Some world-circuit saunterings . ething to dowith the later promise of priestly services of thatCommunion in California and then indirectly to thelater sending of the Russian Episcopate Churchmen like to include this as anotherpioneering record to be accredited to the PacificCoast to go with the first use in the territory of theUnited States of the Prayer Rook; the first fixing aCathedral Seat in the American Church and someother first things of their Church Nicholas, when in Cahfornia, had this calledto his attention and said that he knew that Philaret,the
Some world-circuit saunterings . ething to dowith the later promise of priestly services of thatCommunion in California and then indirectly to thelater sending of the Russian Episcopate Churchmen like to include this as anotherpioneering record to be accredited to the PacificCoast to go with the first use in the territory of theUnited States of the Prayer Rook; the first fixing aCathedral Seat in the American Church and someother first things of their Church Nicholas, when in Cahfornia, had this calledto his attention and said that he knew that Philaret,the Metropolitan of Moscow, had been instrumentalin at first providing the ministrations of his Churchfor the members in Cahfornia. EngHsh Churchmen have paid their tribute tothe position and influence of Philaret. ArchbishopMaclagan made a special visit to his grave in Liddon, in one of his letters, gives an inter-esting account of a visit to Philaret in 1867, at hiscountry retreat at Troitska. The house was of the [148]. 4 MOSCOW humblest description and very plainly reception room had no carpet on the floor, andno papering on the walls—though he noted a largeprint of Canterbury Cathedral—with a prie-dieuand several Icons. Some of the points of the EnghshCommunion Service were discussed and the Metro-pohtan laid most stress of his criticism upon theabsence from the Enghsh Liturgy of a formalInvocation of the Holy Ghost upon the SacramentalElements. Here again the great Ecclesiastic ofMoscow touches upon a matter of precious importto an American Churchman as we in our PrayerBook by what are no less than great providences,through Cranmers knowledge of Oriental Liturgies,through the non-jurors, through Scotland andthrough Seabury, have retained that very Invoca-tion, so contributory to right doctrine and worship,if our American Church will but give it its fullappraisal. Suggestions of this sort Moscow made to theSaunterer. They may be somewhat technical
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