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Les diagrammes suivants lilustrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 i 2 3 32X 1 2 3 4 5 6 Chur tion W£ the apj action Earnesi when t( and tali well ni£ the fold Church 1 those w] principl Th( ing tend far as p( have has on the I. malice, the abse: accusatic in the plenty o] suspicioE for zealoi Hen land. I1 practices how grea And of 1873, men in which E Montreal iuvitatior ,__-^W_D Church Association of the Diocese of Toronto. OCCASTOXAL PAPEE, Xo. IV. THE GUILD CHAPEL OF THE HOLY CROSS. In the fust Addresci issued by the Church Association attoii- tion was invited to the experience of the Mother Church, and to the appeal of the Archbishops of Canterbury and York for united action " to check the growth of Romanising tendencies." Earnest members of the Church in England are now perceiving, when too late, their fatal error in waiting till the evils in ritual and false teaching had fully matured before assailing them. As well may the shepherd slumber in security till the wolf is within the fold. With such experience as our guide, members of the Church in Canada are aiming at united and timely action against those who, here no less than in England, " desire to mbvert the principles of the Reformation^ The aim of this Association has been to expose Romaniz- ing tendencies with uncompromising boldness ; but to avoid, as far as possible, personal controversy. Rut individual clergymen have hastened to apply the charges to themselves, and to retort on the Association every accusation of dishonesty, falsehood and malice. Others, in more moderate language, have made the absence of individual names the basis of charges of " vague accusations," and "raising suspicions against every clergyman in the Diocese." We are happy in the belief that there are plenty of faithful clergymen who are under no fear of any such suspicion. But there never was a time when there was more need for zealous watchfulness against " false brethren." Remember the history of the ritualistic movement in Eng- land. It begun with seemingly trifling innovations in doctrine, practices and dress. But now we may well exclaim : " Behold how great a matter .a little fire kindleth !" And what is our own experience % At the Diocesan Synod of 1873, its members were startled by the appearance of clergy- men in a dress undistinguishable to ordinary eyes frc a that which Romish priests daily wear on the streets of Quebec and Montreal. The members of the same Synod each received an invitation to attend a meeting of " The Guild of S. Lawrence," to , 1 !|' I i ! be held at " tho Guild Chapel of the Holy Cross, No. 187 Chestnut .Street," on which was engraved the Saint, with grid- iron in hand, in the very Eomish vestments, the substitution of which for the simple and becoming surplice has been the inva- riable ingn of extreme ritualistic excesses in doctrine. Tlie ('hnrch Association drew attention to those indications of departure from long established Protestant usage, and ap- proximation to Rome. For this it has been accused of breeding strife causcdessly. Tlie llev. the ]*rovost <>f Trinity College, in The Chio'climan of March 14th, trcals of ^^ Our dt'^erencfis, — hoio am th'iy to he dealt loitli ?" '' Is it," he asks, " a reasonable ground ot offence that a religious society should be called a Guild ]" To this we reply that, until recently, the name, so far as religious societies are concerned, was known only in tho Church of Rome. Rishop Madox tells us : Guilds were abol- ished at the Reformation, " because ofthelr inherent superstifion." The innocency of the mere name of Guild is obvious enough ; but even straws show which way the tide is turning. It cannot be mere accident which leads to constant assimila- tion, even in " trifles," to Rome. But the Provost quotes the Bishop of Lincoln as urging the organization of " Bible Classes, Communicant Classes, or Cliurch Guilds ;" and the Church Hymns of the S. P. C. K., as including hymns for " Church Guilds and Associations." He next deals with St. Lawrence and his gridiron. " He was a deacon and martyr of the Church in the 3rd century, whose name is borne by a vast number of churches in England. He was put to death by roasting before a slow fire, and his gridiron is no more an emblem of corrupt doctrine or worship than is the iron chair of Maturus and Sanctus at Lyons in the second, or the Cross of St. Andrew in the first century." The designation of " The Guild Chapel of the Holy Cross" is in like manner defended : ■' Many of the best interpreters of Holy Scripture, both ancient and modern," the Provost assures us, " hold that ' the iSign of the Son of Man,* of which our Lord speaks as to appear in heaven at the time of the Second Coming, is the Sifjn of the Cross" The reader had better compare for him- self Matthew xxiv. 30, with chap. xxvi. 64, Dan. vii., 13, &c., before accepting this, even from " the best interpreters of Holy Scripture." The retention after the Reformation of such names as " St. Cross," or " Holyrood," is next adduced in proof of the innocency of the name of the Guild Chapel ; as it might be in favor of that of any saint in the Romish Kalendar : — for we are not aware that any change was made in the names of Churches at the Reformation. may on th alike the ir mises' ftuggcf, with 5, Christ the CO] denoui raembe its men to trutl Ti a solen invited fii'st boo in Canj facts; a] they fine It has Toronto, sellers t] hands o: Christian hy the st " Thomaf "on Che, " W. p. ( " not to £ " possess! The Street Mi™ Cross," w its prayers nients; it Saviour, 'thbAlta But Another v— ''The Dei Choristers t jcations md ap- 3reediiig liege, iu •encfis, — lasonable called a le, 30 far y in tho rere al:)ol- irstlHon*' 3 enough ; ning. It assimila- j^uotes the le Classes, e Church » Church rrence and Tch in the f churches , slow fire, loctrine or t at Lyons century." oly Cross" rpreters of ost assures _ our Lord ,d Coming, .reforhini- ,., 13, &c., [rs of Holy luch names ,roof of the ight be in -for we are Churches 3 The Rev. Provost then proceeds to say : *' These matters may seem to be, and indeed are trifles ; but the objections founded on them are not trifles. They are indications of a s])irit dangerous alike to those who cherish it, to the peace of the Church, and to the interests of truth, which can never bo promoted by ' evil sur- mises' such as these. . . . yuch embittering of men's minds, such (iu/jgestin(j of unreasonable ijrejndices, cannot surehj be rctjarded with satisfaction by ani/ one who dnhj val'ies the sar redness of Christian truth and the excellence of Christian charity." Such is the comment by one of the most moderate among those wlio have denounced the proceedings of this Association. Let impartial members of our common Church road what follows, and judge if its members have acted with unreasonable prejudice, indifl'erence to truth, or a lack of Christian charity. The Association, in the fulfilment of what thoy believe to be a solemn duty as membeis of the Church of England, have invited attention to a book entitled, " The Path of Holiness : a first book of Prayer for the Young." Of the extent of its use in Canada some estimate may be formed from the following facts; and the further inquiry is pressed the greater reason they find for fearing that its poison is being widely disseminated. It has not only been on sale in the Church Book Store of Toronto, but it is found to be freely sold by other book- sellers there and elsewhere. The first copy placed in the hands of one of the office-bearers of this Association by a Christian parent, a member of our Church, was accompanied by the statement that it '' was given to my sons, William and " Thomas, at a Mission Sunday School of the Holy Trinity Church " on Chestnut Street, and both boys were instructed by a Mr. " W. F. Goldsmith, who at the time was in charge of the school, '* not to allow their parents to know said books were in their " possession." The books thus distributed to the children in the Chestnut Street Mission School, alias " The Guild Chapel of the Holt Cross," were copies of the work described in our Occasional Paper ^o. III., with its morning and evening prayers to the Virgin; its prayers for the dead ; its secret confessional ; its seven sacra- ments ; its instructions to " icorship and adore your Lord and Saviour, Jesus Chnsf, God and man, wno is now present on THE Altar, under the forms of Bread and Wine." But this is neither the only book, nor the only distributor. \nother Guild brother has dispensed to the same children, " The Devout Chorister" Here is one of its " Memoranda of Choristers eminent for their attainments in after life." After I 'fli ■ I, J i'. 1 ' . . Ir; ■1 I ' !:(■ li v.. St. Hugh of Lincoln company," next comes, as the model " among the mem- naming St. Chad and bers of this sainted for Protestant children, Erasmus, who, ** After a controversy with Luther, in which he displayed equal fortitnde and forbear- ance, closed his laborious life at J3asle." " The Holy Child Jesus," a book given to another boy in the same Sunday School, yields such teaching as this : — " The young and lowly maiden became the Mother of God." In the " Litany of the Holy Child Jesus" occur thus in conjunction : — " Holy Jesu, equal to Thy Father, Holy Jesu, glory of Thy Mother ;" and the choristers " who, though as yet unconfirmed, remain in church during the celebration of the Holy Eucharist," are instructed to say : — " Continually also art Thou presented to the Father for us sinners, lohenever the Holy Sacrifice of the Altar is celebrated" This, then, is the innocent " Guild of St. Lawrence" and its "Chapel of the Holy Cross." These are the "matters which may seem to be, and indeed are trifles ;" while those who, under a strong sense of duty, unmask their real character, are forthwith denounced for " evil surmisings," " suggesting unreasonable pre- judices," and lack of all " Christian charity !" Another censor, the Rev. J. Langtry, accuses the Association of " designedly" trying to raise suspicions against every clergyman not belonging to it, " of holding doctrines which they would indignantly repudiate." No wonder, then, that an anonymous writer of the same type, though he *' has no words adequate to express" what he would wish to say, does siay tliat the objects in view are " the manifest works of the Devil !" Now it is beyond all question that '' The Path of Holiness," with its Jesuitical training for the young in the very worst Rom- anizing errors of Ritualism, is, and has been for a considerable time, in circulation in Canada. The Rev. J. Langtry, in the Leader of 6th April, assumes throughout that its circulation has been exclusively the work of one individual. We reply, that it has been and is on sale, alike in Church depositories and ordinary bookstores, in Ottawa, Kingston and Toronto. We are assured that a single recent order has been for sixty copies. In Toronto it is sold by Messrs. Adam & Stevenson, VVilling & Williamson, and Rowsell & Hutchison. Moreover, as shown above, it is no solitary specimen of such literature. We find on sale, by the same author, " A Guide to Heaven ;" " The Treasury of Devotion /' and " The J^ay of Life : a Booh of Prayers and Instruction for the Young;" besides abundance of the like land by Bennett, Blunt, S. B book! suppl surpr: one c whicli dioces name, S. Ag in th( openir are au Compl depart< Sisterh fession, " If it perforn •' Sever against Woundi by the " O Moi forgive : unmista " Litani WONDER] Altar ^ tion." the Booh The Langtry'i exceptioi not," he you had taken ou to the same clei of a Chur( Prayer Bt Path of remonstrai excuse fro now states mem- model I'overay orhear- boy iti _" The In the Lion : — main m .st," are ented to E OF THE " and its rs which 10, under forthwith liable pre- er censor, signedly" elonging idignantly writer of express" view are JoUness" prst Kom- tisiderable W, in the llation has [ly, that it _ ordinary Ire assured In Toronto lilliamson, le, it is no the same bevotion ;" [wc^iow for ett, Blunt, S. Baring-Gould, and other extreme ritualists. The fact that booksellers are competing with the Church Depositories in the supply of such works proves the demand for them. We are not surprised, tlicrefore, to have had placed in our hands a copy of one of the above-named books, '' The 'Jreasun/ of Devotion," which had been given to a young girl in a country parish in this diocese, as a substitute for the Prayer Book. Along with her name, its ily-leaf is thus charaotcristically inscribed : " Fest : of S. Agnes, 1872." It contains all that has already been exposed in the same author's " Path of IluUness" Here we read, on opening, under the head of "Morning Prayer ;" — *• As soon as you are awake make the sign of the Cross." Here are " Prayers for Compline ;" " Prayers for the Dead ;" " For a father or Mother departed ;" " For a departed Friend ;" " For Brotherhoods and Sisterhoods ;" &c. Here also are a " Form of Sacramental Con- fession," and instructions how " to make Confession to a Priest;" " If it be not your first Confession * * * * say whethew you performed the prance that was given you ;" &c. Then follow " Seven Thanksgivings for the Seven Effusions of Our Lord's blood against the seven deadlv sins A Devotion on the five Wounds of our Saviour," &c., thus: — "0 Most Meek Jesu, by the saving roound of Thy Right Foot, forgive me ;" * * * " O Most Sweet Jesu, by the blessed wound of Thy Lift Foot, forgive me ;" with much else of the like kind, and from the same unmistakeable Romish source. Let one more sample suffice ; " Litany of our Lord presen ' .''.". the Holy Eucharist. Jesu, our WONDERFUL God, Who voucii-afest to be present upon the Altar when the priest pronounces the words of consecra- tion." The whole book is a deliberate Romanizing perversion of the Book of Common Prayer. The reader will now be able to appreciate the Rev. J. Langtry's assurance that we are taking advantage of an exceptional case, the work of " one individual !" " AVould it not," he askes, " have been a more Christian course, if, Avhen you had ferreted out this Jesuitical Churchman, you had taken our Lord's direction as your guide, and had gone to the offending brother privately?" &c. The writer is the same clergyman who placed in the hands of the lady pupils of a Church School under his own charge, " Blunt' s Key to the Prayer Book-" a work which teaches the same errors as " The Path of Holiness.'' It was withdrawn in consequence of the remonstrance of one of the parents, with the most inadequate excuse from Mr. Langtry, that he had not read it ; but, as he now states, had read a favorable review " in a publication which i: I !?! 6 n i 1-' rn Hi ■I he thought most reliable." It would be instructive to learn the name of the reliable publication which commended so very objectionable a work. Good taste might have suggested more moderate language, rtimcinbering that, on his own showing, but for the interference of a layman, this Clerical instructor would have remained in ignorance of the poison he was instilling into the minds of the children entrusted to his care ! But the liev. John Henry Blunt is no obscure writer ; though Mr. Langtry pleads ignorance of the notorious character of his worlcs. They are extensive, well known, and unmistakoable in tone. Verily, we may say to such admonishers, " When for the time ye ought to be teachei-s, ye have need that one teach you again which bo the tirst principles of the oracles of God." After what has been stated, it is manifestly absurd to imagine that all this Bookselling and Church Depository organization for the sale of such books points to no more than one man, in one •Sunday School, in one parish. On the contrary, we appeal to all Churchmen, high or low, who honestly hold by the Scriptural Articles of our Prayer Book, to make a stand in time. Assuredly the plague is already spreading here which has wrought such disastrous evils in England. Denouncing honest Churchmen, who warn their brethren of such things ere it be too late, as " breeders of strife," "agents of the Devil," " acting under Satanic influence," &c., is like lynch- ing a man for telling you that your house is on fire ; or your children are exposed to some infectious disease. The Church Association drew attention, in its first address, to " The Guild of St. Lawrence," and Avas forthwith charged with evil surmis- ings, — St. Lawrence, his Guild, his Chapel of the Holy Cross, and all else, were most innocent things ! So it published a detailed abstract of the pernicious work going on under this guise, and by no means limited to one parish. Thereupon sundry Q'oronto clergymen, including those of the parish in which th'3 Guild of St. Lawrence is in operation, issued {In advertisement, in which they " solemnly declare that if the book therein described has been in any way distributed among our Sunday-school scholars or parishioners, it ?ias been done wholly without our knowled(/e, or consent, or approval." One of them published a separate disavowal of the false teachings of the book itself. The vestry of the parish next disclaimed the Guild, stating that its officers " are for the most part strangers in this country, and have established themselves in this parish ; and, in opposition to the expressed wishes and protests of the clergy thereof, have instituted lay services and carry on Sunday schools withe resoli declai n.entf that t deed i the * ^ well k Mr. J) Jiasre(;( have si the res( impresi tinct af: the Ve instead stranger been sta of HoUn Chapel, I^ev. E. after he to the ch character ritualism, Canada. from one If " has been c ishioners i and he has trustees foj tention, or full credit ; I have been ; individuals sample. ^ that the o: Churchmen' who discove evil in this "linous strif Among ition are, ti Barn the so very .ed raore ing, but )r would ling into the liev. Langtry . They Verily, time ye ou again imagine ition for 1, in one ial to all iriptural ssuredly jht such thren of igents of e lynch- or your Church 16 Guild . surmis- y Cross, lished a der this those of )eration, declare tributed las heen il." One jachings med the agers in h ; and, e clergy schools without clerical suporviaion" ti • ".onte ;■• for its officer' "»™T'!u'° ^ "^'"d up?„ mijlf r- J'^l'-S himseU' decked itki.rr*" "'"« : that thel ev '■«m;on,mended sovoralothl ' h "''"" '" J™" *''<' Guild ar,d met aft™ation of their iZc„mev " ° r"'^'""'^ S'™' " " db Wt »-"Si V'^itf ft '-i^in sTh off; h« been distributed a^^fe;:'* "« """rfy faI,o teachi,,.. iS w ''''""y "■itliout Mr Barw"''?^?''"' «<=l'olar3 and pSr Churchmen" should denounce ^ ST' "''"Sy' "-d all "so' mi vu m tins branch of thp rh, ^^""i^.?s of the very samp 'tio-'iSttf'^ ■'■'"S^^ '^i^^d against the Ph k. '_^' '""^ "' "*-'- oftX^f^^i^Z li H countenanced and co-opcratcd with somo who liave ah'oady broken oil' from it. Wo give to both charges the most explicit denial. Wo lovo the Churcli of our fathers — the Churcli of England, as wo have received it from the noble JNIartyra and Confessors of the ifcforniation. We appoul ttj all faitiiful Protestant Church- men to hold fast to their own ('liurch, and to her Scriptural Articles and Standards of Faith. It is not wn who should leave the Church of England ; but the unfaithful teachers of such Romish errors as those Avliich we have already exposed in " The Fath of lloUncss ;" and which are to bo found in Cauteu's " Treasury of Devotion" Bi.un I's " lO-y to thn Prai/er Book" and the like Ritualistic Literature. We invito the co-operation of all honest Churchmen against the faithless men who are disseminating such pernicious error. ml i: Those desirous of joining the Association will kindly send their names, addresses and subscriptions to li. Homer Dixon or John Gillespie, Honorary Secretaries, Toronto, to whom all com- munications are to be addressed. Members and Corresponding Members — -Yearly subscription, One Dollar ; Life Members, Twenty-tive Dollars. The papers of the C. A. may be obtained by members, for distribution, free, on application to either of the above named Honorary Secretaries. I3y others at $1.00 per fifty ; 30 cent^ per dozen, or 5 cents each, on application to Hart & Rawlinson, Booksellers, 5 King Street West, Toronto. • I ttdy broken icit denial. f England, ntbssors of nt Churcli- ' Scriptural lould leave M's of sucli (I iti '' The. I (Jauteu's '/cjr Book" o-operatiou in Avlio are cindly send r Dixon or )m all com- ibscription, embers, for 3ove named ' ; 30 cent^ Rawlinson, I' ' * \m\