The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-27
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The Rev. Mr.. Jenner Surprises
His Church With the
Announcement Of His
Engagement.

ia "a
St Johns Episcopal Church, Bayonne, a
High Ritual church, has shocked his con-
gregation by announcing publicly that he
is engaged to be married. Up to a year
and a half age Mr.. Jenner was assistant
Rector of the Church of the Holy Inno-
cents in Hoboken, which is one of the
highest churches in the vicinity. Mr..
Jenner introduced the service into st.
Johns Church when he went there. and
soon had a large congregation. Many of
parishioners came from Greenville being
among those who left Grace Church when
the unpleasantness arose over Rector
Chapman. Mr.. Jenner was a bachelor,
and the general impression was that he
would remain one. as 1t is generally un-
derstood in the church that a clergyman
who adopts the High Church Ritual prac-
tically takes a vow of celebracy. More
over. Mr.. Jenner belongs. to the Order of
the Holy Cross, the members of which as
a general thing remain single.
Mr.. Jenher is highly cultured, and a
man of a personal magnetism which made
him very popular in the church. especi-
ally among the young ladies. All these
circumstance contribute to the state of
mind in which the congregation finds it
self over the announcement of his coming
marriage.
The way in which he came to make the
announcement was this.-The official
board was discussing the question of his
salary for the coming year. and as a rea-
son for an advance he announced that he
was about to double his responsibilities.
Immediately there was much speculation
as to who the young lady was. and sew
eral were suspected. Much to their re-
gret, however, they were all obliged to
declare that the honor was not Tor them.
1t was finally ascertained that the Rec
tors prospective heipmate lived in Eng
land.
The discovery had probably nothing to
do with the little. trouble in which the
young Rector finds himself. The Rector
sebrns the suggestion that such might be
sthe case, put ne neyer maae ss s ! ymen alsss
of the congregation began TO find fault
with the extreme high riIualistic services.
Mr.. Jenner has adopted the confession
al. or course. confession is not com
pulsory, but the Reeter'x opponents think
it ought to be abolished entirely. Then
he celebrates q ceremony which is akin to
the mass in the Roman Catholic Church.
wears colored vestments. the same as the
Catholic priests do. and makes genufiex.
ions during the services. But the heignt
Of his offending is that he breaches the
doctrine Of the Real Presence of the body
and blood Of Christ in the Lords Supper;
teaches it, and he says he will. always
teach ii. becauseit is authorized by the
Episcopal Church. and is one of its funda-
Mr.. Jenner's opponents quote a rule of
the church, or at least an explatory note
r T I ?rd gi the .T ssera nata i 81 p tSs RooR n
Common Prayer, which gives the rites and
ceremonies of the church. 1t reads
Whereas. It. is ordained in this offiee
for the administration of the L9rds sup
per that the commandments should re-
caive the same kneeaing (which order is
well meant for a signitication OF our
hum3 hsna ana gfaf rbrist e tSepein EVEN grien' to
ali worthy receivers and for the avoiding
of all such proclamation and disoruer IN
ensue), yet lest the same kneeling should
by any persons. either out Of ignorance
or infirmity, or out of malice obsti-
macy, be misconstrued and ~qepraved, 1t
Is hereby declared that thereby no ador-
alton is intended, or ought 20 be done
either to the bread or Wine
there bodily received or unto any cor
poral presence of Christ's natural flesh
and blood. For the sacramental bread
and wine remain still in their very nat-
ural substance. and therefore may not
abhorred BY ell faithful Christians. and
the natural body and blood of our Sa-
vior Christ are in heaven and not here,
it being. against the truth for .Christ's
natural body to be at one time in more
places than one.
There is but one church, the Roman
Catholic" said one of Mr.. Jenner'scritics,
which teaches the real presence in the
it and wants to preach It, It is but a
step to the Roman Catholic Church, and
is where he belongs and should go.
but / cannot go as far as that.
because it Is not only not the doctrine
Of the Episcopal Church. but is prohib-
The opposition to Rector Jenner. who,
by the way, is always addressed as "Fa-
Jenner, took shape when Mr.. CLAIR
ence Beebe took up his residence In Bay
onne and began attending the services in
st. Johns Church. He objected to the
high ritual used by. Mr.. Jenner and
PENDANTS at the church. In a little while
succeeded in getting some supporters,
and a meeting will be held shortly to
a plan of action. !
be starved out, but that is i'm
practicable. His salary is fixed at $1,000
j year and cannot be reduced without
pay it the rector can mortgage the
ehurch property. The rector canno be
removed or transferred except by the
Mr., Jenner holds all the trump
cards. The only recourse left for his
opponents is to take an appeal to Bishop
M. Jenner is not at all worried about
he situation. He says the m~alcontents
10 not number more than a dozen, and
and have no voice in the church
government. I'm fact" said M. Jen-
Ter, II cannot recognize them OFFICIALLY.
:, know m wn not fn rso, are, D ~ l not oftcialiy.
complaints or suggestions they have to
MIR. Jenner declines to tell the
late fxed for mis- wedding.
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The Way women no 1t.
Alfonso-"You never hear Of women
running off with their emnlovers