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ANGLICAN OHUECHES. 



ANSPACH, FREDERICK B, 



ally secure by liis mandate, at his own discre- 

 tion, a fuller representation of the clergy than 

 has of late years been usual in each provincial 

 synod or convocation respectively. 3. But if it 

 be now to be considered to be beyond the arch- 

 bishops' powers so to enlarge the representa- 

 tion, it appears to the committee that the Arch- 

 bishop of Canterbury might, with the concur- 

 rence of his suffragans, amend the mode of 

 election of the proctors of the clergy, by making 

 it in all dioceses of the southern province direct, 

 instead of, as it now is in some dioceses, indi- 

 rect. The report was adopted, together with 

 the resolution that " every archdeaconry shall 

 be represented in convocation by one or more 

 proctors, according to the wisdom of his grace 

 the president; that the right of voting for 

 proctors shall be granted to all persons in 

 priest's orders, and holding the bishop's license 

 in the diocese, whether curates, chaplains, or 

 , schoolmasters; that the Lord Archbishop be 

 respectfully requested to place himself in com- 

 munication with the Government, with the view 

 of obtaining an accomplishment of the scheme 

 in such a way as shall not damage the constitu- 

 tional privileges of convocation." "When the 

 Lower House presented these resolutions to the 

 Upper House, the president of the latter said 

 that he would at once place himself in commu- 

 nication with the Government for the purpose 

 of carrying out the reform. 



A new monastic society made its appear-, 

 ance, under the name of the "Society of the 

 Holy Cross." The address explaining the con- 

 stitution and objects of the institution bore the 

 signature of the Rev. A. II. Machonockie as 

 "master." The main points of the address are 

 as follows : 



The features of the society are twofold its inte- 

 rior rule acting upon the character, and its outward 

 work leading the brethren to take their position tow- 

 ard the world as the possessors of a supernatural 

 life and commission, which must either die out or 

 extend its influence to others. Its interior rule is 

 divided into three degrees : The Green Rule, which 

 is binding upon every brother ; the Bed Rule, with a 

 stricter obligation ; and the White Rule, restricted 

 to celibates, still more stringent in its requirements. 

 Besides these, there is a roll of celibates to which 

 any brother may belong without binding himself to 

 the obligations of the stricter rules. No greater ob- 

 ligation than the Green Rule is required of any 

 brother, but all are encouraged to avail themselves 

 (as they may be inwardly called) Of the tvyo stricter 

 or voluntary rules. Three standards of daily life, of 

 increasing strictness, corresponding to the three rules 

 of the Society, have been drawn up, and recom- 

 mended to the brethren to be observed by them. 

 The external work of the Society is directed to the 

 defence and extension of Catholic faith and disci- 

 pline. This it endeavors to effect by establishing and 

 working in home and foreign missions, by conduct- 

 ing retreats and missions, issuing tracts and other 

 publications,- and by frequent meetings, and by cor- 

 respondence between brethren and others engaged 

 in like work. 



Green Rule : 1. Every brother is to pray daily for 

 the Church and Society, using either the " Officium 

 proprium," or the three collects in the office. 2. 

 When two brethren meet, the elder is to salute the 

 younger in the words "Pax tibi," to which the 



younger shall reply, "Per Crucem," except in the 

 presence of strangers. 3. Every brother is to attend 

 all the synods and chapters of the Society he can, 

 and positively the synod on May the 3d (Holy Cross 

 Day), unless unavoidably detained, in which case he 

 shall communicate to the master or secretary. 4. 

 Every brother is to pay a subscription of not less 

 than ten shillings a year. 



Members of the society are strictly enjoined to de- 

 clare publicly and privately the doctrine of " the real 

 objective presence of the eucharist;" and they are 

 also exhorted to " offer the holy sacrifice," with the 

 " intention " of promoting the objects of the Society. 

 The immediate adoption of "vestments, lights, and 

 other adjuncts" of ritualistic service is also enjoined. 



ANHALT, a duchy of the North German 

 Confederation. Area, 1,017 English square 

 miles. Population, in 1864, 193,046 (in 1861, 

 181,824). Capital, Dessau, with 16,306 inhab- 

 itants. In the budget for 186V, the revenue is 

 estimated at 3,900,000 thalers. The army con- 

 sists of 1,836 men. (See GERMANY.) 



ANSPACH, FREDERICK RINEIIAKT, D. D., a 

 Lutheran clergyman, editor, and author, born 

 in Central Pennsylvania, in January, 1815 ; died 

 in Baltimore, Maryland, September 16, 1867. 

 His early education was conducted at home, and 

 while yet very young he gave evidence of the 

 possession of extraordinary talent and oratorical 

 ability. In his eighteenth year, being thrown 

 into the society of the Methodists, and taking a 

 part in the religious exercises of their meetings, 

 he was strongly urged to prepare for the min- 

 istry in their connection. He finally decided to 

 commence his studies for the ministry, but to 

 remain in the Lutheran Church, in which he 

 had been educated. He entered Pennsylvania 

 College (Gettysburg) in 1835, and graduated 

 with honor in 1839, and immediately joining 

 the Theological Seminary, completed his course 

 there in 1841. His first pastorate, of nine 

 years, was with the churches at Barren Hill 

 and White Marsh. In the summer of 1850 he 

 accepted a call from the Lutheran church in 

 Hagerstown, Maryland. He had at this time a 

 very high repiitation as a pulpit orator; his elo- 

 quence being accompanied by a much greater 

 amount of action than was usual in the Lutheran 

 Church, and swaying his congregation at times 

 in the most extraordinary manner. His health 

 had, however, become impaired by his excessive 

 exertions in the pulpit. He had been from the 

 first a hard student ; but from the time of his com- 

 ing to Hagerstown he became still more diligent. 

 A sermon delivered on the occasion of the death 

 of Henry Clay was his first publication, and at- 

 tracted great attention from its eloquence and 

 pathos, and the beauty of its diction. He began 

 from that time to turn his attention to author- 

 ship, and his "Sons of the Sires," "Sepulchres 

 of the Departed," "The Two Pilgrims," and 

 other smaller works, appeared in rapid succes- 

 sion, but all were marked by the same charac- 

 teristics of beauty, vividness of style, and, in 

 passages, deep pathos. In 1857 he removed to 

 Baltimore, where he soon became a leading con- 

 tributor to the Lutheran Observer, and, in 1858, 

 its principal editor, in which office he continued 



