New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-24
iUJRTfIN RITf iJfSU

The reaction against extreme ritualism In the
! English Church. which commented re-
! Gently. may possibly manifest itself in the com
INK General Convention Of the Episcopal Church
Of This country. Tho religious Journals of that
| church have lately been discussing n number
Of measures which are 10 come mp Tor conSid-
Grafton In that body the Introduction ~ which
will array M" Protestant and the Catholic par
tie, in the church against each other. Frs. ~
all VIII hc the proposition 10 change the name
of the Church which has been discussed In
several previous conventions 1t is cOntcndel
by the Anglo Catholics that the present name
Of the Church j. really n missioner. The
church. they say. Is necessarily Episcopal, and
therefore 10 give IL that title is unnecessary.
But II is to The word Protestant that they are
most strongly opposed For they hold that the
Church Is in no scn~c Protestant. and I'm fact.
many of their leaders dcnouncc the Rcforma-
ton rs n crime and assall the English reform
crS aS scoundrclS What they desire Is TO have
the Church called simply The Church, The
American Church. or The American Catholic
Church Another proposition that will come up
will be- proposed change IN the Church's law
relating to marriage declaring that no one who
has been divorced for any cause shall be- nj
lowed to rcmarry while the other party in the
divorce lives. The Ango-Cathocs have long
desired to have such law enacted and the
debate over It will doubtless be earnest
I'm the mean while there are indications that
some strong Churchmcn who have hitherto
been more or less In sympathy with the High
Church movement will come out against it's
extreme manifestations. as they have In Eng
land one Of these is Bishop f. d. Huntington
,.t In .ri.,i pulIt
Unitarian. has been for many years an exceed
ingly strong Churchman. Moreover, his SON.
Father J. o. s. Huntington. is known through
out the country rs nm Anglo-Catbolic of the
most advanced type. Yet Bishop Huntington
the other day thus vigorously condemned the
rituastc movement
For ritual OF imitators. fancy performers
decorators posture masters and factionists Of
alien terms and phrases. full OF parade and con
tumacy II IL hard. IL must he hard to feel any
thing but "A plying disrespcct Considering the
sanctities they trine with, |. for one. shall not
wonder II they are rldiculed. An effort here
there TO exalt the adoption Of any Of the various
points OF "A richer eucharistic worship into n cult
by itself IL. OF course. unscientinc az II Is
unscriptural. unapostolical and uncatholic.
The opposition of Low and Broad Churchmen
to the advanced movement Is TO be expected.
70 meet and overcome 1t tho Ritualists have
always counted on the passive sympathy Of
strong High Chnrchmcn like Bishop Hunting
ton who. while not Rituasts themselves. were
willing to stand with the Ritualists In opposi-
ton To Professionalism. within rs well as with
out the Church. II will he serious thing for
them. therefore. II they shall now lose the pas
slvc support OF this element In the Church.
which includes n large part OF its wealth and
many OF its most influential men,