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A CHARGE, 
 
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 KiGllr REF. J. TRArERS LEIVIS. D.D.. L.l..n., 
 LORD BISHOP OF ONTARIO, 
 
 
 AT TM VISIT4TI0.V or THE CLBROT OF THB 
 
 i^IOCESE OF §NTARIO. 
 
 IIKLD LV THE BISIIOFS CIIAPEL, IX THE CITY OF OTTA WA 
 
 OCTOBER 2^, 1872. 
 
 PUBLISHED AT THK RJOyi'KST OF THE CLERGY. 
 
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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 
 
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 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 
 
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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. 
 
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'•eli..io„, matter,. It „ee,|ed no ^reat foresight to ,oe that „.ch a 
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 '0 Church," 
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 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 
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 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 
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 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 
 
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 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 
 
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 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, 
 
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 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. 
 
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 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- 
 
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 '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 
 
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 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 
 
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 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 
 
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 pray that the time may bo hastonetl when gootl men and full of 
 the Moly Ghost and of faitli may, as missionaries of Chiist, turn 
 much people to the Lord. Amen.