The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-03
RlTUALTM IN NEW. YORK.
srRynEs ~ THE TWO MOST
iDyaNCED CHURCHES.
.,..,n,ry n the church OF ~. Mary the
yirs,n-Thc Three Masscs--DiHcrrnces
a.tweeu the Sarum Use ann the Roman
,.o--r,aborate Evening Services Also.

p,geantry Of the a""Tc' ~ ~. wary '"e
yirx,n-Thc Three Masscs--DiHcrrnces
a.tween the sarum Use ami the Roman
I.c--Elsborate Evening Services Also.
1,,s,est in the advance OF ritualism in
IS. rn;scopal parishes Of this city may
~ ,,,rn,ed on 20 revive at regular periods.
Tho secession Of Clergyman TO the Catholic
f,hurch the opening Of new parish church
..o,ca,ed 70 the uses OF this branch Of
,,s Episcopal Church. or the necessity Of
lie.inlining n priest who has gone too far
T., Vie prsc'ic.,--these are the usual causes
hitch direct renewed attention TO the
ro1shes in this city that have always been
,hs rnos, advanced In their use Of ritualistic
practice
Those are the Church of st. Mary the
y;,gin in West Forty-sixth street and ST.
Jgns,ins's Church at Eighty-seventh street
md West End avenue. For twenty years
thew have been the congregations that
have adopted 10 the fullest extent all the
dtual tina, the most advanced wing of tho
church prescribes.
Other parishes are as high in the doct rines
their rectors preach. but do not Use the
full ritual. The clergynen of Trinity
nsrish for instance. teach every doctrine
that is held in either OF tho Two noted
churches mentioned, but there are no colored
ns,ments used in the services
The celebran. at holy communion wears
chasuble. but it is made Of linen, always
white and not Of silk or satin of the color
that the ritual prescribes for the season.
Nor do tho deacon and subdeaeon assist
the priest h celebrating the service. which
is no, called the mass In the churches Of
this parish or in the parish OF the Trans
frrraton. also as advanced in doctrines
as any other but Is referred to simply rs
the holy communion, pei, -.
But there are the altar eucharistic lights,
colored stoles, professional cross for the
boy choirs, fasting communion. anricular
confession, acolytes and all the ntualstic
features az the full services with the ex-
caption OF those that are most striking.
So il is to the Church OF Saint Mary the
Virgin in West Forty-sixth street or to
Saint Ignatius's that the searckers, for a
most elaborate ritual must 90. In these
as we'll as in others that offer a
rtualistic service, the Sarum use, as it is
rallied. and not the Roman use is employed
In deciding the details of the service.
The Sarum Use WAS compiled by Os-
nund. Bishop Of Saruin, when, Ia 1918, he
ref+ued gainst the ancient Gregorian chant
and other Roman uses II regulated all
questions Of ritual and was soon adopted
by all the churches in England. Wales and
Ireland.
The Bishop called his compilation OF
'ul"s and practices the Custom Book"
L was decisive on all matters Of ritual
Until the Reformation and was naturally
evived after the rise Of the Iitualistic
,arty in the English Church seventy years
go. y-'.r r'%'. ~
The English Catholics, as they like to. be
allied, who have adopted the Sarum use,
ay that It possesses beauties that the
sornan forms have lost, Possibly the
mango is TO be noted most strikingly in tho
hasuble or vestment worn by the priest to
celebrate mass.
In the Roman Catholic Church to-day
his veetment is merely two flaps OF silk
Connected by two bands. through which,
he priest puts his head. Then the bands
lie on his SHOULDERS, ~. ~. ~: ..
In the s. UNI use the chasuble +still re-
tains its ancient form Of a cloak that falls
over The shoulders. The priest assumes
il as does the Roman cleric by putting
his head through the hole in the top Of the
garment The garment looks in the hand
ike truncased cone. -. - .a
In such particulars the ancient Sarum
lse which the ritualists have restored
liffers from the pr actices that hare sur
lived In the Roman Chu rich. In parishes
dedicated to tho Blessed Virgin, for i'll
tance, pale blue takas the place of green
throughout the Trinity season. But in the
main. the Sarum use and the Roman are the
anne in important points,
1t IL, Of course, to one Of the two churches
mentioned that the person anxious to zee
ritualistic service would go. The prin-
ipal service on Sundays in both Of these
$ in all the churches that belong to the
dvanced wing. Is the mass at II o'clock.
There are always two or three early low
masses for those who have been to, con-
ession and desire to take communion
astlng. The rule that psrishioners must
make communion fasting compels them to
o tn the early masses, and the high, or
olemn MAS. as 1t may happen TO he Ia
Aended only for the communion of the
ries,.
Low, hRn ana solemn mass are almOSC
echnica terms and have specific mean
ng in tho understanding Of the clergy
nd the ritualists. A low mass is said
'ithout music and with the assistance of
My an acoly,e.
Usually 1t is said in the early morning
r the persons who want to make COM
,union. But more rarely it is said later
n a week day to celebrate q saints day.
'nly two candles are lit
At high mass, there are q choir. two
oolytes, six candies at least. and some
ines incense, although according to strict |
'he. incense is used only at solemn mass.
he distinguishing feature Of the solemn
'ass is the participation Of the deacon and
ub-deacon who serve the celebrant Of |
he mass as acolytes.
The mass begins without the reading OF |
he morning prayer. which Is done in the
tualistio churches at an earlier service |
the communion service begins as it does |
the prayer book with the Decalogue. |
the Decalogue has been read after morn
e prayer it is sometimes omitted nj the |