New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-07
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Mr.. FROIJDE ON THE OXFORD MoVEMhNI.
suopT srTyDIEs ON GREAT sUByECTs by nu JAI II
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The fourth and last collection OF MI. frouues
abort papers has certain unity Oh SUBJECT hoS''
its contents touching upon theoiogcai controversy
and displaying the polemicai heat "hlch mas nauo
the author so popular with one CLASS OF reaaerS anu
go unsvmpathetic with another. Two of the stud
80 orc short only in proportion to the Importance of
their theme and long by comparison with the
nsual dimensions of q periodical essay. The bio
,,ranbical paper on HThOmas Beckett" which MI
Freeman handled so roughly when 1t first app~red
in print and the recollections OF "Ihe oxIoru
Counter Reformation contributed to Good H~dS
in 1884, together Gil nearly twothirds OF the vol
ume. They are intimately connected both oelng
assaults upon the modern sacerdotal party III INC
Church of England" a party Tor wmch 'len
disciple has neither respect nor patience. he
writes Of them indeed, in the true spirit of intoer-
ance. not only detesting their doctrines but speak
ing evil of their lives. Whatever may be said OF
the theological opinions of the High Church Angh-
cans. most observers without regard to creed, re-
cognize the new vitality they have infused lhto
the Establishment and the new zeal with whcn inc
practical work of benefcent ministry has oeen
prosecuted under their impulse. But Mr. frooo0
considers them altogether mischieyous'
Externally the Ritualsts have won the Oattie'
'rhev foo have their absolutions and thelr maSsus,
ny INV ov re Nnks and INNS and miracles and the
rest and it has beeB decided that tney ,uy 3g
them. But what a price ms ,shot the clergy saw
or do The Church of England, as part OF the V1-
stitution of the country. has ceased 10 exst. III
zeal latitndinarianis.o goes on upon It's way. no
ba,,.iers of privilege fall before it. The Third Es-
tate of the realm can no more stay tne stTetih vi
a. tbe Church has become Catholic" the honored
name of Protestant has passed ~ the Monochrome
list. The laity stand aloof, indifferent ana con-
temptuous The thinking part OF IT has now Sc
riousness of its own and philosophy OF It's own
which has also grown and is growing. ny oIu
order of things might have renamed ersy
had il been left undisturbed; but the controversy
has undermined its traditions, Quest0hs nav
been provoked which now must have real answer.
The clergy magnify their office, but the more teS
make of themselves the less rs their lntelectniu
influence. The great body OF the ENGLISH Pe99p,u s
which is Protestant to the heart VIII scnsD;n
their pretensiOns; and while they are discussing
among themselves the nature of their supernatural
commission they are driving science ana criticism
TO ask if there is anything IN the world SUPER
natural at all The storm will die away, agitation
is wearisOme and we NAV subSlde INTO a dull acqu-
even with the taxfSte OF Rn fhe active
mind of the country will less and less concern user
with system whiGhit desplses. rtnans IT Eng
fish Church will be as pOweress over the ives VI
The people as the Roman augurs over the rome Vi
Cicero and Caesar; and centuries win pass pei9 ore
religion and common sense VIII asaihhi % dist;D
gether with he practical harmony "Ihch uls oid
S1ished them in the days of Whately and Arnold
and Hare and Sedgwick.
elooks back with regret to the quiet and unques-
+ioning DAYS before the Oxford movement, when
the Church was accepted as proper part OF the
Government and nobody cared much about ooc.
trine. and the parish clergyman was an educated
and comfortable country gentleman, who iarined
his own glebe, kept horses, hunted moderately, at
tended to his professional duties on Sunday, and
6onred in good society. Mr. Motley, in his recently
nnblisbed "reminiscences" gives some remarkable
illustrations of the worldlness and spiritual and
intellectual stagnation into which the Established
Church had fallen at this time; but Mr.. FrOude
declares that the Church was then perhaps in the
healthiest condition which it had ever KNOWN:
Of all the constituents of human society, an
established religion is that wGn T e 1ous and
which people in general when they are heaithy
minded are most sensitive about allowing 10 DC
Touched IL is the sanction OF moral OOlgatloh- III
gives authority to the commandments, creates a
fear of doing wrong, and a sense OF responsibility
for doing it. To raise doubt ABOUT cIeeu cs.ao
lished By general acceptance rs a direct INJURY 10
the general welfare Discussion ao0nt III Is out OF
place for only bad men wish TO question the rule Oh
life which religion commands; and creed or ritual
is not series of propositions or a set OF outward
observances of which the truth or fitness may be
properly argued it grows with the life OF race or
nation: it takes shape as q living germ develops
into an organic body; and as You do not ASK OF 2
tree is it true hut is it Gtp so with an esIDlsneI
Church or system of belief you look TO the work
which it is doing. IL il is teaching meu 10 be brave
and upright and honest and just; If it is making
them undetermined, careless oil their seilsn lnleT.
ests and loving only what is good, the truth OF II
is pro we'd by evidence better than argument, ana
idle pe-sons may properly be prohibited from rais-
ing unpfOftable questions about IL. When there
is life truth is present not in propositions but
as AN active force, and that is all which practcai
Tins in Stern and serious ages tho religion Of
every country has under the charge OF the law
and to deny il has been treated as a crime. when
the law has become relaxed, public opinion takes
liza place and though offenders are no longer pun
ished, society excommunicates them. III reDgloD
were matter OF speculation, they wonld he let
alone: but so long as it is principle of conduct
the sense OF mankind refuses To allow IL 10
be trlled with.
For a Protestant author Of the nineteenth cen
fury this is certainly q remarkable declaration.
We quote from the essay The Oxford Counter
Reformation" With that movement writer who
looks upon religion principally social and
political Institution could of course have no sym
pathy; and we not even surprised that Mr..
Fro.de should censure the university for wasting
time OYER theological and historical problems while
sueh burning questions as the extravaganza OF I'M
derpraduates aud the price of board at Oxford were
left unsoved. A great many undoubtedly VIII
agree with him in his estimate OF these things; but
il must not he forgotten that although he war once
in the Oxford movement he looks at 1t DOW not only
from position very far outside, but from POSI-
ton which makes it hardly possible for him to
appreciate the a'tlJude ol hoolo uoof' newman
and the others, as that attitude appears to them
selves.
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