New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-08
SERMONS WORTH KEEPING.
XIV.
ROME. OXFORD AND TIE ROUND WORLD.
DR. W. R. HuxrIxGrox's ESTIMATE OF CARDINAL

Huntingdon OF Grace Church. for tic basis OF sermon
on Rome, oxford and the Round World The ser
mon was y review OF the oxford Movement called forth
By the death Of Cardinal Naming and c'ocd'with m
earnest plea for foreign mission work. DR.. Hunting
ton after explaining the comprehensive text. rs it
was viewed by the ancents ANA by the men Of the
present generation, said:
As a matter OF fact there las been rc,tlcs,ae,,
under the Old and crampcd notions as to the divine
purpOs,s anu methods with repcct 10 ~ mc1, ana our
occupancy tenants OF tue earth. some minds
under this stress of this circumstance have Dec me
alienaed from Christianity altogether To their think
Ing the old wneslHn- have beer. proved incapable ot
outstanding the pressure OF the new Wiur OF tll's2
last day, charged full a, II Is Win the forces OF an an
paracicd fermentation ana they have said Go TO- let
either make Tor ourselves new religion. INTO whi'
all the modern knowledge Shall he oiI"Iatcj or ~
us agree that viii try to get along ~ best we
may. without any religion at all Ana 80 with view
to escaping from what they consider i"!i'gh'' ihey
have gone ont into what we consider the DARK IN the
OF still other minds the result has been nt 80
much an actual REIMBURSEMENT OF the Christian fellg
ion as an acquired rcadines, q water down th3
Faith 10 such II degree OF dlntIon that II necomc,
scarcey di,tngui,habe from those Other faiths that
elsewhere in the world are dspGtng with II the
supremacy. The time has come, these somewhat over
generous ones tell Us make peace with ancient
competitors the buddhist and the Mosem>. and to
adopt some large formula that shall take IN Under II,
making peace but making 1t at the expense of ncces
sary dogma
ORIGIN or THE OXFORD MOVEMENT.
Ii is manly to apprehension, fo-tcrcd bv clear
vision OF these drifts aud tendencies OF the modern
mind that to trace the origin of that memorable
movement in English religion one Of the great lenders
Of which has only Just fallen ecp. The death OF
His Emincncc Cardinal Manning marks turning point
in the religious history not Of England only Int OF the
wori. Though not Of the charter members be
early adherent of that little group If oxford
scholars who fifty years ago banded t,cmselve, to-
geher for the purpose. they supposed, Of saving
the Church Of England from destruction.
essay we're to enter in detail into the story the
strange and varied fortunes Of the movement 10 which
Newman gave origin and Manning acceleratiOn. IL
has passed in the history Of our time under various
titles. by enemies II was called from the name OF
Of It's promoters Puseyism." and from the instrl.
ment of controversy which 1t adopted "Iraclaranlsm
Among friends IL has enjoyed the TUE OF Anglo
Catholicism and neutras have been TO speak OF 1t
simply "a the oxford Movement But the ship what,
ever IT. proper name, had scarcely been fairly uched
Of some of the best minds in England, before mutny
brOhe out among the crew. lt was quelled. TO be
sure. but only III the ooat OF heavy us ivi, wn."
took the boats and made for craft flying an allen
aud Manning. born and bred all OF them in the
Church Of England. have died In the communion OF
the possible exception Of the poet Dydens case there
have been. among English speaking people. 10 such
and even Dryden, secession IS scarcely 10 De naIsH
IN the same breath when motives are taken into the
Ing were under no suspicion Of having been actIated
by personal piqu" or political disappointment. Ihey
But while We may not question their sincerity we
at liberty. entirely at liberty, To review and to
weigh their reasons, ana II Il Just because seem ~
see u very close connection between what they dld
and the thoughts that have already been suggested
to us by text that have brought them and their
movement to your notice. For when We subject this
movement. so auspcicuoly begun and 50 speedily ana
strangely diverted when We subject II TO careful In
ve,tigatIon and analysis We find at the heart of It
discomfort and dread: the discomfort q dSCOntent
National Church OF England the dread dread en-,
ecndered by those very tendencies toward unbelei
ana M 81 "cm u ccpd Sg If e On er
round world Newman and Manning wanted larger
Church than England gave them. but they dreaded
any charging process that should put in peril the
pillars which held up the roof. Feeling convinced
they took refuge In another building OF which rs they
fondy supposed. tn" foundations were upon the nils
and beyond the reach of change.
THE EMIGRATION \ MISTAKE
: our contention IS that their fears groundess
aud That their emigration VA, grand mistake. They
too hastily made mp their minds that God had for
saken the Church England and left her TO her fate
They failed to discern what IN His farrcacLng provi-
dence lie accomplishing for English religion by
giving the leadership In the great work of the worlds
colonization into English hands What has been
happily called the Expansion Of England has been
the great event OF mod"rn times. Nothing comparable
to fl has been seen since the Roman Empire went To
pieces. our own National history has been part ana
parcel OF the process The English language already
dominates th whole continent of North America. ana
what that means /, that certain moral ideas. certain
spiritual aims, certain we'll known standards of life ami
character are destined also 10 have dominance. The
word, az the great men who have thought and spoken
in English follow in the track of The spelling book Of
The language. ana wherever school house /, planted
in which little children are lansnl to rad EnSli,h the
rh VIZ thc,,fIr il Wonld Hnve brcn on the bart
~ who undertook to be- ia" rel gous guides OF
England N the beginning Of the victorian em II. in
stead u hn,tening back I'm alarm Rome. They hal
turned their eyes rather toward Oh" wonderful future
opening brfOr" the Church Of their baptism. and had
di,ccrrcd n the spreading Of tho English tongue over
all tlr earth heaven provided OF escape from that
For tngican religion i" really brcomine thlongll its
a. fu.ip WtyI los
siyeiv Br.li po,Ce,>ion" and by contact with the
isencc in the day when the Book Of Common PRAYER
modlnes, and T. non,ed even ~ il TI6udl. 1t is to-
day hr larger and in The best sense more catholic
thing than II was when Newman and Manning parted
company with II. Their dread has h""n proven by the
event 10 have been mfounded and the occasion OF their
discomfort has been removed.
THE MEANING OF FOREIGN MISSIONS
Dut have been using the oxford Movement only as
Illustration. Large that looks momenous Us it
appears to the eyes of Us who have been interested In
watching Us progress and ISSUE It Is probably only
minor feuur, VI the and complicated process
whereby GOd i, executing His aseions plan Of recon
citation. Possibly both Rome and oxford will have
faded ont of sight. or, any rate have rcceded into
dim distance, betor, that far end is reached. Mean
while forces of many sort, are at work. consciously
or unconscousy, 10 bring the result To pass. Com
merce IS one auxiliary >tate'manShip j, another. liter
I, another scientific research T., another TIE pres
is another. and what we know 4; the work Of mission;
is another le~. poo. de-p>NI. neglected.. iidcued
foreign missions when the final reckoning mp of
and nStrumcnalIticS comes TO be made, it will
IL found that to foreign missions some
praise Will he conceded for having helped the
work OF making mankind
| suspect that hat cmbitteiS great many people
against foreign missions. aut tempt> them the
sharp and harsh thing, they LAY about them. is a
certain contempt for tlc small way in which the work
i prosecuted. The asrr equipment of the mis-
suHaly enterprise inspires I'm them the sort Of
feeling with which saul regarded DnNids smO tn
stones from the brook. IS the Goliath of heIthendom
likely they ask, 10 ~ down before ruch nianti"
armament that tut whose fault l. IL that oreirl
missions make, such a bessay showing I'm mi, matter
OF equipment Who il 10 blame for the hn,ignih-
canoe the preparations made to bring great peoples
2ud races into captivity to the Obedience of Christ
surely the promoters OF foreign missions, the
engaged In planning and pa hing the work. for thee
would cladly II they could send ont whole feet,
where with dnicullty they secure shipment for
"A single passenger.
no the real reason why foreign missions anguish
is because men ,ceptical 10 the inirn c merits
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