The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-17
AN i>rERIrt a. C,sP,IGN.
Renewed Activity Sf the lev sh"rrh
Wing 90 the church Of EnSiAhi

LONDON July ct ~ apsolutsiy
! monstro,. that to-day. with the kno~I
eise. With the tolerance, with the '"f
Mission Of the BISHOPS % the Church "l
England there shouh he numbers ol
pArish churches into which Protestant
ChuTchman cannot 90 without i"ehhh
J himself outraged by the presence IA 'h'
service of All element altogether Alei
10 the teaching of the church Of Eng
land
So ran passage in a speech 10y III
| Edward Clarke. X G.. at the am TIA
meeting Of the National Church LeaSH'
held at the church House, Westminster
n couple Of days ago.
| Sir Edwari was moving resolution
Affirming the rights 81 all EnglINlh",
70 have the public servio's of the 'hur'u
conducted according To the law an,
doctrine of the Church 81 England az.
declaring that the ALLOWANCE" OF practices
therein which were confeSsedly illegal
and which tended To the teaching "i
/ Romish doctrines constituted grave
danger both IT, church and state. Ih'
/ motion WAS seconded 10y the Dean ol
| Canterbury ant carried unanimously.
! As the terms uf Sir Edward Clarke 4
motion infer. the National Church League
is composed If low church members
Of the English Church who delight to
call themselves Professionals "A term often
sive to their ritualistic fellow ohurchmen
who delight To call themselves Catholic
and whose practices are denounced 10y
the low churchmen ~ Roman Catholic.
There u no doubt that IN" ritualistic
practices in hundreds Of IN glish churches
/ a. Il hn Law
and Church as Sir Edward Clarke puts
| IL. and 50 great was the movement against
this few years ago that royal com
mission was appointed on eccls-iastIca
discipline. For two years the com
mission sat. meeting twice "a week. I'll
Edward Clarke was a member and nov
says:
4 would not have given one afternoon
to the work or set my name TO the report
II had dreamt that the result Of the com
IN .ssion would not only IT, that there would
\ ba no Improvement in the Affairs OF the
! Church but that the report would he
! twisted and perverted 10y the author
ties Of the Church To excuse their indif-
ference to the ,llegalities practised
II the National Church League can
manage il there ia every probability 81
fresh and vigorous campaign against
ritualism But this time It seems likely
that the Protestant party will hav" less
hearty and general support than when Il
secured the appointment Of royal com
mission. IL il evident tn at what has
stirred the Professionalism Of Sir Edwa ri
! Clarke and the Dean Of Canterbury
afresh Is th. modification Of King = declar-
alton IN the accession oath with regard
To tn" Roman Catholic faith.
! This meeting Of the league began. as
| usual with an address Nv the chairman,
who declared that the Council 81 the
/ League felt that the alteration in the
declaration proposed by the PTim. Min
factory solution 81 the difficulty and II
ought TO ba opposed by every means IN
their power SIR Edward Clarke then
! moved his resolution, and u WAS seconded
by the Dean Of Canterbury. who ~ id that
the rittlalistic practices 81 the High Church
party carry with them. Il not IN" Roman
system ~ doctrine and practice, AZ all
! events so close an approximation 90 u a.
To- he practically a. mIsch!evuu-
] The motion was carried unan irnoualv
and toward the end - III" rneettnR tho
Dean ~ Canterbury moved That this
( meeting declares that the amended ruya
decla ration propOs.sf bv the Government
4 il wholly insufficient and unsatisfactory
as II omts the specific reputation al
cardinal Roman errors contained in tho
present declaration This too was car
! ried without dissent
| An anti-ritual campaign founded upor
| opposition g. the amendment ~ tn
| r,lVal dccla ration on this par'iculn" prIut
J must loo. an enormous amount ~ supIbpr
that u might otherwise count upnu
! The chairman in his oraning address
I admitted that tho Council - the L"agl"
which ~ inquest ionably a very powerful
and infiIIenti ll body. had PASSED u r's IN
tion approving - such "A modi'lca'ipI
+ of IN" Kings declaration as would p'nd"
IL less Painful - Roman Catholics pro
vided that distinct and ndc1u1t" r"ru
diation Il tho Rnmi=h doctrines W.,
maintained IN m" declaration But m,
council put forward no form Il modificl
iipn - which IL would approve. and NJ
Ia. b.~,n -aon IN" noan ~ Cantsrhur,
in his motion complained - IN" Govern
nents PROPOSED alteration hecaLs"
lacks what. aft"- all, ~ just what make
tho ppa~'rt declaration offensive q
! Roman Catholics and others
II - we'll known that Edward VII wa
strongly opposed o. the prescott terms o.
tn" royal declaration. II ~ equally we
known that GcOrg. ' refused po.n
plank "a accept them as th"V stood. an
in this ha undoubtedly has tho grca
bulk e his subjects brhind him