New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-16
THE PARSONS STUDY.
SOME THINGS SAID AND DONE.

SOME THINGS SAID AND DONE.
rns salvation Army. which has been holdlng great
,rhi,,Aaon in mis- city, Is standing puzzle to most
people. OF course IL only excites the amused con
tsrnpt Of the average conventional church mempsrs
shs Modish who gracefully confesses hcrsen mss,
sh,e sinner IN 100000 church, IN accordance Win
me form set down in her silvcr-bound hundreddolsr
nr.yer book. is much scandalzed because the horr1d
rulr,r creatures have the audacity to call themselves
rhrstisns Really she declares, the presumption OF
,he ,over classes Is dreadful. Old Putancall, VINO
n worth dozen or millions, and who Is the mnnn
esnt patron Of the Church Of the Rich sinners. nA
tA.a The members Of the army are either FOOLS OF
tnaves and wonders why the police don't break them
M. And dear old Dr. Toady, pastor Of st. Naoops
Church. wakes eloquent at many. swell dinner parry
nc ne shows how the Army disgraces the cause on to
,lriom "As q gentleman" he says, al dsapirose u
INV movement which allows coarse, uneducs'su me"
and women to speak for the Church. 80 |" -
Ana vet In spite OF all the salvation Army con'inues
a. rrow. and Is now 50 Important fact thas '''0
churches must reckon with it. In England. e'en =.
moro than in this country 1t has proved i's rien.
sxist by doing what the churches, with thcir usn
traditions end their cumbrous machinery 49,.
possibly do until at last it has gained 'ne
and sympathy Of Cardinal OF the nog ". .s.
Church and Of some Of the greatest disnitaros Oh S'
anglican establishment Take my ADVICE =,
dear reader don't crack jokes. either COCA OF oaa,
IN. salvation Army ridiculous rs some OF i.s p'.o
NAV seem TO YOU The Christian Church - ' 80. q,
n,s for the Army: for II IL had done i's "".
preaching the Gospel to every crea'u'0' WV
would have had no excuse for oehs
=. 4. An tntecsttnr fsct that Father lgnahns' ''e
Anglican monk, now visiting in TINS country, mus
hirn.elf ont of touch with all parties anu iac"os ~
the Episcopal Church. The old-fasnoned hisn
ana Dry folks will have none OF him because TIC Is
xhscio
ION the frozen dignity that most nearly Stimulates
x..,b n thu mark of q good churchmsn. The every
aav practjo curchmen repudiatc him because ne docs
ma heleve IN things as they The Extreme Hign
Cburcbcn have read him out OF their party though no
az naturally one Of them, because ne does hoS WAo
anv interest in their little party manoeuvres ana
c.tchvords and publicly commends such hereucs"
.s dear Brother Moody While the Low Chnrchmen
=, course can have nothing TO do with man VINO is
.vsr N revive the Romfsh" system OF monastacsm
T1 fact seems to 30 that Father lgnatus IS u hesrt
a frrvid Methodist exhorter, who he's aLoweo an
artificial IDEAL OF monsstcism to hide his abues ana
,mnar his usefulness. His attempt to realize an IN
sitution of mediaevalism seems so absurd and even
crazy that 1T prevents people from approaching tne
real eoodnoss and fervor Of the man. 1t Is as IL
. phIlps Brooks should insist on appearing
IN the pulpit in the dress Of clown No matter now
able eloquent or convincing he might be. ne wouid
f.n 10 gain The attention Of the world II tho Epis
coual Church was wise, 1t would utilize the peculiar es
a this man. instead Of inhbitng him from preaching
., ~ pulpits Hero is the eloquent Canon Farrar
loudly calling for an order of Protestant monks In the
Anglican Church. while at the very same moment, both
tina Anglican Church and It's daughter the Episcopal
Church. OF this country. repudiste an earnest able
ana eloquent who is honestly trying TO found an
order of Protestant monks. Not that 1 entirely
svmusthse with Canon Farrar's idea. On the con-
trsry the isuccess Of Father Ignatus would indicate
that II is not feasible But when the digntsries OF
the Church say that such an order would be q good
thing Il Ill becomes them to fown on the man who Is
brave enough to start such an order.
Certainly Father Ignatius has been attracting a
reat deal Of attention in Boston in spite Of the In
hibition of the Bishop Of Massachusetts,. Tho follow
Ing paragraph from The Boston Advertiser" gives
very fair idea Of his vogue In that city To get at
one of Se most interesting bits Of life In this city one
should 70 to hear Father Ignatius preach. Tho rev.
erend father is the most Extraordinary mixture Of the
medieval monk the Methodist revivast and exhorter
the Anglican Catholic and the modern churchman that
can be imagined He Is an impressive figure, with his
closely shaven head his ascetc intellectual faoe his
monks rvbs and knottsd cord. with beads and cruel
TX and his sandied feet. He hos most winning and
magnetic presence, charm Of profound earnestness
and marvellous power which is its own justification
Of his mission With him are Brother David, his
adopted SON, . young monk Of the Order OF st. Bone
dict; Sister Anne q sweetfaced, gray-haired woman
in black, with peculiar hong veil hanging nom her
bonnet private secretary, and Father Michael lay
brother. and the attendant. This unique and i'm
prcssive figure seems made for the ecclesiastical seen
ery of altar lights and whterobed choir but such is
his marvellous power that the hearer forgets the bare
hall is not o cathedral The singing is from little
mission book, many Of the hymns being his own COM
position and he alternately recites dansa and sings
1t. accompanying himself on small organ. HIS
voice Is peculiarly sweet and haunting"
Tho Convention Of Christian Workers In Hartford
last week brought together notable BODY 0 earnest
Christian men and women who do most OF the ~orK
OF the churches. Such meetings are good but there
is danger that they may be overdone. The chnrches
lave become impressed with the Dement'S OF orgah
ration that they are inclined to 90 to the opposite
extreme and organize too much. i heard the other
DAY Of q little church with some forty odd members
in which there are twenty different church societies.
Merely to attend the meetings and keep up the orgah
ration of so many societies must exhaust about al
the vitality Of that parish. This is an extreme case
OF course, but in many large parishes there msroo
tendency in the same direction.
There ID often tyranny in organization that should
be stoutly resisted. have met many clergymen who
were simply parish martnets. They had been taught
in some highly organized parish that parish work
must be done in certain way. and woe be to the
ckIess parishioner who should suggest other way
Of doing the work I" Have you such and such So
eety in your pashf, asked the ecclesiastical superior
nj a Young country pastor not long ago. "No." was
the reply. Il find that can do the work that the
society would do much more effectively In another
way Nonsense" replied the great man. who was
an organization crank You must start the society
ri once. II Is the only way TO do the work. You
NAV think you can get along better without 1t, but
young man like You has no business TO think on such
a matter For BY thinking are calling In question
the wisdom OF the Church which hes commended the
society," Working machinery Is good. but when 1t
The Episcopal Church Congress has met and has
discussed number OF interesting topics TINS extra
clnEchmen who have something TO say which cannot
very well be said In the Official conventions Of the
TIE whole 1t ID been q good thing, Formerly Il
clergyman felt the alighfest doubt az TO- any current
teachlne practice In the Church. lie had to keep
his doubt 30 himself until by morbid brooding over