The sun., 1901-10-12
rHE RIruALTsr PARTY.
Ths impsssibuiy q Crushing u IN the kps.-
copai Church.

To THE EDTron or the sus-Sb! Your
recent editorial expression. 90 the effect that
the kitualists IA the Episcopal Church might
be crushed but would never surrender. hit
very bright and particular nail sausrely on
its uplifted heed That In just it Hut there
u no danger of any crushias Before each
General Convection a hue and cry ID raised
against them. with o view 20 stimulating a
hot Opposition, but u IL the same old rebel
yell zach convention meets. and lets ritual
Ism severely alone
Well u may, FOR since the convention OF
1871. that passed canons against ritualism.
the Episcopal Church has become permeated
with the -evil. and many who cried against
Il In the old DAYS ire now thoroughly stepped
In the sin Nearly everything the hituhl-
lists have oont"uded for has been generally
adopted and pTactised throughout the United
states. In both High Church and Broad
Church parishcs hence the few anti Ritual
lists find u impossible 90 draw a line without
cutting themselves out altogether Every
Episcopalian Il a ktuHlist. % some kind any
way, and 10 the normal Protestant he IL
good deal Of one The moment one grants
the platform Of Apostolic Succession, clerical
Vestments % any kind. and the altar. he
comedies the di1erentiatlns principles and
any fussiug with a brother Churchman about
minor details j. tommyrot IL II just as
wicked o. have a cross above an altar IS TO
have candles and Just as sacrilegious TO
wear q Geneva Rown, or white surplioe.
as q chasuble or cope The worshipper who
denies the Virgin birth of Christ is surely
as repTehensiblc as another who believes
Ia the invocation % Mary and the saints
one that stubhornly sits in prayer has no
night 20 TAX. a fling az another who grnufccts
or signs himself with the cross The funny
thing about IL II that the antl-Rltualists
fail 20 see the point
The Episcopal church {. really tho Church
Of England la doctrine. discipline and worship,
albeit presented under a modern name. aud
It's Prayer Book and order Of services were
snt forth on purpose " humor both Catholics
and Purltans How stultfying then. for
either side Ca hound the other one would
presume that In these United states Ia the
S nSSSip SsgS.y d G5:S ~ ,Ss might ee Si
prosecuted because Of his po-ture- rnitnent
of helps tg devotion Have you not noticed
endured by the Ritualists, Who has ever
heard of low Churchm.n or Broad Church
man unirrs9lng spli"igl persecution Tor his
their opp Insnt- except N -elf-drfcnce All
they ask u e. be let alone Their adhcrents
ATE won 10y belief IN their principles properly
advocated No Episcopahan is forced 10
their ranks Their position II a PLAIN one
namely that the Bible aud the Book of Com
mon PRAYER are To- be accepted entirely. aud
observed accordingly They ind reason
for all their teaching and practice In these
authorized documents
The Kitusli~ts are almost alone IN enduring
sacrifices Tor the Church Look over tho
clergy lis'. and YOU viii find that they are the
ones taxing ~. hardest fields aud starving
along on sspI "a year They are wiling to
spend aud he spent for Christ'- sake They
are IN" salt u IA" Church The most radical
Broad Churchmau m New York has repeat
~dly sol'st"d "a kitdaltst Hs assistant. openly
saving that none other will work yealousy
Al rat2' hl mn drndsrry ! ~" N" term -kit-
one Who II n"~"--4rIly attired ~ splendid
vr-tm"nts OF that %" must u" altar hghts
a. essential l mean rather any clergyman
who accepts the leading principles 81 the
'fRS'S fhS .ef'Son mon of Bishop uorr. a, tho open.
Ing Of the General convention Il known TO
me only from IN" references made N lHE
SIS, hut cannot vuu-ttuD u a. an attack ou
tItalisn. aud I doubt n tho RituAl-t- -u
Interpret II lie merely expressed n sentiment
repeatedly Expressed hy the Ltring GhUfrh
the organ ~ the Catholic party. that the
Episcopal Church has flr wrightier business
than -t"Wing about ceremonial Accessories
uf worship Al thus recent whining aud
complaining about IA" yo-tm'nts % Bishops
incense. N'. h4V" come. mark YOU. from the
BROAD church element. started hy one of
their Kind, a." bl-lsu ul khud" Island In
what seems q spirit of maliciousncs- the
Bishop of Fond-du-l q, wp- singled out Tor
attack Ht this time but. bless YOU. tho blow
might ju-' a. VOL have been aimcd ~ 'prpl-
ates nearer huW" The Ritunli~ts wrlcofn.
inuuiry. and have nothing az their sleeves
even lawn sleeves They naturally feel dis
gu-t'~l ~ N" puefilitlc- ~ their d.famerS
IN" vut" % ~" House 81 bishops permitting
the u-" of certain marginal readings T. no
tndiTTa,t"9 81 hostility t, titual,m either
YOU gam ID" leading supporter of m" chang,
/, Bishop ltall oi Vermont. an out-Hla-,sut
catholic Tho; the kituslistic bishop, AZ
the san Francisco convention Wurc ur carried
purple uitre- ~ procession - not remark
all" III" color ~ %" -tul" a Bishop wears,
Il be assume any. is no Indication II his nt-
tliudn toward rituAl~m several 10 IA.
ltitualI-tC bishops could IN up wise be dis
tnruish"d in thor dress from their Evan
g.liCal brother pf,latcs
The l.ituali-t. are here % stay. and there
will he no downing of them. n pushed to
tho wall. they have only tp claim recognition
under the new provision permitting consre-
cations e. have their own different forms
Of worship hud ceremonies. Citmpion"d hv
Dr Huntington of New York By ~ means
they can USE the service. commonly called
the Mass, no'prding - the First PRAYER
Book % Edward Va. 9f resume the older
il good Tor swedish or Lutheran conRrcsa-
tons can b. mad" apullonbl" ia their casn
also. Il uec,~s1rY. hut u won't become necc--
-Ary The tl'uah~t, Hr" lust as much Church.
men as ~" their opponents. and they viii
maintain their rights accordingly
IL may be- uf interest O. not" the prelat-s
of the Church who are either Eituali-t- them
selves ur show sympathy and support for
that party Her" they are. emitting some
Doan. ~ Albany. Garrett ot Dallas,
NclSr-n and Andersen of Chicago. Taylor u
GUM S;{S"SH a oSTT,i'hissE"5 SMrsey St
ton ami Williams II Nebraska. Weed of FLOR
idn Talbot ot central p-nnsylvaniA, Cole
man of Delaware, Grafton and Weller of
ion1-du ac. Nicholson ~ Milwaukee Mel
son ~ ts.lrgis. Guilor - Tennessee, Hall VI
Vermont Whte oi Michigan City. Johnson
of los Angeles. Williams 81 Marluetto.
Brown uf Arkansas, Francis Of Indiana
Goldman Il Maine. Partridge Of kyoto. Me
Kim uf TOXIC. total. -
Othrr~ not antagunisiic at least are. Hun
tington " Syrs~"~" Spalding oi Colorado,
Scarborough Of New Jersey, Vincent OF
-puthsrn Ohio. Potter Of New York. I...onard
- SBlf Lake. Leonard ~ ohio. Nichols of Calf
furnia. AtNUl oi west Missouri. Gray VI
southern Florida, Slttef.e' Of Washington.
Nurr. 500 of pulutl. Brewster of connecticut.
Ii.au ~ Minnesota Morrison uf Iowa. a
total ot Is Grand t't,i. =. Out ~ ~ Sow
sral Others not spT,I He'd would never take
M decisive vurfar" against "a" Rtuahsts
~ no movement can sucoe,'d against th"m
without the sanction uf the House of bishops
" b. plain that al designs t. crush them must
bc indefinitely postponed
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