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1198 THE GUARDIAN, AUGUST 1898, remove four seats on the north and south aides facing the con-1 tbey 1 troduce nothing that cannot substantially I Rev. W. H. Keeling, H.A.. assisted by the Rev.

H. 8. Gedge, ft.r Rector of Ayleetone, Leicester, and ancle of the and th Uev. C. O.

Blcmn, Vicar of the parish, eldest eon of the Bey. W. H. Keeling Head Master of: the BratfQ Grammar-school, to Julia, eldest daughter of the late B. Moss, of Liter pool, and widow of A.

Green. theSSth atSt. John-the-Baptist's, HilEitaW by the Rev. Harvey, Vicar of Eastletgh, agisted by B. Oswald Sharp, Vicar of Heston, and Roy.

Br.Jb^hiir/lHAop! elect of Bombay, Rev. C. J. Sharp, Vicar of Church, eldest sou of James Wilson Sharp, of 41, Htebbwy-pis ft Mary Frances Mosgrave, eldest daughter of Rev. C.

M. Harvey. Vicar of Hillingdon. 27, the Chapel Royal, St. James's Pab fe, the Lord Bishop of London, assisted by the Rev, Canon Pace Thomas son of the late Jf.

Wells, of Manchag! sguare, and Randolphs, Biddenden, Kent, to Margaret Mary daughter of the Rev. B. Sheppard (Sab-Dean of the Chapels Royal) aufMrs, E.Sneppard. 29, at 205, Cromwell-road, Earl's-court, London, Sorgeoa. General John FttflartonBeateon.

M.D., O.LE.. aged 80. Jane 14th, at sea, between pakhol and Hongkong aged 69 years, Phoebe Esther, the beloved wife of J. S. Burdon, late Bishop of Hongkong.

She was buried the following day iu Hongkong 1898, of fever, at Aligarh, N.W. Provinces oflndiv in his 36th year, Henry St. Aubyn Denton, B.A. University College, Oxford. Head Master of tho Junior Department, Aligarh College, second son of Canon Denton, M.A., Vicar of Ashby-de-la-Zoucli, Rural Dean.

ing, the senior curate, appeared with the wardens to support the application. A large number of parishioners werir present in opposition to the application. The Chancellor (to W. Jones, churchwarden)--xou are really applying for a faculty for what has been already existing for the last fifteen or sixteen months. Mr, JfEwart said he had the painful duty of presenting a memorial against the faculty, which had been very largely signed.

The signatures numbered 918, although the petition was not in the parish until very late on Friday evening, and it had been placed in the hands mainly of people connected with the churqh. Had time been allowed he was sure the signatures could easily have been quadrupled. The parishioners were utterly opposed to the practices at St. James's at the time. Mr.

beg to differ from that. The TV ho are you? Mr. parishioner. The Rev. IL Are you a lay-reader in an adjacent parish? Mr.

D'Ewart said he was not. The petitioners had supplied him with what he might describe as a short brief which they wished him to bring before the court. They complained that Mr. Mercer took the eastward position, that he hid the manual acts in the celebration of Holy Communion, and that he used wafer bread. The I am afraid I cannot hear these things.

They have nothing to do with the faonlty. Mr. I may say this petition has been got up by outsiders. There are not half-a-dozen families attending the ohurch that are concerned in it. The We cannot go into these things.

The sole question is whether this faculty is to be granted. Mr. D'Ewart said the petitioners believed the faculty was applied for in the first place for the purpose of processions in the church, and those they held to be contrary to law. They believed that the rotable would be used simply to enhance the work that Mr. Mercer had so much at heart, andthat the impression he wished to leave upon the congregation, as he haa attempted to show ever since he came to tho parish, was that the clergy of the Church of JEngland were saenficers, and not merely ministers of God's Word and sacraments.

They That is not lor mo. Jfr. D'Ewart said they greatly dreaded and objected to these things. A movable cross tbey bolieved to be illegal, and thoy held that it could not legally be placod on a retftblo so. as to appear to be on an altar.

Tho general effect of tho faculty, the parishioners felt, would bo turnod to purposes which would not be edifying or for the spiritual good of the people. They feared that Mr. Mercer was only Booking facilities to increase his Romanising and, he was sorry to say, rationalising practices in the parish. Mr. I should like to say that this gentleman is not an attendant at the church.

He camo that evening for the purpose of spying- Mr. didnothin of tho kind. I am a parishioner. Mr. E.

P. Charlewoo (registrar of the court) asked whether the signatories of the petition wore all parishioners. Mr. Yos, and all over sixteen years of age. Mr.

have been stopped in tho streets and asked to sign, and the petition has heon sent into tho chapels. Mr, Charlewood said he noticed that a great taany persons seemed to have signod several times. The Chancellor said ho did not think he could rocoivo the petition. Thoro was a rule of law in these matters that the opinion of the parishioners was to be ascertained in a certain logal way, and that was by the vestry. There had been held a mooting or tho vestry, and the resolutions which had beon submitted to him were passed at it unanimously.

Mr. Robertson said ho had tave doubts as to whether such a meeting had been held. fr. Jones handed in the minutes of the meeting, and said it took place after formal notico had beon put upon the church doors two Sundays in succession, and an announcement in the church from the reading-desk. Mr.

Ellor said that, as tho warden, he knew nothing about this opposition, except from outsiders. Nothing had been said to him by members of the congregation. After some further ovidenco, tho Chancellor said the churchwardens must see that there was a great feeling about these matters in tho h. Notwithstanding that feeling, did they press for the Archbishop's private the faculty? Mr. do the congregation wish tor it.

They are unanimous. The Rev. II. Browning wished to provo to the court the unanimity which existed in the church at Gorton, and that the church had prospered under Mr, Morcor, Since Mr. Morcer came the collections had increased by tho amount of It.

a week, the gifts to the church had inoroased, the attendance in tho Sunday-schools had increased 400 per Sunday, a parish church council was in active operation, and the number of communicants had increased from 1,802 in 1896-7 to 3,072 in 1897-8. In a parish of 18,000 poreone it would bo possible to get a petition signed for any purpose, but there was ample evidence to Bhow that the church was a flourishing institution. In giving judgment the Chancellor said there was no doubt that at present, unfortunately, a somewhat strained feeling existed in the church, and ho could not bo surprised that it bad evoked opposition and rogrot on tho part of some of tho parishioners. Personally, he would be inclined to question the expediency of raising all this irritation about what was merely an immaterial matter, but that was a matter for tho congregation, and the majority of the congregation had shown their mind on the subject. He could not look at tho petition which tho opponents of tho faculty desired to present, becauso the proper way of ascertaining the wishes of the parishioners was by vestry meeting, A vestry meeting appeared to have been called in this case with ample notice, and certain resolutions were unanimously passed at that mooting in favour of a faculty being granted.

He was afraid it was the fault of the opponents that they had not taken a proper course towards raising their objections. It could not be said that they had no notice of it, because the rotable with flower vases upon it had been in the church for some months past! and they might have applied for a faculty to have them removed. He granted a faculty for all that was asked for with the exception of the candlesticks. In the case of the rotable, however, he said there must be a clear dividing line between it and the holy he was told at present did not exist. As to the candlesticks, he said he thought he could not grant a faculty because it was admitted that the majority of the congregation were against them.

When the majority were in favour of candlesticks it would be an easy matter for the rector and wardens to apply for a further Mr. Jones said they were not at all disappointed about the candlesticks, because they had no intention of placing them on the table. writes to the Times in connection with Sir William Harcourt's criticism of the Archbishop of Canterbury's rotation of the Aot of Uniformity Amendment Act, as if it ad been coined, or, at any rate, first expressed, with the obiect of meeting the present emergency, that it may be worth while to point out that so long ago as in 1892 tho Archbishop, as Bishop of London, urged this interpretation in the Upper House of the Southern Convocation in connection with a proposal for drafting additional services. "On May 11th, 1892 (according to the report in the Guardian), he said, after maintaining this interpretation with much fulness of argument heard everything that was said in the debate on the Act. From the time of its passing, in 1872,1 havs always held one opinion I want to impress on tho Houso that I am not arguing this question on tho ground that the Act may be considered to allow this.

I hold that it was intended to allow this. And he then persuaded the Upper House of Convocation to pass the following resolution 1 That it be an Instruction to the Committee of tho whole House now considering additional services that they need not consider themselves bound to use the very words ot passages in tho Bible or the Book of with" John Snowdon has received fro secretary the following letter, under date 18th ult. The Archbishop of York desires me to acknowledge receipt of your letter with memorial from the parishioners of St. Sculcoates. His Grace will make inquiry as to the matters to which the memorial refers.

In reference to a statement that the Bishop approved of the services at St. Catherine's, Abercromby-square, Liverpool, the Bishop has written a letter in which ho is a mistake. I have not done so. I have simply requested the incumbent and the churchwardens of that church not to allow any brawling or disturbance of public worship. This is the utmost I have The Bishop of Norwich has issued the following letter to hia clergy" Attention has lately been drawn to the fact that, in not a few of our churches advantage has been taken of the Act of Uniformity Amendment Act, to introduce into our churches occasional services, other than those legal services which are prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer.

Many of these services in use in our own diocese have already been duly submitted to me for my approval, in accordance with the law of the Church as set forth in the solemn declaration' that no other form but those prescribed in the Prayer-book is to be used in the Church except under lawful But inasmuch as it is possible that there may be in somechurchesof the diocese irregular forms of prayer in occasional use for which no sanction has been obtained, I shall be obliged by your giving particulars of any such irregular services held in your church, and have to request you kindly to send me a copy of any manual or service-book containing the office or prayers employed on such occasions. If you return no reply to this inquiry I shall conclude that no prayers are ever used in your church except those set forth in the Book of Common Prayer." Tho Bishop of Worcester has sent the following reply to a memorial recently addressed to him in reference to the services at St. Stephen's, Barbourne, Worcester, in which vicarage the Rev. C. E.

Hopton, a member of the English Church Union, recently succeeded the late Rev. B. H. Sheppard Hartlobury Castle, Kidderminster. July 16th, 1808.

Dear have now seon tho Rov. C. Hopton, and have informed him of tho objections which you and your follow-memorialiete have urged to his manner of conducting the services in St. Stephen 's Church. Ho assures mo that he has introduced no changcB, that the service is the same as it was in Mr, Sheppard's time, and he showed mo a letter from the churchwardens in which thoy expressed their entire confidence in him.

Ho thinks you have somewhat oxnggorafcod what bo said as to Fasting Communion, for, whilst he considers it to bo tho rule of tho Catholic Church, ho doos not insist upon it as necessary. Nor, if I understood him aright, does lie urgo tho practice of non-communicating attendance though ho considers it may bo helpful and profitable to children and to who do not communicate. On both these points I uood scarcely say I entirely differ from Mr. Hopton, and I told him so. With regard to tho latter, it is perfectly certain that it is not a primltivo or Catholic custom? for tho flrst live centuries it was unknown, and it is quite contrary to the spirit of our Prayer-book.

And I certainly think that after tho Church Militant Prayer there ought to bo an interval for tho withdrawal of those who do not Intend to communicate. The only other matter of which you complain is Mr. Ilopton 's bowing tho Holy Tablo when he pauses it. This is, to my mind, an error which proceeds from an entirely mistaken notion as to the Holy Communion but I cannot say that in this, or in the other matters complained of, ho has broken any plain law of the Church. Canon Gavratt writes to the As a clergyman who has for ilff.y-eight years beon more or less bound up with men of Evangelical and Protestant opinions, I wish to express as strongly as I cau tho abhorrence with which tho scenes iu churches ought to bo regarded by those who have any right to bear that name.

The reason why we object to Masses is that we consider them idolatrous, and, therefore, siufal in the sight of God, as thoso who celebrate them would be tho iirst to admit them to be, if thoy did not believe them to be theoifering up to God of the real llody and Blood of Christ iuto which tho bread and wine havo been in some way changed. In consequence of which, adoration is offered to tho Host" on tho "altar." In tho eyes of all Protestants, this, it is expressed in tho rubric, is "idolatry to be abhorred of all faithful Christians." It was in opposition to that idoiatry that, in the days of Queen Mary, Protestant Bishops and others laid down their lives. "What must we who are their truo succossors think of men sending notice to the ministers of ritualistic churches of their intention to communicate at such idolatrous services? "What must wo think of the attempt to forco themselves by violonce iuto participation iu themP Tho men who so do aro self-condemned. Either they consider the "Mass" to be a right of which they aro unjustly deprived, and then thoy are not in any true eenso of tho word rrbtostauts, and are guilty of unspeakable profanation of what thoy consider to bo a rito iu accordance with our Lord's institution, or elso they aro using every moans to obtain even forcible admission into what thoy as Protc6tauts believe to be an idolatrous service. Nor will it do to plead a good inotivo, tho suppression of ritualism, since, If that is their object, it is at the best doing evil tha, good maycomo; and we know what St.

Paul says of thoso who do so whoso condemnation is just." Evangelical men, whether clergymen or laymen, who bolong to the truo Protestant succession, regard those scenes iu churches with sorrow, as dishonouring to God, and certain to be productive of results tho very opposite to thoso which they aro supposed to bo meant to effect. Thoy earnestly desire to resist by spiritual weapons to only errors which may conveniently bo summed up under the phrase, employed by those who hold them, of tho doctriue of the Mass. I do not doubt that Mr. Kenslt is himself a very houest man, and his action regarding tho veneration of the Cross I do not fool inclined to blanio, but for itttempts to disturb what professes to bo, though in Protestant eyes it is not, the Communion Service, by taking part in its idolatries, uo excuse can be offered, A large open-air anti-ritualistic meeting was held at West Derby, Li vorpool, on Saturday night. The resolution to be proposed had been forwarded advance to the Bishop of tho diocese and others.

The Archbishop of York simply acknowledged its receipt. The Bishop of Sodor and Man was glad to see that the speeches delivered by the Bishop of Liverpool and himself at York Convocation had been appreciated by the Protestant electors of Liverpool. The Bishop of Liverpool wrote I am unite aware that the views which I have supported for fifty years as a Protestant minister and a Bishop are not popular, but I see no reason to be ashamed of them, and I hope I shall maintain them as long as I live. Mr. W.

H. wrote While I am anxious that the broad basis of tolerance upon which pur Chnrchhas rested should not be disturbed, I have alwayB deplpredthe use which some of the clergy havo mado of the latitude wmcn jnis tolerance of diverse opinions and practices within the Church has given them. This opinion I have never hesitated publicly to express, and you may be sure that any movement which has for its object the restraint within reasonable bounds of tho discretion of the clergy with regard to diversity of Church service will have my hearty sympathy. A resolution was adopted against ritualism, and asking fellow- electors to vote only for Protestants who would drive out Popish teachers from the Church bag and baggage. 25, Southsea, Lieut-Colonel CharlesMountetortErakiM late of the 103rd Fusiliers, Bombay Staff Corps, and Poona Horse.

23, the Vicarage, Barton-upon-IrweU, the Rev. Albeit Edward Francis, for twenty-five years Vicar of the parish. 26th, at Sawston Vicarage, Cambridge, Mary Jane, of Rev. Edward Glover, M.A., formerly Archdeaam of George, dio.of Capetown, and afterwards Vicar of WbitUesford, Camps. 25, Glenesk, Boscombe, Majpr-General John William Grey, late 85th Light Infantry, eldest son of the late Colonel Grey, Scots Greys, of Bockworth Houso, Northumberland, aged 81.

20, Sundrum, Ayr, John Hamilton, of Suudnnn, 30, at 1, PilmojM-place, St. Andrews, W.B. Cotel Frederic Mercer Hunter, C.B., C.8.L, late Bombay Political Depart- July 21st, at Ashbourne Vicarage, Derbyehiro.Fraccis Jourdain, M.A.. Vicar of Ashbourne-cum-Mapleton and Rural Doan, ID his sixty-fifth year. 20, at 11, Onslow-squaro.

Sir Charles Cameron to, K.C.M.G., son of the late Sir J. C. Lees, Chief Justice of the Bahamas, 27, at Claughbane, Sheringham, John Murray, M.D., Surgeon-Geueral, aged 17, Captain the Hon. Arthur F. Napior, sixth BOH of the late Field-Marshal Lord Napier of Magdala, aged 33.

at 2, St. James's-square, Bath, Mary Ellen, eldest General 0th "Lancers, aged 59. i A -23rd, the Vicarago, litttlo Marsden, tho Rov. Henry Joseph Stephen, B.A., Vicar of the parish. July 30th, at Marburg.

Germany, of tmoumoma, to. Henry Alcock White, M.A.. aged 33, -Theological Tutor of Durta University, )ato Fellow of New College, Oxford, oldest son of the Uto Archdeacon White, of Grahamstown, South Africa, and of Mrs. Master Whito, Berkhamsted. We greatly regret that the announcement of the marriage of Mr.

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