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Editok STANDAun, — Sin : — At the rcMjueaf of Beveral tnembcrs of tbn (•onjfiofjdtion I avail myself of your columns to publish tbc following adtlri'sa to the congregution of Christ Charcb. The obvious tendoncy of the Synod, on tho principles proposed, ia to establish a system of centralization, highly prejudicial, iu my opinion, to life in tbc church, and one which, I think, every church person tliroufih- out the Province should seriously cousider before consentinp; to it in any way. The whole course of events, fi'oni tho ritualistic teachiBfij of the Archdeacon at the consecration of the church, down to the covering of the church doors with olectioneer- iug placards, without my kuowled^ro or con vii CO him of character. what I conceived to be its true March 2ab, 1S74. Yours faithfully, E. CRIDGE. DkAR nnRTIIREN', In addrossinp you on tho subject of tho [)ro; osod synod I wish to bo plain, inasmucb as it is a public quoBtion, all'ecling church people ihrouRiiont the Province ; and tho P'lblif; acts of all concerned are open to discussion. l?nt 1 wish also to address you'iu the' spirit of candour and charity, as ono who would in all things seek the edification of the church, and tho advancement of true religion. And inasmuch as this is putely a pastoral ■eat, is 80 illustrative of the danprer iu which laddress I do not propose that there should we stand, that I feel it my duty to raise the Voice of warning For my8«lf, perapDally, 1 feel little concern what maj be said of me. I may be mad, or false, .or anything else. But when any Attempt is made to defame my ministry, or intrude upon myofBcc, which I have received la trust for the church, as well as fer myself, I shall not hesitate, if I believe tho interests of religion require it, to give it to tho light of day. I only hope tho congregation will bear this disquietude in hope of a greater bo on the present occasion auy discussion or resolutions. And I am sure, as this is, in a sense, a religious meeting, you will also con- cur in the desire that thero should be no ''emonstration, whether of applause, orother- irise ; for although personal questions n' I unavoidably bo touched, it will not, I hope, bo iu a personal manner. And hero I may ofler a word of explanation as to the course I have pursued in reference to tho movcincnt so far, and my reasons for not joining in it. My reason ia simply this, peace in a brighter day. I have supi>licd thai neither tho congregation nor myself havo two or three poiuta accidentally omitlcd iu bad a free voice in the matter. We bavo the delivery. I been expected to niovo in a channel marked I may obvervo that I should not liavo pub- lished the Bishop's "judguiont" had I not previouaiy used oiy boat euduuvor^i to cuu out for H8 ouo which approve. , that channel, unhappily, being my own couscieuco could uot W^i ./ -v \ tt A. ( It WA9 rljfbt t'oat Ibo Binhop should liMve •ei forth bis views before thn cougregHtiuos.: Bat, that beio^ done, he should, ia my bum-j ble judgment, have retired, und lul't the con.t gregatiout) and ministry free to deliberate ou! bis proposals. | On this groiind I protested three several | times against the evident unfairuesj ot expect-l ing myself and congregation to be bound by| a movement of the nature and ends of which! the majority, I am persuaded, are still pro-! foondly ignorant. And I mast also observe! that this movement, so far as authority is: concerned, is only the act of individuals, however highly esteemed, and not ttf the con-i gregation. j Now I believe that the trne bnriness andi end of a synod is that ot a voluntary union | n( congregations, who have agreed on their! common faith, to combine their strength inj spreading abroad the gospel and, in common | ebristian works. And bad these been purely the ends of the present movement, I for one would not have opposed it. So far from this being the case it has at the outset been grounded oa principles utterly repudiated by a large body in the Church of England. I must put this matter plainly before you, because I declare to you my conviction that the purity of the reformed faith is in danger from those principles. Had it not been for the occurrences which took place at the consecration of the church, when, before you all, I protested against ritoalism ; and had it not been for what has ensued Irom that protest ; I, too, might have been led into the unconscious acceptance ot principles, the nature of which I might have discovered when too late. What has subsequently happened I feel 1 asuflt now briefly put before you. It is a daty which I owe to my ministry and the eaaae of troth; to my family; and to you, my bdoved brethren. To you, the congregation, beoanie lever since that protest theie has been A sonething, you scarcely have known what, disturbing your quiet if not obstructing your edification; to my ministry, that I may not be aapposed to have ej^ercised it nnlawfully ' to my children, that my name may not ..j a reproach to them when my lips are silent. I must therefore put a certain letter before you; a letter wbittb, whatever others may have done, I have never communicated, nor spoken of, except to some very few members of the congregation, who have sought of me »• explanation ; and you will bear me wit> ■fieis, my friends, that, whatever wrong ma^ hiiv* lieeu done to me, I huve not gone whispering Hmong you to foment dissensionb. WhHl I say, therelore, I say openly. The letter to which I allude is a judgioetit passed upon mo by the Birfhop, for the protest which 1 uttered on the occcasion referred to; rtnd I produce it now in order, first, that this element of disquiet, — so far at least as ilia a hidden one, — may be removed from nmoncst you; and also, because it forcibly illustrates what I wish to say aa to the dangerous' na- ture of the principle on which the projected synod ie virtually based ; the doctrine, I mean, of the apostolical succession; the con- troversy of ages and of all the churches. And here F wish you to bear in mind, that I bring this before you as an official act on the Bishop's part, and not as a pursonal mat- ter ; the said letter having been sent by him to the Church Wardens (who did not send il back) and therefore virtually published. What I thorefore now say to you is in 'some sense my defence, as well as pertinent to my general argument. This is the letter : — ' Bishop's Closb, Victoria, Decmbeer 14, 1872. Rkv. Sir :— Having ofiFered you, with no good result, several opportunities of express- ing regret at your conduct on the 5th of De- cember, a regret which should be expressed to your Bishop, who was unhappily present an eye and ear witness of the sad scene; to your brother minister whom, you openly in- sulted in the House of God, and to the con- gregation whom you disturbed and distress- ed, it now remains for me to discharge a most painful duty, the more painful consider* ing your position as Oean of the Cathedral and as senior clergyman of the diocese, from whom might be expected at least an example of self-control, propriety and order. On the 5th of December, at the evening service of the Day of Consecration 6f Christ Church, immediately after the sermon by the Archdeacon of Vancouver, instead of pfoceed*^ ing with the service, you stood np, and in irritating and chiding language yon de'< nounced your b*'otber clergyman by name, and amongst other words declared that he had violated the law of the church, the law of the land, and the law ot God in the Scriptures. Being evidently undec excitement, your manner and language caused unseemly dis- turbance in the congregation. There were vehement expressions such as are only heard in secular buildings and m drinking saloond, stamping of feet, clapping of bands, and iotoer iin< 'created n and reifiil ithe midst hnft thech ito tb'i Dis and the c( T,i the . leas und p |to blaspht )f God. placed in You ba rhich id ( law, and the term u livine wo ft impridc ion. i^ Moreovf Ihe Cburc [ifipt>o.ii(ion the clerg; ♦•because Contradict And dis(|ui k No prov lljition of iermon ha $0 be adop itccount. trom the v you have a jrour cop-yi right. Yo of God wai j»ccjfiied t and he is » Con«idei tidt-ring tfa the outiag ||Vvine woi ixpressly f fxbibitioD, tekin< a i iering, ho' fervice in fably una lach actio OtfHnce of t fiave been inost leniei •|ipoa you ( ! Aa your jcond'ict on jber, 1872, careful in I not (rone issensionii. judKtnetit the protest eferred to; I, that this St R8 it is m amonfrst illustrates ^erous' ua- i projected ioctrine, I i; the cua- rcbeS. mii]d, that iial act on Bonal tnat- nt by him lOt Bend it published. a ia'some Lent to mjr ICTORIA, 1872. , with no )f express- )th of De- expressed J present scene; to jpenly in* > the cou- l distress- scbargp a consider- Gatbedral cese, from a example B evening 6f Obrist on b7 the •f pfoceed** p, and in JOB dC" by name, hatbe had aw of the iptares. ent, your •emly dis- lere ^vere nly beard gBalooad, lada, and i otncr unaeemly nolaea. Much distress wa? Witnpss my hand this 14th day of Decern crei»ted atnooKSt nil the properly disposediber, 1872, G. COLUMBIA, and reijiildr members of the c6ii«r^Ration, in' the midst of which several persoas hastily left the church. The deepest pain was ciiused to th») Bishop of Oregon, m> elf, the clergy, and the congregation gener.iliy. T) the enemy of religion and to the care, ess and profane, an occusion has been given To the Very Reverend Edward Cridge; Rector of Christ Church, Victoria, and Dean of the Cathedral. Now, my brethren, the best answer I can give to this letter, is to repeat now hefore you, all that I did say, as word to blaspheme and ridicule the sacred csiuse'f^jr word I may aver I wrote it down, after )f Cod. and a nturabling block has been, delivery, having spoken with full deliberation, jlaced in the way of the weuk. lng tenor is confirmed by others who also Vou have committed the grave offence,! wrote for mo their recollections; I am conti- rhich is described bjth in the ecclesiusticaljdent you will find in it nothing that will con- law, and in the statute law of the empire byjiradict your own. the tfrni of brawling, an act of disturbance of' After a pause, and the preacher had left tivine worship punishable in a layman by Pnejthe pulpit, and before giving out the hymo, ijbr imprisonment, in a clergyman by suspen-'[ turned myself to the congregation, and Ifion. jsaid : — I Moreover you violated the 53rd Canon ofi My very dear brethren and fiicnds, it n ihe Church of England, which forbidt />ublic\'^'^^^ feelings of sorrow and humiliatioa that itpvogition between clergymen, and requiresi^ feel myself compelled to' take an unusual Ihe clergymen ♦•because upon sucb public dissenting and| offending to be inhibited, jcoursp. Something has been said in your ears this evening, upon which 1 feel myself ojfencel'nipelled by my conscience as your pastor to have the last word. (Subdued applause.) I do entreat you to remember that this ii the hou«!3 of God. (Perfect quietness to the end ) I have ministered among you on this spot for nineteen yoars, and this is the fi''st time, —and I humbly pray to God it may be tte *. „,.!,„..!.,- I. . f ,1, „►■ »• I u- I last, — that I have heard ritualism advocated from the view hy took of a simi ar subjict, , ' , i t • u . r . „.. • . -» , u,.,» „u .„^„„f -. . p. I- 'here. I know I am weak, but I trust 1 can you have abundant opportunities of teaclung . , , /^ a> \. i .k... .u...i y' .. , *^, ., . .say in dependence on God s help, that rituaU our congregation what you consider to be . V . ,i . u • * i a _ „„ -. ■i„i,. vV.,- »ff««i, „ u: ^ i .k IT ism shall not be introduced among you, aa right. Your attack upon him in the House) ' ' of God was Contradicting, there may give much Jtiid disquiftness unto the people." No provocation is allowed to justify a vio- Ijition of these laws. If the Archdeacon's lermon had contained error there are means |o be adopted by which he could be called to Recount. If, ?8 was the case, you dififered the more unjustitiable since hei!«°» *^ ' ^'^'^ * ^°'';^ to raise against it I '' ,. have three reasons for this, which I give to suKsestion,, . • i ■ -^ r * »i. . •.. ^„A i.„ i. « ^^.^v,-. ^f .K« n .u„j-„i V A 'lyou in no controversial spirit, — first, that it llnd he is a member of the Cathedral body. r * . »u • . »ri.« .„ i- «. •> lia pnnr.rarv tn thA Bi,„v.„..,, . • , -^ ■ f f J » 'you in no controversial spirit, is contrary to the scriptures. Tiie temple Considering all these circumstances, con-jreferred to in support of ritualism, but it, |idf.ring the public scandal yo;i have caused, Iwith all its ceremonies, was according to a Ihe outiage upon order and prosperity in Ipattern from heaven, and is therefore no au- Civlne worship, and violation of the lawsjthority to us. Secondly— it has beeo de- ixpressly framed to t^revetjt sucb an unhappy ;clared to be contrary to the law in England. (|xhibition, I should probably be justified injAnd thirdly, it is not found in this book— |ikin< a course much more, severe ; consi-the Prayer Book,— which is my only guide fering, however, also your long and faithful] for ministering among you. These are the iervlce in the church, that you were pro-|r a^ons why I cannot give my consent to its l^ably unaware of the laws which probibitjintroducUon in this church. inch aciiong, and that this is the fiist sravej Now, my friends, it is a well underotood ^^ffwnce of any kind in the Diocese which I|principle that when a man's oflSce, or bis liave been called upon to notice, I take the rights, or his trust, is in danger, he is at most lenient course I can adopt, and I inQict •'^poD you only a grave censure. liberty to utter a protest. And even should he in the sudden unexpected emergency, '\. As your Bishop then I censure yon for yourisomewhat exceed the accustomed restraints |eonddct on Thursday, the 5th day of Decem-jof language or conduct, it is irJoned for tb(» per, 1872, and I admonish you to be iporejUrgency of the occasion. The rooit despotic !c«refai in futuro. jpopc would not forbi^ this liberty ; for be 12G[io7 ^1 / / ri migbl be lorb'ultliiijj i\ lU'ffvulor. If Mi'; nor- luoii ill qu"8lioii hud liocui iiii iitl.'u'.k on aon- tinients lield by tlio liialiop, iia it wii8 siii at- iiick ou tlioso held by tlio miiiistor luid bis contrropiitioii,— the jiisbop bimsolf wodlii bmdiy have failed to tbank hia dufondor, and ivli.ii. ilill" ap- proved by the congregation gonerally, — some of whom even on their dying beds, have re- ferred to it with tears. But in fact there was do other way open to wound ol the eliurch. Now ii is not n synol in ifsolf that I object to, but the pri:u;iplea on which the pro|)Oscd synod is urouiidcd. And seeing in this cuso ibe working of ibof principles nod feeling certain from the vor;, nature of the assurnp* tion on which they are based, that they will still work, Ihoiiirh in another form, thn ques- tion arises, is it safe to go into such a synod?. Who will suggest a tribunal by which such I case as this could * c trieii ? For I find in the proposed synod no provision made for me of dealinir with this otfensivo discourse, t-ying ilio Uisiiop himself, whoever maybe There was no tribunal in the country wh!ch|ilie incuiiibtni of the ollice. I wish to speak could have dealt with tbo erroneous doctrinoUvith all respect. This is a public question . which I believed it to contain. I had no] We are coustituting, or professing to consti- hope that the Bishop would rebuke the'tute, the clMirch for our children. And preacher. lie has ndeed ?inci> intimatedisurely wi; cmniot omit irom oiir considera- ihat there was nothing in the sermon whichliion the chief part of that consMiution, — the wout beyond the liberty of opinions in head. Now, as in tho proposed constitution, the Church of England, and of which any formnl notice could bo taken. T mny ob- serve, my brethren, in passing, that the iho Bishop can say" no " to every proposal of the rosl of the body, it is plain that no tribunal can try the bisliof), except a revolu- nreacher on that occasion, was guilty of n'tionaiy oue, — i c, ouo which will destroy tbo great breach of trust ia using my pulpit toiprorogaiive. tench doctrines which ho knew were notor-| It may bo supposed that the convention iously adverse to my own. The pulpit is'wHi alter tliis. Tue Bishop does not sup- nnder the exclusive contro! of the luinister'pose so. He hns adojitod the resolutions who, as ho must have known, is accountablejwhich include, ~ though they do not express for the doctrine taught, so far as in him lie?.' — the veto, as the "understanding" on I say, then, that in this case, — in the casewhich the convention meats. See the circu- of the letter I havo read to you, condemning lar to the "Clergy nnd Laity." And in me for my protest., — the Bishop, relying looking over the prograuiinc set forth, I must doubtless, on the irresponsible nuthorityjexpress my own feelings that there is appar- •which I am sure ho sincerely believes hejently little' that snvors of religion in the possesses, combined in his own person tholuioveineut, but mncli thut reseaibles an np- funclions of prosecutor, witness and judge ;!proacliirig pnliti'-al contest. At least I functions which, I ventu'-R to SHy,exce|)t injuiust say iheit when elnetions are directed to tli« ecclesiastical law, (if this be law) or itiibe held in any chureli, — for the registrar of (iovernment over infants or elaves, are the dioceee, it would soem, haa kindly ar- never allowed to meet in one person. j^^ranged that this proceeding shall take placo I must also observe, that on applying tojiu the sacred edifice it?elf ;— (subject, I be- the Bishop to know what others witnessed licvc, to the approval of a committee) — and against me ; at what council, if any, thisjwhen the communicants and congregation sentence was decided on ; and what record, |are called to whit may be a partv strife, if any, was made in the archives of the dio-!where no sound of discord shonld be' heard, cese ; this information was refused, and I was'it does a little griUe on my ideas of the sane- referred, for redress, to the Arcbhidhop ofjiity jiiui ficvotion which one would like to seo Canterbury, which means, 1 believe, a cosilyljireservcd arnon^isi ii.-. lawsuit, 1 am ((uito frUro'if Archdeacon Gil-} 15nt to revert to Uio question from Iha •on knew these things, bo would write some-iOhiibt Ohuieli point ol view. How is the I ! Synod at the ever si 'ual pro Will false d which The syi •consent put a r an ccci iliato g trontrar lion, would It is called Tnere i of a Whate> erects, are, or land, synod \ with su Ihe pov In th but for probab done ae what I by ado A p OS to I veto rei trine, n at least prttscDt some to dec! Church rather provid* that Bu ia tbe fact bI mantio d»ctrii I mil tnat tt denB t own cl most e and as plain I grouni me, ac Kisbo) thetn. ^,^^P'lt^^^f..,^^ '':^X.»;«*.ni*MjK^**fa«t«-f5i*i*.*^'^ Synod to honl the wonml wlijeh was oprnwl ut ibe consecration, and hi\s hcon increiisinp; «vcr since, reudoriug niy ininiatry a coutio- 'Uiil proteai? Will it forbid mo from protrslins r.jj.^inst false doctrines, or compel me to admit those wliich ar« subversive of my own ministrv ? The synod mi)rl>t, r atn well uwaro, — tfono •consented lo b« hound by it, — bo iaup;lu to put II rod in any Bishop's liaud, by meaHS of an ccelesiasticAl tribunal, under his immu- liiato guidance, to keep ministers who taught ^rontrary to his will, in a kind of subordina- tion. But what sort of unity is that wbicb would be achieved in this manner? It is said, indeed, that a Bynod will not be called upon to give judgment upon doctrines. Tnere is a fallacy hert; for one of the object- of a synod is to frame laws of discipline. I tho moat dlsnatroijisoilocts upon tUo harmony of congregations. It bns been suggegloil, and I think it not improper to advert to it here, that ihfro i» danger, if I give my consent, to a synod, of the Christ Church Trust being alVected. I only glance at this, as the land being part of th(! sutipoit of your minister, you are as niucli interestod as myself. And the (^uoatioo lius been raised how fur it may he eonsiHlent with the Mishop'd odico, as trustee, to pursue a course which may tend to draw the ee!ttiu que. Irutle, which 18 iuy.>"jlt, into a proceeding wbicb might endanger bis vested rights. I want you to see how thia matter stands in another point ot view, I exercise my. minis- try, and hold what may be ualled my living, uiider a trust deed which renders me sate from all molcstution aa long as I conform to Whatever tribunal, therefore, the syttod|the laws of the (Jhurcii of Kiigland. Tbul erects, will judge doctrines, — whether theyltrust deed conlinned and conveyed for my are, or arc not tho^e of the Church of Emr-jOeneiii first the land which was promised jto land. The meaning, of course, is that the synod will concede to \,\\e Bishop, probably me by express covenant before I left England and which I entered on some f> years before with such assessors as he may call to him,!lhe Bishop cam'i lo this country. If I ollVnd the power to deal with doctrincp. (against these doctrines I mudc be tried for In this way the organining tr'fcting, — andlbreach of trust by ordinary couibo of just but for the circumstance above .entiouod, l|law. But if 1 were to be bound by a. probably should have been one, and havelsynod which shall have authority to decide done as my brethren did, without, knowinglin any case upon the infringement of these what I was di)ing, — have virtually decided, doctrines, I come under a different law; by adoption, doctrine, viz., the doctrine of and might one day find that in the estimation «postolital succession, — on wliich alone the of a certain close tribunal, I aua judged to veto rests. Now, in reference to this doc- trine, which wfc have so quietly accepted, or at least allowed, let me quote a reply of the present Bishop of Exeter, — Dr. Temple,— to some of the Tractarian body who wifhed him to declare that this was the doctrine of the Church of England.. He declined, saying have violated those doctrines. And looking at the synod in its constitution of voting by orders, what hope might I have in a body where a mHJority of one's brethren, as I believe is now the cace, are dependent on the Bishop for removal on any question in which I might hare the misfortnne of differ. ..'^ rather fcIicitoiiBly, that while the church hadjing from the Bishop. I say it with all respect provided that her '* ministers should haveito such of my brethren and to the Bishop that succession,"— 1.«,, ordination by Bishops in the traditional senses — " as a matter of fact shi. h*d omitted from h«r articles all tnantion ot that Bucc««8ioa aa a tnatt«r of dsctrfae." I roust not pass over the nvident intention tnat the synod shall declaro the church War- dens to be the Bishop's otflosrs. I hope our Gwn church wardens — and I say it with the most sincere appreciation of theip valuable and assiduous serrices — will be able to ex- hiiBself. For though I put it as a personal qubdtio;), I doubt not that some of my rever- end brethren, whose positions, like tay uwA, ar« settled bj law, might find themsclTet in both the above respects in essentially the same altered circumstances as those which I have described. It may be expected that I should shew ny own views with regard to what might be a desirable constitution for a synod. I mnst first r.>peat my sense of the insii- plnin at the approaching annual meeting thajperable dittorcnces which, to my imnd, exist grounds in which they have, as it appears tojin so reconciling religious ditfeicnces as to me, acted for some time past rather nn t"iMi|reniler possible an nrranBemenl (or di-aling Bishop's agents than of those who u|ipoinled|wiili doctrines winch shall be sutisfactory to them. Such u canon, if past, must predaotjiU, when you call to mind (and I speak ■h 126557 (, this wiihout juJulng who la right and who Is t should be dealt with slraplv on the jrronnds wroQKi) tbai toudamenttil ditrerenc<>a t-iistiuf ft breucU of tru*ti)y theonliimrj tribuniiU. betwet-u the Biabop and some of the clergy, and be ween •ome of the Atrgy and oiberd You «•< n see the difliculty; there are but two ways ot getting; over it, both of which are op« posed to all rcli^'ion and faith; the (irst ie I would make one remark in reference to » statement I have been told has been made, that I have asserted that Bishops are not necessary in the Chnrch of England. Why my brethren, I am by birth and educa- Bubniilting questions of doctrine to the will|tion an Episcopalian, and by choice, an of a majority among the opponents; or cum*;Epi8CopAl minister. I believe the Episcopal peiliugtill to t6acb as the Bishop believes; otfice when exercised according to the prin which, with the most sincere conviction on the Bishop's side that it is the 00I7 means ot unity, is, I apprebeud, one main objtci ot the luovemenl. ciplesof our church, to be most reverend and beneficial, and iis ju!"! authority to be most readily and gladly submitted to by alt who are under it. But I ask is the Episcopal How much better for congregations, being|o'fi»:e. that is as in the Ohurch of England, lawlullv constituted under Church ot Bnglaad "^"essary in the Presbyterian, or other principles, rather to pray and trust to a GraciOHs (xod to maiataia aiaougst them itK pure faith . I But with this reserve and without knowing until the time comes what course I might tuyself feel it right to adopt, I think that the whole body should delilierate together under the presidency ot the Bishop; every qufstion being decided by a mnjority of clertty and laity with eqnal votes, the Bishop having when necessary the casting vote. By thisi method I think nil quesiiotis, — those of doc churches 7 You know that this has been one of my objections to the doctrine of the apos- tolical succession ; which however its conse- quences may be deprecated by charitable kind hearted men like Archdeacon Uilson does, 09 we hear it tnught, and I fear, see it practised, involve as its logical sequence the conclusioo that such bodies are aot pro' per churches at nil. I thank you very much for your kind for- bearance in listening to me this evening. I . ^ have 00 doubt omitted points ot interest and quesiious.-tboseot aoc-l ^^^ ^ .^ ^^^^^^ ',,^j j hope you will trme being as above excepted, might »08i,^^^ ^^ ^^jjj' ^^^ ^ ^j^^^^^ desire and en- aatisfactonly be dealt with. deavour, however I may come short in the I should deem it jus: also that qaestions performance, and however I may differ frona afJecting the internal affairs of congrrgatioDS gome whom I respect and love to form all should be communicated to all the cougrega- Ljy conduct and seniimenth as near aa I can lions beforehand with a view to their being] ^jjcording to the will of Ood. determined at a subsequent session, and oulyj j would only, inconclusion.ask yon to make congregations to be bound by such decision jtjjgge matters th« subject of your earnest as consent to it. jprayers. I will not disguise from you that I For I see no necessity for the iroa band of|View the future with some anxiety, but not uniforioity being so stringently placed oui without hope. God is light and will guide congregations as to destroy th«ir indepeo-lusTf we look to Him. One of our greatest dence and freedom of action, oa their own 'evils is indifference. If we can but have internal affairs. And I hope ts 8e« our owa peaee — a bUssing indeed moat to be desired congregation waking up to a more livel5 interest in its owa affnirs. At the same time I couaider that the Prayer Book must ao it now is be adopted in its in by a christian people— it seems sometimes to Aaattar little what, 00 a point more or less, it our faith. The chief danger I should appre< bend to the congregations should a synod ai tegrity, subject only to such exceptions asjiropesed be carried into effect, is the leltling •re demanded by our own eitoatiou ouisideidowa into a dead level of uoiformttjr, with Che national church and for the reasona I.peace purchased by no little incrifice of truth. fa«T« above stated, anj oasas at violatioa «t'iJIay God avert the danger. \ ^%i:\ ■'f'W MM*> ^w«*w^Wi^^^jP5j5iS5*m »>is^*kmmuMa>^\ I ■■■■I I w^mmmm \ \ i runwwia ,i}iimuumm