Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume VII, Number 42, 17 October 1868 — Ritualism. [ARTICLE]

Ritualism.

Tbe Uean ot C3fSi>le pre..crieJ a jtermon m the dthfdr.il of that .v.ty rtcentiy on Kitaalism. It was a sequet to a tliscourse upon the lame subj<»cl dehvered inthecathedrdl on tbeprerious Sulfi»y. Atshe ciose of bis argument the dean said if had beliered wiih aome fund and foohsh peōpie that tbe divisior»s of the Churcii of Kugland were onlv a slight squnbble nl»out a little decoration, nbout a i«ttle inore mosic, a litt'e more sing»ng, a iittle more dress, he shouid considerit es •• hav, atraw, nnd stubb!e, M not worthv of considerat»on, but he believed, in ihe depths of his henrt, this th»uj: meant mueh more. He he'tieved the nature of it was deep-*eated in ihe ftrfili<*es of in the mysteries of iniquitv aiid corruption. He would nal say )t wns n wurk of the Cfiurch of Rome, but of the diirk nnd whether it be n prt of the w.»uie—every fiagmenl ofdr.«pery, every unu'unl bovving nnd cros.«<if'g of the hands. ihe t.iking of the Lord's »Supper in ihehoilow oI the h ui'i. or bowiiig to the aitnr—it was ido|.itry. \Vhy wouid a inan going down ti»e strps of the eommuniun table, how to the t»ible.' He m»»st believe there was somethincthern. Whatwnsrt? It wns because he believed the elements oi' bread and wine hud been turned into t!.e body and b!ood of Christ; it was because he chought a f»«crilice had been olīered there. Hebelieved thut in a!l these things, whieh appeared to some childi.-h, there was n certain thrusting out of a bud, whieh wouid lead by and by to a flowcr nnd fruit; nnd the scrds of supers« tition and darkness mus! be the resnlt. These

men wcre "crtusing divisions nmong us." Avoiil them! Don't go ne«r them; ilon't go out of curiosiiy, to see their bedizeneil altars und thcir gnrgeouB vestments. lt is nll superstition aud idolatry, the whole ol' it.

He condeuined no man individually; but inosmuch ns thosc who represented that systein revile<l ProtestantiBin—toldthem that their l'rotPHnnt martyrs wrre merely politieal otrender»—lHUghed nt the Protestantisni by virtue of whi:h Victoria sits upon the throne, and by virtue of whieh he occ«pied that pulpil—ho solemnly declared hebelieved Hitnnlism to be n deep set\tcd horesy, proving itself to bo so by its stretching out its hnnds to go to its inother Home, und to its sister the Urrcām Church, while it turncd

a\vay lVom Protestantism. i } rotestantism \vn* n pmtrM »c;iints the very thing thnt Rirualisis \visheil to introduce. They nskeil !or liberty; liberty to ilo \vhnt? Liherty to mtrotluoo Popery into the Chureh ofEngland. Thry shonhl hnve no sueh liberty so f»r ns all hone?t ministers of Christ could oppose thein, by f»ir nrgument m open court, nndby « very ineans whioh Ciod had given thein. He hnd heen \vatehing them for these forty yenrs, he hnd never ceasrd todoso, nnd\viih his dying brenth h« should do so siilL

A Very Mt?TAKB. — Not long sincr, at a pnhlie dinner in one of our large niidbnd to\vns, a Koinan Cntholic priest who was sitting not very f«r from n Protestant c!crgyman, twid the l»tter nn amusing but si{juiticttnt mcident, whieh occurrcd to one ot his (the priest's) flock : A poor Irish Konian C'atholic woman happened toentera Kitunli*tic church, naturally mistaking it for u Popi«h plaee of worship. Pu2z!p(l and perplcxed both by what she saw and what she did not see, she enine breathles3 and in h»ste to the priest, exclaiaiing, "OyerKiv« ereoce. Ptnfairlybothered!" "Why, \vhat's themntter i" "Why, yerKiverence, l'vejust l*en »ntoa church and sa\v there the illigant Altar. and the candles, and thepriestssaying Mass. but sorro\v a dhrop of holy wather cou'd i lind, and when I asked for it. '()* stid one, *we have no holy watherhere!' •No tu>ly w.»th<?r!' s?\ys 1, 'nh, tl\en, \vhat is »t ye are? ye spalj>eens, ve'r dtcavrrs intire~ ly!"—Engjish Paper. Ma keia m«u la hope mii nei, ua ho«lnha hou ne o Cienerala Garipaladi. i kekahi pa. ajuU iwaena o na makaainana o halia ; a maloko no hoi o ia palapala i hoike ne ai oia i kona inanuo mahalo i ka po« kue Pope, e kapa anm ī ka Luakini o Sana Paulo, he ha« le kuai, a i ka Pope boi, he kanaka hoopio* pio lealea. Ua kuaiia kekahi ipu-ala ma ka Makeka e Parisi waeua ; a o kona kaumaha, he kanaha paona ; a oa ana ia kona anapuni, he eha kapuaī me e!ua iniha. A o kona kumokuai, ua pnu pu no piha i ka ai ia e lakou« oiai aole i haiia mau (Ja hookolokoloia imua oln Aha Hookn lokoio ma KaUWata. ke Kapena o ka inokn kaua Berirania f\urydict, no ke kumu hoo* pii, m» k« hoao ntm e huouiaka e j»ejH:hi ka*

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