The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-09
THE HERALD: DALLAS, TEXAS MONDAY FEBRUARY 8 1885

Rev. X. Heber Newton, published in the
New York Herald, is undergoing a
lively discussion in ecclesiasLicaI as we'll
as lay circles. The case of. the
young Protestant clergyman who
took the VOWS of the order of the Holy
Cross has become the talk of the town,
so to speak, and is viewed by the public
in all its aspects.
Mgr. Capel, who made "Vows and Re-
ligious Orders" the theme of his lecture
last evening in the church of st. Agnes,
was asked by a Herald reporter TO ex-
press his views upon the controversy.
81 purposely refrained," said the Mon
signor, "from referring in my lecture to
the vows taken by Mr.. Huntington.
But beyond all doubt it is strange
phenomenon to see the Anglican church,
after having rejected and destroyed
the monastic system in En-
grand, now, after lapse of $50 years,
admit in the fullest possible way that
religious orders are absolutely neces-
sary for efficiently carrying out the
work of the ministry AMONG such peo-
pie as those who inhabit the tenament
houses. This is one more proof unin-
tentionally given in support of the truth
and wisdom of the Catholic church. 1t
is straw indicating very clearly that
the whole high church movement is, in
spite OF its leaders, steadily moving TO
Rome, the center of unity"
"How does the Episcopate in Eng
land regard this movement?"
"There is no bishop in England who
would dare TO administer VOWS of the
kind reported TO have been taken by
Mr.. Huntington. The well-known
Brother Ignatius' Uyne) has for years
! been struggling to obtain recognition in
England. He has received deacon's
orders, but no bishop will ordain him
priest, and, indeed, some of the bishops
have even inhibited his work. On the
other hand, 1t has to be admitted that
certain of the clergy in England have
formed themselves into congregations,
, notably the Rev. Mr.. Benson and his
, followers, at Oxford, and the Rev. Mr..
Newgee and his followers, in London.
: But all this is, so far as the public know,
!, done without the approval and sane
! ton of the bishops"
"On whose side of the controversy dc
you hold to be public sentiment in Eng
landY
"Beyond all doubt Bishop Lee, in his
letters, represents the general senti.
ment OF the Protestant church in Eng
land. While 1t must be equally admit.
ted that logic is on the side of DIR. Pot
ter, Tor If you admit women to vows OF
, chastity, obedience and poverty and
: gather them into orders, there is nc
: reason why men should not do in like
manner. The underlying question is
who has the authority TO call such or
ders into exstence?"
! HAS the monastic system place il
Professionalism"
IA is wholly alien to Professionalism
everywhere, and for the simple reason
that Professionalism does not admit the
existence Of an authority that can call
into existence such orders and eNpound
and control their constitutions and
rules. In Catholic orders the vows OF
poverty and obedience derive their sig.
nlficaGlon and limitation from the rules
of the order, which have been first ap.
proved by Rome"
"Do you look upon the vows taken by
Mr.. Huntington as perpetualY
81 am Sorely puzzled to understand
whether Bishop Potter considers these
vows to DO always binding, for, if re-
port says true, Bishop Potter offered
the pulpit of Grace church TO Pere Loy-
son (Pere Hyacinthe) who took these
very vows in perpetuity, and, neverthe-
less, took to him Mrs. Merriman rs
wife. IL is to be presumed that SINH
lar set OF circumstances arising in the
case of Mr.. Huntington, Bishop Potter
would deem his perpetual VOWS Of ehas-
tity null and void, perform marriage
ceremony for the gentleman aud then
oiier him his pulpit again."-[New York
Herald.