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 A LETTER 
 
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 PP^RSONAL Vlr.DTCATtON 
 
 AND ON 
 
 THE INEXPEDIENCY 
 
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 A NEW DIOCESAN COLLEGE 
 
 Bl ADA!H TOWNLEY, D,0. 
 
 PRESBYTliR OF THE DIOOESB OF HURON, C.W. 
 
 " Let n«t then your good be evil spoken of."-RoM. xiv. 15. 
 L'^t .ii thpreFore follow pfter the things which raake for peaoe."-RoM. xiv. l^ 
 
 BRAN TFORD ; 
 
 PRINTED \T THE O TJ R I E R OPFIOK 
 
 1862. 
 
A J RAYF^R. 
 
 ,^ T 1 «««f«-^ th»i we are much distracted, separated from one another, vexed 
 
 •Ph ilir' 'cierse us 0^^^^^^^^^ remove p;ejudices, discords, misunderstandings 
 
 with debates, l^ieanse us "/^ "^"^ nf n^^ntrnversv eivp us forbearance and gentleness. 
 
 Gracious S™°". 'f ^'f ^'Tbut by agree nent in the truth; by the oaBting out o' all 
 
 »S^;0 fX * ^^mai KaTaeoe^kble people ir. Thy .ght, .br 
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 A LETTER TO THE LORD BISHOP OF HURON. 
 
 • That they also may be owe in us, 
 
 that the world mail believe that Thou hast Me."-St. John xvii. 21. 
 
 Paris, C. W., 12th June, 1862. 
 My Pear Lord Bishop, 
 
 '^^^'"T4 telfi" t°o /Irte ';:r. Jore S'y Synod .on,™., ,<- n., 
 expressed wish. 
 
 1 Now mv Lord, I cannot but feel pained that you should have deemed it right thus 
 . Jiidrbv tL pissa-es I have italicised, again to imply a severe censure upon myself 
 Co^^-^^^^^^^^^^ that I was' t?e author of the -d^ution m que^^^^^^^^ 
 
 which you have not thought it necessary to give me the slightest ^'l^J^^''^^^' 
 iSallv do I re^et these statements as they force upon me, the very ^«Pi«f^7^Y^^^^^^ 
 Tf^li nuL^^^^^^^ myself against my Diocesan; of my repugnance to douig 
 
LcadAT of 25th September, 1860. 
 
 " Canterbury, England, 28tli Aui^., 1860. 
 c« qT« Tn TU Leader of SOth July, ^ich has been forwarded to me, I find iiv 
 
 a mcSg of the Synod, when a high-ehurch mnx.X^r dl.rcgardxng Jnmdly mtmaUon, 
 challenged remark upon the subject 1" 
 
 " A.thP individual who proposed the resolution upon which the Bishop's remarks 
 
 rf Mil S"tl%r tevero^^^^ ' persevering' contrary to tho expr»ea .isUes o. 
 my Diocesan. 
 
 f rSon °m.c% nmilar (1) to that which has been ^eimmediate cause ot th s 
 
 &s,rs^^Tt z ^^-^p^^B 
 
 would repudiate the idei of being thought a ' Ingh^hurch mmi8t«r, ) and passed 
 unanimously, (2) tlie Bishop not making the slightest objection. 
 
 " Havintr however had it intimated to me by a distinguished individual, deeply 
 
 member, about a month previous to its meeting. In all this time i never receivca 
 
 rn The followia. 13 the first resolution as eKtracted from the Society'a Book '--''^^^^'^ 
 in support of Trinity College, Toronto^ ^ 
 
 be adopted "unanimously." 
 
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 .li^hic't bint from his Lordship that it would be undesirable to bring it forward ; had 
 he done J^ I imagine he knows me well enough to 'oelievo, that I should at once have 
 Xprn-sed it ; I^I^think it must be a very extreme case whieh makes it either wise, or 
 right, to oppose one's Bishop. 
 
 - During the meeting of Synod, however, and just as the proper time had come in due 
 courrfoibrinc^ing the resolution before it, the Bishop sent ior me to speak to him 
 XTl Ippcd up to his chair he whispet^d, ' I cannot support you in that resolution 
 frcplied 'fl very sorry for it, my Lord,,but I suppose it will bo be^t to goon wUh 
 rtasthenoticehasbeengiven.' He answered, '0 yes, certainly,' I can decidedly 
 answer for the essential correctness of the above. 
 
 - In .ncakina to the resolution, I was careful as I had been in drawing it up no< to 
 <^lscuss he merfts of Trinity Oollege in its teaching, &c., but to confine myselfto the one 
 gineral^^^^^^^^^^ desi^rableness of his Lerdship, (Iquot. the resolution) adopting 
 
 .nch means as in his icisdom he might see good, as should tend to secure the hearty 
 ;;ropeS« of all churchmen in support of Trinity College, Toronto; &c., &c. 
 
 « Further immediately upon the Bishop's open opposition, / begged leave to withdraw 
 
 it ■ fddso'oiTtd- consideration to those of my Clerical Brethren whom I had reason 
 
 ^pt3d desire to support it, as I h.d no wish to place them by an action j^ 
 
 mine on which they had not been consulted, in direct opposition to their Bishop; this, 
 
 however. His Lordship dedined, though in a very courteous manner, toperrmt. 
 
 - Surelv then, I am altogether clear from the possibility of any just imputation either 
 of raSordl courtesy ; indeed, with my deep conviction of the sound Scriptural and 
 A .SttlniiP tc^^^^^^^ which Trinity College is distinguished, I cannot but think 
 
 fhaf in^f opLf^^^^^^^^ men, I shoull certai'^ly have b?en justified in speaking and 
 acting much more decidedly." 
 
 " Yours, &c,, 
 
 "ADAM TOWNLEY." 
 
 9 T mav further add to the above, that I called upon your Lordship the day before 
 tlie;eLSnwIXoughtWa 'and still yo a did not give nie the slightest intimation 
 Sat yoTS^^^^^^ would not do so nor imUed, did you ever ^press the shghtest msh 
 ffVeZ^dT^e. In fact, so far from it, t^a\t^V-Fesslon mad^^^^^^ 
 on<i that nf other* from all the circumstances which transpired at the bynod, nowever 
 :rtneoL^o^^^^^^^^^^^^ -ay have been, was that your Lordship was pleased te have 
 
 such un opportunity for the full expression of your own views. 
 
 ^ T omnot but feel still further, that your Lordship's recent address also implies a 
 JJp S upon^^^^^^^^ Bishop of Toronto, and myself, for giving and 
 
 reT"n.^LTl^^^^^ eo^nnected withV ^f ^ship's Diocese, even though i^ 
 
 ^Z^edTmatli in which that of Toronto was equally interested I^^^ ^P^^.^f ^^^^^ 
 Ton whom That venerable Prelate first laid holy hands intlie sacred "tf;f/ j^^amation^ 
 and wr for nearly 20 years, one of his clergy; surely then it »«. "\«f*°^^ f y^j^^J^ 
 ither my own Sop o? Diocese, to converse openly and freely wi^h ^^^ o>^.f J^7^f^ 
 interests of the Provincial Church, or even to act upon a suggestion given m so .ruly 
 Catholic a spirit. 
 
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 X .^tft.ilv ♦« nsif do I under all the circumstances 
 Now,myXord, permit mc most ^««I^"y *^ '^^ before his Diocese, 
 
 asherefaithfully detailed do I.jl^'^^,^ ^J^Xhfiy^^^^^ " determinately forced 
 Hud in the face of he world, with haviuj; FJ««^criT.g y a ^ ,,^ ^i«h," 
 
 ile question oi trinity College be ore y^"^'' Syno.l ^ontx^^^^ to^ you p ^^^^^ 
 
 and thus unnecessarily created d'^turbance m the Chu c / ^ J^^ ^^^ ^^^^ j ^,,, 
 this whole accusation H " baseless as i^^^fl^J^ consXntious presbyter has a right to 
 been bitterly wronged, and wronged ^^^^^ ^f {^^^ with all humility, to think that 
 look for support and protection ; , JJl^' "'f, ^P^ V'^^^^^^^ do I feel my righteous 
 
 the reparation ought to be a« :>,"J^;? .^C Wian L^ntlem^ generally will see it in the 
 
 rSitbn itself, as given in the note below. (*) ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ _^^^^^ 
 
 5 But your i.ordship has also again stated that 2. .f';^.'^,^!. Jjf „|' Scit ttatement 
 on Trii% College" in Lpport of my --^-^-"J^^^^^^^^ to rebut, 
 
 to the contrary in thcLeader Now Huch a cha ge 1 sh^^^^^^ and that it implies a 
 
 except that your recollection Ims ^^^^^f J^^^^^^^^ «uch a ciurse at that moment 
 
 reflection upon my discretion to ^^P^^^,.^^^^^ immediately arraying itself 
 
 The burden of my arguincnt was the dtsgrace ^^^^ that, which must ensue if we 
 against Diocese, and the ^^'^^'/^'y^'^^^^ the'same time I did allude 
 
 attempted to inaugurate ^^^^^^^^^^ rX^and^^^^^ 
 
 culogiums." I u u >rf 
 
 ~ , J J K„ u«« T \lva.\\.— Resolved : That seoiu^i it 
 
 (•) " Moved by Rev. Dr. Townley, seconded by ItevT^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ 
 
 is ^,/eatly to be dLircd th*t the Canadmn Chur h ^^^J ^'^^^^^^^^ ,eli|ious and chureh 
 
 vcisity, tbereby eusunng ^^^'^ 'f, '^ ^'S^ 1 ^a^J «J^ . gj j, ^^ adopt such means as in hs 
 blfluence, thi/synod respectfu y roqueste J^^^^^ churchinen n. 
 
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 ,„a T cannot bnt t^l that, . »^'^ ^ ^ 'H. t^'Sl^^-'H^^^^^^ 
 
 --u..kss in(loc«l i^ br .ltoj;ot,ho,r unlawtul .n tho_n^^^^^^ ^^^,^^ .^^^^.^^ 
 
 raiKcd on behalf of Trinity ^f^^'^^^^^Z/^^^Z^L^^^^ prinoii.lc of one 
 tion 1-thcro arc few of your J^"'!' ^^'P . ,^^ ;£,';j;h J^.,>crior reverence for your saorca 
 IJniverHity, wouUl Imvc done so with ^'1«' \ ""' "J J tnpi><)8c your m-rsonal wi.ho8. or 
 office, or with »i""l'"-ly'^«^V^«*»'' T'lV^^tr^L^^^^^^ anoU.cr indivi.lual in 
 
 t:fJZJ2fZ alSy'^^Il^^tr^S^'i^ ai.urb the ..aceof the 
 
 Ohuroh of Ohriat therein. 
 
 Md .ow, n.y Lord, . V"^ /- mere ^^^ --jjl^'f' ISnO.T ^^"'3 
 w„r. nccc.:,iry, of the curse t _P"™ff ", SnUy m»d" in the r"''"" PT" 
 feelthal it is »."l>ly afforded by the °™'"'7' J^Sihinf! of a Dioiesan College 
 
 eoneer..in« the ate,». already taken '<>"''' VvirSr"len!V, to state respeetfully 
 a,„„,„,st l^ursclves Permit mcnho. J. one ^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 yet plainly t<)y(mrLordslup and Ihrmgh you to. ,„l.liti..nal light which 
 
 hb.z:::!^^^'^^^^^^^^'^'^^ -"-" "-'" '""^ 
 
 tiian in 1860 that 
 
 A NEW DIOCESAN COLl.EGE 
 
 i$ not desirable. 
 
 But pcrnut .e first, with due ^^^^1^^:^^^ S tit C-^Sl^t 
 have been permitted to proceed so y*^^y/;;>^^f J,. ^1^ concerning a project ol 
 
 least officially, of consulting the ^j^^'^ "^;^^^;:J,'; 1^^'^^^ mus't have so great an eflect 
 such vast importance and intended Ppr'nancrtcy^ a^a ^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ,^, ^^^^ 
 
 upon its well-being, cither f ^f ^^ « J^^^^^^ "^ Ho y Orders is all that is eont.niplated^ 
 
 deal Institution confined to candidates *«^ "^'^ V^ ^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 Ltcven so, whenit is ^^^^ ^f^^^^.^^^T^^^^^ and Estate, worth 
 
 the liberal scale of expense, lor a f o««f^;" i;;;'; education :L" contemplated. Now this 
 that their entire schol.-^tic, as wd s^^,h^^^^^^^^^ P.^^ ^^^^^ ^.,1, 
 
 separation from that '"^y^P^^^y i^"?/"^''.!""'^^^^^ ^nd liberal education, has ever been 
 
 that they were not earlier consulted. 
 
 But whatever «,a, he the »».*« '"'tt;:;.^^™^ Enfu^l '^^^^^^^^^ 
 preparations and the tone o i e A-Meaeon ^ S^^l!!! "fe, ,Mn.,.>*; at tat a. 
 

 
 intention unfortunately been rnc-a out. 
 
 1 . My first four is tl.at Huch a Collc,e wouM ^'-5;-j^tef:SCt;:^ if ^"ut 
 Atchaoac..nHcllmuthha.inacea^;ivonuplcdKot^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^ 
 
 ,o;immnsinf:thatitHhaUbc.lcodecl.o^ ^^J./'" W nr^^o .S words in his 
 
 letter to the fJcho .-» I apFal.d to EvangcU a n^^^^^^^^^ t ca inK,^and that it is to 
 
 establishment of a Oollcgc to bo "-;^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ College is 
 
 he secured ns nmh by Trustees 1 Hence, »t WJ'^f ' "^^ ^] ^ g^^^^ even of our 
 
 not to be deeded, like our Churches, Parsonages, f ;'^^";'^l^^rE';;;„eU ;" but to 
 
 own Diocese; that body is not to be ♦'["^^^^^^ ,^*^^^^^ them 
 
 certain Trusi^es who have some standards of jtho^^^^^^ J ^^^^ 
 
 ;.H n.ore reliable than the Bible and the t'rayc. ]5ook 1 Now my ^ ^ ^^^ ^P^ 
 believe, that when the Archdeacon thus "«^\*^^ "^, ^^^^^ 
 
 Church of God, he thoroughly miaunderstood ^^^^^^^.f ^^^^^^^^^ ^ College,-though 
 
 of the Diocese ofHuron in supposing *^^^*;,^ 'f ^^^^^^^^ti rtt guardfaiship and 
 its walls were of gold and its .i>rofessovs son Solomon, J^^^^ ^ - Doubtless, the 
 
 to any meaner keeping. 
 
 Lord, T give to the entire Prayer Book, ««^^^«^«^V j • as " evangeUcal" 
 
 moment, when the claims of our mission field seem ^^^^^^f ^^^.^^{t^^^^ 
 mo«t carefully husband all our resources, whether Biocasan or from Home, ^^^ ^^^ ^^P^^ 
 of those Clergy, or candidates for Orders, yho, i appears, are ready, whenever your 
 LordFhip can find the funds to warrant you m employing them. 
 
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 (2.) Butevon when the. ^'^''>fyfT^;f^,::JZJ^^^^' 
 
 ries^^ '•-'■■•« "'"""""^'^ "•*""•• ""' ""'"'■"" 
 
 poor DiocoBC. 
 
 To leave lb, a „.ou.nt ^^^^^^1^:^;^ ttx^ln^^^n AX ^l" 
 our theological studontH be .;duea eJ at ^i^4' " ^ S&or ? A lew'hour«, and a cuiu- 
 Which Dr. Hellmuth hunsclt ^^/"^^^'^^ ^"J^;^ u'd ml student, than ;.' shall lind 
 paratively trifling charge, Y?"l^>^' ^^T.,VA\n:,d n t at excellent inHtituf.a, lor less 
 L some time to come, could, I imagine, ^^<^^ ^^"^^','^7/;jb^^^^^ oim London, 
 
 than the interest and current expenses ccmnect^d^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1 So hope, n.y Lord, 
 
 alone; cxcluHive of the necessary cost^^^^^^ .^^/^^ i„„..,,,. 
 
 (3.) Without doubt, however tl.p.,..u^^^^^ ^^^Z^^^^t^ 
 and constitution a.e ----^'^0^^^^^^^^^^^^ .tt L constitution, my l,ord eou I 
 
 generally, is Trinity Lolleoe, j-uh t^ He«-ur ty for its uUnnati 
 
 anything be n^ore open, generous, and «f ^^'^'^.^V j'y\|„^^^^^ Church of Kneland 
 
 steady accordance with tU«^ P^ '^^^p!^^ ""l^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 and Ireland; «<^eing that all tl|e Bishops and Dioc^^^^^^^^ P,ofes8ovs. cNic. 
 
 and power in itH government, the W^"*";^^i\^;™;,,'a,Tn noble contrast, with the 
 Mmuth >r the go'vernment of the College he is advocating! 
 
 I confess, my Lord, your last charg^ against ^e ^^J^^t^J^^^^^^ 
 for were th^y ^d that your Lordship'. --^ «W-„^^^^^^^^ -l' do pu attempt to speak 
 little, if anything, more than P^^rson^d errors nj^^^^^^ ^ y.^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ._,^ -^ 
 
 of them as heresy. Is it then my Lord, ^f V^^^^J"'^ outlay of et>.:.blishing 
 
 ours, for the supply of its ^pi^^^^^^/^^i^^^f ^'^^'^'"f.Uto^^^ to uuet our 
 
 another College, without first adopting temporary cxpcd^^^^^^^^ 
 
 Znediate the'ological training necessities ; and ^he^^^^^^^^^ ^^ftht t Xll' ' good men 
 see, what time and the unwearied efforts o ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ y ij^t more e.pecinlly 
 
 and true" in the others, would do towards «^"7^^ '-;"";' "?^^^^^^ open and conserva 
 would this seem to he the correct f^^^^^^^' ^^^f ^ff^^^^^^^^ i"<l««d would 
 
 tive character of the governmental consti» °[,i^;^^'y,i'a fcdly in Canada West, 
 he the day, when the majority of *^« ^J^^f^^VS thlt there would not be 
 
 should be so far fallen from plain ^^"^^^-^.^"SV^^^^ College to the right 
 
 ^r M^L^^wr^^^^^^^^^ ^^^-^' ^'^-'' -' '' 
 
 worth remaining in. 
 
 But if H be really »o diffictt, as ?c™» -PI»»J_f^J_,'|^, ^^j'e *f r';^"" »- 
 Canada U. keep Trinity College '^^^'J^^^T^'^Z^^l^^oi^uvvorAmV-^'^y 
 Dlocemn College, espeoia ly 'vhen '^'^'^^'^^^^^ZZiHoTtZf ! thus, shoMd error ever 
 KS- l^SrS^r^X tr=1Xrpt„ra, a„i Primitive Church 
 doctrine, humanly speaking, impossible. 
 
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 13ut ag.iiu, when complacently oouUiinplating the e.-ituhlislinuMit of a new Oollege, tiu- 
 inunense sacrifice, both of property and prestige,^ we tshouKl bo umking in abandoning 
 Trinity College, seems strangely forgotten. Trinity College, Toronto, i& as really and 
 legally our Diocesan College, as it is that of cither Toronto, ov Ontario ; and, as I bav« 
 before iStated, our rights therein arc as full and co-ordinate as theirs ! It will be 
 tl\erefore very inexplicable to me, my Lord, should our Diocese be willing to resign its 
 interest tlierein, for the sake of what miurt, at best, oe a meagre partizan College, since 
 it would be sustained only by our own influences, and on the suicidal principles, ad- 
 vocated by Archdeacon HeUmuth ; the mystery of such a policy would be the more 
 strange, as any evils, be they ever so real, from which Trinity College may be at present 
 suffering, inuft. from the very nature of its constitution, be of a temporary character, 
 unless, indeed, us some persons seem to fear, the Church herself is less to be trusted than 
 individuals ! 
 
 And besides, my Lord, I know that you are as fully aware as I can possibly be, of 
 the almost necessary lowering of the literary and intellectual character of our Universities 
 by their mv;ltiplication, especially in a new country like this. All that the Church, I 
 should be ready aluiost to say in the whole of Canada, can reasonably hope to accomplish, 
 is the sustaining of one University in such a state of complete etficiency in Arts, 
 Divinitv, Law and Medicine, as to command the respect of the continent ; indeed to 
 effect thvs much, the Colonial Church as rtM wrtif, would have greatly to exert itself; 
 even if we should hereafter obtain a portion of the Provincial funds now enjoyed by 
 " Toronto University." Audit is in sxich an University alone, that I for one, would 
 wish to see, whetlier for elerioal or lay pursuits, our more liberally educated youth 
 trained. 
 
 3. My third chief reason for very earnestly hoping that the Diocese may not be 
 hurried into establishing anotlier College of its own, whether it is to be exclusively 
 theological or general ; especially on any such large scale of expense as is spoken of, — 
 is that we are in no position to undertake so heavy an outlay ^ You, my Lord, are often 
 lamenting, and as we all know not without sad occasion, your utter inability to extend the 
 ministrations of the Church where even the doors are open for their reception, because 
 you have not the means to support the Clergy required ; nay, even stating your fears 
 lest you should be unable to retain the staff you now possess, inefficient as it is in 
 number. Again, tiiere is a distressing uneasiness on the minds of many concerning the 
 future maintenance of our junior clsrical brethren. They can scarcely now live upon 
 their slender pittance ; and how, as their families grow up, they are respectably to 
 educate and provide for them, their Master only knows. And yet further, another of our 
 godly fore-lookings is, from whence are our ranks as we are called away, to be replen- 
 ished ? Certain it is that young men of the right strmp are not forthcoming. God 
 works by means, peculiarly so, where His Church is already in full operation ; and there 
 is so total a lack of any thing approaching an assured income, of even the most moderate 
 description, that our yoUfch require an almost apostolic zeal to face the consequent trials 
 of our colonial priesthood, while their parents need to have a vision, well nigh clear as 
 that of St. Paul, of the glorious reward awaiting a faithful ministry, before they can be 
 expected to advise their sons to make the preaint sacrifice. 
 
 Now, with such various crying needs in our midst, can your Lordship, wk'lc feeling 
 their urgency more deeply perhaps than any of us, blame us if we hesitate in thinking 
 it right to appro" te^80,u00 U» a lucai i/iocesau "Uoiiege r iuoro partiouiariY oocuig 
 the little need tueie is f))r it, as I think I have shown, nay, the positive evils likely to 
 
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 result therefrom. Such an amount if invested, would yield an annual revenue of some 
 ^G,400, a sum sufficient to maintain sixteen additional Missionaries at the present rate 
 of 8600 per annum to each, supposing, as your Lordship generally expects, that their 
 missions paid one third of their salaries ; or it would ireatly aid in the important object 
 of forming a Diocesan Endowment Fund, forjthe purpose of giving some security to the 
 incomes of the Clergy as they attained maturity in their work. 
 
 4. And now, in concluding this long letter, forgive me, my Lord, if, being one of your 
 senior presbyters, I emplore you with all respect, but with all Christian earnestness, 
 deeply to consider, or ever you finally gave your sanction to the new College in question, 
 the grievous effect it would needs have upon the itmfy, the inward unity of the Church 
 at large in this colony, — that unity of His people so dear to the heart of our common 
 Master ! Yea, even though it should be only, a Theological Institution that is at present 
 intended ; especially, as seeing the magnificent scale upon which it is attempted, men 
 mil think that it is designed, at least by some parties, to be ultimately an University. 
 What, my Lord, after the bitter controversy concerning Trinity College, and the argu- 
 ment openly adduced by Archdeacon Hellmuth, and his friends, for establishing a new 
 one, * endorsed as such sentiments would then be, by your Lordship and you? Synod, 
 what I ask, would the establishing of such a l)iocesan College be, but the placing of the 
 rest of the Church in Canada, on the ground that she is unsound in the faith, under the 
 ban of the Diocese of Huron ? Do we start at the bare idea of such fearful presumption ? 
 Then, my Lord, — for as it appears to me, matters have gone too fax for any middle 
 course — the College as advocated by the Archdeacon, must be abandoned ; otherwise I 
 tremble with fear lest the sin of a terrible, a causeless, breach in the unity of the Church 
 of the living God, drawn together as she is by the bands of the love of Christ, as with 
 " the cords of a man," should rest upon our unhappy Diocese. May God forbid ! 
 
 Again, trusting that your Lordship will pardon my urgent, though, as I hope, not 
 disrespectful appeal, — for *•' is there not a cause?" 
 
 I remain, my dear Lord Bishop^ 
 
 Faithfully, your obedient servant, 
 
 ADAM TOWNLEY, D. D., 
 
 Incumbent, Paris, C. W. 
 
 * The following is a specimen of what it is surely right to call the unchristian, and theit- 
 fore strife prompting, presumption of the Archdeacon m judging his Brethren of the Canadian 
 Church generally, when publicly advocating his project for a new College:— 
 
 '* He coald not hide it, he must speak out the truth, that Evangelical men are at a very gi' at 
 discount in those colonies generally." 
 
 " He iruated as this is the very first effort of the kind to establish a thoroughly Protestant 
 Theological College in the colony, Evangelical men will effectually help this good cause. "' 
 Speech of Archdeacon Hellmuth at the Clerical Meeting at Islington. — Record, Jan 22, lKf;L'. 
 
 Is it possible then, that those who would sincerely follow the Apostolic injunction to ''st'f k 
 peace and insure it,"can support an institution whose very basis is thus an open violation of tii< 
 charity that "hopeth ail things," and " thinketh no evil?'' 
 
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