quarterly to daily
celebrations. Mere preaching, does not
IRAN the nNcent, awkward spiritual
NE ltknowS not how. Great saints call
tho Christian life "a great trade
to be learned, not to be attain.
Cd by Intuition. We must not ignore
The lasting and other methods
o! the ancient RScetic aud moral theolo-
S'AT'' They furnish a genuine meicria
nsd!oa Tor sln.sick souls; they bring up
Tue Junction Of the preacher from its de-.
gsada!ion; they restore the right rela.
aoH Of pastor aud people so thai they be.
come these Of clerical ia.hcrhood and
y 'oH'hiP. OF all the phenomena o.
ibis great revival, no. one Is erratic-all
gov out Of the doctrine OF Incarnation.
Alyou by examining the fathers can
~ that itsa real revival OF primitive
Christianity, that has bean obscurel by