The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-16
Tho Real Presence.

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Tho Real Presence.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: The Rev.
r. G. Fillingham. In his letter OF the nth. In
your columns. does not seem to be aware that
| the kind OF argument Of which he makes use
as against the Ritualists has much wloer
application than he gives to 1t. and one which
cuts the ground from under what Is. presum-
ably. his own religious position.
He describes himself as having obtained
possession OF what he calls one OF the bread
gods" OF the Rltualists. / confidently leave
it to the good taste of the readers OF The
Sun and their sense Of whatjs due to the re-
ligious sensibilities of others however much
ey may dissent from them to pass sentence
upon the methods used by this gentleman.
esrned eoGcsrnea With ME- f thms h Ris
possession. and N unable al 70 free Himself.
Nh t6o cbrss o s
presumably, believer in the doctrine OF the
Incarnation. He believes, that is, that ne
who Is Almighty God was bo M pp IN ssaG
language. He could not set Himself free. and
was laid by the hands Of a woman In ma angel
Of Satan to a high mountain. that that same
body was seized by men. flung upon cross
.n Does asl Sl 'ff6fsS think there i. any
body Of the AmSdGty 6enS Mrsppsdt up
sa III %, iii SsSss. sh
and H the human mind cannot. place a limit
beyo4nd which !sIt cannot go in the way OF
h"FRhe s n;te hmse Of this reverend gentleman
Is only another, evidence. Of what the writer
has long felt. that objectors to the doctrine
the at all or entirely fail to realize
what that doctrine mplles. ,-.,N-
s Saa Rs Riady ii tn ns hcS
walls in the Anglican Church on this; s surely ely
to Catholic most fnndamendtai doetr,ne aIic on
sacrioeathat e to say e somethinSS and "a
%ss sonrer xnd FOR great part
tory the vast majority Of Anglican cier 1Sda n
3e. %' xs Il Be SSts be ssnsss
God insisted upon forcing on generation after
e ministers ri ana an h
heart. SCRUTAToR.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: II tho
Rev. r. c. Flllingham consults his Prayer
Book he will find after the Communion oface
these words
And II any OF the consecrated bread and wine
remain after the Communion " shall not be carried
out Of the church but The minister ana Other com
reverently eat and drink the same
The LOW" Church party strenuously in
sists upon literal Interpretation Of the latter
clause. and in most cases demands obedience
to the former. even going so far as to hold
that the priest may not take the
IN n WV q w. i S how does s. Mr.
church, or .countenanced the theft on the part
Who Obtained the wafer went to the sanctuary
ra ostensibiy for the purpose OF pahstaknS
the sanctuary and robbed the alter. Either
most Christians. even Of the utra-Protestant
p NJ F To ss Sre e mHs rsn%sEs
body Of our Blessed Lord. Whether one holds
to hs Roman Gahce once p that The
manner sh1 When s0 the mite MIND cannot ceaS
sanctlfying it rs His body. or the idea that the
bread and vine are mere symbols DO or tiHnT n.
ham, the verbal insult and the material treat
ment Of the sacramental wafer. lay him open
70 TIE charge Of s1srless and not only Roman
PTssbyte s Methodists
and hosts OF others are not wanting who would
SCRANTON. Pa. June ~ cRANToNIAN.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Tho
Rev. r. C. Fillingham tells the readers OF THE
Sun that he has Just arrived from Japan. and
that he has fought ritua!ism tooth and nail
for long time He also tells us that -one
of his folio wers" secured small wafer which.
when consecrated Ia. in the estimation OF
many. the body Of Christ. Mr.. FillinGham
assures us that he exhibited this wafer at
public meetings In other words he showed
that he was thief, for was it not stolen prop
erty? II may seem strange to him that he
could exhibit Christ in the form Of bread or
any other form. But did not the Jews in
times mentioned in the good book exhibit
God In the form Of MANI
Il used to carry" he triumrhanly writes.
this god in my peck cthook." Well Brother
Filneham. a certain gentleman mentioned
by ST Matthew took our Blessed Lord and
the the sam same ~ gentleman took our Lord and
God to an exceeding high mountain and he
showed Him the Kingdoms Of the world ID and
II the act of the twentieth century gentleman
is repuenant to reason why should not the
Let us hear this DISTINGUISHED English
scholar and Ritualist- fighter again. We'll, il
vii, Witty t OF Christ was in the wafer. as they
assert. where was the Ininite-the Cncreated
He whom the heaven Of heavens cannot
so9ts nba he ss shut WE BToSsf
Film CHAM, il Christ was God. as the, Scrip
lures assert, WneTe WIS lHt WIG tu-
created He whom the heaven of heavens
cannot contain when IL had to fly into Egypt.
when He was scourged ct the pillar. when He
was spat upon, when He was crowned with
thorns, when He was crucihed between two
thieves. and when the profanum vulgus dared
Him to come down from the cross?
MIR. Fillingham. you certainly believe in
the right of private Judgment. why then do
you denounce and berate tho Ritualsts for
using their right? Perhaps You believe. not
in the right of private Judgment. but the
private right of judgment: In other words
your own right. and no ones else. You be-
lieve in the Trinity, Do you understand how
there are three persons In one Godhead?
You certainly do not. Why then. do YOU
believe 1t? On evidence? Well. the evil
dence in favor Of the real presence is as strong
as the evidence in favor OF the Trinity. But.
you may urge, God cannot change bread into
His own body. Did He not change water
into wine7 Did He not make few loaves Of
bread feed several thousand people' Do
you understand how this extraordinary feat
was accompished' VIII you deny 1t because
you don't understand it? II so. why not
the Trinity? Why not deny that Christ Is
God. for how can there be union between
a finite body and the infinite God? God IL a
sea without shore or bottom. How oan you
say He. who is 40 infinitely great. walked
about doing good 1900 wears ago.
Now. brother, you owe II to Yourself and
to your Oh urch to answer the questions which
are contained In this letter. otherwise we
shall say that you are giving VA heated oxygen,
nitrogen. carbonc acid gas and watery va
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