The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-11-08
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RITUALIsN N ENGLAND.-At the recent
meeting of the English Church Congress the
President alluded on the last day of the Congress
to the case of Mr.. Green, and stated that steps
were being taken by the Bishop of Manchester
which, he hoped would lead to the liberation of
the unfortunate, but, as he thought misguid ed
man. In the afternoon Of the same day paper
was read by Mr.. Beresford Hope, NJ P, on the
Ideal of Liturgical Worship in the Church of
England" which led to a somewhat violent
debate. Mr.. G. L. Wood, leading ritualist,
recommended the reversion to the Prayer Book of
Edward VI. The Rev. Canon Hoare thought
the debate a most important one and the speech
lust delivered one of the most important to
which he had listened. They had been told by
the pr esident of the English Church Union that
their dear DID, beautiful English service was a
meagre one that their communion service was
mutilated, inferior, defective service altogeth.
err ('Nop and cheers) They had been told
to go back to the liturgy and Office of 1549 He
was disposed to think that if Mr. Wood got the
" First Book of Edward" he would not stop
there. ('Hear hear l'O They were told, after
using the Prayer Book for three centuries, they
were to go back again to what existed before.
e. No, )" Neverl"O Mr.. Beresford Hope KIN ew
as well as he (the speaker) that there was no
such thing in the Church of England as an al
tar aughter)- but if they turned back to the
" First Book of Edward" they would find an
" altar" there and that was why the ritualists
wanted that book back again. An altar n cant
sacrifice, and the mass was an abomination
They had seen that day what power and a
contention they had to meet. Mr.. Wood had
told them his intention was to go back from the
Reformed Church of England, stop little by
the way, and then plunge into the abyss of
Rome. Would they have this cloud cries of
"Neyer.O He thanked Mr. Wood for having
spoken out, and having shown what were the
intentions of the English Church Union. cloud
cheers and counter cheers) The Rev. Canon
Gregory said he had heard with regret the
speech of Canon Hoare, who, instead of calmly
considering the proposal laid before the Con-
gress by Mr.. Wood treated it as a red rag waved
before. his eyes. (Laughter.) 1t could not be
doubted that the party represented by Mr. Wood
was rapidly increasing force throughout the
length and breadth of the country. loud
cheers, and cries of "OhrD The tone of that
those present was composed of these who sym
pathized with Mr.. Wood. Cheers and marks
of dissent.) If one thing was wanted in the
Church it was peace (Cheers.) 1t was a thou.
sand pities, therefore, that Mr.. Woods sugges
ton had not been taken up by Mr. Hoare and
properly criticised. (Cheers) The party repre-
scented by Mr.. Wood had used the Prayer Book
most, while that of whom Canon Hoare was
representative had used it least. (Cheers) Did
Mr.. Hoare's friends use morning and evening
prayer daily as ordered by the Prayer Book
(Cheers) Had they celebrated holy communion
every Sunday and festival or had they not, on
the contrary, looked upon such practice as
mark of the BEAST (''Hear, hear !" and cries
of :" No, no.'O If they did not like the express
sion he would withdraw the expression