Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-15
BIG SQUABBLEs;
TRIVIAL CAUSES
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Enelish Church Finds Much to Do
Besides Teaching Great
Lessons.
SOME GLAZING INSTANCES.
How Bishops and Wears Rule SUE
prene in Affairs. With Which They
Have No Logical Connection.
correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
r oNDoN, Feb. 2.--There has Just
occurred striking example
Iof that spirit of intoler-
ance in the Church of Eng
0and which contributes so much to
the growth of the feeling in favor OF
disestablishment. The Right Rev.
Father In God, Edgar Charles Sumner
Gibson, bishop OF Gloucester, has with
drawn the license of an aged minister
for the heinous offence OF conducting
religious services in a dissenting chapel.
and refusing to promise that he would
not do 1t again.
WHO LoCKETT Is.
The Rev. w. LOckett is so years old.
For more than 30 years he has served
the church faithfully 10 the entire sat-
isfaction both of his parishioners and
his ecclesiastical superiors. After hav-
ing held his last living for a quarter
OF century he retired to Shepscombe
to spend the evening OF his days and
was licensed by the bishop of Glouces-
ter as an occasional preacher in the do
cese.
MUCHLY CHEWED BONE.
All went well with him until some
months ago when the rectory OF the
parish In which he lived and Worship
ped changed hands. The new incumbent
belonged TO the High Church party and
introduced various rites and ceremonies
into the service Many contend that
such praotises are dramatically oppos-
ed TO the doctrines OF the Church OF
England, II Is one of those subjects
which pious folk within the fo,d are
always squabbling about. Mr.. Lockett
could not abide ritualism and he ceased
attending the church. Having no.
where else 70 go and worship being es-
sential 20 him he attended the Nom
conformist chapel and finally was pre-
vailed on to assist occasionally at tho
services.
BISHOP GETS BUSY.
That brought the bishop down upon
him hard. The authority which "A blsh-
op can exercise over the clergyman
within his diocese IL extremely limited.
According 10 tho Rev. w. Clarke, n
servant OF tho church who clamors
loudly for It's reform. minister may
so so far as 10 hire curate at small
salary 10 do all his work for him and
take life as easy as he pleases. and his
bishop, meanwhile, can do nothing TO
compel him 10 discharge the duties for
which he may be paid a generous sits
pend. But participation in Nonoon-
formist worship comes under the head
OF those things over which the bishop
can exercise disciplinary power And
so when DIR. Gibson heard what Mr.
I.ockett was doing he proceeded TO read
the ecclesiastical not act To him.
LocKBISrs VIEW.
~ am too old to go 10 distant
wrute Mr. L.ockett IA reply.
what was / TO do? Ought ! 70 have
spent the rest OF my days without any
religious service? Being driven q that
chapel, ana as never heard any hing
there that was not strictly In accord
ance with the Bible, why should l hesl-
tate &c take part in IFS services? More
than 68 years ago ] Nae ordained 10
pronch the gospel. ana by Gods help
i mean 10 preach The gospel as long
ns am ahle.'
~ RILEl OFT
Which as the bishop can't stop him
ne Aill doubtless continue 20 DO. But
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