The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-18
OPPOSED 10 RECTOR ROCHE.
,or,tor OF HIS CONGREGATION
LEAvEs THE CHURCH.

,oRytoN OF HIS CONGREGATION
LEAvEs THE CHURCH.
..i,.ss ss ne Conducts Them too |
,,..sp,t,e for Warden BOYD and 'Nine.
80. Othsrs-rerssps = snrpiieed Choir
-. rx.n . Confessional Next-rneheet.
-, Complaints to Bishop scarborouEh.
n..ra has boen difference between James
Z, po,d. formerly warden OF st. Luke's Epis-
..a.i Church, Metnohen. and the Rev. H. II.
Ut. the rector OF the church. Mr.. Boyd has
.,n.,e.n MON bsra OF The church on his side.
Th.v charge that the rector violates the rules
=, tho church In the Performance ofhis duties
Mr. Boyd has come out with printed
,.mpblet containing the corrsspondence,t that
h,s nassed between Bishop scarborough aud
himself on tho sub;ecr He tells In some OF
.h.,. published letters how on ono occasion
,hs church was closed whom eighty children
,.oursd looking after. SO he got q theological
.,ndsnt TO come and hold services. He says
n.v doctrine and now mode OF worship have
.n,nns up which no one understands. and that
,hs elear and compre hepsivo ritual contained
a tho book al common prayer IL not used. As
,hs inn oyntions arc distasteful to him and tho
,lnstsen othors xhey have all left the church.
", Boyd holds that the present manner OF
conducting the services Is contrary to the
..nons OF tho Church. He also suggests that
vhep . portion OF the congt egation refuses to
s,,snd services In the church there must DO
something radically wrong.
IN reply to ono Of Mr. Boyd's letters. Bishop
marlborough wrote tellins him to prefer
ebsrces against tho rector Ii writing. Mr.
Boyd then wrote Bishop Scarborough this
letter: .uN1
N.
.oN r. Rev stsAop scarborough. Trenton.
"GEy. AND DEAR Sir: In answer to your letter
ss,hs 9th inst. desiring that We should name
What tho acts are In the complaint sent you.
And whom committed. we beg to state that In
al services of public worship In tho sanctu-
arr, whether at 80 In tho morning. again AZ
1875, and at 7:30 In the evening, on each and
avery Sunday and saints days. more rarticu-
lary In administering the holy communion. or
I,ris supper. the services are violated.
"That Al each celebration Of the Lord's sup
M, tvo candles are lighted BY IN acolyte. who
Continues in attendance upon tie priest
shtS %ns 0sSnu..ubIe and amice are Invariably
used " tho priest be ore beginning the COM
n'1H TSs candles themselves are always on tho
n' :'Rsssr !. mingled With the wine as mart Of
'ne T Tf ANUS Dol and Benedictus oui Venit'
40 Invariably sung instead Of HYMN.
III. slgn Of tn. ero,s f made II connection IG
wiz e: sss Soa b be- vessel made
srart Of the service. .
The bowines. crossinRs preparations. and
The children Of tho parish are commanded
TO attend tho early communion service as
'O"1 Tho high elevation OF the offerings. while
conveying them from the chsncsl to the yestry
BE kind enough to attach this to the com.
Who signed It. to b: = part aud parcel h Of the
'.!s oe Ssssli q tho PARTIES Who signed the
In D, answer shis The BsSoe said 6s Isd
submitted MIR: Boyds communication. With
f s scefR s.d H. ESsSe Ss az.
1sa Sss ana a ssd his
a, P!sis %d sSnss
Bishop that most Of the petitioners were not
ss o. pe iii sss and SosG 10
prosecutor the inquiry further, they could do 10
under three modes Of procedure laid down In
~! syn Sat 70 The Bishop. These were: First by
majority Of the rectofs vsss H :eE Snd b 6y
hs Diocesan CoMysniion.
Nj. Boyd replied that ihere was no foynda.
ton e. The male ne. oy a1S,or n nc ne
psIish. he Also said that the Bishops failure
70 afford the petitioners any opportunity to
and Unfair. and calis tho Bishops a,tentio9
70 tho canon under title 3: which authorized
=: s .na h IL
"A: same With Laa,,S,s committee and adjust the
The Bishop Wrote Mr.. Boyd another letter
ui,ier date 81 Jpne2. He said he had spent q
day 10 St Luke's Church at Metnchen and Was
TSs rsctot hss. assured The Hishop that there
e I'D ssS ny o. tns TSs
canon .teither Of the services.
s dssst..a W.T. sssae ' dd not @
5tshops visit to the church. AID 4 they hed q
me-. meet him and urge H him 10 Examine into the
charges % against the rector ,,.,, =,
The inacti0n OF the Bshop one OF them Salu
ali the rart!ss concerned could have devised
s s.fsse 81 hs9s Ssss R
insted or modified. md so could have brought
b IN 1ss and be-
Nss requested to visit the, church and call q
meeting Of the rector and his people. said this
out notifying the protestants Of his propn.ed
yiess. and said he could see nothing out Of the
~ cam: e TIL. rl.e. txen. q years ~"
that time there was no Episcopal church IN
this PLACE. and about twenty yeais ago Q cun-
,,ss.g..ion was organized; We held services e
on the OCCASION OF the Bishops visits the latter
conknegation kindly allowed ut the use OF
room: The society so formed began to grow.
aud fourteen ysHrs ago the present church
Va erected rect Ss had number Of rsctors who
ehurch was left without . pastor. i deter
N NED that the church should not I've closed. ~
" tnat time . large number OF children do
tended on the sund ~ school for, instruction.
secured the SERVICES Of Mr.. Roche AS ysader.
MAKING n. ~. up any deficiency 10 Tho ot,srnEs 70
r. ow We, IS ORDAINED DEACON. and. on gEadasti1g
go ordained priest apd placed IN charge OF
rv sundaye when he began to make limo:
vs,lons on the old cauons OF the Church. l
!emnpstrated with him. and whom his father.
NNno eAd cbarge OF a church IN Florida, came
Notln. spoke to him about tho matter. The
young man promised me he would change his
mode OF conducting the service. hut inslea'i Of
| {ett 20 went from bad to worse. until now st.
Lkuaes y known rs the Roman CATHOLIC
sScuren for the ricn.' and the regular one ~
u,. Sb'in 10 Pin - tho Roman Catholic
went on until tho servicAs especiAlly at