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In response to nuraorous enquiries by Members of this Associa- tion, called forth by erroneous statements circulated iu reference to the proceedings which have followed on the presentation to the Bishop, in December, 1874, of eleven of its clerical members charged with "depraving the government and diwsciplino of the Church/' the Executive Committee herewith lay before them the letters and documents roi]uisite to put them in possession of the facts of the case, in relation to the delays and abortive proceedings of the Commission, subsequent to the rejection of an appeal for immedi- ate trial by the other inhibited clergy, and the singling out of the Dean of Toronto as the exclusive object of prosecution. I.-THE EEV. RURAL DEAN GIVINS, AND OTHER CLERGY- MEN, TO THE RIGHT REV. THE LORD BISHOP OF TORONTO. Toronto, Jan. 27. 1875. My Lord, "We the undersigned clergymen who were charged conjointly with the Very Rev. the Dean of Toronto in the same presentment with the same oifence, viz. that of depraving the Government and Discipline of the Church of England in this Diocese, notice witfi astonishment that you have selected the Dean as the only one^ against whom proceedings are now to be taken in the Court just established by your Lordship. When eleven of your clergy have been accused of a grave oflFence, each one being as much implicated as every other, and the evidence by which it will be sought to establish the truth of the presentment on the one hand, and the want of foundation tor it on the other, being of necessity the same against all the accused as against any one, we are wholly at a loss to discover your Lordship's reason for at present citing before your Court only one of the number. We therefore respectfully request your Lordship, and claim it as our right, that you will cause the ti-iul of the charge against as and the Dean to be proceeded with at one and the same time. i ! i 1 I § i I We shall be ready, if cited, to appear before your Court on the 3rd day of February next ; and shall not allow the lack of suffi- cient notice to us, who now address you, to be used as the slightest stay or hindrance to the fullest action which your Commissioners may, by law, be empowered to take against us. We urge this course upon your Lordship, not only because of the manifest justice of it, but also for the simplifying of the work to be imposed upon your Court ; for should your Lordship (though we sincerely trust such maj'^ not be the case,) still persist in your present intentions of testing the truth or groundlessness of the charge as against the Dean of Toronto alone, we, the rest of the accused, whether the decision of the Court be for or against that Dignitary, shall demand it as our right, that the charges undei which we at present lie, shall either be legally fastened upon us, oi else be wholly removed by a competent tribunal. We remtiiu, my Lord, ' ^- Your Lordship s obedient scrvanta, F. A. O'MeARA, kSALTERN GiVINS, R D., > Edm'd r>ALDWix, ^. Alex. Sanson, - Sam'l J. JjOddt, Geo. IT. Moxon, H. H. Waters, A. Stewart, R. D., H. C. Cooper, R. D. II.-TaE LOUD BISH0F3 EEPLY. Tuesday Morning, Feb. 2. My Dear Canon Baldwin, Your letter of Saturday, with the address accompanying, was brought to me on that afternoon just as I was starting for Cannington. I have now the first opportunity of saying that it would not be possible for mo to make any change in the manner of pro- ceedings, as referred t j in the Atldress you have sent me. It was thought "well to limit the action on the Presentment to one person, the chairman, in order to spare the rest all incon- venience. The question could thus be as satisfactorily tested as if all the accused were summoned ; and the issue as clearly reached aa to the need or not of further proceedings. I remain, dear Mr. Baldwin, Very truly yours, ' A. N. TOEONTO. m*i Court on k of suffi- } glig^test nissionere ly because ing of the ■ Lordship till persist lessnesa of rest of th« Tainst that arges undei upon us, 01 rvanta, Feb. 2. )Tnpaaying, I starting for ^at it would iner of pro- ^resentment 1st all incon- 1 tested as if irly reached TOBONTO. HL-THS L02D BISHO? OF TOXtONTO, TO THS VERY REV. THE DEAN OF TORONTO. Toronto, Feb. 9. 1875. My Dear Dean, I have been all along anxious that matters should not have gone to the extrerfiity of even a Commission of Inquiry touching the allegations of the Church Association contained in their lieport. It seems to me that the difficulty could bo brought to an amicable settlement, if the Committee oi" the Church Association would withdraw or modify tlie statement contained in their Appeal published ih that Keport, viz. : — That the ground of the action they were recommending was, tliat "the monies raised go to the support of teaching at variance with that of our Church;" and- that the men designed for our Mission work " are carefuJly trained to look with aversion on our Church as a Church of the R'iformation, , and to abhor the name, Protestant." The extremely few in this Diocese who may, with any fairness,- be charged with these wrong tenets and erroneous teaching, have not received their theological instruction in Trinity College ; and it cannot, with correctness, be said that any of our present missionary staff entertain or teach such reprehensible sentiments. "When you first, in private conversation, expre. sel to me the intention of providing for the instruction of young men in " Evan- gelical Principles," and of aiding in the support of such men as Missionaries in this Diocese, nothing was alluded to as to the grounds of such action as are declared in the Appeal of the Church Association to which I have referred. I understood from you that it was simply to make provision for the training and employment of men educated in what is termed the " Evangelical " view of Church Doctrine, in contradistinction to what are styled " High Church" opinions; and to this proposition, thus simply declared, you may recollect, I offered no objection. If what was stated to nie in conversation were expressed by you to me in writing, wo could, I think, easily arrive at an amicable conclusion of the whole matter. I am leaving this evening for Montreal ; and if you could i favor me with an early reply to this, please have it reach me^at I Montreal by Saturday next, care of the Metropolitan. Believe me to reman, My dear Dean, • Very faithfully 3 ours, A. N. Toronto. \ 1:1 ^ i- 1 ]r i * 4 IV.-THB DEAN'S EEPLY. Toronto, February 10th, 1875. Mt Dear Lord, I have received your letter of yesterday, and have read ii> with much pleasure. I need scarcely tell you that nothing but a strong sense of my duty in the matter would have allowed me to take the position that I have done. I have been acting throughout in accord with the Church Association, and cannot now make any definite reply to your Lordship's letter, as it is impossible to call together the Committee of the Association in time to obtain an ex- pression of their feeling on the subject. I will have this done at the earliest possible moment, and will at once communicate the re- sult. It is with the utmost regret that I have been even involun- tarily a party to the making known far and wide the difficulties and dissensions in our Church. Most willingly will I aid by every means in my power, short of the abandonment of principle, iij end- ing the struggle going on, and I have every reason to believe that this can be done on the basis of your Lordship's letter. In the meantime, as I cannot write your Lordship definitely for some time, it may be as well to postpone for a fortnight the meeting fixed for next Wednesday. Kindly let me know your views by telegram to-morrow, as, if an adjournment be thought ad- visable, I should inform my Counsel of it at once. I am, my Dear Lord, faithfully yours, H. J. Grasbtt. V-THE LORD BISHOP TO THE DEAN. Montreal, February 13th, 1875. My Dear Grasett, I was happy to receive your letter yesterday afternoon, and immediately sent a telegram sanctioning the postponement of tho meeting of the Commission for another fortnight from the day to which it was adjourned. It will be a great pleasure to me, if matters can be so arranged that any further meeting of the Commission inay be rendered un- necessary. I have just writtsn Archdeacon Fuller to inform him of my desire for the postponement, as telegraphed to you. I do not expect to get back to Toronto before Thursday next. Very faithfully yours, ' A. N. Toronto. h, 1875. we read ib ihing but a )wed me to throughout jr make any jible to call 3tain an ox- this done at licate the re- ren involun- Sculties and Ld by every liple, in end- I believe that lip definitely fortnight the 9 know your 3 thought ad- Grasbtt. lN. iSth, 1875. Ifternoon, and lement of the [m the day to le 80 arranged rendered un- lo inform him ^ou. I do not yours, [. Toronto. 6 VI. -THE CHURCH ASSOCIATION TO THE LORD BISHOP or TORONTO. My Lord Bishop, We beg leave to acknowledge receipt of your Lordship's letter to the Dean of Toronto, in which with a view to bringing present difficulties to an amicable settlement, you invite the Committee of the Church Association to " withdraw or modify the statement con- tained in their Appeal," viz. : That the ground of the action they were recommending was that " ' the monies raised go to the support of teaching at variance with that of our ("huroh ;' and that the men desiijned for our Mission Avork * are carofullv trained to look with aversion on our Church as a Ciiurch of the Rf3formation, and to abhor the name of Protestant.'" In response to this invitation, and in view of explanations which have been made since the issue of that Appeal, we earnestly desire to meet your Lordship's request with every concession short of the abandonment of principle ; and we accordingly beg leave to ask you to receive the following statement in detail. We desire to avoid as far as possible any controversial tone ; and will tlierefore only say th it a wide-felt dissatisfaction was produced by the expla- nations offered by the Provost in 1860, in reply to the charges brought by the late J3ishop of Huron against the theological teaching of Trinity College. Of this teaching we can only directly judge by its results ; but subsequent events have not tended to lessen the dissatisfaction then manifested. Nevertheless, in view of the reottidy published statements of the Provost, we are willing to believe that he has not only modified his teaching ; but that the exigencies of a controversial reply tended to force into greater prominence certain objectionable points, than he would assign to them in a course of theological instruction. - Unless your Lordship require it, we shall not now discuss those objections further than to say that, on certain points there was an avowal of such teaching, as — though accompanied with protests against the errors of the Church of Rome, — appears, however undesignedly, calculated to foster in the impressible minds of young men any tendency towards opinions and practices such as mark the Ritualistic school in England. The points referred to are : 1st. The Virgin Mary, and her perpetual Virginity ; 2nd. The Intercession of Saints ; 3rd. The special significance of priestly absolution ; and 4th. The parti- cipation in the glorified humanity of our Lord, by means of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper ; with the accompanying explana. f. u tion as to certain "admirablo early usages wliich our Reformers did not venture to restore, such as that mentioned by Justin Martyr, the conveyance of the consecrated eh'nients to all sick members of the Church after every public celebration of the Eucharist." In common with ail Evan'^elical Churchmen,— and under this title we include many High Churchmen ; — wo view with extreme jealousy a'l tampering with that vital error which lies at the root of Ritualism, viz. : The substitution of the Romish ductrine of justifica- tion by the Sacraments of the Church, in lieu of the doctrine of " Justification by Faith only," as clearly set forth in the Eleventh Article. But we gladly welcome the declaration of the Provost that he repudiates the teaching on this vital doctrine embodied in the *' Christian's Manual." We regard the teaching therein set forth as embodying the essence of Ritualistic error ; and as the Provost has said : " 1 am very sorry that the gentlemen who have attached their names to that letter, should have stated that they believe its teaching to bo the teaching of Trinity College," we accept this as intended to convey a speciiic disapproval of the extremely objection- able teachings therein set forth ; and to which we have since drawn attention in detail. But wo must remind your. Lordship that while the Provost is the. only Theological Instructor, there are other Professors in Trinity College ; and while we desire to be clearly understood as expressing no objection to that Institution on any other grounds than as a training-school for candidates for Holy Orders, we cannot over- look the influence in the College Chapel, the College Hall, and even in hours of recreation, of other Professors who have not followed the Provost's example by expressing " unequivocally a disapproval of the erroneous teachings above alluded to." But, secondly, with reference alike to the views and the teach- ings on the Church of the Reformation and the name Protestant, your Lor Iship pro jeeds to say : " The extremely few in this Diocese who may with any fairness be charged with these wrong tenets and erroneous teaching, have not received their theological instruction at 1'rinity College ; and it cannot with correctness be said that any of our present Missionary stalf entertain or teach such reprehensible sentiments." It is with much regret we feel compelled to dissent from this statement. We must remind your Lordship that, in judging of the fruits of the teaching of Trinity College, wo are not limited to this Diocese ; and of the Diocese of Ontario, its own Bishop has referred to some there, who, though also assumed, according to his standard, to be few in number, are, ho says, " striving to undo the principles of the Reformation." They have already driven a large number out of the Church. rmers did 1 Martyr, embers of inder this 1 extreme ,lie root of (f juatitica- loctrine of J Eleventh fovost that lied in the 1 set forth le Provost /Q attached believe its lept this as y objection- jince drawn 3 Provost is •8 in Trinity ,s expressing i than as a nnot over- , and even ot followed disapproval d the teach- Protestant, this Diocese tenets and instruction id that any prehensible lit from this llging of the Mtedto this [has referred lis standard, le principles 1 number out We are reluctant to refer to individuals, but wo cannot overlook, in our own Diocese, the selection of the autlior of the *' Cliristian's Manual" from among the (Joilego Graduatoa, as one to be 8i)ocially entrusted with the r(;ligiou3 training in its own Preparatory 8iihool. Again, we have already shown how impossible it is to reconcile the proceedings in the Cliurch of the Holy Trinity of Toronto, in refer- ence to its Sisterhood, and its preparations for the celebration of the Holy Communion, with any simple interpretation of tlio mean- ing of the rubrics ; and we ne.ed only quote the declaration of one of its clergy, also a graduate of Trinity College, the Ilev. 0. T. Ford, " That in doctrine 1 do not consciously, cither in preaehing or catechizing, go beyond what I learned at Trinity College ; and I believe that to be the case with the younger men generally That, speaking generally, the Lord and the Apostles taught a religion of the kind commonly called Sacramental, Sacerdotal, High Church, or, to use the proper term, Catholic, I have no doubt. The Bible is permeated with sacramentalism." But there is one unmistakable test of the actual sympathies of the Clergy, viz. : the choice of Clerical Delegates to the Provin- cial Synod. Year after year the " Trinity College Ticket*^ has been pro- duced in printed form. It is openly spoken of as such. The votes of the younger Clergy — all graduivtes of Trinity College, — determine the selection; and their choice has never failed to include the representatives of the extremest views in ritual ; while some of the oldest and most esteemed Clergy, who chance to belong to the Evangelical party, and other men of moderation and matured experience, when not excluded altogether, have been systematically placed at the foot of the list ; while young men of opposite views precede or wholly supersede them. The excesses of some of those Delegates have been manifested with such an utter contempt for the known feelings of the laity, that w© have seen one of the Clerical Delegates walking the streets of Montreal in potticoated fashion, an object of grief and scandal to the Lay Delegates of his own Diocese, and of mirth to strangers. Another of those select representatives of the Clergy officiated at a Communion service at the Chapel of St. John the Evangelist, while the Synod was in session : helping to mix water with the wine, and in other ways to set at naught the rubrics, and the prohibitions of the Provincial Synod. Yet bbth of those rppresentatives of tho extreme Eitualists of Canada never fail to occupy a high place on the list of Clerical delegates, along with others more or less in ifiwcord with them. While, in view of such facts, we cannot conscientiously limit our objections to " the extremely few" to which alone your Lordship sug- II ■ i V 'i I li li ! ^a ' -. ' - ' :; ' i..: ' . T .",. ' ^r " - t y- ' ^j - t . 8 gests their application ; wo gladly avail ourselves of this opportunity to state that we recognize alike the earnest piety, and the honest Protestantism of Clergymen who hold aloof from us, and ditt'er on some points from the so-called Evangelical School. Your Lordship further indicates that, on receiving satisfaction on the points specified hy you, you will be prepared to withdraw any objections to the efforts of this Association to provide means of instruction for Candidates for Holy Orders, "in what is termed the Evangelical view of Church Doctrine," While wo shall thankfully acknowledge even such a concession, it cannot bo regarded by us as what should satisfy those who hold such views. The Church Association embraces men of different shades of religious o}inion, united on the common basis of our Reformed Church, and its tliorouglily protestant and scriptural Articles, as plainly interpreted according to the ordinary and simple nieaniug of the English lan- guage. Your Lordship quotes with approval the language of the Hon.- "W". E. Gladstone, in which, referring to a time within his own recol- lection, when the Church was sunk in apathy, "a scandal to Christendom," he says, " Its Clergy, with soma Tiumerous excepHonSf — htlongimj chicfli/j though not exclusively^ to lohat was tlien called the Evangelical School, — were, in numbers I should not like to mention, wordly-minded men, not conforming hy their practice to the standard of their high office," &c. You also recognize this Evangelical School, as legitimately taking its place within our Church. Why, then, should it be left to such enforced action of a separate hody of volunteers to carry out a barely tolerated system of instruction in such views ? Trinity College was professedly started for the whole Church, not of this Diocese only, but of Western Canada. The salaries of its Profossora aie mainly derived from the Clergy Commutation Fund, and are therefore the property of the whole Church, not of any one e.xclii- give party. The appropriation of any portion of the Clergy Keservee . fund to the endowment of Classical and Mathematical Chairs is more than questionable. The statement of the Provost shows that such funds are thereby diverted from their legitimate use, while the College is even more inefficient as a Theological Institution, than we ventured to state it to be. He expresses his entire agreement with us "as to the inadequacy of the time devoted in Trinity College to preparation for Holy Orders ; " which, as we now learn, is only two, instead of, as we had supposed, three years. lu addition to this yoiir Lordship recognizes, as though it were a more matter of course, that the Theological Institution of the Church excludes all teaching of that Evangelical School, whick J opportunity id the honest md differ on ; satisfaction to withdraw ide means of la termed the 11 thankfully Qfarded by us The Church iousoi inion, iroh, and its y intei'prcted English lan- of the Hon.- lia own recol- % scandal to IS exceptionSf (s tlien called not like to ir practice to legitimately luld it be left J to carry out W8 ? Trinity 1, not of this its Professors und, and are ly one exclo- 3rjry Reserves cal Chairs is st shows that ise, while the titution, than re agreement inity College learn, is only ugh it were a ition of the Ichool, which 9 in the CI X'<^^TZTf' ™""'^ ""J 'o-I-mtdv ,„ , , VVe have the honor to be, % lord Bishop,' On behalf of the ^^Z^t^^'' ""'*"' '^"'""»- ' If?' ■^"'"'' I Bmorani ToBOKTo, Feb. 20. 1875. ^'"-MnB, / Seereiarie,. Vtt-THE BEAM'S COTOs^T^ THE Vr» . "%^"^. . '^»«°"». March 6th, 1875 tl,»f *y' """* R'^'^n 'o undo retodT* ■? """" ''"^' WeduSr -■U ■« iJi w iii. «' W 'g 10 tention of the Commissioners to proceed on Wednesday next. We may add that if the proceedings are to be carried further, it will be our duty tc insist upon their being dealt with on Wednes- day next, for the Spring Circuits and otlier engagements will pre- vent tlie Counsel for the Dean, and others whose presence will be Tequired on his behalf, from attending on any later day. We shall foei greatly obliged, therefore, if you will let us know whether the Commission will proceed on Wednesday, in order that we may arrange with Mr. Harrison and others to attend. We have the honour to remain, Your obedient servants, Blake, Kerr & Boyd. VIII. -THE ARCHDEACON'S REPLY. j The Rf.gtory, St. George's Chdbch, \ Toronto, 6th March. 1875. Messrs, Blake, Kerr & Boyd, Barristers, ded with, all been officially t the proceed- [ by consulta- iated. aen, ervant, B. Fuller. * )ItD BISHOP ;h 15. 1875. i the Church irdship on the Indeavoured tc [your letter t( Ich reasons am objected to, ftf L in good faith Inds. Ivite your Lor* fcomnuasion, i U the Executiv 13 Committee of this Association, are still uninformed of the receipt of thp letter written expressly at your request. We have the honor to be, ' My Lord Bishop, Your liOrdship's Most obedient servants, B. H. Dixon, » Honorary J. Gillespie, j Secretarieg. I, < Xn.-TH£ LOED BISHOP TO THE CHURCH ASSOCIATION. Toronto, March 20. 1876. To THE Honorary SecretxMiies op the Church AssociATioir. Gbntlemen, I am in receipt of your letter of the 15th inst. When I addressed Dean Grasett on the 9th February last, it was with an assurance from Archdeacon Fuller that a disposition was evinced to effect such amicable settlement of the grounds pf pr.osentment against the clerical members of your Executive QoiH- mittee as would render it unnecessary that the Commission of Enquiry I had appointed should prosecute their work. The reply of the Dean was written in such a spirit as to increase the hope I had been led to entertain of the amicable settlement of the existing difficulty. When the Dean expressed to mo the necessity of conferring with the other members of the Executive Committee, before com- inunicatiug a reply that would designate a course by which such amicable settlement could be arrived at, I had hoped to receive from himself, after such consul tatioji, a reply characterized by the same tone and spirit that heralded his former communication. But I was disappointed by receiving instead a long communication from the Secretaries, the discussion of which could have-no other influence than to increase, instead of lessening, the acrimony of the existing controversy. The Address, too, recently presented to the Dean, was cal- culated still further tc indispose the minds of many for peace, by its indicating the presentment as a persecution of the Dean, with the very incorrect affirmation tiiab ail who participated in thia action were " Ritualists." Nothing but the hope of the restoration of peace instigated the adjournment of the Commission ; but as present circumstances give no encouragement to such a hope, I cannot advise any further prorogation of its meeting: It is well to test the questions in- i i , 'I 1 1- 11'! J I. !> ''I I 1 14 volved in the presentments with which they have to deal ; t\nd ta ascertain, if possible, whether, or how far, the Clergymen arraigned have depraved the government and discipline of the Church. I have the honor to he, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, A. N. ToRONTOv Xni.-THE ARCHDEACON TO THE DEAN. TouoNTO, 20th March, 187ft. Mt Dear Dean, I am sorry to be obliged to inform you that I am directed by the IJishop to day, to inform you that liis Lordship directs the Commission on your case to sit on Wodnesdav, the 31st inst. at 11:30. In connection with Mr. Vice-Chancellor Blake, I have done my utmost to avert this, which I believe will be a great calamity to the Church ; but unfortunat jly evil counsels have prevailed on both sides, and there seems, humanly speaking, nothing to avert it, as the prospects for reconciliation, which existed a few weeks ago, have vanished. Deeply regretting this, I am, my dear Dean, ' • Yours very faithfully, T. B. Fuller. XIV. -THE ARCHDEACON TO THE DEAN. Toronto, March 25. 1875. Mt Dear Mr. Dean, I am directed by the Lord Bishop to notify you that the Commission on your case will not sit on the 31st, in consequence of the unavoidable absence of the Counsel for the gentlemen who have presented you and your brother members cf the Church As- sociation, and that the Bishop has fixed the 1 6th day of April for the iiequiry to proceed. This determination was come to this afternoon. Not liking this sort of proceeding, I have asked to be relieved from my position on the Commission. I am, my dear Dean, Yours very faithfully, T. B. Fuller. \' 1 ; cud ta arraigned ;oRONTOv ;h, 1875. am directed , directB the ^Q 31st inat. I have done •eat calamity prevailed on ding to avert few week» \. Fuller. 25. 1875. you that the consequenoe ^ntlemen who Church As- I of April for )me to this asked to he Fuller. 15 XV.-THE CHURCH ASSOCIATION TO THE BISHOP. Toronto, April 1. 1876. My Lord Bishop, We heg leave to acknowledge your Lordship's letter of the 20th ult., to which, hy the instruction of tlie Executive Committee of the Church Association, we very respectfully reply, that the Dean of Toronto referred your Lordship's letter of 9th of Feb.» to them,, along with his answer, in which he said, " Most willingly will I aid, by every means witliiu my power, short of the abandon- ment of principle, in ending the struggle going on." In this spirit the Executive Committee endeavoured to frame their reply ; and they regret to learn that their explanations fail to induce your Lordship to alter the course of action referred to. They could not conscientiously withdraw the statements ob- jected to in their appeal ; for they believe them to be sub- stantially tru3. But they explained and — as far as possible — modified tho:e relating to Trinity College, in the light of explana- tions subsequently j)ublishe(l; while they submitted to you evidence which compels thoni ivluctantly to dissent from your Lordship'a belief that extremely few of the Clergy, and none of those trained I at Trinity College, are ehargeable with the erroneous teachings and I practices complained of. They would very respectfully press upon your Lordship that jthe objections to the training of Trinity College are no novelty ; and Ithat for years complaint and remonstrance have bec^n made against |teaching3 and practices in this and other Dioceses, which have been source of an ever increasing dissatisfaction to the laity. No jdress has been found ; but those who have in vain labored for rears, in vestry, synod, and in other ways, to have the causes of Strife and dissension removed, no sooner organized themselves into Church Association and gave expression to their long-felt griev- incos, than they were denounced by your LorJship as disturbers of the peace of the Church ; and their clerical members are cited be- lore a Commission on the charge of depraving its government and discipline. Had such a proceeding followed in the wake of equally )mpt prosecutions of such notorious cases as have for years been le source of strife and scandal ; and have driven many members the Church to other Denominations, it would not, at le;ist, have iggested the idea of partiality, and the charge of persecution, of [hich your Lordship complains. But it is impossible to avoid pntrasting the prompt appointment of a Conjinission to try the jean of Toronto, with tlio very different recepti6n of tho per. 1 n I lifift i'i 111'! :! T 16 «istent complaints and charges made for years by ClmrchwardeDa and Parishioners against the Incumbent of Weston, including their appeal last year to the Synod. The Members of this Association conscientiously believe that the inadequate support of the Mission Fund of the Church, ifl due to a wide-felt dissatisfaction with teachings of the Clergy, more or less opposed to the doctrines of the Reformation. This they be- lieve to be traceable to the training of Trinity College ; and they once more respectfully submit to your Lordship that the way to true peace is to be found, not in the prosecution of those who com- plain of such evils, but in tlie removal of the sources of "such dis- sension. We have the honor to be, my Lord, Your Lordship's most obed't serv'ts, B. H. Dixon, ^ Honorary John Gillespie, j Secretaries. \ Those desirous of joining the Association will kinu iy (.send their names, addresses and subscriptions to B. Homer Dixon, or John Gillespie, Honorary Secretaries, Toronto, to whom all com^ munications are to be addressed. Members and Corresponding Members : — Yearly subscriptions, 3ne Dollar ; Life Members, Twenty-five Dollars. The papers of the C. 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