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Some are loss so. Ritualism enters into the every day life and habits of all nations, civilized or savage, and of all religions, true or false. . Exactly what conslitulcs good manners, each nation, society or class v\'il] answer for itself. . The good manners of one society will be thought rude by another and vice versa. . Ritualism is- a necessary ingredient in the fusion and adhesion of the several members of any band or society. Par<.'nts and teachers have now the good sense to use the element of ritual largely in the education of ihtir chiklren — that is to say : lessons are arrayed in a dress which is pleasant to the -eye to look upon. Ritual plays an important part in' the affairs of civil government. -I. ' ' •' ' ' Only cynics sneer at the antique dresses of heralds and "beef-eaters " and the pageantry of court and official cerenumial ; wise men recognize the value of these uses. These dresses connect the England of to-day with the England of a hoary past, and teach that though the individual momirch dies the monarchy survives. The stability of English institutions is not a little due to the rituc'ism in which they have been wrapped. • Wisemcin d) not sneer at " military millinery" nor think that the ritualism of the army and navy is contemptible. So truly wise men will not sneer at what the thoughtless and unkind 'lave called "ecclesiastical millinery," the ritualism of the house ami army of God. The ritualism of the priest of the church of the living God is the sentiment and poetry, of his calling. . ' . Such ritualism as the use o' vestments, lights, incense, etc., etc., is a common heritage of, a'l Christendom, links yet left in the chain of unity which once bound together the national, c.uirches of Christ. There arc degrees of ritualism. There may be too much ceremonial as well as top little. This proves error in jiid|^nicnt, not vital error to be prosecuted. The picture may be obscui'ed in the gorgeousness cf iis frame -equally may the beauty of worship be marred by the nhean- ness of its surroundings. Proportioiji of ri; v.al is largely a matter of personal taste —some people love strong colors and deep contrasts ; others are pleased and edified by neutr.il tints and sober coloring. ^Icn love ritualism and men will have ritualism, and when it is shut out of the house anH worship of God, it bu.ls and blooms and flourishes in human societies, where men do congre-. gate, such as Frccniasuns. Temperance, Oiangc, C'ddfellows, Sons of Er.glniid, etc., etc, What has Holy .Scriptures to say on the subject of ritualism ? Was there ever a more ritual- istic worship than that which was prescribed by God Himself for the guidance and observance of His chosen church of oUl ? ' God Himself, elaborates the ritual to accompany His public service — the vestments. of His inlAi^ters and (hoir imteria', shape and color — the furniture of the House of God, its gold 11 ml silver, its wii()('.s and iian^-jlUFs — its precious genis. Jlosv is all this consistent with the declaration so often made in these later years of the Christian era by men who profess , ti> know the mind of God, that G.o.'. . I. ;!. ■V. • ■ ii . ■.in ^' r,f\ ■ Vrt' Secondly : If yuu hivb'np chtiirclii l/f ill liifenns worship Tiiy6iSyK?n7*^ut if you have ni ..ins to erect a church gn.^ tgfdqrn il^^^tlt ritualistic spten^pri. thfU^ Off-VJit he be the same (.ji>d who required the costliness' of Ihe treasures of his people delivered from Egyptian bondage (or His Tabernacle) will require you to do so. ^ > - God has in all His works and words declared His love of the beautiful, whether that beauty be internal or external to the eye of man. '"'^'j/^X He is the'^'Tvingin His beauty,'"' the ritual "arrangements of* His' woiiliip should be designed "for glory and for beauty." - - The slime of the serpent has passed and left its stain-^nevertheless the world, marred by the penalty of sin, bears witness to God's love ottHafwhiCh delights the eye and charms the ear of man. ... Everything in the world is -gorgeous — the plumage of -the- bir- V—the gauzy wing of the insect. The tiniest atom of oiganiied matter it formed after some pattern of exquisite beauty and glorious coloring. God's love of the beaiiiifulis' written in His revelation on the ojpen page df nature, llie same-Godha^ declared His will that the beautiful shall be carried into the place where ttitn,' assemble to worship- Him on earth. We shall be told by some that Christ abolished all that'"^"^ God appointed as the ritualism of His worship by His church. The assertion thus 'made that our Lord prescribed a "simple worship" for His church is based upon a mere assumption^" ^t — modern, sectarian and narrow. Christ came to fulfil, not to destroy the law, i.t.,'\he Mosaic law as written in Exodusj Leviticus and DeuteroMNny. ''^'lieWfis.ir^^cmMant attendant on the riturlistic worship at the Temple in Jerusalem, and He has left us tio word of disapproval of the ritualism thereof. His denunciations were levelled., against irreverence in the Temple — selang and buying within its precincts and carrying com*. ..: mon vessels through its courts ; against the pharisaism of making long prayers, to be seen of men, of seeking the chief seats in the synagogue aiiid greetings in the marketplaces. A favorite; text of the opponepf of rftuialism is "God is'a spjrft, and they' that wordiip - ,' Him must worship Him in spirit and in thuh." . ,;.< ! To argue that "spirit and truth " are antagonixed by ritualism ii to s»y that there was no....: " spirit and truth " in the revelation of God to Moses. ... . . There is room for as much " spirit and truth " and very much less opportunity for self- seeking and self-worship-ip a ritualistic public worship, than is.to lie found in w|ia^t . men^ now call by the unscnptural and newly invehtedlerm, "a siihpTe worship^ " , » Behold the description of ritualistic worship as describid in the Book of Revelatioiu , ., Perchance a reader may say : Oh 1 but the Book of Revelation is onlv allegorical qb^> - mystical or typical. Suppose we grant this, not absolutely, but for argument s sake. . 3V4M|f then ? Is the Book ian allegory^ which represents something its' total opposite — oir a iofiysteljf? shrouded in a shadow, a non-existent reality — i.e., a. sham or a type whose anti-type it itt Is the R'evilrafion ^Wcti'*'«XMuitliry ahd'sighifiedliy an'iir^Jbl 't6 Wy'serwit Johni-^ ' /; a message to tell of something that does not exist ? To argue thus is to trifle with the word of God. ^\ Holy scriptures are given by itispira* _ tion and are profitable, , AU scripture is for our learning, and all the Holy scriptures which' , ' deal with the subject of the biiblic 'worship of the most "Most High God exhibit to us ritualism as the loved and accepted of God. Some men will say : . There is no description of 'ritualism in worship in the gospels. Whv should th^re be ? ' Go<1 had already Yev'ealed in those scriptures of which Christ says : " They ar6 they which testify of me," and whi':h we believe to " contain all things necessary tobebeUeved^rsaIvfU6n,*'^His Afi^ll' #!th'-rttnurdt^ character of Hb publir ^^ worshliv'-''"' ''•'•^•''■-^ '-i i^ i : ; ■ , . :.i..^in.y J . ^ :i t^^,:.: ,: ;. - . ....: . > • .; - ! wil^ a^[^f|)e1m1)Ie fMid tK*^^ is our reli^on shoiiid be cdn&itent and accept the 7vhoU mb\i, ea:ch portion sevierally preseiituig 'the will and mind of G^A on those subjects of which it particularly treats. Lastly : Ritualism in the Church of England Is rapidly re«uning to' the chfircb ^ oie classes which the pew systeih and "simple worship" expelled therefrom. Published by the Canadian Church Union. Copies free to members on application to ^ev. C. £. Whitcombe, Sec'y-Treas., C. C. U. Hamilton, Ont.