New-York tribune., 1911-03-19
HIGH CHURCH MOVEMENT
St. PauI's Episcopal. Brooklyn.
Plans Series of Meetings.

St. Pauls Episcopal mo longer Protestant
| Episcopal. IL you please) Church, AT 'iin-
ton and Carroll streets. Brooklyn, is 10
hold a series Of meetings on the evenings
Of Holy Week for the purpose OF initiating
Brooklynites into the mysteries Of the High
Church movement. st. Paul's claims TO be
the lineal descendant Of the primitive
Christian Church. The meetings referred to
will make 1t possible for strangers to learn
the why and the wherefore.
Our point is that We are right said
| Father A. c. Wilson. the rector in re-
cent interview. ours is the only correct
| service I'm this country. In many churches
| q great deal OF time is wasted on things
that have nothing to do with Almighty God
| or the Church We have nothing here but
religion
Father Wilson has won a great success
in st. Paul's in the two years he has been
| In charge. When he came the services
were seldom attended by more than dozen
persona and the church building was in such
condition that the few parishioners who
remained were preparing to dispose Of 1t.
| To-day IT is fourIshing and ranks among
the leading churches OF the borough. The
services of the Roman Catholic Church and
the interior has been fitted to that end.
Father Wilson presented many things to
the church to aid II in making its present
appearance. He gave it other help, too.
for neither he nor his two assistants ever
collected salaries for their work.
Father Wilson was born in Ottawa, Can
ada. thirty-eisht years ago. and is gradu-
ate Of Trinity College, Toronto and Nasho-
tab House. Wisconsin. He served for time
as curate In San Francisco. In the five
and half years before he took up the
work in St Paul's he served as assistant
TO the Rev. DR.. George NJ. Christian in the
Church OF st. Mary the Virgin. Manhattan.
Regarding his work in Brooklyn, he said
the other day:
The whole object of this work is 10
make this church known as house OF
prayer and place of sound learning.
place OF devotion wnere people may come
and pray. When stranger enters our
church. he feels that the whole tone IL
devotional-it is religion. II is question
OF individuality with us. and our object
u to create a primitive Catholic Church. |
have a reason for everything that is done
fere. Ours is the only correct Catholic
service IN the country. II embraces moth
ing that has been added by the modern
Roman Church. but retains all those good
things that We're lost at the Reformation.
our position Is purely logical. There
are no theories in the Catholic Church.
The priest is Interpreter OF everything and
his Judgment is never questioned The
success Is not so much in numbers as in
the development Of spiritual life. In many
churches great deal OF time is wastec
on things that have nothing TO do with
Almighty God or the Church. We have
nothing here but religion. am a priest
or God and ] am trained TO teach religion
and not manage gymnasium or direct
a theatrical show
The chief service is tho mass. because
II Is the only service which our Lord in
stitutcd. Morning and evening prayers arc
offices originated by the monks Of the
Middle Ages. The priests say not only
daily mass but the daily Offices and spend
a certain amount OF time before the altar