New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-30


loving table is very interesting:
iRyls rus CHURCHES,
Bishops Priests d a' %s sn .ss , HGsGa
IssS::: s l. Sss ls5I , ~ .s. %?
1ncrrns~ llss III ! 17s 1917.
This writer admits that the chief progress OF
that Church iii England and Scotland has con-
sisted in the work OF organization, the numer-
zeal strength not exceeding nj present
/ 2JO, 900. One reason why these ilguleS are
~ low, Ac argues. is this: hat vast mutt
tadc of HE poor lave been lost to the Church
OF Rome III the great towns by mixed mar
ria.cs, by oilers I'll food, clothing, and other
temporal advantages, and by the various arts OF
prnsclytsm employed III public and private III
sttutiOns aud elsewhere. And he ADDS thnt,
shy law of nature "a majority Is pefpetualiy
endeay0rng to absvrb the weaker clement oi u
minority" Til, leakage Is beyond question one
cause Of tho numerical weakness or the Cburch
Of Rome. The II. JdWeS'S Ga-ctte points out an
other cause not touched upon in The 1dblef. re-
garding which the greatest writer and clearest
thinker whom that Church has possessed i0r
centuries has expressed himself with al EN-,
phasls which must have CONSIDERABLY st"rntu
many of his IcadcTs. In the last work pun
lished by him before his elevation 70 the
Romnn purple Cardinal Newman bitterly Ia
mpnts that his Communion "pTeSents just that
aspect to his couItr! mon which is most conso-
nant with their lnSraincd prcjndicGa ana most
years before, in his letter to the Duke of Nor
folk he Grnnunrcii IN language as strong the
chronic tNtreYagancrs OF KNOTS or Chthoil's
hero and there nv which the public mind bad
hrcn deeply pItiudiced against hiS Chnrch;
Among those whom they reprllcl, Cardinal
NrunI.i. apparently rec rnS the pltstnt Prime
Minister. IL Own e. dep feeling, lac whites,
that Catholics may III great lara>Uie thank
Themselves, "ui no one rit", f0I having alien
?trd from turm 50 religions mind.
TonrATioN N ENGIANp.-An appeal to
the AIclb..I p TT Cater my fOr t0ilrailon III
m:t.ci, ot litIal has b, IN signed Gy tie Deans
of -. Paul.. DURHAM, Marchc ter, Worcester,
aud York, Canon L'ddon, Canon Gregory, ana
other Distinguished ?cccSidstcS. As clergy mcn
y hu trcl dis-iri fed or alarmed az th" pres
circumstances OF the Church" they plead Tor
distinctly ayOWcd policy OF federation ana tor
btarincc III dealing with questions OF IlhIl.
SaCh po,i,y," they say APPEARS to Us to be
demanded allie by justice ana by the best IN
t,irs,D OF religion. For justice would seem to
rrlulro thar, unless rigid observance ol me
Rnbriral Law of the Church, or OF recent IN
tnrprrtntious of II, be equally cxacted from AL
the partics within her pale, II should no Longer
be cx?cted from one party alone, ana umIrf err
cumsanccs which often increase the difficulty
OF complying with the demand. And, having
regard TO the uncertainties which have been
widely thought TO surround some recent inter- |
prctaiiOnS Of Ecclesiastical Law, as Wcl us 10
the equitable claims of congregations placed III
the most dlssiinilT religious circumstances, we
cannot but think that the recognized liberation
OF even wide diversites of ceremonial ID
alone consistent with the interests of true |
religion and the we'll being OF tho English |
Church at the present time. no immaculate |
need of Ou Church is, 10 orr opinion, tolerant |
recognition of divergent Ritual practice; but |
we feel bound to submit to your Grace that our |
present troubles are likely to recur, unless the |
courts by which ecclesiastical causes are de- |
cided in the first instance and on appeal can be
hA mi ffNll
so constructed az to secure tne Conscione4ouS |
obedience of cleIgymen who believe the consi- |
tuition of the Church OF Christ to he OF DIVINE |
appointment, and who protest against the |
States cncroachment upon rights assured to the |
Church OF England by solemn Acts OF Parma
mc g.
MAKING TERMS WITH BIsMARCT.-Hcrr
WindthOrst the leader of the Vallcanist Centre |
in the German Parliament, has made known the |
new terms upon which Prince Bismarck may
the unconditional support OF the |
Roman Catholic patty for all his schemes OF new |
taxes and customs duties. No provision OF the |
Falk Laws Is to be immediately Mlt1u,n" ~,
but the PrusSian Government IS to give leave 10
Roman Catholic clcrgymcn without ilXeu ST.
Dend or settled parish 10 administer the sacia-
mrnts and he permission is 10 come INTO ioI.p
on the lst of July, 1881. The demands OF Tue
Folt law for State approval OF the educa-
tionol rnDority of the clergy apply only to
settled and paid priests and pastors Under
Herr WindthOrst's scheme, me ahi Womu pe
immediately Inundated with hUou oI i'om"i
Catholic priests over whose capacity ana Trust
wmthjnpss. moral or intellectual, the State
would have had, and would haze, TO guaran;;
tee. The bishops would become the virtual
pastors OF every parish, and would adm,iIStcr
HEM by Circulating priesthood, directly an
sv cradle to none but themselves bismarck Is
that If he will thus nent'a!ize tie
l7ulk Laws he will not be asked to ablogaie them
lit present. If he will consent, moreover, re
will lind that the Roman Catholics VIII hc the
most answering OF his followers III all those
projects of his which do not ATTIC { 10 sacred
rigHts of the Church. The bill was rejected on
Thursday by vote OF 251 to 10.
Down WITH THE BlsH0rs.--The Rev. J. 4.
Gladstone, cousin of the Premier, regards tie
English bishops as c9mberers Of the ground; IN
Le loudly called upon the Church Association
TO make q determined effort to get rid OF the
bishOps altogether. The Archbishop OF Can
terbnry himself no continued VINO was AZ one
time supposed 10 be o defender Of tho Protest !