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DEWAK, M.A., RECTOR OF SAXDWICII. "Jerusalem is buildcd as a city that h compact io^cllirr," I I HuVIOK'JNn liUETIIRKN' AM) CkXTLIJMIIIV, Thb g\v\t fl.'Uigor wl.icli tln'oatonod tlio CIiiire!i oi Uio UiiiLod Stalo/s » .-iiiMi tlui couise of political events dcpiived her of the fostering; ciuc of 10 Mothoi' Churi'h of P^nglaiKl, was that, inbtead of becoming ono united '• c hiirch, thero wciild be a ntrtnbor of isolated and unconnected dioceses, ' having no common objects and interests, and without the strenetli which is alvays derived from union. From this dangor sho was delivered, .inder (.rod, by the wisdom, patience and perseverance of her noblo and patriotic sons, and wo now behold her a great, prosperous and united ^ ".lody, consisting of more than thirty dioceses, extending the blessings of < 'ligioii to tnillions, and exercising a strong conservalivo inlluence amid I . !1 (ho politic d distractions and dillicuUies of the limes. A similar 'anger now t.!"catcns uursel\cs. Tiic iovo of indupeiidcnco ii a stronc I imj)ulse in evorv luunan hrt.'ast, nwA ihc division cif i he diocese of Torontcs hoMs out teniptatioiis to gniUty this itiipiil;^! at (lio exjiense of unity, which it will roijuim foresight, prudence and eneij^'v successfully to resist. VVitIi men who look upon history as an old almanac, and who think that they can devise a bet^m" systeni than that wiiich the experience of npes has hallowed, it is useless to ar^ue. But I speak to tncn who are imbued with the spirit of our Reformers, and with the spirit of our praycr-bnok ; wdio vvhila they are ever anxious to cirrect abuses and to reform what has become currupt, yet ever desire lo look fur the old land marks and to restore rather than to destroy. The Church is like a tree; in one sense, one and undivided; in another fiense it extends into numerous ramifications and comprises many brandies. But these ramiticalion.s are successive. The trunk separates into boughs, the bouahs divide into smaller branches; the branches spread into num- berless twigs and s]Mays. And so it lias ever lieen the theory of tho " Church, that her subdivisions proceed in regular i-rder; the Church Catholic is divided into nt.tional or pro\ineial einrclie<; tho provincial churches into dioceses; tli > dioceses into parishes. 'Jo disregard any one of these subdivisions would bo to subvert tho order of nature, and t( destroy the fundamental constitution of tho Church of Christ. 'J"ha Church Catholic acts in her general coiincils; tho national churches in their provincial synods (general conventions), tho dioceses in tlieir dio- cesan synods, and tho pari-Iies in (heir parochial ns.-emblics. All these are neces-jarv to the healt'iy and vigorous action of the Church, Tho iu'st, general councils, are now, alas! impossible, and it is diflicult fully to estimate the loss which tho Church sustains by tho want tln-reof. To the others in various branches of the Church there are inqiedimeuLs and hindrances; but these hindrances must bo a souu'o of regret to every intelligent churchman, and we ough; all to si.'ck llieir removal when poa- sibic, and maintain to tli>* utmost of ( iir i.biliiy unity (>f action and of interests. In Canada esjocially it ought to bo our great aim to pro- }mro ourselves for tl '" ' 'ion of all tho Dioceses ot IJiiiisli North Anurica into one J . hur.-h, and so to shape our course lu our le diui'est') of Tonjtit.o J expense of unity, i'''v successful I V to uiiic, and wiio thinl-: h the ox]i(;ric;nco of eak to men who aro til tlio spirit of our cirect ;i!)us(>s and to Dok for ilio old land ndivided; in anotli'T irises many Iiranclies. 'paiatcs into boughs, es spread into riuni- n tho theory of the ' order; tlie Church ;:lie<; tho provincial oisrenard any one er of nature, and t( .■li of t;hrist. 'J'he national churches in ioceses in their dio- ?enililies. All these ■ tlio Chnreli. Tho 1 it is diflieult fully 10 want thereof. To u'e impediments nuj of re.i'rot to every r rei;io\a' when pos- ily cf ;iolion and of r great aim to pro- u and rivalry may swell the subscription lists for a year or two; but it vill not nipply the place of a holy zeal, and of love ;infeigned. I'ut besides being a Society for the prosecution of the great missionary designs of the Church, our Church Society is an incorporated body, (diarged with important trusts for the benefit of the clergy. It is charged ' with the management and divtribution of the Commutation Fund de- rived under the Clergy lieserve Secularisation Act, and it is charged with the managcn;ent of tlje Widows' and Ori^ians' Fund. And I main- tain that, regarding the Church Society in this light, every clergyman not only has a direct inte est in its maintenance as one strong and undij . vided body, but has a right to demand that it shall not be weakened by division. T have surrendered to the Church the income secured to me for my life on the security of tlio Provincial Cto\eriimrnt. 1 have done HO on the faith of a bond given by the w hole Church Society as it now exists. That liond is good security; ikj one will bo so bold as to assert that if the Society is divided and the fund divided, the security would be oqualiy good. 1 m I Lave a right to demand that my bond shall not bo cancellc ligations which it contains transferred by I la prearliod in (■vpiy -not enough to ])iiy .hid ."•um biblts .-uul d endowed, parsoii- itainecL II ma}' be ;hen vhy has il not any pari.-hcs which the objycts of the foi'o from what they ertion? Have Uk/io No villages witliout inisters? No entire id if iho knowledge ixei'tion, I, for oii(>, prodnco any great 1 rivalry may swell not supply the place ' the great missionary I incorporated body, clergy. It is charged nmiitation Fund de- t, and it is charged Fund. And I iiiain- :rht, every clergyman one strong and undi^ , not be weakened by icomo secured to nio imrnt. I have douo ^h Society as it now ) HO bold as to assert the security would be emand that my bond intains transferre-l by 6 one of the, contracting parties to a body which I, the other party, may deom to be less responsible. And even the vote of a majority of the body cannot annul my bond, or absolve the whole body from the obliga- tion it lias assumed. Others may think that the security of a smalh^r body would be ccjiially good, and may be willing to accept it; but so long as I, or any single clergyman, refuses to release the whole Societv 1 do not see how it can break faith with me, or divide the fund of which it has accejited the administration. I for one (and l^know that: I an. speaking the sentiments ot nearly one half, if not more, of the clergy of the new western diocese) will never voluntarily con.^.ent to release the undivided Church Society from the engagement into which it has entered with me. Nor can I believe that the Legislature of the country would, by granting to a new body a charter of incorporation, sanction such a breacli of fliith. 'i'he same view liolds good in the case of the Widows' and Orphans' Fund. With respect to that fund the Church Society may be considered a Mutual Assurance Society. I have paid my awnual subscriptions; I have pcrformecoso, as much as ch of Canada. ) should be exer- cised by the members of the Society res'i;ent in the diocose to wliieh the vacant rectory may belonjj. I am also convinced that a large portion ni' the incorporated members of the Church Socit'ty are by this time dis- posed to agree with me, tliac the principle of ek'Ction to sacred oflicfs by a large number (.>f individuals is liahlo to most dangerous abuses, and likely to result in consequences fatal to the peace of the Church, and injurious to the future usofulnef^s of the clergyman elected. Some such plan as the following might, I think, obviate these objictions, and at the •e a voice in the appointment to &K) ^ri.-hiuners of the \acant rectory. In what is now the diocese of I'uroiUo it would not ai present come into operation, and God grant that the time when it would may bo long distant I At the annual meeting of each diocesan branch let an FJoction Committee bo chosien by ballot; this committee to cim- NJst of five, three clergymen and two laymen. To this committee let two more be added when a rectory becomes vacant, to bo elected from Mnong .. vestry meeting in the vacant parish^ held same time secure a voice in the appointment to 'ardens; the constituency being the samo •'tenever a vacancy occurs the selection the hands of a coiimittce of seven tiio incorporated i" ' ' ' for tint purpose V' as in the c?.se of 1; of an incumbent v. members of the Chu. ee clergymen and fcvo laymen being chosen by the Diocesan Iju , .kI the remaining two, who may bw either clergymen or laymen, in each case by the parishioners of the vacant btiiefice. It is not, I think, necessary to give the Bishop a. • oico in the elec- tion, because, by refusing to institute, he could al\yays vclo an improper .ippointment.* 'L'his letter has already far exceeded the limits I proposed to mysclt'. I can therefore, in conclusion, only exhort you to consider the subjects 1 have ventured to bring before you, calmly and dispassiou'itoly; to exer- cise a sound and "'ise discretion : and to remember that upon the action which you nay take will, under God, in a great measure depend the • I would add a law, which ought perhaps more properly to be enacted by thcS^iKid, that any clergynnn desiring a vacant rectory 'should send in hig applic'ilion to the Committee as a body, and that any private application to an individual member of the Committee should disqualify him from receiving the ttppointmcnt. ■^ efficiency of our beloVci'i Cliurclr, and Iier ability to fulfil llio ail im|]ur- tntit purpose for whieb bcr walla bave been reared by tlie gruat Arcbitecf, .and enabled bitberto to witlistand tbc gates of Hell. I bave tbe bononr to be, , Revo'vnd Bretbr 'n and Gentlemen, ' ' Your obeditt.t faitbful Servant, ^ ED^N VllD H. DEWAR, M.A. * 1 I t'-._ I'lilfil llio ail iin|iur- tlie groat Aroliitecl, ervant, DEWAR, M.A. I