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It appeared in the AVksleyan of Dec. loth, in reply to Mr. lla.-,nie's Essay, and a strong wish has been expressed for an edition suited for general distribution. Wesleyan Office, Dee. 16, 1892. I have always believed with Paul that , Christ brokedown the middle wall of partition, not only between (Jod and man, but also between man an ^ n.an, and that He is the centre oj \(nit]i to all people nf all nations and all creeds, and that to all Protestants the Bible must be the source of all religious for- mularies, rites and doctrines. That when- ever we depart from this, we enter upon papal territory and exalt a human production above the inspired word, and that if ever there comes a time when the different Protestant Churches shall have visible organic union, it will be when they recognise the Lord Jesus Christ as the (me ceutre of unity and the Bible as the source of all religious formularies and doctrines and creeds. But m November 1892, while passing through the City of HaUfax in a street car, a friend put into my hand a new light entitled "The Church of England the Centre of Unity, by the Rev. Dyson Hague, M. A., Reccor of St, Paul's Church, Halifax, N. S." This pamphlet of eighty-six pages is professedly a contribu- tion to the Causp; of Chki.stian Unity, but it is really a wedge making union irapossible with any branch of the Church indorsing its assumptions and errors. It is written in a more Christian and less arrogant spirit than some similar works emanating from Episcopal clergymen, but the author evidently holds the same absorption idea of his brethren. In his judgment the Church of England, like Aaron's rod, must swallow up all the other Churches. With Mr. Hague's faith, we have nothing to do. He has a perfect right to believe his own Church the centre of unity and the purest and best of all the Churches. Neither have we a word to say about his method of preparing his V)rethren to receive the other Churches into the bosom of the Church of England. That is a matter for him and his brethren to settle. But I take issue with Mr. Hague on three points viz : God's intentiott respediiujthe Church of EtKjland, the iedimonij of other Churches respectiiKj the Church of Euiiland, and the charncter of a Neiv Testament Church. It is with great re- luctance we do this. The pamphlet is being circulated among our people and we must either meet and expose its errors, or by our silence tacitly indorse them. We respect the Episcopal people, and we are trying hard to respect their clergymen as men of truth and God, and if we succeed they must help us- by ceasing to make irritating assumptions and representations which have no basis but in their imagination. First then God's intcHtlon respecting the Church of England. Here is the first sentence of the pamphlet: "The Church of England was intended by God to be the Church of the English-speak- ing people of the world." If that is true, every English-speaking man who leaves the Church of England or refuses to become a member of her is thwarting the intention of God. May I ask Mr. Hague how he came in possossion of (I kuowltnlge i>f Ciod's iiitentiou ill rulatidii to the Clnircli of Knf,'l;iii(l which eiifiblcs him to .si)Liik so tloi,Mii.'itic!illy '{ Thoro are two ways in which we may know (Jod's intention. First liy divine revelation and \ Hcoondly l>y divine work, which is the out- come of divine intention. As it will he ad- mitted that there is no divine revelation on this matter, we iiiiist look to the Church for the proof of this niii)Ualitied assumption. As admitted in tln' [lamphlet, the Church of England has had the grandest opportunity ever given any Protestant Church to take this world for Christ. She has had the wealth r)f the English naticjn at her hack, an ainnial revenue of nn»re than fifteen millions of dollars. Archbishops and bishops with salaries ranging from seventy-five thou.sand to ten tliousand dollars and thousands of high-salaried rectors. Then she has had some of the must saintly characters and best scholars the world has ever seen. With all those advantages, she is not tn-day the Church of one-ijuarter of the English-speak- ing people. Tf you say that Clod intended her to be the Church of the English-speaking people of the world, and that with all those stupendous advantages He failed to make hn' measure up to one-fjuarter of the divine purpf)se, what kind of a Being do you make (lod ? From the failure of the Church of England as acknowledged in this pamphlet, I draw the conclusion that it never was the intention of God that she should be the Church of the English-speaking people of the world. It might be said with a good deal more show of reason that God intends that the Methodist Church shall be the Church of the English-speaking people of the world. Look at the grand successes which God has given her. In one century she has grown from a few thousands to thirty millions of souls. Still we would be very sorry to make j any such invidious assumption. j The testtmony of other C'hiirches respect i ing the Church of England. I The author of this paniphlet teaches that j all Pr.itestant bodies concur with him in I recognising the Church of England as the one centre of Christian ur\ity. He says, " She is admittedly^ the only Church to which all look as the rallying centre of unity for the bodies outside of tlie erring Roman Church." "There is Init one Church in the o|)inion of the great body of thoughtful ('hristians which seemingly is able to liecome lh»! rally- ing point for indty, and make union possil)le on .scriptural, apostolic and jtrimitive lines. That body iv the (Jhurch of Engbuxi. As the great religious l)odies stand to-day with the one burning(iuestionof \niity before them, the Church of England, outsiders themselves being the testifiers, receives rhe great major- ity of votes as the one candidate that has any chance of success." Who are the "all " and "the great religious bodies " and the "out- siders " who testify to their faith in the Church of Fiiigland as the centre of Christian unity { I hesitate not to pronounce this an emn" calcidated to deceive the people by making them believe that all Christian de- nominations are looking to the Church ot England as their future home. It is not true. There are i.solated men in almost any church who would indorse almost anything called union ; l)ut not one man in every thousand in tlis Presbyterian or Baptist or Methodist Church of this Dominion would think of recognizing the Church of England as the centre of unity. Has either of tho,se churches in its official or collective capacity ever said anything similar to wh>t Mr. Hague makes them say ? If not why not wait for their deliverance ? Is it Christian, is it honest, to take !^he (j>.sT(//,Wfofsome extempora- neous speaker and useit asifitwas the testim- ony of Synods and A.ssociations and Conferen- ces? ( )f course it answers a purpose. It make.s the uninformed believe that all protestant churches a^-e impatiently waiting union with the Church of England, and that they had better enter that church now and be there to welcome their erring brethren when they re- turn. We deeply regret to have to say that as "outsiders " see the Church of England to day she is so far from appearing a centre of unity that she looks like a centre of dm'ord and dinnnisio)!,. High churchmen confronting Low churchmen and Broad churchmen an- tagonizing both and all quarreling about material crosses and attitudes and priestly robes and genuflections. Mr. Hague tells us in this pamphlet of no less than six "schools' in the Church of England viz Low and Hig \, and Broad and Narrow, Kvatigolical and Ca- faithful, her hands are clean. Her formu- tholic churchmen, eaoh like the (trecians of old contondintj for the mastery. Vet tluH heretoyeneous mass is called the centre of unity. If there is any unity here, it must he like the point oi rest said to be in the whirl wind realized only hy those who are in the circle of the storm. "Outsiders " cannot know it and therefore protest against Iteing laricf' are as sound, herstandard.s as lofty, as .sanctified as Spirit-guided hands could make them. We must expose the true offend- ers, and those really guilty must confess that they are the sinnois. Wv the dertjij and in> till' pi'oplr of Hir Clnnrli of Eniilntul air to liiainr." The italics are Mr Hague's. Else- where he shows that all churchmen of all made to say they do. Into this little church j schools are guilty : hut this ••hing which ho ship, maimed by six different crews, each j calls the CMiurch and tries to make the centre claiming the helm, Ihlilii Diillions ni IVleth^uj of Christian unity is pure. Here then is a dists arc invited to take passage and millions | clear line of distinction drawn between the more of Presbyterians and Baptists. Breth- ren we are not coming I We love you and with all our hearts wish you a most prosper- Church and the clergy and people of the Church. One is "pure and true and faithful." The other is guilty and must confess. If the ous voyage and pray that you may reach the ! clergy and the people are not the Church of haven of glory without mutiny on board. \ England in what does she consist ? Must we receive BurriF's definition of her, namely, "An institution established by the law of the land in reference to religion ?" Then we we But our faith in your ship is weak and dare not go with you. What has created all those different "schools " in the Church of England of which have no Church of England in Canada. Do this pamphlet speaks ? Her standards of I the Rul)ric and prayer book and formularies faith and practice Some believe she teaches ! and church paraphernalia constitute the r^^lfa^/.sm and others assert that she teaches Church of England ? Tiien she is a dead, cvaiKjclism, while others ignore the word i inanimate thing. But this cannot be Mr. protestant and open the Roman confessional I Hague's idea because he applies the words in their churches ; and the contention in- she and her to the Church and in point of creases until we seeamighty centrifugal force moral purity compares her to C.'esar's wife. scattering the people in all directions. In Before we read this pamphlet we thought we the midst of the dissensions the oious Rector! knew about what constituted the Church of of St. Paul's cries to the protestant churches, "Brethren do not let your senses deceive you. Remember human faculties are not al- ways to be trusted. This is not a centrifugal force as you imagine. But tliis in '^Theccntrt of Christian Unity !' The Character of a New Testament Church. p]ngland. Since reading it we are convinced that if we know the author of the pam- phlet does not know ; and as we would not dare to assume that the Rector of St. Paul's is ignorant of the character of his own church, we wait further re- velations from this new light that has come to show us the centre of christian unity. But In this pamphlet the claim for the Church | while Mr. Hague has not told us what the of England to be the centre of Christian | Church of England is, he has told us what unity is based on her apostolic and scriptural j she is not. .) Still the author ' and my point is this that since the Church of fails to give us any iilea of what he under- ' England is somethingdistinct from the people, stands by the Church of England. In trying ; something that is "pure" while the people to account for her failure to take the position ; are sinful, that is true-while the people are which in his judgment (rod intended her to j false, she cannot possibly be a New Testa- fill he says : "As churchmen we know with ' niml ('linrch. Every where in the New Tes- pride the cau.se lies not in our Church. We , tament the people only are recognized dare not, we must not, we cannot blame our I as the Church of Christ. When Paul sends Church." "Like Ciusar's wifeshestands above i greetings to the Church in t\\e house of suspicion. She is pure, she is true, she is i Priscilla and Aquila surely he sends his mes- «Ht,'e not U) tlio priiyor book, hut to thu men liind, mul must have the Hyin|mthy of Mr. and w«)inen worsliippint,' in that house. Wlien Hague and every true IMotestant in the try- Clirist tolls tlie Sardis church that she i.s ing position in which his lionianizing Bishop dead and calls upon her to repent, and the and l)rotlier clergymen have forced him. Philadelpiiia church that He will prosper her, Here is one of Mr. Noble's Icttorsaddrossed to because she has kept the work of His pati- i his IHshop and published in the Moiilind ence, and the Laodicean church thai He will j W'/)/(rss on the L'Oth. Nov. J«I)2: and in spue her out of his mouth for her lukewarm- 1 which he describes the Romanizing [iractices ness. He speaks to living accountable men in which the Bishop of (,|uebec and his clergy and women. If all the ministers and mem- indulge. hers of a church can sin now and their church j Komailizillg Practices. remain pure, it was not so in apostolic times. L/'V^o. Ihr /icr. Mr. Nnhlc lo Ihc fiishup af Christ said to Ins disciples who were the nu- I Qiicbrr ; cleus of His church, "Ye are the salt of the i Mv Lord Bihhoi', —There is no man in earth. Ye are the light of the world. The I Qi'^^l'i^c who more ardently desires i)eace and ,. , r,. 1- •,, • )• » ! harmonious co-operation in Church work than kingdom of (rod is within V"U. An apos- h, ■, , , ii •. ii -.■, ^ •' * 1 1 do, and hence tiie inexpressil)le pain with tolic Church is a society of Christ-like men j „.|,ieh I was driven last Tuesday to the eon- and women and their households who hold; elusion that such harmonious co-oi)eration is the doctrines and ordinances of the New I i"'l'"-'^«il'l«- T wont to the reception on Mon- ni ^ ^ • i.1 • .^- i. 1 1 ..1 ( day night, and to the consecration service on lestament in their entirety ana preach them I m "^ i • -i ..i u i. t ■ t. •' ' j luesflay morning, with the honest desire to in their purity unmixed either with papal j manifest and cultivate friendly feelings all superstition or modern religious (juackery, ] round. But when I listened to the false and and who insist upon nothing as essential to uialignant anti-Protestant calumnies uttered ■.u . „i . • r .^1 1 1 1 ^ u I in the pulpit of Archdeacon Roe an insult the salvation of the human soul but what . t ^ Gf)d's word demands. Such a society is a true and ''reiiular' apostolic Church, whether it traces its origin back one hundred years or ten thousand years. Dr. .\rnold says, "The true and grand idea of a Church is a society for making men like Christ, earth like heaven, the kingdoms of this world the kingdom of Christ." The Church of England, then ac- cording to Mr. Hague, not being composed of ;nei; and women, lacks the first and greatessen- tial to a New Testament Church. Again, is it true that the forinularies and standards of the Church of p]ngland are "pure and clean"? Is it not true that the Prayer-Book is a com- pr' ■iis<' between Protestantism and popery which honest men may embra»5e and inter- pret in different ways and one beccmie a Protestant and another a Papist ? If not how \ to the memory of the dead, and an outrage on the feelings of the living -and witnessed the mass-mongeriiig performance at the Lord 's table, by which I was j)reveiited from {lartaking of the Lord's Supper, all hope of united actif)ii died within me. I have been born and bred in the United Church of England and Ireland, but never before did I witness such a travesty of the simple, solemn communion service of our Church. If I believe that such a perform- ance was an honest exposititm of the doctrine and practice of our Church, I would not re- main twenty-four hours either a minister or a member of the Church of England. But I know — and every honest student of history knows -that it was a dishbnest attempt to introduce the Romish mass int(j the Church of England. Dishon(;st because our Church, in Article xxxi., calls it a "blasphemous fable, and a dangerous deceit," and those now try- ing to introduce it have given their assent and consent to this statement, and have account for the fact that hundreds who , solemnly promised "to banish and drive away swear fealty at her altars and pledge them- selves "to banish and drive away all errone- ous and strange doctrine contrary to God's Word," get so far apart in their teaching and practices ? Look at the controversy going on just now between the Bishop of Quebec and the Rev. W. T. Noble, Rector of the Trinity Church, Quebec. Mr. Noble is a staunch Protestant, a true son of the Church of Eng- all erroneous and strange doctrine contrary toa(.ds Word." What meant that strange exhibitionof rude- ness — five clergymen, with their backs turned on the congregation, and their faces to the east '! Is it a repetition of what Ezekiel saw in the temple at Jerusalem : Five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east," Ezek viii. 16 .^ If so the greater n- "/ sseiit Ihave liway trary rude- lacka Ifaces lekiel and the Iward Iwatd leater ahoniiiiHtion hus come in, and the end ih near at Imnd. A^ain, wli-it means Mie vulvar practiee of rinsing the cnj)s, and drinking tlie slops / Why is less decency observed at iho Lord's tahle then at your own, or at that of your host ? Or is this vulgarity horn of the fr "OSS materialism of transulistantiation '. Ke- memher, our Lord tohl the Pliarisees, that "laying aside the commandment of (lod, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups ; and many other such like things ye do," Mark vii. 8. Again, what mean the adorations, invocations, and ele- vations, unauthorized hy the Hook of Com- mon Prayer '\ These are essentially Romish, and as such were rejected at the Reformation. Further, you added a service after washing the cups for which you have no authority. Where will this retrograde nonconformity end \ My Lord Bishop, I cannot express the pain and di.scouragement these things have caused me, or the pain it has cost me to write this letter. However, if war there must be, on you- -who have thrown down the guage - must rest the responsibility for all that follows. But in (jod's n.vme, 1 take it up, and shall appeal to the pe' pie against the Romanizing practices of t!ie chief shepherd. I am bound by my ordination vows, and con- strained by convictions stronger then death, to adopt this coui'se. 'J\j remain in the Church, and wink at thesj things, is im- possible to me; and to abi'.adon the Church of my fathers would be e.|ually jiainful. Such is the dilemma in which you have placed me, and such is your responsibility. Your obedient servant, \V. T. NOBLK. Nov. 1892. That such practices as Mr. Noble describes and others e([ually Anti-Protestant, in con- nection with the Church of England, are not contined to the bishops and clergy of Quebec, we all with sorrow know. Now my conten- tion is this, viz., if Mr. Hague be correct and the prayerbook and fornudaries are clear, scriptural, Pr()testant exhibitions of Bible doctrine, tlien those bishops and clergymen in the Church of England who indulge in Romanising practices are dvJxf'inA ui lithcr i'ldellct't or anisfivncc If the otandards are all right and they have sufficient intellectual acumen to be teachers of the people, they must understand the truth which thoy pledge themselves to teach. Then if they break their vows by such practices as those describ- ed by Mr. Noble, what are they but iduiidus knaves'i On the other hand, if the Church standards are all right and they fail to see and understand the truth which they solemn- ly pU;dge themselves to teach, what art! they I but riiiijioHs iitibrcUeH ? This is the dilennna in which we are found to-day, viz., //<<■ sfmi- il((r(lti(Uiil J'i)r)niil(irirn oflhr Chiiirh oj'Eiujlund :'((■(' Aiifl-l'iittistiint unil inisliiiilimi in thi'ir I tviwhittij iir tudinj af her hisltops und cleniii (tre i rvHii'niHn l^mn-cn nr itnln'cilci. There is no get- ting away from thisconclu.sion. Our reason, I our logic, our common sense force us to it. j Mr. Hague takes the position that the Church is Protestant and faultlessly scriptural in her teaching, and conse(iuently that all tho.se bisho[ts and clergymen who are fa.st burying her Protestantism and carrying her to Rome are either c(mscienceless knaves or intellec- tual imbeciles. We dare not take that posi- tion. We believe those men have a conscience and that some of them have intellectual power. Hence we are forced to believe that the Church of England is misleading in her teaching and practices. While she claims to be Protestant in character, her formularies are .so expressed and her practice so .shaped that many of her people are led to believe in and jH'actice some of the worst superstitions of popery. We claim that until the prayer- book is revised and made to harmonize with Bible teaching, it is dangerous for any one who desires to be true to God and Protes- tantism to become a member of the Church of England. He may have a Protestant {)astor for the present and be well cared for, but who can tell how soon he may have a pas- tor like the Bishop of Quebec who will wade into all the nunnmeries of Romanism '( When Mr. Hague and his brethren in the Church of England recognize the Lord Jesus Christ ((.s llir onhj rvatrc of Cliristian imity and the Blltlv us the onl\i centre of dortrinid union, they will have a basis upon which to stand in laboring for visible union among the difl'er- ent Churches of Protestaniam. Then the Rector of St. Paul's will c(mie with hia prayerbook, and the Presbyterian with hia confession of faith, and the Methodist with his discipline, and the Baptist with hia bap- tismal formuhiry, and, each holding his creed in his left hand and grasping the inspired liible in his right hand, together they will stand before the only centre of Chriatiau ( J.< K \ PS ', \ '\ 8 unity, and looking up to Him will hh^ : *' Lord JesuH we recofioizo Tliee iih tht- Ono true Vine of which v. j tiru hmncluss." Then Hhall we see the visible tokouH of that Hpiri- tuiU union which now Hulmists among all ChriHtianH of every name who love the Lord JesUH Christ in sincerity and in truth and for which the Saviour prayed when He said : "That they all may bo one as Thou Father art in Me and I in Thee, that they also may be one in us ; tha^ ^'.e world may believe that thou hast sent me." The Lord speed the day ! I'l the moan time may we ask the Hrethror or ho Church of England not to misrepre- sent us "outsiders " by trying to make it ap- pear that we prefer the Church of PiUgland to our own Churches i' For really it in not true. Kither the Prayer Bonk or a I'lrge number of the Tiishops and clergymen must bo reformed and made over before ever we can see one of our friends become a mem- ber of her without fears that Rome may be his destination. The Hible for us and our children and a barred door to popery and all I)a[)istical trappings and practices. William Ryan. Burlingtim. N. S. Dec. 8th, 1892.