The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-04

cal programme does not suit them. Such
trifes l never pay any attention to, as
they arc bound to occur
Il He said he was not aware of any re-
signations. and declared that he would
in the parish. He had done SO since he
became priest he said.
"A News, reporter visited several very
prominent members last evening and all
\ were just bubbling over with statements
| denouncing the high handed tactics of
their rector.
| One said
"The mission recently held has been
| one looked at from the different sides of
the congregation of considerable impor-
tance to its future progress or down
fall This church was built by and en-
dowed by the rector emmeritus on the
principles held and strongly espoused by
him on the broad church plan of the
Episcopal Church, and who always look
ed on the Book of Common Prayer as the
rule and guide for its rector to be governed
by Since the present rector has been
connected with this church, he has, when
] in conversation on the subject of High
Ritualism, given his people to believe
that he had no intention of leading to it,
! while in an underhand, Jesuitical spirit
he has always acted towards that stand,
until today we presume there is no one
| who will stoop lower or go further to
accomplish his purpose of leading his peo-
pie into errors that are nearer Roman
Catholicism.
| "The convictions and teachings of the
rector are the laity must be governed by
the clergy in all things. If you are not
of the same mind as they, your redress
is to go to some other church, or believe
as they do, you should not speak or
write against it, for if you do you are
doing contrary to the will of God, which
the clergy. Their actions in everyday life
have nothing to do with it. You must
confess your sins to a priest personally,
especially before communion and be per-
sonally absolved by him, otherwise the
public absolution is no avail and your soul
will be damned. In connection with this
members were tried in all manner OF
ways to make converts until like flock
of sheep not knowing where nor what
they were doing, they gathered a number
and forced them to say they came of their
own free will.
.9The book called The Way of Peni-
tence., by the Rev. Alfred G. Mortimer,
DID, one of the shining lights of High
Ritualism, was handed to a number OF
children and ladies of the church. On
perusal of the same it hardly seems
proper that this should have been given
into young inexperienced hands, and
thoughts the young and innocent should
ever be shielded from, should here be
given in a manner to bring blush OF
"a
shame to a layman that his rector could
not be more considerate, as some of the
questions border on the obscene, and it
should be suppressed.
s.Now. what are we to do about it?
Are we TO be driven from our church
at home to go roaming elsewhere or no
where and finally become without a
church? We see what has been done in
England over this question.
GAS to confession privately to a priest,
If there are those who wish to do that
and think it does them good go and do it,
but let others who do not, have some lib
erty. Also the Church does not teach us
and we also see the Church in England
and it's bishops denounce it. 1t is now
time that the laity of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church of the United States take
stand that these ambassadors of Rome
who are in our fold as priests should be
denounced and turned to the Church they
belong to- they should be made to ad-
minister the services of the Church ac-
cording to the prayer book, and not be al
lowed to introduce these obnoxious false
doctrines and innovations.
"The Bishops of the church should be
made to see that we are drifting to
point where they will, if they allow these
things to continue, see a large part of
their conservative churchmen, who love
it for itself, drift off into some other fold
or becoming disgusted with the clergy
and it's popery, become non-attendants
of any church"
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