Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-12-25

protesting against the confirmation Of the
newly appointed arohbishop on the ground
that he held to the doctrine of evolution.
The action Of Mr.. Brownjohn created a
great sensation, and when the congrega-
tion assembled had recovered somewhat
from their astonlshment many persons
stood upon their seats and hooted and
groaned at the protesting clergyman for
some time.
When order was restored, Archbishop
Maclagan refused to entertain the protest,
whereupon Mr.. Brownjohn left the church
amid the groans of the audience The ex-
citement then subsidized and the services
proceeded.
The appointment of DR.. Temple 10 the
archbishopric Of Canterbury crowned q
career of singular variety. II the average
churchman had been told 20 years ago
that DR.. Temple would live to sit in the
chair of st. Augustine, he would have
laughed the teller to scorn. Nothing seem
ed then more improbable than that one OF
the authors of Essays and Reviews"
should, by the assent Of churohmen in
general become archbishop Of Canterbury.
The unexpected, however, happened.
The Sensation at the Time.
But while DIR. Temples own essay was
comparatively harmless. the book itself
was in those days Qs5s-60) deemed sub
versive of the faith. Largely owing to the
activity Of Bishop Samuel Wilberforce,
Archdeacon Denison and the more advanc-
ed churchmen, storm of Indignation was
raised. Two Of the essayists were brought
before the court Of arches, and when DR.
Temple, in 1859, was appointed to the see
of Exeter, his election was contested, and
HnianOr,a1 Inc h4o tnx,
were lodged. 1t ia only fair to say that
some of those who Joined most fervently
In the "heresy hunt OF those days are
now his most willing colleagues
The volume entitled Essays and Re-
views" was published in 1860. The essays
and the contributors were seven in num-
Der, and, as the preface set forth, each au-
thor was responsible only for his own
work. Three of the authors-Rowland
Williams II. b. Wilson and BENJAMIN
Jowett-were already known as broad
ohurchmen, but It is probable that the
work would have obtained little notoriety
had 1t not been for two criticisms upon IT,
The first Of these which has been attribu-
ted to Mr.. Frederick Harrison, appeared In
the Westminster Review and taunted the
authors with being rationalists and yet
remaining churchmen. The second came
from Bishop Wilberforce who, first in a
charge to the clergy and then in an article
in The Quarterly Review, condemned the
articles and pronounced 1t impossible that
their authors could honestly remain In the
church The storm became fierce, and
two Of the essayists were hailed before the
court of arches and condemned. They,
however, appealed to the privy council and
with perfect success The storm fends
were not appeased, and at every step in
DIR. Temples career they have broken out
afresh.
His confirmation to the bishoprio OF
Exeter was bitterly opposed, and when he
was called to London to follow Bishop
jackson there were only few dissentienta.
That some still remain who have not for
gotten those early expressions of opinion
is evidenced by the protest of the Rev. Ed
ward Brownjohn. Mr.. Brownjohn Is
representative of the evangelical organi-
cation known as the Church association,
which some six years ago made an unsuc-
cessful attack upon Dr. King, bishop OF
Lincoln, accusing him of contravention Of
the statutes of the Church of England
with regard to certain observanoes. DR..
King is the chief of the so called high
church movement, as DR.. Temple IL the
representative broad churohman.