ISSUED HMONTHLY

BY THE^ SONS OF I. 1 SAINT SEBASTIAN

VOL. II., No. 17. NEW YORK, FEBRUARY, 1893. SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS ;50 CENTS PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE.

AMONG our exchanges last month came a copyof the first issue of the Angelus, the parish paperof the Church of the Ascension, Chicago. Thefront cover shows an illustration of the beautifulnew altar recently erected there, the sight ofwhich alone bears sufficient testimony to thenature of the teaching and worship in thatchurch. The paper is handsomely and artistic-ally got up and abounds in interesting readingmatter. We bid it heartily welcome, and wish ita long and successful life.

THE following paragraph taken from the N. Y.Tribune of January 21st is a gratifying indica-tion of progress :

"Beginning with the first Sunday in Februarythere will be a change in the morning service atTrinity Church. For many years the "full cathe-dral service," beginning with Morning Prayer,including a sermon, and ending with the HolyCommunion, has been held every Sunday. Thishas made the service extremely long. Hereafteron the first Sunday of the month only the highcelebration will be at 10:30 a. m., Morning Prayerbeing read at 9 o'clock. Mozart's First Mass willbe sung on the first Sunday in February."

BISHOP DOANB, in his eloquent address, at thelaying of the corner-stone of the Cathedral,spoke of ii as the place where would swingthe golden censer dispensing richest odors. Wepresume, however, that this is merely a figure ofspeech.

THE censer that was swung in the Church ofthe Redeemer in this city on Christmas Day, how-ever, whether golden or not, was a literal and nota figurative censer. We are not so much con-cerned about the introduction of the ritual ad-juncts of the Church's services as about the pos-itive teaching of the Catholic faith, but when, asin this case, both go hand in hand, it is a matterof unqualified satisfaction. We congratulateFathers Adams and Johnson on the auspiciouscircumstances under which they have celebratedtheir first Christmas in their new charge.

THERE are now said to be eight of our Churchesin this city where the Holy Sacrifice is offereddaily. There ought to be nearer eight timeseight, but we are thankful the number grows,though slowly. We may say here, as there hasbeen some question on the subject, that theChurch of St. Mary-the-Virgin, was the first inthis city to introduce the daily mass.

APROPOS of " Mass," a voluminous correspond-ence has been going on in the columns of the(London) Church Times over the now frequent useof this word in our Church to denote the celebra-tion of the Holy Eucharist. The reasons in favorof resuming the use of the term were given atsome length in the ARROW of May, '92. The termCelebration, which is much affected by many ofour clergy is cumbrous, and does not really giveany indication of what the service is, while theother is conveniently short, has the sanctionwhich comes from age—long use in all parts ofthe Church, and has associated with it the sac-rificial idea, which is an essential part of theeucharistic service.

THE Herald of Sunday, January 8th, devotedthree columns to chronicling the rapid growth ofthe ritual movement in the American Church,giving a fairly accurate account of the subject.It will not fail however to provoke a smile fromChurch people to read the list of Bishops who aregiven as " advanced ritualists * * * * of thehighest type." We imagine a similar accusationwas never before brought against some of theright reverend prelates mentioned ; we trust itwill not make them uneasy.

OUR bright contemporary, the Beacon of St.Martin's Church, Brooklyn, gave last month anumber of extracts from the newspaper reports ofthe services at that Church on the occasion of itspatronal festival, which furnishes very entertain-ing reading, the ceremonies and vestments de-scribed being of the most extraordinary descrip-tion. Our city reporters, however, have been get-ting practice in this department of late and maybe expected to improve. We trust they willhave still further opportunities of extending theiracquaintance with ritual terminology.

THE ARROW.

CHURCH OFST. MARY THE VIRGINWEST 45TH ST., NEW YORK.

SERVICES.Sundays.—Low Mass, 7:30; Choral Mass, 9; Matins, 10- High Mass 10:45-

Vespers, 4. ' 'Daily.— Low Mass, 7:30 a. ra.; Vespers 5 p. m.Holy Pays, Wednesdays and Fridays—Additional; Second Mass.at 0:30 a. m.Confessions—Fridays, 2:30 to 5 p. m, ' "Baptism and Churching— Stated hour, Sunday, 3 p. m. At other times by

arrangement with the Clergy.Confirmation—The names of those who desire to be confirmed will be received

at any time by the Clergy.Visitation 0/ the Sick—The Clergy desire to be notified of any sick persons in

need of the services of a Priest. The Blessed Sacrament can be taken toth<? dyinif at any hoar ; but in cases of ordinary sickness It will be adminis-tered only in the morning, after notice given the day before.

Special Celebrations for Marriages, Funerals, Months Minds or other Memorialsof the dead may be had, freely, bv applying to the Clergy.The Church is open daily from 7:30 a. m. to 6 p. m.

The red tight burning before the Altar signifies the presence of the BlessedSacrament.

The office hours of the Clergy (for consultation or business) are daily at theChurch, from 10 a. m. to 12 m.

SERVICES IN LENT, 1893.February 1 —March 24.

Daily—Mass. 7:30, 9:30; Matins, 9; Choral Vespers, 5; Five Minute Meditations,after Vrspers.

Mondays—Requirm Mass, 8.Wednesdays—Sermons by different preachers, 8 p. m.Thursdays—C. B. S. Mass, 8; Devotions, 5:30; Confirmation Classes and In-

struction* on H' ly Communion, 4Fridays—Half-hour Instructi ms on rhe Inner Life, 4:15; Confirmation Class, &c,

8; Confessions, 2 to 4 and 8:30 to 9.

(CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARYSt. Mary's Guild, Monthly Mass, 9:30 a. m.. and Meeting. St. Joseph's

Guile1,7.45 p. m. St. Mary of the Cross, Monthly Meeting,8 p. m.

P u r i f i c a t i o n o f St . M a r y t h e V i r g i n . CandlemasDa.-. High Mass, 9:30 a. m. St. Mary of the Annunciation,Monthly Meeting, 8 p. m.

St. Blasius, B. and M. Abstinence. Confessions, Afternoon and Night.O.V. B. V. M., Monthly Mass. 8 a.m.S e x a g e a l m a . St. Agatha, V. and M.

Sons of St. Sebastian, Chapter Meeting, 8 p. m.St. Joseph's Gu.ld, 8 p. m.

Abstinence. Confessions, Afternoon and Night.

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-Wo d n e s d a y Solemn Fast. Low Mass, 7:30-8 a. mHigh Mass, 9:30. St. Joseph's Guild, 7:45 p. m.

Abstinence. C. B. S., Mass, 8 a. m.Abstinence. Confessions. Afternoon and Night.A bstinence.QnadrageslmaAbstinence. Requiem Mass, 8 a. m.Abstinence. Sons ot St. Sebastian, Conference, 8 p. m.E m b e r Day. Abstinence.Abstinence. C B S.. Mass, 8 a. m.St . M a t t h i a s . Ap . K m b e r H a y . Abstinence. Confes-

sions, Afternoon and Night. Bona Mors, Devotions.Emb**I* Da* - . Abstinence. Bona Mors, Monthly Mass, 7a. m.S e c o n d In C e n t . Burial Guild, Monthly Meeting after Vespers.Abstinence. Requiem M-ss, 8 a.m.Abstinence. Sons of St. Sebastian, Conference, 8 p. m.

ORDER OF MUSIC.Sunday in Octave of the Purification B. V. M.

Sexagevitna, February ]>th.

SOLEMN HIGH MASS.

Processional Hymn 407 GumbertIntroit. Hymn 611, PaineMass No. 8. (Imperial.) HaydnOffertory Anthem, "Ave Maria," Silas

" Ave Maria, Blessed Maid, " Ave Maria, thou whose nameLily of Eden s fragrant shade, All but adoring love may claim,

Who can express the love <> may we leach thy shrineThat nurtured thee so pure and sweet, For He, thy Son and Saviour vowsMaking thy heart a shelter meet To crown all lowly, lofiy brovys

For Jesu's holy dove." With love and joy like thine."

Hymn311, Part II, 'Willing

Recessional Hymn 450, Dykes

SOLEMN VESPERS.

Processional Hymn 611 PainePsalms 81, 113, 134 GounodMagnificat and Nunc Dimittis, ,..PelIimVesper Hymn 449, MonkAnthem, "Ave Maria," Hauptmann

uAv< Maria, with every grace overflowing,Most highly favored, God is present with thee,

•, . ... .Virgin, ever blest."Hymn 455, ConconeR««ei«ional Hymn 450 Dykes

Quinquagesitna, February 12t

HIGH MASS.

Processional Hymn 287,Mass in COffertory Anthem, u Tantum Ergo, . . . . • • • • • • • i ; "

Words from Hymn 309. Part II.Hymn 312, first and last versesRecessional Hymn 210,

VESPERS.

Processional Hymn 256,P "

.Hopkins....Silas

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.Hopkins..Stainer

Dykesocessionai Hymn yoo, Donizettiaim 77, ilOih Selection,) Donizettiignificat and Nunc Dimittts — — P r e n t i c e

:sper Hymn 26 _ • • • ' _ ;, RQrr;M, _Vesper HyAnthem, "• The Shadow of the Cro-s, ."The cloudless noontide's golden rays

Shine gladly o'er the Holy Child.Ami^K the flowers he darts an>1 plays

Before His Virgin Moiher mild.When lo, against the garden walls

And o^r the sunlit roomWhere'er he plavs a shaHow falls

The shadow of His Cross of doom.

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"And still he plays in pure, sweet glee,And still her eyes with tears are dim.

He knows not that she weeps tn seeThe shadow looming over Him.

And so in glad and gloumy hours _Across our life's wide i arden fair

Where'er we go, a shadow fallsThe shadow of the Cross we bear."

"Hear us. O Lord, help us to seeLife's shadows changing 10 perfect light in 1 hee.

Hear us, O Lord, grant us to see _Heaven's gloiy round us and to dwell with Thee.

.SchefflerLe JeuneHymn 20,

Recessional Hymn 17,

First Sunday in Lent, February 19th.

HIGH MASS.

Processional Hymn 92, MonkMass in E flat PrenticeOffertory Anthem, l'Art Thou Weary," Oxenford

Words from Hymn 254.Hymn 309, Part II, WebbeRecessional Hymn 269 Monk

VESPERS.Processional Hymn 254, Bakerfsalms 32, 130,121, (6th Selection,) ...GounodMagnificat and Nunc Dimittis, GounodVesper Hymn 85 MasonAnthem from " Hear My Prayer,'' Mendelssohn

" Hear mv praver, O God, incline Thine ear !Thyself from my petition do not hide;Take het-d to me ! Hear how in prayer I mourn to Thee.Without Thee PII is dark. I have no guide,The enemy shouteth, the godless come fast,Iniquity, hatred, upon us they c-ist.The wicked oppress me, Ah, where shall 1 fly ?Perplexed and bewildered, O God, hear my cry."

Miserere. (Psalm 51st,) Stainer

Recessional Hymn 28 Monk

Second Sunday in Tent, February 26th,

HIGH MASS.Processional Hymn 91 ,Mass in K flatOffertory Anthem, " From the Depths,"

" From the depths of our contritionLet us no •, while humb<y kneeling,

Raise our voice to Great JehovahWho to dust gives ife and fueling-.

Who to naught can bring all kingdomsWho to dust can change a king-

Look upon us we implore TheeAnd our hearts to Thee we'll bring

Peace eternal, Thou wilt give usLiffht supernal shed around

He, who weeping, seeks Thy pardonMay at last in Heaven be found."

Hymn 311, Part It ,Recessional Hymn IS8,

VESPERS.Processional Hymn 257,Psalms 26, 43, 141, (5th ^election,) . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . ! !" .Mag ilicat and Nunc Dimittis, \\Vesper Hymn 87Anthem from " Hear My Prayer," '.

11 My heart is so'ely pained within my breastMy soul with deathly terror is oppressedTrembling and fearfuhiess upon me fallWith horror overwhelmed. Lord, hear me call !O for the wings, the wings o£ a doveFar away, far away would 1 rove !In the wilderness build me a nest,And remain there forever at rest."

Miserere,Recessional Hymn 346,

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MUSICAL NOTES.Haydn's Third Mass is called the "Kaiser "o r

"Imperial" Mass because it was composed forthe Coronation of one of the Emperors of Austria

The Mass in C, by Silas, was written for theg;reat International Competition of Sacred Musicheld in Belgium in 1866, and obtained, amongstseventy-six competitors from twelve differentnations, the First Prize consisting of a gold medaland one thousand francs.

THE ARROW.

An erroneous idea prevails amongst the con-gregation that Wagner's "Mass" is taken fromthe Opera of " Parsifal " probably from the factthat it is not generally known that Wagner wroteany sacred composition. The 'Mass' is arrangedfrom a strictly sacred work, on the title page ofwhich is the following dedication by the composerhimself : " The Love Feast of the Apostles, a bib-lical scene, for Men's-voices and Grand Orchestra,dedicated to Frau Charlotte Weinlig, the widow ofhis unforgotten teacher, by Richard Wagner."

The Choirs will give their Annual Recitation ofMusic suitable to the Lenten Season, as usual, onPassion Sunday evening, March 19th. Full par-ticulars will be announced in the next number ofthe ARROW.

~ THE PARISH.THIS Lent there are to be frequent services, as

well as the always open church. Two Massesevery day, at 7.30 and 9 30 a. m ; Mondays, Requiem Mass at 8 a.m.; Thursdays, ConfraternityMass at 8 a. m, Matins, 9 a. m., Vespers, 5 p. m.

To " go up" to the Hill of the Lord is activesacrifice ; to "abstain" from food, comforts andpleasures is negative sacrifice.

Which shall we ? one, other or both ?

ON Wednesday nights at 8 o'clock, sermons willbe preached by different clergymen.

ON Friday afternoons before Vespers, Fr.Brown will preach the Course of Lenten Instruc-tions, at 4.15 o'clock.

THIS Lent, (until Holy Week), a short Medita-tion after Vespers every day, varied by a Devo-votion on the Blessed Sacrament every Thursday,and by a Devotion on Bona Mors upon the lastFriday in the month, will help us all.

SUBJECTS for thought within ourselves :I.—The need of grace.

II.—Means of grace : 1, Holy communion ;2, Prayer ; 3, Absolution ; 4, Fasting ;5, Charity.

III.—Use of Holy Scripture.IV.—The shield of Faith.V.—1, Avoidance of occasions of past sin ;

2, Guarding against future falls.

THE Bishop has appointed the afternoon ofApril 23d, third Sunday after Easter, for Con-firmation, in this Parish.

CANDIDATES should send their names at once tothe Clergy. Classes will be held, during Lent,Thursday afternoons at 4 o'clock, and Fridaynights at 8 o'clock.

THE Guild Christmas tree festivals all took placein the week after New Year's Day The Guild ofSt. Mary of the Cross had their Christmas treeon Wednesday, January 4th; the Guild of St.Mary of the Annunciation on Thursday, January5th; the Guild of St. Mary of the Angels andthe Sewing School on Friday, the Feast of theEpiphany. All who participated in these festiv-ities passed the time cheerfully, and enjoyed thesocial aspect of the occasion. The noble effortsbeing made by our Associates of the Orderof the Visitation of the B. V. M. cannot be toohighly commended. Their work in our Guilds is

bringing forth many good results as may be seenin the lively interest being taken in our Guildmeetings. It is a cause of gieat satisfaction toboth priests and people to see so much enthusiasmin our Guild work.

THE Sewing School has made good progressthis season. The scholars' interest has so in-creased, and their industry has been so abundant,that they have done a larger amount of workthan usual.

DECORATED china, very fine, at low prices,for a Fund for Charitable Work, can be seen atthe Rectory, on Tuesday afternoons.

PREACHERS on Wednesday nights in Lent arethe Reverend Doctors Batterson, Dumbell, Frs.Miller and Evans.

CHAPTER NOTES.SONS OF ST. SEBASTIAN.

Chapter 603, Brotherhood of St. Andrew.The Rev. T. McKEE BROWN, President.The Rev WILLIAM SHARP, Jr., First Vice-President.H. C DAVIS, Second Vice-President and Director.W. I.EK WARD, Third Vice-President.W. LESLIE BROWhR, Treasurer.S. MACPHERSON, Secretary, 408 West 23d Street, New York.

THE Conferences of our Chapter are proving in-teresting and instructive, and give an impetus tothe work. Those in January given by Rev. CanonKnowles of St. Chrysostom's, and Rev. R. M.Kemp of St. Paul's Chapel respectively, were "AnEvening with Browning," and "The Responsibil-ity of Fellowship." One only will be given inFebruary, by Rev. Fr. Meissner of Holy CrossChurch, on Tuesday February 2lst. Subject," Church Work Among the Germans in America."All men are invited.

THE Local Assembly of the Brotherhood of St.Andrew, held its first meeting, under the neworganization in the Sunday School room of theChurch of Zion and St. Timothy on Friday, Jan-uary 13th. The subject of the afternoon con-ference was, "How shall we get at him?" andproved most interesting. The subject was de-bated by six or eight speakers. The many viewpoints seemed to converge toward these : theBrotherhood is fully alive to its own shortcom-ings; men must be met and claimed one at atime, and by the earnest, personal effort of eachworker; to live well and to draw men by example.

THROUGH the kindness of the Rector and ladiesof tJie Parish, tea was served at 6.30 and themen had opportunity for closer acquaintance andthe comparison of views upon work in general.

The subject of the evening session was, " theuse of the Prayer Book in Brotherhood work.''Mr. Zabriskie and Dr. Langford led the Confer-ence which expanded and developed in a mosthelpful way. Especially would THE ARROW com-mend to the B. S. A the words of Mr. Zabriskie—the importance of remembering the teachingof ourdear Church and obeying her laws, fully alivealways to the fact of our membership in Christ'sBody, and His promise to be with His Churchunto the end of the world. The Conference wasended by Mr- Silas MacBee, of North Carolina ina stirring address. It is proposed to hold thesemeetings quarterly. Nothing could be wiser forthe life and growth of interest in our work.

THE ARROW.

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NEW YORK. FEBRUARY, 1893.

LENT.

Once more the course of the Church's yearbrings us to the verge of the season when we arecalled more especially to the duties of self-exam-ination, self-denial and discipline. True it is thatthese are elements which ought never to be ab-sent from the ordinary course of the Christianlife at all times, neither does our Mother, theChurch, present these ideas to us once only in thecourse of the year, but, just as in every week wehave a minor Easter festival, the Lord's Day, sois there also in every week the Friday fast. Andwe doubt not that our Lent would be much moresatisfactory and productive of more lasting goodto us had our Fridays all through the year beenobserved as the Church directs, and our livesthus become habituated to the discipline of self-denial and abstinence.

As it is, many begin their Lent, as it were, witha burst of self denial making rules to give up thisand that, but long before the approach of Easter,the enthusiasm of surrender, with which Lent be-gan has faded, and either the self-imposed re-strictions have become irksome and oppressive,or life has slid back into the ordinary course,until perhaps the approach of Holy Week shamesus into something like the original feeling.

Such Lents, we feel sure, many would have toconfess to, and, to a great extent, it is because theelement of discipline has been absent from ourlife through the remainder of the year.

Let us suppose, however, that we have beenable to follow undeviatingly through Lent thecourse we have laid down for ourselves at its com-mencement ; how easy it is for our observance todegenerate into a mechanical following of certaincast iron rules without any profit whatever to ourhigher life ! The collect for the First Sunday inLent gives us the keynote to which our livesshould be attuned during the whole season—" Grant us grace to use such abstinence that, ourflesh being subdued to the spirit" etc. Note theword such. A volume of meaning lies there ; itmight form the text of many Lenten sermons.

Does it not imply that as there is a kind of ab-stinence through which the flesh will be subduedto the spirit, so there is a kind of abstinence whicnwill not have this effect, but, in fact, will m l ^ i s t e ^to the flesh, that is, to our lower nature, and thatin its most insidious form, spiritual pride ? buciiwas the abstinence of the Pharisee, who thanJc®a

God that he was not as other men, in that hefasted twice in the week. And though we maynot give utterance to the feeling, as did the Phar-isee, yet there may be lurking in our heartthis miserable feeling of self-complacency at hav-ing been able to give up so much, to deny ourselvesthis, that or the other thing, and thus a mostpowerful weapon of the spiritual warfare beturned into an engine of the devil :—

"So little knowsAny, but God, to value right the good before him,But perverts best things to worst abuse,

Or to their meanest use."Let us keep careful guard against this danger-

ous temptation and insure that our abstinenceshall be such abstinence as will enable us in truthto subdue our flesh to the spirit,

THE CATHEDRAL.Other papers have treated the religious and

worldly worlds with rather full details of the lay-ing of the corner-stone, and fulsome complimentsabout the dignitaries present or officiating.

We need not repeat an outline of the event, butwe call especial attention to its importance, inthat it is the turning of another page in the his-tory of this great Diocese directly, and will in-fluence the entire American Church, not only inthe future, but at once.

Had this been the inception of the Cathedralorganization it would not have been so distinctlyobservable in its outward aspects. A score of3~ears has passed since the organization was pro-jected. In those days, dignitaries and feeblerlights were agitated over choral services, pro-cessions, varied vestments, colored stoles, birettas;were trying for restrictive legislation, and re-fused to countenance one or other, one or all.Yet, under the cover of ''appropriateness,1'Bishops, Priests and Deacons cordially and en-thusiastically engaged themselves in this man-ner of service and apparel on St. John's Day, 1892.We counted only six black stoles amongst thepriestly company, many hoods, and birettas nota few.

But deeper and quietly immovable, like thewaters of the ocean, down and within, is this be-ginning of the building wherein shall be the glo-rious altar.

Twenty years ago the Daily Mass was a noveltyin this city. Now, under the invocation of St.John the Divine, the throne and the altarwill be pre eminent in the Diocese. St. John'sintercessions will doubtless conserve the Bishopric

THE ARROW.

of New York in emphasizing the teachings ofthe Eucharistic Chapters of his gospel, and ofhis book of the Revelation, and we trust that thequestion of ceremonies will be minimized in theall important practice of worship of the Lamb ofGod in this Diocese. Then there will be a timeof peace, of increase of members, spiritual growth,unity and love, in this household which vener-ates and will imitate the loveliness and devotionof St John the Divine.

W E are apt to complain, and justly, of the prev-alent misuse of the word "Catholic," in the re-striction of the term to those who acknowledgethe supremacy of the Bishop of Rome; but do notwe who have learned to appreciate the Catholicposition of our own church frequently make,though in a different direction, as flagrant mis-use of that much-enduring designation ? Ithurts us to hear that name either restricted toone branch of the Universal Church, or widenedto denote a comprehensiveness which embracesall and every belief without distinction, but notless offensive to us ought to be the partisan use ofthe word which we may too frequently hearamong ourselves when such-and-such a parish isspoken of as being " Catholic," while another isnot. This is all wrong ; the whole Church isCatholic though what that implies may not be soclearly appreciated in some quarters as in others.Do not let us make a party name of that gloriousword.

In this connection we noticed, some time ago,that a well known revival preacher, on being in-terviewed by a reporter as to his experiences onboard an Atlantic steamship, which had an ex-traordinarily stormy passage, stated that at thereligious services which he held at a time whenthe vessel seemed in danger of going down, all onboard who could get there were present—Jews,Agnostics, Christians and Catholics. We trustthe good brother was mis-reported.

THE extent to which religious discussion, or, atall events, discussion on religious subjects, is go-ing on in the newspapers and magazines at thepresent time has been often remarked upon. Itseems to go on increasing, and during the pastmonth has been more noticeable than ever. Thedaily press has been discovering the functions ofan Ablegate, while, at the same time, elucidatingthe true inwardness of the Briggs trial and in-cidentally noting the performance of "Episcopal"High Mass, etc., etc The monthly magazines tooabound with theological matter, orthodox andotherwise. Of the latter we notice an article byProfessor Momerie, of London, in one of theEnglish monthlies which is very much ' ' other-wise." This gentleman is, we believe, one of theleading lights of the "Broad" school, and thislatest utterance shows him to be indeed " exceed-ing broad." He discusses what is to be the re-ligion of the future, and seems to know all aboutit. He asks if the religion of the future is to be

Christianity, and answers, Yes, if it be theChristianity of Christ, No, if it be the Christianityof the Church. This assumption that there is aChristianity of Christ and a Christianity of theChurch which are opposed to each other is afavorite one with men of this stamp; what theycall the ''Christianity of Christ" being just somuch of the teaching of Christ as they choose toselect from the gospel records, the remainder (andof course the entire supernatural element) beiLgdismissed as interpolation. The Christianity ofthe Church differs indeed from this, and, weventure to prophesy, always will. Speaking of theAnglican Church, he says that a few of theclergy long for reform (what that means we haveseen) but the great majority are '"so saturatedwith ecclesiasticism'' that it is hopeless to lookfor their conversion. We rejoice to have thistestimony, surely from an impartial source, tothe faithfulness of the great body of the clergyof our Church.

THE extraordinary suggestion has been madeby the Christian Union that the reason so fewchanges have been made in the Revised PrayerBook is that the leaders in the Church recognizethat this is an age of transition in faith, that re-ligious belief is in a state of flux and consequent-ly have refrained from making any extensivechanges until the coming time shall demonstratewhat the religion of the future is to be. This, itseems, is the conception of the ''Faith once de-livered to the Saints " which " liberal" Protestant-ism of the end of the nineteeth century has ar-rived at, and it is a sufficiently astonishing one.That it is not without its representatives in ourown household of faith we sorrowfully confess,but their number is few, and nothing has so fullydemonstrated how out of touch they are with thegreat body of Churchmen than this same matterof the revision of the Prayer Book. As the Liv-ing Church has pointed out in this connection thechanges that have been made have been all inthe direction of a return to ancient usage, and ofa strengthening" of the doctrinal element of thePrayer Book, while the proposals looking towardgreater laxity (and very insidious some of themwere) found very little support in Convention.To any one who has followed thn history of thisRevision movement the suggestion we have men-tioned becomes so absurd as to border on theludicrous,

AN esteemed Layman of our Parish, writes withreference to our High Mass :

" The memory of the Christmas Service was amost delightful one to bring away with one, par-ticularly as it was to be food for reflection in thethe famine of Catholic Services I shall be com-pelled to endure for three months I cannot con-vey in words that are adequate the impressionalways made upon me by the Services in St.Mary's. There was a sense of peace after thelong struggle of twenty-five years, and the un-obstructed fruition (as" it were) of all that wehad so long contended for, that was particularlydelightful and indeed quite inexpressible. Thelong struggle of Revision of the Prayer Book wasover, and that was an immense relief, so that mycup seemed to be full, my sense of gratitude tothe Almighty Father was almost overwhelmingWhen one has exceeded his three-score years andten, such a fruition of long cherished hopes makeshim almost ready to depart."

THE ARROW.

LENT.Welcome, dear feast of Lent; who loves not theeHe loves not Temperance or Authority,

But is composed of Passion:The Scriptures bid us fast; the Church says, Now;Give to thy Mother what thou wouldn't allow

To every corporation.

'Tis true we cannot reach Christ's fortieth day,Yet to go part of that religious way.

Is better than to rest.We cannot reach our Saviour's purity,Yet are we bid be holy even as he;

In both let's do our best.

Who goeth in the way which Christ hath gone,Is much more sure to meet with Him than one

That travelleth by-ways: .Perhaps my God, though he be far before,May turn and take me by the hand, and more,

May strengthen my decays.GEORGE HEEBEET.

" If you've any task to do,Let me whisper, friend, to you

Do it.If you've anything to say,True and needed, yea or nay,

Say it.If you've anything to love,As a blessing from above,

Love it.If you've anything to give,That another's joy may live,

Give it.If some hollow creed you doubt.Though the whole world hoot and shout,

Doubt it.If you know what torch to light,Guiding others through the night.

Light it.If you've any debt to pay,Rest you neither night nor day,

Pay it.If you've any joy to holdNext your heart lest it get cold,

Hold it.If you've any grief to meetAt the loving Father's feet,

Meet it.If you're given light to seeWhat a child of God should be,

See it.Whether life be bright or drear,There's a message sweet and clear,Whispered down to every ear,

Hear it." ANONYMOUS.

NOTES AND QUERIES.We should be pleased to have questions from

our readers for this column. If appropriate, theywill be answered to the best of our ability.

In the last number of the ARROW we gave astatement (taken from the Living Church) of thenumbers of ministers from different denomina-tions who had applied for Orders in the Church,within the past year. Let us present a glimpseof the other side of the picture as given in a par-agraph in one of our leading dailies, which as-sures us that whatever is seen therein is " so."

" Five Congregational clergymen of Californiain the past few weeks have gone over to the Uni-tarian faith, four of them to take pastorates inthat denomination. One of them took his entirecongregation with him into the new fold.Among these five ministers is the Rev. TheodoreHaven, a son of the late Bishop E. O. Haven, whowas a prominent divine of the Methodist denom-ination and Chancellor of the Methodist College

at Syracuse. A prominent Unitarian minister ofCalifornia says these changes are but individualinstances in a strong movement toward Unitari-anism in the West He says that Dr. Scott, aprominent Methodist and President" of the OhioState University, has asked for his letters of dis-missal from the Methodist Church because of hisUnitarian sympathies. Dr. Thomas of Chicagoestimates that there are at least a hundred Meth-odist ministers who would join the Unitarian de-nomination if they could find support."

The above needs no comment; it is the logicaloutcome of the ideas which have given rise to" denominations."

The Church Times gives the following in answerto the query as to the Resurrection of the body :

The doctrine of the Resurrection is plainly de-fined by St. Paul, 1 Cor. xv, where it is stated thatthe natural body is sown and the spiritual body israised, and that this change does not destroyidentity or sameness, but that by a process ofevolution the body will be developed into a moreperfect and incorruptible state. The grosser viewof the Resurrection, by which it was understoodthat the body would rise with exactly the sameparticles as before, has generally been surrenderedin favor of the more spiritual view by which thebody is regarded as like to a chrysalis fromwhich a beautiful insect springs. (So St; BasilTom. iii, _Ep. 8.) There is identity, and there isalso continuity, so that just as in life the materialparticles of the body change from time to timewithout destroying personality, so the resurrec-tion body will be the same, and yet will bechanged into a glorified body, sprung from theseed which has become disintegrated in theground.—Church Times.

A leading daily journal in this city in its col-umn of answers to correspondents, lately answereda query as to what was the Tractarian movementin the Church of England, and the answer cer-tainly contained some information of a surprisingnature, to say the least. After naming some ofthe leaders of the movement, it states : " Theirintent was to show the existing connection be-tween the Church of Rome and that of England,their idea of reforming the latter being to makeit more like the former.1' In regard to " Tractsfor the Times," the inquirer is told that the lasttwenty of them, and especially Tract XC. attackedthe Thirty-nine Articles, and that, after Tract XC," their formal version to Rome was only a matterof time."

A prominent journal should be ashamed toprint stuff like this ; the proverbial " schoolboy "ought to know better.

NOTES ON THE KALENDAR.Beginning with Septuagesima Sunday, and in-

cluding it, the three Sundays before Lent form alink between the joyful festivals of Christmasand Epiphany and the penitential season of LentThe names of these three Sundays. Septuagesima'Sexagesima and Quinquagesima. being the Latinnames for seventy, sixty and fifty respectivelyhave received various explanations. According1

to Blunt, the most generally received one is thatthe fast of Lent being called Quadragesima(Forty) and that name being especially applied tothe first Sunday in Lent, the three preceding Sun-days were named from analogy and as represent-

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ing in round numbers the days which occur be-tween each and Easter. He states also that therewas anciently much variation in the time andmanner of observing Lent, some beginning thefast as early as Septuagesima, while some ex-cluded from the fast all Sundays and Thursdays,others adding to these, Saturdays.

As to the antiquity of the observance of Lentthere is no question. Ireneeus, about the close ofthe second century, speaks of the fast beforeEaster, while Origen, a few years later speciallymentions the forty days.

Ash Wednesday. The derivation of this name,as is well known, is from the custom of blessingashes made from the palms distributed on PalmSunday of the preceding year, and signing thecross with them on the heads of those who kneitbefore the officiating minister for that purpose,while he said " Remember, man, that thou artdust, and unto dust shalt thou return."

In the Church of England on Ash Wednesdayis read the Commination Service, which has beenomitted from our Prayer Book. It consists of thereading of the curses pronounced against impen-itent sinners in various parts of Holy Scripture.In the preface to this service the Priest remindsthe people that it was the custom in the PrimitiveChurch that at the beginning of Lent personsguilty of notorious sin were put to open penancebefore the Church, and that the service in whichthey are about to engage is to be used until thisancient discipline is restored which (he is in-structed to add) is much to be wished. It doesnot appear, however, that there is much prospectof its speedy restoration

FEB. 2. The Purification. This seems to havebeen the earliest of the festivals instituted inmemory of the Blessed Virgin. Candlemas, thename by which this festival is very generallycalled, arose from the custom of walking in pro-cession on this day, carrying lighted candles.This festival of course commemorates the pre-

sentation of Our Lord in the temple by HisBlessed Mother, on which occasion the" agedSimeon gave to the Church the Nunc Dimittis.

DR. DIX, speaking on Prayer Book Revisionsays : One thing is clearer than the day : itcannot be said that our Book of Common Prayeris an old document, representing a condition ofthought which our congregations have out-grown, but retained for the sake of old associa-tions ; on the contrary, it is coming now freshfrom the press, after a revision which hasmade it more clear, more plain, more doctrinal,more dogmatic than ever ; and this is our sen-tence to day, and our last word, in answer to theloose spirit of these hazy times and the factors oflicense in religion.

For my part I do not think we have any rightto think of a Heaven for others, much less aHeaven for ourselves, in the world to come, untilwe are wholly determined to make this world aHeaven for our fellow creatures, and are hoping,believing, loving, working for this.—STOPFORDBROOKE.

Life would be impracticable unless it were theprimary rule to believe what is told us. There isnot a single relation in adult life in which we arenot compelled to depend upon the word of another— of a husband, a wife, a friend, an agent. Webelieve certain things respecting them—in theirhonor, their chastity, their affection, their faith-fulness. To what kind of condition would life bereduced if we were to apply to these matters " theuniversal duty of questioning all that we believe?"—SELECTED.

Good love, howe'er ill placedIs better for a man's soul in the endThan if he loved ill what deserves love well.

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