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by all classee Of hIa Maieat va suhieots. had

by all classes OF his Majesty's subjects" had
been long enjoyed In the cemeteries OF An
glican churches. Moreover, what tho law
allowed has been constantly practieed. For
centuries nonconformists have interrcd
their dead in parish churchyards with their
own services, whilo addresses have been de-
livercd by persons not belonging N the Es-
Establishment over the graves without any OK
ccpton being taken by ecclesiastical
authority. Not only M, but in many
churchyards there have bcon funerals
In which Prco Masons, Odd Fol-
lows, DruIde. and all manner Of
such societies have used In tho presence,
but without The interference OF the clergy.
man, their peculiar ceremonies. II IL stated
by the rector Of st. Hclior'e, In tho leland OF
Jersey, that both Disorders and Roman
Catholics have for many years followed
their own rites In burylng mcnbcrs OF their
communiUns In the churchyard OF that
parish Lcee than two years ago Russian
priest was inferred in the oOnseorated por-
tion OF tho Kcnsal Green Cemetery,
with service consisting partly Of
prayers from the Greek liturgy offered
by Russian Archimandrte resident in
London. The funeral Of the late Mr.. ODoER
took place In the Anglican cemetery at West
Brompton, and an address was delivered at
the grave by CONTEST professor without
the slightest interference from any quarter.
And finally we may mention that in the
churchyard OF old st. Pancras, which Ia full
of Roman Catholics, Turkish Ambassador
was buried with all the ceremonies Of the
Mohammcdan religion without remon-
STRANGE from Bishop or clergy.
These instances showthat the "defllemcnt
or bcsmoarchment" of Anglican churchyards
(as their use by noncomformsts was Often
sively termed at the late Church Congross)
10y services other than those prescribed I'm
the liturgy is no novelty, but fact long
rooted in prescription AS we have stated,
the only argument which could be produced
against IL is the alleged prohibition con-
tanned In n section Of the Public Worship
act. But il is pointed out by Dean STANLEY
that this law was merely intended to regulate
procedure, and that II the bill had purported
to create any new disabilities, and, above
all. 20 make nonconformists burials in
churchyards Illegal, II would never have
been passed. AT all events, II the sole In
strument OF intolerance must be sought in
SiHSlt CluuSt VI an uHpopuluI OIulnduCt,
all that the Disorders need demand is the
repeal of that one section. 1t IL difficult Ia
see how the fifteen thousand protesting
clergy could defend any part of the Public
Worship act which so large n portion of
them have bitterly and sweepingly con-
demned.
There is nothing surprising in the fact
that the English clergy should betray igno-
rance Of their own ecclesiastical law, and
suddenly protest against sacricgc which
they have for years permitted. Dean STAN
LEY does not hesitate to charge long list
of similar blunders upon the majority of
the Anglican ecclesiastcs. Very many. he
tells u.s. were astonishcd when distin-
guishcd nonconformists discovered that
they could legally deliver addresses ON
the subject OF Christian missions within the
walls Of Westminster Abbey. In 1850 a
large number were exaspcrated almost 10
frenzy by learning that the unconditional
regeneration of infants in baptism might be
freely questioned within the pale Of the
church. Again, eleven thousand clergy
in 1864. were terrified beyond measure by
| finding that the doctrines OF verbal inspra-
ton and the endless duration OF hell tor.
ments were not parts Of the doctrines Of the
Church Of England. In word, the fact Oi
n liberty not having been discovered by the
average Anglican clergyman is, In Dean
STANLEY's opinion, no proof against y
existence.