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THE LORD BISHOP OF MONTREAL, And Metropolitan of Canada, ADriRESSKn TO TIfK <;5i0t)op0 anti (Klcigfi of tijc iTIntteti (C^uiffj of ©nglanlj anb Icclanti in OTanatia. BY I. HELLMUTH, D.D., Archdeacon of lluroa and As3t. Minister of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, C.W. I ^i. TO WHICH IS APPENDED THE LETTER 5> OF THE LORD BISHOP OF MONTREAL. C^uefiec: PRINTED BY MIDDIJ2T0N & DAWSON, SHAW'S BUILDINGS, LOWER TOWN. 1862 I, V t 1 s A REPLY TO A LETTER OF TUB RT. REV. THE LORD BISHOP OF MONTREAL. QiKUEC, Mav, 1662. My Load Bishop,- Your Lordship will not be surprised if I feel myself Hinder the painful necessity of making some remarks in reply to the letter, or Pastoral, addressed by yonr Lordship " to the Bishops and Clergy of the United Church of England and Ireland in Canada," as their Metropolitan, commenting on the course pursued by me during my recent visit to the mother country to advocate the claims of the diocese of Huron ; and containing also, statements of the motives which actuated me in this and in all my labours, and v.'hich, if loft unanswered, would compromise me, both as a C hristian man, and a minister of the gospel. Such charges, brought i.gainst me from any quarter, would be painful ; but your Lordship's relation towards me, as my ecclesiastical superior, renders them doubiy so. While I accord to your Lordship the respect and deference due to your position as Metropolitan, 1 foel that that very position, while it gives you great advantage in making a public charge such as you have advanced against my personal character, places me under the serious disadvantage of being deprived of my right to obtain justice I \ i* J';.lse, (0 who,,, ,„, „,,,,ea,i, «,, / ''V'''!''''^'--.™''. «» the ,upre,„. ;; 'P'M^'-t a., M,.t,.„,,„,u,,,, „ 7;^ l-",-«io„a of ,o„r L d l^'-'Tcli „,„! t|,o world. " '""""' '"J «ecDser before tLo ;^ )-<".r I,„r,,.l,i,,, „,„,.„ y^;,",^, ";^";^ '" '« obliged to add "-'-1'. m Ki„,„o„, „,e,| ,;„'"„'"•". '"'"-Wow „;,„ „y „„„ rt'irr.] Mv DiAB AucnDEjco.v,. l.o.v.,ov,c,H-,M«y,2,,sc,. teard from h "^il ;i!r°™"' """ '""' "« «-". '-l I,'' l?"* """"- proceodinos r a,,,,/, '^'^ "' '^^^ truth or intc-rrit,. "f !''^"'"'«^/ ««rf mred to obtain from V- '''"'^^ ^''««* and Dr Uu ^^""^ ^''''^ 'o enhance tj7JZlfT ' ^"""'^ ''^ « — ^. ^S^^.t "'' '"'^ ^•''- '^^ "-^V for his Jon i , ''"'''' ^"''''^' Property aT/J T' ""'^ '"'''''^'^ 6 'oiJ, nx the fiuprem« «ioMs of your Lord- accuser before tbo ? my j)cr.sonaI cha- be obliged to ndd ew with my own damage me in his oi* my absence in cling myself. The 'y Bishop on tli« U', Mny 12, ]sc>2. I iiPfd not n\y tliul 1 lit'urcl th^co ctuli inciitB wiili llie ultiKict mrprlsp, lnvvin/j long known you ftud placed implicit condilerice in you us u ilcvoted and uncomproinisinjjj (lofoiukT of thoiio piccioua tiiitliH wliicb uro (vc higJdy inju- c cei n 3tt Your lordsliii) will not be sur[)rised to ht>;ir that my iJisiiop infonned mc that if he had founded his judgment or estimate of my character upon tiie statement you advanced, it would lie impossible for him to hold any future intercourse with mo. It is, however, no small consolation for mc in this hour of trial to be assured l)y him and very many others, from various parts of the country, whose good opinion I highly prize, that the confidence ho and they have reposed in mc from long and intimate knowledge of my character is in no respect diminished ; and I leave it to the Christian public to decide whether the course taken by your Lordship in endea- vouring to ruin me in his esteem, and in assailing my reputation, both in private and in public, was what might have been looked for from your lordship's high and responsible position in the church. I shall now address myself to the several points in your lordship's letter, drawing attention here to the circumstance that the ex- cuse or reason offered for its issue consists in the alleged necessity o( rebutting attacks made by me upon the " Canadian church, and the Canadi£..i Institutions," where, as I shall now proceed to show, your Lordship was aware that I had previously, and distinctly, dis- avowed in print, the intention of making any such attack. At the i 6 *"'*' "' your p„,,,ra: .„„, r , '•" "'y ro,,!?! r.f *■'■'"''■" '''-■■ ■•Keconl ""'•■" ''■'"'<' "t ; I am unable no., to ,-oc.li tU. • ° '^"^^^^^'°" ••- n»nd could luave arrived at. I ""'^ '"'"Si.ic ,„„, p '° , .Kc'oord" Yet as tl,e Mow r "'"■"'"^'■'^ y»" Im d , l"',"'' ' '""'•^^<"> ^-'i to ..0 jf: r: ':,,ref^"'^''». -^ ot: ::.r;r ™- sonaut iritl, si, ,. "I "'f Clergy, (t ,v„u,j ,1 '""/ tl,„ more , While, therefore, X i ," "^ ""^"^ ""<> '»y "S ""■"■''' , f to your LordsLp t ^t"' """ '"^ ■'•"'^""™tlo„ nl,, . .i ' ""It 701, enr,,,ired of "«;'^l>"f)er, and that ^l^^hshcil answer to a A iVeshytor of tijo "'^'' "''^' infunuation '" ^^''"'t''* joi, make '0''t«"texpIa„a„o„s ''^'•fi-cs made against ■'■"? tlicreon iu the It ion ; !"'•'' ^^^ "■'•y bv. con- '"7 Veil. U;^!,„p) jj ^;it jour Lord.hip '"« •'» adnjission '^'^' •'^l^cc^'ii, U'liile i'"'m as showing ^^^'0 "Kccord^' ^^oi-u',.|u-j/,s acute ^i't^'^i, unless oI> *' towards me. '^'y the more >(-'en more eon- -M^'icit answer jut/ge. "1 whatever is still it is not "^y character ''t to address Bofore, however, proceeding to vindicate my self, Icf mo her.? at once adiuit, that I ii; no rcsjiect shrink from any Htntonient which 1 have matlu as to the paucity of Evangencal ch.Tgynicn in the " Uritish North American Colonies generally," or, to the necessity of providing bettor nieans for increasing their numbers. With regard to the " Hierarchical structure" referred to in my speech, which seems so offensive to yuur Lordship, 1 beg to assure you that I meant nothing personal. It is a fact known to your Lordship, as well as to otliers, that I took a very prominent part in one of the synods (ray speech being still on record) against the veto power of theliishops ; and aNo wlien, with the rest of the Quebec delegates to the Provincial Synod, I was invited to meet your Lonlship, a little more than a year ago, at the residence of the Bishop of Quebec — the JJishop of Huron beinj^ present also — for the purpose of looking into the Metropolitan Patent. I then freely, but most respectfully, expressed my opinion, and, by request, the opinions of my brother delegates, that the powers given in the Patent were not only excessive, but conflicting with the Provincial Synod law, and interfering with the rights of the Diocesan Synods, I and others reiterated the same at the last Quebec Synod, wdicn the following resolution was unanimously passed : — Moved by Mr. II. S. Scott, Recouded by the Ilcvd. H. Roc :— " That it bo an instruction to the delegates to tlic Provincial Hyuod to endeavour to procure such modiflcalioa of the authority conferred upon the Metropolitan, by the ' letters patent,' as may bo necessary to protect the rights and privileges of the Diocesan Synods." — (Carried.) The diocese of Huron adopted a similar course. This opinion wan freely expressed by many of us at the Provincial Synod ; and that we were abundantly justified in this course is evident by the fact that your first pastoral, as Metropolitan, has been directed against him who questioned the wisdom of entrusting any one human being with such extensive powers. More than one of my friends expressed it as their opinion that the course I then felt it my duty to adopt, and the views I then expressed, were likely to give umbrage to your Lordship and render me obnoxious to you ; and these friends now point to the present controversy as a fulfilment of their predictions. I now proceed to meet your lordship's charges, or rather msinuatic. i^ainst my character aud motives. In the whole tenor ^. / s "' >■'»«■ I'llstoniJ vn„ 1, "'■S""ion( or,,,,,, ,'"""" '»'■"» out by faef, „:."""■'■'' '" <•■"'» "po„ f.'™- '■'■ ".is ,..,„„ °'; ! ' ■" P"W,-o „„d ;■„ .if;;'" -^I"''it, n,ai„-' ..™««-' point to.... ""'■ ''^<'' ™^ Protectant A ermnt, and fiiia peri tciK IJon effoi T oil Pas "Pi awa to t; "TI Tl owiu .£50C Pr meet Prof The' cxce as '' these Bishi not \ Bistci the i of a comi tbwn had I were mucl aniiii Trea been ^ 'J'ls iu Lorcd to Po.f ;"'J«mroadjtoach„it. .!r ^' ^^'^ -- i-^n:- ^ o^Iircatsorperseeu ^«"«e me to svverro for ^ -^secured fo. u, ,7 , ", ""'^^oa u.-th God's ^f '-^^^ the bi.t,4 ' '^'^^' -^d Protestant ;'^;^'f ^'^^^ (in page 6 : -^.- Soeietr^ been ;'^'^'^«^e style of argu. "^^"'-^"^■e and support ^^ «^"^pJo, and I trust ?" ;^^^^ --rabt '^nn,^.CoI]oo.eeon- /''e Huron Diocese f S-e of our own, /„' ^^^^•^rLordslnpby ;; r" ''^^^ *^-t the ^at It aifgtt not be J^s withheld from ^S^c^ety could not grant were made ^°i; of Huron had 'theological Col- t'le Society, ,vith "^^^ ^^« grant, ,1 9 and from the time of the application to tlie time the grant was finally coiitirmod, more tliau two months elapsed, durinj^ which period commuuicutions from Canada had reached the Society, tcndiiKi: to oj)pose it ; while at two oF the mo uly meetings of the IJoard, the matter wa:; freely and fully discnsseil, and most ,stremiou3 efforts were made by certain parties to defeat the measure. The following, which appeared in the London "Record" of the 2nd of April is what reached your Lordship before the issue of your Pastoral, as it was in the same immlier in which my reply to " Presl)yter" was published, and is an additional evidence that you were aware that the Society was fully conversant with the subject previous to the grant being conlirraed : — " THE CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY, AND THE HURON COLLEGE. The Monlbly Meeting of this Society beld ycstertlay was unusually full, owing to the dit-cussion which had been announced in reference to the grant of £500 made at a previous meeting to the College in the Diocese of Huron. Prominent among the High-Church opponents to that grant at the former meeting were — the Rev. Ernest Hawkins, Secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel ; the Rev. W. Denton ; Mr. J. C. M. Meyraott, &c. The Theological teaching of Trinity Coiloge, Toionto, which the faithful and excellent Bishop of Huron has I'cen under the painful necessity of denouncing as ''dangerous" to our Protestaut Church, was, of course, warmly defended by these gentlemen, and in spite of the remonstrances of the Chairman, (the late Bishop of Colombo, Dr. Chapman) and other members of the Committee, not to involve the Society in a Theological discussion, these gentlemen per- sisted in pressing the point. Although it was most conclusively shown that the internal wants of the growing diocese of Huron demanded the establishment of a new College, various arguments were resorted to, (with the most unbe- coming, but not unrebulvcd rcliections upon the diocese of Huron) in order to thwart the undertaking, and to hinder the grant which the standing Committeo had unanimously agreed to recommend. The arguments employed against the grant at the former monthly meeting were renewed l)y the same parfy yesterday, and with the same cminn/s, so much so tliat the upright and veucraljle Treasurer, Mr. Cotton, rose and wavnily animadverted on tlie unbecoming way in which this grant was opposed. The Treasurer — stating that it was unprecedented to rescind a grant which had been recommended by a Committeo, and. after full discussion, confirmed at tho B / { // 10 ^^^'J'ar monthly Meetinr. ported bj M J r ,i^°S-~-moveii the nrpv,. ,7" ■■'.""■CO iu .I,,-, i„t °';""f,' "-'"'"»"'" 9 •;:'""; ""■ '"■"--b l ' ^'-^s been so nnnlihJ' , , '^' '^'^^P'j ^-effrot tl.n ■ ^"''^ ^''^ken, Q-'-, to ZZ ' ''"i^*^ j"s"ee and fair ,,?""'™''''™'' wit;, tin I ^'"■e'j tl^.'s «'--'y .-.icipS''°"'"^'-'''-'»i'-tst ;,,'■'; '""- from ,«7».'^eo,o„.wd4„;f:''"'"-" '" '' J Iiavo now i,^/- *' ' — '•""'""-> ClnnluZ'^ T, " T'^' "'""^^a Ky the „ , ^- I'm course tat<,„_ 'Z '""'■"' El..soopal ';■""' » '^o„t;,„,„t so '• f'™" llio snwcssfi,) 7"'»«o". x„vo,-: '« '■''spccfccl Bfel.op „f .'".■'«■•'"«■ to 1,0 a„ *» '"J'.re ,„o ; ot,,„.. '"•y -"^i'ly, tho receipt ^"■^'"? Surelvt4 :"°"'" rn-nci,te of '", f''" 'otter from ''": ' I "Jself J,aj °"''°ft'.e 38(1, of '''","''' 'otter, „,,t : '"Insisted bet,vee„ ,; stressing to me to f. ' Committco of tb^ >' 1" J.onao,,, and 11 about to it)i! sent out us tbo Geiicriil Suporiiitondciit of that Society I'ur all Ik'itish North AmoricA. In this letter they press upon the Society tlio inipor tauco of iirre'-ting their decision respecting that appointment.'' llapi:i!y 1 ;iiii ill possession of ti copy of that letter, which is now lying befofo n- , ; iind my re[)ly is to be fonndin the following- extracts from the minutes of the Parent Society in London upon this very letter referred to, conclusively shewing that the Montreal Committee had no such personal objections to me as your Lordship would seem to insinuate : — '■ Extracts Irora the minutes of the Parent Committee of the Colonial Church and School Society in London, dated June llth, 185o : — " Read a memorial dated Montreal, May l4th, pignod by various mcmhers of the Corresponding Coini.iittee of Montreal, alluding to a rumour relative to the appointment of the Rev. Dr. Ilcllmuth to act for the Society in Canada, and objecting to the proposed measure on the following grounds : — (1) That the Society's operations are nearly confined to the diocese of Mont- r cal, and are elTiciontly superintended by the present agent ; (2) That heretofore Mr. Bond has been quite able to superintend the Society's BChools as they exist ; and f 3) That it is inexpedient, on account of the reported deficiency of the funds ol the Society, which is unable to enlarge the operations of the Corresponding Committee." Your Lordshi[)'s next charge is that I " conspired" with my father-in- law, " General Evans, to entrap you into a scheme for building a Church upon part of the General's })ro[)erty, with the view simply to enhance the value of the rest, and i)rocure a town charge for myself." VTou further assert that both the General and 1 " mana;uvred" and made " an attempt to take you in" with regard to it. Li reply to this, I shall state the facts of the case as briefly and clearly as I can. As far back as the year 1845, in the time of the late Rev. Mark Wil- loughby, before 1 was personally acquainted with the General, or any member of his family, he was anxious to aid in the crc(;tion of u Church in Shcrl)rookc street, a fact which must still be in the memory of the present lJisho[) of Quebec, (then liishop of Montreal) as well as of many others in Montreal ; and he never relin(|ui.shed the hoj)e of uUinuitcly accomi)lishing tjiis desire. Li 1851, he revived the subject, anxious that a Church should be built in which English, French, and // \ / in 12 «"" in addition to 11^ '"^ '^'-"'S ti.c fi.-st i ^ ' "'" General's Lenno.vwilo, besides I i,' "'»''"'«■ 'vita tl,e itf"'"' '^'"■'« "'o ,^.--' '•■' possession ;':"=;,"?"»»■". yMm^ZT'f ' ''*' "' ''"PPeued to bo prescn " '!"^ ""'""■'^" of ^nij""' ^'"■''»i"V Las ^J° looted tos-etl,cr in Z ^■"''""" '''''^'•■"U o M ,'"'" "^^''"'een ,^°''"«'"-p, wI,o„ C ,?-*'"""o a Ko,; v!?'' ?'■ "'"i""Po.so """ occasion to oT/ " ""■' J'oa .vonld tnV ' '"^'^''"'^ 'o ,.o„; „ ^' """ ..eeti,,. ,„ ' "'■'' " «"P»™to ;'»"--«;>'o ; fo,, as ,o„r.,d T'"''' "» ^'o, .» -I ' ^•°" "" "o' want r .'^";accur(ii„a.f,, ., '"U- tiik. ,>!• "^ ^""'^'I'ifll,-; ""■'"■'"■'"Hi.,,,7 "' :„: °";" '-» -C ^^"^^^^•^■al that were ;-wa.sto,o,; '^'"^'^ ^ separate •^'«"fJonot,va„t ^;:^i^''C(J m the 18 rociiiirL'd, tlioy would liave to bctir n trood deal of (lie exjieiise, liesidorf maUiii^' ])rovi.sioii for ii I'uslor. When they retired, ynii niado a remark co me, something to the following elfee-t : " Vou see there is no necessity fur a separate elinreh, and it is nmeli lietter they should become one with us in haiguaue, as they are already in wor.-liip : iind as to our own })eo|)le, wm; liave now more eluireh aeeommodation than we want, and there are no French to i)rcach to." That your Tjordshii)'s conclusion was not correct is fully shown ]»y the fact that these very Germans have since erected a building for themselves, where they now worship in their own language under a Luthcr(i7i pastor ! and are thus separated forever from the Church of England to which they had attached themselves, and in which they would have continued had a church been })rovided for them. Your Lordship will also remember that during our interviews on the subject of this church, you strongly objected to private patronage and spoke of the evils arising therefrom, and instanced the case of Trinity Church, Montreal, then in not a very flourisiiing condition, as corro- borative of your views. Your Lordship certainly allowed both the General and myself to remain under the imi)ression that the reason why you could not license mc for the contemplated church was simply that there was more than enough of church acconmiodation for the English, and that the Germans required no separate church or pastor, seeing that they could all speak English ; and thus the affair ended. But in addition to your imputing to the General and myself the unworthy motive of wishing solely to enhance the value of his property at the expense of the interest of the church, you advance the untbunded charge that we " conspired to entrap you," and that you were deceived in relation to the £8000 to be advanced by the General for buildiiiu- the church. You accuse me of first statimr that the money was to be a gift and afterwards that it was to be only a loan " without interest for a time." Kow the facts are these : Tlic General proposed advancing the money on the following condi- tion : if, after paying the clergyman's salary and contingent expenses of the Church, there should be any overplus of income, it was to be ai)plicd to form a sinking fund for ultimately repaying the £3000, no interest being charged upon the money in the interim ; and so anxious / i M - ''■-■- of M,e ,;,™.,; : "k » ""I '« SCO,,,.., ,„ „„,„„„, •"-'■"'COS of U,o people tl,„, „,".;■"■"' "•"'" "«' l>»"'"'- n',- 0-;-.: wo,.,U neve,, l.ave roc ! I „f '' '""' "" l'™'«".ilit/t '" H,o interest ofln.^ l,H...e f,u„ilv ,! "T"" ""■'"". "M">'".!h voj. '"-- .^-'ovo .stated, it ,S::Z:"''' '"' ""' "■'™-«' "> tie -P™ottp,:„;r;:tt:r^^^ '<''>.m. an,I it is now for tl r, It '""="■'«"- 1 liad u-itl, von o„ ,1 '"^^''. i -"not ,„„,e,,t„,rt „f r "■"'■'■ "'» «0""-."l wa. ,o '"-.vc^'or ..atte,nptto ,al r^, t;"*'"l' -"'.I -.e anv ia,leo,Meto any deeLsio,, on tl,„ sul ie t . ^ f'"'' "'"' """ *'A«vou 0"ly reason you gave to tl,e Ge e ! ' l"" '7'"' '■'^•'^"™'« "'"'"'1. '" -"'-l-, U.o proposed a^^ , e „e '"'""V"'' '" '-•"""' '^^"^:^ <".Pm-.ate paironage, l.ut e), ? "T' "'■" ■'«" -lisapproveS , <17«J either for t|,e K„...lisr ^^, '"' '" ' '"""' »•« "ot re- .™l'.n,ttl,attl,eroisnoteve„a ;,.,^ ?.'' °' ^'"''^'- I ",crefo,'e -ensation yo„ „avo .a!" , J ", f ^' '•■'"« f"" t^e unfo.n'.^CJ •""I I may add, liigliiy resiieei, , , '""^ ".?«'"«' my n,r..,, ground for yonr.nostLaa'nnt..";;;,::''.""" '" ""•"■« -'"" ' wre re<,„ested I.y the Geno,^ '"f "T" ''""^ "'» f-ct that you »"o at present." I eau o, ^ ," 'H"' " "»' '° "-f™ i' to a,; (general not to have the ,naL, , '^ ^' """ '* "''■'' »'<> wish of the '»" "rforo it .as final,: settled " ' ""■'"'' "' ^»'™» eonverfa^ With rcga,.d to tl,e stress rn„ .„ . '"^n'ediato answer, „„„ , 1 ", " '''-'' "''»" "^ "'ish for „„ Go„e,.al or tnyself, a ' , ^ „™ ' .''T "°"™«- '" "•'•'""S C -"-oonntahly interpret a. indt," , . "" v" T'"' "'""'^^'y »"" "italmg a ™ml„„ed a„cni,,,^ ,„, ,„|^. .« J ailmif n ""8'^'t bear- P'-C'nI/ar cir- "-'' i-eo-ai'd '^'•'v^er tlje iiiced in tlic If, yon on the yon ini.snn- '■''' was to ^ «ee any 's^'J^' state 'Gthattlio ^U^J>rovea not ro- f^'i ere/ore i^oinidoj r rtg-'Jd, 'iiaviiiL'- ■^itfoual i.it you io any of the versa- 31' an i'i'om and ■M ]:> part, "to ciitrap you," 1 i'mh uiily roj)ly tliat inv 'I -sire \vn^ 1o kiiuw, Af/bre /caving for Slicrbi'ooko ( for tliat w:is all 1 a-;k('(1\ wl.ctlicr your Ijordsliij) would license me in case the (lenerai built the elmnli, so that I ini,u,-htniake my arraiif!r(MneMts, and ;iivo notice to tiie colle"' ■<' follower of Christ m It f^' '" ""•' ''"''• "I"', »' onlcr f tl"s as „t l„;,st a ,,re,s,„„,„i,„ '^ l' ' i,' "'' ' ^''""' ^""^'''V ;«;• tl,o love olit. Sin'o ,„, , , , fo " ""'/ ' "'■"^'■"-l "'o truth been ouaWccI so to .u,,",.,,, ^ ^.^ ^^ f™™ of Co.,, I lj„ -■;'K«tory to „,y private ,.„ „ I' ,!^' '» -'«.u,.tiato „,„ .J^^ ';=";i'k) l.,>s l,o<.„ ,„,„ ,,„„„,, j„ ^ ' t °f "'"'■'■ I'.-.vc boo,, ,,assc.l i,, fiom only a vory .sli^bt acq, aiuta, ^^ , '^ '" "'"'" (="'J "'at have always boon brief aud a ,^rio°7 '"«■ f" our ,„ooti„„, from tl.o positions I „e,J, and d oe .It '1' ""' "°,''-"^ S-atl^oro^d But, besides tl.is, I would be. to ' ' l "'"' "' ^'°''- fome facts which you „,ay havc^ovc,.]!! T" ^""'''''"'^ *^«°"tlon to '" l'"vatc, aud publicly iu yo -Mo ^ .".'" '""'"e 'o n,y Bi.shon you formed of my charLter a tfe r ''r', ^''■^'"'■"'' »'» -«'-To' "go .-egardiug the P.-o,.osed'bui,di,:;:f "rfl.: ^ f^''^^-' ^'--' ^O"- If, as your Lordship would Icn,i,i! ,,"""'• you thou had of my couducl'dt 'o :,'':f l!" 'l^^'^' "'» -r»ence coulidence ii, mc, why was it that i, .f ■ ' "'"^ "' J'"'"- ''»viuff Q"ebec, you appointed me to t l' ™"'"""'""" "'"' *''« bishop of '" '«53, durin, the absou e of L^ Zf f -• '" '^'^'-p's Coil' .J "hout two years after you had fof , "' ^"t"=""'-'l"-s boil character ? ^ '""^ formed th,s low estimate of „,y Then again, in the year IHU „* Lennoxvillo, you we,.o u,„ ,„„,.^';^*;;°";'S« corporation n.ecting at fe 0. copy, expressing app,.ova 'f n ■"""' "^'"'""^ 'Kcfoliowi,! -red my counectL'r i^irSr:-!"'' ■■^^"- "' '"^ '-h'f 17 ''^'■'' ^^''-II aware o" to juiike (,'( who. Ill order e •^ tJoiirc'sfc ties ■•^"i- I^orcisliip •eel tlie truth ^«"« of many P*^*^ I luivo 'J coii/i(|e„co, 'i"y cJiai-rr-e' ^ ^'"''e iluring '" passed ia cetioiioftJie oj)iiiioii Jias (ii'nl that ■i" moetiiigg y gatljored Ood. ttention to '7 Bisliop, 3 estimate !70M years ^■pcriencG ** having ^isliop of CoJJco-e is beimr of my ting at 'lou-i ha "ff Villg " Extractfl from tlia luiuutos of tha Corporutlou ut Biehop's College, Lttnuox- villf :— " Wkdxesday, 8tli of April, 1854. "A Bpecial meeting of the Corporation of Bisliop's College was held at Lea- noxville on Weflue.sJay, the eighth of February, 1851 ; were preaeut — The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Quebec, " " Lord Bishop of Montreal, The Rev. Principal NicoUs, " L. Doolittlc, " Professor llellmuth, D.D., Professor Miles, Professor Chapman, The Rev. R. Liudsiy, The Hon. Mr. Justice McCord, HoUis Smith, Eiq., Mr, Sheritr Boweu, — Secretary. The resignation of the Rev. I. Hellmutii, D.D., Professor of Hebrew and Rabbinical Literature, was laid bi'fore the Corporation. It was resolved, on motion of tlio Lord Bishop of Jlontreal, that the Corpo- ration entertaining a high sense of the services rendered by Profe,«sor Hellmulh to the College, tender him the Ihanlis of the Corporation lor hia past^services, and regret the severance of their connection with him. A true copy, G. F. BowEN, Secretary. (Signed) G. J. Qukuec, President of Bishop's College." In addition to this, your Lordship, jointly with the Bishop of Que- bec, appointed me a Trustee of the College soon after my official connection with it ceased, as may be seen from the following letters : "QuEBKO, 15th March, 1851. " Rev. Sm, — We request the favour of you to accept the office of a Trustee of Bisliop's College at Lennoxvillo, under the Provincial Statutes 7 Vic. cap. 49 and IG Vic, cap. GO ; and we hereby nominate and appoint you to the said office, in full and sufficient manner, to all effects and purposes whatever, which are required for the same. We are. Rev. Sir, Your faithful humble servants, (Signed) G. J. Qdebec, F. Montreal. The Rev. J. Hellmuth, D.D." c '/ ? fi' IS ''""•• nr, iicii,„,,i:,. ^'°'"'' '^"'J'. of tl,„ College .- = '"''•• "'"'= '" K'"sl.ud, li-om Ui.'R ^ ! ■^"" fcv. S,r,-,vt „ ,„ocH„„ /r'™"'''; ''°"-'""' t-="no.vvnic, Deo. 30,1, ,s.. S'»'."e, Of .,,,*;„,;'"-« t» ...0 |.,-«vi.-„ "7.;:',:?" «- "-«- ,. ^™ »»UM 0,.,,,: b, , r "" """°"- "'"« co„f„„;r ■""■ "" '^""■mion^, ''St of n;im(.« ,„.,,/7 / '^^''u'ng an answer of ,,. J remain, dear sir. ^'oiir obedient servant. '''•■' still later „crio,l ,-. '""dent in «,;«,,, ,C» ' *''' '"^ "i'l'oi>,tn,e,u ,. ,, , , "PPointiBcnt on „t|,„,. ,7 '''"*'"> "vlslies to in-,-, " CoiTespond- *'"'yonrL„rd"j, , ''™ '^« ''''a^on., ai.- a," «i'f««d m^ "»V«d,H„:; ;7 '>-:Cl.ai,.,n„„, toe , ■,f^^": '■">■"«! -ne ''"''''^™™''-%or:!:rt,:::r/-'' "^'J niojiiher of sill)) 15 'I lu •^ "••'(0 fluilJ your ^''- MOVTRE.U,." ""oxvilje, at a '"• ^ 1101 thor '°-30lJi, 1854. "■^^ of Cfshop-., t'Jc (h'groo of "'''•^l^f^r of tho " '^■'"' yoii. in -« conditfonal "••f'f^i- t.'mt (he ''"or for their A v. loosed my '01 ; and -inhcr of llmt ('i»iiirnitt('(!, tlmt lliey Hct-tv ulijt'ctfU to my noininution on pef' Koiiiil pi'ouinU, mill liirtlior ussiiri'd iiic of their liiu'li rei^urd niid IVioiid- sUij), wliioli 1 liiivt! priujfically oxpcriciicod over Miicf, and which T trust even your Lordship's attack upon i.h; vill neither destroy or diminish. Again, williin two ycar.-i, yonr Lunl.-^hip with that very same Com- mittee, did nif tlie honor of iippoiniing mo Prosidenl of tJic " Cliurch of Enghmd Mission to the French speaking popuhition in 15. N, America," iiiul left to mo tlio responsiliihty of selecting for the Com- mittee's npproviil, tin; Principal of Sabrevois College, an Institution fistablishcd solely for the training of young French converts for tho ministry who shall go forth to preach the Gospel to their Komaa Catholic French Canadian fellow-countrymen ; in which I have, and do still, take a deep and lively interest. I mention this simply as your Lordship's remarks on this head are so ambiguous, that those unac- rpiaintcd with the Sabrcvois mission might draw wrong inferences. Again, when 1. sent in, last autumn, my resignation as President of the Church of Engluml mission to the French speaking population ia B. N. A., a resolution of tiuuiks for my services, and regret at my resignation, was passed. And still further, while in England during last winter, the Montreal Committee, witli your Lordship as Chairman, ajiplied to me to plead with the Society for aid, in which I succeeded, and for which thanks were tendered to me. You w4ll pardon me, my Lord, if I feel compelled to say that 1 cannot reconcile these facts with tiie injurious interpretation of all my motives now brought against me, with all the weight of your Metro- politan power. During all these years your Lordship, according to statements made by y(ju, has been lal)oring under the impression that I was " designing and deceitful," and altogether unworthy of conli- dence 1 Since the year 1851, your Lordship appears to have pent up in yonr heart the conviction which you say you had arrived at concerning me ; while, during that interval you could meet me, and ostensibly approve of my conduct on the various occasions already alluded to. Your Lordship next refers in page 12, to the remarks made by mo at a meeting in Pwigland, of the Colonial and Continental Church So- r^ 20 ;;'«ty,h.conMnerHlationofaM; • ':r;:r "'" --^'-t:^i:t?r ■■• '--- - " ^ '' '"K snokcn nl . '''S"c (-'(-v lin.l ..; /"' wfjom ho •""«' ^<-"^vo bin mis.-, ,;^,/''" '^--'.V. I.ud, 'aa ! f '^^^"^^•'I'-.tlj. l.e.I),, Yoiii-x,„ ii- ' i no VKAiis had "»'"'. "">! tl,o ,„,; '<■ "''o'o of j-o,,,. i>,„fo°' "'.'^ '» <"" to become "^^'"""Hon Of ,„; Z™ ^"'l-l»r. to aeo„,„ " ■, '" "'« ^"o.'t.. vou 7 ^°" o,v„ Ic„o, !^'""""'. »" of uI„-olM,. : 7"°"'.S""'e„,„„t f i-aiffhtfonrard dc-1 ' "■°"''' ''"= been 1 ^ "''""■'■''""'. "itl- f'"-''»' ; »nd t),i, I '"' '" ''"o been a i; m °''" ™"*'''"t with "fi-^'inst n.o. ir°' "'""■" "'=" J-ou could , ,^°''*'"'' "■<»"d 'm™ ' Weulars • and r ' ^ "^ ^'"•<'. I toe,, , ,• "'" """'« "■" a ca.e "^ «as-«ora, on ,'"";"-'. '»1 gone l^vond t r"""'" »' "'"'e" ■™"-°"', and ,va. fo "''T" "i'™"" f"'- « i 1 '" ''"° "^ '^'h. ™-'' -'^'.cd fo "^ ' ";t i"-^ -"=-..«,•; ;::r^-^ '--^ >'oe,; I 21 I'l ;'"^: '" ^'""".in, and ;;'''^ ^^■'■•^on whom ho y <-'omnnu^a t/i'o '■''''■'" ^^ovcnber ^^''^^ coiiinjfue,] ''''' ^''••AR.s had ^ '"c to beconjp '"" «fntemcut '■sistoiit with ^'<^"''ir as to "'ouid Jiavo ^ ' out a case <^« and ])ar. iisiances of ^ ^f> WiloiTj r, at which ° of truth, ^ ^iis deep ' «'-e ^/?//, n to sii,-,, a puper ftdtiiittlug that lio hml s|i()koii an (iiitrutli on tlic ucoasiou refiTred to. All this is true ; but it is not true in the way you stall', Viitit I, " as SitprrinfcHflnit of the Soric/ ii, hiu\, aUin' v\u\\\'\\y, dccidftl that ho must leave his mission, on the {ground t/mt hv IkuI fttllni from grace." 1 never used these words, n(»r any words Unit will hesir such an interpretation. Tlio gentlenmn who pcrsiniih.'d tii(! Missioiuiry to sign that i)iiper, nuule every ell'ort, I donl)t not, from ^•ood motives, to procure the removal of the ^li.ssionary to anothei" lieM uf lahor, where lie miij,lit, with less impediments, ho useful. Tiu! mother- in-law of that jj:;entleman had tlie power of siiuttinf;' the Chnrcii in that Mission, the buildinjj;- beinji; her [)rivate prop'.-rty. Under all llie eii- eumstances, it was linaily, and in a most friendly way, arranj^ed tiiuL the Missionary should leave the Mission by the end of l«t'tl ; and so impressed was I after the lapse of many months, that the Missionary was laboriii}^ faithfully and accepta!)ly, — earryini;,- on daily Prayt-r Meeting's and Bible Classes with evident success, — tlml, I IcM it my duty before I left for I"'nlace having hoard that it is in con- templation to reinovo llioir Pa^^tor and replace him hy another Clergyman, unanimously resolvod thai the Church Wardens should write to remonstrate with you ou tlie subject. We therefore beg to ?ay thatHhe labour.s of ]\Ir. and his admirable partner are entirely appreciated by the people, and that their removal would bo looked upon as a pcvere blow to the church here, which they havo so faitlihilly and zealously laboured to establish. We can assure you, lievd. F.ir, the news was received by many of the people wilh t.-ars. We are aware that IMr. labours at present under some very iryinp; diQlcullies .*♦«♦.♦ ♦ ♦ * ♦ ^^ ^^^^ 1! , * 2-2 "^^ as January, I8(ij "•'^' Scl.ool Sociefy >> '-^ "' "»"«-' '^rn;^"''-^" ::::-- -M,e,.,,, „„„.„,,,, ">-.'ccab]o one ^ *^ert suug. ^1,^ ^^^^•- ^VD Dj-ip ;; ' ""^innbcnt of p, ■ '''-"^"'^^i^, — ^"^' '•" '^'» '•««^"';:'";'°"' «' ' '^'w cy. tour,.,.,,., ~ — . '''' ^'0 '^'"'^'^''^^^i'-n.i^- i g;aa...-.y — •VIJDK.Y,, mioiico of tho I'll C/j '"•c/i niul '"""''y «8 usual Woiivod /„ T for ■ ^^'o oiiaf,.. ''^' ad,!,.,.,,, clft's Wore '' and ""ff. The >four 2:^ .Iccm it our July to pxpn.'ss our li',;li ai)p!(.'(,M;itii.)ii of lit'tx" .- rvic'^ in i!i'? tUiiistiiiii iiiiiiistry ; as aho your ntciuly .tiiJ dcvoloit t-ilbrts iii pronioliiig tin? C'.iuse ot tt'iupcraiice tiu'oufi;iiouL tlio Islmul. As a smitll token ol' our ostoein ami nganl, wo h. ^ yuu lu acccpl llli^ f-uiail donaticn. as liu- s))oulatii'oiis coutnouiida nl tU' UilnTti.;. tlfii"iiuiuui(.iiis in yiiur mission. And prayiii,^' i!i;i( thi' Cn-ai licd'TiniT mny o r— yo'i aii. v" , tii.i.nii in. , Jan. 2!»tli, 18G1. To tliis iiiomont tliis ]\Ii-:;ioii.iry siill conliaiu's iit his niis.sion, by tli(» desire of his j)Cople uml the approvni of his nishc'p. AYith these facts within my IcnowhMJg-e, 1 usk, is it lo he Miii'lo I cliiir'xe of (leeeptioii aji'iiiii.-t, me, that when ealled to speak ot" this _i;(Mi(hMiKiu (ii/io/ii^s/. ///(ISC \vh(» hail n^sjiectcd and loved him as tln'ir iVu'mer cnrate, \ should have exercised the Christian charily of withlioldini;' the mcntii)n of his single and, as far as I know, bitterly repented error, committed tlien nearly two years ago, and {(referred only to speak of him as I believed him to be, the active servant of his and my ]\[aster ? ]f sneh be my fault, 1 willingly aeknnwh'dge it before the Christian world, and appeal to them whether my conrse f/ieii was not more with the Divine pr<'('(']»(s of the Lord Jesus than yonr LordshiiKS iioic, after the lajise of two years, iu tearing o[)on again the wonnded s[)irit (4" our repentant brother, and exposing liim to the scorn of rcvilers y The motive, therefore, yonr Lordship attril)ntes to me in this matter also, is bnt of the same character and for the san>e purpose as all the rest. Vour Lorilshiji may have succeeded 'oy indulging in invectives against me (like your " Presbyter," the Rev. Geo. iSlack) in drawing away the imblic mind from the nuiin (piestion at issue ; but your lioroship has failed to prove that what I stated was '' a misrepre- sentation of facts," and I shall hold myself ready with living illustra- tions and witnesses to .substantiute (i/l I have said and written in re- !!■ «!! 24 l< < :il' i '\ iriird to the " paucity," Iroiu whatever causes arising, " of evuugelical clergymen in the B. iS. A. colonies generally." And in this opinion I am not alone ; the number of those agreeing with me is kgion, and tiieir voices are already heard, and will be heard, more loudly still. Soon after your Lordship's arrival in this country, you thought it necessary to issue a Pastoral against the Colonial Church and School Society, (now the Colonial and Continental Church Society), their rules, as vou no doubt then thought, clashing with what you considered your Episcopnl autliority. Their rules and constitution, I am thankful to say, liave not been, and I trust will never be changed ; and I have no doubt that the same conscientious scruples have actuated your Lordship in issuing your first Pastoral as Metropolitan, to assert your metropolitical power and authority, in endeavoring to silence any man who dares to express opinions adverse to your own. Your Lordship alludes to more than one report as having been pre- valent both in England and in this country, of my elevation to the Episcopate. They seem to have caused your Lordsliip trouble, and it is by no means difficult to devise why, after the lapse of so long a time, they should have been introduced on the l-4th page of your letter. The cause has been easily discovered by the Hon. Mr. Justice Stuart, in his letter, which is entered below, and will be so by the public generally. QcEBiic, 30tb May, 1862. Vexekable Sir, — I have recently read a letter by the Bis-hop of Montreal, addressed to the Bishops and Clergy of Canada, in which reference is made to an article which appeared in a Quebec newspaper, some years since, stating that it was reported you were to be appointed Coadjutor to the Bishop of Quebec. As from the manner in which that report is alluded to by the Bis^hop, it would appear to be interred by him that it originated with yourself, I think it an act of simple justice to say that I am personally cognizant of the manner in which it got into print, and Ivnow that you could have no knowledge of it, or of the source from which it proceeded. Your obedient servant, A. Stuart. The Venerable Arcudeacon Hellmith, Quebec. lief the faj up evil very II Abl iti that s| your fence,] Bhouk^ LovdH lh| been a mail the eil an inc cause give 1 cue ^ is ral all t my 1 heal uuU goo hui Th dl\ pv( wi b( ci ti " of eyuageJicaJ '" this opinion I 'le is legion, aud ••e /oudly still. 3<'u thought it "•f*^* aud School Society), their jou considered ' J am thankful ''^"8'ed ; and I actuated jour ''tfin, to assert '"^ to siJence own. ^'^'"ii" been pre. ^^■^^f'ou to tlic ''°"^'^e, and it of so long, a ''^S'c of your • ^^Ji*. Justice '^ so by the of MontreaJ, =« 's made (o' .stating that °'' Quebec. ^ -Gi.^liop, it 'A I lljink it ' DJauuer ia 'geofit, or fART. 25 Before taking my leave of your Lordship, permit me to point out the fact that your attack upon my personal character, though got up evidently with a view of blasting my reputation, remains, at the very best, an unsubstantiated aspersion. What have you ))rovcd, my Lord ? Absolutely nothing. I take the liberty, most respectfully, to suggest to your Lordship, that such an attempt to silence the freedom of speech, will only weaken your influence, and bind more closely together, for connnon self de* fence, those in the Church who feel that their turn may come next, should they venture to give utterance to things unpalatable to your Lordship. I have now concluded the painful and ungracious task which has been forced upon mc bv your Lordship, of defending my character as a man, and of endeavouring to shew that in my profession as a miuister of the Gospel I have not committed those scandals wliich cause the enemies of our faith to rejoice. It is a small thing, perhaps, that an individual should t)0 sacriliced ; but it is most im])ortaiit that the cause of Christ should be shielded from reproach. 1 do not desire to give utterance to those emotions whif.'h mu^t arise in tlic nnnd of any one who feels himself to Vie unjustly attacked by one wiiose duty is rather to defend him. 1 leave all in the hanils of Him who overrules all things for good to them wlio love Ilin], and it certainly shall be my prayerful endeavour to l)anish every unchristian feeling from my heart. In any case I do ni»t wish to iuliig discussion into t!'r> church, unless forced upon me, nor do I seek to we-ikcn your in; aence for good. The time will assurodlv come wlien the Metropolitan and the humble pastor will stand, without distinction of }iersons, before the Throne of Ilim wlio jmlgeth righteous]}-. I should but ill fullil the divine precpt to " love one another," if I failed now in giving ex- pression to the prayer that youi' Lordshi[) may be blessed witli the wisdom and justice required l>y voiir high ollice, that }on may be better enlightened as to my true motives, and that \ nniy m\, self bo enabled to bear with humility and thankfulness the cross which every true follower o( the Lord Jesus Christ must bear in this world. I) m mt Ift/ W'W't 26 J rmuin, consolation. % Lord Bishop J y many of the ^ "^y God will be solation. A LETTER TO THH ^* Servant, ^' Hellmuth. BISHOPS AND CLERGY OF TIIK finitcb €l)nrcl) of ^finglmtb aub Srelaub IN CANADA, FROM FRANCIS FULFORD, D.D., I.OBP BISHOP OF MON'TREA.L AND METBOFOUTAN. illontrcttl : PRINTED BY JOHN LOVELL. ST. NICHOLAS STREET. 1862. r"i 'Vfi i I \ii> est, Si non audit/onem ft-ucf,,, '''"'' ^^ ; et au(Jire '««»« /*»/, A LETTER Sek House, Montreal, April 28th, I8f)2. RiQHT Rev. and Rev. Brethren Early in the month of Jlarch I saw in a number of The Record, Eng- lish newspaper, an account of a clerical meeting held at Islington oa the 13th January last, at whicii Archdeacon Ilellmuth, in the course of a long speech, which ho delivered on that occasion, was reported to have made the following statement : — " Although he should be sorry to say anything which should mar in the slightest degree the happy spirit which seemed to pervade that meeting, yet he could not help observing that there was a very great lack of evangelical men in those vast colonies, — not that there are not godly, good, and liard-working men, but too few in number for those vast regions which God in his providence has given to this country ; he could not liide it, — lie must speak out the truth, that evangelical men are at a very great di^cnunt in tliose colonies generally, and that an effort is being made to rear a hierarchical structure, which he feared would not tend, as is supposed by some, to strengthen the cause of pure Protestant and evangelical trutli. The object of hia mission to this country was (Lo continued) to raise funds for the establishment of a sound evangelical college, from which men are to be sent forth to pro- claim the Gospel of Christ in all godly simplicity and fulness ; and he trusted, as this is the very first effort of the kind to establish a thor- oughly Protestant theological college in the colony, evangelical men will effectually help this good cause." /I'f^ Ullj MP I .Hi '■ -f '*'oui,i .iMi "^ '^'^'3"n'y rr ^''^ ""^''^t I sunn ;^ss (o repc.rt j,ij, ,,. /-^ °"^set observe /;, . ' ""^ '«»'!e« „x r""' ""- f ":?■.? "«'■■ "™ ';^?'='-^icor "issionarv o„; . "^reise of ri • ""'«', Hen , =' "''<' aJmosl «e tile remedy. ! '" ^ ■''" Ap,,, , '-''^"■-' '0 a gen- ^■'''^* J suppose '^'■^^ not pro, •^ ''"■■^'ponsibJe "^'Ji-eviatea ^'^'<'n with "forced tfte 22iidsayis; ^ceses aro ^ocal CoJ- '5 almost exhort ''''Uadian ■^s as to 111 £:?0.00f) lor tlio citalilishmt'iit of a Oollojye bused on Evangelical princi- plcH, and lor other important purposes, in the dioouse of Huron. Tb« propOH.il Lo toiuid a collc;,'^ is well liUod to counteract the peculiar evil to whicli we liavi; relerred, — that off. Colonial-born clorjjy, nurtured ia u course of collepiato instruction wbich ob>^cnri's tbe great truths of the Gospel. We sincerely l:opc that J)r. iiellinulh's timely visit to this country will bf the means ul' realizin.u; the Bishop of Huron's plan." It would no doi'.})t 'le fr"norally felt that it mutters little to us what are Dr. Hellmutlf.= ptiv-Ue opiiilyns ; but when such statements are publicly made by an Archdeacon specially accredited in England by cue of the Canadian BishopSj they obtain a d'\n;ree of importance that couM not otherwise attach to them ; and whieh will, I hope, justify me, as your Metropolitan, in addressing this letter on the subject to you, the Bishops and Clerjry of the Can:vtliaii Church. For some time pn'-t, as v^ well known, there lias lio 'n a controversy agitating the Wi-Lern Dioceses ic.-pecting th.: University of Trinity College, Toronto. 1 am not sufllciently master of this subject in its present state to enter into a detailed review of it ; which, while it might for sufficient reasons be now Inexpedient for m.\ is for my pres- ent pu.-pose not necessary. But whatever may bo the difliculties that now exist, I cannot but hope, that nothing will eventually prevent such a solution of them, as may lead at last to the cordial co-operation of all those Dioceses in the welfare of the University, When I met the Bishop of Huron at Kingston, at the ConsecraMon of the Bishop of Ontario, be assured me that in the eil'ortnow muking for his diocese in England, he never for an instant had contemplated anything like a rival College or University to Toronto, but merely a Theological Institution for his own Candidates, previous to their ordination ; upon the plan, as I under- stood him, of the Colleges at Wells, Chichester, and elsewhere. I at once told him that I thought every Bishop might most reasonably aim at bavmg such an institution connected with his Cathedral. Whatever may be the excellence of the Universities here or in England, we may well all desire, if we can accomplish it, to have our candidates for a time under our own eyes ; and to test, by something better than an ordinary examination, their real fitness for entering into the holy oflice of the Ministry. But to multiply Universities and general Colleges must, in this country, be certainly most injurious, making it impossible '/ "i::,:r;:;: ""*■"" '- -- '; t.::r"''"' •■'■*^ Mjir.-f r ' ^''''"^''•^iJ purposes n/' rr '"''' ^■IioJe.scmo .r ;:::-;-;> ''"■•■■«»uij;::;:\.::;:- "-v. ,„,„ ,: °P-™ T'"""""""'" a «„:,.'„ :"-^' "--y year, i„ " tiQd loom w thoiv hearts to I. ^"'^ o/'Chrgt, will ho , , ""O «a. .be omc-al a„p„ea ^ '°'' """"^ " » v„, f,,, „ fc^ 'CUilJc'S of tlju '■''''" sulyecta, t exactly to I'ocoiijca a ircoijiiected Hi tempera- tfudoncifs, '■'Jjf d..par. "13 ;c v.liich, iuid it l»oon uttered at llio mooting of tluvt Society, would, lu; knew, luivo led to tli(* immediate rejection of liis ai»peal. Fie says : ''IIo must ppoak out the truth : that evangelical men arc at a very groat di^icount in tiiosc colo- nics generally, and that an cfl'ort is being made to roar a liierarcliical structure, wliich lie feared would not tend, as is supposed by some, to strengthen the cause of pure Protestant and evangelical trutli. The object of his mission to this country was to raise funds for the establish- ment of a sound cvangnlical college.'' And Tlw lirconl, urgently recom- mending the appeal, follows up the argument by stating, tliat '• It is to bo regretted that several Canadian dioceses are deeply tainted with the leaven of Tractarianis-ni ; and that the local colleges at whicli the Cauadiiin clergy receive their training, are almost wholly under this baneful inlluence.'' Arclideaoo!) IT.'llmuth has the reputation of being a very astute and succe.SHful collector of funds, and he, nodouljt, now remembered what an appeal to such feelings produced in the case of Father Chinitpiy, for wliom, a few years ago, he vouched, wlien such large sums wore obtained from tile credulous English public, much to the astonishment of many thou^litfnl peopl" in Canada, Intending, on the present occasion, to attempt the same line, it was natural for liiui to make tlie most of the Trinity College controversy. But that was not sutlicicnt for his purpose. He appeals therefore to his hearers on boiialf of all Canada, and gives them to und(!rstand that wluit Iil' ha'< now in contemplation will renew the whole spirit of the Church there. " This [lie assures his hcareis] is the very first elfort of the kind to establish a thorouglily Protestant (/leological college in the colony." No wonder that The Ricord tells its readers, the next week, " that the local colleges at which the Canadian clergy receive tlieir training, are almost wholly under the baneful influence of Tractarianism :'' a cotnnient which is tacitly allowed to pass, being useful as seconding the appeal. Now, perhap.'?, on the present occasion, the Archdeacon might have considered the college at Sabrevois, in this diocese, as hardly important enough to interfere with the sweeping nature of his statements ; yet many an urgent appeal has of late been grounded by himself and his friends, upon the claims of thia 8 '^^ "BAR LORI, fj AliDl'lKl f) Will A •• '^•'■", 'M/j April, I8G2 ^'■'^"-"t time, ;°?fr*' T ''-""^ "-^ lau'h ■""'"' '-^"'^^^'-^ 7""try, uni,nH ,;.';; !' ''''^. ^""^I^t the battle; o h ;^.'' ^"''^ '"^^- '^t ^"- spoken, :^: ;,^^ ^'-«'".ioa, ci.::;^^e :;:;;: ^'^ ^« ^^ --•t^in "1 the i;,vht of , '' ■'^"■'taal father n^J ' ^"^ '''''"^<^{i)Cil to iiiul.t' u.sc, l)til nuin^is uniicit vi rildn. IJ'jIIovo mo nlwny, My tl'-ar UMiup, Very Kincerely yours, (}. J. QUKDKO. P. S. — Dr. nullmiitli, wlio w.is l^jr a r^oi't titno nt Colioiirij, In tlio <1iocoso of Torunli), Icil'or" lio ciitcrid sil. I5i.- coni:idcrcd as an Kvangelical man? If ho ia, I belicvo, and certainly hop ; ho !« right In stating, that they are r.ot numerous; T confens men of auch a fitump have never liad any encouragement from nie. 1 have now before mo a copy of a letter addresacd by the Montreal Coramitlee of the Coluninl Chuich and School Society to the Parent Society* in London, and signed by every member of the Committee, at the time when Dr. llellniuth wa^ about to 1)0 sent out as the General Superintendent of that Society for all British North America. In this letter they press upon the Society the Impcrtanco of arresting their de- cision respecting that appoiutiucut ; and state that the name of the Lord Bishop of Montreal is not ailixcd, for the reason that he was obliged to leave town before the special meeting. But he has authorized us to state " that he fully coincides with the other membf^rs. in the opinion they entertain of tlic contemplated measure, and that ho should regret the interruption of that harmuuy, wliich at present is established between himself and tlie Corresponding Committee of your Society.-' Jn con- fief[nence of this representation, Dr. Ilellmuthcame out as Superintendent of B. N. A, with the exception of the Diocese of Montreal. I have acted now with that Society in perfect harmony for many years, and I Now tbo Colonial and C'jntinenfal Church Society. 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I I |.ss,., i ( or ''niciK (ii.ii, ic a I, and I pr ^' not siiil ''■"''"I- Dr. II ""'^ aijaiii ,l,.sir,.,i '■'"""'"'.'cinTal,,,. '■^'''■>' ""■";;■ wo,ii,l I'Mld, ICI,.,i| ( ' iiiniilli sill not I "H. »' a.h (■'■'Id, lly II "" "'•i-oniit ()( lii,^,' lllis iior, I'' COM,. 'ii''<'^^rt(ioii '""■'y, licslioni.i "I" <>(ii,irn.isc. I '('"'"lly oir,.,v,|. if '■ '""' "'i.^ lie could '■•''iniiT il, /,)! " niciitiou f.'iOOO •'"' I (lioiiwht Ollll •<' ''VCIltlially fsni W(< might CO ill: IKV Hll VM y< al ei CN cc pi th til III (M Hll 1)1 Cll CO ar al «r II '"l(i Moi. l.oCfj ''ioil will, jf "'•' I'.iVi' v,,|, '"■»• 'i> (lio '■ "''lllMlid, '^•'^ !UI\iii||,s '■'' IV.IS Mip. "' (I'l'IK'lMl ""' laiiil ,)(• «• lliis ollci- "IlI'lMll. I vc(! |.,,.,.^ ""'Ml an •Mid (|„. •I' i( uiiH ' •'■ ;;■!■< 'lit !W l,.av(« '''•■IM/,.||, ' III,- (,) dlw („) 'l''|i('ii(| I'Willc, ■•al. I n'sliiii^ on ji|,« ;li(. bo 'I lor I'iil or i-onld iilioii .'iOOO only ally iglit coiilrivc to 1»nil(| ii i)liiin, iiNornl (llnircli lor (lie C!'>()00, liiwitifj llio sitr iilso ; hiit. il we Iiad ii di'ht ol L'lriOO, bcMidcH Ihmiiji; u iWnir u\nn\ tin- con gri'nnlion, \\i' conld not. Iiavc it conHciMMlcd. I'pon wliicli Dr. Ilrllinnlli said, " Oil ! but. tlii' (Jcncral is not, };\claimed, " then j liave beiui (jiiite niuler a mis iiiprelieiisinn nil this time. The (.'eiieial lias a, threat, di'al of land in that part of Hie citv, I lu'lievc'.'" '■ Vcs," Haid I'r. llellmiilli, " ii !',reat nninber (d' lots." I iininediali'ly saw lliidiij'h liie wliole inaiioinre. l''(n' tic benelit. of (I'eneral llxan.^" Ian 1, and Id ciialple his son in law to scllie in Montreal, we were io build a Chnreli toy liiiii, which wii.s lo be burdened with lUi ('.xcccdin^ly heavy drlil. And this proposal wiim made jo me verbally. I could never. thiMii';li I rcpeali'dly uskcd for it, /."[cf the least nii'inorandnin ol so iiiiporliiiil a iiiallir, in writinj^; and I was not. to lie allowed ti) consult a siiii'.ie fi ieiid re preiin^;- if; while I was iir;;ently pre-sed to ;u\c ,111 ininii'diali' drel-i,,!!. ||' | h i,| iin",nardedly aci'cpfed (he oll'er as lir,'-t ina<|e, l»r. I lellniul li would imnn'dialely have made bis famil> arrani.'.i'ments iiiul eul.'r d iino enea ■I'lneuls (lepi'iidin;-; upon it ; and dun would li,i\ I' I (Ui ideied ni'liouudin honor afterwards to carry it tliroiij'h ; liow('\ rr ciuitr iiy it iui"lit h i\ e liii lusl nut lowtiat I had been led lo expect. 1 iminediately put an riul to the disenssioii, iiirr(dy say in;',- that I pre. iiuieil I wa.s not ai lilierly io inenliou the matler to any lui • ; which \)v. Ib'Uuinlli s lid thai llcy (f: ired me ii,>l lo ilo. .\nd I did iioi .'.peak ol' it to a sin;',le iii(li\ idual ; but lo my siirpriM', very .^horlly, I Ion 11(1 that I In 're was ;',real, i ml i filial ion fell in eeitain (juarliM's bccaii.M'. as it was a'^crled, (JcikumI I'.xaiis had olViuid (,':a)n() to luiihl it church on his laud, and I had rilnseil to aecepi lln' nll'er. .\ud this was construed into a (lisiMiiiraefinenf nl ■ an l'!\ anjv'lieal man;" wlu'iciis I had bcrii inepaiiil lo cuIit heaihly into Ihe plan, iinlil 1 (onnd that the whole Iul^iness \vas an al tempi to lake me in. This I'ertaiiily opened my eyes to Dr. 11 'llmulirs real eh.iracter ; and lio\\f\-er his astuteness and plausible manner miy h.uT enutinned to r the i^pirit of the Archdeacon ; and God knows how truly conscious 1 am, that " in many things I oO'end daily ;" and how much we all need, wliotlier so-called '• evangelical men" or others who may not be allowed io be so classed— how much wo all nc'^'' to be ever seeking a larger measure of God's grace, to enoble us to givo ourselves more heartily and effectually to the great work whercunto wo have been called. Wlien we consider the trust committed to us, and look round and " sec the lioMs everywhere M'.'ite already to harvest," we may do well to listen now and then to torac such stirring appeals as the following : '• Yet tbou art alive, and tliey alive ; yet thou hast a tongue, and they have ears 5 the final sentence hath not cut off their hopes. Preach, ther^'foro ; and preach withall thy might. Exhort them privately and personally, with all the seriousness thou canst ; (quickly, or it will be too lale ; prudently, or Satan will overreach thee ; fervently, or thy words are like to bo disregarded. Remember, when thou lookest them in the face — when thou beholdest the assemblies, that they must be converted or condemned ; sanctified on earth, or tormented in hell 5 and that this is the day ; it must be tiow or never.''* But I feel sure that wo shall best promote our work, instead of in- creasing divisions and widening separations, " by striving together for the faith of the Gospel :" and certainly many divisions often are origin- ated for very insulTicicat reasons. " It is not impossible that this desire of unity may have produced some unwilling error of love ; but certainly I am most free from the wilful love of error. In questions of an inferior nature, Christ regards a charitable intention much more than a right opinion. "t In my own Diocese, in our general work, in the meetings of our Synod * R. Baxter, Discourse, Eccl. ix. 10. t Archbp. Bramhall. 16 I fi ? and elBCwhere, 1 am thatikful to say, we know no divisioa of party ; wd have some that will bo owned as amougat the leading '-Evangelical men" lu Canada ; and largo as is the liold of labor before us, 1 have been too glad to welcome amongst us any good and faithful servants of Christ, without distinction of party ; only impressing upon them, whatever side they might be inclined to take, that I could not encourage any attempt to carry on the work of this Diocese through perpetual strife and con- troversy. " I have often thought that the chief occasions of men's dif- fering so much in their opinions, wotl', either their not understanding each other ; or else, that instead of ingeniously searching after truth, they have made it their business to tind out arguments for the proof of what they have once asserted,"* Tills is very true : when men got heated by a controversy, it is very dilTicult to arrive at an amicai)le solution of a quarr».l : their consistency becomes pledged to go on with their party, and to give support to foregone conclusions. O may God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, our only Saviour, the Prince of Peace, give us grace seriously to lay to heart the great dangers we are in by our unhappy divisions. May he take away all hatred and prejudice, and whatever else may hinder us from godly union and concord ; that as there is but one Body, and one Spirit, and one Hope of our Calling, one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism, one God and Father of us all, so wo mny henceforth )io all of one heart and one soul, united in one holy bond of Truth and Peace, of Faith and Charity, and may with one mind and one mouth glorify Uim, through Jesus Christ our Lord.t ( V il c R I 1 1 iV I remain, Ever your faithful Brother in Christ, F. MONTREAL. * Bp. Butler, Correspondence with Dr. Samuel Clarke, letter 2. t Prayer for Utiity, in the Book of Common Prayer. APPENDIX A. Jl', The Venorablo Archdoacon Hellmutii. of tlio dioceso ol Huron (Canada West), then addressed tlio Mooting on the reli,2;ious state of the British North American colonies. After t^ome interesting oliservatlone, he remarked tiiat he had rssided on the other side the Atlantic for nearly cigliteon years, during the last five ot which lie acted as the Gonaral Superintendent of the Colonial and Continental Church Society in British North .\merica ; which gave him ample opportunity of becoming practically and tlioroughly ac'iuaintcd with the state of things there. Although he should be sorry to say anything which would mar in the sl'.ghtest degree tlic happy si)irit which seemed to pervade that meeting, yet he co;iid not help observing that there was a very great lack of evangelical men in those -'ast colonies, — not that there are not godly, good, ami hard-working men, but too few in number for those vast regions, which God in his providence har. given to this country ; he could not hide it, — he must speak out the truth, that evangelical men are at a very great discount in those colonies generally, and that an effort is being made to rear a hierar- chical structure, which ho feared would not tend, as is supposed by some, to Btrengthca the cause of pure Protestant and evangelical truth. The object of his mission to this country was (he continued) to raise funds for the establish- ment of a sound evangelical college, from which men are to bo sent forth to proclaim the Gospel of Christ in all godly simplicity and fulness, and he trusted, as this is the very first efl'ort of the kind, to establish a thoroughly Protestant theological college iu the colony, evangelical men will eflectually help this good cause. As a controversy has been commenced in Upper Canada, and appeared in print, between the excellent Bishop of Huron (Dr. Cronyn), and the Divinity Professor of Trinity College, Toronto, he could not hesitate for a moment to urge, with all the power he possessed, upon all lovers of God's pure truth to help the good Bishop to establish an Institution which shall begin and continue to teach sound Protestant doctrin", and endeavour to send forth men with the Apostolic determination " not to know anything among men save : osus Christ and Him crucified." The Bishop of Huron has nobly and publicly denounced the Tractarian doctrines taught by the Provost of Trinity College. Tha Archdeacon then read a passage from a pamphlet, showing that the Divinity Professor ot the Church College in Toronto teaches " the instrumen- tality of the Virgin Mary in the work of Imman salvation, and the typical relation of Miriam to her." These, he said, are the Provost's own words, as contained in a manuscript catechism of his (the Provost's) composition for the Btiiiltmtsof Trinity College .—Question, "Sbow that she mr\y bo rec;i\r(led m holding a position iimlor the oM dispensation tt^pirnl of that wliich Mary hold under tlie now?" The answer is as follows : — "Miriam was an instriinKMit iu brini^inj? the children of Israel into tiio promised land, and Mary was an iiislrument in i)ringing mankind into the kinj^dom of ";I()ry, or heaven.'' This Divinity Profes-Jor, in a letter of vindication against tiie chary;e made ng;»inst him by the Bishop of Huron for Fuch teaching, ndmitn him?elf that the follow- ing is the correct answer, as found in his own notes : — '• The sister of Mosea and Aaron, coupled with them by the propliets as a joint leader of Israel from Egypt (Micah vi. 4), is thus answering in some typical respect to the place which Mary boro instriimentally in the meaufi of human redeinpl ion.'' Tho Archdeacon read also a p.is.spge from tho same pamphlet on rrie.-'tly Absolu- tion, which was in tho same Tractariaa stylo. lie th"n coaclnded, asking whether there were not sullicient reasons, then, for his coming to this country. lie was thankf^ul to state that ho was much encouraged, and warmly and cordially welcomed ))y tho Lord's people. One gontloman had already given £r)f)0, whilst a f(;w followed with ,C100, and otiiers had promised aid whi'-h bo was sure would fully lie realized. After thanking tho Yicar for his kiudness in thus allowing him to speak, he sat down, llio Mooting evidently, from tho hearty applause, sympathizing with the causo of tho Archdeacon. STATE OF THE CllUPtClI IX CANADA. The two letters which wo publish below have reached us on tho same dato March 3lst. Archdeacon Ilellmuth states that the letter purporting to be ad- dressed to the Record had been sent to him by a clerical friend in Canada, and it isdifticult to avoid the conclusion that it had consequently been circulated in that country before it had been forwarded to us. Tills is of little consequence as it oft'ects ourselves, but it bears a different aspect as it concerns Archdeacon Hellmuth. The letter of tho " Presbyter"' contains a strong personal attack on that gentleman, and conveys insinuations against his motives and conduct which no public controversy can justify, and into wliich no man simply aiixious to vindicate the truth would enter. Our readers will observe, on turning to the report of the Islington Meeting of January 9, as it appears in our number of January 13, that no personal references whatever escaped from the lips of Archdeacon Hellmuth, The letter of '' Presbyter" is therefore a gratuitous unprovoked attack, anonymously published aud privately circulated in tho ab- sence of the party attacked, and under circurastauces which deprive him of the possibility of adequate reply ; for tho letter, in all probability, will obtain circulation i I quarters to which tlie Archdeacon's answer will never roach. The attack is consequently one which every law of Christian courtesy and justice combines to condemn. We are therefore, but doing an act of justice in publishiiip; the conclu=ive reply of Archdeacon Ilellmuth, and wo believe that its calm and Christian tone will carry conviction to eery impartial reader. \ J rcpfarded in 3b Miu-y bold inslruinoiU ia Muiy wiis an itveti," TLis nmde n{r;uijst »t tin; follow- sUt of Mopcfi !' Israel from to tho plrtco iftoii.'' Tho •tiy Alwolii- i'l''d, asking lliis country, viirnily and '''•'iidy givon id ulii(il) ho Ills kiudnoss y, from tho same dato ig to bo ad- i^'iarla, and I'CMlntod in oiipcqiience ^rclidcacon nal attack 'd conduct ly a!i.\iou3 utning to ir nuinbcr ho lips of gratuitous in tho ab- lim of the ill obtain er reach, I'tosy and justice ia icvo that ■eader. ^ Tor oiir-^elvof, wo fool it needless to do nioro than add i\ very few words. Tho conviction wo have formed of Jio unsatisfactory ptato of tho Canadian Churcli, and tho consequent necessity of supporting tho comparatively small Kvangelioal section of it by fingli'^h sympathy and help, has been founded on evidonco wiiicli no men' assertions on )lio part of" I'rcsbytcr'' can weaken. Our con- clusion has been formed with groat roluctanci!, and we should heartily rejoice to receive substantial proofs that wo aro wrong. At present, all tho facts with which wo aro acquainted i-cive to invest our painful impression of Iho state of the Church in Canada with a melancholy certainty. If the "Presbyter of the Dioceso of Montreal" will furnish us with facts to prove tluit Tractarianism does not taint tho older Canadian dioceses, we shall truly rejoice to receive them, and will give them most tlianUi'ully every prominence in our columns. Mean- while, the following correspondence speaks sutticicnlly for itself : — Ed. TiKcortl. LETTER ADDUK.SSKn TO TllK LONDON' " UECOUI)'' IN AN.SWKR TO TUK UNPKR- WUITTEN EXTRACTS. •' H'' could not hide it, ho nuist speak out the truth, that Evangelical men are al a very great discount iu those colonies, generally. •' He trusted as tliis is tho very first efibrt of the kind to establish a thorough- ly Protestant Theological College iu tho Colony, Hvangelical men will effect ually help this good cau^e," — Speech of Archdeacon Ilelhnuth at tho ClerieaT M'^eting at Islington.— /iVcorr/, Jan. loth, I8G2. '• It is also to b? rogrette'il tint several of tho Canadian dioceses aro deeply tainted with the leaven of rractariani-ni, and that the local college^, at which the Canadian clergy roci'ivo their training, aro also wholly under this baneful influence.'' — Leading article of tho Record, Jan. 22d, 1802. Sir, -I iiave been a reader of the Record for upwards of twenty-five year.^. and a Presbyter of the Church of En2;laud iu the dioceses, first of t.)ucbcc pre- vious to tho division, and subsequently of Montrtal since tho formation of that diocese, for nineteen years. I have held the office of Trustee of Bishop's College, Lennoxville, am a member of its Convocation, and have three sons uow receiving their education within its precincts. I mention those circumstances in limine, in order to show that I have a title to a hearing iu your columns in reply to anything that may have appeared there aff'-'cting the above Dioceses or their Institutions, and that I can speak with knowledge upon the subject. It can also easily bo ascoitaiued whelhcr I have any Traclarian bias, either by inquiry here or by reference to well-knov.-n clergymen aiul laymen, whose names I shall transmit to you privately at the same lime with this letter. My ODJcct in writing is simply to corrtct some gross misstatements, which may do harm to tho cause of Christ and Ilis Church in Canada ; and thus to further tho cause of truth and justice. 1 have before mo the nmiiliors of llic lUtoid ol Jmi. KUh. suid J;ui. ajinl resiiectively, in wliicli llu^ inissliU.'iiirtitH J ullinlt! to nie contained. In yimr paper of Jan. i;>l!i, ;iii(l formiii;; put of tlie report of tliivt truly inteies'ling meetiiig of cl'jr^y at Isliiii^Lju, ili.i.; ii|. pears a speccli of the \rnerahlo Arcli- (leacoti Il.'lliniUli of fn: Diocso ul lliruM, wli), I may my m pussunt, »'njoy,s ii repiitatiou iii Uauaila hurilly ko Liyli as tliaL wliicli he appeal's to have in London. Not (ooccupy too much .'?paco by criticirtin;,' Dr. Ilellniutirs speech at length, I phall simply meet and refute some of tho statements, l)y which he imposed upon the credulity of the highlv respectable asseml)ly wliieli he addressed. Dr. Ilcllmuth is reported a:^ s.iying, " he could not hide it, ho must speak out the truth, that Evangelical men are at a very great diseount in those colonies generally.'' Now, Sir, I do not hesitate to characterize that statement as a positive untruth, aud an untruth of which Dr. Hellmuth himself is the best evidence. I am not aware that he has ever been otherwise than thai which he terms '' An Evan;;-elical .Man." And it such men are ''at a vc.y groat dia.- count," (a commercial phrase by tho bye, quite in accordance with the Arch- deacon's habit of thought), lio'.s-, I woul'l i'oU, has he attained his present po?ition? Has it not been by tho favour and kindness of the men and insti- tutions which he now calumniates ? Dr. Hellmuth came to Can:ida about 181 1, a poor and friendless adventurer, known only as a converted Polish Jew, wli.) was supposed to have made some sacrifices for the truth'.s sake. He was from the first treated with marked kindness by the Bishop of Quebec, was s.;at to Dishap's Collejije, Lennoxvillc, as a student, where ho was taken in at the Bishop's urgent request, by tho Rev. L Doulittle, and lioarded, I believe, gratis ; he wa'^ ordained to the charge of tho important congregation of Sheibrooke, wl\ich is tlireo miles distant lVo:a Lennoxville. aud was also appointed Professor of Hebrew and Ral)binlcal literature in Bishop's Uolleg", and was actually placed in tempo- rary charge during the absence of the Principal in England, His doctor's degree was obtained from the Archbishop of Canterbury, at the instance and by the request of the Bishop of Quebec. And yet. Sir, in tho face of all these facts, known to every one here, we are told by Dr. Hellmuth himself, speaking through the Record, that tho attempt now making by his instrumentality to establish a College in the Diocese of Huron, is '• the very first eilbrt of the kind to establish a thoroughly Protestant Theological College in the Colony." I desire to judge Dr. He'.lmuth by nothing more than his own words and his own actions. H' this be the first eflort, &c., &c., why did Dr. H. some years since cheerfully go to England to advocate the cause of Bishop's College, and collect funds for its advancement, for which purpose T myself and many others gave him letters of introduction to our friends? Let him tak(! which horn of the dilemma he chooses. 1 J 5 i could Hay u goud (leal uioru of Dr. Ilulliuuth, did Bpuce permit. But 1 must now lura to your own Icudiiig articlo of your issue of the '22iid Jmiuary, the stufomentH in wiiicli liavc been, in all probab'lity, durived from tlio sumo truthlul and rolinblc sourco already nuticed. After 8omo rem irks, paying a well des(;rvL'd triljuti; to (/'.iiiaiiiiiii iuyalty, the article in fjuoHtion coutiina the tollowing stafeinent : •' It is also to bo re[iu'c!i 23, 1H(;2. l\lv DKAK Sill, - I am f'uiiilshcil hy (lio kind vij,'ihincf,> of a clcricixl liioiul of 111.' diocese of Montroul witli a priiilrd letter, signed, " I'reshytor of tiio Diocese of ^lontrcttl," luid rxddrcsHcd to tlie liecont, to which I de.sli'0 to reply, if you will liindly permit mo sp;ico in your vulmiblo columnji. In tliis lett'T I am called to task for phrases and sciillm.'nts uttered at tho great amiual gatlierinp; of Evant'elical chrgy at Islington, on tlu; 'jtU of Juuii- ury last, and which I felt it a privilej^e to bo allowed to address. I wonld at tho very outset observe that tho Record did not profess to report my address verbatim, and 1 feel therefore less responsible for tlio vf.'ry wonl^, or even sentences, employed in the abbreviated summary printed in the lit cord of tho above date. At the i-amo time, I am prepared to admit that the substance of my speech is given with sufllcieut accuracy. With the aspersions cast upon the Elitor of tho Record, it is not for mo to Interfere ; his accoiuplished pen must ever make him independent of such feeble advocacy as my own. My llrst impres^^ion was to take no notice of tho anonymous communication ; but upon refl'ction that tho printed letter of •' Trcsbyter*' lias, pcilmp'^, been circulated *' broadcast'' in private, or pul»li.->!ied in some of our Canadian jour- nals without my sneech accompanying it, and that an erroneous impression may co'.i?..(|uontly be produced that I have r-aid things whicii in reality 1 have not said, I think it on tho whole duo to all concerned to reply to tlio leltr its aim i 11 The above letters were republislied, with (he followuig one, in the " Echo " newspaper : — London, April 3, 1802. 33 GuUiFOUD-ST., RUSSKU. SliUAUK. To the Editors of the Echo. Ukar Sirs,— I shall consider it a favor if you will kindly publish in your valuable Journal, a letter of mine that appeared in the London Record, of yesterday, being a reply to a letter from a '• Presbyter of the Montreal Diocese," who, after I was in possession of his printed letter (sent to me by a friend in Montreal) for nearly a fortniglit, commuulcated himself to ra(^ his name [The Revd. George Slack] in a style and manner, I desire, for hissak'-, to make no comment upon. However much we may differ in opinion, or express freely and fully those opinions.^-the birthright of every Englishman, or English subject — yet I trust we shall never so far forget ourselves as to attack the private charactor of those with whom wo do ditr-n". The Rev. Mr. Slack, however, whom I am not consci- ous to have oflended at any time, has not only assailed my character in public print, but has actually written to some of my own friends in England to traduce my privivte and public character, with a desire that his estimate of me should be promulgated among otliers of my Evangelical friends and acquaintances. Had he confined himself to the public newspapers to reflect, however injurious- ly, upon my private and public career, I should probably not have taken any further notice of it. But I think, under the circumstances, it is due to ray family, as a husband and father, as well as a Christian Minister, to vindicate mysoU thrnuG;h a journal in my adopted country, where my life and labour, in. pub'iC as in privdC; have bsou kuowa for the last eighteen years. Believe me, Dear Sir, Yours, very faithfully, I. HELLMUTH. Letter from the Rev. Dr. Mar'de, published in the London Record, which re-appcared in the Echo ; THE CHURCH IN CANADA. (To the Editor of the Record.) Sm,—l was the examining Chaplain of the Bishop of Quebec when Archdea- con Hellmnth offered himself as a candidate for holy orders in the diocese, and am therefore well acquainted with the circumstances to which a '' Presbyter of the Diocese of Montreal" has referred. JTH. ;> Tlic so-called " poor and IViendloasfidvonturor"' was treated with " marked kiiidaoss,'' but lie was in no sense nndoscrviiig of all the kindness extended to liim. It was felt that he would be a real and 'ition to the newly- founded College, and the event has more than justilied the considerate wisdom of the ]>ishop in appointing him to a professorship. That one in Dr. Ilell- mulh's position sliould have made some '■nemies in Canada, is not a matter of surprise. I only hope that my old friend " Presbyter'' is not of the number of them. I write thus from a simple desire to sec fair play. I am not, like yourself, alarmed at the state of the Church in Canada ; bnt believe, on the contra'''^, that it is full of promise. An experience formed during more thafi twenty years has convinced me that if evangelical men. as sucli, are not preferred by every Canadian Bishop, they are not, as such, lif'htly esteemed by any. Of Trinity College, in Upper Can- ada, I cannot spe; k rom personal liuowledge ; but as for Bishop's College, in Lower Canada, I nture to think that Dr. Hellmuth has done no more than justice to it. It may not be aa " Evangelical'' institution, strictly so called, but may it not be a something better ? T hope so, from the bottom of my heart ; since, from no dislike to evangel- ical men, or evangelical principles, I did my best, while in Canada, to make it what it is. I am. Sir, yours respectfully, George Mackie. Nuneaton, April 7, 18C2. LETTER TO THE " ECHO," AFTER THE PASTORAL OP THE METROPOLITAN : LoxDOX; May 12, 18G2. (To the Editors of the Echo.) " Dear Sirs, — In your last issue, under the head of "New Publications," I see an editorial notice of '■ A Letter to the Bishops and Clergy of the United Church of England and Ireland in Canada, from Francis Fulford, D.D., Lord Bishop of Montreal, and Metropolitan." This Pastoral is widely circulated, a copy of which has reached me also. In it I am personally attacked, and my character defamed. Whether I look upon myself as an officer in the Church of God, or in any other relation in life— as a member of society, as a husband and a father— to be thus publicly denounced and condemned before the church and the world at large, (unheard by any tribunal) and that by the highest eccle- siastical functionary in the country, I own I feel the injustice of it most keenly, and the more particularly so, as 1 am, by the publication of this Pastoral, de- prived of any appeal to an Ecclesiast.oal Court in Canada, the supreme Judge, whoso sentence is final, having thus appeared before the church and the world aa my accuser and defamer. 4 Kl 13 '• As I am consulting my friends what course to pursiio to vindicate my cbar- acter from the crmil and injurious aspersions cast upon mo ;ind upon my fathei in-law, Gen. Evan.", who is equally implicated in so >?rave a charge as'' a nianccuvre,'' and "an attempt to take his Lordship in,"' you will, I am sure, deem it but an act ol justice if, through your cuhunns, I reciuest the favor of all parties to suspend their judgment on the qucstiou at issue, unt'.l we have deci