New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-16
UELSU DISESTiBLISHNENT

The interest which Anglican 'h"I'"i"'" "''
taking in Mr. GladstOncS Welsh Su>pensof!
bill' is due MT 80 much 10 the intrinsic lnp'f
lance of that bill As to the belief that IT pof-
,cnds an aftcmpt 10 di>cstabliSh the English
cburcb in the not distant future. Taken by
itself the Justice Of Welsh disc>tabllShmcn'
would be cone, dcd by all Church not pima
,d by partisan prejudice; FIR the Ahg1''h
Church in Wales i, an excite: II Is not inc
Chmch Of the great mass Of the people ana
even though the establishment Is 10 more ,han
, parliamcntlr, hgmcnt. imposing no pec'Inllt!
burden on the People. candid Churchmen must
admit fine iniu>tic, # thus dcc1llng an alien
cbuch 10 he the Church. of the country
The establishment of Church by the state
assumes the obligation f every one u become
:, member Of the Church - established. And
IN ueh nowadays such an assumption l. no'h-
ing more than Al empty fiction even III Eng
land il j. every year becoming more Intolefahlc
,o the Di,>cntcr> who claim 10 outnumbcr the
Church. and who do largely outnumbcr 1t III
Wales.
En, in spite f that fact English Churchmen
are bitterly opposing Mr.. q adtpnc> mild bill
which does not cIlI for Welsh dl>->tablI>h
mcnt. but only fer tho suspension OF all APP
IointmcntS 10 dignitic> and bcnofccS III N'l'S
Eminent olcrgym,n and laymcn are making
mt inlammatDry appeals t. religious plo)u-
dice. Mr.. Gladstone is denounced in much the
anne way A. he w.lS when he brought III the
bill for III, disc .tabi.hmcni Of the Irish Chnrch
, few wears agp Al that time h. was aS'allcd
=. = rJbbcr e the lli>h Church. and one fiery
I,rgyman wrote a pamphlet in which he proved
~. Il. t..1 in
Che Apocalypse though to obtain the number
If the beast there given he was Obliged 10
IrcliX the feminine form of the definite article
before the >taic>man> name translated mt"
creek - at The present moment the Prime
Minister is held up f. public cNccrition a
= rilcpiors vlctch who is selling the Church
i'm Wales fer thirty votes. just aS It's great
Master was sold for Thirty pieces Of silver.
Nor i, the opposition continuing itself 20 words
The ArchhishopS Of Canterbury and York have
decided T. hold join; meeting Of the Houses
of L,ymcn of tn provinces. in London Al
Whitsuntidc. At this meeting each of ;hc
eighty nine archdoaconIio> Of the ChurNh will
he rcpr scnlcd by the Church wardcn>. This
great gathering which will be the first OF the
kind since I5G2 when the Thirty nine Articles
were promulgated. VIII De cdlltu loS, lhcf, HO'
10 consider the question # Welsh diScStabi>h-
mc,u on its merits. but - condemn any dis
establishment AT all Is >rollation OF tho
Church. This circumstance * Significant fer
il shows the d gritnio> Of the English Church
10 be 80 held by THEN prejudlcc> and pIcpo>-
session, that they are unable or unwilling T.
weigh cindidly the gumcntS in favor OF dis
establishment even when, a in the case OF
Walc. they are unanSwelabt. The meeting
will doubtless be INST respectable; but a m
answer to the desire u replir the injustice in
VOWED i'm an established Church in Wales it
will not he entitled to any more consideration
than are the wild ShlickS of rage which are
now being uttered against Mr. Gladstone. No
amount of noise and fury on the part of the
Churh's highly raid dignitaries can do more
than delay disc, tabliShmcnt not only in Wales
but in England and Scotland also.
4 State Church is opposed to the spirit of
the age. II is calculated to work serious
Injustice 90 large numbers of people and as
many ChuI chmcn will admit, it does more harm
than poed 10 the Church established. Thr
English people are slow to overthrow an old
institti N but their sense of justice is strong
and il will not permit them to tolerate for many
more wears the anomaly of an Established
Church which fully half Of the people rcpldiltc.