The record-union., 1893-12-29

catholicity in the membership of the
House of Bishops has firm hold of the
church"
The following is from the Lining Church
(P. Ed of Chicago: 1.-THE following re-
markable paragraph appears IN the New
\ ork ChHTcitBld3t under date of Novem-
Der 25th: The Ethics of Doctrinal Sub
scription is subject OF the utmost and
most pressing importance. 1t is to the
last degree unfortunate that the clergy of
any church should be getting the reputa-
tlon OF sheer dishonesty in their dealing
with the articles or standards TO which
they are supposed to have subscribed;
and no evil reputation is more completely
undeserved. The fact is, that in the
American Church there is no Subscrlp-
ton whatever required except that re-
CURED In Article I OF the Constitution.
DIR. Donald admirably said at the Con-
gress, a man may be hereto 10 the last
extreme Of hereSy without knowing 1t;
but he cannot, without knowing 1t, take
even the first and shortest step III dishon-
esty.' The impression unquesulonably
made by such statements is in the last
degree misleading, and calculated to do
harm. W hen, for example, 1t IS SAID,
there Is no subscription whatever re-
that in Article of the Constitution
the inference would be, by one unac-
qualnted with the facts, that this one sub
scrIptlon amounts to little or nothing,
and that there ought to be five, ten or
twenty subscriptions TO bind men. on
the contrary, that one subscription in
Article covers the entire ground of con-
formity and obedience TO the doctrine,
discipline and worship of the church, as
recorded ana printed in the Prayer Book,
and TO belief III the Scriptures OF the Old
and New TeStaments."
''If man is spirit and if there is an
Infinite store Of spiritual energy TO which
he may have access, the demonstration OF
that would be an event more important
and more brilliant than any invention or
discovery OF modern times" says the
Christian AdU0cdte (Unit) of Boston.
IL would be great gain II only the err
rOneOuS beliefs concerning the meaning
and power of prayer could he cleared
away. If we knew definitely what prayer
could not do, the way would be cleared
for discovery as TO what it can do. Just
now the one most evident fact is that the
majority of those who pray do not expect
their prayers to be answered. Tney
would be frightened If they thought the
things they asked for wOuld Immediately
happen. The next most evident tact (ev-
ident to those who see it, is that the
prayers of the majority OF Christians are
futile attempts TO change that which is
unchangeable, and to substitute caprice
for beneficial law. Ancient traditions
concerning prayer still have power TO
control action. But there is little faith
which rests on any assured confidence in
an ascertalned order of things in which
prayer has place. Men pray because
they dare not cease to pray. They pray
as duty that is required OF them, an OBJ
servance that they are afraid to omit"
HAS not the time come," asks the New
York C1turchmdn (P. E. "when civiliza-
ton i'll the United States should take care
of itself? The liberty to know, to utter,
and to argue freely, above all liberties,'
has long been recognized by this country.
But anarchism is The exact contradictory
of all this. 1t means the right TO stop all
argument by bombs; to murder the lead
ers OF thought and discussion. And the
leaders of this movement are men Of no
public reputation-eXceptt the reputation
of being worthless scoundrels-who are
ready for every crime, and have not the
slightest sympathy with American insti-
tutions. 1t is surely time that these saw
ages should be recognized for what they
are {: Atheists toward God; hostile to the
family; opposed to all law, and ready TO
use brute force, in the most coWardly
way, for the destruction Of society. The
instinct Of Sel1-preservatiOn in every civ
iliZed community demands the prompt
determination of this kind of criminal"
Monsignor T. Capel, distinguished
Catholic prelate OF this county, in an ar
ticle on conscience, says: sin the last
place, no power, ecclesiastical or civil,
can make it right and lawful to attempt
to force man to do that which his con-
science unhestatingiy condemns as
wrong. The whole difficulty about Cath
oIics and the public school question rests
on this. They believe that it is as much
the duty of parents to educate their chill
dren as it is to feed, clothe and nurture
them. They further believe that instruc-
ton alone is not education, but that the
chlld'S head and heart, or intellect and
will, must both be trained-the heart
needing it more than the head. Both,
they hold, should go on simultaneously.
And while this is necessary to all, it is
specially needed for the children of those
who have but little time to spare from
hard toll. For them school makes up
the defects of home. There, religious
practices, religious motives, can be added
to religious instruction. Believing this,
conscience makes Catholics refuse TO ac-
cept mere secular instruction. They are
too desirous to have all the 'ologies de-
manded by the State taught in their
schools. But, above all, they deem it a
duty to have their children taught religi-
Gus knowledge and to be trained in the
practice of Christian virtues day by day,
hour by hour. This conscientious con-
viction leads to the injustice they suffer
and feel Of paying not only taxes for the
public schools but also the further pay
ment for supporting their own"