The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-17
EPISCOPAL ORGAN
ATTACKS CLERGY
Because They Permitted Rev.
Edward E. Hale to Par
take of Sacrament.

BOSTON, Mass, Feb. 16.-Because
Rev. Edward Everett Hale, a Uni
Larlan minister, took the sacrament in
trinity church on Jan. %, the occa-
sion being the commemoration of the
death Of Bishop Brooks, which occurred
Ten years ago, the Episcopalian church
paper, the Living Church, has made a
nVely attack on the clergy who per-
united 1t and by inference on DR.. Hale
Tor presenting himself at the chanceI
ran Much discussion has also been
stlrred up among the high church
members of the Episcopalian faith.
The Living Church, in Yesterdays
issue mad long editorial in reference
TO the occurrence, in which the Incl
dent was declared to be 'sacriIege."
Speaking of the service it SAYS:
one thing Jared upon the harmo-
NOUS seemliness of the occasion, with
note so false, so strident, as to make
comment absolutely necessary. DR..
Hale, well known minister of the Uni
tartan denomination, advanced to the
altar and received outwardly the bless
ed sacrament of the body and blood OF
Christ. the bishop of Western Massa-
chusetts administering the bread and
the bishop of Maine the chalice. DIR.
Hale Is not a communicate of the Pro-
testant Episcopal church in America;
ne IS not confirmed or ready and de-
sirous to be confirmed, and, more than
all, he openly denies the deity of our
blessed Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,
Bearing this in mind, we unhesitating-
ly avow that the act was sacrilege, and
we deplore 1T 1neXpreSSibly"
Inc editorial goes on to argue that it
is difficult to imagine why DR.. Hale
should have wished to take the sacra-
ment, unless he construed Bishop Law
rence'S statement In his sermon that
"thQ GqPr9n0nnf hnInTocy n % I'll
humanity and practically every man
who, tried to live in Christ's spirit as
an invitation. This was a quotation
from Bishop Brooks, but the editorial
protests that nobody can go beyond
the provision of the prayer book, which
distinctly limits the number of those
who may partake of the sacrament to
those persons who are confirmed or
ready and DESTROYS to be confirmed.
The writer adds that if a devout
Methodist or Presbyterian were to ap-
proach the altar for the purpose of TAX
ing the sacrament few priests would
deny them, but that Dr. Hale, no more
than fortnight before, was heard to
scoH and Jest at the mystery Of the
holy trinity. In conclusion the edi-
torial says:
I'VE should be false to the duty we
owe the whole church if we did not
bear the solemn record of the grief
which filed the hearts of loyal church,
men at the knowledge of the dishonor
done our Lord in the sacrament Of His
love, at the possibility of grave danger
done under the guise of blessing to
the respected divine, who, being out
side his rightful environment, ought to
have placed neither himself nor the Of
hciating bishops in such a position"
Bishop Lawrence was asked today If
ne would make any comment on either
the occurrence itself or the editorial
occas1oned by 1t, but he declined to say
word of any kind.
Rev. DR.. Hale, when asked if he had
any reply to make to the article, said
he had not heard of it before and did
not know what it contained. After it
was explained to him he said: well,
just say that DR.. Hale said he received
his invitation 1900 years ago. There is
nothing more to add to that"