The San Francisco call., 1897-01-26

| philippic in the course of which he denied
the claim of the author, that these direc
tions are the general use of the Anglican
communion.
Rev. Mr.. Bolton, when seen yesterde eJ
and questioned on the subject of Dr.
Laws attack, said he must refuse to take
any notice of the actual language used by
Or. Law toward a brother clergyman as
being $50 entirely unministerial Re-
terring to the pamphlet itself he said
The Confraternity of the Blessed Sacra
ment, whose pamphlet on ceremonial
directions has been taken exception to by
DR.. Law, is an organization stretching al
over the world. Its objects are as stated
in the pamphlet: o. The honor due to
the person of our Lord Jesus Christ In the
Blessed Sacrament of His Body and
Blood; ~ mutual and special interces.
sion at the time of and in union with the
Eucharistic Sacrifice; (3) to promote the
observance of the Catholic and primitive
practice of receiving the holy communion
fasting.
There is ward of this confraternity in
this City, to which members throughout
California belong, and of which / am the
superior. That pamphlet contains nv
annual address at the feast OF Corpus
Christi In 1896, and was sent to every
mem Der in the State and to every clergy
man of the Episcopal dioceses OF Calf
fornia. The ceremonial directions would
naturally be of first consequence to the
clergy. In the preface are these words.
which certainly do not make for warfare
among ourselves: They are placed in
your hands that you may pass them on to
some relative or friend in the sacred min
istry whose high privilege it is to stand
before the Lord at his altar. If this be
done with that Christian charity that
should actuate us in all our dealings with
those OF our brethren who cannot see
things spiritual just as we ourselves do
look at them we believe that these direc-
tions, far from giving offense, will be re-
ceived with many and grateful thanks
The Confraternity ls not secret soci-
ETY., and all its doings are open to the light
of day. These directions have also been
sent to many of the clergy in other States.
and have been most kindly received. The
hope has been expressed by them that in
time much greater similarity of ceremo O.
nial than has heretofore prevailed in the
Episcopal church may result from this ini-
tiative on the part of the Californian
clergy.
"With respect to DIR. Laws interpreta-
tion of the passage which deals with the
cleansing of the chalice by the lips of the
clergyman, would say tnat he evidently
supposes that after each rail full of COM
municants has been disposed of the priest
is directed to cleanse the rim of the chaIice
with his own lips. where the rule Itself
(rule %, page 13) expressly states:
30. When he returns for the Chalice he first
places Ciborium from whence he took it, then
genuflecting, takes the Chalice. Returning
after communicating the people, he cleanses
the lips OF the Chalice with his own lips,
places upon 1t the Pail, then covers both
Chalice, Paten and Ctborium with the "fair
linen cloth" or white veil of lace and genu-
fleets.
This means that the chalice must be
thus cleansed after the last comm unicant
has taken the sacrament. The reason for
observing this rule Is to prevent the alb
sorption Of any portion of the sacrament
by the linen which is placed over the
mouth OF The chaIice at the close of the
communion. To permit the linen to alb
sorb any portion of the sacrament which
human beings should alone partake of
would scarcely he conducive to a reveren n
tial attitude. The rule specifies the almost
universal practice which has been handed
down from generation to generation.
NAV add that the future parts of these
directions will be published as soon as we
have the necessary means at our disposal.
These will deal with low mass with a
server. high mass, solemn high mass, the
canon, the triptych and others"
Rev. w. W. Bolton stated that he had
made a special study OF r;tualistic observ-
ances for twenty years and considered
himself competent, therefore, to express
an opinion