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This incident is an example of a general fact : a long course of Protestantism has reduced our Church to a condition of torpor, in which the notion of lay mterest m ecclesiastical matters is thought by "our best people" a startling and dangerous novelty; while tho clergy them- selves too often view with distrust those who are ready to give them cordial support m tho maintenance of the CathoHc religion. We are not ignorant that there is a ready reply to this observa- tion. Our opponents will urge the statement, that lay helpers are usually more or less tainted with Ritualism, and must bo restrained. On this issue wc are willing to meet them. It is undoubtedly true that, while tho clergy are as a rule less Protestant than the laity, those among the laity who are wilUn- to assist ii; parochial work are generally more Catholic than tho avonigo of tho clergy. But this circumstance constitutes a palpable argu- ment m favor of our views; it being at once evident that the Catholic mstmct inspires in tho minds of laymen a desire for the welfare of the Church, which years of EvangelicaUsm and Mere Anglicanism have failed to produce. There exists among many estimable people a propensity to i^^nore differences of belief. This habit, however amiable, is based on tho development of charity at the expense of truth. Thus the members of discordant sects, holding iiTeconcileable tenets, consummate a fictitious unity, and style themselves an Evangelical Alliance. Among us, the pulpit is made to deal with continual platitudes, for the sake of a hollow peace. Both our adversaries and we are well aware that it is high time to wake from such a slumber as this. The differences between us are radical and patent. There is less conflict between light and darkness, than between Catholicity and Protestantism. The war between the opposing forces pervades the whole sphere of the English Church, and we can discuss neither theory nor .rifa.rtijrp ffJil'o.uLpbse rvmg a^ vital disruption everywhere. NAT ION/iL LtBRAH V } CANADA I BmLIOTHEQUK NATIONALE TJio rrotostanfc Churcliman looks ^vitli no concorn ou tlio growtli of sects, because lio con.iaor. liis own comniuuion a sect, mi.l wouia clann for it. at most, a titular primacy among tlu m. Ho accords tl.o nan.e of " Church - to every con.rogation that four ^salls contam. lie misuses the term " Catliolic " by makin-^ it comprohond every licresy. and exchzdo everything except heresy. He accepts for hunself tlio designation of an " Episcopalian." as though ho and his feUows possessed a monopoly of bishops. The Catholic Churchman views the spread of sects with dis- favor, because he considers the claim of the English Church to bo I naturally co-extensive with the use of the E.iglish lan-ua-e He recogmzes jurisdiction in no community, except those whic-h hold a Divine commission from Apostolic liands. He therefore looks for the subjugation of every sect, and is content to be thought a fanatic because he believes in the Ee-uuion of Christendom. . Thus the Protestant layman has little inducement to oxort lumself for the advancement of his Church; while the Catholic is reaay to give personal assistance, contrasts the fewness of the labourers with the greatness of the work, and "Deems naught done, while aught remains to do." Unfortunately the influence of Erastianism in high places, the wish of the clergy to be " safe," and of the laity to be tliought '' genteel," and the leaven of unbelief everywliere have been fatal to energy m the Anglican camp ; and, while there are laymen in almost every congregation of our community, whose services would cheerful y be given in the cause of the Church, our bishops and priests have no knowledge of the manner of usmg the material which lies ready to their hands. Spasmodic efforts have indeed been made, by the appointment of what are termed «Lay Readers " in a few parishes, to supply the want wiich is felt; but the number of these functionaries is small, and their usefulness restricted in an embarrassing way. One at least of our Canadian Bishops has contemplated the foundation of an order of "Lay Deacons." who would engage in secular occupations for their own support, who would neither wear the clerical dress nor assume the clerical title, but who would con- duct Mattms and Evensong, visit the poor, and preach. To this scheme a grave difficulty presents itself, in only one particular, but that an essential matter. A Deacon has always been understood to be necessarily a cleric, and a Lay Deacon would be almost as great an anamoly as'a Lay Priest. At the same time, the si.>.t,. m Ui. revival uf tho Sul,-])iaoouato. " '""' Sub.cleaco„« h],ou1c1 fulfill nil tho fanctiann whicli wo Imvo al ready named in connoction with tho soi ,l,\nn, T V. mostcortainlvthovKhonl,n.. J:,.-: ' ■"^-'^'-"', W I>;icons ; and "•■^. The An-lioan most cortainly thoy should ho utilized as preach AM?, «f onLuation ; „,kI tlie wiile-.prcaj infiuoncc of ami i,vc>nng ].,„j.„,., „„j e^,„ ,,^^„^,, ^ __^^._^ ^ o ot ofe or ovou ,l,,,tribute tl.o Sacra,! Elcuentn J,e ,„„.y comrto uuk that the author of the " L.itatio " was rigl, ,vho„ o ™ til tjmt a ,r,o.t . cou,ocrated for tho purpose of ce"lehratu,g the Mw:' But we wouU not bo mistaken. We are far from desijeratiuir a greater .umber of sermous than that which we at pros, te mlur An oxammahon of the Prayerbook shows that " our martyred Eo formers" oontemplatej the delivery of sermons or homdLs „i , t" hoservieo " commonly called the Mass"; and wo are ZTll , however those individuals erred in faith ani morl Ty w ■ w ^ mrestnctmg tho beat of the "drum eeclesiastio " „ oLe 1 „• The result has proved this beyond tho reaehof eavil. Claitv In e sermons as now administered, and only tolerate them on a c^u of precedent and decerum. Long sermons they wiU not abide The al?'"*'' '''"°'^' *" "™'"''^'" '•«''=™ of this is not ftu- to seek The average sermon is vamped up out of worn-out truisms Wo weary them ? we concewo the answer to be this : that the lecturer ii!i(l tlio playwrij^lit have tlevotctl all tlunr talent to tlio coinpnsitioti of their works, wliilo tlio preacher has aimed merely at the prodiio- tiou of a fiat essay, m which Catholic truth, where introtlucod at all, Hhull ho HO discreetly veiled that none hut the initiate can discern it. If indeed wo could hear discourses as ahly handled as an ordinary lecture, fearlessly del'eudinj,' the Christian verity a<,'aiust tlio attacks of heretics and Associationists, we would (^'ladly listen and learn. As it is, wo claim that a distinct pause should ho made after tho hene- diction which concludes Mattins and Evensong, to enahlo those who desire it to come ui or go out, heforo tho sermon comiuences. We know that we ans expressing a feeling latent hi the minds of laymen from Halifax to New Westminster. 0\iv ohject in going to church should ho the worshipping of Gon rather than the hearing of sermons ; and the latter should he at all times suhsidiary to the former. Tho priest's work is necessary to the sustenance of the oody of Cihust ; the work of tho preu;-her is merely a useful adjunct. Many a clergyman has every qualification for the priesthood, who cannot projieh a good sermon ; and many a layman is naturally qualified for tho lattor employment, whom cir- cumstances hiiulcr from taking holy orders. Tho Church's mission so far exceeds her present capacity of performuig it, that we can afford to lose no manner of effective help. In the rural districts of Canada especially, there is need of teachers who shall instruct tho common people in the rudiments of Catholic theology, and counter- act the evil influonco of Cccilitcs and Anahaptiats. Tlio clergy are, numerically at least, unequal to this task. It should cover our spiritual rulers with shame, to think that hi several Canadian cities there is not a single congregation of sectaries which has not heen largely recruited from our ranks. When wo eay that tho assistance of laymen has hoen at most frigidly tolerated, and that tho clergy have often forsaken the poor in order tt court tho rich, we helieve that we have indicated tho weakest points of our machinery. We appeal to those of our Bishops aud Priests who have any regard for tho Faith once delivered, to extend our horders hy a greater care for the poor of God, and by the systematic employment of lay agency in Church work. Pnblished by the " Catholic Laymen's Guild," Ottawa.