, 1879-04-06

Established Church Of England is noticed in the
4och, the Church paper, which refers to Bishop
Durnford's distress and indignant condemnation
thereof. For it appears that the priests " took
large proportion Of their respective congrcga-
tionsto Rome with them. 4 correspondent of
the paper named gives scene which he Witness
ed in st. Barnabas' Church, London, on a recent
Sabbath 1t was 'Dedication Festival,'' and he
saw banners, flags, and incense carried in pro-
cess!oa By boys arrayed in the colors of the
q scarlet woman,n and the priest" Father
Noel, has adopted the Roman tonsure as part
Of his yestments. The same paper reports the
visit OF young woman to her priest u in OK
ford TO tell him that rs lie had done her no
good as oft as she had confessed to him, she
would 60 where she could find real priest who
would help her The ritua1st was not q whit dis
turbcd, but told hcrit the bestthing she could
Co. No wonder that the Reformed Episcopal
Church makes such headway as it does, both in
Great Britain and the United States when with
in four years it has established parishes and
organized congregations in seventeen States and
Territories of the Union; in the Dominion Of
Canada from ST. Thomas, Ont, to Digby, n.
l., aud British Columbia; III the Island OF Ber-
1nuda and within the diocescs Of the Church of
England in the United Ri1lEdom, with its five
Bishops, its more than one hundred clergy1ncn,
and its thousands OF communicates. And dur
i,,., those years only two clcrgymcn who came
into the Reformed Episcopal fold have returned
10 the old Church. When Protestant Episcopal
bishops banker aftc. s.croziers; as the Bishop
o; California does, who had one presented to
him recently in , San francisco with un-
usual pomp aud ceremony, and after
*stonsures'' and "mitrcs'' and other eccle-
siastical millinery, it is time thfr some
ooe protested against the Protestants. This
Tie Reformed Episcopal Church Is doing, and
doing very successfully,-so successfully, in
deed, that Just now it is likely to have large az
cessions in the Diocese OF Wisconsin, where,
1s Il Chicago paper intialates, the un-
l,app; scnssin which is brewing there is
r:ualis:icconiessiouali system
which is bein:. SO rapidly hoisted upon the
Protestant Episcopal Courch." Ibis millinery
party has captured Bishor Welles and has led
tro1} 10 go over in body-vestry, congrega-
ton, Rector, and ALTO the Reformed Episco-
1I Church. Tie diocesan authorities Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church propose to resist
lu til: civil courts the at tempt OF the Society OF
St Marks to carry their church propertY over
with them. So that we mas see q contest equal
III duration and bitterness to. thai in which
Christ Church {ChicaGo) and its Rector, Bishop
NJ
Bishop Whftehousc. How unscemty are such
rents iu the body OF Christ. ..
This schi9m in Wisconsin is one that has been
erloser,ng Tor considerable time, aud the
outbreak at this-1ime only dscloses its exist
ence and 1he irascihilty which has been engen-
derel IN Bishop Wellcs' domain. The Cathe-
dral Is said to be ut the bottom Of the strife
n1ni the Rev. E. R. Ward prime mover in it.
The rontcntin. parties have rushed into print
aud are carrying on angry and decidedly per-
roma: discussion. The eyane elicaIs charge the
rituaiists with having sold, decided, and handed
over to ritualism the Diocese Of Wisconsin with
out having consulted tf,rm. something after the
manner OF 1ilr proprictors of the Christian at
Work. as Testified to the other day, trying to sell
out 1Ilat paper without consulting Dr. Tai
mage. No wonder that the evange1icals, like
Brother TaImagc. object to the bargain and re-
fuse to fulfil the contract. Ihe schism has
eprcao into the Diocese Of Toronto,
Capala also, where churchmen are sep
aratin@ into parties represented by the
s.Ty;aty College Association" which includes
the ritralsts and tho ''Church Association"
minority, or the eyangclicals. The ritualists
haT: for some time made strenuous efforts to
drive lie evangelical ministers out OF the Church
or OIL. OF the diocese, but hare not succeeded to
their satisfaction Tile plan Of the ritualiss
was to fill the churches ri the diocese with Triu-
itv College graduates. but the cyangelica1s in-
sisted tiiat every parish should be left free to
cheese its own Rector, whether High or Low
not having been allowed this right Of choice
1llscd to pay their diocesan and other financial
obligations, ami ]icuce the ritua1ists sought to
have all such recalcitrant churches aud ministers
excluded from representation in the synod Of
1i.e L;ocese. THIS suicidal movement, OF course.
failcd but the controversy is not closed yet and
meantime the Reformed Episcopal Church is
rrap: The advantage Of the squabble:
But crrevthing is not serene in the Reformed
Episcopal fold. The work of disintcgration has
b. run in its body. n,,i Bishop Gregg, who ale "
wears age was consccratcd i'll this city Bishop for
tie Church III Great Britaln has already seeded
and set up rival orc anlzatoa under the title OF
t.lIac Reformed Episcopal Church Of the United
Reformed Episcopal Church is bounded by no
pational limits The first parish That joined It is
in ,t.c Dominion OF Cauad1, and It embraces
congregations in England, Canada, Fancou:er's
Island, and Bermuda, as we'll as the United
States. =,
England were received into its membership as
Presh1ters, on complying with Tue canol!acal re-
quiremente- Among them was ur l. hnonara
Gregg, who, in consequence of the request OF
several of these cIergymer, ant the 1ndOrsement
Of other gentlemen in England, was elected oJ
+he General Council Of 1s1s q missionary Bishop
OF the Reformed Episcopal Church. anu a afsiSnca
Britaip and Ireland. Bishop Gregg formed MS
Standing committee and proceedcd TO organize
parishes and receive and ordain presbyters.
a; Tie General Council Of 1913 communlca-
tj1n was presented from Bishop Gregg to the
sfe,t tIlal it was essential to the proper prose,
1i,u Of the work in England that the clergy ana
PARISHES there should be allowed certain oe.
rrec Of indcpeudcnce-1ha 10 consequence ol
diversity OF laws anu customs 'sc1 9.n .,"; en,&t
1,. rcrnl1tted to form 4 General oynod ana enact
q constitution and cauons for their OVID separate
government, not inconsistent with the lunua
mental laws aud principles OF tiic Cnu1eu, anu
II adopt 4 prayer-book, to be revised for them
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