HE RROW ISSUED H BY THE-SONS OF H MONTHLY H SAINT SEBASTIAN ' VOL. IV, No. 10. NEW YORK, JULY, 1895. SINGLE COPIES, 5 CENTS ; WHOLE NO. 46. 50 CENTS PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE.
" THERE is scarcely any error, however puerile movement in the Republic of Mexico. It does or preposterous, which may not find some ad- not appear to us that "P. E. ism" is needed in vocates among persons enjoying high literary a country of which the following paragraphs can and scientific advantages for the interpretation be written : of the New Testament, and be propounded by ''The survivors have received nothing but them with an air of superior intelligence, as a kindness from the whole population, from the true exposition, to be received by the world in highest to the lowest." the place of ancient interpretations of Holy '• Every craft for miles along the coast is out Writ".—Bishop Chr. Wordsworth. looking for survivors and bringing in the bodies which are being washed ashore. In this, perhaps, the frantic good will of the people here is shown WE were informed the other day, in all seri- best—not a body has been found that was not in ousness, that the Rev. Dr. Bridgeman, Rector of stantly surrounded by natives, who toiled for Holy Trinity Church, Harlem, who, according to hours in the hope of resuscitation, no matter report, left the Baptist Church because he had how hopeless the task. given up the belief in external punishment, re- " Masses "were said in rapid succession in all cently stated to a friend that he had found that the Catholic churches this morning from five there was such a place as hell since he had en- o'clock until noon for the success of the searching tered the Episcopal Church. parties and for the repose of the souls of the dead. Thousands who attended these services were constantly offering their aid in the work of The Crucifer of the Mission Church of the succor.'' Holy Cross, New York, appeared in a red dress for Corpus Christi. We were glad to see on the front page the announcement that first Vespers THE following account of a great military pro- of Corpus Christi would be followed by a proces- cession held at Cairo, Egypt, in honor of the sion of the Blessed Sacrament. The parish will Blessed Sacrament, was clipped from an English be blessed which is zealous to worship the Body paper last year when the event occurred. The and Blood of Christ. troops mentioned were regulars of the British army, and the procession was headed by the band of the Second South Lancashire Regiment: SINCE our last issue a notable work has issued " Another party, all non-commissioned officers, from the press entitled Liturgiee Americanos, volunteered to act as armed escort or guard of The Book of Common Prayer as used in the honor to the King of Kings through the kind- United States of America; compared with the ness and courtesy of the officer commanding. Proposed Book of 17&
CHURCHOFST. MARY THE VIRGIN, THE PARISH. WEST 45TH ST., NEW YORK. CONFESSIONS will be heard during July and August daily after Matins or Vespers; on Satur- SERVICES. day evenings, from 7 to 9 o'clock, and, by appoint- ment with the Clergy, at other times either on Sundays—Low Mass, 7:30; High Mass, 9; Matins, 10; Low Mass, 11; Vespers (plain), 4. Sundays or week-days. Daily—Low Mass, 7:30; Matins, 9 a. m.; Vespers, 5 p. m. Holy Days—Additional Low Mass, 6:30. Confessions—Daily after Matins and Vespers ; Saturdays, 7 to 9 p.m.; at other CONTRIBUTIONS are much needed to complete times by appointment. Bafitistn and Churching—Stated hour, Sunday, 3 p. m. At other times by our Fresh Air Fund. If generously increased by arrangement with the Clergy. donations, this fund will give a blessed outing to Confir?nation—The names of those who desire to be confirmed will be receive" our parishioners, whom we desire to send. Will at any time by the Clergy. Visitation of the Sick—The Clergy desire to be notified of any sick persons in not every one who has abundance give some- need of the services of a Priest. The Blessed Sacrament can be taken to We need $500. the dying at any hour ; but in cases of ordinary sickness It will be adminis- thing ? tered only in the morning, after notice given the day before. Special Celebrations for Marriages, Funerals, Month's Minds or oth. r Memorials of the Dead may be had, freely, by applying to the Clergy. THE Summer Fresh Air parties have begun. The Church is open daily from 7:30 a. m. to 12 m., and 4 to 5:30 p. m. If there are any who have not yet given their The red light burning before the Altar signifies the Presence of the Blessed names, they should leave them at the Clergy Sacrament. The office hours of the Clergy (for consultation or business) are daily at the House at once. Church or Clergy House, from 10 a. m. to 12 m. The Rectory, 226 W. 45th St., and Clergy House, 232 W. 45th St., adjoin the Church. PHOTOGRAPHS have been taken of the Old The Mission House is at 248 W. 45th St. Church of St. Mary the Virgin and may be obtained from the Sexton or at the Clergy House. There are thirteen views ; price 50 cents each. KALENDAR FOR JULY.
1 Mo. Burial Guild Monthly Mass, 8 a.m. THE removal of our Marble Altar to the new 2 Tu. Visitation of B. V. Mary. O. V. B.V. M., Monthly Mass, i 3 We, church and its reconstruction will entail much 4 Th. Translation of St. Martin, B/>. C. 5 Fr. A bstinence. expense. The Reredos "will have to be remodelled 6 Sa. Confessions, 7 to 9 p. m. because it will stand below an arch in the Apsidal 7 S. Fourth after Xrinity. 8 Mo, Chancel. The back must be ornamental because g Tu. it will be visible. Contributions are requested— 10 We. 11 Th. already a promise of S800. has been given Will 12 Fr. A bstinence. 13 Sa. Confessions, 7 to 9 p.m. not every one "who has received the Blessed Sacra- 14 S. Fifth alter Trinity. ment from this Altar contribute something—even 15 Mo. Translation of St. Swithun, Bp. 16 Tu. a small amount, to this necessary alteration ? 17 We, 18 Th. C. B. S. Monthly Mass, 8 a. m. 19 Fr. Abttinence. 20 Sa. St. Margaret, V. and M. Confessions, 7 to 9 p.m. ON Sundays during July and August there will 21 S. Sixth after Trinity. 22 Mo. St. Mary Magdalene, Penitent. be two Low Masses, 7.30 and 11 o'clock. The 28 Tu. High Mass will be sung at 9 o'clock, and will be 24 We. Th. St. James, Ap. Additional Mass, 6:30 a.m. the only service with music 26 Fr. St. Anne, Mother of B.V. Alary. Abstinence. Bona Mors Devotions after Vespers, 5 p.m. The Introit will be a selected Hymn After- 37 Sa. Bona Mors Monthly Mass, 8 a.m. Confessions, 7 to 9 p.m. wards the Commandments and Responses. The 2H S Seventh after Xrioity. 29 Mo. Credo will be monotoned. At the Offertory a 80 'I'll. hymn will be sung The Sanctus and Agnus Dei 31 We. will be given with the music usually sung at the Children's Mass, and the service will conclude SPECIAL, VOTIVE, AND OTHER MASSES. with another hymn. Matins at 10 o'clock and Vespers at 4 o'clock Sunday.— For the Children 9 a. m., weekly. will be said plain. Monday.— Burial Guild, 8 a.m., first in month. Requiem 8a.m., other Mondays.* Wednesday.—St. Mary's Guild, 9.80 a.m., first in month.* THKRE are three services daily during July and Thursday.— C. B. S., 8 a.m. Nearest middle of month. August, namely, the Low Mass. at 7.30 a.m ; Saturday.— O.V. B. V. M., 8 a.m., in Church, first in month. In Mission House other Saturdays.* Matins, 9 a.m.; Vespers, 5 p.m.; also, the Month- Bona Mors, 8 a.m., last in month. ly Masses of the Burial Guild, the O. V. B. V. M , Holy Days.— Additional, G:30 a.m. the C. B. S.. and the Bona Mors Society. The church will be open for private prayer from 7 to GUILD MEETINGS, ETC. 12, and 4 to 5.30 o'clock, daily.
Sunday.— Singing School, 0.45 a. m., weekly, Bible Class for Men, 10 a.m., weekly. * Sunday School, Lessons, 2.30 p. m., weekly.* WHY cannot Anglicans leave Catholic coun- Bible Class for Women, 3.30 p. m., weekly. • Burial Guild, after Vespers; first in month. * tries alone? Brazil, Mexico and Spain, each is Monday.— St. John's Guild, i p.m., weekly. * the seat of a petty so called reform movement Tuesday.— Men's Guild, 7.45 p. m. weekly. Sons of St. Sebastian, second in month. endeavoring to Protestant-Episcopalianize the League of St. Lawrence, as called. country. We hope converts are scarce in this Wednesday.—St. Mary's Guild, 4 p. m., first in month. * Guild of St. Mary of the Cross, 8 p. m., weekly. * un Christian work. Other things being equal an Guild of St. Alban, 8 pm. Ave and Pater in Spanish will go further than a Thursday.— Guild of St. Mary of the Annunciation, 7.45 p. m., weekly. * Friday.— Guild of St. Mary of the Angels, 3.30 p. m., weekly. * Lord's Prayer in English, because it implies a Bona Mors Society, after Vespers, last in month. more complete grasp of the faith. Few persons St. Joseph's Guild, 7.30 p. m., weekly.* Saturday.— Industrial School, 10 a. m., weekly. * are narrower than those who think that the Eng- * NOTICE.—Usually omitted from Trinity to Michaelmas. lish Channel is the only road to Heaven. THE ARROW THE ROMAN COLLAR. CHURCH DEFENCE. The photographs of the Episcopalian bishops THE much neglected work of Church Defence which appeared in a recent issue of Peterson's has been undertaken by the American Church Magazine evoked the following comment from League, an organization formed under the presi- dency of the Rev. Dr. M. Van Renssellaer, of the Syracuse Catholic Sun: " They are an New York, and with the Rev Wm. Wirt Mills, intellectual looking lot of fellows But where in of Erie, Pa., as Secretary. In order that it may thunder do they get the right to wear Roman accomplish the work in hand, the League asks collars and pectoral crosses ?"—The Review the Clergy and Laity to furnish the Secretary (Rev. Wm. Wirt Mills, Box 115, Erie, Pa)., as promptly as possible, with clippings of all news- THE recognized badge of the Episcopal office paper attacks upon the Church and all misrepre- is the mitre. This emblem is ordinarily carved sentations of the Church and its Faith ; with all facts showing the progress of the Church and the upon the Bishop's chair in the chancel; it is growth of Catholic Faith and practice; with all usually found on the seals of Dioceses Most Diocesan and Parish papers, convention journals, Bishops employ it to adorn their note paper, and reports, pamphlets, announcements, etc. one Bishop, of whom I have heard, had it grace- Contributions for the work of the League fully placed upon every piece of his dinner set. should be sent to Mr. E S. Gorham, Treasurer, All these uses of the mitre are secondary and 114, 5th Ave., New York. derivative The primary use from which they are drawn is the mitre, on the head of the bishop, " AND now we are threatened and attacked by as the emblem of official power, coming from the a third form of evil more subtle and dangerous. Holy Ghost, in cloven tongues like as of fire, It is more subtle and dangerous because it with which he is invested at his consecration. professes a love for the Gospel and a zeal Now, the sequence of common sense seems to for Christianity ; it presents itself as an Angel me to be from the head of the Bishop to the seal of Light; it pretends to abhor Rationalism, and to of the Diocese, the Bishop's chair, and perhaps detect the mythical theories which have sapped the note paper There I would stop,and not go the foundations of Scripture. It speaks fair as far as the dinner set. Surely if the emblem words for Christ; and yet it loves to invent dis- be innocent, the truth which it represents cannot crepancies, and to imagine contradictions, in the be pernicious, if the derivative use be edifying, narratives which His Apostles and Evangelists the original use cannot be injurious or danger- have delivered of His Birth, His Temptation, His ous.— Bishop Seymour. Miracles, His Agony, His Sufferings, His Resur- rection and Ascension. It accepts doctrines of the Gospel, and yet arraigns its documents; it HOLY TRADITION. professes reverence for Christianity and yet it Some of these things which we know by tra- contravenes the Inspiration and Veracity of the dition are most important As examples we shall records on which Christianity rests. -Bishop mention a few: The baptism of infants; the Chr. Wordsworth. giving of the Holy Communion to women (in the New Testament we only read of its being given to men); the words to be used in consecrating THE questions asked by Enquirer elsewhere in the Holy Sacrament, "This is my Body" and the issue come from one who is sorely distressed '•This is my Blood"; the prayer for the descent of over the terrible state of morals and religion in the HolyGhost upon the Holy Gifts, called"The In- the Diocese of Massachusetts. There is need for vocation"; the offering up of the Sacrifice of the churchmen to feel both distress and alarm when Altar, called "The Oblation"; the giving the Holy the "Episcopal Theological School" (we know Ghost by the laying on of hands both in Confirma- not on what grounds it is entitled to this name) tion and Holy Order; the three Holy Orders of the is graduating men who do not believe the funda- Ministry, Bishops, Priests and Deacons; the Com mental doctrines of the creed and is conferring munion of Saints and the duty of mutual prayer ; upon them the degree of " Bachelor of Divinity.'' how to administer discipline and when to give ab- Worst of all is the willingness of our bishops to solution; the true position of the Blessed Virgin ordain these men and to place them in positions Mary in the scheme of redemption and the devotion where they may teach their soul-destroying due to her and to the other Saints ; the fixing of doctrines. fast-days and the institution of the Lord's Day— these and many more are traditions of the Catho- lic church, taught to the apostles by our Blessed JUST PUBLISHED. THE OBJECT OF THIS BOOK. Lord and made clear to them by the illuminating BIBLE WORSHIP; power of the Holy Ghost, whom they received at The author in the following Pentecost.—The Evangelists. THE CONTINUITY pages insists in a very earnest and forcible manner upon the fact that Sacrifice throughout SACRIFICIAL WORSHIP the Successive Dispensations WILL the Washington organ of A. P A., called BY PENDBK H. CI-DLIP, M.A. of God lies at the very root of The Commonwealth,kindly tell us the source from WITH INTRODUCTION BY THE the idea of worship ; and fur- REV. CANON HUTCHINS. 80 ther, that this action demands which it derives the oaths taken by Roman PAGES, WITH A LARGE CHART Priests, Bishops, Cardinals and members of the SHOWING THE CONTINUITY OF certain external accompan- WORSHIP UNDER THE LAW, iments by which its dignity is Society of Jesus ? 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and peace through the Blood of Calvary. He advances to a Sacramental union with the Incar- nate God such as the sectarian, as tested by the recorded experience in his devotional books, knows not of. ISSUED-MONTHLY BYTHE SONS OF SAINT SEBASTIAN = Yet more conspicuous in the Catholic Church is 228WEST45™ STREET- NEWYORIO the realization her children have of the Real 50'CENTS PER YEAR H SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS': Presence of our Blessed Lord in the Sacrament of ENTIKD'AS-SECONDCLASS-MATTEKATTHfNWYORKN'YfOSTOFnCEOCT^OlSVt' the Altar. Here Anglicans and Easterns and THElORD'HATH'MADE-ME-APOLlSHED'SHAFTillN-HlS-QUlVER' Romans are one, and the Confraternity of the HATH'HE'HID'MEHAND'SAlD-UNTOMETHOUARfMY'SER." Blessed Sacrament and the hundreds of Altars VANTOlSRAEUNWHOMiWILL-BtOORlFlED' M in the Anglican Communion upon which the Daily Sacrifice is offered betoken her Catholicity THE subscription price of THE ARROW is 50 cents per year. The Her worship and her piety are not that of the paper is sent in exchange to Diocesan and Parish papers, and to other regular publications. It will gladly be sent free to clergymen sem- sects, but of the Catholic Saints. inarians, religious, and to Church Institutions upon the receipt of a postal card giving proper address. Again, the Religious Life, which Lacordaire de- clared Protestantism could not produce and was NEW YORK, JULY, 1895. a sure sign of the true Church, and the product of its Sacramental life, is seen flourishing in our THE INTERNAL PROOF OF THE VALID- midst. It is claimed that there are now as many ITY OF ANGLICAN ORDERS.* or more religious in the Sisterhoods of the English Sufficient as the historical evidence of our Church than were to be found before the Refor- orders is, yet it is but one witness to their valid- mation. Furthermore, those who are acquainted ity. The more convincing one, to the spiritually with her spiritual life can bear witness that the minded, is that derived from their operations and higher degrees of mystical prayer, such as St. the effects of their Sacraments. Theresa and St. Catharine revealed, are not un- If we are without valid orders, the spiritual known to Anglicans who have been led into the life in our Communion ought to be like that of rare but higher unitive way. Many priests have the sectarian bodies. If we have them, (allow- also known and can bear witness to instances, ance being made for national temperament), our rare indeed, where our Lord has demonstrated spiritual life should be like that found in the the reality of His presence in the Blessed Sacra- Eastern and Roman Churches. Consider how ment by unwonted signs. And. finally, further this is Now, first, it may be observed that while testimony of ihe reality of our Sacraments is to the sects in England and America have con- be found in the experience of those Christians stantly been disintegrating, the Church of Eng- who have entered the Church from the sects. land and all its branches, established and We see clearly within them the signs of Sacra- disestablished, have held together ; and though mental grace in their newly developed spiritual now extending throughout the world, have, enlightenment and their growing supernatural nevertheless, been drawing into a closer unity. union with their Lord. How is it, we may ask, Again, while those bodies which have lost the if we are not possessed of Sacramental grace, Apostolic succession and the Episcopate, have this change should be so markedly observed ? gradually been tending to a loss of the ancient Now, if, as they claim, Roman Catholics alone faith and downward to Unitarianism, the are possessed of the Sacraments, it is for them to Anglican Church lias ever been tending to a full- prove that the common mark of a new and supe- er manifestation of the Catholic faith and rior sanctity is to be found upon their converts worship. from Anglicanism. This we know by their own witness they cannot do. Newman and Manning Yet further. No body of Christians has ever were holy men, but they were holy before they passed through such oppressions and trials, with- became Romans, and no holier than Pusey or in and without,as the English Church has during Keble or Carter the past three centuries, and yet no matter how puritanized or protestantized any part of her at a Thus, by the double witness of historical evi- given time might seem to be, in the end, the dence and their efficacy, we know our Sacraments grace of the Sacraments, the power of the Priest- hood and the teaching of the Prayer Book have to be valid. If, and it is a most solemn consider- always asserted themselves, and the Catholic ation, such evidence cannot be trusted, then faith reappeared nothing can be; and,logically,if we give up belief in our orders, we ought to give up all faith in God Furthermore, it is to be noted that the character and Christianity. We do not say this because of the piety developed within our Communion is we have any desire to convince Romans,though we not that of the sectarian. The Churchman ex- care what they think about this matter. Asa periences something more than an assurance fact their denial of our Orders is the best thing * From The Diocese of Fond du Lac. they can do in furthering the interests of our THE ARROW.
Communion, for Anglicans must feel that the THE MONSTRANCE. great question of jurisdiction which divides the Eastern Patriarchs and Canterbury on the one As to the monstrance, its late introduction was side, from Rome on the other, does not rest with lot, we believe, for the purpose of teaching any the individual for decision, but belongs to a Gen- new cultus, but simply to bring to the mind of the eral Council; and that at present going over to people more distinctly the very truth which was Rome involves a sin, a terrible sin against the mplied by Reservation in the second century. Holy Ghost in denying the validity of our Orders In the Eastern Church, which has never been and the Sacraments we received. disturbed by denials of the Real Presence, and which has never unlearned its immemorial custom of adoration before the Sacred Mysteries, the use BOOK NOTICES. of the monstrance is unknown. No such devotion as a procession of the Blessed Sacrament was ver needed in the East to keep alive the faith The Service of the Altar. and love which are due to the Sacramental Simple prayers and directions for those who minister thereat. Presence of Christ. In the West, also, we find Compiled by a priest. London : W. Knott, 26 Brooke St., Holborn. no trace of the monstrance until the thirteenth 1890. Price, two pence, pp. 34. or perhaps fourteenth century. It was not until This is an excellent little book for servers, giv- the heresy of Berengarius had denied the Real ing a simple order for serving Low Mass, and Presence that special acts of adoration outside also succinct directions as to reverent behaviour, the actual celebration of the Mass were needed and devotions to be used on entering church and as means of affirming the faith. Probably the throughout the service. It is adapted particular- institution of the Feast of Corpus Christi was ly to the English Prayer Book, but its low price similarly intended to arouse anew in the hearts of makes it a convenient book to give to servers for the people the reverence which should be felt for their daily use. the Holy Sacrament.—The Angelas. A Brief Directory of Elementary Ritual, Chiefly Eucharistic. By the Very Rev. T. I. Ball, Provost of Cumbrae Cathedral. With a Preface by the Rt. Rev., the Bishop of ONE who reads the Magazine from time to time Argyll and the Isles. London : J. Masters & Co., 78 New Bond St. asks us, not unkindly, but with what seems an 1894. pp. 74. inconsistency, why we should give to the Blessed As the title expresses, the directions in this Virgin the title '• Our Lady," and if to do so is in book are general, setting forth the elementary accordance with the teachings of the Anglican points of ritual. Its tone is very devout, and Church? Will it not be a sufficient reply that the author gives very instructive reasons for the such is her title in the English Kalendar of church's ceremony, as the expression of the lessons, or to ask why, when we go to church in reverence of her children. In many parishes, England, we willingly say Amen to that prayer where the development of teaching and ceremony that invokes the divine protection upon " out- is still in its beginnings, this book will be found most gracious Sovereign Lady, Queen Victoria? " a valuable manual from its simplicity, and the Or if anjHbody would seriously object to address- persuasiveness of its tact. Not the least interest- ing a woman of the English nobility as "My ing chapter is that upon the Communion of the Lady? " Or, again, if our inquirer sees an unfit- Sick, in which the author gives extensive direc- ness in the present use of that old and graceful tions in regard to carrying the Reserved Sacra- form of address, "Madame?" As a matter of ment to the Sick. Here the directions include fact, we call the Blessed Mother "Our Lady," because she is, by excellence, Our Lady, the the previous preparation of the house, the manner sweetest, stateliest, holiest of all the daughters of consecrating with the pyx at the altar, and of men, the Blessed of women. We will not the conduct of the service at the sick room. assign to her powers or call her by titles that Another valuable chapter is that upon Private belong to deity alone, but we will not refuse, if Confession, where the directions are quite com we love the Lord Christ, to lay before His holy plete. Mother the homage of hearts in which she, too, The author strongly deprecates what he calls has a place.—Holy Cross Magazine. "Forenoon Celebrations,"1 because of the dangers of unprepared for and sacrilegious, as well as non-fasting communions. Yet for parishes where the people are not yet trained to appreciate the EXCHANGES.—The 226 exchanges regularly re- Divine Office as the Holy Sacrifice, he recom- ceived by THE ARROW are kept on file in the mends the placing of the sermon after Matins, Men's Club Rooms. The following new ex- followed by a collection and Blessing, before the changes received since last month are acknowl- Mass begins. It is doubtful if this expedient is edged: ever profitable. People do not appear to learn Parish Churcjiman, Philadelphia, Pa.; under its training the pre-eminence of the Mass Tusculum, Philadelphia, Pa ; Reidsville Baptist, above Matins; and like all compromises, it is a Reidsville, N. C.; Trinity Record, New Orleans. half gain which is in reality no gain. As an ex- La ; Church Chronicle, Wellington, New Zealand; pedient, it has been tried and found wanting, for Church Chronicle, Townsville, Queensland, it has been found, after generations of this use, Australia ; Annals of Our Lady of the Sacred just as difficult to place the Mass in its pre-emi- Heart Watertown. N. Y ; The Review, Chicago, nent position as it would have been to have 111.; Church Evangelist, Toronto. Ontario.Canada; done so in the first place. The choice must be The Emerald, Manchester, N.H.: St. Matthew's directly made first or last between Matins and Echo South Boston, Mass.; Catholic Mirror, Mass. " And as far as our Lord's command has Baltimore, Md.; St. Luke's Register, Brooklyn, any weight, the proper choice is easy to see. I N.Y.; The Freemason and The Fez, Cedar Rapids, may as well be made in the first place without Iowa; Western Catholic Xews, Chicago, 111. attempt to compromise. THE ARROW.
THE heroic work which women have so often (d) Is it true that that School last year conferred done for the missions of the Church is well the degree of B. D. on two young men who illustrated by the influence the orders of reli- denied the Virgin Birth of our Lord and the gious which Cardinal Lavigerie introduced into Inspiration of Holy Scripture, and that in Algiers have had in mitigating the brutal and consequence of such heresy the Standing vicious circumstances of life among the Arabs Committee refused to recommend them for and Moors of Northern Africa. Soon after Ordination ? In other words, were they the Cardinal undertook the work, he saw the awarded a B. D. degree, though declared un hopelessness of attempting to bring up the fit for Ordination because of heretical moral tone of his people without the practical opinions.? object lesson of good women living in vowed (ej If they did receive a B. D. degree under such obedience to the higher life. Opposition was circumstances, then please inform me. Are offered to his purpose, both at home and at degrees in Theology so issued recognized in Rome, but he carried his point and to-day the this Church Sisters are thriving in places where a short time (a) Yes (/>) Yes (c) Nil. (d) Yes. (e) No ago no European woman was able "to appear,even degrees.are officially recognized by the Episcopal with an escort, without risk of insult and violence Church, but unofficially all degrees whether There have been many Martyrs but the country theological or not are deferred to and reverenced. has been opened to Christianity, and the heroic Degrees in this countiy may be granted as the women are continuing their missionary labors reward of scholarship, or ' influence," by church on the ever retreating frontier. seminaries, or sectarian colleges, by boards com posed of clergymen, or laymen. Catholic and ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. heretic alike obtains the degree of " B. D ; " scholar and fool alike is made a llD.D." And SUITABLE questions sent to THE ARROW by subscribers or non- Thompson the Tailor he makes the hoods. subscribers will be answered in this column if they reach the Editor by the fifteenth of the month. Questions will be printed without Editor of THE ARROW : signature if desired but no anonymous communications will benoticed. You saw fit,in your last issue, to criticise me in R.I P,—Is there any reference in. the Fathers a somewhat "pugnacious" manner, for an article to requiem masses for the repose of the souls in which appeared recently in my paper The Church Purgatory previous to the Council of Nice ? Advocate on the Invocation of Saints, etc. Will Yes Tertullian (about A D. 208), refers to the you please allow me a little space in your July requiem mass widows were accustomed to offer issue just to say that the article which you criti- on the anniversary of the death of their husbands. cise is not mine at all. I copied it verbatim from 'Indeed she prays for his soul, and requests a charge delivered to his clergy in 1880 (pp 40-41) refreshments for him meanwhile, and fellowship by the late Rt. Rev. Dr. Binney. Lord Bishop of with him in the first resurrection ; and she offers Nova Scotia, who was graduated a double first at her sacrifice on the anniversaries of his falling Oxford and of whom the then Archbishop of asleep- For, unless she does these deeds, she has Canterbury said, at the time of the first Lambeth in the true sense disowned him, so far as in her Conference, that there was "' no better Theolo- lies "—De Monogomia, c. x. gian in the Anglican Church." It was by a mistake of the compositor that the name did R. E F. — Could our Lord have yielded to Satan's not appear at the end of the article, as it did at Temptations in the wilderness,and so have sinned? the end of the next one. It would be well for both We are using in our Bible Class '• The Blakeslee the Editor of THE ARROW and the Editor of the Graded Lessons from the Teachers' Manual.' Church Advocateif the two of them together knew Feb. No The extracts and notes on the Tempta- as much Theology as the late Dr Binney of bles- tion admit that it was possible for Our Lord to sed memory. "He being dead yet speaketh," and have sinned. This is utterly at variance with I feel that he needs no advocacy at my hands. what I supposed the Church believed and to me ANDREW GRAY it seems the same as saying that God could sin [We are sorry to learn that the late Dr. Binney Can you please answer in THE ARROW, and (may he rest in peace), though so learned a thelo- state what in your mind is the truth ? gian. ventured to differ even in a single instance, You are of course right in your estimate of from the teaching of the whole Catholic Church. what the Church believes. To say that God —Editor THE ARROW. J could sin is a most apparent contradiction. These who assert that our Lord could sin do not UNITY THROUGH PERSECUTION. believe that Christ is " very God of very God" THE growing secularism of the age, and the in- Your rector must have studied theology at Cam- creasing revolt of the natural man against revel- bridge that he allows these blasphemous 'Graded Lessons " in his Sunday School. ation, may, and probably will, in course of time, find vent in a persecution of Christianity. We are ENQUIRER.—Please inform me in your next issue: not ashamed to confess that we long for the time (a) Is the Board of Trustees of the Episcopal to come when the enemies of Christianity shall Theological, Cambridge, composed only and openly assail us. It will weld us together more always of laymen ? completely and quickly than anything else. We (b) Is it true that that School is in no way re- shall then be geiiuinety drawn to the Cross and sponsible either to the Church in General, to one another We shall have to stand shoulder or to the Church in the diocese of Massachu- to shoulder as Christians did in the days of early setts ? persecution. There will be a terrible falling (c) That School 1 have been assured, issues away, but all who are true will come forth from Theological Degrees to its graduates What the trial purified and united, and then may we is the value of such degrees in Theology if expect the. second coming of the Son of Man to the power conferring them is made up only bring in the reign of everlasting righteousness. of laymen ? —London Church Review, THE ARROW. 83
THE NEW CHURCH. servants, David and Solomon, to build a House to A large framed picture of the interior of the the glory of Thy Name, mercifully grant that we New Church is.placed in the nave, together with who desire to raise a Church in Thine honor, may a List of such parts and ornaments as are to be blessed in our endeavor, and enabled to bring be included in the building, and which must be it to perfection. Through JESUS Christ our completed by our offerings. Already very im- Lord. Amen. portant liberal subscriptions have been made. Every one should make an effort to help forward ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT. the work, according to this scheme. The picture can be purchased of a committee of St. Mary's MANTELS, OPEN FIRE PLACES, Guild, (Mrs.Canfieldand Mrs. Wilson), for $l,"or framed for $2.50. GRATES, FENDERS, TILES & MANTELS, ARTISTIC WROUGHT METAL WORK FOR INTERIORS, &c. NEW CHURCH FUND. Amount to be raised (equivalent to paying old debts of the WM. H. JACKSON & CO., Church) $40,000 00 860 BROADWAY, (UNION SQUARE), - - - Cor. 18TH STREET. Amount subscribed as below 20,450 00 ESTABLISHED NEARLY 70 YEARS. Amount still desired $19,550 00 SUGGESTIONS FOR GIFTS TO COVER THIS : Clergy House Chapel of the Catechism.. . .$15,000 MANHANSET Lady Chapel 8,01)0 Subscribed. HOUSE AND COTTAGES, SHELTER ISLAND, L. I., N. Y., WILL Organ 5,000 Sutton Memorial. OPEN JUNE 22. THE NEW YORK OFFICE IS OPEN DAILY 2 TO 5 ,New Pews 4,000 .P.M., AT 23 UNION SQUARE, ROOM 7, WHERE APPLICATIONS Stone for Clerestory, instead of brick (ex- WILL BE RECEIVED. SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED PAMPHLET. terior) 3,000 H. D. W. LAWSON, FORMERLY OF MURRAY HILL HOTEL, Mission House Ohapel of the Catechism... 3,000 MANAGER. Wrought-Iron Grille around the Chancel.. 3,000 Subscribed. Paving of Choir and Sanctuary 3,000 CLEANING AND DYEING. Paving Central Passage and Ambulatory... 2,750 ALL GOODS DONE WITH OUR PROCESS RETAIN THEIR Mortuary Chapel 2,000 Subscribed. ORIGINAL NEW FINISH. OFFICE OF THE ART DYEING AND Baptistery 750 Subscribed. SCOURING WORKS, 704 EIGHTH AVENUE, BET. 44TH & 45TH STS., Confessional 500 NEW YORK. BRANCH AND FACTORY, 120 MAIN STREET, Confessional 500 YONKERS, N. Y. LADIES' AND GENT'S GARMENTS CLEANED Carving Capitals of Columns, (each,) 100 AND DYED WITHOUT RIPPING APART. No. 1 No. 12 Ella Smith Memorial. 2 Subscribed. " 13 " 3 Subscribed. " 14 " UPHOLSTERER AND DECORATOR. 4 Subscribed. " 15 Subscribed. DEALER IN FURNITURE AND WALL PAPERS. FURNITURE 5 Subscribed. " 16 Subscribed. COVERED, FRESCOING, PAINTING & PAPER HANGING. 6 Subscribed. " 17 Subscribed. FIRST-CLASS . WORK . AT . REASONABLE . PRICES. 7 Subscribed. " 18 Subscribed. FREDERICK C. MARTIN, 8 Subscribed. " 19 9 Ella Smith Memorial. " 20 1488 BROADWAY, BET. 42D AND 43* STREETS. 10 Memorial to Laura Smith." 21 ESTIMATES AND DESIGNS FURNISHED. 11 Ella Smith Memorial. "22 GROCERS AND MEAT MARKET. These gifts may be made memorial if desired. J. & H. VON RUNNEN, Payments may be made in cash; or subscriptions, 691 SIXTH AVE., Bet. 39th and 40th St. payable any time in 1895, will be received. In special cases, subscriptions, payable in annual PLUMBING, FURNACES, RANGES, ROOFING AND installments over a series of years, will be HOUSE FURNISHING. accepted. Other suggested donations are the cost of a THOMAS HINDLEY & SON, new reredos, and the carving of the decorative JOHN H. HINDLEY, Proprietor. work on the exterior of the Church. 819 SIXTH AVENUE, near 46th Street, NEW YORK. A subscription of $800 towards a new reredos has Telephone Call 38th St. 55. been made Mr. Rhind, the sculptor, has offered the statue of the Blessed Virgin and Child, for FLORIST for the exterior, and has begun the work CUT FLOWERS, BOUQUETS, FLORAL DESIGNS, BASKETS, Daily Prayer for the Building of our new PLANTS, ETC. RICHARD F. JENKINS, 664 EIGHTH AVENUE, Church: NEAR 42D STREET, NEW YORK. O God, Who didst put into the hearts of Thy The Mutual Life Insurance Company OK NEW YORK, RICHARD A. MCCURDY, PRESIDENT. Assets, . . . . $204,638,783 96
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