Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-11-16
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

LIE SIlOINCn UT LNNLaND.
The APPEAL has received a copy of the
Church Times, a weekly periodical published
in England, and the organ of the Rtualistic
faction of the English church. The paper
was marked "Pease X and at first blush
the APPEAL felt quite complmented that SO
noted an ecclesiastical organ desired to ex-
change with so transformations and humble a
religious journal as the APPEAL A careful
perusal of its columns, however, leads us to
the belief that the APPEAL contains more of
the true leaven of righteousness than the
Times, and if the Times is to be believed, the
rough and ready inhabitants of Nevada will
strike their golden harps in paradise on coca
sions when the members of the English church
will only be permitted to listen from afar.
The Church Times reminds one more of a
political paper published in Bodie, Leadville,
or Deadwood, than an organ devoted to the
interests of religion. Its columns TEEN with
invective, petty slurs, personal abuse and
downright blackguardism. The editor of
rival religious journal is alluded to a
drunken helot" An English Lord noted as
prominent upholder of Low Church IDEAS is
mentioned as "jackaL" In reporting ser
vice held in Low Church edi6ce, the Times
makes sarcastic illusions to the plainness of
the ceremonial and closes with the assurance
to it's readers that {" the utmost decorum pre-
vailed. This sounds like the echo of from
tier journal reporting political meeting and
In spta If ho fonnb cha anta af the
crowd which composed the audience, there
was no disturbance to speak of. party of
Low Churchmen are alluded to as " motley
crew, 1t also prints thelfollowing at the ex-
psnse of those who do not believe in the eleva-
ton of cross before procession of choristers:
Onward, Christian Soldiers,
Marching war,
With the Cross of Jesus
Going ON before.
And making it read as follows:
Onward, Christian Soldiers
Marching as to war;
With the Cross of Jesus
Left behind the door.
II Heaps unrestricted abuse upon clergymen
who do not believe that red and black stoes
should be worn on certain Holy days. 1t is
sufficiently decent however, to allow these peo-
pie to talk back, and whole columns of the pa
per are devoted to quarrels between christians
who believe that the altar should be draped
lieve it should be bare. The proper width of
hem on the bottom of surplice is ably dis
cussed by some of the most learned divines
At present the advocates of six inch hem
seem to have the better of the argument. The
fight however, is so bitter that the question
of painting the ten commandments in plain
black letters over the altar, instead of embell-
ishing them in antique text of gold on a sky |
blue background, is temporarily lost sight Of !
The proper cut OF gown to preach sermons |
on churchlritual, is still regular bone of
contention all over England. Next year the
question of abolishing gilt edges in prayer
books is expected to be the leading issue with
the church, and will shake the Kingdom from
center to circumference. While these un-
christian broils are in progress, the poor are
starving and shivering, within stones throw
of the towering cathedrals They compare the
magnificent architecture of St. Paul's and
Westminster with the bare rafters and crumb
ling walls of their own dwellings; they hear the
grand anthems rendered by swelling organs
and supplied choirs mingled with their chill
drens cries for bread; they see the artificial
habiliments Of saintiness which clOthe the
priests of the church, and the extravagant
attires of their congregations, only to contrast
them with the scanty coverings upon the
limbs of those whose faces are pinched with {
care, famine and disease, and whose bodies are a
covered with the CRIME of poverty and vice. '
While the wealth, responsibility and ortho- 8
loxy of England are fighting over vestments C
md ceremonies, the devil is hard at work har- C
resting souls. Whether he gathers them from i
he churches or from the slums, let an all {
wise and just God decide
The advertisements in the Times remind
me of the commercial column of the New
York Clipper. Here is one cerbatim "Cal- -"
ssyine Cocktail Bitters, the Prince of Pick
ne ups" The clergy doubtless give an extern II
i've patronage to any tippls endorsed by the II
'hurch Timss. Here is another advertise :"