New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-03
IN THE CHURCH PORCH.
REIIGIous NEWS AND DISCUSSION.

Society for the Propagation OF the GoSpei Ia 1870
Parts in St Paurs Cathedral, LONDON IN n'e a.
em.peutIy and intensely the spirit Of missions Wnse
eIses he asked ais the meaning In this age VI 'no
Hives and treasure that have been iavisneo.
wiring the secrets OF death and suffering from Inc p
creation over which God gave man dominion from
tho arst that 60 some mercy Of help and heanng may
- -, 20 bear ,pon tho mystery of human PAIN
,h,. .roused the Observation-Disclosures, who are OK
.s,.s,r,,v aggressive in England and they at once
,ed the Archbishop of Canterbury, who is the pfos
a.nt of the society, to repudiate bishop Do~i0
xords and the construction which they were presume
IN bear The Archbishop has not yet rephea 70 'iS
.nneal probably because he doesn't want 10 DC ora"
into an altogether unnecessary controversy. " vas
,.rbaps somewhat far-fetched for the Bishop 10 III
istarce yivsection as an evidence OF the sprlt Vi
missions although not having READ inc "noio solnO.
j would not like TO say even that at most no"oYo'
10 was only subsidiary illustration anu III usiiis
1t the Bishop committed neither the society n0r NV.
church to any theory in regard to viviseeuon hu'
10 protest against something other seems to De tne
most highly priced privilege Of the Englshman'
Tho Row pr Leonard woolsey Bacon tells in The
cs,tstap rrnionp how democratic, afabe and courteous
Cardinal Manning IS For this reason, ana because
Of his great learning and ability be has become one
Of the most conspicuous figures in English socai he
No meeting for the betterment Of men Is consoereu
entirely successful unless this prince OF an amen
other hand he never refuses to lend the strength OF
his name and influence 10 any good movement, even
fhough IL may have been conceived outside OF inc
Roman Catholic Church. While, therefore, iegsny
fhcre is no such person as the Archbishop OF west
Minister practically the man who bears that uue is
q very great parsonage, far greater, lnoeeu 'nsu
many dgnitary of the Established Church. inc
coming celebration of the twenty fifth anniversary OF
Cardinal Mannings Archlepiscopate Will be notable
event in many ways
The ability aud devotion of Dr. Temple the Anglican
gsbou Of London. are unquestioned but Dr. Bacon
found that his unfortunately brusque manner mas
made him exceedingly unpopular with the CLERGY.
This defect is rendered noticeable by the charh
ing suavity OF Cardinal Manning The unpopuiari'y
of Bishop Temple may be inferred from the fact tha'
Ia London clergyman. according to Dr. Bacon mas
oharac terized him as consecrated rufiian don'
suppose, by the way that single reputable cieiss
man could be found in any denomination In the op'ou
States who would speak thus of an cccieSSsnoa
superior, however great might be The proVoca@oh
But John Bull always did like to call SPADE space
even though II should happen TO DO only shovel
a. correspondent wants to know what think OF
the proprety OF Christian churches employing men
and women who are not Christians, and who perhaps
are not even moral in their lives, as singers In church
ehoirs. This opens up great question, which can
not be properly discussed in paragraph may
saw however what many representative clergymen
have often said, that such practice is not In mar
mony with the highest conception Of Christian wor-
ship. But as things are at present, there is no
remedy for It, If Christians only, by which mean
members of some Christian church, were allowed 10
sing in church chois large number of church choirs
throughout the country would be seriously crippled
And the good Christians in the pews would be the
first to protest. In modern religious worship, es-
pecay in the largo city churches. good music quite
as important good preaching And If the organist
Mo tIl0h
trouble themselves about the religious status Of the
singers. The pastor who should attempt to dismiss
singers on the ground that they were not Christians
would at once find himself IN uncommonly hot water
AS rule the only thing that he can do is to Chris
tianize the choir task that In cases might well
appal the stoutest heart
sThe Kingston Freeman vigorously denies the
statements Of the Rev. Mr. Ransford In The Church
man, regarding the immortality OF many quarrymen
and canal workers in Ulster eeunty and IT'S denial
should lift from Ulster County any special stigma
that The Churchman's article may have placed upon
it. But The Freeman displays altogether too much
heat In regard TO the matter. AS said last Sunday,
what was alleged In regard 10 Ulster County might
be alleged In regard to many other communities. 1
am suro it is true Of NewYork City. 1t has been
true If Westchester County since the new aqueduct
has been in process of construction There is in every
community in the land sediment Of insolube
heathenism, which resiSts all the efforts Of Chris
tany, and when TO this natural deposit of immortality
and irrelgion is added the driftwood of immigrants,
as in the case of the construction Of our
aqueduct, community can afford to
view the result with indifference. 1
am therefore very glad learn from The Kingston
Freeman that such state Of affairs exists in Ulster
County.
An anonymous clerical correspondent Of bilious
surn Of mind takes to task for telling true story
about the refusal Of SIX Episcopal clergyman TO
cept appointment to Western missionary station
at salary Of 81, 800 year. But Just why he OBJ
jects to my relating the incident is not clear. He
certainly cannot deny that many clergymen remain
idle in the East rather than accept work in the West
This fact cannot be obscured by abusing me for say
ing so.
The conservation of the Rev. Boyd Vincent as
Assistant Bishop OF the Episcopal Diocese of South
ern Ohio, in Cincinnati last week, was by all ac-
counts stately affair. The local papers went out
of their way to do honor to the event, which of
them declared to be the event Of the century. The
gorgeous robes of the preates and attending clergy,
the wild scramble for tickets Of admission the I'M
presslve service. the ceremonies incident to the
presentation Of Episcopal ring, and the crush at
Tho reception to the new probate, were sympatheti-
cally described One paper referred to tho new
bishop OF this historic low church diocese HIS
Grace,1 style of nomenclature which think must
have surprised the good churchmen who remembered
sturdy old Bishop McIlvalne. The remarkable thing
ia all this is the change in religious opinion and
custom which 1t indicates Fifty years ago such
function would have been impossible In tho Epis-
ccpal Church In Ohio Even tho plain white surpice
was seldom seen in those days. We are told OF q
clergyman who ventured 10 one. and whose
femerity drove his senior warden to 60 to the
Presbyterians because he declared, he would not
listen TO man who wore his shirt outside Of his
coats II clergyman turned to the altar he was
likely to incur the godly admonItion' OF his bishop
'and flowers IN the chance were regarded as emblems
of Romansm. Now all the Ohio clergy wear the
suTplce, and hear OF who insist ON wear
fng It at tho reception after wedding. 1t is said
that certain low church bishop permitted choi
boys 10 the surpice the ground that IL would
Wand m that lint ms a haV