The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-01-11
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCyf,
A Churchw"mnn's Opinion RItumlistlc
Churches and Other Smbiect..

A Churchw"unn's Opinion on Rttuui,suc
Churches and Other Subiect..
To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: You
report the first sermon OF the new rector of
old Trinity Church. in Newark, last Sunday.
He asks: In what churches to-day do you
see the poor people? In tho Ritualistic
churches; and not because they hear better
preaching there. but because they like the
service. and feel they are welcome there.
hope to make Trinity Church home Tor them.
This should he q praising church. -"
Hearty congregational music would I'LL all
these pews. On recent Sunday L attended
short time ago was almost dead You know
how 1t has been revived. / found It crowded.
The congregation. led by a supplied choir OF
men and boys. sang 80 that / scarcely knew
whether ! was on this earth or not. l could
join in the Te Depm as we'll as In tho hymns
The reverend gentleman is quite right In re-
gard to tho preaching in Ritualistic churches.
he to p' Se
ofany denomination in tho United States. 1t
IL. in fact. beneath contempt-nn insult to the
women; Iationded service several times al 81,
man, The true" American people are not
% % the Ma af EateoR Ss i B"s s Me
tional churches for them. There you vii! find
as many men as women. The voters. the citi
manly forcible and free sd to say a to hsm ana
they 90 to hearit As. in the lat. election It
to keep men up to lis moral teaching. Tha
Christian Church having been founded on chus-
their fellow men against placing a liboltine in
power. But. not one Episcopal minister pro-
tested listed, against the pemocratio, candidate
clergymen voted for him. Tine Episcopal
Church had. indeed. better multiply surpliceI
c nf, and every other attraction externa. and
"A n Y
The key. Mr.. Reeds high handed sermon
last sunday hit the keynote Of almost the
lister. /. e. servant Tor Christ with his concre-
cation gail carrying on the Masters work in CON
Ing them to hlsher and better thinssUa man
among Christian men and women-nOthinR
over children. thorough dssp9tSa rr ief in
short: The pIriestly authority Is VIVA, Ais the
Bomeward tide; Not that they will 90 to Home.
u their own parishes. and ike tie Rev. Mr'
Reed. announce what they want and will have
As there are plenty Of people who adore moth
lowing; and ss certain to keep out Of the Epis-
am the DAUGHTER Of an Episcopal clergy
man. the granddaughter OF q Bishop. and l
necon IN tn h a%
something about the ways Of the Church now
compared Win thoSe OF twenty or more years
ago. IN your statistics the other day you
showed that this Church has only Increased 80
nations. Even Of those the church member.
ship shows AT least four women TO one man
always. The women do most of me work OF
the Church; they form the congregations
without them the Church would collapse az no
withdrawn. And for reward. the clergy more
and moro texalt themselves over them ana
treat them like children. nominating the ON
and score and method Of church work an i
chnrcn ordinances. and expecting them meek !.
" 70 follow Ike sneep. II looks to me AS IL
there we're something rottsn in the State OF
Deninark. and often wonder II II Is as other
denominations maintain. the Episoopacy2
4 OHURCHwoMAM.