Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1913-04-02
RECTOR IS
SCORED BY
CHURCHMEN
EplSCOpaIianS Laugh at Della
wares Suggestion That
Catholics Leave Church
SAYS POLITICS
WAS ITS MOTIVE

NEW YORK. April 2-High church
men in New York declined to read
out of the Protestant Episcopal
Church by the Rev Dr. A. G. Cum
Minis, rector of Christ Church in
Poughkeepsie, whose parish paper
the Chronicle, contained in its most
recent issue an invitation to "Catho-
Ties to leave the denomination Or.
Cummins was born and raised in
Smyrna Del There was ridicule in
plenty for the aggressive clergyman
when the attack was discussed yester-
day
The Rev. DR.. George c. Houghton.
rector of the Church of the Trans
hguration C"The Little Church Around
the CornerD in East Twenty-ninth
street. said:
"The distinctive terms low and high
church do not exist at all. except in
this way: The low churchman con-
siders himself very highly and has a
very low estimate of the Church, its
work. and its divine origin. The high
churchman is one who thinks very
loWly OF himself and his own opin-
ions, but holds in the highest estlma-
ton the Church and its divine origin.
THE idea that Dr. Cummins brings
out-that the Episcopal Church would
be better off without Catholics
seems to be far-fetcheu, because if
the Episcopal Church should be de-
serted by the Catholics there would
not be any Episcopal Church left ex-
cept Dr.. Cummins and a few others, 1t
seems a rather strong assertion for
the papers to say that what DR.. Cum
Minis says is coordinate in value with
what Bishop Greer says. am not
SO informed
AS for the small groups of fathers,
such as the Order of the Resurrec-
ton, whose home is in Hirield, Eng
land, and the Order of the Holy Cross
of West Park, n. Y. Dr. Houghton
disagrees with DR.. Cummins as to
their value. The Poughkeepsie rector
practically invites members of these
communities to follow the Benedic-
tines on Galley Island from the Epis-
copal Church 10 Rome, but Dr. Hough-
ton thinks there are not enough of
them in the denomination. At present
they number about $50.
Received As Joke.
DR.. J. G. II. Barry, rector of the
AnuiNH Vi Ols MdiG TIE NliEiuf III
West Forty-siXth street. which. to-
gether with St Ignatius. in West End
avenue and Eighty-seventn street, and
St Edward the Martyr. in East 109th
street, is considered Cathonc, so far
is it from the low church, refused to
take DR. Cummins seriously. DIR.
Barry received his copy of the Chron-
icle but he and his stan considered
the invitation as a joke
The Right Rev David r. Greer,
Bishop of the Diocese OF New York,
refused to have anything 20 say about
DR. Cumminss attitude, but clergy
men under his jurisdiction we're ready
TO condemn the Poukhkeepsie rector
as politician.
Dr. Cummins is purely selfish" said
the Rev. DR.. Percival G. Pyle. rec
tor of the Church of St Edward the
Martyr, an old friend OF the low
church militant, who has been com
PEELED to disagree with him. I'm
sorry he doesn't want us any more.
It's always unpleasant to be where
you're not wanted. This has its
laughable side, you understand.
This church is the church of my
baptism. Goo has blessed me here
and am ] to follow the dictates OF a
fellow priest? l think not The most
charitable view l can take of him Is
that he considers the church as a
mere society or club, not as a divine
institution.
@IsOIated in Poughkeepsie."
DIR. Cummins is bound 10 get pc
culiar views, isolated as he is up in
Poughkeepsie. / think il is uncharit-
able for a man to say to his brother,
Get out. You're not my fathers
son because YOU don't agree with me
In politics
Students in the General Theologi-
cal Seminary in Chelsea Square dis
cussed with great interest the split
predicted by DR. Cummns. They are
divided into two camps and efforts
have been made time and again to
come to definite understanding.
When three of their number about to
be graduated. announced last sum-
mer they we're going 20 embrace the
Roman Catholic faith the old ques-
ton of high and low church was
brought ur again. now that Dr.
Cummins has called upon the Cath
olic element to leave the church the
students contemplate an action that
will line ur the whole body in such
a way there will be no mistaking
their leanings.
The fathers of the Community Of
the Resurrection and OF the Oroer OF
the Holy Cross were defended by the
high churchmen against the attacks
Of the Poughkeepsie rector II was
explained they are engaged in teach.
ing, preaching, holding missions and
doing work in parishes where the
regular incumbents require assistance
The Galley Order of Benedictinos lay
men. headed by an abbot. are de-
scribed as a "contemplativep organiza.
ton. whose centre is in England
Now that the Galley Island grour