, 1881-01-09
RITUALIsTIC IMBROGLIO.

T1lE NEAL GSSULo AL S1AAE-
In q sermon preached in New York last
Sunday evening the Rev. Dr.. Ever again
considered the conflict between Church and
State, now going on in England, over the
ritualistic practices OF the extreme High
Church1nen, and said that, sfmmered down
into the brlefest possible compass. The issues
at stake we're these:
FYryt-Whether Magma Charta, that has stood
TOR 700 years rs the bulwark Of tho EDgliahmau' 8
rights, shall now be violated and permanently
altered in one fundamental respect or whether
it shall stand ihviolate.
Second-Whethert the English judiciary has any
right to exercise legislative functions at the call
OF policy or for any other renson by altering the
lnws instead of merely Interpreting them.
Tht1d-As, while by ancient prescription, the
English Church has no right to enact canon 4
ment% SO Parliament cannot legaslate for the
Church without her concurrence expressed
through her legislative bodtes-the Conversations
Of York and Cantcrbury-whether radical
change shall now bc>mude in the British Const1-
tuition whereby the Church OF England shall, for
the first time In history, be in ecclesiastical mat
ters subordinate to the State
Fouyth-Whether Presbyterians, Cougrega..
donalistss Riptists, Methodists,. Un1tarians, aud
intdcls can alter to suit themselves the Churchs
doctrines MS expressed IN the prayer~bcok.
FIfth-Whether the Bishops sitting in Parlia-
ment to watch the interests Of the Church have
betrayed those interests by conspiring to rob
her Of her constitutional courts.
Sirth-Whetter q Bishop is to be obeyed. not
when he UttGf8 u 3OQty AQUQn1lOu Us TI&uL
reverend father In the Church for then, course,
be Is to be obeyed, but when he merely acts as
u state official executing the orders OF State
Standardization the principles that governed
the Duke OF Alya and the Spanish Inquisition
shn}} be rcas6erted and carried out practically.
go far as they eau be, in the year 1851
Eighth whether, while hationaiists and Crom-
wciiau Protcstants are still succeeding in max
inR willing world and q willing secular press
believe that ritual is only mere childish frivoli
ty, utterly beneath the consideration of grave
men, and while they are ut the same time stab
bfng ut it themselves with the utmost energy,
yiruiencc, and perseverance,, because, as they
know and as we know. they are thus trying to
stab the heart the distinctive principles Of the
Church, her whole sacramental system, and the
power and authority OF her priesthood and epi6-
copate,-whether, Irepear, there are 1uy sacra-
ments, or whefher those We call such are, as
they claim, mere ordinances, mere empty out
ward forms; whether there is any priesthood,
or whether. as they claim. we are to full back
upon mere preachers; In short, whether or not
there Is any Anglican Church that is worth keep
ing up;
disoheytng bishops acting merely as State Of
ficiais to save eventually to the Anglican Church
from Protestant fcouoclastfc hands the Episcopal
thrones themselves Of those very Bishops Alas,
that their Lordshps have not the skill to iisttn-
guish between relentless foes, who come smiling
to them In the attire Of friends and real friends
and loving children who are forced to WALK tear
fully In the garb Of apparent foes,