The New York herald., 1877-08-26

discussions there nothing ike ranent question
TO call out all the varieties of wind and water debate,
from the line fog to the roaring tempest He THINKS
and so do we, that the fertile invention OF
could hardly devise a topic that would create
more talk with less result more schemes TO
less profit He does not want the English clerical
yestment controversy transferred to the Protestant
Episcopal Church OF America at this time This
NOUS eager, growing, powerful, muscular, multii0rm
America; irrevercnt, inemperate unbelleving rioug
and striking, shallow In thought. materalistc IN lv-
ing, disordered spiritual health, wants several
things more than new set OF robes or wardrobe
agreement And what II tho bishops priests ana
deacons should be able to carry home complete,
straght-cut, close-htting canon fuilbreastad and
high the neck and tight about tho waist would that
bring much honor comfort to three hundred
gifted and learned leaders vi the people OF God
the people themselvess
Bishop Huntington hits oil those quidnunc church
men who are so scrupulous in iiturgical anise and
cummin that they must have everything defined and
detailed by canon He says II thoy suddenly TO
find themselves in tho New Jerusalem they would
want TO know II ovory one OF the twelve gates had
been authorized TO stand opeh by canon By resou.
ton OF the General Convention OF the Protestant
Episcopal Church the United States and whether
the new song sung IN Bishop Hobart's time, and
whether tho amens Of the multitude that
Brent The Bishop contends for a considerable margin
Tor lawful, reasonable and churchly diversity and
has not tho right TO Interfere with II, and that 1t Is
inexpedient and mi furious To restricts II.
THE CHURCH. ''cArHoIIc' NOT "rRoTEsTANT.'
Tho proposed change OF name of tho Church and tho
division OF docescs will necessarily occupy much time
aud cause considerable debate IN the Convention ILL.,
OF the new diocese at Quincy. Virginia wants to be
divided into two three docescs II the seat Of
the now diocese would be ut Wheeling, W. Va. Though
the churchmcn few the diocese is is largo
for proper episcopal supervision. Some of the
sonary jurisdictions Will probably DO set of nde
pendent dioceses and lew assistant bishops will be
elected for tho venerable prcates. The Catholic
STANDARD, OF Philadephia laughs ednoraIly at this
apng Of It's Church. Whom State diocese divided
tor tho Catholic hierarchy the Protestant Church
straghtway divides, though some OF It's docescs,
the Standard says not popuous rich
have some vague notion that bishops the Church,
and that by multiplying their number the Church 10
Inc reascd The experience OF The diocese OF Iowa
under ts new peae during the past year or less does
It's ministers have been depo-cd aud four six OF its
churches Doited out But TINS matter not n0arly
so serious as the proposition to change the name ol the
Church from 1.-The Protestant Episcopal Church of the
United Statcs to 'fhc American Branch Of tho
Church Catholic. or to the more condensed but
comprehensive title, "fhe Church in America But
this latter Is misleading and Indefinite There Is no
"Church" per Sc IN America, and we hope there
Christians here, as there ever Will be, including tho
Episcopaiian, aud every one Is as much Tho Church
In America as every other. 1t IS folly and presump-
ton claim that the Episcopal is tho only Church in
America. Aud that Is tho prctension sought TO be
foisted the Church anu on tho public by this change
OF name. II must DO manifest TO the most casual OBJ
that there has been considerable shifting Of
party lines in the Church during the past nve or six
years. Tho disclosure of the real anmus of tho
'advanced" school and tho schsmatic movc-
OF Bishop Cummins have made High Church.
men more evangelical and Low Churchmen more
.cburchly" Now take this fact together with the
conspicuous that tho evangelical school per Sc has
met with nothing but defeat In the General Convention
and may learn something useful The Low Church
army has been ryng to defend too much territory
the same tme 1t must concentrate If 1t would ever
win victory Low Churchmen have allies, but won't
use them In communication To the Church Journal
the writer says that within twelve months from tho
day that tho unrciormed should abandon the namo
Protestant Episcopal tho Reformed Episcopalians
would adopt the namc and would 90 before world
the same old Church that they deserted. If argu
needed against q proposition absurd as
this proposition TO change the name Of the Church
here Is an argument
REASONS AGAINST THE CHANGE
And yet thero are strong as well strange argu-
ments put forth In tho Church papers in OF
change OF name. The Rev DR.. Crak, of Kentucky,
President of the House OF Deputies OF the last General
Convention, opposes the present because 1t Is
uneuphonious too long and awkward, and hindcrs tho
Roman Church as prior to this lone catholic apostolic
church" and that in this country tho name "Prot
Church. and certificate that 1t before "Prot-
estant Episcopal" Again, DR.. Craik says Christen-
has been sn.so dgaaa a.no TOR Than LOCO
nize and declare tho fact OF these unhappy
divisions. The Doctor might have SAID, with equal
truth, that the Church OF God on earth has always
from It's first establishment been divided There were
Pharisees Sadduces, Esscnes and Herodians the ono
Mosaic Prophetic Church of the Old Testament and It
against tho straighcst OF church that
Christ proclaimed woe. The real issue which DR..
Roman Catholic the Church OF England and all other
Protestant churches except his own, and ondeavors
prove the Protestant Episcopal Church Of the United
bers Of that Church who differ from him that they
'alsify, In common speech their own solemn proics
sion IN tho creed. Is that his Is the only catholic
apostolic church the earth. The Diocesan Convcn-
of Virginia has denied that position and prizes
episcopacy a venerable historic form of Church
government ecclesiastical polity II does
does II find In the prayer book the exclusive
validity OF episcopal orders This much the Conven-
ton has declared by resolution. 1t therefore
good reason why the name Of the Church should be
changed and has given It's voice and against any
tinkerins with It, The present having been re-
Church having within that timo grown steadily
from an exceedingly small body into an In.
stitution great power and influence in land and
with far greater influence than any othcr Christian
body with tho same numerical and financial strength,
1t must be a dangerous experiment to change the
and at once without the people being edu.
Gated to tho true significance Of IT, to a name more
truly catholic but which to of tho Protcs.
tant character Of the Church.
TIE CHURCH IN THE DICTIONARY.
The fact that not one In twenty oil tho Church peo-
pie vi tho land is sufficiently indoctrnatcd in distnc-
tive Church principles to any reason change
of OF itself sufficient 10 make tho Convention
move very cautiously in this direction.
But "a Churchmsn" tells the Church journal that
the Roman Catholic Church, the Creek Church, the
Church OF England and tho Protestant Episcopal
Church equally branches OF the primitive Church
and that Asia they all work side by side He can't
see therefore, now tho change OF namc TO the 'Amer
ican Church" could burden any conscience dcbar
other branches Of the Church from belonging to the
one great catholic apostolic church. ''Proiosscd
Christians" do not always belong to the Catholic
Church-often TO none at alL Ii the word '.church"
means house OF worship, or parish or body
of persons united In common discipline and doctrine
I'm which any could very properly speak OF
The Presbyterian Church). Why asks "a Churchman,"
does Webster define u churchman as one belonging
simply the Church Of England and 10 tho Pres
uyterian Churchs But nanilcstly Webster had no
idea OF liking the status OF churches. churchman rs
properly zone who belongs TO church," and Web
ster's definition any other definition does not
make .the Church OF England" any more ''churchn
than "the Church OF Scotland" or the ''Church OF
Ireland" or OF any other land. And when II Is cob
sidcrcd that tho Protestant Episcopal Church one
tho smallest sccts OF Christians IN the United States
the absurdity OF It's claim To be "tho American
Cnurch' is too much to be seriously looked at Ac
curdng It's latest official statsticsthoso contained
III It's directory for The present year-the whole num-
ber OF ils 'coinm icintsi throughout the United
States IL 26s, 5:A. 1t has also 81 bishops and
317l priests and dcacons, or j bisnop for every
deacon for evory IS COMMITMENTS. Now
the term ''communcant' with tins means
alt its adult members anu all oil their children who
have been confrmed--a ceremony, for they do
gard II as sacrament, which generally takes place
when the children about twelve or fourteen years
old va ul hat as