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J\ iANfeLrCAN CHURCH Of CANAD^ ^ JSENERAL SYnOD/ARCHIVES I 1*^ 1^ mat-t \ £ ^i ' ' - -'• ;rv ^^ ' 1 If H ■' '. . » ^-' ■' ■■ ■: ■ . . d f ,-..:, ...■ .% ^^■■^*":*- ■■•*/*"', . ' *i /" ■ *■♦;■ >» •'< .' ,^ ,U .S . * • «. I l*U !*' f "v "' **■ .'•'(■Si-'' .' ' • > ♦ • ... <*- •. ■>^ 'V .)'. ••?. ^4 ■>^ AlW/ AtfllRAM PARTEM rMOM ARCHr)KAC()N MARSH. 4* ."H J that |M^th hy, ami ni«(ltt1eth with strife Ixiloniflnif not In hM, lit Ilk* on« thnt liili Fdf that the action of Huron College Cluuncil* on April »6, i879» which, to nay the leant of it, woi foundcti on grove misunckrutancling, «w of this ihar- after, muit, I think, Ik? manifctt tti all who have carefully read what hah iKren written almut that wd proceeding ; and Mrtf-without even the weak excuw by which thouc miHguided t^arties, it in thought, try to Justify their cruel. ond illegal doingn. It was hot until after having exhausted aH cfforti, as I have already shown, to have this grave misun- der»tapding explained, that I felt impelled to give my "explanatioriH" to the public Since then, we have had various letters and puniphlets, from various writers, challetiging investigation, and pointing out other serious matters which require explanation j no reply or explanation from the parties implicated has been vouchs^ifed ; and although one of these i>arties has publicly stated that these writings are "untruth- ful," and has been publicly c ailed upon to pomt out the untruths, yet, so far, he has remained silent, leaving . '■ the impression, I fancy, on most minds that he has stated li'hat he cannot prm^e ; or i)erhaps he has been taught by i)a8t experience that " the better part of valour is discretion ;" or, maybe, he is reserving his «♦ elo(iuence" for our Synod meeting, where he has already given us sad exhibitions of his powe rs.^ ■ .1 1 I ' ' ' , — ^ — ~~~ ""' ' " • It wa. nominally the octbn oXiht preUrnw, wnu wwim le'.vea to Huch pnKtcdlnjfii. "^■^. ^. But now. a thampion luui cotnc furtfi* and has broken the monotony of months. The redoubtable " A. T," a veteran of yore in the work, and wkoiti we all know to lie so deeply endued with •* cacoclhet M:ribendi," that he was a|>c to fancy that no matter^ in Church dr State, religious or secular, could be settled without the intervention of ".A. T." for a long time, however, he has been silent; and we fancied, from the fact that the Synod Journal of "877, p. 33, informs us that "Canon Townky ad- dressed the Synod in a few words of afTuctionate farewell," and al»o that the Synod passed a " valc- dictory resolution" on the occasion; knowing also that he has |)asscd the ordinary limit of the age of man,— 1 say, some ofjus fancied that he had laid aside his armour, an|^orcd his lance among the relics of bygone days. Hut kr\ our "old friend" emerges from what he tails his " sui)crannualed par- tial retirement," whatever that may be. Our ''old friend" was ever noted for dealing in •• conundrums" in his writings, which few of us could understand, and perhaps this mJiy be one. Hut, for what does he ari.se in his might, and cast off his superannuated cloak ? Is it /or ptace i Is it to " pour oil on the troubled waters," and to try and bring a^iout har- mony and concord among his old associates and e»M: command, and prove to the world i/mt i/ieyjare really what to lead brethren ? Was it to urge them to obey " the Master's" and, and prove to the world flmt l/ieyjare really they profess to be, *' His disciples if Was it d them to prove their "apostolic Succession" I by urging thdm to iiucb tomluci a» would rmm even the o|»iK)iwni of the (toiiiMjl, at of old, to tJiy, " Si^ km* ttmi ChHilMHi im'* 0Hi amtthir t Alnii, no t Init tlmply to wickn th«? breach, that han already cmined right- thinking C.'hiirth |)cti|>le to bow their hciid» In iihiime, ond, AH I will Hhow, to Iwilld up a fabric cif faliehood, to cniHh ft liroOicr. to bla»t bin chftnn ter, and to dcitroy hit ttnefttlnenim** clergyman ; and aU Uit^ to ute hit own wordi, at ** ft duty I owe. to the Dloceie,*** and liecautc ** I thall never ceatc to take a deep Interett in whntcv*cr relatct to the wel- i fare of the Church of Chritt/'t Whai a commentary b All Ihit U|)on hit own word* (tec Ixrtter, April t. \873), which /ti did mi htiitate to iifpl}\ ivhen it suited his purfuHt, to tiis rw/i Bistiop, ** we have a won- derful power of self-deception." How much letter woukl it have Ucn for himtelf, and for the fwacc of the Church, had he acted on tHte wite counsel of his " personal friends," which is implied in the eacc anil happincK», character ami iiscfulncHH of one who never injured him, and who haN alwayn trusted him, and l)elicved him to l>e an honcnt, though weak- minded, brother. ^I con well underntand Nmo why this weak brother treated M€ with " scant courtesy," when, on a late visit to London— not long before ** Holy Week" — he did not even condescend to return a complimentary and friendly call which I made ui>on ^ him, when in this city ; but it did not enter my mind to consider ///n/ as a proof of Ais " di/tt'r hostility'* to the Bishop. With Dr. Townley's " Strictures," on the pamphlet he i)rofe8ses to review, I have nothing at present to * tirittmrM, p, 11. f 8«ahU LetCer, April % 1^73, "m for your CanadlAn (knonf,** Ac, for hit own opinion of thwte oiWt-wi. ■4 'W~f< I ' J* .,"^E^^#. ^^. ST *|^ ,, f f ^t ^ A r» / r ,^ do ; but my estimate of the man who wrote it, who- ever^ he May be, judging from the able manner in which it is written, is very wrong, if he does not yet make our good Doctor's V ears tingle" for the man- ner in which he has twisted and turned the state- ments therein. The portion which Is devoted to me is (i) to try and prove what he calls my "long-continued, sadly- unclerical, and, as I know too well" (says the Dr.), "bitter animosity to Bishop Hellmuth, even before he entered this Diocese;"* and (2) to suggest to me, as a "Christian gentleman," that I ought to resign my position as Archdeacon, t His reason for setting himself to this task is, to quote his own words, "not so much for the vindica- tion of even my Bishop, as an individual, as from the much higher ground that these various unwarrant- able efforts to lower the character of the earthly Head of the Diocese, is not only deeply wrong in itself, if Holy Scripture is to be believed, but is also calculated very seriously to disturb the work of Christ in our Diocese, of which Bishop Hellmuth is the Divinely- instituted Chier"t" Now, to reduce this to plain English, and to strip it of much that would sound, under the circum- stances, like " cant," did it come from anybody else than Dr. Townley. Does the Doctor mean that / am re sponsible for the v ario us letters and pamphlets that have of late been circulated in the Diocese? * Strietttren, p. 11. t IbidtP. T« I Ibid, p. 11. t 'n I >^'i^i i. r» .i y%' because, \( that is what he means, I tell him, in plain English, that it is not true, and, in his own language (p. II), that it "is an unworthy piece of cla|)-trap" on his part. These pamphlets, &c., I have received through the post, and have never tried t^nd out who wrote them : to me, the " wj/Z^-r," not The " ttr/Vtr," was what engaged my attention ; and I am no more able to write many of those, which have thus api)eared, than is Dr. Townley himself. - Now; 1 would ask the Doctor 'what docs he know r of my relations to Bishop Hellmuth ''before he em, ' tered this Diocese?" My knowledge of Bishop Hellmuth goes back to a time when, if Dr. Town- ley had emerged from Methodism, he was very young in the church ; hence, then,, his " as I know too well" must be some second-hand information, which, per- haps, is no more to be depended upon, than are some of his proofs of my ** ixirsonal hostility" Ip the Bishop. I. Now, to take up the Doctor's proofs of my ''hos- tility to the Bishop," which he persists in asserting, notwithstanding he knows that I utterly deny any such hostility. I, On page 13 he says: "Soon after Dr. Hell- muth (now Bishop) became the llector of St. Paul's, in London, Mr. Marsh gave notice of a resolution, requiring all Rectors, or Incumbents, to live within the bounds of their parish. Now, though couched in general terms, I believe it was felt by all present ^..-q^, - * ..;^~ '::!■'•- m-^s^p^i^i&Sii^^^^^-itJw^' 1 ' 1" iTTfrPTf iiij'hiliifilt^f'^'.i to be 4irected personally against the Rector of St. Paul's, and that not in the kindest spirit. Insomuch was this felt by myself to be the case, that though I had long been a strenuous advocate for the prin- ciple involved, I immediately moved in amendment to this effect : * Unless the Bishop, for sufficient .:3^^ I- •■ cause, should disiHjnse with such residence;' which was at once carried," Doctor, Doctor! did I not Hnow that you are a sober man^ I should say that this was an after-dinner conception, when somebody had filled you with "new wine," for h(y^i—^\\s\\ I wriw it?— /tow shall I charge this old servant of the Church with barefaced, deliberate false statements? 7W////, however, compels me to say that this is /a/se in ei^ery particular, as stated by Dr. Toumley. For (i) I did hot give notice of a resolution; therefore (2) it could not be directed against the Rector of St. Paul's ; and (3). Dr. Townley did not "move in aijpndment," &c.; and so (4) it was not " at once carried." When I first read this, and re- alized the ]K)sition in which the Doctor had placed himself, J felt «Vvt; and, even now, would gladly avoid this, exposure. - > Dr. ToWnley has had as much experience in our Synod work as any other man in the Diocese, and therefore 1u cannot have used the above words, with- out being well aware of their /force and meaning. Were he a young, inexperienced naan, we might char- itably hope that he had "made a mistake ;!' but there is no such opportunity here. . t rrET'.'Spoi^'^ Doctor I'ownley knows that •* notice* of resolu- tionh" are given at our Synod meetings ; and this matter to which he alludes is a Synod subject ; and he has iiian's name, as it is not fair to bring names forward in this way before the public, and especially as he is not with us now. The Canon, in the Report of 1868, did not contain, the prdviso quoted by Dr. Townley, and which he parades as his.*' amendment:\ The Canons were again under the consideration of the Canon Committee in 1868, ' *69, and additions, &c, were made; and I remember perfectly well that when, in Committee, the Canon was strengthened by the clause referring to residence, the late Canon Bettridge proposed to make an exception ■ • » ■■■*-. _ — in favour of Dean Hellmuth by name, ^^ he was then residing beyond the bounds of his i>arish, with the Tk" ' ,H .•v . "v.- 43 • consent of the HiKhop ; and when Canon Octtridge proposed this, / remarked to hitn that wc could not refer in our *• Canons," which were for guidance i^r the future as well as for the present, to anf pa/ticuU} rtfj**, but that we could add "a proviso" ii|ieeting ali sufh casts ; and I believe it was my^n tl^at framed this proviso, M'hich now forms part Of the Canon, and which Dr. Townley now wishes to father as liis aimnd- ment to duck my " hitter hostility" 1 ! f hus it will be seen that our object in Committee was to protect Dean Hellmuth in what he was then enjoying, and not for any ♦* hostility to him." Anyone can verify, this by referring to page 333, Synod Minutes, i864 where he will find the Canon, as it now^eads,word for word, in ",'//i< report of the Committee on Cafions," before any discussion took place in the Synod on " the Canons;" and that "the report" was adopted **as amended" by resolution (page 345). A list of the Canons "as amended" is given on pp. 346-350, and this Canon was passed without amendment, for it is the same, ivord for word^ as it was introduced by the Committee in their " report." \ \ What now becomes of Dr. Townley's statemen of my hostile "notice" and of his peaceful amend jment theory? Those who read this can judge for themselves whether or not I am right in calling his V statement *'a fabric of falsehood." n Now, what api^ear s to be the Doctor' s object in — — erecting this "pile?" Tndt which follows in his* ** Strictures'* shows tJi^Jt was simply to have 4-—. ^ ■r ' -Jk: ■"~"Hr''-*'^^W!*'T*^^* -a**^ '^^'^'^W^'^ f '^r w"'w-Ti -^5-^ *»'^»'^*^"fSWfP* t« a.s .1 •* fling" at hiH old friend, who, for some reason best known to himself, he now wants to destroy. Were I wickedly inclined, I niight say, i)er!iaj)s to create a vacancy among the Archdeacons ; hut others will be better able to Judge of this when they have read some lettm written to me !)y my ** old and sincere (Hend,**^ which are printed herein. In his anxiety to put me in a false position, the Doctor could not refrain from "even casting a slur upon the memory of our late respected liishop, who has been lying (juietly in his grave for over eight years ; and, to make f/n's the more marked, he puts it in italics. Why, Doctor, a Pagan cani teach us hotter manners than this ; ** de mortuis ftil nisi bonum ;" and Solomon, with holy wisdom, tells us that it is a ** madman who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death." . The Doctor again displays his " animus" against me by the^tone and unkindness of his remarks about my present residence. I dislike to parade my matters before the public, but still will try and meet Dr. Townley's (and others,) great anxiety for the 'welfare of the Church" (?) by stat- ing my present position. * I am living in my own house, (which is only about a mile from " the Rectory house" belonging to the parish of St. Johns), by dispensation which the Bishop kindly granted to me when he appointed me Rector, The r e asons why I am her e at present are as fol- lows:— ' :. . ■ i ■■ ; ■ \ ** I. The Rectoiy house is not large enough' to^ accommodate my family. . « d^^^ ^^ V E K -■•^- 14 - ■ •< ■ / _ ' .1 » * "«. a. It tetiuirccl a large cx[)cnditure of money, when it came into my poHscssion, to put it in order. A committee, appointed by the Bishop in 1873, reported that it would take $1000 it) put it, and surroundings,^ ]n projier order. ' 3. 1 spent i>etween $706 and $800 upon It, the money luiing advant ed by a friend, to whom 1 let the house for sbc years, from May i, 1874, in order to repay him for the money advamx-d ; which term does not expire till May ist next, when the house comes again into my possession. • My good friend, Dr. Townley, will Uius see that 1 have not " njade money" by my " non|-esidence," for I have lost six years' rent, either from my own house or from "the Rectory;" which, at the rate at which my friend has let it for the last year, would be $900 ; and besides this, I have spent nearly $100 out of my own pocket in re-roofmg, &c., the Rectory house, and have not received one cent from the Rectory house or from the parish since 1 became Rector, now for more than seven years ; and, moreover, for the first two years that I was Rector of St. Johns, it was tt a loss of $245 a-year compared with the income of my former jX)sition; and for the six years, April ist, 1873, to April ist, 1879, my income from the endowment has been only $120 a-year more than before, with largely- ^ increased annual expenses, entailed by the change. Perhaps, as one of the *' Fathers in the Church" whom he so solemnly exhorts (see Letter, April 2, '73), the Doctor will allow me, in Solomon's words^ to give him a little fatherly counsel : " My son, put away from 1 ■ IP '^iS^Mr,j3f.< 'f when Icr. A sported rulings,^ It, the let the rdcr to in does comes (cc that tlcncc," \\y own rate at )\i\d be 100 out r house, y house now for !irst two it a loss r former 873. to cnt has largely- J change. " whom 1 ■ v iS thee a fioward mouth, and perverse li|M put far from thee." Of course, if the Bishop insists ujion my lak. ing up my residence in the Rectory, 1 shall obey; but, in iuch case, must either se|)arnte myself 7rom myTamily, or add to the Rectory house, and build a Ht;a)Ic. Should I have to do the latter, as 1 have already explained to the Bishop, it will retard what we both desirv to see ^4:complishcd, viz,, the building of a " Rectory" nearer the Church ; for i( 1 make those necessary repairs, -aiJlditions, etc., and occupy the house, 1 shall (D.V.) Wiain there as long as I am Rector, and leave to my successor to decide what will be done in the future. Having now explained ift exUuso Dr. 'I'ownley's' J* ^ first proof of my ♦• hostility" to the Bishop, and having *■' shown it to be '' i^roundiess" it is hardly necessary to say much on the other points^roijght forward by him, which can also easily be proved to be each ' ** Like a piiantasma, or a hideotit drtAm ;**^ -—. but to do this, as they all concern my Bishop, I might be led to say something that would be considered disrespectful ; and not even to please Dr. Townley am I inclined to be guilty of this. On this point, hiw- ever, by the light of his oms letters, I might say to him : " Physician, heal thy.^P !" "Ww 2. Dr. Townley, as another instance of my personal 73)» the ;ive him ay from hostility,* alludes to some correspondence which took *. S^fieture*, p. 14. ■>. «<*.- jj- 3 js«- ^ ? ■"■^'i -> , 1 16 ' uliuc in 1873, between the IliNhup nmt me. It it uiu mnnly f)f him to tiring thin forward, an hc'hail done, when he well known that I cannot touch the mutter .here without lieing liable to Ik pur in the |)ONition I have already pointed out. i Mimply^ therefore^ deny: the corrcctncKH of /is's inferencet and conchwions. 3. Dr. '^'ownley, with charactcriitic l»ad. taiite, bringii forward, on pogc 14 of his J* Stricture*,*' the unhapi>y buiiinem in whkK lo many have t)ecom« involved during the past year, and orgueii /rpm m view of the matter that I am giulty of what I djyifl ^ This matter, which at first was a " mole-jwlt;^' but which, through, to say the least, great w^mfof tact, hai become "a mountain," is still uii^ottted, and is now in the hands of ''the Honourable the Judges of the Court . of Chancery," and what further legal steps may yet be necessary to l^e tqken in the matter, jt is not for me to say. Under these circanistances, it . wpuld hardly be proper for me to say Anything, notwithstanding what' the Doctor may think of it, at present. And, moreover, in view of what has been shown abov^*, I would ask, What is the value of Dr. Townley^s opinions and views on any matter? and judging by his letters' (April 4, and " Easter Monday," April 14, 1873), ^j/hat 1^ his opinions on thir^e^ry points may be next moht^*- ' or even next week, wfwican tell i 4. As to the other ''point" brought forward by the Doctor on {)age 15, and wthich he calls '- a quiet sneer,'* respect for my Bishops as I have already im- I plied, keeps me silent. 1 -fjfr if un. done, mutter tuition I. Uite, ,** the ;'• but ct, hot low in Court, yet he or mc hardly inding And, 0V9, I inijbns letters ' , ^hat aont^,— ird by I 1^ I I •7 But ^w It In high time to Mop thcuc f«oli»h. weak, monstroutly wicked (to ropy the Do^or'i •tylc,) rumouw of my bitter hontiliiy to the ^ihop. •o InkluHtriiHwly circulated l>y Doctor Townley and othen ; and therefore I iniiert here a letter which I received from m^ lUthop, and none wil^ doubt the fiinccrity of hh teitJmony. After reading thiiH t think i^y caiunmialori should 1k>w their heads in shame. Mishop's Rot)m, Hiihoi) Cronyn Hall. March 18th, j 87 3. Mv i>KAR Marsh,—. . '^ ' „ By the demise of our lamented friend, the Ven. Archdeacon Hroiwh,the Rectoryof St. Johnn Ix)ndon Township, and the Archdeaconry of London, haw l)ecome vacant, and are at my cli;iiK)sal. I^ermit me to offer, for your ac < eptance, the two msitions thus vacant, in retoKnilion of your past services in the Church of this Diocese, and as a mark of my appreciation for your cordial and brotherly f:o- opcration with me in every effort of mine to advance the interests of the Church since my Episcopate. z~ You know my great anxiety to have the DitHXse thoroughly worked by officers who will assist me with as much of their time and energies, for the good of the Church at large, as is compatible with the sptaal charge committed to their trust. And knowing from experience how utterly im- possible it would be, even for two active Archdeacons, to supervise, -in addition to their cures, -this rapidly- increasing Diocese, 1 have decided to divide it mto four Archdeaconries. 1 i- 1 "Ite" , quiet dy im- P*iiife ■■^.- I \% Li--.-r ,ii I feel i:onvim*ed thai ihi« atilKliviiion cif biKnir will greatly \xxsA to tall forth the reMHirc:c» of the hioceiie, and Htren||thert my haml* very iiiuc h in Ihe dii«'harge of my K|Hfic'0|Nil duties ou I thall ai»tgn the countieii of Mtddlc«ex, Elgin /and Ftnhi with tlNLtitlt of ** Archditooii df IxmdiA.'* Until the mcttinc of the Church Society in June next fD.V.)/you wilKl trtmt, continue to hold the Office of Secretary |o the Society. 'raying that (»od may abundantly hIeM you and (, and make you a l>tcMi|pfin your new sphere of Ever lielieve me, '^ • Your moit vincerely, I. HURON. le Rev. J. W. Marnh, &c., &c., &c. ^ Ami, alno, -for Dr. Townlcy'n licncfit, I givj letter which I have receive(||i^rom one of^ '^IncoriKiratcil Meml)erH of the Church ScK:icl he hiay sec how thinking men view hit *' Holy Week " flfght,s^l|^ancy, I omit the name of the writer, m \ have (^^MJ^UKl'^lli^ iMrrfniknion, but hope, under the ^''^"'"^liiHk^ii^^'^' p;r your removal from the Chiifrli Sof feiy | inX cjwn mcitUm on the iiilijini of l>r. Ilcllnv^h'i fncruct In KnglantI in |ii»ho|i Cronyn'i limc,&i:.,tol Rc»|icctfully nnd ninccrcly, Vto. Archctoftcon Marih, London. .II. And now, with regard toihc nouia Icgwb ''o ;"•""-'' ^;- ..^ nl thi SV'lUiS know tht /A< ArcJuUa^m, •"• *»y "l«',j"¥„i±'',rl CantHt and not Ml Arthdwuron, and thu, perhmp; m» mhww* iw» y. t Stfieturt$t p. 7. /:• ■ '" ^ ■ ■'■ "■ ""TVVJS?'"' l^' .• *o ■ ■ •■ ' i>roi)osecl, to those honouralile spheres of wrfratcd usefulness -Xht Archdeaconries. I had my own feelings respecting such veterans as -_ or myself l)eing so entirely overlooked, nor have I hidden them from the Bisho|). But I hear so much more about these omissions, that I fear serious cj^mage is in danger of being done— not so much to us as— to the Bishop and the Diocese. I am told that in Brantford lay language is used, specially, I understand, resi)ecting the injustice done to myself, which I should not like to repeat ; nor is it the only place where astonishment is expressed, not to speak of the indignation in my own parish, without my saying a word. Indeed, I yet confess to a convic^ tion, as respects myself, that these repeated slights ^ must injure either my own reputation, or that of the Diocese. ' '■■''] ,•■.',.,. I know that his I.ordship justifies these appoint- ments, on the ground of wishing *'to have active men in the full vigor of life." It is asked, however, almost with scorn, *' How much more 'active' is Dr. Balch likely to be than Dr. Townley ?'' Now, I am one of those who will be glad to receive Canon Balch into .our Diocese, but whether doing so over the heads of us all will tend to his usefulness, and the harmony of |he Diocese, is another (luestion. And then I cannot "but ask also, How much more "active" than my own has been— aye, or Is— the life of your friend — -, who, 1 have been told, is spoken of for the remaining Archdeaconr)' ? not to speak of other reasons which, 1 think, would make his appointment very unwise. Now I cannot, after all, attribute this singular fgnoring of myself, and others merely to our age-^thoujgh that may have been sincerely used as a mental blind, for we have a wonderful power of self-deception- but as ■| I n ■ ■.-» . •If ■ff 21 ■V the real cause to those same outside influences, which dictated, what I consider to he a very discourteous replv, from Huron College Council, to my " Protest." Now, my dear Marsh, rely upon it, that any attempt to continue to rule this Diocese on extreme I^arty principles will i)rove its ruin. If men of plain, though earnest, Prayer-lwok Churchmanship, and the simplest English ritual, are to be tabiwed, and crippled in their usefulness, Whatever may have l>een their labour, or their character, because they are not of the opposite extreme school, then, believe me, neither Ciod nor man will bear it much longer I As for your Canadian Canonriesy, I look upon them as little more than a name , and it surely becomes the Fathers in the Church to be careful how they set an example, to their younger brethren, of accepting mere empty honours, which carry with them no increased oppor« tunities of usefulness. Well, I feel humbled in thus " speaking as it were foolishly in this confidence of boasting ;" but "is there not a cause," both as respects the Church and myself ? It may be proper to state that I consider nothing • m this letter as being specially oonfidential. Believe me to remain, ; My dear Archdeacon, ^ . Very faithfully yours, f ADAM TOWNLEY. The Ven. Archdeacon Marsh, M.A., Bishop Cronyn Hall, I^ondon, Ont. ■ To this I replied as follows, and I print it here /i order to keep the ^onneption between Dr. Town^y's letters clear and plain :^— ; ",' .-. . - T^ t^ 1/ •!!' I I- A 32 • Church Society Office, London, April 3, 1873. Rev. Dr. Townley, Paris. , , ^ My dear Dr.,^- I am very sorr>' that any cause should have been given you to lead you to write as you have done, \ though I am free to confess that I am not surprised under the circumstances ;* but I must deprecate all your application of your grievances to me, as would seem by the tone, and many expressions in youjr letter. I do liot, of course, desire to enter into any corres- ])ondence on these matters, as it would not be profit- able, and my time is too fully employed in other ways; doubtless we shall have Jrequent opportunities of " talking" over matters. ' I must, however^ in justice to myself, say, that I , am in no way responsible for what has been done — I >■ was not in any way consulted ; but when, some time ago, I was told thait four Archdeaconries were to be made, I ventured to doubt the expediency, and fore- told (without knowing who were to be the Incumbents,) the results which have followed. It would, under the circumstances, be ungracious in me to make any^. remarks on the persons named to fill these offices, dnd therefore I shall deal only with my own appoiptment. In your letter you say, "as for your Canadian Canonries" &c., as if I was an advocjite^^f any such •'dignities." Surely it is not now that you haye to learn jmy view of such ; and if you meant me wheq you said, "it surely becomes Fathers in the Church to be careful how they set an example to their younger '. * What I UMUit by this w'as the fact, to which Dr. Townley referred In his letter, that "strangers and /are^jmers" had/ heen brought in to forward ett^ r M ened. and scenes which we have witnessed. ^ \, _^ I shall not therefore, "resign" it ; but if it is thought more desirable to strip me,* for the good of the work, I ho|)e I shall bear it patiently. I am sorry that you sfiould have brought in our brother in the North, or, as you call him, " my friend " and I am not ashamed to own him as such, and *if /afiour m the Diocese is t)f any value, I fancy few can show such a record as his ; for years struggling so/us in a large and new and thinly-peopled county. But I fear some^" tattler" has been ix>isoning your mind on thisi and other subjects. Many such busybodies, alas' we have among us, ai^d if their /w//Vw were laid bare you would start back with horror at being made a de- pository of their tales, BuM must close, I am so hard pre ss ed with work. Excu se this, and beligv — ^ :ve me, Yo ws f aithfully, / ^ J. WALKER MARSHf • jf jp^i^^^E^jg^y ij-jti^ ■£r^&m:nL'-^mmii'ma^ !r- - ■ . 2$ By-the-byy 1 think the ** Parisians'* arc liehind with I their returns, and our bonks must close. It is now 6 p.m., and I cannot read this over, so excuse all errors. !• On April the 5th, I received the following letter, -h ' which contains Dr. To^-nley's own candid opinions, ~ and feelings, without any outside bias : — Paris, Ont, 4th April, 1873. My dear Marsh,— Thanks for yours, just received. But though in muclt h^ste, I cannot let a mail i)ass, without dis- abusing your mind resiHicting the " Canonries." I used the term *' yours" diocesanly, as I well know your personal sentiments about these of old, and your former refusal ; my reference, therefore, was chiefly to myself, as to the proper line for me to adopt should, as I have reason for thinking probable, a ** stall" be offered me. Kn/r- Archdeaconry is, as I said before, merited; and with that J )ivine blessing jyjiich I know you are sure to seek, will, I believe, increase your "usefulness," especially if, as I strongly hope, you retain the SecreUryship ; uix)n which last my wife is jubilant, as she always says, you "are the right man in the right place," and that we shall b^e I know not what sort of noddies if we permit you to leave it Any reference to you as an individual, my deat Archdeacon, wliich was scarcely decided however, was to your relations to Hutdn College^ of whose Couricil you are so prominent a member. With respect to w/r friend I have no objections wheri we meet, to tefl you the grounds of fi&^w^ .» ■■ 4^ ./.■ my fcdings, which I think you will admit an^' n^P a together unfounded. I wiM sueak to mv Jl "? about the retums.V" ^ ^ '*^''"*'* Sincerely yours, Ar)AM TOVVNLEV. 1 h e Venerable Archdeacon Marsh, M.A., l-on%n, Ont Eight days after the receipt of the above letter I received the following, which, notwithstanding the d sclauner m h.s " N.H.." shows how easily " the ,xx>r .oldgetitleman" is turned aside by «,me outside in- fluence, probably by the "name Canon," ,which he . now bears-the « mere empty honour" as he styles it- ^or by somethmg else, to change his own views and e» h,s own words. Under such ci,cun.stances, whafde- ypendence can be placed upon his opinion ,„ any ma^UrJ and why s^otfld he insult nie, and charge me Vth ''scant courtesy," because I decline tftbe Lnd by h«. opinions, and act on his advice, and even insinuate that this is a proof of " bitter hostility," not to himself, but (for s/mm, ! ) to the Bishop "aris, Ontario, 1873. Mv DE*R Archdeacok,- Easter Monday. P«»^? T^lr2-'^^:^^ graiification at the ffiS? w y°" ':«'»'n"'g the Secretaryship of the ^mt.V^.:fZ^^\t^t^^\^'i^^ that my views hkve, I much regret to 4ay, und e rgone ^ ■" '-«- spe«,s"c3i;^'^^;^>x 'lasB^^^teuMM^^dL icials Y. terl the >oor in- he de- wy me md ren lot he he lat tie^ fie 27 When I wrote you last, I did not iindenttand that you had been inducted* into the Rectofy of St. Johnn, and that the Hishop strongly wishes you to retain it. And I must say that 1 do not think it is compatible with the principles, upon which we all wish our('ana- dian Church to be regulated, for you to do, as you suggested to me, you one time thought of domg, namely, to retain both. While to insist upon resigning the living, in ojv position to the Bishop's wishes, immediately after accepting it, would not, I think, have a nice appear- ance. Then I confess to feeling, that if the Bishop desires to try a Lay Secretaryship, and thinks he can save expenditure, to an important amount, to the ' Church Society, by that, and other, alterations in our present system, it would not be either respectful or judicious in such a matter, when no principle is in- volved, for us pertinaciously to oppose his wishes, even though we should not altogether agree with his judg- ment therein. Again, suppose we were to elect you, as heretofore, tq the Secretaryship, in opposition to his Lordship's known wishes, supported, as he doubtless would be, by a considerable number of the members of the Church Society, the result would neither be pleasant to him nor to yourself, and must be very injurious to .the interests of the Diocese, by introducing strong personal party feeling into its working. And, my dear Marsh, as art old and sincere friend of yours, I shoulj * LMt thl« may be wlBMnderetood, I will mention that what had taken place was this :— On the flnt Sunday thiit I oWciated at St. Johns, as R( ...--. -.^- •reached, oh he wanted to mak9 some reference ... . -^h^ ilector, the Bithop kindl . ^ , . ^ to ou r lat e b r ot h e r , Archd ca c e n Brouyh, whom I ■ uw eed ed ; a nd at '■'fi'. service I read "the Declaration of Confomdty," which it was my duty to do under any circumstances. But why, or how, thin led to the sttdden chonire In l)r. Townlcy's late strongfly-expregsed opinions, I fall to see, nor doea the Doctor if Ive any verj- cleor reason. .. - - - -- — . / I much regret to ntc you plac ed in Kuch a |)o»ition, and with the prcMifKJrt of future serioui fiecuniary incon- venience, and, |>crhapN, Imal disagreables to yourself, and family ; for I fear, that in < ane of the Secretary Iwing hereafter i hangccl, by the vote of the Churc h Society, It might not always be in the Bishop's fwwef to offer you an apially ge In order that Dr. Townley may know what honest, upright, manly men, unbiassed by passion or prejudice, think of what has taken place in our Diocese during the pjlst year, and of the manner, in which I have Inien treated, I give him some extracts from a letter which I have received from "a, mutual friend," in another Diocese; in the hope that it may be the means of bracing him up to more manly, as well as more kind and considerate, ^^onduct towards his brother for the iuture:-— - -_ _ ,. ^^~^ February 2nd, 1880. My dear Mr. Archdkacon,— - ,;. 1 I hope you will pardon the liberty I take, as aft old acquaintance, in writing to express to you the burning fTr=BW'R'*«^''''"fP'^S' ?««^^|m^%(i^ ■fsi^!^'^ - i3»-dh^rp«fTBg*^'" ■'— f*|'?i|K' a9 tndignntion which the treatment yoii have received^ at the handH of — han awakened in my mincjl I should have written at ome. on reading your printed statement of the caHe, whirU was shown to me by a friend, abouc4^ n w c ckii ago, init i fe lt that the whole transaction was so damagmg to tfto moral chiar- acter of your oppressors, that thcrt* must be another side to the story ; and s' f .t ■ i ■ ■T' 30 next year, nllctw mc to J»o|)e that th/ result of your mcditaiionH will \ie that "the work* of the fleiih'*' 'itV {V»aI v.) may Ik; ^uUluctl in you, and that " the fruit y^i^ of the Spirit*' may "be in you, and abound," and l,-^\ would suggest the mjiCj from that mine ofwindom, # the Hook of Proverbi," whirh I have cjuoted at the beginning of thiti \k\[h:u ah a fit subject for ypur medi* . tationN. .i^ A well known Conunentalor remarks on tfie latter part of this verse, **it is as if any one should seize a fierce dog, as he iMissed him, by the ears, by which he could ex|)ect no other than to be bitten ; and it is hard to say, whether it would be safest to try to hold him, or to let him go." This seems to be al>out the Doctor's phiscnt posi- tion, and there I leave him, with this caution, hold on Doctor, l)ut if you do let. go. be very careful how you take hold again. ^ And now, Doctor, I think you will find, wlien you calmly consider this whole matter, that your conduct towards me has been very unkind, and unjustifiable ; . and that, in addition to the trouble, and pain which you have put on me, you have imposed upon me an unwarrantable expense, in comiJelling me to come out in i)rint a second time, in order to answer you thus. I^t me then point you to an opportunity of doing '* a good work," and thus,, perhaps, as some think, you may wipe out some of your evil doings durmg Week, 1880." If, therefore, you are the man you ^fa(8 to be, you will, under the circiimstances, 7] r . * ' rruit ^.U d I ^* 31 authorijte me to Mud to you the printer*' bill for pul>- lifthtng thin (minphlct. ** Vrmhim Sat.** Doctor, Ucnr, fnrc thee well, for, notwiihstAndlng your late unkiiutiTciiH, my feeling! for you arc expretuicd in the following well known lines, leaving out the negative in the first nnd fourtli ^ for 1 feel sure that you have already deeply rc|>entod, for your weakness jn alfowing yourself, by nny^ force of iwrsuasion, or by any d.ingcrous.blandishrnents, to meddle with, and mix yourself up in, this most unfortimate and unholy matter ; therefore, I still nay — < " I do — love theo, Umior Fell, Th« r«iaion why I oiuiiiot U»U ; * But tliiR sloiiu I know full woU, I do - love ihwj. Doctor F«U." Ixjndon, Ontario, April 22nd, 1880. 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