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Hill, BOOKBINDER. MONTRBAt- P284.04 W85^ \ •^, "THE SIGN OF THE SON OF MAN." A WORD WITH HIS PEOPLE, iiv Tin; REV. EDMUND WOOD, M.A. AliOrT THE CROSS CARniEi) nEFonE tiik Cuo\n in ^t» laljii tire ©(niitgcli'jt'fj CImrcIr, ^tetrcuL PniNTED, (NOT Pl'nMSriKD) FOR THE LaY ASSOCIATION OF St JoHN'S f 'lICRCn, Mo.STHEAI.. • ' i • > • , » . t -■••.*. .i-J ' >« « ■ LjlJ k- . . . • . , , ' • * I . I k t I « , Cti|ontr,eal : "GAZETE" PRINTING UOUSE, NEXT THE POST OFFICE. 1S7G. T 7 Note. — The writer is indebted, to Mr, Bero.sford Hope's Book — ""Worship in the Church oi' England;'" to a sormoji by Dr. Oldknow ; to the lie v. I. AVilliam's com- mentary ; for three passages which are incorporated into this address. He regrets the necessity he was under of expr ...dug- his variance with his Bishop. No other course seemed open to him, but that of speaking- out — and speaking- out 'does not imply disrespect. • • • . • • • • • • « ' • * • * V • t ' ' 4 * •* • 1J«. I ••»•"•! St. Matt. xxit. no.—" The Sign qf the Son of Manr Instead, my friends, of preachinir the formal written sermon, which is customary on Sunday mornings, 1 desire to say a few words to you, by way of explanation, and, (if necessary) of defence, about the Cross which has recently caused discussion among many, and — I am bound to own it — ill-leeling among a few. If I speak at some length, try and bear with me. Indeed, it seems almost necessary to offer an apology for taking up your time with so unimportant a subject. Let me begin by going to the root of the matter ; and let me tell you how the introduction of the Cross was brought about, and then, if there be any blame attaching anywhere, you yourselves can decide who is worthy to receive it. Last year, a friend of mine (whose kind interest in our Church from its foundation has never ilagged), said to me just before going home, " What shall I bring for the Church this time, when I come from England ?" " AThat we have long wanted," I replied at once : " to improve our plain service, a simple handsome Cross to carry before the choir." " Will you use it, if I do ?" said my friend. " Surely we will," I replied. That was all that passed. In a month or two the Cross arrived ; it was formally presented on Easter eve, accepted, 61753 I and (as you know) on Enstor day, it was carried lor thi^ first tiiiio. 80 you see, I, the Rector ol" the Parish, and I alone, am the responsihle person, Iroin lirst to hist, in this matter. There has been no \vire-pullin;L» ; no luiderhand inliu- ence at work (as some have hinted) connected with it, from heijinninii' to end. I sincerely wish, my i'riends, that anything- I could say miiiht disarm the prejudices ol' those who, so strangely dislike the syml)ol ol' our Uedt-mption. I J'ear, however, it would l)e useless to attempt it, and to such I am not now. chielly, addressinii' myseli". I speak mainly to those who may have been at all dis(iuieted by the looli'h and reckless statements which have been iised ( as I lirmly believe) lor no other i)urpose than, wantonly, to stir up stril'e. Certainly, I never anticipated such a disturbance as has been made, — not, I mean, ]>y you, — about so harm- less, nay, so edil'ying- a sym])ol. For it seems to me that the Cross, borne on high, should naturally head all our processions ; to the I'ont, or the altar, the wedding or the I'uneral. We have lived down the prejudice that cresses in our cemeteries, or on our churches, are distinctive of any party — much less of Romanism — why should we not use them in all our church processions ? If you, my friends, have not got over your pious horror of a cross carried with the choir, why how can you sit comfortably in a church, where there is one of metal on the altar ; and another of wood, on the chancel screen ? And if the cross oH'ends you, what would you put into its place ? I can think of nothing. A staff with a silver knob (such as 1 have seen) is meaningless. AVe used to have a brass verge (surmounted by a fleur-de-lys) car- ried by a verger, which we discontinued on account of its want of meaning. The Bishop has a silver mitre carried before him in the Cathedral ; that would be mani- festly unsuitable for a parish Church. Pl le, am latter, iiillu- » ith it, You know, I presume, what the Cross means ^ In Holy Baptism, when the child is signed with the sign of tlie Cross, you know why it is done ? It is done in token that hereafter the child, so signed, shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucihed, and manfully to fight under His Banner, against sin, the world, and the J)evil, and to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end. What more litting symbol could there be, then, when the ministers of Christ crucified, go to celebrate the memorial of His Death, than the sign of llis Sacred Passion, carried before them ? Orange and Masonic Re- galia are Ireely allowed to be worn anU carried in our churches — on what reasonable ground, then, can the Cross be objected to ? But now let me descend from general ol)jections, to those which are particular ; and still let me speak to you ill the simplest, most homely, style ; for I am anxious above ail things (if, indeed, it is possi])le) not to be mis- judgt'd, or misunderstood. I. First, // is ubjevled to the Cross that it is " Pojnsh, " because it is to be seen in Roman Catholic Churches. My Friends, is everything l)ad which is used in the Latin Church ? If so, how about our Liturgy, Creed, Lord's Prayer ? Why ! there must, of necessity, be in our churches, a great many things whicH are ( as peoph; say, though I dislike to use the term) " Popish," and " look Popish." See the Lord's Tal)lc yonder. Why, it looks like an Altar. It has Cross and lights, lilxactly so- We wish it .so to look ; and intend it so to look ; because, as well as the " Hofi/ Table '"—it is the " Altar:' St. Paul, you know, says " we have an altar." AYhatever is good, whatever is beautiful, whatever has a holy meaning, that, whether it be Popish or Methodistical, that, so long as it is not contrary to the law of the church, that, so long as it helps to good thoughts and holy aspirations, that, I , l! claim, the right to use ; that, if it seem wise and fitting, I intend to nsc. The objection that the Cross is " Popish " proves too much. The English Cathedral and St. George's Church are built in the form of a Cross : Is any one mad enough to say that the transepts should be demolished in order to destroy the cruciform ground plan ? Yet people, to be consistent, ought to go that length. It is said in the Gospel, that, just before our Lord's coming to judge the world, "the Sign of the Son of Man shall appear in heaven." " The Sign " shall go before and precede His awful approach. Do you know that some good and learned men have had no hesitation in taking this passage in its literal sense ? They believe that there will be some awful and glorious appearance of our Lord's Cross. The Sign they think " will be visible and unmistakeabie in unquestioned manifestation ; Yea, as visible and extensive as the sky over our head. Oh ! Cross of Christ ! the Savour of life and of death ! Some shall mourn at beholding thee with a Godly sorrow, some in confusion of face ! " " Have you heard the dreadful, idolatrous things they have been doing at St. John's" ? said a lady, to an eminent citizen Vhom she met on Easter Monday. " No,. my dear madam," he replied, " to what do you refer" ? " Why, have you not heard ? They absolutely carried a Cross in St. John's Church when the choir entered for service : and they carried it out, Sir. Is it not dreadful ? What are we coming to ? " " Oh, my dear Madam,*' briskly replied the gentleman, " That's nothing at all — nothing at all. Why ! I went to a *• church — not St. John's — on the Sunday before, and "(would you believe it?) They actually sang an hymn. *' to the Cross, yes, sang to the Cross." there [Hyiun !•". " Faitlifnl ('ro!>(! abovf nil oth»r, on«' and only noble tree : '' Xone in t'oiiap-, ne going on at the same time, by as many priests. You would see images, perhaps as large as life, (decked in silk, lace, and tinsel) of the Blessed Virgin, and other saints. You would see (in Europe) votive offerings ; some puerile, and some oU'ensive to good taste. "Whilst, as you perfectly well know, in o?^r churches, there is only (usually) one altar, and nothing whatever to correspond with the other things I have mentioned. Surely, Brethren, these dilferences are enough to put to rest the most nervous apprehensions as to resemblance to Rome. II. It is objected to the Cross that it is illegal. AVhat r ■> • i ■-■ 1 ! ! ! I' 8 do you mean by thing's being- illegal ? You include under that term things (1) forbidden by the Rubrics: (2) things not expressly ordered. Of course things forbidden, in so many Avords, are illegal. But the use of all things not expressly ordered, is not illegal. Even the Bishop does not raise that objection. Many things not ordered, are allowed : e. ir. surplices worn by the choir, Pastoral Staves and Croziers v?arried before many Bishops : Altar nosegays, organs, seats for the congregation to sit on : all these are not ordered, are they therefore illegal ? Are you prepared to stand through a long sermon, because your benches are illegal V I myself had the great honour some years ago, to carry the Pastoral stalf before Bishop Fulford, on the occasion of the consecration of the Bishop of Quebec. No, the cross is no more illegal, than the Pastoral stall', or the mitre carried before Bishops, or the mace carried in old fashioned churches by the beadle, or the simple wands of oUice. which side.s-men, and wardens sometimes bear, in parochial processions. Even the cruciiix, would seem not to be illegal : for I see, by the " Guardian " newspaper, that a cruciiix, borne by an acolyte, vested in a cotta and purple cassock, was carried before the assistant Bishop of London, at the laying of the foundation stone of the church of St. Agatha. Nor is it exclusively coniined to the Latin Church. In protestant Germany, when the Prince Imperial (grand-son of our Queen) was confirmed in the Ivoyal church of Potsdam, it was done before an altai, garnished with cruciiix and lighted candles. Some years ago, this use of the Evangelical Church of Prussia, was rather amusingly brought under the ken of members of that party in the Church of England w^ho, also, call themselves Evangelical, but with not quite an identical use of language. The king, near the close of his active reign, gave a hospitable reception to that cosmo- 2)olitan body called the " Evangelical Alliance," and he assigned a church in Berlin lor llio meeting' of the com- mittee. Imagine the horror and disgust oi' the members of the Alliance (Protestants of Protestants) in having- to deliberate in ihe presence of an altar furnished with crucifix and tapers. Fancy, my friends, the Very Rev. ihe Dean of Montreal, (a member of the Alliance), in such a predicament I These remarks are not meant to pave the way for the introduction of the cracifix. I have no such Avish or inten- tion ; albeit, I am of opinion that no sermon of man's composition, can preach so eloquently as does the mute figure of the dying Tiedeemer to eye and heart. Nor do I think that the most timid need fear the inroads of Po- pery from the adoption of a rite "which is the legal, obligatory custom of that Church, of which the most ex- alted member is the Emperor AVilliam, and the most powerful, I'rince Bismarck 1 III. — Tlie Bishop (you object) saj/s it is '' conlrary to the spirit and ritual of our church !' He does say so; Init let us look at facts; at things iis they are, in the Church of England, at home and abroad. The following is the account of the service at the last meeting of the Provincial ►^'ynod oi' South Africa : — The cathedral is a large and plain classic building, seated for about a thousand ; the ritual East-end is nicely arrang-ed. ihe altar being well elevated and having the proper orna- ments, cross, candles, and vases of flowers on the shelf attached to the reredos. To-day it is vi^sted in a handsome red frontal h-ed being the color lor the Holy Spirit) and lace super-frontal. The special service of the opening of ihe Synod was a semi-choral Celebration, which com- menced at 10.45 by the enliy of the procession from the (ritual) west door, in the ibllowing order, singing " The Church's one foundation." 10 \r I W ! Rev. G. Pinker, Curate of the Cathedral Cross-bearer. Choir. Clergy. The Verger with the Macev. The Dean. Chaplain. Bishop of St. John's, Kaffraria. Chaplain. Bishop of Grahamstown. Chaplain. Bishop of Bloomfontein. Chaplain with Pastoral Staff. Bishop of Maritzburg. . Chaplain with Pastoral Stair. Bish»p of St. Helena. Chaplain with Crozier. Bishop of Cape Town, Metropolitan ; (wearing- his scarlet chimere.) Two Chaplains. On arriving at the chancel, the choir and the clergy took their places in the stalls, and the seats nearest them : the Bishops of St. John's, Grahamstown, and Bloomfontein, at the sedilia; the Bishops of Maritzburg and St. Helena at the Epistle and Gospel steps ; and the Metropolitan at the altar. The Epistle was read by the Bishop of Maritzburg, and the Gospel by the Bishop of St. Helena. Again, the Bishop of Nova Scotia, (no Episcopal tyro, but consecrated more than twentv-five vears ago,) when officiating pontifically, i.e. as Bishop, at St. Peter's, Char- lottetown, allows a cross to be borne before him when going to and from the vestry, and also, on his way to and from the pulpit. The cross is carried at Chichester Cathedral, in England ; where it has never been disused. The assistant Bishop of 11 London permits its use in his presence, as I had occasioii just now to say ; and in the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States, it is not unknown as an adjunct to the service ; only recently, Bishop Odenheimer held a confirmation in his diocese at which a processional Cross was carried. »So it would seem that all round the cir- cumference of the globe, there are Bishops and Clergy acting (to use our Bishop's words) in a manner " contrary to the spirit and ritual of our Church." Indeed, brethren, I intend no Jlippancy; no disrespect. But I do intend, when reckless statements are publicly made, no matter by whom, fearlessly and resolutely to meet them, IV. — It is objected — whereas ive were a unifed, prosperous coni(iril llnii'', i;i \il^ E- on Wdi-liiii in til.- I iiiiivli of Ei>f,'land, j,'ivi'S a strikiim iuti'imt m' tli'- tiiiuincmuiiitiuii ut' tlio t'diiinlriss of Ely Catlii'dml. "TIk' roiamininrntii'ii wnn nf no lioro or luToiiif of moiU'iii lon- tiovtisy, of no one wliosc canonization was ratified liy the thfcvs of Exi'trr Hail all or tliu hat ot scli-snini I'lit journalism, Ont ot an aowss tar baclv lu tlio »larle procession was closed by the ( hapter, and finally by the I'.isliop, with his pastoral staff borne by his Chaplain. This ceremonial, in the afternoon, {the closing scene of the Bisse.x centenary), appealed with a peculiar pathos to the Congregation as the solemn farewell to his diocefe, of I'ishoj) Harold Browne, who had just given his fatherly blessing in the mid Ci.t.'igon, with the emblem of his pastoral otHce grasped in liis left hand.' /