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OTTAWA: P«l«TiD BT 1. U. TATLOil, 29. il ft 33 H.OBAU SlRm 1872. C ' ^) P> 2.^'b 'P A CHARGE. Rev'd and deau Brethiikn, You will reinemhor that two yoars ago a larj,'*' nuinlMT of you presented mo with a Mcin >nil, askiii;,' in.> t ) h .Id a Visi- tation or Vi-itations of the Cler;^y of the Diocese. Hitherto . was unable toa-ce.le ^.o your wi.shes, hut I am ;,rla.l that the titn<> has com." wh"n I can meet you for counsel and hroth.'rly intercourse in things Si)iritual. The <lelay in re(|uestinL,' your attendance at a Visitation, was not causeil l.y any reluctance on niv ])art to revive such mectinj,'s, nor from any distrust of th-ir utility ; on the contrary, time has made it clear to me. that the Diocesan Synod needed to be supplemented by Visitaticms. The Synod is a Ie:,'al Incorporation whose powers are dcHnitoly limited, arid touch almost wholly tlie temporalities of th" ( 'Imrcli. The atmosphere of such a body is secular; business of Finance, Estat<\ Discipline and Church extension occupy the time, and our Lay Hr-'tliren, whose presence is so necessary, are naturally anxious that the procoQdin<,rs shall be as brief as is consistent with safety. The result is, that our Sessions are so hurried, that it is impf)ssil)le to keep a majority of members in attendance for more than two days. We have no time to meet for Prayer, and the discussion of such subjects as will be ju-escnted to us at Miis Visitation, and therefore T determined to make trial how far our meeting,' toi^'ether for Omimuniim and Prayer, and the interchangi-of opinions toui-h- ing the Si)iritualities of the Diocese, nmy with (Jod's blessing conduce to the edification of the Church ; and I feel much strengthened in my determination, by the belief that you share my views. I would add tliat I should not have summoned you together were it not for the request which was wholly spontaneous on your part, because I should have b.MMi very reluctant to impose on the Clergy the additional expanse of travelling a sec.md time iti the same year. It will assuredly be useful to take a review of the Church work of the ten years tiiat have passed since the ^ Diocese wa,s organized. It ought to fill us viith gratitude and courage. (3ur laU>ur.s for Cliri.-t arul His Cl.urch l.ave uK-t often- times with opposition, yet we liave to record steady progi-css. I have had my own share of anxiety an<I niisiepre^entation, but I hope that I am the better fcr it all. Our thanks are then due in an especial manner to Almighty God our Heavenly Father for the success He ha.s vouchsafed u.s,and our gratitude, if it deserves the name, should nerve us for the toils still before us. The Diocese of Ontario was at its formation far the feeble.st of the three into ^vhuh the old Diocese of Toronto was divided. Even now it cannot compare with the others in population or wealth and lam not therefore surprised that many things which have since been accomplished, were at first entertained coldly, by reason of our supposed inability to efiect them. But we have had a happy ilustration of the strength of UniUj. I trace, under Go.1 ly advancement of Church principles, or exten.sion of Church work which we behold, to that union of sentiment in all mattei-s of moment, which has characterized the Qergv of this Diocese The retrospect of the past ten years enables me to lay before you a few facts which are so encouraging as to stimulate us anew to love and to good works." In the cause ol domestic mis^sions (a cause which has always been first in my thoughts an.l prayers) »S,O0U. The Sustentation Fund which I began eight years ago as a means of providing against any curtailment of Missionary work when the small grant made by the S. P. G. sliould cease ha.s reached the satisfactory sum of $2(5,048.15 of Invested Capital besides unpaid subscriptions. Our Widows' and Orphans' Fund' and the Fund for assisting students in Divinity, though not yot as large as we desire, have hitherto sufiice.l to meet the demands upon them, so that no financial difficulty has arisen The Commutation Fund, which has been a source of great anxiety to me, has at length been placed on a sure and solid basis, and no one rejoices more than myself that our younger Brethren liave now a reasonable prospect of reaping advantage from that Fund which amouiits to 3275,000 of Invested Capital '■* 4 If The Rectory lands question is in process of successful solution, and the improved incomes of the Rectore, which the sales as yet made have fflected, is a source of great gratification. The Invested Capital of lands already sold is 376,-i7(i.l7. The number of the Clergy has increased from fifty-four in 1SG2 to eighty in IM"2. In the same [criod tifty-tuo *iif\v Chun-lies, of which twenty-one have been consecratoil. and twenty-three new Pai-sonago houses have been laiilt, and ten Cemetries conse- crated. I have ordained thirty-five Priests and thirty-two Dea- cons, and admitted from other Diofcses forty-three Clergy. I ha\ e confirmed 9,287 persons, of whom 7,4()3 became Communicants on the occasion of their Confirmation, and I must allude to a remar- kable feature in the.se Confirmations, that 2,000 of those eoii'lrujed were adults, and about 1,500 were converts from various religious denominations. And I must take tliis opportunity of bearing my testimony to the marked improvement whiih has with few exceptions tivken place in the mode of conducting Divine service, in the increa.sed reverence of our congregation.s, in the heartiness (>f the singing, and in the general attention paid to the aiTangeinents f .r pul)lic worship; the increa.sed zeal and accuracy with \,liich canditlates have been prepared for Confirmation, and the now almost unifonn custom to partake of the Holy Communic^n at the time of their Confirmation, prove that you, my Brethren, have not been unfaithful in your arduous duties. But I turn from the affairs of our own Diocese to those of the Church at large. We shall have oj.portunities for considering the U^st means of promoting the spiritual welfare of tho.se committed to our charge, during the remainder of the week. Let me occupy your attention this evening while I take asurvoy of some of those movements in the Church which have attracted universal atten- tion, and concei-ning which I have often been asked for an opinion by the Clergy of the Diocese. It has been our lot to live in a period ofinten.se activity in - Tins enumeration iiui» ii,,t ihcluile olii (■JnirclifH wiiich iiavo }>pcn suppwedefi by larger and more exptn»ive oiieH, such as the Churches at Con;wall, I'rwtcott, Perth Ottawa, 4c., nor old Parsocages which have been rebuilt on a larger scale. V '•eli..io„, matter,. It „ee,|ed no ^reat foresight to ,oe that „.ch a timn must cvcntuaiiy c.mio a, a rmpHn„ f !, in.iim.ro„,,.„„ft,.„Lai„«„.„ c if:,"' "r ":'""T™" ofr.oti„„,t„,,to„raH„t„;p,,,,;::,;:;;: ■»;- goo.1 in all movemeuts .,f the huuvm ,nin,I a • ;;;;;« J.™,. „,. .„.,., , --n -—Z:: iimiKMl tho CuntiUHnta Ri.f„nnei-s info »!..> " • • Ana-liapt.sts, and cnhnumtv.] i„ E,„.ia,„l in .1... f • ... |n»ny ,„,ad„„, ,,„«„„, ,,,„,,,,.,, tl„. f,,,,,. „f t „ ' ""' irreverfMcu ami t.craicioii, ,]Uy .,„,.! f . " "" h™co t„„ ...it:„,„t a t w ,;;!,:;;:?■ "■ '""''''^ r-" -1« witi, tl,„ att„„,„t„ ,„a,l,. t & ^tv h "■;■ "'r' ' ' "'■ ''-^ I'lHis. Now it i. aim , . ■ -.T ' """• "" ''- "I'l ■inuvn ,..: ,:';;!r'"^ -' »;■■*; ''"•« '- -i'l '--■.' l'ala,ur,l nu.ii t, P """''" "'" '■^'l'"""" "f '^ >v,.|l .H..ati« o/'-ii:,,: ':;,rr";, :;" ■;;"■- -'- '<- ""tl,„l,.|i,.rtlmt,vlmtl,,..atl,,.r^f,; s',. , , "* im.,,».tiv„ alt..,. I,„. , „ ., i, ■'," "■/'"■ "■"" -»'""'-'. ■wt . ustiHuJ l,v it, t-"xM, ll,.|oi-,„ati„i, „,„ t.. ti,„ oi,a,„„. t „ T '"; "'■ "'™ """ ""■>' «■-•« "'■ Kno'la...! .ii.l not „„ IW'"'"aH"M. ll.at tho Church -y 'a.ti.u- 1 tu,r°i''; ?".'''"""'' "'""^'■'■ - ..,.,.! !,';r:''^"*^'. ''■■'' ■^■■■M'turow ,t C^anuU U„„,..a,., .. ,„„ that tho.. „ri„oi,„« have' l.on ,;„::;,' oe that such a unl)clievinf!; ^tiral tcndencv I'liis law holds ictiori a.raiii it rin-nhitiijn or y anil ahnsi's iiitios of tho 'i'itiiii|ih of ii-prise-1 that L-action from Mil! W(»rshi|). ist'lsid.' hy f pcrfonuin^r <'ii its old avoid \mi\[r ess of a \v.?II obstruftivo dirticultv, iinroitrictcd 1 who acts he oxiTciso ' 'iieaiiiii;,', 'h, and tlio aiicl jHjr- '0 Church," ntiori WHS ■ woiv led t. 0(1 tho •lo Church *h Chun-h ho Piiiiii- WiU not lU'-'iiiiri^ 'n ignored in the acninonious discussion of several promint-nt points of I{itual. Crariting that such practises aa Incense at Holy Conimunin,,, and lights during the Celebration, and vestments for the Celebmnt, are symbolically instructive, which maybe doubted, or legal, which thry are declared not to be, yet surely, it should reconcile us to their los^ to remen.ber that th.> Primitive Church <lid not employ them as accessories of the Eucharist. Nay further, not one of the most a, dent advocates of them regards them a. absolutely essential, since Ns hat is termed Low Celebration is eijually valid for all purposes of grace as High (.elebration. All that I can learn to be urged in tavor of these accompaniments of the Eucharist, amounts to this, that they elevate men's minds, and are impressive by reason of their symbolism. IJut while I a.lmit that we c ot have too much reverence and Ciodly fear in the Celebration of Holy Communii.n, 1 think it po.ssible to have a gieat deal too much symboli.sm. And the evil becomes greater when we find that the ,synd.olism to which so much importance is attached is altogether'false. They who hold thevery-strongestopinionsregardingthesaciilieial nature of the Eucharist, cannot .satisfactorily explain the use of Incen.sc. There is not a particle of evidence that it was ever used in the Primitive Church, and the only thing synduilized by it, is the ascent of Prayer to the Throne of Crace. The restrit.ldn of its u.se to the Eucharist is therefore a clear mi.su.se of symbolism ; and the same may be said of the use of Lights on the Altar, which may have a significance if lighted during the reading of the Gospel to symbolize that Christ is tho liglit of the World; but which have really no iorce (.r effect whatever as jiei-tjiining to a sacrificial rite. Again, it may be an ojjcn question whether it bo desirable that the Celebrant should wear a special vestment, and since the Cope has been declared by the Judicial Committee to bo the legal vestment for the Bishops when Celebrating on certain High Festivals, it nuiy be thought becoming that the Chansabln should be assigned to Priests, still, in em much as we know from tho l)eHt Archwologistw that there ia no trace decernible of sucli a vestmeht in use in the Primitive Church, we should \w oontent<'d with the Surplice which is tho nearest approa<-h to tho vefcliiuent worn by the otHciating Priest in Primitivo times. I am aware that an appeal to the discipline of the Primitive Church is (listasteful in some quarters. We hear of the objection that Christ has promised U> be with His Church inevervacre and that therefore the PrimitiveChurchha.s no claim to special authority and that " the Church hath power t.. decree rites and ceremonies " and " that they may be change.! according to the diversities of times, cmntries, and men's manners." This may be all tn.e, and yet the conviction may remain, that the appeal to Primitive antiquity is the best safe-guanl against the errors of the nine- teenth century; as it most assurclly proved itself against the errors of the sixteenth c.ntury. As a Church we should have been more ble.^sed, if the time and energies expended upon such points of Ritual a« we have been considering, had been directed U> a restoration of the Godly discipline which our Commination Service tells us existed in the Primitive Church, wh.n " they who were convictcHl of notorious sin were put to open penance that their souls miglit be saved in the day of the Lord " ^ I" consequence of the late .Iccision of the Judicial Committee m the ca.so of llibbert v. Purcha.s," I have been requested by some of the Clergy to give instructions regarding the position of the rnest while consecrating the elements. My own practice for over twenty years was to read the Pmyer of Con,secration at the north end of the Holy Table But when the learne.l Judge of the Court of Arches. Sir Robert Phillimore giving judgment in the case of - Hibbert v. Purchas," declared that this question had been settled by the Privy Council in the ca^e of" Martin and Machonochie." since their Lordships had ruled that the words • stan.ling before the Table '■ apply to the whole sentence, I considered myself bound to conform to the Law a.s interprets by the highest Ecclesiastical Court, and I consec- rated standing before the Table. The cn.se wa.s however carried on appeal to the Privy Council, who declared that Sir Rol^ert Phillimore had mis-interpreted their language. They sai.l that the question of the pmition of the Celebrant had not been before the Court at all. That the point they had before thom wa, «o.y^... or attitude, that is. whether tiio Consecration Prayer should be read whUe the Priest w« standiog. or whether kuoeliug wm f the Primitive of the objection n every age, and pecial authority, ind ceremonies " e diversities of DC all true, and I to Primitive rs of the nine- lelf against the 'e should have ded upon such been directed r Commination Inn "they who penan(X) that ial Committee requested by ihe position of ;ad the Pmyer e. But when ert Phillimore, 'has," declared ^uncil in the Lordships had apply to the nn to the Law find I consec- wevor carried li Sir Robert >oy said that it been before m WlLa t mat Ml tiive or should bo laoeliag was I J d allowable during any part of the Prayer. Or in othor words, that they meant that the word ,s^a/*,/u,.y applied to the whole sentence, but that the words ' before the Tahh;" did not. It is a pity that their Lordships did not say plainly what thny meant, for indeed it is no reproach to Sir R. Philliniores sagacity that he di<l not interpret aright their Lordships* language.'' Tho Law is, however, now explicit enuwgh, and the legal po.sition of the ('el..l,rant is standing at the north en.l. To this Law I have my.self confonned. My reasons are these : I cannot l.y any possib.hty make the subject a matter of conscience. My lK.dief concerning the Eucharist is entirely unalFected by the position of the Celebrant. My views touching the nature and eHect of Holy C'o.i)n.union were rp.ite as decided during the many years in which I con..ecrated at the North end, as durit.g the few years that I cou,secrated 'Standing before the tabic." Moreover, were tho position of the Celebrant left to my private judgment, wl.ieh Uod forbid, I should stand b,hu>,l and not be/ore the Holy I able with my f.ce to the people. That was, I believe, the p.. siii.n in' the Primitive Church, and it enabled the p.ople to sec more fully one of th. most beautifully .symbolical nets in the whole service the fracture of the Bread, an act of so much significance, that in' the Primitive Church the Holy Saeramcnt took its name from it. and was calletl " The breaking of Biead." Again, in matters of Ilitual. there must bo some limit ond I know of no other limit than La a, and 1 cannot forget that when 1 was promoted to the Priesthood, I promised -to nmister tho Sacraments as this Church and Halm hath received the same " I am well aware that tho considerations I have urged will not appear cpmlly forcible to all minds, while there are some curious *"Htures in the ,1 .eision of the Privy Council and in it« results, which must not be overiookcd. In the first place, the ju Igment was rendered in an undefended suit. The L.rd (.'hancellor said that •• the Committee had not the assistance of the argument ot Couasel on behalf of the Defendant," and the fact that he atUched much weight U* this consideration, appars from his remarks .n tho recont Bennett ciwo. llis Lordship, said that ' Tho Court lias 10 not })a.l that assistanro from tlio im^numnit of Counsel in his behalf, wlii.'h is ospocially .lesiral.lc in rases like the present, where the' O.nunittee are calie-l upon to advise Her Majesty on matters of ^rav importmce, a.s a trihunal of ultimate apj.eal." It is there- fore just possible that the ju.l-ment in the Purchas case may be reversed on the next hearing „f a similar one, should the Respon- <l"nt emj-ioy Counsel, an.l dili;.rent members ot the Judicial Committee bo selected to fonn the tribunal. ^\■llat..ver be the cause, there seems to be no disposition on the part of the Bishops, or even a-grieve.l Parishioners, to put the Law .n lo„v. It is ignored by n.auy ol the Clergy, and the ^..shop of London declined to gratify two of the Can.ms of St 1 auls Cathedral, who.leclare.l th, .. u.t.ntion of ignoring the jud-.- J'.-nt, and requeste.l a prosecution. These considerations may have served to make many hesitate before changing their position at the- Holy lable, but I confess that they have little weight with me. Ih.re ,s, however, <.ne point on whic;, I think we are all agreed that the Constitution of the Trihunal ot ultimate appeal in hccles;a.stical cases, is thoroughly unsatisfactory The amemlment of the Act of Uniformity will, I am confident prove a ble.vsing to the Church. What we have so long needed is not change or revision o! the prayer book. b„t flexibility in the usc.ot ,t, and I earnestly hope that.the Prnincial Synod may at Its next session adopt the provisions of the amended act •- First-In legalizing the shortened order formorningand eveninrr prayer to be used on any day except S.n.day, Christmas Day, Ash Wednesday, (}ood Friday and Ascension Hay, in lieu of the present order lor Morning and Kvening Service. Tho effect of this will be 1 trust, the introduction of Daily Prayer in our Churche.. wherever it lie possible. .Secondly-In giving penni.ssion on any special occasion to be approved by the Ordinary, to use a special form of Service, also t. b:. approved by the Ordinary, so that there be not introduced into such service anything except hymns, which doe.s not form I)art ol thr iiible or Prayer Book. The effect of tin., will; 1 anticii,at*3, be the adoi.tion of more 11 efficacious and suitable Services for Mission Stations, or forsp.'cial Missionar\' operations. Thinlly — In permitting a third or a-Mitional form of S-Tvi.v forSundjy, umlei necessary restrictions. This will pi-uv.- a '^ivat boon to our Missionaries who at present have often to repeat .vcn- son<:, wlien serving' at tliree stations on Sumlay. It is al.so worth remarkinff that what many of us hare liei-n so ]nu<r contt'tKlini,' for, has been decided by th.' amend.' 1 art, nanedy that the Onh-r for Mornint,' Prayer, the Litany and the OrdtT for Holy Com- munion are .separate Serviees aii'l may !"■ iisi'd as ^w\\. I take this opportunity of stilting tliat I shall be glad to author- ize the use of the shortened Sendee for Morning and Kvcniiig Prayer, exct-pt on Sundays, and the Holidays already mention, d ; and .shoulil I be nM|uested by any of the Clergy to auth..riz.> the u.se of a third orad.litional S.-rvice on Sun. lays, I shall giv.- mv sanction to that form, which has receive.l the a|)proval of the Bi.shops of London, Winchest(>r ami Rocljest.>r. CoincidentIywiththiswi.se tlexibility in the manti.r of using the Book of Common Prayer, there has ari.sen an agitation for the revision of the Book itself In the Irish Ciiurch the proposed revision, liappily not yet consummate.!, amounts to revoluthm. In Englan.l, the Creed, commoidy ealle.l that of St. Athanasius, has been .selected as the point of attack. S.'ven thousan.l persons have petitione.l the Prinuites of the English Church that s.)me relief .shouhl Im) given to the consciences of tho.so who. lislik.' or dis- believe that Creed. I read the reply of the Archbi.sh..ps with amaze- ment. It amounts to this: that th.dr Lordships promise to d.) what they can to find a s.)lution of the ditH.-ulty, an.lthe reas.)n assigm>d f(U- their promi.sed exerti.ms is that the damnatory clauses give; great otience t.) many faithful members of the Chur.di. They "anticipate that they .shall be able to devi.se .some plan which shall meet the wislies of that large body of persons wh.) object to the solemn use of words which they regard as unauthorized in their mo.st obvious sense either hj the hdter or the npirit of the Holij Scripturea." There are, therefoie, two classes of people holding opposite opinions regarding this Creed ; the petitioners, 18 amountin.. to 70(,() Laymon. who hoUeve tlmt tl,o lan.,m.o of tho ^roe<l n, .t. most ol.vious sense to ho ..nauthori^od eitl.or hy the Htcr or tho spirit of Soriptnro ; an,l o„ tho othor si.l.: th- whole body of tho Hergy of the Church of En,lan,|, th. Archhishops inc udo.l. who, at their Ordination solemnly aeooptod that Creed and subscribed to the 8th article of religion, which savs that the Creed • ou^ht thoroughly to be roceivo<l and believed./or itvun, f^e proved hy most certain .-arrant, of lU, s.rlrture" or ns tho Lat.n text has it, " Nam firmissimis Scripturnnnn T.-slimonii, p.;o .an possunt." It is to reconcile these opinions which are as wdely separated as light and darkness, that the Archbishops have set themselves. '■ P,.,.,.nt f-.^nantia sec„„, Frnntibns adversis ocnponere. Hut granting that relief could be given to the con- .saences o the Petitioners in son.e n.ilder n,ethod than the exercise or a lugh Landed parliamentary interference, and the neoessarx^ resul- -disruption, I would ask what is to be gained if the or .(),()()() be rolled across the path of millions i Multitudes, if this Confession of Faith be silenced, will ask the reason, whv ^ Js it because it is untrue ? No ; but because it gives nflence. ' B,.t the Cross of Chnst was not only nn offence but foolishness, and vet St. Paul gloned in it. There must be not onlv oHe,>oes 'but heres.es. that they that are approved mav be made manifest amongst us, and I take it as nothing but certain fact, that more than .,000 persons can be found in England to see an offence in any g.ven dogn.a of the Catholic Church. The Petitioners may have more than ordinary intelligence in theological matters of ^vh.ch. however, we have no proof, but if they have, then I suppose thoy take the dan.nntory or minatory .dauses of the Creed in the same sense and with the same limitations as thev take the damnatory .sentences of the Holy Scripture. If Scripture ^ives t^.o.n no offence, neither need the Creed in its conden^naUons lii.tlsuspeot that the damnatory clauses have very little to do v-.th the great offence taken. What is at stake" is dog.natic theology of anv kind Ik i. ti- ,•: ri,- i -i: r • ,i, t . ,. " • '" •■ • ''^'i'- '''iLi in tho Ineaniation which the Creed embodies, and the terms "Person," and " Begottenr IS uncT'^ of tho tlier by the r ^i'lt', tho .n.'liltisliops that Creed, rs that the fo)' itvwy nr," or as restimoniis liich are as *hojts liavo IS ailvorsis ;o thf> con- he exercise necessary if'l if the :h of 7,000 ides, if tliiis ly ? Is it But the *, and yet Ibnces but manifest tliat more offence in fiors may latters, of I suppose i^d in the take tlie ire (i^ives nnations. tie to do dopfinatic aniatiou kgotten," and " Suhftfnncc," and " T>d-iii<j the manhood into God' which are in reality the rock of r.ti't'nce. This is the rock onwhicliso many heresies have been dashed t(i pieces, ftiid it seems tlieret'nre desirable to remove it out of the way or relegate it to some dark spot. But how long could the Nicene survive this treatment of the Athanasian ('iee<l :' Tlu' three ('iee<ls must stan<l or fall together, fir they may be (me ami all jiroved by most certain warrants of Holy Writ. The Athanasian ( 'net! is the oidy one which tells us what CJod is. It is tl;e noblest son" to the (iod made known by Christianity tlie ( 'Iniivh jiossesses, and as it has braved the battle and the tempest of heresy for 1000 years, we should contend for the faitli enshrined in its words and hand it down to our children's children. A revision of the text, .so as to bring it into greater harmony with the original Latin, seems necessary, atid will doubtless lie etlicted ; but it seems to me that what is still more essential is a change in the mode of re|ieating it. The alternate reading of the verses by Mitiister and people is unnatural in a Creed, and has, I believe, no other authority than that of usage. Bette)' far would be the repeating of it as the Nicene Creed is repeated by the people after the Minister, or, better still, the chanting of it by the (^hoir and Con<rre<ration. Not a little of the opposition to this creed would havt; been avoided were it sung as a Hymn rather than read as a Creed ; indeed the intention of the Church is plain, for the Creed is pointed for the express purpose of its being sung. But it remains for me to take notice of the charge levelled at this Creed — its want of charity. This we can by no means admit, if, as was before observed, the threats and <leminciations of the Creed be taken with the same cpialifications and limitations as the damnatory pas.sages of Holy Scripture. The Creed <leals out monitions and denunciations against Aiianism and A|)pollin- arianisin, but as lias l»een well said,* we do not on that account express any opinion on the final destiny Arius and Appollinarius. It is against Arianism and Appollinariajusm as mirh that we direct our words. The Law under which we are saved is laid down iu • rW< Letter to Kt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone, by R^v. Mr. MacColl. 14 only o 0,n,usr,en,.o. St. I'aul lays it down a.s an axiom of the Chnst,an U.,i,ion that - no who.-on,onger no.- covetous n.a,: w': -an .lola^,. hat^ any inheritance in the Kin,.lon. of Chnst and o God. let who would think of applying this a.vion. to any guen Klolater u.de.ss he knew (which is in.possible), all the oxtenuat.n, cnnunstances of each case. It is here that true <• mnty con.es in. It is a ^^raco whose counterfeit i.s false liber^ ality. Liberality is the fVishion of the a.i^e we are livin^r in ■ it is a passin,^. phase of public opinion in reli,<rion and pojilics 'Thev who are most Conservative in religious matters love to be thought L.boral Con,..rvatives. And it would all be well if this liberaHtv were extended with fairness and uniformity to the supporters a.s well as to the despisers of the Creed. But alas : this liberalitvex pands Itself in tryin,:^ to prove that all the want of Charity " which heare hall thinj,.s,bolieveth all things and hopeth all things" is to bela.d to thechar^^e of them who believe this Creed to contain a true revelation of the nature of God. This vaunted liberalism will be proved on e.xamination to be exhibited only towards those who run in its own groove and direction. The attention of the whole Anglican Church has been lately drawn to what is knowr as the Westminster Scandal, when the Dean of Westminster invited a denier of the (iodhead of Christ to Holy Communion in tlie Abbey, with the other members of the Committee of Revision This was an instance of the liberality I speak of But a few years ago there was another Wostminster Scandal, when the same Dean who extended a cordial invitation to an Unitarian, refused the request of seventy-six Bishops who wished, before sejiaratin- it nnghtbef.rever,toreceivetogetliertheHolyCommunioninthes°amo Abbey. Who does not see that liberality in such an one is .simply guided by his likings or dislikings. He liked the idea of a Revision of the Scriptures, though an Unitarian wa.s the Reviser, and he disliked the Lambeth Conference. He had no other way of .showing this liking for the one and disliking for the other in any overt act but by spurious liberality to the Reviser, and genuine illiberality to the Conference. I should scarcely have felt justi- 15 'h is known ixiom of the IS man who "Christ and ioiii to any ih), all tho e that true false liber- ie •» ; it is litics. They 1)1' thouirht ■s liltcrality •porters as jerality ox- ity "which thinijs," is to contain liberalism y towards ttention of t isknowr Jstminster in union in ■Revision. fo\Y years ime Dean 'fused the rating, it lithe same is simj)ly .Revision ', and ho ■ way of er in any genuine ielt justi- fied in taking my illustration from a living Ecclesiastic, were it not that in the debates in Convocation the chami-ion in the assault on the Athanasian Creed wa,s tho same Dean of West- minster. Religionists uf our day besides wi.shing to be thought liberal, wish to be thought pmdinl a-s well. Th.^ Athana,M;m Creed i.s' they .say, too metaphysical and, therefore, unpn.ctical. But although the technicalities and deHnitions of the Crcd are not now th.. theme of the bitter controversies that raged in former times, yet surely we may expect that in the cycle of events they will again be subjects of discu,s.sion. And if this Crcd be .ex- punged or nuitilated we, or our children, shall be dei)rived of the armour that once proved so powerful. It will be too late to fall back upon this Creed when it has lost its place in the Prayer Book. The value of the Creed now n-ay .seem small because \t is sai.l to be unpractical. But it was ve.y practical once and may, and will be so again, as ohl heresies recur, and any one can sl'o with how much greater force it can be appealed to' as an honored document holding its present place in our Liturgy, than if it be referre<l to as a symbol which the Anglican Clnn-ch deliberately exjiunged or retained simply as an interesting hist..rical relic. If the rubric ordering Daily Prayer and the OHertoiy and pul)lic Baptism had been tampered with when these things were disused becau.se considered unpractical, it would have been much more difficult than it has been to revive them when they came to be thought practical. For these reasons let not any inaction on our part aid in robl)ing us of that glorious symbol of the Faith which is our heritage, and not ours only, but that of the Catholic Church, It has come to my knowledge that some of the Clergy liave refrained from using the new Lectionary until I had called upon them to do so. It is true that I did not make known my wishes on the subject, because I thought it iinneccssaiy, the Provincial Synod having by resoluion adopted the new Table of Lesson.s. Permit me now, however, to request that tiie new Lectionary be used in all tho Churches of this Diocese. Wo are of course *U bound by the action of the Provincial Sy n.nl. but nevertheless It will be of use to .iwoll for a short time on the advantages •X/.^ted lr(,m the change. In the first place, we an, at la^t re- li«v-^.'lfrorntheinsen.satepracticeofrea.i:..e Chapters simpiybecause they ar« fbapters. and as if the B.ble had been Chaptered with any tolerable regard to the sense. Cardinal Hugo is said to have been the fir.st publisher of the whole Scriptures in Chapters and Robert Stephens the arbitrary inventor of our present verses A D. U.A). This arbitrary distribution of the Sacred text was adopted for the purpose of facilitating reference Irom concordances winch Hugo and Stephens were then engaged in perfecting, but witliout the smallest intention of assisting the reader to understand the sense. It is as absurd to suppose the ehapterincr and vers.hoat.on of the Sori,)tures to be an aid to the hearer or deader as It would be to imagine that the division of the Country into Concessions and Lots was made to facilitate travelling and not for convenience of ownersliip and description. In the public reading ofGodswovdwearenow free from this tyram.y which often compelled us^ to read at th, end of a Chapter, a genealogy or episode which had nothing to do with the main narrative? and which was thrown into the Chapter because no other place could be found for it. There are many other advantages in the new Lectionaiy The old was drawn up on the supposition that the Congregations attended the Daily Service, but in as much as they do not aystermtio instruction was lost. The new is drawn up chiefly with a view to the edification of those who do not go to Church «X(.e( t on Sunday. Again it is a great gain that the Gospels , ^r. now read during a portion of the year in ihe Evening, and th. Lpistle. m the Morning. A large proportion of those who atceua Churchin the Evening only, especially in towns and cities are much more hkely to be ed.hed by lessons derived from the life and teach- ing ot c ur Lr. I. than by having their religous instruction confined to the abstias. -.H.L^.y of the Epistles. Many books of the Old Testament ar. o f . th.. irst time read for Sunday Lessons, such a-3 fave ox tho mivor > -... ,aete, and / . b, Ecclesiastes and the Revela.. nevertheless, L- advantages ro at la«t re- in ply because n Chaptered igo is said to in Chapters, "esent verses, id text was concordances rfecting, but :» understand ptering and er or reader, I'ountry into ,' and not for iblic reading which often inealogy or •rative, and place could naiy. The ngregations sy do not, up chietiy to Church Gospels are g, and ih^ *^ho atoend s are much and teach- n confined of the Old ssons, such he Revela- I 17 tion of St. John. "•The new Tahle is nior." Ponipivh.Misive. more historical more biogroplii-al, nir)re doctrinal, more .M.'.ssianic and Evangelical." What i.s also very important, we have the intro- duction of a great luinil.er ..f j.a.ssage.s referred t,. in the N,.\v Testament, often (juoted in sriinuns, and familiar to the rearlers of devotional books, l.ut seldom heard in their original context in the Old Testament, as for example '•C.mf,,it ye, ( '..mfnit yr, mv People." which will now he heard in full and with lU proper surroundings. Now, for the first time, will he read on Sundays the opening vision of the Apocalypse, Alpha and Omega, the Seven Churches and " the song of the Land). ' Another gain is the tie' provision made for tin Sundav Services, giving a choice of L.-ssmis and the p ,w,.r of varving them from year to year where there is hut on-' afternoon Ser- vice. Butl think that I liave sai<l enough to show .some of the improvements manifest in the New Li-etion.ary, and to Justifv thy a(h)ption of it l.y the Provineinl Synod. In tln.s stirring age of Chuich activity, .so many points suggest th«m.selve.sas worth noticing, that I can otdy glance at a few, while I omit others altogether. ]5ut as I have heeii tou,'hing on tiio New Lectionary, I would say a f w words on th- Uevision of the Biblo wliicli is now heing attempted. All religionists an- taking a deep interest in the undertaking, and looking' forwar-l with anxiety to the- result. Two misconceptions have rather prejudiced the mindH of many devout persons against the work. First, that the English Bible is being re-translated instead of b.'ing as it is in reality, n'vi.sed : and. Secondly, that tlie value of tho revision will be alfected by the fact tlii't one of the Company is an Unitarian. Regarding the first misconception it should bo borne in mimi that a correction ..f a mis-translation here and there is not a re-translation of the whole, and that as the authorized version is itself u revisi«m of a previous trans- latiou antl wa.s never thought to be a finality, so tho now Uevision « ill !. ear !he njime r^dntion bi the authuriiird version. S •Krmii the I/tmdou T>m*t. 18 tlmt tho a„tl,o, i,.,..a v.,.»i„n ,],„, t,, t,,„»o tl,„t ,„,.ee,l,,i i,. Tl.ore » ....t tl„. oast .1„„,,.,. „r „,„ ,„„,,„„„„ ,„i, '„„„,,., - to ,. „„s..t,i,,„. ,„„,o,„' ,„i,„,, „.,,;,,, ,,,,„ ,,,„,,, „,„;; 'J^ ■», that tl„. ,„i,„i, „|- ,„„,„. „,,, I , • '" V «> ♦ 1 • K""ipt't<.'nt scholars know thnt ii'-'t n-s ,„i,„i» „,,. „,„„, |,.,| „., ': ' "■H;'"|.■..'Mv,.,„l,.,• '■:■';:• ■•"■^"'" '"•■• u,,.;u!:;j;,,:"".;;;:'';v'''"i- of Kr.Lrlu.Hl has n.nvr fon.nllv ns -. ri . ""■'''' astheClM^■ol.o^^.n.. t-uJv,; : :T'': an.l tl.fit sh.. ,loes not ('Xflu,siv..lv n.v.-ivn'v tho A V ; V tlK. fact tl,at the Canticles, tho' Ps-dnn th. O r " '"■'"'"'' ''' w.P.,...an.,.,;T:;;?U;; :;;;;;^ --;;-.n..niw^^^^ ::'|'|. "• i-<-ia"y A i,,, will „„; „.' !,'',''■ ':'T .i...„i,i ,i„. A„„.,.i™„ c vi, c,„,.i,„„. ,„ „.„ , V ,,f '"' "■'■'; .«> l-.k»...o«n,.t.l..,„.,,v„,„li„|iu.. Kv „ „ni i I, tl... It,.v,„„„ ,Uh-s „„t „ t «h|, „..,,.|,t„,„.,. i, ' " """■'■■ '"■" " ™.v that .,„. 'h,.,, ,:::;';;;: •-■'""■" '-^^ - :•'■ •''■■'■'» ""'I i".livi.l. I,av. t,.i>,l , ,. T , "II lw„K.n» n„.l (raii«l„,i„„s, „,„i I,,,,,. „,„,|k. ,. ., , , ';""--■ I <'K-iv.. with ,1,1 ,.'„;": :'.t"'""^;; to the i>eo|>le in tho vui gur tongue. Hjiouid havo tho honor 19 of perfectinr; tho work. His ])n>vi.lfiicf lias raisr,! up scholars ciual to fh.' occasion, and has 1,.,1 t.. .iis,.,,vori.'s whi^h jn-int out the duty of u.sinir thciii, so timdy ami iini.ortaiit .1 > tli.-y socui. The newly n-viscl hook will um uf vnnv^r ho sot forth as//,,' Bihlo of the Phurch. Jt will haw t*. lie sul.iuitu'a to th,. k.'.-i, s.Tutiiiy of jmhlic opiiiiun, and its nu'rits <l-rlU\ \.y an aj,|. m1 t , th'o critical .scholar.shi). nfKun.jK' ana America. An. I if, a> I pray, thf work may l.e hrou-hi tn a sncws.ful isMi-', th-n, at ;h.' rijht tinio, the lu.'w vcr.^ion will;,rra.lually suimts -l- th,. prosrut o;us aa.i with the general ^'oo.l will of Kn-liVn ^p.akiu^'Chn.tians, l.ecomo the huuwhol.l wonl of (l.iil. Ke<r,ir.lin- tl,.- prejudice raiv.l a,uMin^t Itrvi-iui, l,y d,,. ndniis- Jon ..fan I'nitarian int.. th.- ( 'Hmpany uf ;:, \ ivr., it ..UL,'ht to be enough to rej.ly that the r.^al scandal was in admit tlng'tn the Holy Communion one who could n .t rep -it tie' Ni vuf ( 'r,fd rx nnimo. If he bo a man of grrat scholar.^hip 1 can .see no great harm in making use of him, no moie than of using a L.'.\ieon of value contpil,..! l,y an Infidel. In tie- pres-nt .state of scholarship, and in the pul.lieity and krenn-ss with which tho vcrsi.m will \m scrutinized, it is I think in.p..>,il.h> that tie- v.,.rk .mu I... done in the interest of anything l.i.t /.•.///-. and w,. .Imuld n.m.'nd.rr that the persons who are responsihlc to the wlml,. Chmch f.r the new version, are the Convocation of Cante.Iniry, and not om; or more of those employed I.y them for the import.ant woik, Vou are, j.erhaps, aware th.at the two gnat Missioimry Ag nc i.-s of the Church of Englan.l, the S. P. (1. und C. M. S. have uiiit.d in a.sking all friend.s of mis.sions to set apirt Kritlay, Dec, I'oth next, as a day of intercession for an incnmsed .supply of Mission- aries thn.ughout the w..rld. Tie- proposed has l.r.n snnetiun,.d I.y theArchi.ishopofCantrrl-.Hy.and I ii.ist that the day may ho universally ..h,served, as it is the first ti in which thr Church of Kngland luw cnsrerated a day for prayer oi- h.half of Missions. I exhort you. my K.^vrrend Un^threii. to unitr with th.' Chinch thn.ugliout the world in a .lur ohs.rvaiu f th.' day hy pray, r and Huiy Coiiimuiiion, and wjiiie otfering up your | ravers that U.>d would send luhuurers int<.» the harvcut everywhere, dg uot 20 an,,.,,., „,„, ,„ „f ,„,. ^,.,„^,, „„^,^,. .^ ,^_^,^ , __ ^^^_ ^^.^ ^y "I ^ •q..n;; „,, tl,c „„,|,lj- of .„ol, Mis,i.,„„,i..,. Ti,.. ,11,,,,,;. nn.,„„„,.,,.s .,,,,,,,,,,, ,ut ti,,. ,.,,,,,,,,,,,, .,,,,,,,;,, ';;:t:' tl. rd ll,ecau,„»,„,.,„„„y,„„| vaii,,,,, Tl„. ,.xt,a,„-,li„a,.v ■ ."u:,..,.,,, ,.,,,,,,,,., ,u,„..»o» ,. „, ,„„,. ,„,^„„„„^,,; ....u ,l.l„ f, ,.,„,„„„,.,. ti.,. „i,| ,„|i,,.„„ „,„, ,,.,.|i^^,. f " "r' ^' .''''■«■"" »" ''"■ - it .^I'ii..^., f,.,.,„ „ |,i,,,„.,. i,|,a| "'""'"■'. 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