Rites and Ritual

Rites.-Importance of them above Ritual-Serious departure of the English Church from primitive practice-Abeyance of Weekly Celebration-Proofs that Weekly Communion is part of the Divine Ordinance-Practical advantages of restoring it-Origin and history of the present unsound practice-Vigorous protest of the English Church against it-Difficulties in the way of a reformation, how to be met-Recent Eucharistic excesses-Worship addressed to Christ as enshrined in the Elements-Proof that this was not the primitive doctrine or practice-Recent origin of it among ourselves-Non-communicating attendance unknown to antiquity. Ritual.-Law of the English Church about it, how ascertainable-Vestments-An alternative recognised-The Vestment Rubric preserved-The Surplice permitted-Ritual advance at the present day-Choral Festivals-Church Decoration-History and rationale of the Eucharistic Vestments, and of the ordinary ones-Position of the Celebrant-Two lights on the Altar-Incense-The "Mixed Chalice"-The Crucifix-Minute ceremonial disallowed by the English Church-Suggestions as to the present controversy-Hopeful circumstances, and grounds of union.