The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-11
THE ENGLIsH cHuRcH TROUBLE.
4 Lucid Explanation of the Leading
Features of 1t.

Feb 10-Editor Morning News: I beg
a brief space to correct the impression
which may result from a careless reading
of your editorial of Sth inst, on "Hish
and Low Church." First, the question is
not between high and low, these are mere
ly accidents in the agitation, which IS
mainly political Dissenters agnostics'
etc, have for a long time looked with
covetous eyes upon the property of the
church and have agBated publicly fer the
confiscation of all her posse ssions and the
application of the money 10 purely secular
education. The last government Q-ioeraD
introduced a bill in the Commons TO legal
ize this spoliation. Even the cathedrals
were not to be spared, but held by COM
mission for public uses and TO be con-
sidered public monuments, only that the
church was 10 have the use of them for
few hours on Sunday. If you will consult
the files of your paper you Will see mat
this measure caused the downfall of the
government and the Conservatives We're
returned to power with the largest ma
jority in theiri history. The dissenters be-
came alarmed at their own scheme, for II
it was legal 10 rob the church it was only
a step to rob the ehapels, and as many
of these are well endowed, they Joined
with the Catholic churchmen to save
themselves. The cry of ritualism and Ro-
manism is now raised to unite the Pro-
testants against The church, and to assure
them that they will not be hurt by the
spoliation. The policy of Sir William Har-
court ct al. is now to introduce measure
making the church the creature OF Par
lament, and bishops and priests the serN-
ant This they know will force the church
to disestablishment and give an excuse to
the government to seize the properties IN
such a way as 10 discriminate between
that owned by the church and THAI of the
various dissenters. Thus the difficulties
the church has to encounter the dangers
she has To face and the battles she has to
fight are the same as they have been since
the year 1866. l refer you TO the history
of William the ConquerOr, Henry VIZ,
Mary and Oliver Cromwell and in this
country. the history of Massachusetts,
Connecticut, etc.
Secondly-The bishops and clergy are
not paid by the government, neither are
the people taxed TO support the church.
The only church built by government aid
is ST. PauFs, London. Pious children in
ages past, as well as in the present, have
given lands and money to support the
church and these are on the same basis
as those of Harvard, Cornell Columola
and other universities of this country, or
any clurcn or congregation III iliiS MY
Thirdly-All bishops, priests and people
of Nhe Church of England are already On
The Catholic Church. and always have
been in legitimate succession from the
apostles, and therefore possessing all
validity for their rights and legality for
their acts The term Protestant does not
occur in the official titles of that church.
The Catholics of England used that term
during the fifteenth and sixteenth centu-
ries to denote their attitude toward the
novelties of mediaevalsm, but when the
term was also used to cover the negations
and the exaggerated self-sutficiency
of the various sects of that time in Eng
land. she publicly repudiated the term
William III, brought to England by the
Professionals, sought to have the church
assume the term as a legal title, 1t was
rejected by convocation of the church
We have no fears as to her future
Henry VIII robbed her TO reward his
friends. Their subsequent history is
enough TO deter any from repeating their
sin. But we will say with our ancient
Father in God Polycarp, "Sire, the church
is an anvil that has worn out many ham,
mers ]. L. Scully.