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'^i*^^ ■" -<, i{.i .o .•^ A LETTER lit THK OLEROY AND LAITY (>» TMK DiocEsr: OF huron CONTAININC; RKMARK8 ON AKCIIOKACON MAKSIl'S PAMPHLET, ** AUDI AI.TKKAM PARTKM," AM) THAT MY '^ ANONYMOUS," IN REPLV TO MY "SlRlCrURKS." By ADAM TOWN LEY, D..D., L'lttiitu i]/ llitrtm. I 0% '"AWl '' Jb lt{8o. m - 1- ' ' ' " ■ ■ « r' " ■■ ' "-"■ # ,' '* :/•• r '•^ e ,' ' ■■ .. ^ , " - t * > %■, '■ ; , • , •1. * 1 ■ k . k f •• • • • IF - • 1 4^ « • 1 .^1 ^ --- - -. • • ' f ' • / r .? " . •* * - ♦ ■ i • /' 1 . > / / ■ I / i • ./ . I . . - i - A LETT It R ■ To the Ciet'ii)' itwi l.nity >>f the DUtftsc of Hitfout " 1 1 ih WkiiTKN":- •* Attii whethtr cue mtmber mjfir, ail tlw inemlhrs snffi'f with it'* Thi^ i» my alt»u(ticicttt juMtitication, thuu){h nut my»ociy of Christ, sought to e|^|M: in my " Strictures " on an Atwnymous p;iniphlcl, the ** unhni- lowed " I tluniijhtfully repeat this term - eflfort*. of a few disappointed and (hsaffected- individuals to undermine the character of the Church m the Diocese of Huron, and df it> Bishop. My l)r«thren, Cleri;y and Laitv, I appeal to you a»' Christian, honourable, and unprejudiced njcn, not only to judge between me and my virulent assailants, for I feel it is themselves, not me, that they will have lowered in your estimation, but also to frown down their shameful slanders upon your Bishop and many of yourselves, by which they have so dishonoured the Diocese generally. My pamphlet entitled " Strictures " is before you, and so ^rjs^thcrse of our tfr^ducers ; 1 coniidently ask you, x^ t '■• tf /-: -»J '••" with nil humitUy, to noti* the ttifftraitcc in their tont And •pirit. Would you (or a moment »u|>)m>i« the Intter to lit the prmUictiont of men cl/iiming to be Christian gentlemen } Were It worth while to Antwer the intinuAtiont of an AH0HyMom »cribbler, I iniKht wy that up to the time of my tending my " Stricturet " to the Fut^ Pn»$, no one bill my own tAmlty hid the »Hghte*t iden that f w«i writ ing thcni, and that nothing, I repeat, but a feeling of righteous indignation drove me to do to. Were it not for the iad, and bitterly gm%% utisttftr- MtHtiilions—t^ harsher word it merited of the pamphlets in question, I should prefer treating them with silent con- tempt. And atn I not, my dear friends, more than justified in •peaking thus severely, when an ArcMituon opens his attack by stating that his Hishop and a large nu«iil)cr of the senior and most influential of the clergy and Uity of his own diocese, have Inrcn guilty of " AN rgUAl.i v RKi'KKHEN'Hilil.K exhibition of •'Lynch law'" with that displayed by the lUiUiutph MiiuU'rers\ ! And who then goes on to accuse myself of having " buili u|) a fabric of falsehood," with other abusive charges of a like nature, their reckless and vulgar character being their least fault. Now, I boldly, though with sorrow for him» state my sad conviction, that, with that accurate memory of which the late Secretary boasts, he nuisi know thai my staUment respecting the Canon on ** Clerical Residence," which, I reassert, he himself introduced, is in every essential pat- Ueulitr ^ perfectly corrtd. . W»l '-S^SMSffi^iSA-'-*' " js^^'ifetfc=**!r-S*'*-'^-^w&^^^='*=:^^i- ' ^- ■ . ft '^•j \.M.^d^ «.J 'J^w »■ , \,1.^ „•■ 3^ • ■ ■ - T ..SSe-TTlrT^ ^-,^, . -«^.ftJ^..*;^«i*yy" ^ <- e. .^ste*#.*^".'#'''* -.- it^ i .->• •,* • 1 J' » '< A lilt thttt, fi»r |>oor ArchcteAcon MiirAh ; for will It ht crt(lltf«l thai ho hiiii no iKiior grmmd for HmnftinK mc tt« t. I»auri London, Ont.f And to evident wa» thii to the Dean himself, that, at I well remember, he ^oi up, fcclit»K Indignant, a* he well might, (tee latt pamphlet) and tjioke to thii effect : *' 'bat if the Hi»hop wUhed him to i\o to, he would resign the Rectory" Upon which, at|| nXta tUitfiy r^' ff)//»v/, I mytelf proposed an an amendment, " Unless the Bishop for suflFiclent cause dispense with such residence." —And, now mark you, my Brethren, that whatever tub- "* sequent alterations the Canon may • have undergone, it stiil retains tki exact $ubxtancc of my aimHtiment f And I now further, also, openly appeal to all those who were present at that Committee, to say whether the above statement is not absolutely correct. Indeed, I have been told, though this I know not of myself, that Bishop A- ^^Mf.' .V.»-' -• -;. '. W: f- Cronyn on his return home from thai Canon Committee, expressed hi|nsclfa!rcxcce annoyed at Mr. Marsh's personal attack upon Dean Hellmuth. m- . Now, sirs, lo/wsi' Is this " fabric of falschoojcl? "• As to the Archdeacon's non-residence in his parish, my allusion w«is almost accidental. Nevertheless it is, methinks, singularly inconsistent that one who was so earnest for parochial residence in the case of the Rector of St. Paul's, should think of contcntinj? himself with living, if he does go into residence, at one extreme end of his parish. Were it my case, I should feel it incumbent upon me fo live in the midst of the flock committed to my charge^ as a matter of first importance, even if 1 had to wait awhil6 for a new church. The anonymous writer, however, defends the Archdeacon by the example of two other cases ; but this comparison is most disingenuous in both cases. The Rector of Woodhouse lives in Port Dover, in the midst of a congregation which is part of his parish ; and so with the Rector of^ Warwick, who resides in Wa. No, the printing of them, therefore, could only be a wilful breach of sacred confidence in the hope of injuring me ! . One thing 1 do admit that the first of thess letters shows, namely, that I was blameably unguarded to write in such a strain to one whom I already knew in some degree was only too ready to think evil of his Bishop. For their publication I care little ; for, with the open-- ness 1 have always exercised towards him, the Bishop was already cognisant of my views on these subjects. With respect tp thjC Cnnonry^ with the acceptance of which I am twitted, after my speaking of them elsewhere as "shams," 1 did not accept it until my very valued r liiBiBiB— g , ^^^^^^^rt;^^S^Wr«<^\ ^->'^^!'i^i;^^^!*^^*^ ■*,->-', '•T*i ' ■• 8 .• - friends the Bishop of Algoina, and Canoils Nclles and baiter urjicd upon nic, that after the Bishop's kind ex- pl.mations, it was my duty to do so. I had not hesitated, however, on the ground of our Canonries being " shams," for, in this I3ioccse, they are not so, but are a legally con- stituted body, holding the property of, and governing the Inbiitutions. As to my coveting the poor Archdeacon's already soilt'd honours, let that pass as a pitiful joke. i The Archdeacon tries to make much of what he calls my instability in suddenly changing my views as to his retaining the Secretaryship. My letters themselves ex- plain the reason. The very moment I knew he wanted to retain both, the valuable Rectory of London Township ^nd the influential and well-paid office of the Secretary- ship, I of course at once protested, and used even stronger language than he has given me credit for, telling him "that such pluralities had done mischief enough in Eng- land, but that here, neither God nor man would stand them." Whereat, I remember, he \\ms great offended. But, my brethren of the Diocese of Huron, I ask you was I not right in this stern protest, so soon as I knew the real circumstances of the case? Yet further, the Archdeacon also gives a letter in allusion is made to my " own motion on the subiect of Dr. Hellmuth's conduct in England in Bishop Crony n's time, &c, &G." Now " conduct" is not the word, as that is usually supposed to refer to moral doings ; whereas it was his opinions, as expressed at the Islington Clerical Meeting, to which I, in common with others, so strongly- '■i, j^ ' ^^ ' ^^^ i j^^.y ' f V' " ^^ ^~M^ '^' ^ ■ ^J^^f^ ' ^^^f ^.'.' ^y ' ^^^"!'^ '^ ■■. r ^^^^^^^jp^^^l^^BP^^^ «^r**lK^"^'*^^fPSf P7^««^'S#^«F^'Wnf^ ,,»^^ -♦ # objected. But why had not Archdeacon Marsh the can- to oppose one's Hishop, without prodiiciu^ any per- manent alienation or Mnkindnesa of feeling. The Synod of Huron wdl bear me witness, that I have never shrunk from fearlessly supporting my own conscientious views ; and 1 have done the same privatel> to my Bishop ; t)ut then I have striven never to for^jet the courtesy due from one gentleman to another, and especially the cordial res- pect every man owes his hishop. And the result has been that few clergymen have received more habitual tpkensof their personal confidence and esteem. With respect to my Anonymous assailant, a f(6w words in connection with a reperusal of m\ " Strictures" will suffice. Upon his defence of anonymous writij[ig, I shall con- tent myself with saying, that the man who uses \\. to stab another in the dark, so securin^i; safety to himself, deserves an appellation which I will not apply. With respect to the twaddle about "I>ivine right imply- ing Divine responsibility," &c., 1 have only to say, that I suppose he admits marriage and the relation of pari^nt and child, for instance, to be Divine institutions, but surely that does not entail upon them " Divine responsi- bility," so as to require that they be worshipped. As to his talking of Eptiscopacy being only, by " per- ^m^^^"^^^ ss^^P^^Sfe' iniftion." he ou^^ht to know that tctnt refers to the intfitn- diial^ not to the otilicc. Thus it is», ** Hcnjsunin or lsa,i« by Divine fn'Ptntssion ilinhop of If uton ; " the otticc of lli^thop hv\x\^ .\ fit'rdUint'iif Divine institution. \ i\\} pot woiVder, however, that a pamphleteer of Hiich deep ivindoni anti sweet npirit, rejoieen to hide his facr behind an anonymous mask. ' ,VIy niionyinoiis friend, however, proccctls with un- bUishinj; confidence to say that " 1 know it tt) be untrue," (though I assert it in my " Strictures ") that the " position of a ctergyiTlan depends principally, uo/ upon the hishop, but upon the votes of tlie Clergy, given in Synod through •the gecrecy of the ballot box." Now on the contrary, I positively n-asst^rt that such isi the fact. 'I'hc Standing Committee, and the Delegation to the Provincial Synod, are t/ie two grc.it tokens of Diocesan conridonce. ' Jt is proper to not(;, however, with respect to the latter, that clergymen who are yet higitly respected are often not elected thereto, because their theological views are not in accord with those of the majority. Is it not so, my friends? Thus, though it is true that Archdeacon Marsh's name appears in l^oth these Jisls in last year's report, it is ziiiYie: bottom of one list, and nearly so of the other.; whereas, in formei"' days, he used almost to head the lists of both the Standing Committee and of the Delegates to the Provincial Synod, • It is lio gratification to me to draw^ attention to these sad facts, but my unscrupulous assailants have forced it upon me in vindication of my own truth, inasmuch as they *■ • '■•Tr^s5^-|-' i ::^X :ii' unmi»iakeably prove that a lar«c numl)cr of the Clergy ArtVt' hit conjidfna In one who used to be a lender amongst uh. \ It would he stranjj'c Indeed, then, If under allthoe eircuniHtances the iilshop had piU the Archdeacon on Committees of his own appointing. \ Am I not right, my brethren, in nW judgment concern- ing these facts aluo? ■ \ Just a word on my ** anonymous " friend's llippant and vulgar attacks on my honorary de^re^s. As he hat challenged my reputation herein, it is right to inform you, my friends of the Synod, and other readers of these anonymous tracts, that I had not had the remotest hint of any such intentions when I received by mail a letter stating that a highly respectable Church University had conferred that dignity upon me ; the gratitication at which was afterwartls greatly increasied by the inforii^ation that it had been d(me with sinitiutkir unanimity. And I will further add, tliat as was the case with my revered father, neither that degree, nor a subsequent similar courtesy from another University, ever cost me one penny ! I will, in conclusion, remind you and my other readers of the affectionate testimony which you my brethren, Clerjjy and Laity, so kindly and unanimously boni to me, when in 1877, almost broken down in health and spirits, I was about to return to England. It was in these words, as will be seen by reference to the Synod report of that year :— " Resolved— \{z,\\x{g heard with regret that the period / / / r r ■ V ^^ # er >n n- • !• / nt •■ A% u, V se " of er id :h V fit ill V' •"i ( ' '» jy rs ■ J 1' . 1, '■]"■ r r ■ t, \ J i V I IS • ■ • It , has arrived when our venerable liruilier in Chrint, Dr. Townlcy, feels that he is obliged to seek relief from active duty, it is hereby resolved tl^U we in Synotl assembled acknowledge with gratitude the services he has rendered, and look back with pleasure to the conMistcmy and inU'j^' fity by which his life has been characterized, leaving us a wholesome example to follow in his steps ; and we hereby reiterate hjs kind and Christian sentiment of the hope ex* piressed, that after this life i^^jimded we may meet in the kingdom of our mutual Lord and Saviour." 1/believe that such a vote is almost Amprcccdentcd. Permit me -then, to ask you, my brt'thren, Clergy and Laity, whether such a testimony from yourselves, after knowing me intimately for a tfuarier of a century, out of the now forty years of my n\inistrati(ms in the Canadian Church, is not of Ttsclf a sufficient answer to the reckless- and slanderous charges of these two men } And further, whether th« whole tone ofiheir pam- phlets does not also prove that they arc utterly unrcli.ible as witnesses against their Flishop and the meml)ers of his Diocese? Nay,' [ will go further, and ask whether the warped and terribly prejudiced character of their hearts and judgments, does not also prove that they are (juite untit to be trusted even as Diocesan legislators ? • And now, my Brethren, full well do I know, that whatever there is in me, making me worthy of your ap- proval, it is from Above and not of myself. 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