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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2899, 12 February 1891, Page 2

Fkw eliurchmeu m Sew Zealand will either have lr.d the oppor l.unity of reading the very lengthy judgment of the ArchbislK.p of Canterbury in the Bishop of Linc-oiu , .-; case, or of arriving at its meaning, it pan seamdy fail to b<; acceptable u: Ji>h Chu!C';i')'Hi, but will bo

soniewliiit of :i Mirpri:se to ill" Kv.-ingolienl party. Its piincip.l ■ ;li:ir:i'-t:-riKti(! is nevertheless a de ~ire that, peace may outer the Church, ainl :>■ wider spirii. <■}' Christian charity prevail. Kvange Iv.ils will he surprised to learn that, so many practices, hitherto considered l.y them to be particularly significant, of the Roman .system, jnvr. lieen (Icicliii'i'd by the Arelil.ishop and the liishops sitting with liiin, to he l<i','!il. anrl to be the

s-.-isc.'n-'f of tin; o.stiililisliiiK.'iit Dr. !\ii.LC s'.;int!s prart.icallv condemned Imt on two points, ai'd upon oin: of those the judgment is and inconclusive. Tie is not prohiliitcfl from taking the eastward position sit thcj celebration of the rioly Communion, but ho must not ;id:>pt that position, if In; hides tho manual acts from tho peoplo th'M'obr, nor may ho make the sign of tho cross in absolution and benediction. Ho ma}', on the other hand, uso two lighted candles at tho same service, even though they In; not l'l.'ijtiii'od. for tho purpose of giving light, ho may consume tho "li'inents at tho altar after celebration, and ho may mix a -: little pure water" with tho wine. It is a practical victory for the Ritualists, and so it has been construed. At the conclusion of tho judgment the Archbishop added remarks which iiro entitled to much weight. He pointed out that in those days when the members of tho various Ohurchos should band themselves together in Uiu causi ot charity, and of animosity towards free-thought, it is idlo to war over those little and childish things, so meaningless, so inconsequent. There are greater issues before Christians than brass candlesticks, and tUo posing of rite body, and it behoves the divided schools to act a little more in the spirit of their religion, and a little less iu the form.