, 1880-12-26

alarmed at last. The Church will DO saved, not
wrecked,-sayedf from those who have tried to
ono OF the most amazing facts Of an has re-
Gently trnnspfrc1 One OF the. minority on the
Supreme BENCH, no less man than ths lutte Lord
exposed what went on behind the judicial curtain
while tho world WINS waiting for one Of the late
infquitpus decisions. He informed D. the public
tn decide the matter not according to Law, bus
according to public policy and popularity. 1t Is
c neK xiii ffam on ca eme ou sone M
djciat committee said among themselves behind
tho curtain ut u privy Council, WHAT do we
poor laborers as well ,.s many OF the rich will be-
leve in It. and the Romans IN disguise will tnke
AWAY our names from Parliament 20 to; yo
dient for US that one or two priests should go to
prison.
namely: the Privy Council, after solemn deliber-
alton behind curtains, mot as TO whit was law or
constitution, but AZ to what was policy In view
of the mobs, and iu view Of the dissenting votes
outside the Church and OF tue Low Church
yntes iEsidc, has decided that tho first rubrcal
declares that lights, ycstments, ctc., ''shali be
retained and shall be in use" means shalt not
be retained end shal! not BE- ~ ~ use; and that
her Majesty Queen Elizabeth had after all rt.-
pealel that rubric a hundred years before it
Wns written.
bishop Abraham. writing finn tho Lttchaeld
Cathedral c!oso under dAte OF the 18th Of Inst
month, says: ''ReytuI on these statutes Of
Church and Realm, Englishu1en have been in
dnce1 to tnne hoy 91aes 3 ~ tns M En-
tho services ot gentlemen to minister to the
Ncil-helne OF tho people, violated THO compact;
SnS asrf o anae
another purely parliamentary court instead. and
sent the clergy to prison il they resisted. We
were Just us much bound to protest agninst
~ 1io nf i1t8tirH truth, 1u6 honesty
Hanlpdcn was when king Charles l.. supported
br the Judecs Of the land, made the unconstitu-
uoual und Illegal demand upon him.
Alas! that Others of tho bishops must be crit
iciseu. But they are men; and there Is nothing
special in tho Imposition of or,l;tintng hands,
nlitred and infalliblu bishop. Sorry day is # for
the liberty of priest and layinnn III their re-
speotive and 59st snbordinate sphers pt II nny nun
they are named By the Premier for consecra-
ton, with prudent forecast TO me nature OF
nrc creatures Of the State, and. as body, they
would DO more or less than human were not
struggle between the State and the Church they
have waited till the State Courts have le'sislnted
'not" into law Of the Church: because they
not exist. and thon some OF the bishops have
bumbailirs and Suite Constahles Of; q State.
Court to enforce Its decisions. Thus they have
proved to be fathers iu law and not fathers in
God. They do not claim obedience to them
selves but to The decisions o. me ctvll courts. .
the tirst time In history that tho defense Of the
liperries and rights Of the Church has fallen
upon the priests and laymcn.
but, 1t nluy be snid. why not yield these points
Of outward ceremonial commanded b. the
rubrc? why go to Jill for thenl7 1t does
not strike tue public to ask WY II t3ns heSe mat
oioust do not our foes cease attacking them so
violently aud spending hundreds OF thousands
do the Prntestants themselves make such an
ado over themY Catholic ehurchmcn d, not
claim all the wisdom in the world: but certainly
enough t, sec TINT If it is worth tho Protestant
while so bitterly aud stuhoorniy to attack these
externals and to exhibit SO much feeling about
while just as firmly to defend them. These
things mean, and are set up BY the Church in
her rubric to moan, and BY US, IN our obeIience
Christianity itself. We see the incarnation de-
MED; we see baptislnal regeneration. the real
presence of Christ in the Eucharist, the aosolv-
dcad trampied under foot. We see tho
whole Divine power OF tn;a the tns;xas saGra
dlaerentintes her from the seets; Christianity
by by as ' a ass
true tne other j. false: there Is m en
arc struggling for the very existence on earth
of our Church. and of Christianity itself as 1t
was enforced on the world H. apostles and early
fathers 1t Is life death fifth 1's ID systen,.
It is simply astounding that ut this close Ut tho
f3rst half century Of This Catholic movement,
men will still chatter abouH1ts frivolousness,-
that they do not realize that 1t has deep springs
Adopting mere prctfincss in the services of God
for mere prcttincss sake is playing child play.
1T astounding that people should think the
venerable Pussy, the calm and solid Liddon, the
strong giant Littied,lle, nnd the satutly kchle,
and Carter, and Lowder and the aged Dale. arc
mere children aud idiots, glecful over n color
and tickled with lighted candle. But patience,
patience and love; the world learns-the world
learns.
John Bright says that Nessrs. Dale and En-
raght huye gone to jail merely for dtsobeylng
the law, and that it Is not a question Of cUn-
science ut nil. II was merely for disobeying the
Inv that Daniel went to the Iion's den and tho
three children iuto the fiery furnace. 1t was
merely for disobeytng the law Of the Roman
Empire that ST. lgnutius went to the Coliseum
and WIS deyoured by wild beasts and that every
single martyr Of tho ten prosecutions was
slaughtered. 1t was merely FOR disobeyiug the
Inv that John Hampdeu went to prison, and as
the Church Times puts it. some ancient John
Bright, some ancient Archibald Tair said. I'VE
huyo q law, and by that law we ought to de-