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Lorsque Ie document est trop grand pour dtre reprodult en un seul cliche, il est filmd d partir de I'angle supdrieur gauche, de gauche d droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant Ie nombre d'images ntcessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. errata jto 8 pelure, ion d n 1 2 3 32X 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cfiu receivi memo I] existeij Koman nieinbe state oi attacke it in ca work tl stating that th Chufch AssGciation of the Diocese of Toronio. OCCASIONAL PAPER, No VI. 4^^ BEAD! MASK! LEARN! The manner in which the Address of this Association was received by the friends of Eitualism must be still fresh in the memory of the Churchmen of this Diocese, In answer to the general statement there made of the existence and growth of innovations in our services, and of the Eomanizing tendency of the teaching of some professing to be members of the Church of England, it was insisted that such a state of things did not exist. The Association was vehemently attacked for daring to say that matters in this country warranted it in calling the attention of the members of our Church to the work that was going on. Our opponents freely accused us of over- stating the case ; they called our assaults libellous, and alleged that they had no disposition to go beyond the laws. In the Occasional Papers thereafter issued, attention was called to particular instances in which attempts were being made to intro- duce systematically the disguised Popery of Eitualists and Tractarians. Thereupon a general plan of repudiation was com- menced on the part of the accused. Eomish books were freely circulated, but nobody could be found to father these publica- tions ; strange services and societies were inaugurated, but suddenly they ceased to have either followers or members. Hands were uplifted in holy horror at those and the like charges being brought against any member of the Church of England in Canada. An attempt was made to create the impression that all that we complained of in our Church happened by chance, and that no one was responsible for it. " The officers are, for the , most part, strangers in this country, and have established them- selves in this parish ; and, in opposition to tJie expressed wishes [and protests of the clergy thereof ^ have instituted lay services and "11 1.1 f ., !i H !' !l! ,^1; i ! I I carry on Sunday Schools without clerical supervision ? " Such was the response to our exposure of p, Eomanizing Guild in one of the Parishes of Toronto. It is now notorious to all men that one of the clergy of that very Parish was then, and still is, giving hearty countenance and encouragement to that very Guild ! But before long it was found that such denials availed but little those making them. The evidence was too strong, and it was discovered that these innovators were adding to their original sin of attempting to unprotestantize our Church, that of untruth- fulness. Thereupon a complete change has been made in their base of operation. No longer do they deny the work on which they have entered ; but they boastfully set forth the platform on which they stand. This Association dared not have charged Churchmen with so deep laid a scheme as that which is now ad- mitted by themselves; not because we did not feel that the small beginnings would end in such teaching, but because we had no distinct proof that the scheme had so far progressed. In the Capital of the Dominion ritualistic excesses have produced their natural results of strife, divisions, perversion, and dissent. A clergyman has already led the way in going over to Eome ; a large congregation has broken ofi from our Church and allied itself to the New American Episcopal Church under Bishop Cummins ; and now at length the teachings which have begot such results are boldly set forth in a volume recently issued from the Canadian press, styled " Vox Dei aut Vox Populi." Let us learn from themselves what they delight to be called, what they believe and teach, and to what they desire to bring the Church of England ; and then let each member of the Association buckle on his armour and set himself with earnest fidelity to counteract the plot thus displayed. The preface of this book thus- begins with unblushin effrontery : — "Doctrines, opinions, and expressions distaste fid to Pr testant ears will here he freely advocated and used without apology. A Catholic protest, couched in Protestant phraseologyj would be as much an anomaly as a Catholic exposition of tb truth without the whole truth being given. Hence the dii honest doctrine of * Anglican Keserve' will find no place in thesi pages." "As the Avriter of these pages, like S9 many of those intei appea is ent'( ] theO called « strugg; Anglic cmtism is to th only res itself." Tl "men •He religioDj pears so . " the wreti heliefin of the A «L ess that liey thi ^hurch.' d is a an a cr ticiss oated in the Catholic revival, has come up from the lowest depths of Protestantism to a full realization oj the blessedness of Catholic doctrine and ritual, he feels that it would be selfish to deny a helping hand to those still groping in that darkness out of which, by God's grace, he has happily been lifted." At page 7 the like bitter antagonism to Protestantism again appears : " The Church of England w Catholic, and in no way is entitled to the opprobrious epithet of * Protestant.' " It is to be observed that these men, no longer satisfied with the Oxford name of " Anglican," desire nothing less than to be called " Catholics." " The battle has widened out on to a larger field, — the real struggle has a larger scope, — we have to come out of mere Anglicanism to the higher standard of Catholicism. As Protest- jsed. Iii t^® I antism is mere incipient Rationalism, the first duty of Catholicism roduced^their | .^ ^^ throttle it ; we must clear the field first, that the grand, the only real struggle, may be set between Catholicity and Eationalism itself." The writer proceeds to hope that the time will come when " men shall loathe as now they love the name of Protestant." • He next proceeds to attack boldly the foundation of our juli." J-*®* ^^'^ I religion, and to put in its place the Romish teaching which ap- ed, what they Ipg^ ^^ ^^^j, ^^ y^^^ 8 f^^ *ation| ' " Instead of the immoral gloss of Justification by Faith, or st fidelity tol^^« wretched figment of private judgment. Site must make the belief in the real objective presence of Christ in the Sacrament ,h unblushinglo/ the Altar the Articulus Ecclesice Stantis vet Cadentis." " Looking from our stand-point as laymen, we must con- steful to "''"ifess that the Evangelical party will have a very difficult task if tised withouWiij^Qy. ^hink they can crush out Catholic teaching from the t phraseologyjchujcli » \\^ disi " Doubtless the Catholic party is small, but it is in earnest; in thesf^^ is a compact body, with a more powerful bond of sympathy n a creedless, indifferent, worldly opposition, or an ignorant of those intelantticism can boast of. The great reason of this is, that as a i " Such lild in one 1 men that .1 is, giving luild ! availed but ong, and it leir original of untruth- ade in their k on which platform on ave charged h is now ad- lat the small ,use we had 1 dissent. A r to Rome ; a pch and allied I under Bishop! >h have begot Ly issued from )Osition oftH [ence place i -:\ hi. 1 > general inile Protesfards do not believe in anything at all beyond their mvn personal infallibility, except, perhaps, in some little heresies they nurse and keep warm." " In fact, Evangelicanisra is unconsciously doing our work for us, for it is bringing Protestantism jace to face with its most deadly enemy, the Truth." The writer proceeds to object that " priests are allowed to travel out of their own parishes, and lecture on Martin Luther or some other heretic, to the great scandal of Churchmen." He admits that " there have always been two parties in the Church, one in favor of and the other averse to sacramental teaching and ritual expression ; in fact, as a learned Avriter has remarked, two separate religions." The author then for a moijient approaches the Confessional, and relieves himself after this fashion : " We are aware that we are in a decidedly unpopular minority, and if we measure opinion by things earthy, our protest will have but little weight with the masses." We thank him heartily for this unwilling testimony to the sound Protestant feeling that pervades the members of our Church. At page 24 we may ascertain what an immense step towards Rome men nominally in our communion have taken. We learn i most distinctly that with them the difference between ** Catholic" and Eoman Catholic dees not in reality exist. The former name is used lest the latter should at once startle their followers ; but under the appellation assumed by them the errors of the Church] of Eome may equally well be taught, and as they have already! glided from " Protestants" to " Anglicans," and from " Anglicans"! to " Catholics," so in due time the prefix of Roman will appro- j priately be found added to their present title. The subject of the Lord's Supper is ostentatiously heade( " The adoration due to ChHst, really, actually, and objectively present in the Sacrifice of the Mass; " and so that there may be nc misapprehension on the subject, the following note is appended! " This old English name for the holy Eucharist is used without apology." It is stated that at this rite it may be averred that thj coi Ck no c Eva] Blesi Heal our I belief of the and t Incam F in teaci This su I view of "Thi U heyoncl •omc little communicant may "ea<, drink , holding in iky palm Juus Christ, the Son of God, the Saviour." " It can be confidently asserted," continues the writer, " that no doctrine of the Church which rests upon such a thoroughly Evangelical basis, has been, since that Reformation hy men called Blessed, so doubted, obscured or ignored, as the Doctrine of the Real Presence — a doctrine so plainly set forth and commanded by our Blessed Saviour himself, and for fifteen centuries the united belief of all Christendom.^' " The Holy Catholic Church has ever taught that the Sacrifice of the Ma^s is propitiatory and impetratory, both for the living and the faithful departed ; and that to the real presence of the Incarnate Son of God, latria, or the highest worship, is due." J .. . Further on it is alleged " that the State upholds the Church isure op I '^ teaching the doctrine of the adorable Sacrifice of the Mass." ^\ testimony I This subject is concluded with the following thoroughly Popish ambers of out I view of the matter : * Then on the altar 0/ the Cross ; the * despised and rejected oj step towards I ^gij^» < tJie Man of Sorrows,' but still the Great God Eternal; n. We leaTn ■ ^ j^ ^^^ hands of his priests under the form of bread and wine, ^^„ nr^^oXbut still tJie sams God, Eternal in the Heavens, ^A« Man Christ e former name ■ ' ' F llowers • but|/e«w*." " Though an unbelieving world may scoff, «; all not we, [of the Cburchljrhen we repair ' To the sacred Altar Throne, where Jesus' heart have already y^^/^ j^^^^» ^nd enter into the mysterious presence of Him who " Anglican 1 g ^^y jj^^g^ Ijq q^j. judge, seek to make reparation for tht our work fji its most allowed to 'tin Luther „ >» [nen. iTties in the sacramental I. writer has Confessional, svare that we lan ^vill appro- Itiously heade ind ohjectivel Iheremayben te is appended I is used withou jrted that th dignities which He in his voluntary humiliation under the form }f bread and iodine — 'a prisoner of love ' — is subject to." Again, observe the Eomish errors systematically inculcated y such novelties as candles, flowers, crosses, and the like innocent " innovations on the Communion Table : — " How gladly, when his task is over, does he take refuge in e Sacramental Presence of his Saviour, and there, when th« lights burn upon the Altar, or the soft glow of the sacred p keeps watch before the Tabernacle, hold oonverse with Him J I 'U\ u K i i whom his soul longeth after." And finally Traiimhstantiaiion as thus assumed to be accepted alike in the Churchea'of England and of Rome, is said to be a doctrine " which, if mutually ex- plained, could he conscientiously embraced by both communions as identical^ In reality, the doctrine of the Reformed Church of England, — the doctrine of the New Testament, — that Christ is really present in the heart of the faithful communicant, ia utterly irreconcilable with the idolatrous sacrifices of masses, which our Thirty-first Article pronounces to be " blasphemous fables and dangerous deceits.*' In advocating " Prayers for the Dead," the writer again shows forth his anti-protestant feeling and his approval of Romish teaching. " Ip, " he says, " the Bible, and the Bible only, is to he the touchstone by which Catholic doctrine or ritual is to be tested, it will he extremely difflcult to ascertain exactly what the Church, * the Pillar and the ground oftruth^ teaches.'^ " There is no doubt," it is admitted, " that Holy Scrip- ture gives no direct injunction to pray for the dead." The Bible not sustaining the position, the Homily on the subject is next dealt with. " It may be said that the ' Homily on Prayer,' which lays down the untheological assertion that ' the soul of man pass- ing out of the body goeth straightway either to Heaven or to Hell, whereof the one needeth no prayer and the other is without re- demption,' is an authoritative condenmation of the practice, but the glaring dishonesty and wilful perversion of truth which it displays 'makes it a standing disgrace to us before all Chris tendom.' " Ron the & to it our ] thefl is adc ofit; the CI Ood, tf, for mi enlight goodnel t{ "As 'Primitij sign of| our bel it decla At page 59 the odious materialistic doctrine of salvationl \^y ^i 1 through the stomach is thus inculcated : " Surely with this higl| head, h authority for the usage of this condemned passage, it is not too much for the devout Catholic to believe that when he * Eats thi Body of his God' in the mystic Sacrament of the Altar, his soul fed with * Bread of fatness — Royal Food.' " Again do these self-styled Catholics prove the fitness of tl prefix of Roman: "That the Church has exalted Marriage into! Sacrament, must be a sufficient plea against any attempt to dedu i bottom the deal and of \ Son:" Sol that t\ ^peakini ^„ ■ ' ■— "gg^- ntiation England tally ex- m'tons as hurcli of Christ is ia uttoily j3^ -wliicli iables and from those remarks any disrespect to the lloly Ordinance." Celibacy, however, is to be preferred, because, in addition to other reasons, the celibate, " like S. Francois Xavier, can go among the heathen; like S. Charles Borromeo,face the pestilence; or in the hack-iooods, among an Orange congregation^ can boldly preach the gospel, and accept ^ angry scolds^ social excision, and Protestant mobs' " Again do these so-called Catholics prove themselves to be Eoraans : " To a Catholic mind a belief in the efficacy of the suffrages of the Blessed must be an inevitable accompaniment to the doctrine of the communion of saints^ "To limit our request for the brethren to pray for us, to those in the flesh, would deny a cardinal part of the creed." "But" — it is added — " the abuse of anything does not take away the use of it ; and we are content to return to the primitive teaching of the Church, and say with our brethren of old : ' Holy Mother of God, ever Virgin, intercede for ms with the Lord our God. Pray for me, Blessed Peter. 0, Angel of God, loho art my guardian, enlighten, keep, govern and direct me this day, who by the Divine goodness am committed to Thy care."* The crossings of the Church of Eome are thus enforced : — " As there is a most foolish objection to this beautiful and . I primitive custom, it may be well to describe it^ meaning. ' The Tuth which it I gjgjj of the cross is a short creed in action. First, it represents ore all Chris- 1 ^^j. i^elief in the Crucified, and our trust in his passion. Next, it declares our faith in the Holy Trinity, to whom we have access of salvationl l3y the cross of Christ. For first, we place our hand to our fore- 'ththisliig^ head, in the name of the Father, who is God over all ; then to the bottom of the breast, and of the Son, who humbled Himself even to the death of the cross ; and lastly, from the left to the right side, and of the Holy Ghost, who proceedeth from the Father and the Son.'" filer again ,pproval of [ the Bible ne or ritual \ain exactly 7i,' teaches." Holy Scrip- The Bible ect is next ayer,' which of man pass- ten or to Hell, ia without re- 1 practice, but 3 it is not to J jie ' Eats th mitar.liissoul So completely Eoman are these Catholics in their ideas, le fitness of til ^j^^^^ ^^iq Confessional is gladly adopted by them: "Plainly Marriage into ttempttodedui speaking. Confession is the only remedy for the current disorder of I Si ! I ' 'i i,L! I \\ II,; 'A (I I II .■i 8 ihe times. The wound must be probed deeply and the hidden cause of disease brought to light before rest can be sought ; and the calm that ensues must he that of a soul washed with Precious Blood through the Sacramerd of Penance, and not the deadly lethargy produced hy the Protestant opiate oj * Faith alone.' " Tho noble band of exiles for conscience sake, known as the Pilgrim Fathers, is termed "the unsavory cargo of the Mayflower." Tho book closes with some contemptuous references to Protestantism and its chief glory, the open Bible in which we rejoice. " It has been our desire,'^ — says the writer, — " to show what a hollow, disreputable sham Protestantism is, — to expose its innate selfishness, irreligion and inconsistency." Again, he thus proceeds : — " What have three hundred years of Protestantism — that abandonment of the Church for the private opinion of the individual — done for the world ; and what has been the triumph of * gospel teaching,' and an * open Bible ?* It has alienated countless millions from the Church, and imperilled or destroyed their eternal salvation. It has made Germany infidel, Switzer- land Socinian ; the British Isles a happy hunting-ground for schism and dissent; and has left the home of the Pilgrim Fathers a propaganda for Mormonism, free love, and all unclean- ness. Where once was peace and unity in the human family, they are now ' weltering like an Egyptian pitcher of tamed vipers, each struggling to get his head above the others.' It has been ihe dread Pandora's box setting free the demons of luit, selfishness and avarice." That Tractarian movement in Oxford to which our Church traces so much of her present unsoundness and false teaching, is thus approvingly spoken of: — " The great sin of our branch of the Catholic Church has been that of the Laodiceans — luke- warmness ; and if the great Tractarian movement had not set in, so far as human foresight can go, it might not have outlived the century as an active Christian society. Thank God, a mighty change has come, and the tiny rivulet of forty yean ago has grr sch stal the Kit Can viev lidden i\ and ^reciouf deadly . » »' e: I as tlie ncea to rhich we ' to show xpose its he thus antism — on of the > triumph alienated destroyed , Switzer- jxound for e Pilgrim II unclean- an family? of tamed Jt has r,n8 of luif, s. )urCliurch reaching, is brancli of jans— lute- bad not set ve outlived d, a miglity iart ago !»» 9 grown into a glorious river, overflowing its hanks far and wide." Wo liave thus laid before the members of our Cjiureh the scheme which is afoot for Romanizing it. Wo liave given the statements of those engaged in the plot. Wo have shown that there is no extreme view set forth in England by Tractarians or Ritualists which is not here cordially endorsed ; and that Canadian Ritualists are no longer content with holding these views, but are engaged in propagating them with all diligence. Forty years of steady progress have educated them up to tish point. Far less than forty years of unchecked teaching amongst our children by these men, will effect such a work as cannot be undone without a second Reformation struggle. Let any honest member of our Church ponder Avell the apparently small and mild beginning from which this movement sprang : — only, as it was stated, a desire for more reverence in the services of our Church, — a more comely decoration of the house of God, — a greater warmth in worshipping ; and then let him resolve that, with God's help, no such specious pretext will bo allowed to lead him from the purity and simplicity of the good old Church of England, the Church of the Reformation, to which we thank- fully belong. It is with the deepest regret that we find such a volume pro- duced from the Canadian press. Surely we are but doing our dnty in warning our people that " the plague is begun." Its writer doubtless takes refuge under the sheltering wing of that address of the Bishop, delivered at the last session of the Synod at Toronto, which awoke in the minds of many faithful Churchmen guch profound sorrow. Except for the encourage- ment there given to Ritualists to proceed with their work, we are persuaded that such publications as that now under review, and writings of a similarly pronounced character, would have been excluded from this Diocese, or at least circulated with such secrecy and disavowal of responsibility as " The Path of Holiness" was. But this is not the only effect of the position taken by the I Bishop. Within three months of the delivery of his charge, the r Church Chimes," a paper published in the city in which he lives> •.') 1 1 m i tl .: 10 has appeared, and its first ir.imbor speaks thankfully of "the encouragement afforded by the Bishop of Toronto's late charge." Encouragement to what? Let the paper speak on this point. First, to the revival of old fables as to persons called saints, in which the Church of Eome trades so freely. Second, to the doings of the various guilds of " S. Lawrence," " S. Agnes," and " The Good Shepherd." Third, to " The Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament." Fourth, to " Catholic progress in Can- ada." Fifth, to the Lord's Supper being a " sacrifice." Sixth, to the clergyman being a " Priest" who is to stand " before the Altar." Seventh, to the Confessional : " First to confession I must go, and Jesus, acting through his priest, absolves and makes me free." Eighth, to Prayers for the Dead : " Of your charity pray for the soul of T. H., associate C. B. S. [/.e., of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament], who fell asleep on Wednesday, August 26, aged 39. Grant him. Lord, eternal rest, and let light jjerpetual shine on him." We invite the attention of the Bishop of Toronto to the fact that the headquarters of all this Ritualistic work are in his own Diocese. Let him peruse the following extracts from a circular distributed during the past month, if he desires proof. " Confidential . ^ " THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S GUILD. " Dear Sir and Brother, — " This organization of Canadian Laymen has for its object the publication and distribution of sound Catholic literature. . . An appeal is therefore made to every Catholic layman to support, by his sympathy and means, the operations of the Guild. A pamphlet entitled, * Vox Dei aut Vox Populi,' and two tracts, * The Dark Ages,' and * Protestant Simplicity,' have already been published ; others are in course of | preparation on ' Catholic Unity,' " ' The Ornaments Eubric,' * Hymns Ancient and Modern,' * The Blessed Reformation,' * Ouri Hyj Jipp( othe to se who 1 their Secre ampjj full a return as abc returne "Fe« An faithful *lie excci accept " aJid nove ow^n Dio <^evout ij *he Chu expelled,! tainted w ( Wet grand mil before ma jthat manj Ml now! ^'ill recoil igain begil 'or a timJ matters onl pread " abJ r given u] nd a greaf But J '6 BishopJ BB" 11 Hymn Books, our Music/ &c. .... It is earnestly hoped that such papers as shall be forwarded to subscribers and others may have the widest and most judicious circulation. . . . . . Should you consent to aid in this work, be good enough to .send to the above address the names of any good Catholics who will he certain to ansiverthis ap2)nal favorohhj, in order that their co-operation may be invited. In communicating with the Secretary, the simple address, 'Box P.O., Toronto,' is amply sufficient, it being unnrcessary and undesirable to give the full address of ' Secretary, Catholic Laymen's Guild.' Please return this circular with your full P.O. address and contribution as above directed. In any case, it is requested the circular be returned. " Your obedient Servant, and Brother in the Faith, " The Secretary, Catholic Laymen's Guild. " Feast of S. James, 1874." And so our Chief Pastor, while denouncing the appeals of faithful members of our Eeformed Church, mildly apologises for the excesses of the innovators, to the edification of Eitualists, who accept " the encouragement," and burst forth into more elaborate and novel genuflexions than ever ; while in Parishes within our own Diocese, as well as in other Dioceses of Canada, earnest and devout men sorrowfully cast about for some place other than the Church of their fathers, from which they are virtually expelled, in which to bring up their children without being tainted with Eomanism. , We cannot believe but that these " Catholics" will find that a grand mistake has been made by them in unfolding their designs before matters were ripe for such a disclosure. We feel confident that many who were prepared to go with them a certain distance |will now behold the gulf into which they were being led, and ill recoil therefrom. No doubt a system of repudiation will gain begin.. The " Church Chimes" and " Vox Populi" must *1**to every for a time be placed in the " Index Expurgatorius." Should eans the patters once more quiet down, which God forbid, they can be again V Dei autlpread' abroad ; but for the present the design intended must ' Protestant pe given up, and a more convenient season, when less suspicion . gQ^xse of pd a greater lethargy are found, must be waited for. \ Bubxic,'! But while we look with sorrow at the position taken by ^ tion ' ' OuTfie Bishop, — at a period in our Church when he is so loudly called "the s late sak on 3 called ;ond, to Agnes," xnity of in Can- Sixth, jfoxe the fession I nd makes ir charity , of the asleep on ■a, eternal to the fact in his own a circular s object the bature. \\ ' '1 !fl ! 'I i 11, *jf j ! JB *Jf T ■" .12 upon, manfully to withstand the introduction of these changes, novelties and errors ; — and the desperate injury inflicted on the C^hurch by the impetus thus given to them, when every energetic effort should be expended in restraining them — we cannot help expressing our heartfelt satisfaction that at the same meeting of Synod a motion should have been adopted so distinctly setting forth the real source of the divisions and dissensions by which our Church is impeded. The following is the resolution, which happily for the Church, still represents the views of our Synod : " That this Synod, deploring the existence of dissensions and difterences in the Church, and feeling that these differences are caused by the unfortunate introduction of innovations and novel- ties in the ritual, takes this opportunity of declaring its disappro- bation of all such innovations, and its hope that the Bishop, Clergy and Laity will unite in preserving, in its simple form, the ritual of the Church of England, and the doctrines handed down to us from the Eeformation." Let us for this " thank God and take courage." Let us seek to become more fully acquainted with our Church's teachings as given us in her Articles, and drawn from the source of all truth, the Bible. Let us encourage in others this seeking after a clearer knowledge of the true foundation on which we stand; and rest not until this miserable heresy of Ritualisjn and Tractarianism be cast out, and once more our Church stands forth holding fast this article of a standing or falling Church — " Justification by j Faith." Those desirous of joining the Association will kindly scndl their names, addresses and subscriptions to B. Homer Dixon orl John Gillespie, Honorary Secretaries, Toronto, 1 whom all com-l munications are to be addressed. Members and Corresponding Members : — Yearly subscripl tions, one Dollar ; Life Members, Twenty-five Dollars. The papers of the C. A. may be obtained by Members, foil distribution, free, on application to either of the above name^ Honorary Secretaries ; by others, at $1.00 per fifty, 30 cent per dozen, or five cents each, on application to Hart & Rawlinj son, Booksellers, 6 King Street West, Toronto. changes, jd on the energetic mot help Qceting of )ly setting by which on, which ir Synod : nsions and irences are ■ jUj and novel- | j,l|f ; disappro- ;he Bishop, e form, the nded down Let us seek teachings as of aU truth, § | ■ter a clearer and rest not tarianism he holding fast jtification by 1 kindly sendl ner Dixon oil irhom all comj arly subscripj lars. Members, foj above name^ fty, 30 cent :art & RawlinI