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PASTOEAL 
 
 OF THE RIGHT REVEREND 
 
 THE LOKD BISHOP OF TORONTO, 
 
 Dated 20th December, 1873, 
 
 IN REPLY TO A MANIFESTO PUBLISHED BY THE SO-CALLED 
 
 CHURCH ASSOCIATION 
 
 OP TORONTO. 
 
 A.. S. WOODBURy^ PBINTEB, ELCIK 3TBBRT. 
 
 1874. 
 
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PASTORAL. 
 
 2o the Chnrchivmdens^ Delegates, and other Lay members of the 
 Church of England in the Diocese of Toronto : 
 
 My Dear Brethren, — 
 
 There has j'econtly been published and distributed 
 an address to the niembors of the Church of Enghind in the 
 Diocese of Toronto, emanating from a body deiignated the 
 ••Church Association of the Diocese of Toronto," upon which I 
 feel myself required to offer some remarks. 
 
 This address assumes that the principles asserted, and the 
 practices adopted, by a ])arty of considerable magnitude and 
 influence in the mother Church in England, have such preva- 
 lence in this Diocese as to demand the watchful care and 
 fraternal monitions of a Church Association of clergymen and 
 laymen. But in reply to this, I have ventured already to 
 declare to them my conviction that we have not, in a single 
 instance in this Diocese, an approach to the extravagancies in 
 llitual which, in many cases, are so painfully exhibited in the 
 mother country. And I may add that I have never received 
 from any congregation in tins Diocese a complaint that 
 unsound doctrine was pi-eached by the clergyman set over 
 tliem. 
 
 And, on this point, I would reiterate a declaration already 
 made, that should any deviation from the sober and prescribed 
 form of public service which we are privileged to possess, be 
 complained of, the individual chargeable with this would be 
 more eii^jct-aally and successfully dealt with by private moni- 
 tions from his Bishop, than through any intermediate agencA- 
 supplied by a voluiitary association for Church defence. 
 
 There are quotations in this address from a IJoman 
 Catholic paper in England, entitled the Catholic Register, which 
 tj'iumphantly asserts a large gain of converts to Eomauism in 
 London through the preaching and practices of the Eitualistic 
 party. 1 deplore, as much as any one can do, the excesses and 
 errors into Avhich this party have drifted, and the serioua 
 
injury thoy aro inflictin*^ upon the Clnirch to whicli thoy owe 
 allegiance, lint 1 consider it to bo neither wise nor JuHt to 
 sjn'oad .1 needless ahirm by the unqualified repetition of state- 
 ments like these. Those cited by the Catholic lietjister have 
 been publicly questioned and denied ; and (hero can be no 
 doubt that they are exaggerated and magnified probably ten- 
 fold. The conductors of such publications are found to be very 
 j'eclcless and unscrupulous; and there are good grounds foi* 
 believing it to be their policy, through these exaggerated 
 statements, so to alarm the Church authorities and Churchmen 
 generally in England, and induce such harsh treatment and 
 persecution of the Ritualistic party, as to diive them into the 
 ("hurch of Eome. They are not likely to hold up to the public 
 reprehension persons, whom they impliedly regard as friends, 
 without a motive. 
 
 It is an undeniable fact that, during the last twenty years, 
 the converts to Home from the intelligent and educated classes 
 in England have been extremely few; and, amongst the 
 humbler classes there, such is the general rej)ugnance to 
 Romanism that i'uvf^ except from interested motives, could be 
 gained over. At the same time, the fact should not bo over- 
 looked that, through the earnest and devoted efforts of what is 
 termed the " Pligh Church party," — not necessarily Ritualists 
 — tens of thousands in London and other great cities have been 
 reclaimed from inlidelity and all its degrading consequences, 
 and have become devout and well-conducted members of the 
 Church of Enghtnd. 
 
 I am as ready as the authors of this address to condemn 
 r.tterly the language adduced from the Church JS'^ewsixml Church 
 2^1 men in disparagement of the Reformation, and of the good 
 ;ind faithful men who aided in bringing it about. But the 
 extravagant and eccenti ic minds which indulge in such language, 
 are but fractional exceptions to the honest convictions and 
 sober prac tice of the great mass of Anglican Churchmen all 
 over the world. 
 
 I see with regret, on page four of the Address, a reference 
 to " Early Communion " as a first step to the revival of " old 
 superstitions." Can it be questioned that, in large congrega- 
 tions, some such provision is necessary, as u complement of 
 
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 the principal oelobration at mid-day; both on account of the 
 great numbor of communicants, and tlio impoHsibility that all 
 who belong to the same household should attend simultane 
 ously ? If this be allowed, the early morning is undoubtedly 
 far better suited for this purpose than any late hour of the day. 
 Better, many think, to enter early than at a late hour upon 
 that holy duty, and so escape the burden which the world's 
 contaminations may accumulate upon the soul in the course of 
 i\ single day. JJut we may safely leave a question like this to 
 the instinctive feeling of any religious mind. That the Holy 
 Communion is, at an early hour, received Jastbuj is in many 
 cases sim])ly accidental ; it is no declaration that the receiver of 
 it regards a fasting communion as obligatory. 
 
 On the same page is a citation from " Hymns Ancient 
 and Modern," — the implied erroneousness of which would be 
 more fairly considered if the whole liymn had been given. 
 There is no collection of Hymns absolutely faultless ; and 
 there is none in which some sentiment or expression will not 
 be found capable of being strained and perverted to a moaning 
 its author never intended. And Hymns Ancient and Modern, 
 — against which a prejudice is so industriously sought to be 
 created — besides being a compilation surpassing all others 
 extant in the beauty of its poetry, the richness of its concep- 
 tions, and the depth of its devotional utterances, contains pro- 
 bably fewer blemishes than the theological or poetical c/itic 
 would discover in any other of the many collections of Hymns 
 that are before the world. A few of doubtful taste and cor- 
 rectness, as some of its admirers admit, have been annexed to a 
 recent appendix to those H^^mns; but as to the use of these the 
 good sense and judgment of the clergy can be contidently re- 
 lied upon. 
 
 The term "altar," referred to on the same page of the ad- 
 dress, is, in the common use of it, simply a reverential substi- 
 tute for the word "tal>lc, " to strip the latter of its every-day 
 familiar applications ; audit had been used, in our Reformed 
 Church, for many generations before the Ritualistic movement 
 commenced. In n'> instance in this Diocese, I venture to be- 
 lieve, is it associated with that idea of material sacrifice pre- 
 vailing in the Church of Rome. There are very many, out- 
 
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 h'kIo the pile of the Chiurli of Fiii^land, who {idhcro to the 
 terms "Suljl)ath-(hiy, " and " .Sahbath-schocd, " prohahly I'rom a 
 dosiro to invest the day with a greater sanctity than the}^ con. 
 aider to be inijdied in the word "Sun(hiy, " We bhinie them not 
 for tliis ; nor should An<i;liL'an (churchman bo blamed if, on such 
 irrounds, thov use the wor 1 altio' as a substitute foi* Udile. 
 
 In regard to private or auricular confession, referred to on 
 paf;'e 5 of the Address, it has been denied by those to wliom 
 the reference was meant to a])ply, that any formal invitation « 
 or encouragement to such confession has ever been g-ivon, be- 
 yond what is contained in the Exhortation to the Holy Com- 
 munion in our Prayer lioolc. It would l)e better, I am quite 
 persuaded, if the members of our Church generally laid open 
 to their pastors, more frequently than they do, their spiritual 
 griefs and conflicts ; if our clergy had, by this means, u bettor 
 opportunity of contact with individual souls in their trials and 
 perjdcxities. The hatred of sin would thus be deepened ; there 
 would I e more self-watchfidness and self-examination. Persons 
 
 would I ) hi to walk more warily amidst the seductions and 
 temptations that surrourid them ; there would bo less surrender 
 to the world's cares and pleasures ; and a closer fellowship and 
 coinnranion with their God and Haviom*. They w ho decry so 
 useful and ancient a sjtiritual exorcise and means of gj-ace as 
 this, mtiy be depiiviiig many of an essential aid in the forsak- 
 ing of sin, and in gaining that deep and fervent piety which is 
 tlio oi-nament ; ml solace of the Cbristian lile. i mean all this, 
 of course, within the bounds the Church allows and prescribes; 
 when the sense'* of special need moves to such special outpour- 
 ing of the soul's distress. 
 
 A statement is made, in page (>, that some clergymen of this 
 Diocese prescniod themselves at the late Diocesan and Pi-ovin- 
 cial iSynods in a gta-b characteristic of the l^omisb priesthood. 
 1 confess to have met Avith some wearing, as a light and clerical 
 summer dress, an ordinary cassock. This they have a perfect 
 right to do ; and it is often ado])ted with the good motive of 
 lieing always recognized as one of (rod's ministers, if any 
 have gone beyond what they are legitimately entitled to wear, 
 I shoidd be glad, on receiving their names, to have a frientlly 
 communication with theni on the subject. And I should be 
 thankful for the same opportunit}' of conferring with those of 
 whom it is alleged that " they place the bread on the recipient's 
 tongue, and pour the wine into his mouth, without his being 
 permitted to touch the bread or cup." 
 
As to tho mannor of receiving- llio biva<l into the hand, wo 
 need not bo Hovoi'oly criiicul upon that ])oin(. I( 8omo inofor 
 to accept it in the palm of tl)e ri/jjht hand, snppor(e<l h}- tho 
 loft, — it may bo (^ions-wise, — and the^' i'('<j;ard it as more rovor- 
 enlial tlian reecivin<^ it with the fingers, lot us not disturb 
 them in their good intentions, — supported as they are b}- tho 
 custom of Christians (itteen centurfes ago. Jiatlior should we 
 bhime those who aceep: this solemn menmrial of Christ's broken 
 Body witli seeming carelessness; sometimes with tho left hand, 
 and often without tho glovo )*emoved. 
 
 It is stated on the same page, <», that by these alleged 
 innovations, " the offertory is converte<l into an otYei'ing." It. 
 ^ is difficult to perceive what distinction is intended to be drawn 
 between these two terms ; as they have generally been con- 
 sidered to mean the same thing. But it' offering is made to 
 indicate more than offertory, it can only lend us to recognize it, 
 from the occasion and the intent, as an offering to God ; becauso 
 it is made for those who are speciall}' Cod's care, — His Church 
 and tho poor. 'J'Ium'o will bo a general concurrence, I am per- 
 suaded, ill tha dulifulness of such a feeling; for our Lord 
 reminds us of its truth and force when he said, " Inasmuch hh 
 ye have done it unto <me of t'le least of those my brethren, ye 
 have done it unto me." 
 
 There is great cause for rejoicing that so many have como 
 to a better recognition of the duty of alms-giving; thai tho 
 feeling has gained so much prevalence that, when in the Lord's 
 house a (y'hristian congregation contrilnite of their worldly 
 means to charitable or religious objects, they do so not from 
 the mere impulse of compassion, but as an offering which is 
 well jdeasing to God. They can take to themselves the comfort 
 which the centuvion must have felt when lie was addressed by 
 the angel in these words, " Thy piayers atid thine alms are como 
 up foi' a memorial before God." And when, in this spirit and 
 with this hope, the Christian makes his thankful offerings, it is 
 well that this should be done with the solemnity that is duo to 
 a recognized part of public worship. The Church expressly 
 provides that ''the j3eacons. Churchwardens, or other fit 
 person, t*Iiall revereMtli/ bring the alms to the Priest, who shall 
 humbly prexent and place them upon the holy table." Can it be 
 unfitting, then, that tho reverence and haniUiti/ enjoined on these 
 officers of the Church should bo exhibited by the congregation 
 at large ; and can such feelings be exhibited in any more simplo 
 or unostentatious mode than by their standing during tho 
 presentation ? 
 
 And if, at special times, some of God's gifts, — the beautiful 
 flowers and culled specimens of tho harvest, — should bo laid 
 upon God's altar, it is meant as a reverential acknowledgment, 
 

 fn a mcred place, of what wo owe llim for the boatity and the 
 abuncJanco with which the earth is stored. 
 
 The jealous scrutiny which is exercised in reepcct of the 
 practiccH of others, and the haste to denounce these practices as 
 novelties which jeopardise the purity of tiio Ciiorch, is, I am 
 satisfied, largely due to an absence of patient and impartial 
 consideration of' motives, and examination of results. On a 
 general survey of the condition of this Diocese, I can affirm, — 
 with all the joy and hope the assurance must beget, — tliat our 
 clergy and congregations arc, as a m\e, improved and quickened 
 in their Hpiritual life, as well as better informed on the funda- 
 mental principles of the Church which is their heritage. 
 There is more animation in public worship , a heartier 
 response ; a more general union and warmth in the work of 
 praise. There is more decorum and revei-ence in the house of 
 God. The young are more faithfully instructeil in religious 
 knowledge and religious duties. More care is taken in the 
 preparation of candidates for confirmation; and the consistent 
 Christian life which should follow, is more earnestly, and with 
 a cheering success, insisted upon. 
 
 The Church, we are thankful to say, is not stagnant or 
 8upino. If here and there we notice signs of iethai'gy, dullness 
 and doadness ; a dumb show of worship, and preaching that is 
 not practical or stirring j and if, on the other hand, we notice 
 hore and there exhibitions of zeal which, though irregular, are 
 fiigns of a healthful life ; let us be tolerant. Let us endeavoui' 
 to correct the shortcomings and irregularities on either side by 
 kind remonstrance, and not by holding up the delinquents, — 
 real or supposal, — to public vituperation and persecution. 
 
 With the hopeful signs we have of the Church's work and 
 progress in this biocese, let us be faithful and united in the 
 endeavor to maintain and extend it. The Church of Christ 
 throughout the world has trials before her ; there are ominous 
 signs that she has a battle to fight, not only for her genuine 
 principles but for the truth of the revelations of which she is 
 the authorized witness and keeper. In the contest against 
 these gathering foes let us be all one ', not dimming or destroy- 
 ing the love we owe to one another by unkind suspicions or 
 rash accusations ; not setting flocks against pastors, or brethren 
 against brethren ; but all one in the effort to promote " unity 
 '"f spirit, e bond of peace and righteousness of life." 
 
 I remain, dear brethren, 
 
 Your faithful servant and Diocesan, 
 
 A. N. Toronto. 
 Toronto, December 20, 18T3. 
 

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