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JAMES' CHURCH, VANCOUVER, B. C. ON THC 21 ST OF APRIL, 1007, BY THC REV'D FATHER SUMMERSCALES ASSISTANT PRIEST S. John. 20-21. — " He saith unto them again ' Peace be unto you.' As the Father hath sent Me, even so I send you." It must be perfectly obvious to the most superficial observer of the world of men and women, that the Christian religion is in an almost hopeless maze of confusion at the present day. When one realizes that there are some 250 Protestant sects in England and America, all call- ing themselves Christians, one can understand the sneers of those on- lookers who stand outside and care nothing about the truth of the matter. It matters little that some of these sects are numerous in their membership, and powerful in organisation, whilst many others are of little account in the world. The fact remains that each and every one of them offers to the world a form of " Christianity " which it holds to be the true and only form, at the same time anathematising every other. Men's minds are not very much relieved when they learn that after all these various Protestant sects in no sense represent the full body of truth proclaimed by the Catholic Church — for the question is bound to follow — What and which is the Catholic Church ? There are three great bodies which claim Catholicity — the Greek, the Roman and the Anglican — and even these have their opposing camps. In the An- glican Church there are two great "parties," commonly known as "high " and " low." Both claim to represent the truth as it is in Jesus ; and with much in common, there seems to be more in direct oppos'^-irn ; so that the position has become almost unbearable — a very chao' J the world at large and a scandal to the Church of Christ. Our essed Lord prayed that " they all might be One," as He and His Father were One ; and yet the shocking spectacle of a divided Church is presented to the world as the result of centuries of growth and de- velopment. The Church set out from Jerusalem in accordance with her Lord's commands to conquer the world for Christ and make disciples of all nations ; yet after 1 900 years of effort the world is not mapped out as wimm mm hoathen ami Christi;in siniplv. hut as hcatlieii. and Creek. an- the parable of the tares how the enemy ol mankind would go to work secretly sowing the seeds ot di.scord among the good seed of the word of Cod. It was very earlv in the historv ot the young Church that S. Paul found it necessary to call attention to dnision ol Christendom. " How sas some of you-I am of Paul and I of Apollos and I of Cephas ? Is Christ divided r" The division of Christianity into churches and sects and parties is no new thing, then. It has existed almost from the beginning • and the devil u.sed the same means then that he uses now-a personal at- tachment to some particular man or to some particular form of preach- ing. Now, to-day, theie seems to be among the sects a movement tow- ards unity-and why should there not be ? Thev are alreadv one in their enmity of the Catholic Church, liut we cannot hide from our- selves the fact that within the Anglican Church the tendency is tow- ards further separation. And the same causes are at work in prevent- ing the sects coming back to the Church, aud in further dividing the Church herself into two great parties. In both ca.ses alike, it is Indi- viduaht)- versus Catholicism-the old devilish revolt of the personal will against Divine ordinance. And until the schismatics-I don't wish to nse the word in a harsh .ense, but simply to describe those who delib- erately cut themselves oft' from and array themselves against the Church -the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church of Christ— until these •schismatics, I say, are willing to lay aside their private judgment and submit themselves to the voice of God as expressed by His Church there can be no peace but a sword-a sword that threatens, indeed, to pierce asunder to the very marrow. And the distant rumblings of the raiinur-:^; storm that is impending; can alrcad} Ik- heanl hy those who are willing to listen, warniti}^ lis tliat the day of compromise is jta^t, and that it Ijehoves all true men to definitely take their stany sacramental i>race. Our opponents may sneeriuKly reter'to " mechanical " salvation. It matters not, if Cod has appoint- ed the means of K'race. The Protestatit says that salvation is a purelv personal and d.r-ct elTect of the operatifm of the Holy Spirit uinm the life and character of the individual. The Catholic agrees to this, but adds the Hol>' Spirit oi)erates throu),'h material means. The Protestant savs the material is evil; the Catholic says, "(iod saw every- thing that II J had made and behold, it was very good." The Protes- tant says, '• Unconverted man is a child of the devil," and treats him as such ; the Catholic says, " In Baptism mau is made the member of Christ, the child of C.od, and an inheriter of the Kingdom of Heaven," and treats him as such. The Protestant holds a love-feast or a commem- orative .service, which he calls the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, whereby the recipient, after a vague spiritual unreal fashion partakes of the benefits of Christ's death ; the Catholic celebrates the Holy Kuchari.st, wherein l!e believes he receives and partakes of the very Body and Blood of that Christ, Who in His human form wasthe Child of Mary. And so one might go on to draw out the many differences of the two faiths. But they are all so many examples of the one fact, that the difference between the two forms of belief, is the very radical dis- tinction between an unreal sentimentality and a real and essential spirituality. For the commission to the Church involves the principles of the Incarnation. "As the Father hath sent Me, even .so send I you." The Apostleship or .sending of Christ from the Father to this world of sin and sorrow was verily by a "mechanical" means, if you like. The work was the operation of the Holy Ghost. Yes. But the Spirit of God operated on material flesh, and the conception and birth of our Ivord were as humanly wrought as in the case of all other sons of human mothers. Paul and Silas cried out, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved ;" but our Lord .said: " He that believ- db MlPi mmmm eth and is bapti/cd shall he saveil ;" ann> ')iy\ in Christ. Moreover the commission which Christ gave to the early Church is an abi{ commi;ision like His own. His mission was not concluded when He six)ke those words, and so He i|>caks of it as pres- ent and not pn-^t, as continuiu); and not roiuiuded. He says " As the Father hath sent Me," and not merely " As the Father sent Me." He thus declares t'lat His work is not over, though the maimer in which it is done is changed. Henceforth He acts iu those He has chosen. They are in Him in the fulness of His power. It is in those wonis that the Church holds her commission foi all time. The power and authority and commission are hers to-day just as nuu li as when our Lord gave them. To-day the Church goes forth to the world with these words as her charter : "As the Father hath sent Me. even so send I you." And just a.s it was our Blessed Lord's mission to recon- cile us to the Father, so it is the work of the Church to day. He, as our great High Priest made the sacrifice once for all on Calvary, but now and for ever offers that one perfect and complete sacrifice for the sins of the whole world. And the Church, commissionetl by our Lord does the same thing day by day on earth that He does in Heaven, when the sacrifice of the altar is offered by priest and people here in Church. It was clearly not our Lord's intention that the Church, with all her .sacramental means of grace should come to an end with the de-ith of those disciples v/ho had received His commission. He had institut- ed and trained the Apostolate for carrying on and pa.ssing on the work when He was taken from them into Heaven, and they in turn ordain- ed others succeed themselves. And for a thousand years there was never a time when the question could ari.se as to what and where was the true Church of Christ upon earth. For that period of time, in spite of heresies and schisms, the Church's commission was never dis- puted. It continued the One Holy Catholic Church. And it becomes necessary to remind ourselves at such crises as the present that we, as Anglicans, did not take our ri.">e, as some would have us think, by an act of schism in the i6th century ; but that we are i« direct descent from the Catholic Church to which Augustine in the 6th century ; S. Alban in the 4th ; Irenaeus in the 2nd. and S. John and S. Paul in the ist belonged. So that the commission of our Blessed Lord Jesus Christ to His Church on the first Easter Day is I>" ' ^^ ^/ 8 valid in the Anglican Church to-day. The succession, I believe, is quite historic and valid ; if it were not, I for one would not be of the Anglican Church, but would go elsewhere. That point being tstablished, it is further our duty to enquire if the Church to which we belong is in touch with the pure and early tradition — that is, is she exercising her full Catholic privileges and functions in accordance with the Lord's Commission? There is no doubt whate\ er that in many parts of the world she is not filling her high destiny. She is tainted with an HIrastian and Pro- testant fpirit, which is in direct antagonism to the Catholic heritage. In England, and in jome foreign dioceses here at»d there, the Catholic cause is gaining ground ; but there is no doubt but that the great strugjile for the restitution of full Catholicity is yet to come — nor will it be long. We must be prepared, my brethren. What is our real position here in S. James ? We love the ceremonial of the Church, its beaut its symbolism, its reverence ; and we are .so self-satisfied as to rather pity and look down upon other churches who.se service is not rendered in the same ornate style as our own But are you sure that it is not a delight and snare of the senses only? Do you realise in your heart f hearts the glorious Gospel truths which the symbolism of the Church stands for ? With all the music an. I lights and incense and flowers and vestments and reverential bowings and genuflexions, do you realize that Christ is there on the altar in real and very presence ?— or is it all a mockery with you ? Oh, brethren ! I appeal to you. be on your guard against self- delusion in respect to these most solemn truths of our Catholic F'aith and practice. Be honest with yourselves now. Lay hold now on the privileges and responsibilities implied in our Lord's great commission : "As the Father hath sent Me. even so send I you." For the signs of the times are heavy with grave portent ; and, believe me, the time is rapidly approaching when every soldier of the Cross will be called upon to fight for Catholic doctrine and Catholic practice— for the Faith of , our fathers — for the right to exerci.se and hand over to our successors '„ the great commission given to us as a Church by our Lord and Master. At Kipling has given us a prayer that applies to and touches us more dieeply than perchance he knew : " God of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far-flung battle-line, Beneath Whose awful hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget ! Lest we forget ! ' ' lbS^:^;i^;.r ilki'