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Office. 1837. r ■I I J &i \' DEDICATION. TO Tl!!', HONOnABLE LATK SPKAKKR Of THE COMMONS' IIOISE Of ASSEMBLV, i^C. <$-C. !$•«■. Sir ; No accession tlin Assonibly ever cnn rncoivc, will diiiiinisli the bril. liancy \\'hich distinguished it whila you wore ono nl'ils brij^litost ornainenta. Statesman like in your views, liiglily honoraljh and consistent in your public conduct us the friend of conslitutioiiiil liboily, dijjnifn'd in your address, and sin ;ul!U-!y iiowerful and eloquent at the {5ar and in liio Par- liament, you Imve attaintd the rare and enviable elevation of having tiirown a greuttr kiytro over this unhappy Province tlian it now can throw over y(iu. In clan'ing this inadcquito tribute to your public perviee.5 for twelve Sessions in successive Parlianienl'^, in two of which you oceupiud thn Speaker's chair t') the credit of yourself, the advantage of tho House, and tno honor of Iho country, — I would not omit iho still higher station you occupy as a private individual, displaying throughout au evcnlful life in your religioaa character, the piety and philanthropy of an exalted christian. I have the honor to bo, Sir, I'our obedient servant, THE PUDLISIIER, CONTENTS. PAOB. Dr. Rolpii's speoch ;{ Solicifi-^r Gcii''ral\s auKWcr 17 Dr. Rolpii's reply 'Z7) € I. K 11 €5 Y M la S B 11 V K S -.1^ DR. JOHN ROU'lI.— Mr. Chuiiman,— 1 consider ll'tj ([uostiou iiiidcr dobiitn, ojo of fifreul iiUcresl and importance, and sWiich 1 do not approach witliout difridence auJ concern. I fool oljlijod to n;y iiDMiiru'jio tVicnil fann Grcnviilc (Mr. ncrton) lu- '.he {vilni, t(M;iperate an.l r'-isjiiin;^ manner in whi;;li lio h:\^ inu-odiieuJ lliO babjcc"! lo i'li! ruihjidcrdtio.i of thy coru.r.iUce — an c:::;iap!u wliicli, I M-ust, v/ill cittiti iuo !'.) niix't ihiOii^li- (»iu the illsc'.i: 'iion v,it,!i ihj ;;.ai,Ucul a|ip-oba- tion of all eiiiiagin;',' in ilu ilcj. l<;. ll ii on this account I feel reLMi.t ;.t a lev/ r.;m;n lui wliich fi;ll froiii ai hoM. ujcuibor opposite (liiv. MarliH;) fjr v.-hcn tlio lion. :riiJ h^,;;r,M>J ;neni- ber fcr T'oronto, in lii;) el uni-'nt aud pev.^piea- oijs addrcs;j, alluded to the f;rc.U ueighbjrin^ republic, tlic i!!n.stratioa v/a.:; received from Iiis learned ling ;.j inur-o lo the ear aad in- stri'ction li> tho nndor:.t;',a:i:n'!; : l)r,t nos!)on(;r did my hon. friend from 'i'leLiviil \ in una- voidable roj-'ly, i:i;!aO a t^iiuih'.r reiVic.-'.cc, th:m he was u'.cu by tlie he.;. ir..':;ilji r uj i):i;-ite ivi;h obse.vations, a.s miipii'.ccd aj iliey v/'.reunde- •\ii t'cd, 1 con-sieer ilun'o are lhri;e ('iran.ct '. iewa fir prepooitioas on this soLjeel before ;he cuni;ai;(eo- hf, to coii;;;;c the Clergy llescrves to Uic ]^u^di.j!i Oluircli to l!;a ex- chisio:» of all oiiiers. 2ad'y, lo di-.ide them iinong a aelect nmabcr of ehuveh-'";. I]rdiy, to apply them to (Jencral Ildncaaoa. i shall scperately consider the'ic jt. poi>i(i'uis; aad I am happy the claims of the iOnglish Clmreh, first under your notice, are vindicated ;:y Sf> able and eloijuent an advocate as ih-j learned Solicitor (General. Contenipl; to t.ie learned f^entienian (lo whom i ch.v-il'ully ;.^ive every meed of pra:i;c) in his cLvaied place ad ii^! champion; see him sraruiindod uiv'i all the Cleri^y lleier.es aad their rcala :uid profits; confess the v/orlh of the I'tiduijis, Arclu'ea- eons, Piipst^! and Deaeons in Iheir extended diocese ; m!iltip>'.y, if yoii please, the ,■;.' slec- tories. v.'ith t'.ieir onijj.-. meat:] va:d e .i'lasivo ecelesiaijtieal and spu-ilual riuht-i ;.:rl jaivilo- jjes; viev/ a!)oal tl.e learned r.entleman, in eoneentraled pcrspeetivo, all the v,o .iili and ^lory of onr provincial hierarehy, la'.ely (gil- ded, too, with JL)/'0,UC\), a fractional [aMiiict ol a 'raetion of tiicir v.-.i^l estaiea, Irvside;; the most wealthy con^rei:;.;rior.-! yielding!; revemic^i niduiown. Ami.lst allilii-iei'cle i:: .tical :-plen- dor and a;4!irar.di/,:.'mcnt, i.ie learned gentle- man IS ap])roached wlih an luimblo rujuest. Ho is prayed to reeorer liis ••'i!;!!t iVom the glare about him, and condeseiaiiin^jly ea^r. a glance iuto the surrounding distance. There he is shown numerous other churches formed . ut christian gtuups about pious pastors, wiih no wealth but the Bible, and no distinetion °AV the Cross. Behold thos« fellow labor- eis in the same vineyard ! Will you be pleas- ed, .Sir, out of your abundance, to share a portion of it aiaoni; tliein ? Will you ? — tVlsat is tlic answer? Not a jot! Our best fte.haf^'s sjjem inf itively to tnlist ih(i;iselvea a.';ai::st llii-i answer. It seems c(|Lialiy to ! IiL\I: natural reason and christian (.■)uai;y. r;i.:n a hap-py con.aiuition of our iiaiare, i^oaia iruilis aad cn-or.-), like the ex- trciKL^^y of li^I.t a.i;.i dail.nooi to tiie eye, force a i];oral pcrjepiian, \.hieh neither needs nor allows i!i-.^i'.inentativ.; dclibv;ralion. To prove i;:at two aral two uh.ke (our, Avould puz- ::.h, ptrhap.^, ;i skilful logi;,ian; r.nd i envy not the c-uui.t or the divine, v/ha, neither from (iio liiulior.s of iiie hcai't, nor the piincii)le3 i/.f ■ .\u;oi;, oan ;;eie'-ive or unJevstand'tlie pal- pable seI;!;anCo3 and mjaslice of admitiin^ one church to iiiononoji.t:e v, ealth aad power, to ll:o e.\clu..ion of every oth.-r. Conscience, ihc iaonitoi- which sonif^.laicj v/ulspcrs and fjaieiinios ro;a',?, !.;':eni.i i'l t!ii'.i case, as in a ihousaud o!h.-r.-\ to an:i::ipate mere fallible reajon, by inata^ ily rcveuInL'^ llie sanctions of unc ri'in^ iri-uh. I'uc the c^l-o aj stated (or if ov, r::!.at:d biia;j, dowa the contrast lo iha lea t pco-iijlj c;;;;i;n;>, di-pio,)nrtion) lo a J or a:i iid; to Ir.di an or a I'hilo- ;r, .!i>d the fast o>;clain;Uion will be,- c.u sop! " i; i.) ini(;ned a- j'.ainit ihe '•lirU, the PrcM:ytcrians, ilie Ua;;-. tisis, the .'lelhodiot.'-', or any other knov.m de- iiomiaation, may v.nt'a equal force bo ajjphej to the E::f:lisli Church in this country, it is n.;- lariuv!, tiir, to combat inia'^ii-.ary grounds of e\CL;p',;jn aijaaast bodies of cliristiana who i cannot conceive lo be ot!i;-;Tviiie tiian cntl'Lled ; I t>;i'.al re-i-'ious ri;hts. State the reacnn of the exclusion and 'will shov/ ihe &pj-llc;'.biliiy ci' it to the c::c-lciilerr,. Yon riay, ufieraaaly- t eal fishion, call iheao unknown causes of dis- abiii.y, :: :: y ad libitum; and whenever thfir real value is asccrtaine:!, you v,il! Ihid that they mny, without distnrbinj; the balance of tinth, be a Mi'^ncd to eitlier side of ilie equa- tion. Are the other chure!i?s, in any respect, !e3s desei ving '.' — Are they less useful memberu of the general community? — Are they less in- dustrious iu their respective avocations 7— -Do ihey l'ii>n:4 and (!i:seris, there ouiilit to bt^ exleni'eil to them the same f;ivor and protection. 'I'hey draw their creed, too, from a ccmuion source; th'\v wors^liip l!;'j si'.nie Jr'iii'ronif, and they anchor in the same l.iiih. 'I'hey !j.u-umi to ilie common Ixoib, and being expecianis (>•' ihi-. same resiirrec'ion, tliey mins^le as Itllow- candidates for the same iiunioriali y. It is wrung, then, to make artiiiciai distinc- tions, wiientiiere is no reaiclirisii,i!i ditl'eiiMice. All indeed, may not tiiink alike, and iiu> sys- tematic iheoloj^ian upy draw lines of dcujarca- tioii. lUu they are braiichesol' ilie same vine; and alilion^h those ijranelies may jiresent autumnal vaiiciies of color, shai)e and sizi', yet they are nourishi;d by a coM)nion rnni., iS.' all sprinuinii; fiom the parent trunk, are peeii in friendly companv aiowini^ wiih it towiiids the sliV. Liglit loses not iis physical lius or beauty liy spreading out its ricii v;;iiciy in the S|ilen(li(l rainbow. Hoilu'r-'vs of li'.iili passii'.ji thro' dilieient minds cf (liii'ietii r>'- fracting jjowers, cxiii!)!' siiades of diiriM-eiico which run iiuocrceplihiy inio one anoilier.ar.d agaiu unite to yield syntheiicaily iho |>iinmivc truth. The claim !)y any one (/iintcli to a coutit;i.iation ofthe existins; monopoly, affords proof of that Church bein^ alrc.uly corrupted by it. ''It is easier for a camel to passthroniih the eye of a needle tlian for a rich man lo en- ter the kingdoni of iicavcn." A Church is a body of (Christians, and must iherel'ore exhibit the collective character of t! . sev«;ral parts. Rich pas'ors and rons'regaiions need special eiicumspectum, and will expcrieniu- all the christia:) vi.i iivri'i'i' which lielon^is lo ihe individual Dives. I!(iii'e it may be Seared a Church of ev(Mi |)iMiii ivo exceliei.c". m;;v be so lulled with worldly case, so dilated with I'eservcs, and so encuodierod wiih aggrand zments, as to be oblif^ed to le:;vo the narrow way for tltnt broad.^r one •,,; ich leads to ec( Icsiiv^tical dcstruni' :> But here, let us take the benefit (f : iieir vision. They SL-e clearly and most ji'sfiv liiu inope- dicncy of allowin;^ tjie other Churches to en- joy the (avor, wealth and matrimony of the Htate. 1 look at their exclusive pieinDsions throujjh the same medium, and -is cleaily dis- cover tliem to bo alike dangerous and nuc hi is- tian. "As they iu(l:;e let tiiem be jud^eil ;" and as they would "inelc out to others, let it be measured to them again," Jn surveying iVom their mountainous station the viiia'^'e Churches in the valley beneath, tliey inspect thorn, as it were withtellescopic aid, »feri;fhtly JMdgt it unwiss to transplant them from that cpiritval kiogJom which "is not of this world." But unfortnnatftly when reTertlnjE; to their own condition they look throngli the further rnd of the telescope and are le«l into the strangest oplii-al delusion. Let them fairly turn round the ma^nilii-r of truth upon their own preteusi. ons, ic,tlie charm will b > disi>c||ed, tne illu^ioo will 1)1'. doll': a^vay, au'l the ( 'hnrcli will return to lif-r etlii'iial cliiiie. and a-^i'iie rather to light the wuiA liian.j 'n; li.;!;'ed by it. 'i\dera,inii isoiien I'loinilit a very .<:raeious thin;; : dv. bo;h jioliiical and ecclesiastical mo- deration i-i l» 'a-^linjly eonct'diMl lo dissenters under file lieeo'-e " to think as tney please." ]\o thanks are due fur it. We c;iu think in spite of bulls and acts of iiarliament lothe co/itVary. Aiind is an einjiire of its own; and it is a jRlorious tiling we are so con- tiitited by na- ture that we hiust think and do think beyond the reacii of tyrants. Were it possible, jier- haps an over careful majority of this very As- (■"einbly wou'd li'!;islite away our thinking ou tin; very subject under debate. Tliere is, llierefoiT, no merit in leaving. iVom necessity, our fellow chrijlians in undisputed possession of llio;ie iatelleemal operaiioiis whicti are {;iveu by (Jod bel'oie whose tribunal, alone tlicir puiily can be tried. l]ut this boasted innd;'ialiou is exercised in a way as objection- ;ii)l(! ill jirincipbi and mischevious in practice as the liri! and f.ig^ur. Ij'arir'd gentlemen would b'shockei at t!ie pr.pposiiion to burn at Ilie stake or inerire with the bayonet in or- der to make cliristians coidcrm to the liSta- Idislied (Jliiu'ch. This tendenuss, however, lur liie lioly. ill aecorls with a I'aily barbarity towards the mind. Tiiere is no virtue in mere- ly substituting moral for physical force. The method m.iy hav;; more rtlineiiient, yet not bo I •;-•< iiMuihii^ Tin; Indian who scalps the h"ad is ready not nioit; sava.c:e than he who bieaks the heart. An alleciation of tenderness and liberality by making physical violence ^iv;! place to a ser es of bru;ai and painliil intlncnc's upon iln; miiid, is an imitaiiori of the conliict of Jiiiiau, the apostate, wholly unworthy the ago and country in whicli wo live, it is only a dilierent set of base meao» to gain i!ie same b ise end. I^et lis compare the aniieut. villi uiDiierii .liilians. Tfie learned and iniparlial Dr. aioshiem in his ecidesiastical history, makes the following observations ru- spectiii^ the ancient .Julian : — " It islrno.tids prince socinrd aversetothe usoof violence in propagating suprist it ion, &. siipprcKs- ing llic truth ; ii:iy, In; cairiitl tiio ai)pearancos of incderatiun and iiii|':irli ;lit v i^o far.as to allow bis Eii'iiji.cta- a liill pinvi!!- nTjii;! rii)^riV)r tbeaisulvos in rtli'^iou;! iin.ttev:, tind id' \vi)rsiiii)pii'.g llio Deity in the manner lliey l!i! iiglit llio most r ilionai. Jiut, inuiurtlds mask of niDaowition, bo attacked Clnistiatiily with tlic ultnoal billernoss. artd, at the sainn time, willi iba most consuinniato dex- terity. Dy art and .sli,.'.i::'vii lio uiidernmied tho cliurch, removing the privileges that were grant- ud to CliristiaiiK, and their ppiritual rulors ; shutting up tho schools ia which thoy taught philoio^iiiy aad tlui liberal arts ; «noouraj;ing Iht .jimrancc, fages! ' tWid supi: kut their otrn irtlier rnd 5 strnngost urn round II piPtni^i' ne illu^ixii will retnrii u'l to ligli« ry craciotH i.isiumI mo- I dissenters iiy plcasf." liuliiii spite le contrary, and it is ii itwl i)y nn- iiik beyond )S!»ilile, per- ils very As- ihinkiiig on TJiere is, n necessity, i pitsseswiou wliicli are l)'i!ial, alnne this Ijoastcil as oiijectioii- ( in practice (I i;entlenieii lion to burn iiyonet in or- •o tlie FiSta- ss, howevbr, lily barbarity riuH in mere- furce. The nt, yet not bf> nips the h"ad ; wlio lijealu tenderness icnl violence and painliil 1 imitaiioii ol" male, wholly in which «» r base means us compare Ttie learned ec;-lii,':j oohs againct llio (vbrisliiiii.i, ii:ul utiiiffji vaicty I'otiior means to bring Iho relig;i"n ufJi;sub U> iiin and cont'-'nipl." Alodern phlhisoi;licr> of the same school are q'laiiy dteidril in leiioiircii/^ (orce, and aro t(|ir.iiiy (iexii'rous in tli>; use of iiiose iiifans hich"^ act upon the fra'.hics of our eo;iiiiion ' laiuic. For exaiiipii; ; tho churches now ex- ■ liidfit from the wlmIiIi and pii\iliv,i'9 of our .\ h-ovincial iiierarciiy are iiiviKHl lo <;ontPiii- '■'■ iliii' iis ttiiipiiii..; as-pect, aiid paitakc oi its ; ;n()d ihiii'^i itiiDii a dutiful cohforniily. — Lhis tempi. it;on acts upon men of all cha- ncieis and de!;ive-, of moral streii;,;lli ; it acts .ot lor a day hut l"or years and -ienera- ioiis while tiie system las:s. It insures Lit a onformity of tiie heart [a Kecret fiiowu only tu the heart nnd the s arcijtr |f heaits] but a confoioiity to e\ti'ru;il rr^- ijlauous and subscription lo ',}'.) arlicb's. lint Jio profes-ionof tho tongue is not always ilio Confession of the mind; and if, Iherefoic, all *ood men arc not in this I'klen tempted to taste ||ie inviting fruit, it wdl cen.iinly be teasteii il|Mn by the less scrupulous and more com- lomisuis men of the world, the very men who hi-l need to bo tati'Thl- tho purity (d' tho ..-pel and tlie self-(lei,i;d of the crof-s. — • il lllr we:, 1th niid ) nvile.'.'.es (d" tlie l';;vour:;d ^iiiucli aic cmefnlly barricaded, lea\i.ii; a ^aiiuw entrance^ j;uavilcd wi'li a si:n ui)n:i Dkliieh is a siiperseriptiim rf the condition i , jimranLi', vi/,: "CierL'y lleservcs and appen- 'l|ap,es I Terms ; — Subscriieiou to u.) Anicles iiel sup!;ori of tho F-s;ablishme;ii;"' T!i;s Ulliireiiienl to the mind i; re. illy nioro ef- ftctual tliau the rack to the bo;ly~for tho ibiiner wears ihcnaikof iiidepeiident c'.oi;;.\ tphilctlie latter iouscs all of iiuinaa iiat.nni in ft.-^i^t tiuil coercion which i.'uuld ueccs^.irily tka.'i;p siU'eos witii a cow;',r(lly a(;(iu;e:.;:ei:ciN Le '.iii'ii men are now a di;ys rmi I'or pui.cliinj; the bo(iy, but .-.o I'l speak, f ir pimchinj; llio lilind; not forpniiiries. There is scarcely a father or a son who 1' ics not feel an instinctive repug. naiK e to this atran^ement. It unnecessarily places a yotin* man in a fearful conllict bet- ween tho loss of Ilia property and tlie loss of his faiiii. And Iroin tiio frailty of human na- ture [wiiii h from its very frailty should (ly temptation] it would not be straiij^e should a youili so situated l.'"p the property '• and go awiiy sorrowful." The principle is the very sa iie in the ease bel'ore us upon a national scale. The Kii);,^ as the father of his people is ma'Ieto say, "my loyal and beloved siiLjects; I have a vast and rich duuain which 1 have of my mi ri; jiracc and favorcxclusively bestowcfl ii;'o;i iiiy I roteslam F.piseonal t.'hurch ; such ot!i. r eiinrch',;s as will come within its pale, sliiii pari'ike iliereof, but sueli of my loyal and chrisMau siiiijecis ;,> a:ihero to their Si l.isur.iio failli, I leave to hun,<;er and thirst uiiiier l';e sysirin of vohmiary contribution." — li' the v(diinr,iry system is sufiicient for the exil'idri churches, it is sefficient for ■d! ; if i;isn,;icieot, why should they be denied the i;oni;'y wliich. it is s.iid tliey need] I come, therefore, to the ceticlusion that if sucli K.x- ecuilve iavors ar'j lo be given to any christian chnreh -s in our comi>uuiity,ihey uhoiildbe giv- en to nil ; but as such a lucrative alliance witli the tnaie is iiiexpiMlient, nnti-christian and unsafe, it sliould ncb-ijCr bo countenanced in any, n.).' arl;iirarily co;;!incd to one.— — Let me iiuMiire into those eff.'cts on a religion whieli have ever followed this community of iiilei(St b'lwciMi it and liie State. — i'aganisia has been thro' many ages and in many coun- tries s.ipp.iiteil by ih') tSt-.;le. — liut during all those .I'M's was any heathen mythology ever paiiiiiiil into christian excellence? It has not 0Ml«y tested the experience of every age, but of cvciy form of government; and yet whilu history has not tnnsmitled a solitary instance of roci[)roeal good, it has fearfully recorded tiie growing corruiitions of both. If govern- ments corrected none of the errors of heathen- ism, upon what ground can wo expect them to adil to the value, the pniiiy or tlie pcrfcc- liun III' cluistian Irutli? I'aganisin wedded to the State, and sharing its learued ease, wealth and splendor, began, probably, witha Jujiiter; and under thir, boasted alliance, Gods grew in number, till, fancy exhausted by impiety of further imagiis, reared " aa altar to au uu- known Ood ;" which nu,vcil ilio intrepid Paul eiiiphiiiically to cxi;l.iiin " Ve mo'i of Atlion-i hiiM whom yo know ii')t (l^'idarc I unto you." (lovemmciil.s not oiiiy forni;itt'(l l'a;5;uu::ii) it.- soir, but comhiiiL-il wilh U to ^;ljut out llio li;;Iit o( truth. Tlio |'Cii|)!o were tau;:lit to n^'r^nni an atiaL-l; on reli_4'K)iia • an i.tlai.1; on tlic LUatc connected with il. — Tlicy wiu lo btand or fall lo'^ctl'icr — lIcncL! winni .-joi-ratcd glimpsed liy tiie ligiu of n'lt'iro, thu tvJstenci! of only ouo (j!oJ and the iiiinuirtality oi' the soul, ho WIS charged with impiuty n;;ai.i.'it a WlatiJ ro- li^ion, witii a sort oi" tr .'asoii tv;r4inst ti'rcvico and (Jrecia-i Gods. Did tlio (.iovniiincnt welcome this s^aik of iJocrallc truth and husband it into a flaino to lij^lKc.) the (.Icnliles and dispel the ^iootn of heathen superstition intheworlil? — No — They poisoned him. Now if the religion had not bien llie religion of the State, and the people had boon allowed, as matter of right and practice, to think on those Bubje-ctsand search out the truth whiMovcr it could be found, it never could hava b^'i-n al- leged as a crini.iag linst .Socrate-f, or have fur- nished his enemies with such rHciii:^ tor hi.} destruction. Tiii-i mixture of pcdiiiuj and religion made them icspectively more formi- dable and unrLdentin!^; for each uponthousu- nl law of reciprocity ondjavonrod to sustain the other in the exercise of power and tiie disjmsal of their victims. V/liJii an artless child with the simplicity of one in IS'-h) made choice of the ornament of a (ioddess instead of a toy, did a protectinij (Uivermnent pre- vent its being butchered for alicged impiety at the foot of the statue ? This political relation of paganism arm- ed it with <*;reater and (icrct^r power against the earlier christians ; and to my mind an everlasting warning against it is writto!i in the blood (a delujje of it too) of t!i' se martyrs, whose peaceful labours would r isily ]iave subverted idolatry, had it not been sui). ported against them by the state. Let it not. Sir, ba forgoltoii, liial from the bc- j^ining of the world to the coining of the .Messiah, natural religion was open to man- kind — It's L;reat truths were oxpre-ised (if I may use tilt; phrase) in the most intelligiblo hyerogliphics in tiie earth and in the he:;vens. They saw the rising and setting of the rfun iii all that majesty which has commanded the admiration of every age ; they behtdd an in- conceivable profusion of worldj scatferod through the various consielk.iions orcollectetl in the milky-way. Di'sceiiding to ;i lower sphere, they sav^ tliose winge ! vapours which soiTietimes shroud the almosphore with a tempest, and at oiher times exiiibit a natural kaleidoscope of wiia'. ■■? sui ^iidod in optics and magniiicent in icenery ; w'.iiic from tlie sam.' source they welcomed altnost as often as tlu'ir wanl3 recurred, those genial showeru whicli cooled a suUry air and refreslicd both the an- imal and vegetable kingdoms. Turning their eyes to things more, immediately about ihem upon the (iiirfaro of the earth, ihoy saw mas- ses of matter presenting upon a scale of lesw iM:i)k',nilicenre, much thnt is strikiii'; and won- derl'ul. They awf the living garniture ol lields, and tho progressive devolopement ol vegetation. iVom tlio :sowin'^ of the seed to the maturity ct' the jilaiit ; and the structiii'e and laws oi'life in lli'j i!ii;liCrordi'r of animals, were «:veii moro (h'motisiralivj of creative wi.-idoiri and bei -'licence. Kven inanimate things are stampt with peculiar laws, r.dmiiabiy suitci' to tho wants aid hii;),.incMs of man ; and iht ve:y c'lry.-'tal, teiiaci.'i;s id' its ch^'racter, as- suiii^s i;s apjxiinli d form tho' passed tiro the chrystaluing process a tiiousaiid limes o- ver. Was not this a divine nr.elalion for them to read an 1 study ? it has been Kaid "if then was a God or a message from him, it would bi written in the sky ;"' and so it is and ever hu.- \ n'liaior been. ; ii„i in t liut how is it this book of naturo wa' [ uidoouk po Ion;/ open to tliel'agan world without avail j irinco.s Why was this volume forsaken I'or an idea :i """1 1 itirt ! ecausi navoii lail b i-..,i;;e Tlif tlioro I 11! r.U'i) men! niiisiy t ;riMt ai (!;!itinii I'C'otisI iTle. 'I rii.'i (T.c oncjrni ioMs, w! iirlts of r; mytliolugy .' W'iiy wa-, natural religion, will; its abundant leslimoni^'s, superseded by artifi cial idolatry ? J a an (Miinent degree becausi rajaiiism was upheld against it by the power wealth and splendor of the State with whioi it was associated. I'erhaps Paganism w;i uatur.'d religion, which in a long course i lime received luulcr luimaii government a de basing alloy, till it retained scarcely a vrstii; of its purer origin. It was I'earful odds f. mankind, in t/ie pursuit of trulii, to find ;:■ rayed agaln?l them ;'rror, baicd upon Uie la.' enriched aiitl favored by tlis execuiiv*, and ' wrapt up in imperial splendor &. supcrjlitioi sanctity, as to arrest every attempt to corn or purify it, as treason against the jitate, sac: lege against tiie temples &. felony against t!. Gods. Ilcnce paganism proved hostile to th early christians: Sc in. 'er Nero, about uO yen: after the death of (Jiirisl, they were put i deatli, according to Tacitus, with exquisi cruelty ; and to their sulforiiigs th.) Emper added mockery and lU'rision. Some were t vered wiili the skins of wild beasts and left be devoured by dogs; otlier.s v/cre nailed' the cross; iuihiIums Uti'e bi.rnt alive ; uc m:i; covered with ihilanimable matter were lighi up when the day declir.ed to serve as torcl. during the night. Thus it appears tl. idolatry in'. reiichud in the Slate lias bi iiiiiforinly cor:ii|)ted by it, and has c, (ierc.-.ly oppos-cd the progress of natural ;: revealed truth. AUil i no'W ask, lias not i:I:r; tianiiy from its CDufeJeracy wi: : ilui kingdui. of this world, suH'er-d similar contammaiio: of its purity and retardation of its progrc I collect from the most accredited writers up ccclcsiaslicai history, that the christian chu'. upon ih'.; vi.'i'y first (luhraccs of tho S^^le r (ier Con;;taiitini: was detfrioratod. This isi a mere point of speculation or ren.soning; is a matter of firr lo be determined by hi.< rical testimony ; and the wcigJii of the autl; rcsliylor rtli the V'o fiiiij I f llic va lin.'ia rn loaeons, < |cr ', nirr ngtii, ;-i need ui)( 'or tlii^ 1 rc/ijireib dogrc'o ( that wli tir riii-p In llx ferriu' win;^ 01 " Whc, rals ui lerly, ,'.. n r their be niiiiil iiiribtia. CB of ;•( re. \\ I 11yd i,. or I.! ct' riiy ai;c bibited iirrocra! if', Wi. ii'ii I lie liaU) 10 datioy oyod , at Zi3:ii ire of |ii d when detail !.«ioii (i| iclion !;n d the lb woiidci Oals rii' liU.S f(;>V lOiiiiuil 1 d licpiif ihcy saw m«s- I scale of leHu k'ui'j, iiiiil woii- giiniitiirc ol .'olopemenl ot ihu secil to the stvaRliii'i) aiul )f aiiiiM.iU.wint; ■cati\e wiL^tlom iiato tliiii!j;s aro iiiiialjly 3uitc(' man ; and ibt ciU'ncltM', as- f)' p;\s.«!il tl ro 111 iasul liiiies o- ;lalion for ihciii n said "ifihon lim, it would Ih is and ever ha- of ii;>turo wa. d without avail c:i lor an idcii al i(!lip,ion, with .■isedeii by artifi dfgrLM; because it by the powfr 'tatu with whifi I'aga'.iijru v.ii I loiig course < ;oveni:)U'nt a de L;avft;ly a vesti.i; fuarful odds \'> [ruth, to find^ ;- ed upon the luv iXccuiivi, and - r fcsapcitititioi; tempt to corrc- the State, sac: Ldony against t! vfid hosliU; to t!i vo, about 30 yon: ley wore put t s, with cxquisi' ugs th.> Eiiipei Some were c hcaUo aud left rs were nailed ' ut alive ; ik- on at'ev utro lighi L> servo as torcl it appear* tl. Htate iiaa be and ha -5 f'.xl 3n of p.ntnnd ask, has not ehri wi. I i!k! kiaado; ar contaiiiinaii I ;i of its prosiev ■d'.ted writers u\' le christian tdui' s of the Sfale i; rated. This is i I or rensonm.'^; •{criniticd by hi? r]i\\\ of the auti liile» produced rnu»t not be undervalued, lecau.^e in this transient discussion they arn Jinavoidatily limited to a liw. IJut those few |ii;ill be rh'Jir and deeiocd. The following; li;i'. ,;i;;e is read from jMoshlem \'ul. 1 I'ago 13. " Tlio udditi'ins leado by tha Eniporors and ,|tlim-ii to tlio wonilh, linnni^, r.iid a(ivnntfij;''a of 111'! clerfiy, v.iMo {'jlj.iwe:! witli a pioporii;iti.:!)ln *ii;:iiieiit 'linn of vifies ami laxwrj-, parti-jnl;'rly inrmig IhowJ of tie:' t i^ri d ordor, v/bo I'.vod in (re it and opi.lonl citijp ; iind.tliJl nuiny ni'.e'a iddiUons vrero niado ia lb. I order afl-i-r the time r (.%inK(.:in!i!'.e, i.i a nuKnr tliiil aJaiil.i of no I'.i;;- lete. 'Vhr. l)isho]is, on (lii ono ban !, contended ,ii!i er.eh other, i'l l!rj nidst M'andalous nisiv.Msr, ioneornii^;; the o.xtcnl. of tlieir rcrp;;euvo jurUiiiic- jimiH, w'lii'', on t!ie (ill'i)r, l.hiy traiap'i'.u upon Ibo |i;.'!ls oflbe people, violi:to.d t!io privileges of lliO Iniia'ior linei.ltr:-, iiiid iinit.al.cil, in lluir e( ndunl. v,d ill tl.eir liKinner o.' liviri,', tlio aiTci/anec, vo- uiiniousnei.", ond luMury of inai^dstriaeK and irinces. Thin p'Tnieious c.\rr.iple wa.-s tioon fol- owed by llu) tie, oral cecd";-,! 'sjtical or-.brs. Tlio re.V.iylers, in nieny jdac e.'i, t.' KUiiiad tin cqinhty rtli the bls!i')po, iu poiul, of r.iiil; nnd aiitliotity. Vo fii"! idHo nr'-iy co::;pli:nh) made, at this thno ;i if llio vinuty and efibiiiiuaiicy of tiki doacriip. — riiDMO p.iitro pavlicni'.rly of tlio picsliytcrs and [eaeo:is, who Idli d the lirsl fita'ions oi' these or- ler 1, '"arrie.l llic;ir piolontionn to an cxtr.ivagant ingtii, rjui ivtro orteiided r.t llie notinn of being laeed u[)on an equal lo(»tinfr\vitbtlieireollea{,rne3. Tor tbi.) reason, (buy not only ussuinnd the titles {rcli[>rekhijltrs ;i;ul Archdeacons, but also elaiined degree ef a'ltbovity and power inucli superior I that wliich v.at voi^tetl in the other iiiombcrsof 111" r'ltpc^tivo ordori!.'' In the same volume of that learned historian iferrin'r to the same century we find the fol- ivvin;^ observations : Wlica v/e catt uu cyo lowardii the lives and irals 111 Christians at liiiu tiu.e, welled, a.^s for" lerly, ;;. niixturo ef yoed ar.d evil ; some eminent |r their pidy, other:: infmiauis fer their crimes. !lio nuiiilicr, liov,\;ver, ol'iaimoral and unwuitby Ibribtiaas be|.i;au no to iiiereatio, that tlio o:;ain. Icr of rtMl piety and virtue beci.ino c,\tieiiiely c. \»'li'.!i llic terrors of pev.-ecution were ic- ..y dif-jiidled ; wlicu the cliureli secu'cd from the forts r.f it.) ouOiiiii'H, enjoy,;,! thobweets of pros- |rity ni'.d peace; \i\\cn tiu; laurl of tlio bii/.iojis tbibited to tiieir i!oi;k the '..oi;la{;iL>r,.j examples arroffanco, liisury, efieininacy, aiaiaotiity, and rir!, wuh '.lln'r vices t .o tiomei-jus f.o nvjation; lien the iiili.'rioiTii'.erj and ductors of the chure!! into a sldtliliil and oppniluioua nc;.;'li.:e!ieo of duties ef t'leir rcfqiectivo utatirou:, and em- >yed , in vain wraiij^li'.ij.'s, and idic disputes, It zeal and jstten'iim that v.crc dno to the eiih e of pie'ty and fe tli;; in-,truetion of the people ; id wbi'ii (to eoMjdcte llie i iiormity ot tail lior- I detail) mull i e.dcs -vei ; (iraw i from the pro. i.«ion oj' (^biiftiaiiity, nut by tlic jiowcr ol' con- lotion and iirjrument, but byilie prospect ol" (rain id the I'eai' uf piuiiFlnneiU ; then it wns', indeed, p) wonder lb;U, tlio clinreh was contaminate 1 v.ilh ioals 111' prolli;;;)li.' CluiKliaiis, (uid that tlie vil- lous f wan idiibin;.; daily iVo .. one currnption to umithor j the j^rcat and iKu |ii.\verfiil hiuiied vitli i'nininity, and the ohrt ere and the indfciit felt aioim llio severity if t.'ie l,:.v,'s." This accords with the opinion of that emi- nent liivlue iiithiip i^cwton, wlio in his work r.pon the prophesies. «iid voliim •, p.igo Sf)2 iitfords the 'ellowiny quotation : •' Tlioii'di the crljlili.-hment of cliiis- ti'iiity by Conntintine, added i.nieh to tlio Linijiiral proppcrity, yet ii oontrdiiiled lit- lie to tlin .<));ii',u:il {iracca uiid virtues of cdiri":. liins. it enlarged tiicir revcnnes, and oricre;iScd tlicir endowments ; bnl it proved tin; i";itai moans of eorriiptinj,' the doctrines and rolaxiiiff'tho dit- ei|)!iiiu of tin c'.mrch. It was attended with Ibis peculiar ilisail''antni;c, that many clavu to them v.'ith llat'eries ; niLiny bee iino christians fur tb.o si'ko of t!;c loaves and fislics, and pre- li iiiled to be of the relii;inn only because it wns tho reli;;ion of tho Em|ure. Eusobiuf, wlu) was a cotoinpoiary writer, remarks that ono of tho roignin,'; views of tbe times was tho dissimulation and hypncrisy of men fraudnlently entering into tlio cburch, and borrnwinj^ tho naino of chris- tians without Ibo reality." Tiic learned r»iOshicm relates with exprcp- fioi'.s of regret, tlu degoneration of the primi- fi'.'t; clmrclt, as iio terms it, '■ towards tho form nf a reli£^ions inonarehy." — The Bishops as- liifcd to h; ambit iot"rly umta'rd tlic cx;implc of tho LisrhopG; !i.""> 111" rcnonliHl ami itit'^ptccl cfr-ctK ot l'ii( vvo.lii (III tin cliDHiiiiii i:liiinli ! It rollovR, .Sir, lluit wlu'.ii a cliiiich has re. roivcfl il,;.-, iiio(lii'u:iiliti..(i- !il.^ ami sni'kitv .,, lar ;c. , Tula- on- or Uvoix- :im|ii(;s. Kmiyu't litolv cjuycil Ins Iiairinii- (Itiljiv ami looseness 111 hv'.iis;, intlil liis kiiIisk- (j'i(;!it conversion iiiul piolo.u'il | i-I.». lloiio f'Otxii-r, iio^'ivcr, ijixaiii" ;',ii ujimi iiiiri^.i.iii iic- coriiii'.!^ Ill lilt' siii'^t-'Slions ul' liH I'.iiiii iiiul ilio iliclatrii o('iii-i('oi)S<-iHii(,'i'.;i;:i;i 'is iiiii!-n'iil"r- iiiiiv 10 t!i'' ■;■t•.^!^•-llouri^ll (1 I'lHi.cinva:* Ijn.'t siL'alnst liim as a crii'io. llu hail iii'l"i'«l, li'i'- ciiiin and !i! Mly ; hut ii v,,i, h'etjilum au.l lil)- lUy ot' choice" h.;Uve(rti ♦jcclesiastical i.i'iil..i- \m\y or iinmnrrnitnit in a iJuii;;con. i o l)ni'is!i a man lor nut a''i;,i;'.iiij; a color to he v/. '(//■.■ u' Inch lif* ]i-)ct!ivcs ami ciihiiol livlp |v i- ■ ccivifi;; III l.c l>!ni:h, is ei it inorii alisuid itriv- riinnical lliati 'o punish him htr nut |)|•u('l•^MllL; to hcUtvi: tju: 10 ill' tru'h winch he vcnly br- licvcs ii'iii »!:i!i!i!)t lu'lj) ijcllcvi'':' lo he error. — Y'i't in r/nn_v;iii"'. ca>c. [to lil. 'i- iiaic il.:)os;';i'!< oi' oihi'i-;] iha church mid Slate cuiubiiifil to inj|>,i'-(i!i hliii fur \'Z voar.-. ! i/iiriii!,' Iliis |-,;()tr".r:t,o.'l cnnhnt'iiifnl, as ilio ha:!v lan,i;i.i..h sl.tiic spirit liccanisMiiorc liLo- rial ai'il (li.iiif — ami he compost;!! lor the hist- iii'.I bonttit 'il' liio world, his I'ilgrims I'l^!. ji'fs^, a noik Ko uiiri' in ltd did ion ami ,o cl:;:^'--'ral as an Alh'^oilt.'dl iiiovli-uuioii, ns to cminiand, cvn to litis day, tho inlcro.;! (dthu ciiiisiiaii reader and the praise ol' iht; liisiini- oiis en '.c. Come down tolaterycars ;'.ii.i ir.id a warnlni; from :iin case of the late »»( v. i)r. Carey ^;^.^ liis co-adjniors, v.lio I'ldl (.1 /.iissicjii- ary Z';al — (ih" nobiest Kindled in ihn hiitnaa iiiiad) ])ioceeded to British Itioia in c(j!1- verl the heathen — On their arrivd [iieiini- ted church and Stale uirt llieni \viih a-i inler- dii-iion. Il misltid ijy them :is l>rili-h suh- Ji'Ctd aspirins; fo do their duty as lii-iri-h ( Inis. tiaus to lirii-oli heathens in ihis IJritish eiu- ]):rc,ihev toaii reluize wiih .Apostolic intrcjid- Ji , an.) /ca! in a iiei'.'lib'itiii^; Danish <'idiMiy; iMiiihere tiny esrahll.-lu'd a i*ress,aiid tlieiice, ;;." it vverj umier I'orei;;!! jirotectioii ami t'.dera- tion, l!iey siircessCnily and ^l(,ri;)i'.;iy bombar- ded Liidsh jiidia wi'Ji Divine triuii. Next look iri'o tli? efi'ects of liii-" svslnm on whole cnminuijitie?. There ate lluise in this as- sembly hi whose veins Hows Irish blood ; Iml af- lii.-ted Indand needs not national letdiir,: to iii- yiirc symjaihy under her wrongs. IJow eve- ry seniiiiierit, ])atii(;iic and ridigious, would ris!i in arms within us, were it now c!;aeleil til, it every i'rotcstant in Canada .shoiiUJ bn t:,';;'(| tu siipj;, .-t the lloniaii Cuholic church! Ye; in Ire! ;:id, alter yer.rs of uiiavailini,' reiiiou- urai'co ;■..;;( complaint, the lie laii Catholics, v>\i\\ ■!!-:. >iis scruples, as strong and sincere jt*; 'jur oui,. are obliged, besides the support oi'theh'owa ministry, to y:iy tithes to tho very psiiriKsIicil Proteslaiil Hpiscopal Chnrcii liom wiiirh they dissent. JiiHt as il lii^aih ne^ HiioiildHiN to 111, ihinti as yon please, but pay Hi the piicu lit' ilu! Hucrifice ; tliinU as joit pI'Mise, but brinjr to our aliiir.H tiie victims wc oiler up, 'J'o how imdancholy a de;;,re" innMt r chinch !"; ttitrrni'tcd by the ;:'Mie to put lor- ward liiese •'Xcliisive preteu'^ions, and cnin- hiiie i. nut tlinl jiicrriiij rry. WliK'li hIiimjK liir v>iivi'< mill nut ll.i.' fky." Head I lie tra^ji'dy ol siicii ii Bysiem in tlip tale ol lilt! widow emb; lined in h(>r tears. — YoiiUmi..', Sir, the massacre lo which I re- f'l. It >vas in the collection nl' a (yall:i)li(' 'J'ax lar prolesiant uses, that a minister ot" tie' ('hm( Il ol' t^'ta'c coniaiamleii the iiuiskef ii> be fned wliicji laiil tho son wehcriii,u; at llie iiiolhcrV' feet ! iMiist not such a church hav-' be' li coii iipte 1 by the wotid, and I'orf^otten tin' fXampli' (d him wiio restored btit never des- iioyed life; who cnml'orted the poorwidovvof lN>iin, iv, touchiiij: the passinij; biir, said, yoiii'i; i.ian ari»e ! and '' deliveied liiin tu \\\i mo- IhiT." What is our own condition ? Siipiaisn therf^ were here a pagan asccinlancy pa;roiii/eri by l!ie state — stipimse tlieni to .say lo christian-, iis impious against their idol gods; " Yon arc uiiworlliy to occupy sjpukhral gnnind \\li"rp .sid'ely to bury yoiirdiatJ with an obolus to pav old Charon to ferry yon acrnsa the river styx ; ami let chance or avarice With impunity ihs- uirli the aslies (d' your dissenting ilead. iJ. \im wi-!i to marrv ! l..ei your issue be bast- ard from generaimn to generation unless yon piesenl yourselves before the statue of Venus and tlieir rf'ceiviii?; the benediclion of her jniesi leiiih/.e \ to put I'lir- MI'i, illld CDIII- tlii: vxattiuu •II!! rry. ll.i,' ►!;>■." svsit'in ill tlip in licr tfiiiH. — to wliicli 1 )P- nf a (Jntln)li(' tiinislt'i- of till' tlio imiski'f lit ol'triii/j; at l!ir .1 (.limcli liavf I lor^Dtlcn llif ait iiL'ver des- t) pour widow of irr, said, yuiina liin to [\U mo- , i Stippo'50 flicr^' j pa; rtini/.i'd liyj y to (;hristiaa«i, 1 ods ; " You iiio I d fjnunid wlicir 4( n dIjoIus to \)u\ jj tin; livi-r stjx; '" h iin|Hiuily (lis- ting dead. ]Ju ir issuo be bast- atioii unless yoti sfatuo of V't'iius fdiciiiin of lift How similar art t wcrv fxprcssm: j^ )\ il.e a-ciMidiHii ^ -The dissf nlii;: ; iinal)ii.- to liol I of pulilic wor- t was OKI! of til. liij.'lisli (;iiia(;!i lineal iiitltieni' nT!;iiiieiit iwciv .inilyinu I'adiin , not to jirdci'!. a f;raiit nf i.i:i tiid h(dd ciKHi;:: - )y drcciit con ; id coni-aion im :;•■! ol' survivi!:, -,. iiiatiu': wunl <• f nptcd '.ly tlio la'' ' ,vell to secure t • liUirned by Uii- : 'f ) coint'ol tlicp; ry or oli'er then; fccliiijj;, or i : the exclusiv ierardiy. lif ;_: t 19 true, hie "I it ugt bo flit .» K*lien, it wn« obtained after a period of pro* honorand profit were held np to the compe' tracted nrid Iriiiilt'Si le^i»laiioii, eiioii;{li to titioii of chriHiiaufi; but to qunlily tlieiuselvfs warn us asaiuHt ilhi ilaii;j;er of pivinij ono for iher worldly 8itu:ition:i tlioy were to eat of cliiircli ail asceiidaniy over anotlier, or tlio tlio body and blood of tluir redeemer, no iiiar- t'lijoyment of ri.;li s ,m I prw.lenes not held in ter wliat tluir inward failli or riefective prepnr- eoiiiiuiiii Willi their lellow ehrisiian bodies in ati.m. Hueli oi.inoj wire virtually held by iho llu! s mil! ('iiuiioiiiiiiy. Our .Siale-i'liiirclislill maiiitii;in its e.ve) isivenisi:) iii ilie eliarlerof Kill ^N (Joiletre. Tile prii'R of ieainiii^ liiere, is Milii'.iiptioii to ilio .'!'.' arliele.s — [ill- lion. iiie'uli"r iiiv Leimox ami Addiu^ton ( dr.('ail- rif^Iiij lirire inler"u;iti'd, statir^^ iliai il was an «rror, a-i ^iiicli duliseri|.iiou was only re([uired tVoui l!ie I'rol'essdrs and it Muliers ol iho < 'id- Ie2;e t'uimeil | — \ . iv well, .Siv, J will lake the jnoiiosilion as slaleil by the lion, mmiher, an I tlia.U liim fur the CDrroclnm. .A inusi Iciriied mail pieseii's liimsell lor a I'roles ioisliip, cm- inenlly qualified tu leaeh, and furfifu'd ^vi'.li ev- ery tesiimoniil o; meiit and caiiaeity; liiscre- di!iitial.-i an* reoomii/.ed, and the same bieaili by wliuli liH i.ire sei vieea are a iuo-;t promiseii n w(dcomi; ia tlie^fj iheafres of j=cieiiee, — :iii- iioiitu'Cd a condition,— .s«63(;m''^'«,i to the Wd artirli's — l'er!ia('.i !ie s v.j. " 1 am no tiieolo- ^',ian ; I louU to the Iii' i.^ not the buuli of lit- uri^y for my ereed ; liesiiles 1 am a youn,;; tuan and a yoiinit clirisiiau, iinwihuij^io siib- Reriiie to -V) ariicles of (aiili r.omprcIienJing maiiv religions ,uid m''t;i|iliy(-ii'.d suiitleiies ; and "rl';'io will) the fre'-dum of my conseii'iiiiom diss:Mit iVirii any of them in fiUure l;l'e — pray tlieref(Me aceept iny services iii tlio bcieiiue, £ prot''"s!.'' Tilt) < linreh pronip'ly replies. — ■' away willi the selii-siiruie !" If the li';,'h!y gil'ted Dr. Chahuer.^, the literary and theolni; al biiasL e!' Seoil and, ys, ot IJiitam, were to pnwfnl himseir fur Aeinlemio lionors in Vfiper (y'aaada, lie would ln' trea'.ed and ii'j)ell- <•<[ at the ixvcM seal of Can;; liaii le;uniii;; !us ;i lieip.lic. And eonhl yuii wave a mat;ie, wand ovr the illustrious loii.b of Ituliert Hdi, and tender his unrlv;>!l''d eliupMiiuo. p!"ty and I ■;\rn!n'4 to seive, m onr L'nivi'rsi'y, the inter- rsis of reli'^iou, i v le.icii ihr pliiit^suphv 1 How easy it is to lie re^'i-itered a christian on earth; but it is liie wron^ way tu secure iheir rejristry in lie;iveM. (Joiiie within the le^al prei^inets of the chnrcli, and you .^Irare her vastvsialcs; 15iit if you eonscinntioMsly di-sont, you nr« (loomed to stay wiilit/iit, i.dmiriii': the grapei of her favoured vineyard, and callins liu m Monr. tid tantah/.ed by puiiractcd tasteless ct'utemul !liu:i, samo may clianee' to relievo tlie siMtiples of nt.,i-<'oi.'.'unu':ty, imd qualify to sliare their luxurious fruii. lli;iie', ijui so r^ruat a friend lo ri^HiTion as ]['. wiis lo moiiaiehy, jjivcs the fidlowio'.; ac- coiini of the ellueis of poilial interleicnco wii!i ''clifrion and of the atteuipia to eufoice cii.j'briniiy. ''Tl'ese conlrovnrsi;)!? Ind alrnijy e3:f>ltft,l smcIi furiiii-'Ol. a;n"njf il:'^ pcoide, thit in soiLn pluceB lie'/ leriiscii tu I'ruijuenl tlic olearclic! v/luro ilia li.L .iisaiul cjreiiioiuos \vi'i-o u-:')d ; would not. so- bit;! llie c'lnl'irniii^ cli.T^ry ; and pru;'(!edi!d si> f.i ■• ;!!■' to rovdi; tlieiii in ilio ntruets, to B|)it in their fieos, iii. I to e«e ibein '.it!! ai! manner <.t cuiit'.nnuiy. Aed wiiiU) t!it^ eoverci flarno was rontino,!, li aextinjTiusiind ; iiud ba-nliijj fire'eer from co;i- fri>"n.;'nt, il burs', out, in tlic 8;ieeiH!Liiif» rci':vnfi, t.> Iho dcslrucU >n of tlui ciiiircli and mou;.;'.;) ;'." Aiul a'j;ain, " 1 he f.lal St. n.irtliilomow nprirra liei^'lie dnj \vlie;i ihi^ Cicv^'y wore o'di'^od, by the lato ::iav, ci- t(icri) rciii((U.:-!i- their livmnr.s, or to m^u Lh :ir. tiule;;, r. (|aircd orih^'iii. A condiiii;.t.ioii hiid been ciit.ruil inti> bv t!io euiro zc.i'ous of the i>rni. •.-';: ri;:n cee'et iastics to rei"aro tiio subs-oiij lini ; in 1)1. |MS thai til'.! bishops wnu'd nf>t ventiir.' at onco *.n rxncl so gveal a nuinbcr of the nio* I jiepulur )ir''ai-.iio.s. Tlio ca'Jndic party at conrt, •■.■:':•-> dc. Sirod a trr.""il rent unongtho protestants, encoi- r.!:;"cl tl;eni in tiiis obstinacy, and ;;:;ve tli""J liopj:s uiui thckin>r would proleo^. tlioin in Mioir rofus;:!. 'llio kinij binii^.-lf, by i;i.; i. vi.iolata Hence wc learn the d;ui;:'n- of grant::!;;' any conduct, cnntribmed, either f'ro:a ciei-i^'^n or oihiM- ili;in eiji'.al civil and reliifioiis ri'.'hts to neeidenl, to increase this opinion. Aliaye all, the whole coiiiinntiily ; since we find that :m invidious ascend, :iiey once '.^rimtcd, can bo long an;l ten;icioii; ly iicld to the prejudice of 111-' must le.irinid iind jiious chrisrians. The his;ory of the .sacr;mu'nta! lest in Eng- land inenlcatcs the same instruction airainst religious monopolies. — lentil lately no dissen t 11" tLrnis of Kiihseription had been inai'd si i ict and rifjid, «m purpose to disgust all the zi^tilnus and S!;ru;;ui()us amonsrtho preo'>yt;'r!a;iP, and dcjirivo thetn oftbcir livuigs. About aUlJ;) of the clerj^;y, in one (lay, relinquished their or' e.- ; end to liio u;toni.s!iinont of the court, pncriiieo I their in- tere.st to Ibeir religious tenet?. Dlshopiics Avern offered to Calamy, Bax'.er, (uui rwi-ynol,Js, ter could fill any public or coipurate ofilca leaders among ilia presbyterians ; the la. t nrK- without first taking the Facrament at tha ultar could bo prevni'rd on to'nccept. Douicrics and vfiho Mtablislied ciiurcb. Viirious ofiAce* o( other prstiinneaU wora refucod by mwf." TT « Let U3 tBke from the same author; another epecimen of the siJiiit engontlered by poliiical tijccndcncy in a church, " By Iho Qct <.'f unifcrinity, every clcrgy.nan, r;lio fhould oiBciatu whhoiit i)ciiiT projK^ily qiKi- l.i'cd, wa.T puni:-!icl,!c by ilun an:! i-n;v. :^-iTi:r.niit ; b.it ti'is security waa not tliimslit pnirKical (it Ih; clu:ro!i. It wamiow onuctoJ, Ib.at v.! cr" vci' f.vD pcrnDHS nlioto ll'.csc ofiliCEainoiiouyiholil shf-uM arspiaLIo in n rcli,"ipiis conj^rcji.lion, every ono oi" theij) was liablu, lor iI;o iuKt *■ JImicp, t') be iiii- pii^^onod three i^inritl'.'', or jiaj' fivo j-nrndsjlor Ilia J-C'cond, to l;a iin^irisunod tux luont!;.-- .U' pny tan P'/cHuI.t; and for tlio third to ha transported ft von yearr, or ppy a hundred pound;-..' This net was not a dead lelU-r; and wlien churcli and stiito v.'cr.) thus linked (ojiftlicr with butficieat pov.-cr to crocurc such ;i:i Act of Parliament, it is not Ei!nj;r.l:ir tliut the con- ta.;ic)U also infected thccotnis of lav/, paisop ■ ! thn li)in(i-) of the Jud(!;es:, and cnDtaaiiuatcd the for,!itaui3 of uatlou;!! j!ii many persons above the number of five had been assembled in s'.ich a place, G7u! had Bibles i:\ll;. Ihein, and were susi.iciati penons and S(c'an'rs \ yet the jury would not find thcni ;^nriiy, of keeping a eon- venticle, upon the late act, because tlii;ro was no full evid' r.cc that ihey were aMcmbled to exercise any religions woriliip, r : the act run-;, And tie Jury were coniiuitted till they paid their fines."' "And now the court ofexel:er|uer wprj movc>! in their behalf to icinove by certiarori tin; ro- :ord of their fines ;iiid cjtreai.s : to which the \.ttorucy General 2aid, that that concerned neKing only, and iheicforo thiy v.ere lobe eniovcd at the snil and desire of t];e !vi;\; nlyj^k not otherwise; & h^ seemed very ai^cvy iSt such motion was made"; and the recor. crof London said, "that those fines hi longed > the city by their clmrter, so that tlicir court d nothing to do with them." 't'iiey were Lcrwardr. brought into the Kin:;';'. i>;neli up- , a harbeas corpus; but were not bailed till ey had paid tlieir lines." Such is or at leaft n cent.'y was tlie low in i^iai '', i.nd witidu tlie&e f';\vyt.ars a mmictor the- Eslabligiied Ciinicii was subjected to fi npla;.' for violatin;^- liiis net ot pa;Uamc:it Cittendi.ig a domestic prayer me; linrj for wor.^liip of God. Tiiis r 'guiation as in:just diriftiaurf as it is in!^olellt to ii'^a-veu, ia ttin aring of tlieconner,t;o:i betAvcoii C'mrch <1'. '!. Uut wo j;;at;ior from lir: Ij.et.iry of I'kind btil! more strikinj &, fearful r vidcnco liO tyranny of tho (yliu.ch and State over a Titiii^v country : But ihi) chici" circunislinee, wiienr.e v/ern vcd all tho siibse(]ucr,t tyranny anddiso.-iI(!ra otliitid, was the I'xtautioii of tin luws for stablishment of episcopacy ; a modi) of iKicnt, to which a gient part of Ihu nation 10 had cnteitainiid u.i nnsurinountablc aversion The rights of patr'ina Itad ior some years been aboH^Ilcd; and ihn power of electing niinistcra had been nested in tho kirk seg.don, ;ind lay fMlcr.:. Itv.-asnow enroled, tiiatidl iacnnibeiits, who had been aJiuiltcd en tbi:^ tit'.o, sl;ould rc- eeiv:^ a. pros' 'iilntion fioin tho patror., ai;d f liould bii ia-.titntc.l anew by l!;-j i);Khi.ip, uUwlur llia peri- aliy of deprivation. Tlio i:ioic rigid jirc -bytorlans C!i,e(!r!?d iue?,surc.5 ainon^^f tiKMii.'!elve.s, and roi'ti.i d olK'dioiico : they imagined iiiat llicir num. brr v;cu!d protect Liicui. Thico hun(h\Hl and iifty peri. 'ic.?, above a third of tlio kingdom, worn at cnra declared v."eant. The v;estoin counties ehici'y wcrij ob>-tiii;;'c ia tins pailicular. New liiinisior.'j were .seu^Iit for all over ti.o kingdom ; r;;d no one was so i;^no;-ant or vicious aw to bo rcj' o:':d. 'Thn (jroj.I?, wholovod o::trcinely and respected their furnicr teachers; men rc:narI.ab!o for the soveri'y nl' llieir nianiiers, and their fer- vour in prcaclji'j--; v.cre ii:-!aincJ a{jaiiist thcsu intruders, wiio had obtaiuoJ their livings under swell iuviuuoLl.'! riixumclai'.cc.f, and uho took no ca;-,', l-ythe rc;;idr,rl!y of their inani;ir.s, lotoiTtcn tho prcjiidicorj cntcitainod against tiiem." Ti.o fate of t^cotlraid lu.s been Ih j recent fate of Upper Canada. Tho people liave ever ber-n averfcio the CLtahlishnientcf a dominant chureli with atiy peculiar priviloi^es or cndow- mc'its from the Government. They have ear- neil'y ard repf atedly prayed ajjainst it i^y peti- tions to tlio Kin(,^ numrrcnsiy yigaed, for m&ny year; p :£t ; and tliid diiec: expression of their ahiiOit unaniuio;i3 desire, has been seconded by their rv presentaiives in liiis lIou?c, in ehcccs- clvc .Sessions and in successive Parhaments. — Yet reccr.tly tlio uniti?d wishes of tho people hav! b?en painfully and alarmingly violated by forcibly establishing^ ainoi.gs'. ihcm, in L'cotch fasiiion, the very Hpiecopal aGocndancy they had deprecated. Fifty sovcm rooiories have in open defiance of universal sentiment, beeu cr- eeled Within our border.^ richly endowed, and armed .rilh e.vclnsiv::) eclc^ianlieal and .-piritual rights and privif-'res ; wlnlc v/ith similar defi- ance, cAcrgy re?ervcB are sold under an English act ot narliamentpas-sed u'itlKmt oiirlinowledgo and co:i.-;ent, to tho nmonnt of £7(),l)0t), & that amount abjtra.terl from our iiripove: ished land, anil paid into llie inilltary eho.:i. This is des- poti.-m as undescived by (ilaiada as it is unwor- thy tlie parant state. Wo have not the physi- cal Ptrenj^lh, if we had tiie moral courage ot the '>eotc!:, to resist tho evil ; md t!:crclbre ncces- Gity may doom ns to bow to wrongs, wiiicii, be- cause of our u'oahnesH, it wan unjj'cnprous to infli",'. How kceidy arc wi at tlii? iioiir feeling Iho sconr^TC whie'i has ihu. been vti^ited upon u.-! by liic r.Ecendam^y of Iho elirrch w'licliin Enj> land maintains her adtdtercns uaion with tho .jtclc. I\nl aps providence may iiaro in reserve for us eonie mi,- eon way cf crcapc from flio irn- peidii!'-.; conuplioi' of vcli;vior, end woimd of the deerf at privileg;c.3ord*i ouirageddopoiui'.iicy. The pruposi.'ion of tho Icrrncd meiuuer lor Toron'o to divide thesr? Clcr^ry R"S(,rvcii among' a fclect number of cl. u cl)"8 in cfpially. If not mere objectionabh.! t! au th.- devotion of them to one. Upon what principle is tiiie curious solec I i .1 ,1 11 Ic aversion u years been nix iiiiiiistcra on, ;ind lay incuiibeiits, !, sl;cnild re- , .ii;(l fliould ulur ilio ]iO(i- jire :l;ytor;;tn3 solves, ami i'.t tlicir num. u,-tl nrul tifl.y K'iii, worn at ?ni counties ou'.ar. New ho kingilom ; eioiis aw to bo troiiiL'ly and n rt':narI-.ab!o ul llioir (It- Hfpiiust thcf^u luiiiy.-i uiuler v.iio took no :irs, to toflcn thein." . tlu recent >'.'j luavo ever f a vloiiiir.ant .'3 or endow- y Iiave ear- ist it Ly poti- •d, for m&ny iaion of their fc'econtied by , ill succcs- lulianioiits. — r tho people y violated by II, in !:icotch 'udi'.'icy they ories liavc in enr, boon er- ridov»-ed, and 1 iind.-piritual .similfir defi- ■r ail English ir Iniouiodgo M)0(), & that c. ;:ilied liuid, Til is is dee- ■• it is iinwor- )t fbo physi- aurage ot the rcforc ncces- I '.viiiiii, be- ligcncrous to ' honr foeliniT nUv.n ijr.onu.-i 'iichin Kntf. :un with tiio ro i't n'tjf-rvii Iram !ln! ire- id vvoiuul of cIopci;d'.;;cy. iiicinbcr i.!or. — Do you believe in the Trinity ? H'iTfi'd upon them, because the rights of eacli can then only be certainly preserved by i-ui^tmning the rights of all. Tiny may indulge the utmost ncrimony against each other for ullegeil her- isie.s and yet be faithtiilly banded tog :Uier to ])!•. serve the inviolabi'ily of tiieir oxchisive feiii poralities. They m;iy dispute wlueli chiirc'n ehould, as an affii'r of honor, tiike rank and pre- cedence, and wh ch shou'd Imve the largest ehare, or upon what principle the division should be made ; but, expect not aav conees--- ion that such superiority can he claiiind ly other?, or that otiiors ccii'd, without sacrilegj and crime, invade their vt stml r.ghts. There is an obv ous charm in tiie oporntion of the?c ample donitions. Chomit^ts ofien d.seover an ingredient wh'ch will procur; the unio:i of siib stances, mutually repellent ; and tlie grand do- Fidoratum is now found out tor holding the mojt transcendent rcclesiustical contrarieties in Imr- nionioiia solution. Protestants and Roiaui Catholics, Kirk and Methodists are r.'du. eJ to gather by the common solvtiit of clergy r s- crves ; and I verily believe there v.-ouid be iij precipitate from the additioti of ali'jlo p;i<::ui- ism. The wolfe and tlie lamb, tin; lenpiird & the kid seem \.n nimirie together in prophetic harmony. Hut in tliisc-ise, it is not so umicIi from a mixture of spirit us of intcn'-Jt. It is not so mucli from the milkol liumiin Uiii'liiess ns from the satiety ol hierarchal pinticiiia ion. They tidve their seats at the festival of our pub- lic lands ; ami in l;in.;ii:ige not borrowed iVom the hook of I'roverhs or the woiks of Solo- mon, they "pick the same hone,"' they '"lea- ther themselves logother in the same nests," and they ■■feed at the same bread and butler." iMiieli, sir, as 1 respect many of my Ca- tholic friends, I sineorciy b.-lievellieir clim-ch, as they sincendy Ii'li^n'; mim-, to be in tiital rrror. Each aprvrftlr'iids w.i'i regret, wholly free from tiukindne-'-i, tli t the other will bo damned. What course doe-i it become us, nn- der this belief, rispcctively to lake? (van I ugrci' to endow the Roman church to «;nablo Jhem the more easily and tff'or8. Was til ri! (any tlmig Locke may say to the contrary notw,iiislaiidiii,g) (\er n natio.i on the earth, however burb.ir uis, witlioui. something of a prHnthood? Tiie iiboriginevs nf this continent answer in the negative ; and ih" leiist civilized Irib's have their profss.o.uil functionaries to tiller np their occasdonal faerifices to the "great ppirit." Wo have had too, from the earliest lik-tory of the Province etandiiig ev.dence 19 the contrary 111 the hietoiy of the Methodist Episcopal church up to a recent peiiod. Tival church was planted in tli s colony without the knowledge or roDflont of Hit* eovern- mcnt. The scatter* 1 s(KtK indAlflt utlierw^«e spocial ap- to coinpro- iportaiit, It it la evcry- accommo- acccltTate ! salvQlioii ail tii-^wcr I-' principle clirisL.aii. rves, I am pri'sont or collectiv ly Y nijiy r 'nd, Bu' f I lf>'J-ls|:it.i.' tlllt tll^' nil tiie III', meiitri I 8 to oIlLMII- iiiiihors for .f'nictioi'S, icroviT it " anil proro- s rl,u-kiit>.-i, 1 lii-bitiii]}6, luil ray a:id ^'iin f'>r ftiij' pportlDlllIl;; li a vii'w of j»iviiiir poll. A»i tlU-'lll 111- iiis froiii the tliai policy, [ii;ii,ff'(!i'(l to rs and I'.iy. 'li''V ihpi'iifl wiiicli bcn- iiiii-f of law I'll!* Asoii). 10 [iiiriicieiit, IlLlU, Will sl"r^' of oiir iv! il)Mii riit> •iitN for our "cr-, as 111!) likI th'j vorv 18 uoidiy if of duty ru- ipur-et or rt;- ■Rssioii w,|| -ors. VVas liei'ontrury tiie eartli, tllinnr of a IS Ciiiitinenl iFl civiiizjd lionarie:^ to • I ill? "fjroat the oarlitvst 3V.;lpni-e ty Alelhoilist iod. Tiwil. fiy without lie 0()vern- I utiierw^ce iVieiids to liv(! aecor(i;e^f to the ".'ospel they jirolcsscil, Amidst ■untiuiifly and oppoo.tion, liowev^r, tlioy Hour. shed almost b-yoiid oxam- pli'. Dcvoiul to tlie ;,'o.ipol, " all oilier thiiiga \vf ro added to them ;" and p' rliaps tliere lia.-^ not bccii, tiuce pr nutive lioic;', morn i4rikiii? fvidi'iice cf the existence ot " a K'.ugdoiii not of fins world" swayed liy a spirit:^! sceptre. — IJu!; tiie thr.slian coininu!iity,on the other liand, lieiK filed hy the laie ajiproiiriations of ih*^ mw- ernmeiit to rolifjiiuis Ur^es ] i r has the prospect • rij^liiem d hijon; the expected distribution ot ilie el(r_ry rcs' Tvcs ] Wlicii, therefore, wo li:id the eiirislian church in tlio firsf. three cen- turies tiourisiriijj nfrninst tiie Stale, and declin- rg under its suh-iquent pat.'0'ia;,'o iiiuler ('on- hlartuie ; and wlieii we pee the wme thin^' ve. riti (I upon a smaller scale wiliiiu the borders of • »ur o.vii e( untr}', siiroly wo need not liesiiate J'niclicaliy to believe 'the proposition tiiat if I null IS lit nione it wil pcevtil. Such wnstlie advice of (Janiaiial; luul let net lei'nied no ai- bers lorget lie was "a doctorof law." ileoppos d tiiose wao.-e object it was to enpporltin' csiab- lishcd c'DOis by punishiiii;' those whooilered tiio trulii. lie lorutied iiis pos:tUiii wi'li sirildiii: d- iosliat OPS, & closi:d his elequee; and digii ii 'd addre>s with the followiiiif iuuice: " And now 1 say unto you, refrriii tiom those men and li t tliLiii alone ; lor if tiser counsel, or liieir woik be of ineii, it will come to n;iu;.'iit ; hut. if r : ) of (iod, you c.iiiuo!; overthrow it." \.indiuss under Arts of rarliauiLiil I Tniili, however, is not an exo.ic or a hot house plant, li isiudij;eiious in every country, coni^euial to every climate and I lie native of every soil, liow can it h" otherwise, since it proceeded from hun who can be (oiind and worslipjied i (|iially in every mountain top, in every valley and in every shade. The course of nature is tire course of Provid- ence. It is the practice (d every day to coufida io it aa sunTicient to injure the coiuiDUiiuc* of 13 those bountipfl which we receive as dependent' creatures. Reposing without timid apprehen- sion in a divine supiirintending care over mate- rial ihing8,why sho'd webe distrustful of equal Kuperintendingcare over spiritual thinjis? Cou- scious of our inability to direct terrestrial pow- ers, it is Pagan pr suiiijiiion, like I'haiEton, to ascend the chariot of the Sun, and drive with fearful temrriiy round the zodiac" ol' r<'li^ions truth. Will learned gen. assume to legislate for the clouds ? ])o, tiien, your work of supe- roy;ation. Pass :i law for a safety-fund of ra:n. Tax tivery man with the precaution iry duty of periodically watering an allotted portion of the earth, as pabulum for the sun to distill the balmy dew, to supply the wiugeii va[)ours of the air, to spread ou*. the clouly ci rtaiu of the sky and seasonably dilfuse more genial show- ers. Does this seem absurd ? Open, tin n, the eyes of the und rstanding and see that it is not less absurd to usurp the spiritual iheti the physical throne; nor less absurd to assume to govern "a ki;igdom not of this world,'' thati to govern the clouds for lini who rides upon the whirlwind and directs the st.irin." Ill the things about us we witness the particu- larity ol Providence, actiuj{ nevertheless under the «iuiplicity of a law which is equally the ohjeet of our gratitude and admiration. Let us judge of the certainty, sim|)licity and effi- ciency with wliich he can govern his ch'irch, by the display of corresponding attributes in the works of nature, lie wields liis almighty power not less lor all that is little, than for all that is gieat. Jiy tlie same apparent natural cause we see controlled the waves of the ocean swelling into tides, and tlie fluctuation of the least ripple upon the surf.ice of a bisiuof wa- ter. I'Vom the same cause we trace thespher- leal shape of a planet, and of those morn ng dew drops f>litiering over the verdant fields like "oriental pearl;" and hence in the house of aiourniiig you see drop after drop, distilled by .soirow, lo'lini; clobule after globule down the cheek. Tlierclore a poet, without indtil- ilin;; in mere poctiual license, has justly and beautifully said — "'I'liiit v;TV law vvliirli runiiMs (i tcur Anil tiul.- ii trickU^ lro:u its hhiut;', 'I'll i; l;iw |iri'.->orvr> llio carlli a Sjili 'ro, Ami gu.ili'!^ till' iiliiiu.ts ill llic.ir Cchimp." AVhen it is con-idered that it is tlie siune pow- er that controls the siupeudoiis movenients of ilieunivi rse, and tlie simple effeivesem e ol a imriitire, we should learn tliat the relative terms great and lii'ie applied to Him "are terms w;'h- oiit nieaniiig;" lliat ilis providence is equal- ly iiniver.-^al and equally particular; that it is equally conversant willi the events of itaiions anil of an individual supplicant ; that while it counts the stars of the iirmameiil and the ne- bule I . the milky way. it regards the t'allinaoC a sparrow, and numbers the lairs of his (Sol. General's) learned head. This particularity of providence in mtterial things aiFords no apo. logy for a christian's distrust cither of his will ur ability to dispense th« affairs of that tpiritu- ^ al Kingdom which he has himself rstabiibhed ami covenanted i > iiiaintiiiii lor t.'ver. Will lennicil gcniloincu i'i'..J RijblinK\->i couccpiiori w.'Uiiii ihe c'liiii'as^ of the u,iivor>^('. — Ulieie- fcver vvc; go, yea, wlici-eoviM' our iiit)v»;"y of cr:';'(!;M was ;; .rt- ly iiiteaded to iliMs!:'ato) thai ho v.-lio called all these ihiu'^s intd be;r,g and iiijliohis iheni liy tLe wold of his p'owcr, i'* also jiinieelf every where i)rcbeut iuul uiicr.a;V;ng!y ;.etive .' Can it be dif;icult tu btiJeve of the creal^.n', liowe- ver wonderful it ii. y be, what wc are obliged upon inves:igaiiou to believe of what he lias created! 'i L"j ancient J*t^almisl mnst have had soiuethin*; to supply tho place of the illu- niinalions of modern : cienee, when v.'thont any l.nowledjreof ihi.s ail pervadiiif^; law of gra- vitation, he t!i;,b GO Md)l:p.ic!y del -niated I'lo correspondi'.;'; aLiribiite.s ofihi' (iod (d'lialure; " Tlioti art about my path, ;ui of such mighty works, was the j.-ensi'i iuni of the ru- preme. — Acvi how rca'.Iy ii il:; i iiio;\j!it alli- ed to one of diviiu' aiuliori.'y, '• in liiiu v, e. live and move and Iiave v.ur b.iii;.^." U Iro iitere- fore, wc see the ctitair.iy and ( liieiL ncy with which by one t imi-de hr.v of gu.viiaiion he upholds the great an I the iitihi ivory where in the materi d uni', er.ve, and therewith *' spreadv his iciidcr uiercus over ail lii.i works," :»urciy we have an ample j;uaraniec for the certaiuty (5c efiieieacy of liis Jloly and all-porvading spirit iudiiipcncing the aflairsand lA coii,«umin;)iing the glory of the Kingdom o( Christ. — We not oidy thus learn from the light o.na.'u.c, tiial;lu:; piovidencc is certain and ellicienr for tlie advancement of His (church, but wo £;aihcr from revelation itse!'", the purely r;)iriliiai i.u'avii by which he has ordrined and { i'lT-iiticd .'doiii: to govern ;»'ul .supeiinler^d it. \'.'h(;nn lawyer is rvl.cd by n client how the nliurs of a d.-j'..n.;i'd peisor. f-ha'l bo ndminis- t'j;'ed, be inqniiv s )or b.if v.il', from a cnroful pern ai of wiiu.'h be cob'ecrn flio wisbrs und in- le'.nioiiBi.f Ih ' tcvlntor. — Ho dor-a not consider, ho'.v Ik; v.'oidd dir;?o.-'^ of hm own aifairs as a ^•liidi t'lr ttdniiiu.'itenn^^ tbo.e of anoUif-'r ; he ill e3 r.ot act li.ep.in of a mere critic or re- viser of ilic document iirl'oro him ; tor does he pr. sniae to ni:;!;;' in'crpidutions in if, or arbifra- ri'j' to pirrF:i3 or mcdily th." t.rniii prc.-cribed by it. — Ilo i,-, s-iiitli.jd hor.e.tly to expound the vi.nvjofii.o tAj'Ulor a,7 f;n!enmly (xprcFatd in his Vi'.ll, and ti!:;n bonrsiiy difrijt il'e adtnin- isirrlioa r.Cv: rdinrly. — t now bold in tny hand u la;!; \.i!l iiiid testn'ncnt — vxTiiosti or (JloD. I Lad it bee:! i, tended to promote and sus- tain Christian (. iiuiehes lhrou;',h the govern- men'.H cf tiie vicld, wo niifriit, expt-et to mett ivitb apj) al- to them in their beiiali; when the ii.iliney of (be., o cl:nrehes, nc;c(jrd ii!^' to ull hu- man caiinliiion. , moi:!. needed tiioh iniurposi- tiuii. Had it not bcjn unwise and inexpedient, twelve Kinni:! v.-uii their political esiablisbmcnts, m c,-!it I ave be n Apohtoiizi i| instead of the J2 ciso'.pbs; and i 'iieiy wc ii>'giit at least look lor .'-ir.ne aimonitions to ench civil (.iitborities tr;ii;icnt3, but govcrnmenta wore not intrn;tcd or commi^js oned to leur chiisliuiiity. And now ibt.t cliruitiamly htiEi ;l 15 "i I prevuilod airiinfi!, tliurn, tliciir oijfnidcd palniii- afje and ciidowuioutj urc ud ill-lininil, na tliuy are »nne'?ded, yew, iiuniicioud. Upon cominis- aioniiig hid diticiples to g'l into l!io world tiio ya- viour said •' bciiohl I send you tbrUi asi ;:'iiv'f) in thejniidst of wolve.-," cikI, "tukt' lirjd ij your- selvcti, tor tliey sliall d(.'liv(.r yovi up to council.'^, a'id in tlio Myuai,'o;;'iu.'aya tl.ill b; b^Mtoii : i.nd yo 8liall be brougls' boforo ndcrr vr\d irni^:i tor my Hake, for a ie::'i,iio:rj aifdiiiiit them." And vhal was ibc tcslim .iiy? " 7"ai Z.';j7 h"..' ]vj,l- p.?naUl.i3 to bo ii;fl'ctt;d upon all non-con furrn- u,t.',jujt an infidfii'.y was nrocliiiund in France. Tbo It'^j.il ri^rlit would ''xiai, bur, Ibunr'od o;i a mora! v.'n-ii(^, on an oii'uicu a 'ainst (lod aud th(; rf.'l:^ii till! iu(i:ro n-ki>d l.ua •» V7]i';nce nrj thou iiv> "jravo him no swor, a very ronizcd aml'.ndowtd Ihv.l slaU'. reU^fion '.:)hich iheij plain indication that such an earthly court ccuid believed Id be Iruis end 'ic'idrh. fhey th:::n'juiv. uns- tained according I :> ih". I'no (if l'd<;iivi:. i:.j:ai)Vil Ihe introduclion of ;;•,';'(■: lliej hdicc.d to bn error. If testimony iK lhu3 boT'.i'i agdius!. I.kem,it !>>« equ- ally against us. It W'll not, howe ■. .,I'e a leslimo- ny against them for a;;tin<»' accor^lin^' to the; dic- latfsoflhcir conscience v;li til.: roquirouiL'iilsoflho law : but for bhndocss unhappily pro.luci'd by not li.i.ii'iy Kil'nlbro witli llio rclaf.ic.i h*? ju3- tfiiiif.d t'j the ino.rt l:;^'li. Wi'y. — When I'ilate, hko a iiiouoru jud^'o, ivbuk-cd niiri for standing mut!\ and averred his '• po'ver to crucify dr re- leas..','' tiio 8a' iour an.swerrd hi ihu.so u.unora. bio \vo^d^', " 'i'hou couhlst hav'i no ).ower at all aguinst III!?, except it were giv-'n thee from a- bove ; therefore he tlut d.divercd me unto tlieo the corrupting influence of a t-ysteiu which ay- hah the greater shi." This was another dia- sumed a censorship and dominion, not merely over morals, but over r6/ii^/()/j,a subject so foreig:> to their jurisdiction that lid splicru cxi.stti solely between ev!ry i;id:yi'jM!il aad iiia make-. 13y creating ourriolvo:i national jnd j^'S uf wiiat la the true religion, and iiia,cing our belief of its truth the iisrilication for i':<;.Tc!sii.g our parlia- mentary aiitiiurity iii i.'s e^iabliriii.ut;ii!. and cU.j- port, we invite uy our e.K-iniple all the pi;^an ji'overnnients lif tin earth uude.- t!\o ^-rju) per- tiiict p'jo 10 the jjrisdictio!] ; it declared tfiat tiie offenc'.: of tae person v/ho delivered him, was not ot;ly ,<]tpl7^ but the gnaler because he arraigui.'d h ui b^'forc a tribunal which had no power deli'fjated froni Hj:iven, to adjudicuto in such a luatt.T. But tho presetit attempt par- liauuntanly to judge between the churchss; to elent Vv-iiat creedj G'lall be a;i;ni;ted to, and v/hit exciuu.'J fr';m eliicial p;;;ro'iage and on- d.3w:iiont; to decide what ciiristiana profe.53 a suasion to fortify their error and provide iiieana faitli ialillin^f tiieui to participate tir:; wealth of for the stability nf their :i^:iih. tSucli an appli- cation ef Legislative }V)A'er for th: inaintfiifi- oncc of idolatry teiuhi to porpetuate it ! And of what avail can it bat) tI:o chi-i,;tiaa ? It would on the faee of it, bo an u'livaihn.fT plea, for Canadians on tho judjfniciir. day, to say, " Now wo sec our error, but wi; tJilowed tiio es- tablished cliureh, aanetioaeu state." the gov:.'r!iruent, and vvliat christiaui lor Komc iinpiied !ier '.--y or unworthiuess slieul 1 merely vecolvo toleration ; to invade liio " ;:in[,'dani ijotof tins world" with invidious and .sectp.rlau privileges by tjie conferring of whiih, some churciica rce to be iujnored, and by the with- holding of wiiicl!, others a;c to be cc'.shiercd Dy mdowed by tho the Slate ; theinj parlianienttiry attempts tlius to jow Ihese^.ds of jealo.-y anioeg t!i.! churches Our Savior wra accused by State accusf^r?, of Christ, taint them with envy and infect tliem " ilie nation and eliiiM' pru^-'s," and cf a State ofi'onco, ^^/iij'mrlniv he ought to die, because he made himself ihe Son of Cod;" he vvn;-) ar- rested tor it by H;ate authority, "tho ba!id and captain and otficersi of the Jev. ;" he was taliJii beforo Stale authoniy, " I'o.iti i.-j l'il,it'> in tno judgni.Mit i.'ill." ituuuld, lo my niin'.!, bo uh correct to a;iy ll;;tt in i'hijhind, it waa uiila'.vfid for judges aiul j.ut's lo ent rJain a comphiint of th'^j nature ef CI 'rgy Kjservos umj luliinated with an artiiicial aiiti-ciiriotian aristocracy, are in practice, n\ principle and in conseqiuiiiced, so closely it.ilird to tlie deprecated ii.terference of the world w;!h t''o supremacy of the rties- siali, that any uilveiation ot a <' stinction woidd vTiidh in a refiiiem'nt. Wi'onover persoih* volunteered in the cause of chr'itianity u,)on il-j first aanounconient, nothing to them ; but tli j c'airch was oxhi'jiSed poor of the world and rieii of heaven. Wliea the scribe said, "I v/ill fidiov/ ihoe wlioreiocvcr tliuu go- cst;" he wa.3 ciieer'-d WiUi no prcfieat or future pro.spcct of priPiCtly or u'ltionai support, "the ibxja have holes atid the bird:; of tho air havo i!es;t3, but tl;ii to:i of mm halii not where lo lay liii) head ;" nor doni-i i^ anpoar tliat hi; alterwardd onli;.ted iiiiuee'l' in the :,crvicG of a kiii,;;doiu v.'.iich was (. i:;v'.:-(''f^ • " '^^ "'^I'-r ^^'i'di th-e v.-'iole wnthl; State exercised (imvers ronferrel by the law of a kingdom, I iiei\ lore, which coM expect from ltd the land, but in bntti ea.ies it wa.-i .'. |. r.ver, gran- goverunient.', as little uid thcii,as it can need from ted &- exercised u:;;ainst tlio !;av i.f God a.-i then Hiem now. Tli .) saun eo,;l;iaent is pur:iUed wiicn expressed in natur.il an 1 new in revealed re.li- the young man of;4roat pos.ieb-sions made hif en. gion. y\ii act mi -lit i.e pa?'^ed pisiablis-'iimg a tjuirie;! after ca;v,ttloii in au early period of the new r>'I";:ii>u in IJpj'^or (/aiiad", protected tiy christian inir.i6f.-ation. If the church was to be against ofiendera hn* non coiiibniity, vv-hea that law wks in force, ai? to allege U.'evuli'y agamst the above proceeding!. As it i^ adimtled, our Saviour, ie?' i of b.-ing ," nity (f bla;ip'ieniy, manifested the glery of God, Uiid taeglu.. tlio ridigion ot' truth ;o mankind, .-so it must be a'!- iriitted, ti;(! [)er3fi'i.-i aecus.:d u.ulerthe eeuvr'Uii- ele act, W're o'dy g'nity of »• tiavh'^ Dibl: ;" <■■:■ engag'ig ai the sotial worship of tlie.r Tdaki-r ai the name of their IL 'deeaicr. lii boih caa's llio ii at any t-m:! indebted to the wealth of the world fur nourlsbmuiit and growth, it appeared ot this primitivo slajc more panicularly to require it. And liad such bijeii tlic dstincd policy of tlir; spiritiiiil liierari'liy, the presumption is that tho >'ouiig man would have hw.n nstruced as a ma'- tor ot duty to convert his " i;ivat posset'sioiis" into clrriTv ro-crvos lor llio support of the pro. KVDt and thf cncoiira^riMin'ii' of tbtiirc dit^cij)los; for " tU<'- Kurvest was pl(!iiteou-,ar,d tlio labniir. ers IV'w." A vory dliTcri'i!!. conclusion, how- ever, nin!=t be drawn tVoni tlie injuiution "m!1 nil thou hast, and ghc it to Ike poor and f. 1. low nil'." 'i'lio cliiin li nnionj; cli-i^y n'sorvcs, is reprf'seiited, " a^ sf ( d anvMi;: tlioms;" " tl;c core of tiiia world and ?li<' droeitfuliioifs of ricliPs, choke ilio v/ord and it bo. muuih uniruii- ful." Wlipiovur ill tiic form of a paraMo a proplictii; arconnt i-: irlveii of llie oour.so Mid liistory of the ciiiiii;!:, no part is asiigucd to jjarl aini'iils- rnaiioual onddWini'iits. Il'Miiro thi; lS;tviour rcpr'soiils iiimsclf as, "the triio vino" and his tailur as "tliohiis- baiidman" — and instead ot n f rriiijri in any de. {.'r-'o wha'ovrr, tiiC^Mou'tli and friirfulii'j.-.-; of liio brandies to n:i!:o;ial and parLumentiiry endowmenls, (without whicli t^ouie anpre- Jiend the vir,f! wiil wilhir awr.y) it is tin- phancally said, in exid.in ition of tlio i>»'m ►OMi-ce of prodiictiviuss, "without nic yo cm dii nothing,'," — "I hiv.' ciiosoii yon and ort/r/Z/jri/ yon, tliat, yell sliouid fdom ace 'mpii.shini; tiicir suhjnijaL;oii. 'l"he disciple- U'.o d smayed — IJow ar.' th'^y coniforifd .' Wiiii tho (iiMsject of ('I'lgy Ri;- Ferve-'? ur of iiaiioiial r'ljdowiiieu's ! or ot jjar- liami'iitary l''olaiioii is di'nv'd fr^m tho world — 'I'll re :s no prophetic di'.--criptiou of m-.y iimdred n h.tiru present or future bclwu'ii (.'huivli and S,u'", either to biiii;; fiirlli liio fruit .jr malce it n>- iiiaii). Tiicy w"rn " to teach all natoiis" aud to "(i:'od the shei'p," iu the mid^t of inariyrdom and death — ai.d their ciicour.iijincnt n^, '" be of food ell er, / hnvt- overcouie the world" and the " father bliali jrivu you aiioln-r comlbrler that ho may abd • with you firvcr; iveii thti spirit of truth, whom the world ciiu oL receive;" llie very world, indeed, wiliieu:; Vthos- aid I' erned ^fonth/iiioii would make niu believe, ciiristiaiuty would become extinct. Here id tiio last will and testament. It ap- jjoints, to carry out tho analo|,'y, an executor : 16 hut not of Kini^s or Parliaments. It is rxprcss-.^ ]y and exchisively, " tho coinforter, which m tho Holy (iliost, to remain with ll. ^ forever. '" — Go and tench all nations " and lo I am with you to the end i>t tho world." This promise is itself onoii first ceiiuiries it was all-prevailiiiif. It neither nt'oe.s nor iis-l;s tho supor-addnimi of those intiniinl eiulowmei.i.v', which, according to thoexpen- ence of llie pa>^ta','i s, and the tej-tunony of D:- viiief), " ha\o -added to the wealth, but dcitroy. ed t!ie t-pinluahly of the church." Attempt-* were made todi'feat divine prophe- cy hy le-huild n<.' .leius lieni : l;ut so sali; was the tru'h iiiuh.'r tlie supreme care, which i^ now dis-tru-led, that tlie repealed attempts vvei-e an repeatidly defeaied by a miraculous iiilertei- eeee. 'I'lio I'ollowinj is llie account given by Dr. Motilii 111. " As .Tiiliau ailt'ctod in gf-ncral. to appear iiiuilcrate in reliiil'Mis matters, unwillinfj to troii- lili- any on account of their l;;ith. or to sciein avio>e lo any M'ct or parly, so la tlui Jcu's, in parljcu- 111-, JK! o.'vteru! 'ilso tar the ma rhs of iiis iiidiil^cnca u lo pjiiuii. lliPiu to rehuild the tuuiphi of Jeru- h;:I(mii. 'I'lioJcws Brtal)aut tliiii important worl; ; iVinu v.hii'h, however, ihey wcru ohli!j;i)d t< (leisi.,!, helnn; liiey liiui cv( u beirnil to l.iy tlio f luiid itinns ol'(|,c fiiicreii o.lidio. For, while they were n.'iuovi;i|^ the lul.hi h, f'ormiihililu hai's of lire, i'-suilii.' out ol" the j^rouiij wi'h a (lrei>l!'il iii)isc, dispf i.sed hnth llm works and tho workmen, iiiid repe.iloJ eartlupialiDs tilled the gpectat(n'.s of tliis astenis'iing jdi(Mu.aienon with terror and dis'tiay. This Ri;rnal event i.«i attested in a manner thai, rendeu's i'lS evidence irre,--i.slihle, thnuL;li, as usuiily III. ;. pens 111 i:as','s ot' that nature, iIkj h'r>n wronj/|it upon that occasion. The cuu.s s of this plunoucnon may furnish niatler oiuispnls; and learned men have, inyifcct, been divierd upon that point. All, however, wlio con.'iderthe iiiatler wilh alleniiim aiiJ iinparlia. litv. will |>;reeiv(! the ..-tioiiRe.si reasons I'or em- l)r;ici ;;j the opinii.n of ihowe who .attrihule this event to the idniiL'liiy iiiltirposilion of ihc Suprenei I5(dn;;; ni.r do tin; iir..'uineiiis ollered !iy some to ]no\o it the elllel of natural cau.ses, or those a!, letreii hy others to perMiadi; us that it was the ro- Bult of arlific^ and imposture, conluin any ihiitj^ that may not l)e refuted with tlie uinio.st facility." Acio.d.ie.f to the laii;;m^fo of St. I'iiii!, " Christ IS I no head of the body, the Chmeh." li.iwyers wll observe thai it i.s not " a head" whicli Would imply the po-sihl ■ existmice of oMier.- ; nor is it, "t!ie chief iiead," which wo'd admit I f .^uhordiuato o.ies : luu it is emphati- eiliy o.\pree.-ed "^''t• head," Gupreme, admitting liie preti.nsn iw of no other, the assiiniption of n.) del'Utv, and the competition of no Kiii", na- ti.uial ex 'cii' ive or 1 .(rhshitive a.'\semhly. What i>. meant by the head .' It is tho part by which we see, au 1 hear and direct the inoveiucnts of tut; o^ener.il I'lame. In like manner, as "tho He.id," li J has an eye and an ear spiritually to eomiiiune w.th Iiis cim.-cli and superintend its whole eco:;onjy. This pled^je ho iiilhorlo has, 17 ttud will continne to redeem. Do you doubt it 1 Will you (I Hpoak it not irreverently) erect this ParIiam(!Mt into tlr? Chancery of Heaven, and issue a cnniniisaioti of lunacy in tliocaso? — It hom>hI>-, iiidet'd, a i prof me, as inuclito need an in'ro(lii.:;tory npoloiiy. Uut (li>i.s it not savor of tliuHiinio profdiiity, to talk of buiidiiig chnati- uiiity, not on "tliuiocii" wiili t,!iu " cliict cor- ner stone," but on acta of piirl.ain"nt, cl Tjy roseivcs, and state patronage'! "If it b j ni men, it will come to iionjjii* ; but if it b'* of Gdd, y^^ ciinnot overthrow it." Admit, then, »)f no oeclisiHsiical treason ; nanctimi no nsur- j)aiioii ; atleuipt not to pa.-i llin has t currency «)f the world in ILs spini.Uiil kiiii/dom. l»ut t>'iirlc;-8ly lenve llie chureli lo Iht K our- wi'li Piieh imnisterH us shall hear and "bey ILsi voice, "like up your croi^s and follow n e"; and ho- lieve that the free-will ollerin^s of every i)in'^ss of the coininnaity, it wi 1 at the s nil'? tune enrich the corroborative testinioniea in favor of divine tni'h, and diminish that ijj- iiontnee and error which have hfrertofore ren- di red it less accessible lo mankind. If our relgion lias in past times triumphant- ly prevailed against the powers of this world and of darkness to.), Iio.v incalculably we may ficilitnt'^. her conquests by merely levelling, as it were, the tiie.itre of hi'r operations', and <»i?. iui? freer scope to her spiritual warfare — Altho* many pfreat men have brouijht all tlio force of their minds to b -ar a;^'uiist chrstianity, and have thrown over it the clouds of infidelity, yet tliose clouds have served to i,'ive jjreater refrac- lionto thetrnMi shining thniu^h ihom, & there- by cnlnneed and cnl';xiit''n"d what they were intended to d:irkon and enshrowd— just as the 1110 111 risin:T in an evenin;^ lo;,' seems really the liOiirer and the rrreater f m- the very mist about li,.|- — Thus » 'ibbon is converted into a commeu. talor upon tiv; fnlliime'it of prophesy. If such IMS hivni the course of Christianity und^r mul- tiplied ds:uUanin:^e-, the abatoiient of those dsadv.intioes will cDntribtitulo mature its ine- riduui.and usher in the approaching milleiini- lll!. With these vifw. Sir, it is my intention, k!iou!:1 ih ; inotKHi for the adoption of the pre- amble of the bill before you be lost, to move tiie fo!lowin;^r resolution : ''That it is expedient to provide fortho sale of th'! ''lorgy R;\si!rvi,'s, and the applic:itii)n oftho l)ro('.CL'ils to iho purposes of Goiicral Education, a» one of the most legiliniito ways ofjjivin^ free MMjpo to tiiu progress of religious truth ia tha euniinuiiity." Tlio PriLieiTiiu GuNKiiAL — Mr. C/iaiimaii : — • All |iar'.ios, 1 li'iiilit not, will riMilily udiiiit, lli.il if tliiiro he oiin sii'ijei-l ru'^rn IJMn aoollur, llio dis(!nsMtin nf which, shoiiM lie .'ipproiii^hcd wiih ciiliiiiM!>.s iind soloiiiiiii y — Ihil sluKild lie iiive.-iii- tjiiU'd in ili>.' ^|o^ll of lorbiiiruiice mid c:indour, we.h inind.s earnestly IhmiI on (loiiinm to u diioisinii coiisisiptit wil h trnili iiiid jislii o — il is lliu id(!r:ilioo. It will, 1 IriHt, Im homo III rt'ini'hiheraiinL', tlnit tins ,\shC'Miiily wiis con. ^tltllll'l iind or;;.in;/,ed for thu porposn of Irgis. 1 iliiij^ fur llio peace, weltari!, und (rooil-;roverii- lociil iil'ilu! inh.ilpitiints of this I'mvince, and thill, ill till! puri'orin.iiicu of this uli-iiiiportiinl, duly, wo are now ahoui lo dotorniliio a (picstion wliieli ni.iy ho iruiy said lo iiivijivo the lii'^Lusi, iiilerests ami lutiiru happinnss nt llie (in.iplo wo represent and Ihiir doscondanis ; it, Ihorefore, ^comiri an obviius and iiiiporaiive duty to take care lint no rancorous feolirijr of personal dis. hki!, or iiariy iiiiiinosity, tthoiild betray us into a dcjMrliirB Iroiu that course of conduet, wliicli, as inon und chrisiians, wo are called upon to piirsui!, und which liio deepest oliligalions of duly lo tliose vvho have inlrusled their dearest umi 01 'iii)oriant inleresis to our hands, re- qiiiK! I < ' follow. In lliis temper, and with llio.-e iuiprossiuiis, I snail now proceed lo offer lo the ciinsidoraiion of tlio noinm'.tleo llie obser- vaiioMs il is my intention lo make — and I hopa 111 .1 if, ill the course of rny remarks, I should fa. I into llio ropi>tition of sQUio nrguinonts and st iteinents ihat have, on former oecasiuns, been advanced by me in iho presence of some lion. j»i';)i 'omen now here, I shall be excused, and not llioiiglit to be designedly ns well as unnecessar- ily trespassing on iheir lime — especially, when il is recollected that I have so oltea ezprewed 7^ IR Il/.H ;*■ my sontiments, in puhlin, or. tlio quo^linu !)oforo lis, llial it ib ftlmoul ini|tos!i> froticiiilly i;oiicim|. oil that llie Ki)ocoli ui'llu! iioii. and iDinuid iiii-iii. l)or for Nori'jJIt (Ur. lioiph) .xlandc pre-tiiiiinurit ninoiii; tlioso dolivi^rnd in f;ivoup of llu; ulidiia- liiiii of llio projicriy uf i.iio (duirch It piirit'isus of gonur:iI odacilion. 'riic i;!iarav"tcr which lini liiin. and Iruiniud £;or.tloiiiaii has j'jylly u'.'quirod for cIoquiMioc and ciasi^ical l;iiowhHi;';o Wi.d am. j)ly siiiiai:H;J in tiii! s|)l'0!'.Ii ulhulod lo ; lull can- dour requires mo ti dm'.lur'j, Ihal 1 fti'.n.i to dis. cover any solid ari; irnnnt tlirc.iighoul. tltu whulo of hi:^ aildri'ss by \. iiic'i to snsMin liid cfiiiolii- siiin.s. l!" I iiiulor>;u(id Ino Udii. and ii;arned jjciillonitsn ciirreetly, hi^idesifrn v^'as to pruvn — 1st. That tl'o i!(jiiiioption of Clinrch and Sluto was anil liad over lioon 'Jc^trnclivo of roliyjion — Qd, Thit rriifji".! wmild niuro siiroly prosper \v itlmiit liio aid of Stutoor pnhliu S!jp;.ori f.iri!;- rtiinist.rs — Anil !]il. 'I'h it U.a Ri.'>or\i:s ct* apul Vy tho C^insiituiioii fir \Ui'. sipportcf u F.-otp-. tant Clcr;.^y in tht'so Province:) shoii' 1 !") ht'u n :nvay and iii-piJi'i^d of fur jjrtmrul luliiinitinn, Iifs- catise no c'.oniiiiinl or luatahlishod ('linrch f-hould hn snlfcrcd tn iwi.'^t. I thai! ctuir s,jino observations on each of these proposition?. I own f wad a littla Eurprihed to iit-ar l!iu lion, and U'arned ,'!;(!nlli;in:in al'.or.ipl to :-'.iiiLaia LIh first posiiion by .ii.'.orlin;: Ihil lito l\.lyUii)i3ni of iho uncionts waa -, and bow llio knee to tho previously unknown, but true God. It may be, liowever, that I have inisuTulurstood tlio hon, and learned f^ontloniaii, and, thoroforo, I will proceed to eoiioidi.r tho le^j qnestlonablo miihoritif.'s whieh lie lias cal'cd to lu.s assistance. When tho lioa. luid I'jariii.'d peiitlonian fjuotcd Iho lear.'ici] and pi )us Dr. Alosiiijiii to prove that tho ciH■i^i;an religion (iejri'neraled. and its' niinioters becn.iiiii corrnpt and wiclu'nl from the time that relifjion was identified with, and was taken under ''lo proleulion of tin; tJiule, I (iut satisfied that lio w-r.s not justiiicd in usm;,' the name of that liiniaoiit bibtorian of tlie ebiir:;!i for any such purjiose — for, althoti'r'i my li'er.iry attaininentsi and krio-.vlcid{.;o t)f iinci!.; are tar in- ferior to tho.'.e of the hon. and iiMniod fjeni.lc- man, I bad not i(ji;^r,,iten the nn.n: roud uulhor ities thatexiatto prove that Ion;:; [I'-ior to tho days of Contitantine, tjo firKl inonareh that eui. braced the christian reli;,'ion, its ininisiers hud sunk into a state of vohipiionsn(!s.s and (h;b:iuch- ory, disgraceful \<> them as I'ollower.H of their di- vino master. I therefore cannot but thank the hon. and learned member for having quoted from Dr. IVIoshioi.n in support of bin assertion, that from the tiuio tho christian religion was identified with the Stale, its ministers became corrupt and prufligato, rind religion itMirHsIl in- to rfi.'!;r'(ieo and fii!irc;iiile--borai;!i8, lio ciniiot II' ■;■ object to my citing tho sumo author to pr.ivu the very reverse of this position, and clearly lo hIiow thiii mor-j thiti j Imndrnd years linlo'o liio Mniperor Con.ilamino proclaimed liiniself u I'ouvert to Christianity, luui extended his protection to t!'0 eiirisllan rolii;ion, its niin> isleis iiad bee inicd''praved and wiekcd, and that Tro.n the tiino the o.'iristi lu roli;ji(Mi became the rclii^ion ofiiio ytale, ic flonrijihud .ind o.\tuuded in a. r.ianiicr aloiii.-,t iniraciiioiis. About the coinin Mieonieiit *'f tho aiu-.o.ui I'entnry llio minis. le.'M di' lli', o':ri.s-trin roli^iun inlrodiieed e.xtfciu sii'o iili:;n};ej in tho eci.lejii,Hlicul <;ovorninont Dr. Moshi-j.-.i H.iys th:.t — "Tliv n clmii"' ■) wjrt! f.illo'M'l liy :\ tiniii of vices, w!iii:!i ('.i.-!iom,iii.',l lluM'iiariicl'.r and uiiilurlly ol' those to wiii)i:i ;iic ailiiiii^'-'liaticii ol'llh' cliiircli \\;im :i)ii)nilitiul. — l'"i)r, l!i .ii;;'! sovnal y: rur.liimi'il 'n I'.vliiljit u> ii\u world ll!a^iiiiL]iiii'.\;i:a,ili;:' ol' ;i'.i:iii,ivc \th':y ami ciiri-liaii vlitiie, yi.'l iin>i'.' Will' ■■'I'l!: in laviiiy a:iil v.ilaiiliiini-iip-'a, piill'inl i;|i wiili II i-\.'.nl i).'c"i:i; ntiiui :iii:l ili-ciijtl, a.nl .-idclictrd tu uiaay iilm-r \ ici.'.-i, tliiii ivis; tu iiiiiH'-ii.MVi'i! H'l'maoli upon tin; (inly ii.!i,!ii)ii, r.C will li ti»;y w f.-- hid inwc.riliy (iro- iVssiir.i .nil] iii..ii ii.'is. 'i'lii.-i ii ti s'.iiii.il ill ,«iii.'li an niuplc lii.'iiiiu'r, I.y III.; i.priui' I ciiiiijii^iiii.-- nf iii iiiv ol' IIib most ri'..i|)i riiihlf wiiliTi (if |!|i:! in'o, lliiit Iriilli vviil not poriiiil ii> 111 ■|)iiiail ilir vc'H, viiiirii \vi! .iiiDiiiiJ otliiMWisi! ho donir iii'.j li)ra.-t(ui'rMir.liL'iii.iii.iiiii.'.saiiicj.i;!a»otili.'rsosacrt'iJ." — I'll. 1, jia^c J;;;'. Ill this ciitidition llie christim church i.s re- pr(;s'jiilcd to have remained until w ln:n ? ^Vhy, Sir, until the time it Lcruiuc idenlijicd with the Stiifc : until ilm period i.f iho accission of (^iii slant i)i.o the (JkmI, who iinea'iio a convert to its doni.rinos, l!iniii;r!i lbs iiiir.iouloiis interposition of I'nividenco, an i,v dr^clari^d, and furlhwith ex- tended t) it lii.s iTiiteoiioii, and declared the cbrisLian reli;;ioii to bo the eiituljliniitd rcHirion of the I'linjiiic, And in what manner does Dr. IVIoahiein speak of thi.s auspicious event ? Ono would be led to iinairjiio frum tliu ro:narks of the lion, and li'ariu:d iiiLiobor, and frcon the jnssagc cited by him fiom tho samo author I am novv quoting, that this learned and pious man dc nounced it a f itr.l to th ; prosjierity and stabili- ty of the church and relii^ion — fir otherwise is the fact. Hear what ho says upon the subject; " Thf' ili\ jiic providence, linwovcr, was- prupariiig mure .'■-c'rcm' ami liiiiipy ilayi) tor tlw clitirc:!. In iirilor to tliis, ii loiirimiiiicil il'.i- sciii'iai'S 111' CaliriD-, ami h.-nii:tiit liis '■(laii.cli to iiolliiii;:. In tlieyiiir ;!i;i", (.'unstaiiliiio L'hi.irili dyin: in liiin.in, ruiariiiy .--al'jl.d w:lli i;i ■ liik' ol' Augus- tus, his ;..m L'iiii,-i:.i;tiii;-, .--iiriiiiimjil al'iorward-^ ili..^ Grrat, 1)11 aic'iimii of Ills ilhi-!ii-iiij i-sploii', ami rorci.-il liiiii to accrpi ilic puriilc."— Ty/. I, ;»i'.;,";:ilr'. '• .\ri('r tiiu di'fi-at 111' Ijirliiiii-, tin' riii[iire was ruled by riiii.;;;miiii(.' aiiiiu' miiil iiis ili'iiili, aii'J iIk' uhri-iiaii ciiiisl' ivpi.-'.u'iiri'd, ill lis Imp, ly priii;!.-.-.--, llio i-n'. cd; iil'liis aiispi- cidus ailiiiliiijlrail.iii. 'I'liii i-r■lloll.^ pii:iri' iiinphiyi'd alt llu- r('sniir:';',',-oi' li -i H'ain^-, .ill il.o aiiihuriiy nl' Ills Iriw.-^, aiii) all till' ni^ajiii;! i-lK'riiia ol iiis iiiiiair;ci.-m.-(' and lili.-r- aliiy. Ini fi'.i'.'i-, hy ((r-.,,-i n, the .-^iip-rtuUiuas ol' p.i.'.misiii, aiidlu Jlropas.'atc•l■llli^li:;llity iii<-\ery loiiitT of the Uuniuii i.'iiipJrc."- I'n^'c.-! ;;-j;)-7. Dr. rHosliiriiii fiiriher inforiU'i us that to tho zeal and ui'ijjonco with which Consiaiitino and ill's successors exerted thoinselves in the fiaii; e of Chrisiianily and in e.\li.'ndiii^' tho liiiiilsofihc (""hureiins is to be asi'ribed liie nu.'iibor id' barba- roos and uncivilizrd n.ilions ivhicli received the gospel — tlioAbyssinianR,(hel:;corgia'is,tlieGollis. tbe Gauls, and otiier then barbarous races of men beeamo converts to ('liristiuiiity, and from that period is to be dated its greatest prosperity. In no instance has any monarch, since tho days of Constantino, separated from the Christian Church, with the exception of iho Koman Em- ), Ii9 cannot author to oFition, and 111(1 rod years |iruclaiiiied uui oxtendod lull, its tnin- licil, und that 1 bucuiiiu ihe ind oxtuuded A>)out tlio ry llio minis. iIiKicd extfcii. govorainont tinin of vicca, iiiiv oi' tliosu to IS ^:iiiiniiilr(l. — liil ti> iliL* wurld i;ii['i-ti.iii viitiii?, h)il.-liP-i3, piill'i:(l a, lit iiililictitd tu Kproiieli upon u:iwi:illiy pro- siii;li :iii aiiiplc my Dl'tliii mo.st will lint permit I'lwisi' liu (Icsir itiltT so .sacred." (•hiircli is ro- !i,:n? Why, ijii'd with the ssioll of (/Oil coiivort to its I interposition iorlliwith ex- (!i"3liircd tho ishfd religiUin riiicr does Dr. event ? Olio i!:n.irk:i of tho II the pissiigo )r I am now lous iiiiin do* y and slaliili- otlierwiso is tlie subject ; pr(!;);iring more (iiili;r 1(1 tliis, ml Iriiii.'ilil Ills taiilliii; I'lil.iriu lil!c i.t'Aiijliis- ar(l« Uio (Jrcat, ibiccil Mini lu r(i was riilnd by cliri-'iiaii c.aiuu i;t;:iii'liiH auspi- iMii|i!!i;. .'il alt {>r [v.-; law.J, ■I'aci' ami lib^T- lll' I'.li.Ulislll, r ol llio Uuiiiuu tlril lo iho siitntino and llio can; (! of liiiiil.s of l!ic lioi' of iiarbii- rt-eeived the .'i.s.liioGoths. lUH raccH of ty, and from •st prosperity, ince tho days he Christian Roman Ene- 19 is f>ernr known as Julian tho Bpostntn, and tn whoso apostacy and return to pagan siiporstiiionfl, iho )ion. and lenrnud member hns advcriiwl, but with what object I didnot cinarly underHlnnd : — IIo of cour!<^) did not ascrilic tho ant lo tho oir- cuniNtance of tho Christian Rnliijion baviiijj been taken under the protoctioii of tho .Slate, as it i-< well known that his moiiv«!.s wcro ot'a vorv dilTiT- •lilt chiirnotor. Having a.iid tills timch tn siiow tho ailvniitago of the Christian Upli};ion (icrivci from IIS i!'iiuioutioii with the tSlalo iinilt>r tho lloiiian Kiiipiirors uiid their niicPCRSor!<, I will now draw tho iitlention ofiho coiiiniili"fl lo an or.i which, MS Protnslunts, wo liavn bfoii taiiijlit |r. rcirard «.'< niosl auspicious in iiurit'yiiifj tli«> cliurch rnnii the inipiyitics and errors into which il is admil- tcd it liud fullcii from tlie misc()iiiliu;if'Ciiiaiiv of Its iiiinistors — I mean tho UeCirrnaiion. lint before doiii^ llii>i, it is ncoernary lo roinarlt that up to tills period, the Temporal power w,is suli. ordinate to llialof Uio I'lccltsin.stical. 'I'lio luniks of the chri.'iiian world up to tim tiinn of Henry tho 8lli subiniUed to the poprcinn power ol'tho I'npn, and ackiiowlndfri><| ibat they held tlinir crowns and p.xcreiKod their authority .xiiliject to his conlroul, iis tlio universal spirilnal iiead of tho church. If thercfuro tha nimlslnrs of nil' gion fell info dispute, and if tho cause of reli- gion itself suffered in coiKieqncnno, il cniinot, \rt, if it is to be so called— let mo ask tho hon. and learned member to cast his eyes over tho different countries of the christian world, and see tho towering, tho nr.blo Cathedrals— and tho moro lowly churches like priceless gems studding tho field of his observation, and dedicated to tho ecrvico of tho Creator:— to whom ond to wha», w •■.\ lil; III! I: i'; m III 11 ■ 2 nil ana im wo in lol^t.: 1 lor thc-o " lit ahodci of liopoH of iiiiinoriiilily"/— Tlio io;ily I kiiDW iiiii8t 111), to llio oiuislian adornlion h'kI bonnvoliincu 111' |)iiMi!« ciii'ii, urn) llio I'liiids prMviili-'il by Stulo 'fiiJowiiuMitH, lij llUo nianiior lot nc) eolliiit ilio li III. i\vany Iji whinli ho roi'tivcd hi.-! I'liosic liunours, ami where liod ho riMnaini'i', IhJ ini'.'hl liavo ntlai.n'd a.ldi. tti.'iial well lii'jri't'd dislnicliini, and rnitliiij; it.s liallij (lesulalu and doaurted— no hni^or llu; .-I'at of pcicnrc— tlio fountain of wisdom — llio dia- Vcnsur of learnincf and rcli^iun? !?uruly tlio iiaro idea would fill him with horror; und yet sncli ninsl 1)0 llio rcsuli, if the doctrini's ho now advocates arc lliosn which uu<;lil to bo B(lo|)t(:d in fnrllieransc of trno religion. It inisht l>o iirgued that if it bu utdiI;;' toiirovido for I In; suii. i:cirt of Minislrjrs riftlio chnrcli, when ordaiiiri!, iVoin pu'ilic tuniis, so also is it improper to pro. vide for ilicir cHuration preparatory (<• their or- dination from tl'.o same meant', and if liiis ]>osi. lion were au'cd upon, then would tliero he an end of one of iho chief iiulucenionls lor etniow- iiifj and maintaining^ public Seminaries of iearn- iiijf. No person UnuWt better lliun the lion, and learned member, that ihn Universitieis, t'olieges, and public S'jIioo!.'', of iJroat Britain and Ireland have i'jr eenlnrics been ihnni^eij by yonncf tneri, who are unxion.s inr cliurcli preferment, it may be tint some of those who (-might ordinalioii were not originally actuated by that pnro und single motive whieli impels koiho men lo advuneo the Hj.'iritnal welfare of ihcii' I'.jI'ow mortals; bnl. wheil't^r ti>;s lo so or not, no omj will deny th.at mankind is d^ep!y indebted lo liiose inslitntiong for a largo proportinn of iho religious knowledge it possesses-. If [niblic provision foi the support of Ministers did not e.\ist, ue may wilh too miicli re.'.ion I'ear lliat nun)bers of those pious und learned men who, educated at public Semi- iiaries, ufierwards adorned and promoted reli- gion by llu! inirity of Ikcir lives and the Round- ness of their doctrines, won'a have devoted their commanding talcnls to other pursuits ; and if this had been ilio case, would tlio Church of England have beon the only body of christians that would have Ruflercd ? Far otherwise ; the pious, zealous, and liumblo missionary is oftoii- limes, nny, generally taken from thai clabs of men wlio never iiad the advantages of the higher ordiTi) of education within their reach, liow then does ho prepare himself for his holy and deeply important duty ? The days of inspi- ration it is admitted havo passed away, and therefora he can obtain the necessary informa- o lion by nn oilier mcan.i tliun cpplvlnff to tho wor'.H of thoH) w h i havo been nioro lortiinatc in the'r meaiiH and opporluni!ii>s of drinking deep at llio great sonrccs of knowledge, ami who have pulili^hed to tlio world tiio re^ults of their laborious invcFtir itior?H. Will llio truth of this be doiiicd by tlm missionary und minis, tors (,!' tin) many ciiriNlian neets not of liin Es. tahlisiieJ (Jhnrcli? l,^iiilo Kuro I am that it will not: they wi!l bo the List to dcoiro to sen ovor- Ibroun llio viMiorlililo p.aent to wlios-e heavenly insirue ion they arc so largely in.!. 'bird ; and if I bo right, then sir, let mo iisk whether ihia world i) no.v 80 enlightened, whether it has attained that degree of perfeclioa that it is no longer iioce.-.sary to hold out e.vtr. ordinary inind lo inviJ^tigito tho (icp and alliinportaiit Irut'is of religinn, und tho yet liiddun sceri'ts id' twilnre? If it l,u necessary that wo should ennlinno onward with unabated vigor m the an(piiroineiit of knov, ledijo, on no nccount let ns disturb those ii^ i itntions, (the most prominent of which, is iho E.^lublibiicd 'Clniri'h of England) from which wo havi: already derived fo many blessings, an.'l which, if we will I'crniit I'lein, will cooiinuo to render their powei fill aid in mukiiig uh w'wo unto sal- vation, I will iio>v auvcrt to tho last position of flio hon. and learned tjentleman, viz; liiat llio Ke. serves set apart for tho suppert of IVolcstanf Clergy .should bo otiicrwiso diipoi^eJ of beeau.«c no (iominaiit, or Esia'ilisiuv.l Ciinrch shonli! exist. i\Iy bon. and learned friend (lom Ltnox iSo Addinglon, wliosc excellent f-ncceh I listened to w'illi the greati-.t s.Ui( its minitters be made, they are as compleicly voluntary ay arc tho contri!)iiiions of rresbyleriaiis, ?rIelhodi.stB, or nny other sect whatever. Willi respee' to the I'hnrcliof England being the r],-lablishcd Cbnrcb, I will merely ask the lion, and bsarncd ge'illounn, to eonsnit but for a niiniicnt hi< legal luio.vleilge, and asV. liimscH whether the ('bnreh of lOnj'lanil would be less tlic EslaMislied Church of this I'rovinco, if not. ono aero ot land h.id been reserved for its sup- port, than it is with tho appro[^riation ihat ha;-: been made fur that oljo.'t? Unqni'slionably not — it is not the possession of lamj lliat render!; tboChurcli of England llio E,!ai.!ished Church; if that were so, ilien would tli? Frc^bylerians, iMetbndists, nnd other religious sects, be Estab- lislicd Churches, as tlicy all possess or may pos- sess lands under the authority of an Act of the Provincial Parlianienl, and it signifies not whether these lands wore acriuired by gift from tho Crown or by purchase. That tho Church of England is tlio EstabliEhcd Church of this Province, and of all Ilia Mr.jesly'a other domin- ions, Scotland e.veeplod, is umiuestionably Iruo ; although tho iact lioa been by Bonic persons oc casioiiaily denied. Upon a former occasion I >l>l}'ln^ to II1.5 pr>ro iDrtiimto i (it* (Iririkii!!^ I'lwlcd^u, uml I llio ruMilLs nf tVill tlin triitli :iry und minis- not of liio Eh. nrii tliiil it will fi) l> si'U ovur- lioFi! l:o;ik'cniy ■btrd ; and if I her il)ij world t lius attained L is no lon^'cr Iiiiar7 indui;c- 5 tho (incp nml , (i:id llio yot t 1/u necjssiiry with unabaltu! n, li'dj^o, oil no .- liliitionn, (tlie lio E.^talilibiiod lilcli wo liavi; igs, and wliieli. ilinuo I') render witio iiiil'j sal- positidn i.f tlio f. : lh;it llio Ur!. I of rratcstant lied of biMMUPc riiiirch fIiohIi' nd fVoin Liiio:? )C('(:li I iislciicd n, li;is iilroiidy ili!5 Cliiii'cli in linanl Cliiiroli : , 111- misnpplicfl ntit, cny ilunii- f L;ii;;I;iiu1 pod- roiil any other n i(:i power to and tliu people r its support ; f its niiiiiblcrs u!uT>lary aM aro ?rIcliio(Ii.its, lMif;;land I'cin;' inrrcly ask tlio -.oiisnlt but for nd asl'. liimscll i would he less roviiico, if not od for its sap- latinn liiat li:':: ,!''«tionably not ij llint render;; .-^lic'd Church; k*ri'.^l>ylprian«, els, be Estab- !BS or may pnf- ' an Act of tli<' tifTiiifies no!, d by p;ift from at tlin Church Ih'irrh of this d olberdomin. slionably truo ; inc persons oc ncr occasion I ■t ftU it cxpGi'iO'il to Lriufj forward lljo auiIi.Ti. tics l . tabti^lu d l!ll.U|-;oO,|l lliu U: •;'.:!. i'l.;.-. ''lii'.illu i I c.vpn -Ay fi.(M;;.:ir, ;d i.i liii, Ac' ol' t. .i::;il uiiil Jri'oll.uid, ai'(! a'^'uiu undo apiiliu.i'i.'o to tvory p:irt of lIlO !i:';t|!il| doilli.iinv i ,',.,■■,/ I.rli lll'lll^ vt wliii;!i 111 :;,iil (./.'(;,(;■ i;.'(/,'; U''bi"''- \,i tun i'l'i'.vn of (.Jrcat Ufii, (ill, licoLlaiul (•;.'. ■,i;':il. 'i'iii.l it \\m coii.-'idcri'd biiuiiii;^, a:id i;i I'.i' I c;'|'iv'> ly I'V.dj liiidiii;' on Uiis Vi wiacu, wi!I liu foo-ni by ii I- •TCiico to liu H;h i-Joo, '„<, r!n;). i.;', ti.o ;i;.i Htatuto lb. it ( :oiiri;rrO'i i; .- ijU!"d infi 1 of p.ov.i :i. inont on llm Cuiadis, and i.i far: I;, ■ ii-3i";:ii/,;d ill our 0W1-. Const iuiilion.i! \v.\ ; .im \. ;d! a-, in i 11. ii)i"->,iis !ii vii'Ci.il Aciv "■'•;: itr>ro;l l! ru i;;li.,ul tho t.U.iliHc liooli. — .Vs a i'iir;b'-r pr' "i. ••'! p'oof o.' Ihn f .rvccl iic^s ol' t.;e I'l".. il irn 1 ii:i 1 1. fui. ,'i;c>'d, J will call lb"! ai<(;ii'a;i. (o liu! I.' a. ar.u '.Mr;i( .1 jrniillcman to (.10 fnfli lliit u iJ.Miip b . !(;::; uppoinlod to ibcf l) l'l•o^•:llcc• : wiio c'lcrciaCH ali till', spiritual fiiii''Unns ol' a i/i'.ii<;i in !!'i;v|.iiid, (jurh a's ordiiialinn, taniir.ni.li'in, and luc I iic. Wiui.-iorM o[ tlio Cliufch cl' Eii;;'.ii;u :ir.i also jicnnitind toin. rry and pcrloini all (lie liiuii:-' of idcig-yiK n, and lln\-c; tineral auls :.i''.' chl^ r.ii 1 udiniUod to Lo 1'\'mI, on no oilier jv'oiu.d Ibaii that llio c-labli.^iiiucni ol' Ibe Cloiicl ofllr;;. land ridr ;' cocktcnsii'ii with the FSrilidi dutiiin- ions, ;"^coilaiid ( .\oi',)i''d, ii.-^ el'.;r.'y liavf un mi. piiiiil lofT'i! t'^l'M I" '";'- !■" s!' ;ii n l;t'r.;vijr ii;.'y may reside wiloin tlio liuiils of tin;:: Sf»yi:roi;^,i'.-j ilominion-;. I wiil iioijoi" ano'.hr.r I'V i;ieof-u ; — Tlic lion, and loaruod .-ioi) of Faith, or any o;licf Ik! 1; .fa lilat d^sTJo. lioi), i.H no! puiiish.iblo, iinlc' . inclcnd, I lie ollcncc includes ■• lun'j outrarro of ibo cliriMrni iidi- jrion. And nov 1 imist Poiilb.s.s tli;it •*. Vvould "gratify nio ti^ Iioai fr'iii iIib bon, ar.ii Ic;. r;icJ pontioinai;, any ni'ijom^nl, iwj ran ;',i:vaiic(j affainat Ibc n^ofnln'- - i;n I rcfp^-iiy ' l m'in. laininfj r.n ■' • :i ui.'l.ou (.'hnro'i. \\ ill ';" -.'I'liiiirc. to argao tnat ii. i:? iici, tli.toi.ty ii;' rvfry j.Tvein. mont to E-Jicw k vi-n'iicoaiid ,..:iiii!:iin •• 1 i:';t i'lr (ho liolippt and lii'j;lic.>"t dulio; imp •; ,' oti i .an (ly liid Creator ; will bo iii.jiiu;!iii ilr;t t'lp ('•nidilio:! nfthat pp.'jilo lao :■„• l,.T[ipy orii I ;.■ ill ii'ilios. , ficcuro, wbi. lii'o i!i . :if 1 ,1 ."'.a';; o.' cu :;.l .ii,d rci. gions degradation s-o :ist(j bo w il'iont l;uis fortbo |iuni.s!jnKnt (f ol.u'^-iiic.in', or wiii'li, if uuy do exist, are f j ft'ftbb) tli.it no one dire* or lb iiiij of onforcinij tliur;) / Tii.it iw-h n state of tl..n;'f-! liavc cxistc.l, and I fear do t^lill c.Nist, ia most truo. F'raiico lor u snoit period u.\biii:[td one example, and a iioL'fhbourin;; Rcpubbc proi-.-'iits- us with another, — du; Airin'r lian p.as ;:d awuy, tind tlu! l.itlnr lyintinuc'-' fir our iiislruclion, ;'.iid wli:t aro (he loysonfi it t(Mcbt\': ? Dii wu not hpiir of (heir public lialb; in (iirir j rhir'pal ii no c!ll:;3 LclofjoccupluJ Sabjulh after Sibbit'i i.iti, t!.o cjL.^oiit, ui) il id lo lio I'lOjiinii.d, of Ihcir I\Ii[',ijt.ati(ij, with band:! of prufanr unJ mi;;. ^'uidi'd lioiii|j5 who njn'idy inouleatt tlu doctrlnn l.iat till) cliriiliaa rul!;;i)a i.) u clw.it, unJ ijio (Saviour of nianl.ind tin imp ). ."r.jni our own thorcb, u i.ul.iic inoetin!,' of 7U(J j.prfions wc.-e cuipli ytJ In diccu.;..;'..!-; ilic fwliowii)",' propoaitioiiJ : — "T.'iat il i-:'iiririi,i;'.i'iii(-'ir uf aa.'loual and con liiiilion- r,l lU.i'ily I'lir llii' If -iplaMii.' to uiiaif < Uf d.iy i,: p.'m ,1 10 I c I.' |il hilly; Mill al:io tiial It i< an ii.ri:- 'i.|;)i<.;i ot'lilicriv 1.) rupiiic iiiiy wiiia^fi to jjivo lih: c\iiiiau:i' iipoii unili, in'- a:iiMi II ui llic irihl.'iia,' lulu ail oa.li ri'iiulri -: "n.iii liii;i, l'\' i!..]).i''.idoii, .la avo\. ai :i 11 la; In ;u:\ .'h in a h^i!| n inu la \iK Mill 11 i'liiia '^Mir, alii..;i 111 ii : ii.iM- li it i.^(l•^irilM.f I'll ii:' .1 siijiiltl r.ianaia, u''. li.iac !i!ioul-l to rtnuiivil \i il..i,.j.-' "'"!( ii !)i' I he consequences of Lcin:j wilhout '. lli.slad Ciiurch, and a.s a conscipicnco v.'iLiHjii. I.iwn f,-r llic pun'. Iiuicnt of c.itru'-c:) .'!:cii as 1 havo noticed, »;ill th ■. hen. and liufu- t (i ;;i iit'ciiiaii say tliat an Vl- '.ab!i,d!Ld Clniicli i.^ not uorth npholiiiiiy 7 i Iriisi, lio will no', fay lint it is not — 111 all cvciili-', I am t.iiu' it will re- j ieo every wcll-rf;;'.i!atcd r.duJ,nii f p-iiuii und thani.luhioiJ ih il the cliri^Uiaa ic- lifrioii ii idcniiiled v. i^i. ibo coniui.jn law olVur land — lliat ciir i.r.stiUilions arc litscd en the IfJir^ (if Ccd—iw.d that by revcronclnf; nv.J ] rotcctin'; tlioin as fiir as iiumaii nK'ans can, from insult r.iid praOimiti'n, wo Impy for protection tnour luo;! and tooi'.r fjijveriu iciit. liiut, a^ cor.i.iNH- rd wi'i ilii^ i. ranch f,f thy tiibjeet llio J'.o .. rcn- llcm.in : ■ivs iliat tlicro not ot'iy ounht'io'. lo b.; any E.'>t:ib!i^'!icd Cliu/cli, ! ul that all tho mlni.'-- t' ,;: (;f n:!it;ioii fb mid bo Kd'., lo the vol i.ili'.ry foiiiriliiitioiis of tiiiir con':jrc;;atic!i'i for f iippoit — iiid to iii.auila 1: thi^ I.itlcr po-dlinn, liu has riiiployed 111. my words r.nd innch t,'lof,ucricn — liul, .Sir, I eaniiol acliiiit that ho bns nd\ vnficd n:iy siilid ai";ri;iuc!it, any nioro thai; lliat ho lia.s I, ioitd oiiL si;).:;!o aui.horily to which, any i.uivr- ..ii.co c'l ''-• ...U'.c]u;d lo fuppM't I'.i-] opinion; i'. 'ct J, it woi.Kl bo ; nrpria'ji;; if ho hr:d dn!Jc^:o, I.. It nav.!. a i all llioij illiuitrions men, wJioso . ].i..iui, Iij la ! cited with fo much and j';- 1 ap- liii.!i".lioi>, v.on'd, fieri; rue ,,f 1,':r,i, '^i.cfL'i- <'; s.- ,' :,..'i;.,/ A.',i>„ 'Piio l."'jrr.rd ;;;'d pious Dr. 'fc' '...•:;■,, V. lui.'-? work vns tl.c fii.st, iho luMi . ..d Ica.r.cJ [;riitlt!mo!i ca'!.- 1 to hii; aid, wa.i a i:ii ni' rr of an Eila'^h' l.'cd Cii'.ircl;, arid a .r,da host of otlicr,ii{rh I'ur adillureiit (uriioNP, wliiuii I a!«ii will of tliu ailvnuutoH nt'lliis cnoasuro ; iiey wilt inontiuii on llio preBRsil occatioii — I nuiPii Dr. richly endow, and load willi Fpp'iralMindoni wunllli, Sotiiinnrics of li-nrnin^; tliof will pro. vido for Iho ({.-ntniious and fllaljDralo odiicaliori of iln yniitUnf ilio eminlry ; lint whtn .iny oiio of iliofti HH.smiii) ilui dc -ply rcxpotisilile and iji. (loriiiiil iillici'of iiiiiii9!orM nnd tv;>cli«TS uf ruli. (jiiiii, ilii-y iiro liit'i tn li(Mf fh''ir lirpiifl nr live on till) charily of nianKiiKJ T VVIkiI strangtt porvar. wily — what uii.friiltr (''>.Ttni(lit;*;ijn'< dnin iho niii»d (if ninn lor» oCicri (iinnlnv ! I invil.i tlio nt- luntion ot tlio iidvon:iio,.np[)ort(!H (if Oilnriiiioii, nnd tliit ni)lhinor eixe wiit KMtiHfy tl)t.'ni, liowevyr cicifuliint Kone may bo of iht) truth of this (ipinion, I uin not disoosfd to ndinil it to ho correct; ou tlio contrary, I mainlain tli'it !ho poopln ut lir^n^ do not, hiid nuvor did (iosirulh.U tho Ch'r;_'V Hcscrvcs f honiij liH tiilio'i aw. IV from ihn nupport oi ruTijioti ; Ihoy niuy and imrhaps do iioi wish to bco Ihoiit opproprinti'd fxchisivf ly to onii soct or donooii. niiiion iif ohrisiiaiiH, hut Ihoy do not dofirn that Ihcy bliouKI ho allojiothor iilienalcd lo seculor pnrpusoM. If I woro to uall npon tho«o who diU'LT with inn in opinjun to piovD .Im correct. nus.i of Iho jud„'im>nt Ihoy have f.Tiiicd, I mijht ho rulbrrod to the Votes (if this fliinio fo- so'rno ycarH past, and, purhaps, to nUMnrnnslv sijfiied pclilimis which woro hoiil to '■^n^laiid u fuw yt'irj isitiro, and to Iho opinions cxprufised by Honic of tlio iciiJoru of an hiL^hly rc!.,.'(icUi.lc md nuMioroiis rc!it;iouiinntB. It \» with prido and HatisfacHoi that I ctin speak of hiuin^ formed a jiorsonal "c- qiiainlanco wiih this jrr(;al and jjood mm, nnd no uno who has ever t^cou him hut fur an hour will holievo that nmhiiion or any (>tnor worhlly niotivo has any ihinff to do w lih hie opinions for or njrainst thrt ('cclesianticrd inrtitiilions of IiIh ijounlry. Whiit, ihnn, d.i"r hu .-ay in refcreneo to nil ntilablishcd Church ? I will reid lu« opinion from liiti udmirahlo work on endow- niunlH : — " TliU Ih the Booil of an CH'alilibhmciit. Tlii" penn'f, Iti- ifenil ol" licjiii,' l( It to CO ill (|ii('sl nl' ri'li'ilmiM iii'tnn li ni, linv^ hy ild iiicaiii), tliuiiisniituiniiolilriulcil uikhi IImiii. — tJctaiully ii|icnkiiiir. Ilujy have nn. so much ot'ili'-'ii.' or dc- niaiiil lor llie article, an II. ai ihcy «hall tlii'ic«cUu>. oriRinaloiMr iiinvcini'iit tuvvart^ it, aid lar Ic-.j, ti;nil ilc; wliolc (llstnncc, iiiiil iiiaKe 'or pur- oUiiii'^ cine will 1)1 Kiii'T.) may ho iim nol ilisoosfil tlio rortrnry, 1 •gii ill) ni>t, tii'.d lioscrvps mIiouM nrt oi rui'gion ; k'JHli U) bso llieiii sDct nr donoiMi- 1 iKil doHirn that inlod to ser.'.ilnr ipiiii llioso who ovo :'.\a correct. fi'rmcii, I misht [Idinc fo- Honio iiiinroi'slv signeil 'in'^l.iiid u. fuw ns f;(;irw»ed by V rc!-,'0';tai>lo itid H l'r(i'','ico; but in;l'l savr thai it 108 ct' lueruiinrs ortant question, ren-'oniihl'j lio*- biifiliinciit (not nml, than from V \voal<""'.■ *«' thtr'mvi' or'"'*" •/ •«' "'»'«««•« u Lo*i»r ■ ■ J .1.^ ij . ^^,1 ., ,1 . II, _...., !. , Canada, I brlit VI 1.1 lhi.H,tl>ati,t tkK flifrrpen buiiinropria- opinion :> 1 niiiiljfcli,inUit;bvtiflki:Vrr.ib^Uruin$crtloki'otaKif ulmjit't if our t'a und endimfd with thj i.TocGcds. h\ \h'i'i til'! lirst ftt tempi was hiadn to divf.'rt llifjin frctni tlio I'Xiilu.nvo f:ii;)p()rt i)f liio ■<;ii'jccli (if I'i itjlaiid. Ill tho IliMiJO of As- Ht'iidily S'lniB of iIm' iiiCiuhorH coiinocttvl wil.li ihp ('liiircli of Scotland advaiuLd a claim to a Hluro o! tli'sc Uosorvoc, on thu jiroiind ilia!, Ih') ('iiiiroli f'f Scolliiiid wtifl u coiicurriMit Kutahlislicd Clmrcli in ('finuda, nnd ihcroforo rnnm wiiliin tlin niuaninir and Kp ill of the Coii.-slituliiiiial Act, winch iippnipratod UifH<} IleHurvcs ti> llio support of " a IVotcBtaiit ('!er;?y." Tlion« iiii'iiil)»>rH al thai timoin the lloutiy wlio w«;r(; of the filniliod st p(>rsiiiisinii, «s well ns hovcrul <)tli(!r sects, voted iii favour of the prDteiisionfi ol tho I'linrrh of .SiMitJatuI, end thii!< in lh iionslniiily nnd niiifoiinly rF(ji,itd that tho ht^netit of the Ife-orv's should be <:.\if's KJidiiid lu) tuliioi lr<'in the ohiirrrh, nixl (rivtii for i\lii('.:i'Min ; imd iiunh hit. tcr rniitriiviirsy nfijomp Oiii'd llut »;xpre^^s|()n of lliiK opmidii, I'hii'h pi^rhaps li.id iV.n ctil.'Ct of t'.\li;iidirig liio Imsiihly li I he K.-laMislonl Clmn-h to litiiils il iKivtr ivmild liavi' riMflo'd. if liifso ff'olo'^s hud iKii iinliapiiily rxisicd. !!u' I njd.co t'l Niiv ih .t llicKO fcidiii!.''' "o hinder i'xi?il — iho ]VIotliiiiiisls of this (MHiii: ry, unit mi with, and no • di'r thi:».' iiiipiili)d lo Ihoiii of dcslriiyiiip till! provisiciM in.ido hy llio <'(Mifitiluiit.ii fur 11)1) isnp port nf licliniuo lio cor* rncl Of iiiil. I hclinvi) they htivo liitni niisri'prw- ffiit.'d on this p 'int ; mid as homo ovuIimich of tho I'lcl, 1 Will rtit'cr Iho <'inonlitl('i> tn llin (!vi. denrc [jiviin by ii justly distii'{:nihli('d loinixu-r of till! cminrxuMi, li(>riiri! llio (•nnini tO'K of ilni Hniij.(! nf t'omiiDib in lOnji'iiid in l&;iij. 'I'lu^ Huvd. gcmli.'niaii wii") iihkfd — "U 1 yon Clltl^il|l■|• tliiit, iiiiiii'r lln; "1st of llin lati> Kins, I tlic VVt'hIoyim Melliiiil'sis li;ivi- any ciinin, n irilin;; li> ciii! i teller oC llic .Stiiliiii-, ti> iniy sliart: nl' tiiH t'iiM;;y Kfsi'rvcs, I or are llu-y only tlis-irou?: of (iStaiiiiiij' a |.iiitiiiii nr llieiu, I in ca^;e lliu Staiutu bIiouIU bu uUervd hi tliut (lomt V Answer : "i'Avrn if a diffttrtntt of opinian amung vt on (li'f fuft- vcrii iiiiiLu lii '.tut Iff. "I if our <;'a/'ijr unrcititallmoid." And in aiioi.hur part of his uxauiiiialioii Mr. Aider iiiyK — "I HM'tULII WI?>tI Til «T*TIC, THAT WIS CONSlI'Vm Ot'll- KEI.VtH KH K nitAMCII or rait CiiIKCII ok ll.MiLiNO, AT noMK ANU ADltUAD." Thus hIuhviii); hiiiiseir a true disojplo of ths groal founder of hin houi, who in hia dyinjrhour uliar^jfid hiH followcr» tn clitig fuot to tho parent church, and to do iiolhiriK thai would tond to duatriiy il — hnt to riisaid it uh tho stay and Kiip- port of tho I'rotofitanl Faiih Ihrnuphout Iho world. The fentinipiits ex|>ipssed by .Mr. Aider it is well known aru the npinions of the loiditij lanni'n'rs nnd fjrou*. hudy td the Wosleyana in I'hifrl.iiid — they continuo, as tho pious Wesley ciijniriiul u)iou thorn, to rally round tIio('hurcn of Cnt{|,'ind, iiiid are anviiig the nuist zealous to prol(.'Ct. httr friuii tlie uh.suults of her opponents, nad to roh'ist. tlio attompi;- malting to despoil her - of her po:-'.j('ssioiis. And now Sir I that the Wenloytiii Method i»ls of Canada and of Kngland nrii oii(> bndy, is il too much to suppose thiil Ihoy will Ix! uctuiiicd hy one Rpinl, and a common ffclir.c of respect for the rights ofolherN, and the pruat inlfroNts of Christianity ? I tlinlinot — and ] repi!ut now w hat 1 have already eairl tliil I do mil believe that tho dcsiro loi tho part ol'ilu' MeMiodisis of this rrovinee, to lake away the It'jscrves from purpos^odofreiinion, was over sii i^ioal or nniverwil «« it. I. us been re|iresented, luul further I bi'liovo thai it i.>« day by day grow injT weaker and wcal;or. Willi respect to tha H'linnn Calho!i.,s — ijiemsolves inemliurN of an I'lslablished Ciiure.h, whiih Ibeir religion and duty riHpiire thuiii lu imiintain and keep up, it is not proliablo tint they would desire to sea Juiigioo deprived o( jiublic (support ; and in Irulh ill this unhappy ronUoversy they have never ttihen any pari ; livin(» in the undislurt'od nnd uiKJispotrd piissession nf their own rights, they liiivo nol sought lu interfore with those of iitiiers, and il is grnss misrepresentation on thfl p:iri of any one to s«y, that they have over Jninod in tbo nlluek up»n the rights of tho C'burcli of Knghind in (bis Provincu. [laving thus s'lown what the opinion of tha tbiee pron;>|iiil bodies of Ciinstians in tho Pro- voiOM whoditVer from tho Cliurch of England ni.'iy lie siippo-ed lo bo, it will I think, he admit. till tiuit uben ilie sincere membcrK of tho Church i'M'if are adib d, there is slight reasnii for assert ii';;ili.il klio groat majority of (ho people of thi« I'riiviiM'n d Mro lo see tho bill on (he t,?l»le l.i'ciinio n law. '■" .> (yhureh of Coglnnd has hiiliiirti) stood entirely ou tiio dofonsivc, during tliu altaeks that have, 1 may bo allowed to say, lO'iHi. ungeiierously mado upon her. On onn oci.Msiioi lo.ly did her udhereiils make an attempt to ror^ist the assaults that were designed to over- tlirnw iwr. r was deputed to lay the represen. talions r.f 7,000 of ilie poople of this Provinco at the foot nviiiccii I am iliut «h'j i.s every disy pai'iin:; s'ronirtli— lii;: poop'ic cl. Kt-jo a'ro G'.'^nnijin'^ to pi qirro into aiiil 'Winiiiio '.v.h il'spu-sioiii't-! ihiih;.-' tl^o na. lure of tiio c()ritrin'(.rsy in whicli we arc cr.- gajcd—aud it ic only necessary lo do so lo coiivincc then, that uoiilicr rcnsoii, nurjid-^ tice, .lor rcli:;i.):i, dcni-i::d tl cir .Mi;,,ncn of nic;ifi:rcs suci) a3 that noiv |'.i>iiH.scd n,'!' cnu* adoptio'!. In opporiiliovi to l!;:> rTi, rr/.'^n'oJ as-nvtion llvit t'i!> iVnmors of tli'3 o.'V'.slibi;i 'ii.il nctcon-^ tr.inpl:)ti:d iii.ikin ,' pvoviniou fortbo ■' i*ii.-l(>i'-of t.l'C Chuvcli of Sto!'".n ', .; J wrll ;;s (ii-j::^ of Iho (Imrdiof i;:v;hn:;, I cm f'.Mte, lliat the luto Cinof Jnslicc L'owrll rcqr,.vtc 1 : ■a'\u..'. hil/nn- (Io;i to (ind !!io draft of tiio Mil ;:.s u v.-iis \ 'cii it lofi Vao ITTi.n-o of Cfirtr'ioii--, riiul v.^.a tLi;lti> llio Ho-i. T ,.■:' lain',--, v.'l!:.o '.i, iiiidcrwoiit i'Xiv:- ;d unmnd':. 'Ills. — This clrr.fthi.fi I. ecu found an I c>:;iraincd, and it a^rnirs (':;il tlio liiil loft (ho IIous-,) III' Comi,:on.i willi tii'> follii\vin;f v.'ords n' t!io end cf Hut Binli '•■action, " Anil " that sui 'i hiids ••ith wliich sucli |);»rto;i;i:v' or " rcct'ry siiiill bo no endowed, shall bo !r ! i ni; 1 " taAcn. to !vj l'.\ lien of all ckiiiMS or donianih " of lylhcs for, or in rojifcet of tbo hnnia h<> " gra'i'cd, or any p^.rt thar^of," — wliicli wcvi strucli out !y tiio Lord;-. FruiU 'ictico it i.i fdearthat t!;.j IIcuso of L-omnioiis intciu'-d to mal^:'' nn approprialimi fci- t'la Ciin'c'i of Kng;!aiid — as that Churc'i only coiiM s-ct up a-iy (kiim for lyt'icp. This oranlruc- tion is furtlia;- bcrno out by llio v.-ords nsc.l l)y Mr. Pitt, who bcin^r the rcRnon.sillo ?\Iiniftc? of iho ("rown, luid iiUrodneovl \h:\ bill, and who w;i3 tiicreforo i;T-.re lu;o y t ' r.iid-:r;ii:nd tho ninanl •■; and in!cn'i('ii (:f i's fraiiKT.-', than ;:ny other pen-on, — a r ;iinly nucii Letter than .Mr. Foa, who was i.i lii ' op- pcFitio:i. The worJg r.sod liy i\lr. I'i'.!, wcrn a-, follows : "IIo decl'ircl lliat t!io mean mi,- of ili:; " act V.MS io enable the Governor to ri,i!:i\.-, 'c tn '« prer.cn t //vi! ProHMant CI,:i-::!jiJ' I'lc L'i."v/;.;,V " ill ('/'•irchiii s.ieli [iarsoniigo or reeiory ar- nii^jjit *'L)u ccu'titn'.rd rrereelcl wilhin cvi\y 'I\'.v;r "sIiiporl';..rishw])iciuiov,MV!isri-!ni'ilitl.!oforr.<- "cd, ■^uc'i I'rnli-.-jUinl ('!rr:':/:r"ii of " //ii' i'si'shllrh I C:::-.\ ,'-. a ■:,nl rr ih". td^n'v a i "f/ie (htrriKr lliou.jlit pr.ipcr. nf ili.i bhyU up- " [roprififed b/ iho Act." — VV'onls cniivl r.ot tn.-roi hiialy sliow forwhat p:'.r;:o; .!' -. Rckc; /e; h'ld been sot'i[--irt, nnd '•ni-:iii_:;' :'.i '.!:"" did fimn til J Primo i^iini^ter, v,h.) bad introduce 1 11;) a'-t, tlioy u-crc coaoliijivo up":i t! .; ;i('i:.', ; fni'v. ci.:ily when taken in coniiccri'. n wil.'i il'.^) ani.MuJniv'nts of tho Lord;-. fJul, Sir, it is limn tint I sheiiid 'rir;;' my ob.-erv;ilions to a eloic; nnd I simll do sons bricily as I fin. If 1 a'li nsluul v.litt my < piii- ioriH now aro n'illi respect tn I'lo ret' <'rr,r» t. of tiiis qnt'.sti. n, I will nns'vrr tli.it lirv nro '-" sanij that ti'sy over h.ivu been, i believe li!;>t tho C!rr;ry Kcrcrvc.i v.'cro nppropriatcd exclu. Eivcly for tho support of iho K^lablkshcd Church of Enj'btnd in ibcso rrovinec-s and I behove tniil tl.J interest.^ of relit;ioii will be best advaiic. fd by .ipidyitifT tl.en Ui that oljcet ;— hit. Sir, I nni wiiling lo i;di lit that I do not cor.^idnr it cor.sislr'ia uiih iho inturestR <,f reli-jion that its l?mp.ii;d po.^sofFioiib idiould bo tho c;iii ^e of did- r.'-uv.on i.iiddise.;r;linioii;,Miny lu.-o proportion of tho comiminiiy : Ibo Ciirisliiiu reli^ici iiieul- r''.l":i petiee < n e.irlli.nnd ;;oud v. 'd .iiiioni; men; rii.i Id -nuoi I'.Mt ohiP"t'li.ai willioij U> inalio M,v !i"cridrc I'.v-.isbii'll U'-t invoUo uiy of those • ■ , ,.iT,oi!.lcs which I i^ tl.o .!io.y,.r:,ri_luincst i.,,tn 'Kulcr uil circ'.iiiK^lanrcs, rmd ul luiy a;;7.ard, to n.,.ii,t;.lii. I have .■ilrc.uly lulv-i-uod tho oiinion, w:!;'di I con^civntiously bebovo to bo well f. undfj, Lliat (b.-jpoM^'^* "f' li"« i'lovinco do not do.-lro to too the lie ervcJ t;dieti troni rr;..ri;;„:5 i„ri).,>. . ; bo' [ M.i wiilin- U^ admit tli.vraconiidcr.b,,; number of lho;;i aroavorsB lo ihcir bcni-r be.iowcd upon (.:io o.-no-iination ort'l!.i.'ian.;; if iben tho bill iiutk-;- discrspion V. -.■iJiiil'--. 'o ado;''.'J.I, dcckir I i:,"-t,,:,(. tbe ib:.:.jrvc.i .sb.ill ' J r»l;.:;nod for tho no';.u' .iincnt of loii'fmn exrli!!.tlic'ilar nie;iM:re, I sb;dl' lend iny hnmbli aid «o 6.neli an rdjCblment a3n;y ennscleneo wiil pernVit. mo to nj'ico 'o; — and this [ will do [hp.oo >; oihrr rnnsons to ?how to niy rello.v sn!>j.'d,s in liiM Trovinco that if cM'ii.-m.-nt bt! i... ! ii|> "n T'ds .^n' joet tb.it it „.'es not !.;•,(. Ml iVmo ai'.y tiuu-il'io'Miets^on my p:irt, Pid en V' •■ ;r.;rl i.f lliopo wl; •: p..;dl- ri'l priiu-ipb-s .'"'■) :! wi'li ui.ne, to mako ;;reat f.'-,rr.|-,oM for ire Fa'..o .,f puMie lr,.n(iv.r.lity. Ar;d ( w,;i v.ou- ci!l up'jii my boiooirable Crieniii^ llie eon-ov 'l.vc tnpmbo'-s,ori:ii.-' llonsp, to applv tbenuolvei wiih c r,: nef^.ncf :> -'od /.eal, ris 1 nrv)"?-uo tbrv w^d -i b inlr-'-ity and ab;lity, to i-'Milo llii;;i (p'.u.-ii'Mi, 'i hey em e.'-ipecl no as- ti.!,incr«, but "ve- V 1 of.-iblo oppofiUon. from lb' -1 wlio live, !v n'.-'Uilion; iuitl lliertjlb'-o ilio eriiiie rep!''M!i--i:)i:: v ri'>.:. wdo i.beni. l.olthoin n = sn;.ii i'':i';'r'i' -ly; i; '>■''}' ' '". ibvi, .niter ;dl, tl'^v v.id 1,'il •'■/ .)' ^1^ .>;■ il;o t^nbjeet in Mieli :i i.i (;;m;'. irr ve.'s.il s:':'.isfa.-"lio!r. In- 1 ;i., ■ I.! !) ,; tM bA ■•■:^ -etrii ; biU Iho inlelk- l .nr dbiVnl eoli^l!'' ; '^7 'vlio rf-liirred, liiniii f,. ,.,,... I, -.-T v,i li ll" ;n i'l I'o didieii'.iief-, ;.:.d pfei-idi---; liy wlneh iboy !,'■ d, end iviii:'i tl;ev "^'^ hibciirinj; II, d ovcrri.lllG ; iuhI, rr.or d M r-f.1 wi; r;n .,,(_, t.) ' lil!: ! lei;;^; n.s the'/ .' i,c. inten- ts I b-! V, i: 1 o| r";bt, l.^,'.- '. „,,., ,. S '/ V ;;ci d not f ;.• ;l.'i r^■;^ollt^^ ,:1 or bisR oiib'ri.c'-i I'i' on.T pcfd uiiiM. )!.;y'ry '•;iail 1 f I o'o r(0:cur \n!h i.iy b.moi'r'di'o friends tbrfm:;',;.!!!! iIi ; rr.cr-Fuir.s tbcy m;iy ihi'di. it [iro- per tn'rd'Ti, iiiul tbal tboKi m.-5;i';nre3 may bo loot <1 I , reil./o the L>v » and bv^;:bt'';t reward tb-M, i-;i.m ea-i ik.sSre. It. will ini'i'rd 1 e a ;^'ori- o- i V vrd if wo eim r^."r r-^do inrties who i;::v ; k 'berto lived in;i'0a1-of csl:f;';:r"inent froiii cindi ot ior, •■t'i<-A ie-;,in ;i'(:i» Vliul imiiiirtaooo tn Ibo support lo IJei;:;!.^!, nnd flui-t lo inslnio'Mitnl m r u;li'.',ino tI'Mt beautiful pr, V T of onr Li'tir-j— " that i:ll Ibev ibuldrt r'iti'fes."i ('.(d''» holy n;iin>«, Tn;iy ngreo in tho I. -nth >.i His '•..dy \Vo:d, and livo m nnity :.iid Clodly love," 21 iriutc'J exclu. ihlicil Church ii.d I lielinve ; Ijcst advaiic -.t ;— hit, Sir, lit ctu'-'idnr it ligion that ita ) ca\: ■'.' ot'djj. ■^i^ [iroporlion i'lii;ic),i iiicul- 1 .uiion;; men ; ilai!::j to inalio 1 HI y lA' lliose ^ot' ,n Imncpt xi luiy iKizard, iulv.ns'cil tlio liol'ovo to bo this I'rovinco in l:il;cii from ',i;i-- ; () admit r.ui aro avert:e ('^•nii iiinalion ill'.' (iiccussion i(';>'.'j.!, dcclar- >l, Incd for iho j-^/,y — vviliiotit ir niPafci'.ri", I nil i'djKtftrncnt to n;.'rcc U>; — T-,.'ii-> to show •iiviiicii lliat if ■ill'- j'.'cl tl'.it it vil'ln'Mic^s on v'v ''-. p.,liti. to \m'..o ;',rEat ,!' t'.Miq'.,i'.!ity. ofllil.-f lli'ise, l:c!:> md ".ea', ity aivi a'i;lity, pMj.rci ii'i as- ('fi;.io;i. from ih^ivliTo 1(10 ri). i.uMhoin l(! -r hi fa.^'.iiTr. It). I ll)n iiiiti!;- rr't'.iirei! liinm y wl'icli llicy •" h>'u ariMjj n li.i ;{ .n.s tile'/ • uc. ii'tun- iiii.'i !;t or lo.sa i!;;r-ry '-'ialll i|ir',|.'ii IVioilds V ihl"l'. it [iro- I'-iiri'-T in ay bo v!il'-;t. rpward :"■([ 1 1; n g'^iri- ) p'M-tioF who Cfi! ,■ i:f"tllPtU 1 (1 ■'■:•. ':i vital ~;i;i::;uil, Oinl jl'^it I f riVllit'ljl j| ihov tiial drt 'Tr'^n in 'ho ) ju unity uiii] Df. J. llOiA'II.— Mr. Chuirn^aii.— AUho' riDt usual for any of us to | refer a formidable oppoiiont, yet it is a pleasure on tlieso occa- sions to meet soinetliii!^ to j^rapplo witli, in- r-ioatl of boating, as it were, the air. 15nt those \. iio Invt> this (l,iy hc;ircl tho Iionor;i!)le and I arnrii i«oli(:i! a task siif- fiuit'n'ly anliioiiJ. Yet, Sir, you must have ; ncii ilna'Jr.:'; from all parts of Ilie ilyusc to the Ic.inii'd iji.Miiiciir.in »>Iiilc i';U!iTi:siiir!;yoit, notes v/ii.'i L^itg^^isUons, folded i;p rii;c so many car- lra;,c;, to furui'ih ! im v.iiluuiKmiifiiion a-^ainst ]]■.'■;. it is aoKio ( enifori, lioivcver, to laiow I" ;;i!v in ilie lan^usgo of a pbilo.-opljie jioet, ill!, "tliiiee iri liO anncd who hatl; a ri^^hte- ciis cat. St.';" anil iueveascd reileciion under prolraeird dcba;" only stix ii;^;heiis ilic coiivic- iioii V.:,d I am ri':!it t.nd lliai ho i^ wron^. Let ine fuUoiv ll;u hnvncd gentleman step by s'tj). I!o misunderstand i my obfervntions on pa- fianiam. I said it owed its corrtiplivn and du- ralion, not its dcsintctionAo the State. Had its piotraetc I concretion wiih the (iovcrninents of (lie orld, be.'n favorable to truth, polythc- i'jii) o,,r;Iit gratlnihy to bavi.' bceome extinct, ;in(l natural rcliriion established it its place. — Jim on til'? eonirary iiloialry obtaintid sucli ir;'iici:cnilant sujivomacy imdcr national patrnn- ,!' ', th:it it iicci! jd a power frcm on hi'Ji lo c.,':jt its iiibyci j'lon. Christianity, it is truly said, w;);; tliit lunver — slio she'' her lustre in 1' f>i' th;; teinplus oi pa.'^aiiism, mciten (t;>>vn evry idol Gi,'!, and chased away ihe daiiuuss of i lo! '.linar, i?'!;)r;'; ti'ion, revealin::; in its place, Tli^; lear.'ie'l reo'den'an '•i !a!;:inr;a!iiv. !• .7 iitvirovfd my are;umpnt,a'. he well co'd (hi: !.• i: •/ va '.t i;iti r l:i\:' beni the eomipticn i-r.\ tiio Hfaie, \v!!0!i its c(H'reclion rctjiiired 13 tills intevvtntion of lle-iviu! an iiitervention, let it be r»'nu'inb:.red, acc(-in|)!is!ied not thro' the a'MMicy of (loven iucui ; and ki'l.'.to endaw- ;-!on':,, l..it thi.ii, ii a ehiistiau niitiistry siip- iiorlcii I).' voli!i;;;M'y eo!;!; il;i;iion'i,ai.i! op])oscd ^y l!i"\>-,-y w::;i..ly pover-:, whicli ynu now ie[)"os;M.r. ;,-; ii'. i:,.ssary fot :'.• fiinlicr rrcce'-s. ! a!;> loll, \',h; thrt th,' work of IMoshiem 'U'.i jii't prove niy fcisition, that the Cliuieh 'I-. I'cir-.in.-.it^'d un.ior Coiistantine : and llie i'Tu'ii'il j^'Milb'nian iii t.iiinin'i pr-d'o-^i'-J tr> <;'.! n." ill.' .-.1 1) ! a'lihf.rily n. ies.ir.c; y d fi''- ■ .i.ii'i ■ corriii'iicos b:.'l'ore li at j'",r.iia:"ui'.'! a!- ' ..'■ li 0011 . ri'.- ioi!. ill \'r- tirsi p':i(".c !'■'' pn.'^^rinjc quotcl a?,a'nsi' :ii:' i;' (i-'-cr:"; JM' M n ( .,;i-li:io i o\is!':i'';, rot .1.5 i iii:d>'.--<: ^ ; t,,(; IcaiiKd l'( licilni'i;;-!!"!-; ! t.i .' "'. "alu'^'f ll-;' .■■. 1.1.1'' 'f:">:-.!> » if IrO iLird n(t l;ii' t( \";ii(''i I cir !tc C'.i'i'rij. Th,' I, it. 'St ed. i>n el' this auiiior is 'HIM' la my ii 'iri : laui thi,- (ii;i;'i,'ii',MM)f nearly I' hundred year-', will make n gre.it diiiVience id the application of the passage to the argu- ment. "These changes were followed hy a train of vices," says the h,arned author. — What changes.' For as the '* i;V'-'s," aeco; fl- ing to the quotatioti, followed " the changes," it b .'coiiK's of primary imjiortance to ascertain what they were. Were "thechangcb" ['i\i\n i^Ocite onl'iionijils 10 volumary contributions? i.o. Init in the words of Aiosiiiern, in the very part quoted by the learned Solicitor-Gen. '•the face of things bei^au now {lliinl ccnlury) t:) change in the daistian (Jliureh. The an- cient meiiiod of ecc! .siastieal (lovernment seemed, in generrd, still lo snbsi^t, while, at the same time, by inipercejitible stejis, it varied IVom liic priuiiiive rule, find degenerated tow- ards the form of a religious monarthy." And followimr this statement W"^ huvo tlie [lassage selected for my refutal'ioi:, "this chuuge in the form of ccclesiasiieal governnicni, was soon followed by a train of vices," tive. &c. What was the ]iriinitivr rule, the deviation from whicli was ibliowed by degeneracy'! — The cliurehes w -c; severally independent, wiiile those of a I'ro.ince were formed into one large ecclesiastical body, which like confede- rate States, assenibled at certain times in or- der to deliberate about the common interests of the whole. — These thriving churches de- rived their revcincs froiu voluntary foniribn- tions; and :m equality ii; point of dignity and auiliority. \','as iiisrs ed iii)on among all the members of the E[)iscopal order. The lay inembeis of each church, too, had a voice in tho management of its all'.drs. I'rom liiis jirimttive state, the government of tlie church, "degenerated towards a reiigi. ous monarchy." — "Trie llishops" saysMosh- icm, "in many Jilace? as.?umed a princely au- thority," even " ;i throne ; and violated tlie rights of both ]a-esbyters and jieople," and " the example of tiie iJishops was ambitioiudy imitated by the l*resl)yteis," and " the Dea- cons boldly tisarp'd their rigl.its and privile- ges"; and he adds, "the etlects of a cor tint ambition, were spread through every rank of the sacred ordrr." This corruption of the church, therefore, i;i the cciirs'^ of the tiiird ee:itury, arose from a deviation, " by unpcrceptildc degrees," hom primitive simplicity, and from the growing iii- tiiu-nee of andniron after power and wealth. — V»'ii! the learned gentleman opjiosed to me, a- trce to go back to the primit.vi. state, and de- ] cod ot> \,ihintary contiibntions from the lay n,' inbt rs of every church, allow them a voice in iJs ecnnoniy, iuid witlidraw from their spi- ritiai g. idos all oiijects of «;mnlatinn but spi- ritual ones • On the cennaiy, ih^y a.re ibr cretiting i'l'.idi us distinctiins ! For endowing oeeor more cliurches ...lOve the rest, nnd pre- .'■.rntiri':; CI 'r/y reserves iiidtUe ! .ver of the gcvei-omcnt a.s objects ior (heir ambitions con- I 'inplaii m. — liimiaa nalu'e is I lie same as it was ]5I)0 years aco : and theiefore tue chris- lin-i declension from tlirm causes in the year .■(ll^JflJ'^.i. IMPJI^ MWrfy ^7^'^^r^ <^^».-lf» v(,-f :»■»» ^^»n!;-,^<^r" 36 IS 800, is experienced in 1836 ia the very com- uiunity in which wc live. As* the corruptions alluded to in the pasisn^e quoted by the learned Sol'r Gcnenil, sprang Irora Cliristiim Ministers nspirini^to the lower, Rraiideiir, and ridics ol" tie world, it cuu.vi uiit |)e expected that those ovinupt.ons woiilil Lo corrected or fw.i diminislieti, L_y an -.n'lnal alliance wiin the uoild under Cou-slantine. — I never snij the cimrch was pure befon; the age of ihat Emperor; I only sali] it lieeanie A.ss.to. Admit, llieicl'oi'.', that the leiii'iied i.")ijiieuoi' General has proud iioin :iiosl,'.'ni, i^s a cun\- mon authority fur uy, that clu'isiianiiy was hi a corrupt state in tiio third cenUiiy; and ii Ilj Kiirely no proof that it. was not in a woisosJalc in the subsequent tentuiy. V>\d *• the wealth, iiouors, and advantagi s ol' tiie elerjiy" eimrer- red by the Emperors, diminish the vices or quote rrom Moshiem and comment on him.yo n would really imagine that more honor and glory were due to C'onstnntine, than to Christ. And 1 am sorry to observe that while he (Sol. (jlen'l.) rejoices at the serene and happy days which exempted christians from persecutions, and eMendcd their territory, he forgets that the chinches lost in purity, what they gained 111 ease, and los! in real converts, while they "iaiiied in nominal piofessors.-When christian- iiy stood upon its own foundation, (he sinceri- ty of the cluiiches was beyond susiiicion ; but when it stoo!i,ins'' — and again, '* liie a;e \. as binking daily (Vom one period of cornip- tiiin to another." — When tlu churcii, llnie- foie, piisscd from its primitive to iis imperial s^itc, it passed, to u:>e a loreible vulgaiisin, — "from tlie frying-jjaii into the lire." The learned Sol'r General lias really made cut for me a stronger case than I did for iii\- self: IT he has bliowii fioin an admitted an- il ority, that the churches asjiiring alter tiie World iu liic thiid century, became corruiiied ; ar.d frjtn tiieir alhanoe with the world in the fourth century, beeniue f;u- more eorrnpied. — iiiU will learned "[( ndenieii a.-sume to cure the disease, now, by the woildiy remedy whieli history testifies, proiiticetl and aggravated it? Or will they honestly I'oliow Dr. Moshiem as an autiioriiy, and revert to thiil "primiiivo s'"te, a degeneration iVosn wlii(di towards a religions monarehy," has caused " a train of vices which disl^onor theeharaeter and autho- rity cd" those to whoiii the administraiion of the ciuueh was committeif'.' Alter ; hiiit- tin;;, ui l.e has donf:, this testimony of in ovy, he will, I irust, assist me in resisting the intro- duction of those worldly inlluences, honors A: endov,inen:s, which will corrupt uur religion, and .,1, lou-ly second my endeavors to p<-r- suado the committee to leave our ectdesiasii- cal condition to ussumethe acknowled^ied ex- celience ami puriiy o( the primitive ages. Tu hear the huu'bltt aud learned geulleman the 1 n0« cm 1 tice ed, Th M tlio m lie) m pre m we 1 f 1 OS on ini (lueror, and his ii7iperial successors, were the n-ii'^Jitij arguments that moved whole nations as well as parlicidar persons to embrace Chris- tianity." — I appeal to the good sense and cor- lect feelings of my learned opponents, whe- iher ihe honoi (dour religiun is not comprom- ised by compelling whole nations to profess it by liuch weighty arguments ! Can I'agfinisin be said to be extirpated from any country by clirisliani;y, when the former reigns in the iiearl, and the latter lives only on the tongue .' Under Constantine, therefore, ** they i.iade more liasic than good speed." And so says Dr. Aloshioin, "There remained Ftiil in European provinces an ineied.ble mim- lier of persons who adhered to the worshii».d' tliO!_;edri ; -iiid ihongli the christian bishops con- tiiuied tlie;r piouri oflortb to gain tiiem over to Ihe g-os|H'l, yet tl;c feucrcss was by no means pn pofLionubie to their diligence and iieal, ai.d liie work of conversion went on but slowly." 'i'liere were siioals m' jiersons prore.«sinjr» but few converts to llio fuitb. A whole people at lie.' point of Coiifctnntiiu.'ri sword coiifes .1 the iianio of ('lirist, with, however, a ineiital re'ser- \aiMn ill fitvor of tucir lionsehold gods ! oh, t.mipnra! oh, inorts! How clearly it nhews that the kin;;doiii of Chrisi is tie|ierati'd from tiie kiii;Mloiiit, of Ihe world. To the iididel ,t is f\n uiii;r;iia. Yon vastly extend, tin ini.tier of bwa.s', the territorial Inn.ts of the ciiureliivs, and y 't v,!s;iy diminish iho lunpiro of tiie im Ksiiih. You beconni rich in liinds, but pig!iboriiig republic, where chrit?fi;uiity happily prevails by its pure and nutive supreuiai'V, whihj we, the dupes of wordly policy, are lliiekly peopling the CliTory Reserves by dejiopulatin^ the kn.'gdoni of Christ. The union of church and Ptate is next, vindi- caU'd by the lion, and learned Solcitor General on the i,'round,a-i I understand hiuii of its iiav- ing blest us with the reformation. How, in that case doc3 ho expect llio tupport of his Roman CaihoHc freinds in iliis Assembly .' — Will they by their votes sanction a system which has and will produce, in their estimation, heritical pioies'atioiis ? end protesting against the Catholics, shall we as-ume to make nidiii- (i'st by endowments (what belongs to every iiidividinil heart) in wiiat churches man is ac- oi'|)ted by bis maker, or may have faith in his pardon and salvation .' It is a vaft and fearful mailer to decide ivGpeotiiig ourselves without presuniiiig to meddle With .ne eternal inlercsla of the peojile who sent us here. IJnf to return from iliis digression to the retbrmation. Ill the first place, sir, according lo my appro- liensioii of tlie subject, the reformation was neiih»'r begun nor conducted bv Kiiijifs or (Jo- Ve'rnmems. This is matter of fact lo be coibc- tc d from history ; and the only authoniy in my reach at this moment (not liaving brought with me the last voluuij of ftlosliicm) i« liunio from wiioiu I Will read a fcwsentonces. After d>;scribing certain abn-iesiu the Roman Church, lie says "All tlit.'so circimistauccs might have given olK'nce, but would h ivo been aitiiided witii no events of any iiujiorlance had there not arisen a man qualhed to lake advan- tage ot the incident." 'I'lifs man, sir, waa ftlirtm Luther ; and acrording to your favorite iiiatorian, we are indcblt.d not lo the statk tho' coiiiieeled with the church, but loan huuible, uinl iiiirepid ind.v.dnal ciirifitian. Again Hume says, "all !Sa.Nony,a]I Germany, nil jjuroj)!,', wero in a vory liirte tnuo liiied wiUi the voice of this daring innovaUir." Ai;,i;ord n^ to your own hislonriu it was one d.uing iniio- vaior soniidiiig the r^lorniatioii among botii govi'rnmenis aiul peoplc.instfad of govornincnls coiiiii'cl'd with th.' dmrchi i-ii/.^e.-tiiig liiis re- foriiialioii lo the church, to this ptioiKO or the v/orld. Ag,iin, says Ilunio «'llie quick and surprising progress of this bold sect, may justly lu part be asciibed lo tlu; late iiivunliou of printing aitd revival of It ariung." iJut not a hint triuii your favorite historian that I lie progrrss of the n-- forrnfttion was tho work ot governments, lie tells us, indeed, that the Elector of Sa.xony, f i- vorable to Luther's doctrine, protected him from Iheviulenco oflhu papal juribdiCtiou ; und that 21 the republic of Zuric even reformed their church according to tiic new model. But here we seo the great work conducted by an individual, and the new model adopted, not framed by a repub- lic. And again ho says, "the ruraour of those in- novations soon reached England," when, he adds, "the new doctrjies s;jcro;ly gained ma- ny partiz:in3 among the laity of all ranks and denoininalions." IIto we see the new,s of a ri'formatior. reached England, but was not IIhto commenced either by Church or Kuite. The doci fines too gaiied ^'secrdlij,' instead of pub- licly and olliciallv, and among the laitij, not iu the Church or SSlute. And again saysllinn'^, " he [Henry the 8th] v.'rote a book in Latm against tho principles of Luther." Here is the Stat-^ hard at work a- gainst " the blessed Reforniation !" Here Lu- tlier had obviously to co:itffld against a doiMt fower, the Church to be reformed and \.\\h King oppo.sing it ! and for this literary exploit of tin monareli against " the bbssi-d R:'fortnaiion," lit! received from Pope Leo the title of " De- fender of the Faith," an appellation still re- taim.'d by tho Kings of England. B^'hold Li'tlier in the field against the Pope of Rome, and tiu King of England ! To which does Htinic award the wreath of vlctoiy.' Hear him: "The controversy became more il- lustrious by Henry's enter Jig the i st^•, & drew still more the attention of mankind, und the Lutiicran doctrine daily acquired new converta ill every part of Europe." Luther and Truth eontcnded against King, Pope and Error. — Truth, however, mightily prevailed. But what Christian or Patriot oiigiit <:ver ag;iin to desire to s'-e odds ! >v n _ wish to see his K;iig politically placed in sucli a relation to Clirisliaiiily, that li-; may " haply be found even fightina; against God !" or wish to put the religion of Caritt iu such royal joo- pardy. Has flic learned gentLnmau forgotten that the connection between Church and State, which he is advecaiiiig with " ■inch zeal, was a chief entritie in tliL eslabiisli.iii-nt of the very Roman er'Oi-s which d,'inaiidcd the refo.mation hn has so justly eulogized 1 The Roni-iu pon- t.iTi betwci.'ii tU' submission und tlu; support of Staas, for ages enjoyed iiai.on.il guiranteea f.r llieir teniiiiral and eccKjiaslieal authority. For ill my ceiituri.is iho popes could not be coii- seerated till ti.eir election had b^en approved by the Empora s : l»ni s > gvatefnl were church and .-late to o icli other, tsu, at leiiglh Cliarles the Bild, iiaviiig oh.ained lb ' imperial d'giiity by the good otliees of the I'ojies, discharged tiiem from the obligation of wailing for this Imperial consent. Gregury the 7tli was h m. Belt confirmed in the papacy by that very Em- peror whom he afterwards deposed. Un- der the emperor Plioeas, the Roman pontiff wa* proclaimed in OiJG universal Bixhoj), and in eub., sequent centuries the Popes assumed the cha- ructcr of Lords of the Universe, and arbilrcr* TuuTii fighting against such fearful What loyal subject would ever again m} 28 what would his Lordship have done 1 lie would have acted and reasoned from tlio-^e fr.-el and inniuitablo principles of Jufiiif , wliich ti;rt loarnod houks tsliDuld faiihfully illnsimtc, never contradict. And '.vow diviiitei to ni;i!;o a con- ihjration of their li;ariieu bin't':?, I would go b;ick, yes, I would g< bad:, witluuit fit'..' cr di.- niiiy, t(i iMu:f.!i(U', ulivk, Luhc i'l.d .kl'u, and Hi. I'iiiil. 'i'i (' evidence of N.-iUivc [i:rlci?a yiMi burned tlia!, al.-^oj and tbo inti ;ii:i! cv.di ice of tlio JJiblc iiHo't", would havcllie r;:i!;;oi.:"i world ill no terrilie darlcnres. It Is u sfrunr,'' ini.-!tp|irc].oii:iioi\ that clirit-tianity is u lii'.di-d upon acfs of Piirl'.imont, buf yed i:p I y looka lar- of kingdoms and cnipircfl. The urjrumont, thcrtifnit', dedi'.oiblc 'am flic Reformation is la my favor, ijocause it m a WTrninjj to avoid not merely tlio rrrorr-ot ll/; It.oman chiircli, but tlmt anti-c liri -titin conn* ciiou bo.w en lleliyiou and tlio k'tatt'iinidm- which these errors attained such Itarful inrio-iii!.udo and ascondanry. The hnirned g'Mitleniini iia:^ oxpatiaf d wi'h ]us u.-'ual power aiui th''i"L upon tlie valiiablo Ci'i'itribiUions wo receivi! Iroiii the l.'.aivd ons'j oflordjd l-y cndov/inentn. Tho v,ortli of tho learned u\<'n lie lum iiain'.;d, I diet rl'illy and {irnt(!fuily ackiiowleds'o ; altliu' Bisliop Kerklcy la not by ft iiy means liie li,ipp;e^t ilhustratio:i, ,.,,..,..,,.. „, ^ .... .....v..., ^„. _,>.,,;, ., as hi:', ifi .ul pLilosojiIiy (of ItL'e use to any man) i»t iiiixh rn divines, and ktpl fn.in lu.j'.iijM has a tend.ney to iiultiec in cruiiini'y hhik!;-, votioii by Cler^'-y Reserveri. universal tjcepticisin. But 1 with to meet tl e i>-. .> - : ■ -- - .i - i -- urfniinenu on its' broi'd nvu'Us. It is Olio of tiies..' fils'! ueditctiona into which we are liublo (o bu4^n;iycd upon ulino.-t (very pn!)jocf. It ifj tlic Vi^ )il hoc, pro|)t< r hoc." — These learned v/orks w.mviiiteii in ihocltureh w'.ion CDnnccled wilh ti.c State, tlicrefoie to tliat connection v.ith tl;o Stif^, we are inu' bie.l for t!,o.-e works. Non" b-ttT know • than my learned opj he hi^s c-'- poustd, oblige hirn to liave recourse to it : a:'d with tlu! e.-.me lo^'ic I nv^ht prove thai aU the epidemics which pnviuled durino- tli>' connec- tion cf Church and tstatc, pestileroutly uroso from that rf h;ien. Nov.', Sir, if the adullrouut oi' t:ie ov.l ! And what is" the log cai concUitioii from it ? Tiier f(ii'." adopt t!,o evil ! Who, s^ir, U'lo'e x»lal'iiew, Idark, Leke !'.f of the logic iipcj ;.giiinL:t me, 1 would .sy, eudi were tiie authors in the primitive alJr^s ; let us re- vert to tho-^> iiriiiiitivo ages tl at wc may iIumo ly again l.ave antiiors < (|na!.y divine — ehris^ti- auity united to iIjo .state, produced IJ pl.ep Berkley ! Christicriiiy a'or.c, I'rndueorl .'''t. Paul! Give me, then, diristiai.i y a'oi (,• li,r inv KjiiriUiai, ami tiic btate alene lijr iny civil aflivirs. Whcii'liu ii.arne.'l r i tlor'nn in the n'u'stef his imi^a,'--i:ned nlliT-id: , « ho donsif u'l I,'m60 h rr - . I almost ti'miifht luvroU ,1 hi d me what v.i uid hooks ^vere burnt, nmoii;.~l the gioliy ll.UiH'f. J o.ice lii'.iid Lerd llileiiLoroiigl', p'^- plcxed by the coiiflicling anihoriti(\s | n (Uici d hy oppo.sii'g counsel, petMshiy excla ni, "I wit^h all ihc becks were burnt" — In thnteasc, fir, But th:^ is ;l mueh worse cate llsrn I rni c.l'- rd i.pon lo meet and answer, lie led;.: li.', fi:;-; Ihnt iho V/ClnS Ol rir-tiiiii cva, — ■^i it 1 i-coacif!, ffly tlio l.ti.'i. ■■i;ti!i echoia;'- ! in :i;ri!i v ?■;;•- ry Fii!-.vtrip- r Ihcec (jr- !<) (';ii\v i r Icnrijiii;' (■!' o E.'.iU. "(1,;. ttu!, I. lit- yni; m l,n. 1 t' n lljHM t! ' .. 'i '■ ( Oil.-J- ; liiM/ j ro. !iiir iit yci;r il ijf; ti.h^i'- fi\\iiy,thi V h i.: Wn'i", ril tliis lo 29 it9 fruit, it is the fruit of partiality and injus- slau^fhter u/id tifath, bofore or.t'^rinj^ upon his jjgf., glorious Ciitnpaifrii .' Ati'.l sliall i:;o chmch The hoii. and learned Solicitor General in a militant be 1l;«3 bravo cr uncompromisinii? — happy strain of pathos, appeals to mu to vindi- Must iio first ?.vr'rt cv- ry Imzard, .vir (v.iy from cato llie ri^fhts of the great Fchools to wliici; I his intrunclimeiiij, n:n[ i|r.;-: t tlic Im'JM:* with owo ail iiucxliiig-.u.shublc debt of gr.uitnd^. — satiiii in prciouc. i-'cii siifiy ? rio f il'-airncy TJie uppi-a!, yii"i '^ 'lot without its proper cllcct. I iiuv'-'r meiitiou tlirnrwiUioui ri-spoc, or tliinl: of tlium vv'if.hout nli'jution. But. fully cuiici'.rnn;; with tlio cMiittd teiitimoiits expressed by tho learned gintlemiiii toward ' tluisu ven-nablo Iii- BlitnUoiiH, I am conyl rained, I arr; monilly coer- ced by "UL-'i con vie.: ion?, to extend those ines- tiinnbl.! advaii'a^es to all niy Sejlo-.v cniintryiTv.'n v/itiiout di?tu;clion, & to th; world at ir-r^r^ without reicrvc. One pfM-tal luis h'-zn open coiiirii!inic'ati:'if v;itb one chiircii.and prcal have been thob'!;u:ht3. Open other poi-t;i!3 toward,^ every expect, Ef.st, West. i\'orlii niid L'u)utii. — 3L-.ke them acccsi-iblo under every po'ut of the v/hich la Iht; cunip Incurs d'ath nndc: martial law, may in c!iri-tian Vva-i'fare ii:ci'.i* a nioru awful soiiter.cc oa tho judgment d.iy. Some honoruhh; mf^ni'i^U" has lavcrcd a.s with a very pitiful ooia',l;i;r.l from a. Iji-thcdiat m.ui. islir, V.S detailed ia some public pcpi.r; lie wna fio ill-Hiipportjd by vniunlary contiljiitioa that lu; \va;i elli'red to ^^e!! \t e bo.'.-o i'.;id tal:o to hiy loot, aad, pou' niau, nialcj noiuo ot'i".- li!tio ea- crafices wl.ieli cinipi! my recoil, ction tit tho moment. What would tljis -svhimp..- i-iri; com. pliiiiiant have ;aid, had iic b:en caiied i:po-,i to BulTer martyrdnm-'J V/liut would r.o Irjvo clone ' Wiiy, iSir, he \voi:!ii hiae taken to i i^ heels r.d compat-'f, CO that the l*ii;fnm:j aller knowledge, f;,yt as he conlii have i-eanipcrcd ! V/rs i-.ot hi.3 human and divine, ni:iy every whnro have tho Lord and Master a pedestrian throti:,'h hia mm- istry J iJid he iuit Jiuiigor ? ll;id i.: wacreon to lay his head? — To l;c;r iiiieli a complaint read in ihi.-. C..r:v;ian At xnibly as frev.i one who pretended '.o bo a d rciplc of iho i-.'av,cn-i" and to bear his cro. s, v/on'il mnkn an infidc! in- dulge in cxnltat.i)-.i. Thn Rev. g"r.ticm.-iri, v/lioever he was, uadjncledly mistook the ob- jects su;lable tor lirf an ba:o:i. 11 MUipiOok !i!3 niir;,'ariily with your irrigations from a river of 'profesoion, and it nni t have beer, a. Inily chria- trutli and knowledge Hewing iiiexbaustibiy ; — tian neighborhoed u-ideh sr..u-Vi.d liim riioy. — " L:iiiinir ot Inlictur in omn:! voliibiiis (i:vii:ii."— Auoi hcr iionorablc moiiib "r, cs evitloJieo against Say not, "the J !wg have no dealnv;.s with the the principle of voluitaiy coatribuiion, ha.s Samar.tat'.H ;" but open your ample tvoasurea related the cas? of some Rev. f/ertieman, hear- ot heaven and c-jr:.h to yoiir christian kindred, ing the croij of Chris., -vviio had iiifi mi.dfleriai and I lu; gentiles loo. Open the doors and very Burvices impaired from tho iear cf being also waidows'ot yonr temple-^ of knowledge for tho put upon fhcrt cnmmo:'?, should ho pvec-.c^ a- utmost accessibility. There let them Ireely gainst ga'nb!i;g an;! iareiep-ranco, tlio nvevail. reameat rn trance, (lad tiio most abundant repast, and drink deep nf tlio eilierial spring. Call (hem i"to the- L'ea:-t from the very high- ways; and fill them v/itli that moral and inlel- Jeciual cle'vauon, which w;!l make them as Giaais for tiie contest, a^ lights lor tho world — Surely in iiis ardent zeal for his noble church, ho has forgotten his duty to mankind. 15:; not cii.ao and f'-cely learn, "To I'll)!; tliro' lKlHn■'^ iij) to luiairo's gid ;" — And tlioro let them as freely qiieach their spiri- timl thirsi, and drink of the " wells ,jf Vviiter springing iij) into overlanting life" — The ab.-tract'on of chnrcii prel'orment is as- sociated with tho Kimultanoon.s extinction of religion, Is that ^eatini 'at sanctioned by lae lan;.'ni'go of the Nov; Te^^tament, as o pranary authority .' In^stnad of holding up to our aspir- ing yonih the earthly honor.*, titles and e'.alow- meiits c,f t'lOkitate, in a form which Ins too eiioo rendered them as accee?iblo to the laiidel profesioi' of c'lU-istianity, as to tiie sincrrest be- lieve;-; it'.s'toad of polhiti: g t-lio moti'.i.'s and dci^piritualiziiig tlio zeal of chrstiaii a~pirar,;s, hy tho scdiieing prospect of rich prerirmeni.'^, Kineenrc^! and pluralities; insiead of hypoeii- tically telling them to deny tijem.^elve?, to mor- t.iy tiie ib'sh and taki; uj) their ei-os-?, while n,* th') saau; time are guaraate.'d io lie-ai i!m; v;ealth and patronage of the ytate ; 1; ^. tli ai be honestly breiight to tho t^tand.ird of tie !.* - hie, and bo exehisively directed to th.; inaik oi their higii calling, to a crown of glory that fad- ( th no', away, eternal in tiie heaveiii?. Does the soldier dodgo cowardly at every shot, seek mo sins of his neighborhcod ! A.n.Llicr in; tnnce of a man's mistaking his profef- ■ .ni ! Wliiit is the late of the soldier who from a.-y :imilar fear faurrcndeis a citiaal of his king t ' tli'; ene- my ? Death! — And d "a ';, R:;y.-; tho 13iblc, awaits tl;o traitor to the ]v-"gof King;-', and the cowardly liei-rayer of his p ople. I il'-siro no means iif bribing s\\tih men into iumrst ones. Money will not give ger.nie.c v doer oi- p^itrio- tisin to covv-avils, nor will it ;;ive pi.iy or spiri- ta.ilily to a mnden) jiida.'^. kJnch sp'i':ion=: zmI and fidr.hly eiinnot b 'eaiisted under t'.io f.aei-cd banner.---. 'Let every cl-airc'i ; iu'\o av.ay theso more tjian donbtfLd recruit.^, llicvo wolvi! in si.cep.-.' clothaig. Hut Imii.t return to the I. on. nan learned Solicitor Uenerrl, who, v.-itii tho l:on &1( arncd lacmh'r lor Toruato (lUr. Diap.-r) i:- the gr.'at ciaanpion in the c.-nue. JL; le. s lilu'trated the Kaporjaiu;."; iif r*.! e: i-le ive cla-irJi rp ablish- muathy rei'erri:; - i:.'; (.!-' 1 not k,, i\v b( 'Ur) to tho deplorable, iht; (!'•.. ■■edf'd, i;ji:.:!' tionof the frieal neigiiboring Re til in ,1 ceiuii- present, indeed, a ",rand spec'aeU; to t,ac ••arili. it may transcend tnblunary bca a's, to reach the heiglit of sanguine prophesy aLoat Ihein ; yet to sink to thij melancholy- degree below it, shelter from every brtll, and divest the field ef would bo in thom treason ogainsi a'anl.ind, and T 30 blaut tho glorious expectation iliat tliey would for ages yet to come bo eocml nvfils wiili Eng- Jand in exliibitin^, and in t«xaltin^ and in |)it- petnatint; the tiv.l and reiijjioud iiitLTcrils of ihc world. In till.' Unitod Statoe tlio amplost hititudc! is giv»in to tt..' tV(!i; disciit^siim of "ruth iind error. 'J'lio li arniid ifoiitioinaii frnivcly (•niiiplnin.s il at liioy will iiol coiifiiio tins ri::jiit, ol ditjcu-s.oii, (if, indord, disouHsiini it could then I'u cuilct*,) lo wiiat 111 lldiiks truili ! No 0:10 can eiitertam a more propi-'r respect, than luysclt", (or tin? l-ur- ning and talentri of the lion, infiniicr; bill 1 inn not prepared to admit Ins inf .llibilid that iiitjniry closes, oris shniinodas u;i[)ro|i able and pamrul. Therein nulhinir ii():,'!imiio il in this new Testament Men are ilu're toid "to seareh the Soripliire.^," "lo learn," "lo leach" and lo eiudy the divine a;tril)nt'>s by ih.; works of na- tore; but tho learnnd ISel. Generjl wo'd make us chri^tlans in short ordi'r, by an act of I'arii- anient jrivinjrtoni^ne lo hit truth and 8;l.'ni;e lo iiitj error ; and for vioia'ii);,^ thai aet, would snb- eel lu to a proeiiiiiuir,' ! .Siio.ild 1 misappre- hend the gcope of hu <,'od-like dietati.ni, I should like to ascertain, wnul ih trntii an. I wii.it is error, and .'low iniicli aiid how liitl,' lie will allow mankiiid lo say pro and con. lie wonld jio sooner mako tiie aiteniitu.han he woni 1 vio- late his own law and incur it suivn proeiniiinr • ! This very iiiterdiclior) of disciifSion, th.s e/l' . niinate ssiisiliveness abi.'Ul tree iiKpiiry, has and eiill is dom;,' more airain.-t ciiristiunity tiian all other human cansej; put toijfetlK'r. What is one of tho jrreat impediments lo tho introdudion of our relii,'ion, for instance, into CUnvd l It is the tipirit of the hon. and f ariii'd iSolcitorG nieral which haunts ns hero ninl r'very wiiere in tiio licrithen world, 'j'iio Cliintse say, "What ! awful wickedness ! siwll our pniilie 'iia!!> in onr principal Cities be oeenpied we^k after week with bands of prufane and n(s:fij,iii li bi!m:^s who openly inciiIcaUj liie deetrine tliat onr an- tiei;t n !tg on is a eiieal, a;i,i our immortal i.mos tt folly !" Hence i.f.t r the i. avned irenlieiiian had put us inio the .-t.^cks le'i.; to.- ar;rninop Cjr liii.a his truth, he woeld, for fnachiiM his tiu'h in Ch:iia hiin^idf freeiy receive the iuioo, ma' he basiinadoed oni of tlie ounlrv. 'I'ho exli'iision of the prinoijiii.' of tree iecjni- ry (cquilly of Knsrhsh a . of A.in'rican ijrowih) Will perliaps prece- e- lie; ])■ r,od for tie" fullJl- tueiit ' ''the remarka'ho p;M;;.iCdy •'iialions thall be I)' o the Lur.J in a d.iy." li r the learned gentleman loavinjj that grou;, 'ans to alleire that the Unit'd iSlato.^ t'lther by ,aw or usa;;e, admit or encourai^esuch discussions in an indecent, obscene or immoral manner. 1 can only say, 1 coiiM not gather it from hiti rtnnarkrf, nincii le>-s can I admit it to iiii true. Tiitt Auiericaua have been annoyed linthroji amidst all their forbearance, —ith infidel lor. lures by one Uobort Owiui and v'anry Wright. VVIieiico did thf^y come? Are they Americani by Icnii ? Are they Americans by education? Are the United States indebted to their own insiiintions, nolitical and literary, for '* these |>ii.r,iiie and inis;juidt'd beings" who fill ih^ir ilalls ivi'.li lluse infidel doctrines.' — J see iho l)li:s!i m.oiiiin'^ ovjr the learned jjentleman's lace. IJut truth and justice will not allow us to draw a veil over their iiaiional origin — (Jreat I'lilain was the jdace of their birth ; the place ot tlieir j^rnwlh ; the school of their in^trnction in ieli;;ion and morality. Full of these errors, full of the poison of these prin- ciples, and bold in the disseiirmatioi) of them, they ini;;raied en a pestilential wing to the fairest jiorlion of the new world, ami there exhibited, as the jjioduct of European con- nection of Chiircli and State, the unhappy speciacle which the learned ^'eutlcniaa ;ins (le?cril)C(I ill such indignant terms. WhiUs we are for extr.ietiiij; a sfilinter out of onr neigh- bour's eve, behold tin re is a beam in onr own. i-'hureh and State in prolific union have pro- duce I our I'aines, and our L'arlisles, and our Ovens, and onr W'righis, not only fur llame coiLiuinpiion, but for exportation ! And while the learned gentleman is denouncin^r jn such impassioned tones the in>por:ed infisleiity of Amerija, he is insensible lo the melancholy fact in Kni;! ind thai a person of the name of Taylor, an ordained minister of the es'ablisli- fed church, hasopetdy ahaiidoiied his religion, anil is now a leaular an 1 sy-«{ematic preacher of Atheism ? Purely it hecam\s ns, under such mortil'ying and humiliatin;; circums;an- ces, to be more circunwpect about our allu- sions to a countrv, whose institutions seem not more (Vuiiful than our own, of these de- luded ailvocates of error. \V(! sliould not jud;fc oflhe cliriatinn charac- ter of th J United ritatos, by tlio-e jrroaser ex- Uiuples, whieh coiistitnto the exceptions to the j^'e-iioral rule. You rescue Eniiland from the clurtri" of liilldelify, nolwithsianding her pro- fess' d iiiti.hl,-', by refrrriiiil )lhe jjeneral ;eety (if the nation. l)o.i<^ li:i.> justice lo onrsolvs, shad we judo:'' aiioih.r <:o inlry o.ily by i!h di»- h'Cls I lias the leariuul yohc.lor (J'.'iieral fbr- {roUcn tho liijrh chr.siian ex'jellence of many (;i,-iiie'fui.sh<*< cilizens of America, and tho de- cidedl, r •l:^i^ilH aspi.'ct which tho whole nation wears ! Co int. if yu can, thnr nuniorons so- en lies for the nrinims and distnbulion of tho irbio ; for the preaching of the Go.^pel amonj;' p. ople of every Kindred, climate and tongue umh.T heuvn ; and estiinale the lar'j:' and •,'rpioa of mankind ; behold in every viUa^je, and uuihiplied in every town, tiieir noble churches '*liko priceless gems 8tuildin;j the fi .Id of observation, and dedicated to the service of the Creator, fit abodes of hopes of iinmoria ily;" a Id, if you please their phi- ubours in the cnnse of tomporancei 31 ~'ith iiifidol lop, J i'anny Wriglit. rliey Americam IS by educutiori? B(l lo thtir own •ry, for •' these s" who fill thr^ir ties .'—I see (ho led gentleman's nil not alloiv us iiioniii orif^in — of th«fir hirth ; sciiool of their liility. I'ull of :i of I lies*! prin. ri.iiion of them, i;ii wing to tlie nil!, and there lOiiiopenn coti- thu iinhnpj)y f.'fiJtlcm;ia fins im. Wtiilt! we t of our neij^li- uiti ill our own. lion li;ive pro- iislcs, and our only f«r Home 111 ! And while incin^i in such 1 iiififlidiiy of i| liti iiiclanohuly if the name of tha es'ahlish- ediiis rcli:;ion, untie preacher i".s us, under ;; circiunsJan- boiit our allu- litutiou.s seem of these de- ■istint) cliarac- t' jjrosser ex- •pllOilS to tlio iuid from liie ht\g hor pro- IJi'iiiT.'il ;»it.>ty ' to oursolv'3, ily by i!h dii- ■ Gi-'iii'i-fil fbr- iite of many , II nd tjio df. whole nation iiumoruui So- utiou of tin; o.-;pel amoiii;' mid tongue u-^,^.'and j;.!- itiiry pysteni iod and thy ind ; be hold every town, elefts gems id dedicated des of hoped } their plii. .umporance, ' conducted with a christian zeal,"which has kin- , died a corresponding spirit in tlie British isles ; ami 'hen ask, arc they not on the whole a groat and a good people ; a truly Christian nation, wliicb, liio' only half a century old, treads on the footsteps of European missionari'-s in fvory eliine, and puis the «'lder continent in the.-e cliivalrniis doeds almoal to the blush. But in the United States there is no pro- vision by tho gnvcrnmoiit for any particular chiircli orchurclics. AM orcdeft fo the support oltiiOt5o, wlio, imbued with a clirsliiin spirit, niako their voluntary contribution?. To judg.) therefore, by their splendid example, and na. tional oharnctor, there is n Po-.vcr_ which both can and vviil ble.«Htlie pro^rp'sa of chrititianity when sep' rale tVom tho world. — Chribliaiis on- ly need equal civil riijhf^. The abstraction of these Reserves from ro- licious uses, is viewed as sacrilege. 1 bold in niy hand a newspaper containins; the infornn- tion that in the ishuid of Prince Hdwaid, a bill has received the Iloyal Assent for selling the Clebo lands of tlie Kstaljlished Diurcli for education! Will it he said that the House of Assembly in that Province has been £;iiilty of sacrile<;e] (Jr has its Legislative Council ? — Or will sueli a ciime he alleged ng;^ r- -vwiiv; i^itii ,jp Hunt ' NOTE. The Cl^rjy R-^rn v-s arc compoccd of onc-scvcnth of the granted luiiild ill Ujvi r Can;)iia, being (he qiiantily set apart by the Uritisl! Act, olit Gpo. 3il, cli. ol, for tijo support of ",z Protestant C ergy." Tiiin E'jcl.si-s'ical provisioti I;n.'=, under the phrase "n ProlestMiit Clcr^-y," been herKo'".;r;; limitiil l;y the! govorniiieiit to ll.e iiniled Clurcli of England .•\nd Irclajid. — Tiie propriety of such an appiopriation by tlie government exclusively to tliat churcii, or the cxtcrsion of it to others, lias {oi many years bcci! a question of great public interest. — Pcr.ding this dis'cuseion, and liio strong a. id repeated remonstrances of the people and the Assembly against giving one or more chbrclh-'s a State endowmoat, or any pecu^i'ir priviiego.-i, the government liavj erected and endowed filly-savon Fvectorica with certain cxchisivc eeclosiafitical and ppiriMial r:g!;lf-' ; and moreover by a late Act of tlio Parhamcnt of Great Britain and Ireland, one-foui-th of tiicpo Reserves in Upper Canada were eold, witiiou'. tiic knowlod^-j or consent ol' its legislature, ar.d tlie proceed? pa:tl, to the amount of c£70,{K;0, into tiic Military t:icst. — Tl,e ciaribnUoii of tlie residue of the Clergy Reserves, is the matter to whieli this <;ebato refers. — For eomo years past government gratuities lia\o also beengivm, from some other public funds, to the Wcslcyr.n Methodist churcli and to 1.10 Scotch Kirk— the other chrir-tian churches either refusing such graluitieSf or not being olTered any. ■■ 4 iel' Act, ' This !q