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A SllOirr ACCOl'NT OK A COUKKSI'ONDENf'K Bl'.TWEKN TIIH 11 c, }]\ METROPOLITAN OF CANADA) IS^IE^. TXJSTIOE TtJ^l^BJ^ir RESPECTING THE SUSPEMSION OF Tmb Rev. a. Prime MONTREAI, 1871 8b. 0911 4 II 4 !♦ i< not r<.SHl.l.. to ..VVM-at.. tl.r ini^n.-t Mmt nl' th- .,M.M,on ...VnlvM i„ ,1„. .„<,HM.sin„ ..f th.. HfV. .Mr. I'rin... It is .•.vo^v..>ly a c..,u,.lot.- „l.n.p.lnn l.v tl... Hi..h.>,M,r tlu. in.livi.lu:.! li}HM-ty..rtl.M.l.-r..v. n,:M..f xvhich Mil sn.Ml.lo nuM. slmul-l m.ito. Nvhutovcr their .•l.inrl, ,,nl,t,cs n mV 1,, V tV..>ll. ^^t.xl-.nsly ayonl „.i„.r ,h. aruunu-nt, vvill ron.nlo th.n,>.lv.s sih-ntly w.th tho ..U-a „,,t~th.MV is no .l:n,._M.rin that .,,nrtrr, tint thon> is no t\- .r m our -lay ,.r -.nv nisho,;s o,nnii.nt.,u-... Tlu'y HattT themselv.H that, nu.tat.n^' ir,.hnn Ox.n.lon, Hishups will only v.-ntun- on su.-h por.lo.w pro.vo.lM.^s uhn, tlH'V iV.rs.oun. that tho arhitrary aot is a^nvahl. to tm- vv,sho< „,■ , po^vo^tul t-u-tion. So l.m^ as tho short-sid.tcl . .ra.a.M- .s a ,nu „f.H,.h a fa.-tion h.- nnv havo son.o r.nso for so (...usohn.' h.msolt : l-.t i, i. „„t oanch a suspension lo.,k pi ;parent i,n„.tioo of the pinoooain,' that so far hack as the U.h of July. \ ^i.h-essea a letter to the Hish..p, trllii.i: h.m how the matter st •. ,„, ,,„1 ho.-iu.' of him to ro-consiaor his aooision. Jo this letter < veerivea an answer thanking mo tor writing to him on thosnlooot, .,,,,1 ,x,,re..iM.. tin. '-h.-po that when I Innl an opportunity ot lookm;^- ;.,l,„1vatth whole .p.estion I wouia oNonorato him (tho Bishop) of .,ii ],hme- -Vs the onlv ju^titio ition "f the suspension oontaine.! m 'the IVishop-s answer to mo is to bo fonna in tho following sontonco. it will bo soon that the IJishop, oith.T by aosion or inaavort moo. faiha to 18154 '^iV'' iiir .iiiv i,|i ,iiiiim!i\ «i| rli iiiLiin.: llu' ii|iiiiiiin | \t a\ llirimil IVdiii till' slinit IIDlici' ill till' <;:|/..'l(.' |illlili>||<'i| li_V illltllnrhv. 'I'lic l>i,-ll(>|i Mill: "lliviii'j' uivi'ii Mr. I'riiiii- \i'\< lirriici- milv c.mi iiiinitliK .•i,t:ii, iiinl miller /•/•// furu/iir ii'mnnsfiini .^ ''(ili- il ilir« .-irr llw |{i^liii|»'s own)" I f'lf (ii> lir-it iliiiii \v!iit"vi'r in w itlnliMw iim it, ^iiii-i- 111' hill rorfritfil (>•/(■) tlir trim- mi wliirli he rrc/ivi'il it." .^l\ |iii|i|r.\ity w.if. iiici'iM-nl liv lliis |)i'rii!i:ir way 111' |iiittin'i till- ci.'-ic. Till' riicill :ti if tun ciiliii's nf •• Till' Ullli' iii" lii"'" uit!i a ninililii-d Il|i|i|-nli iliiili III' it.x ciintrllts, \v;:.>< nut till" Mile i:lnlll|il nl tin- :-ll<| iii-imi I Mr. I'riiiii' iiiii:lit have circui it>(l the nilf ni' i.ilt' and nt liiii'il liis lie 'lie ' Ini! lie received it inure tli.iii twn inuiitli.'^ aud. and li.id it nut li 'en uivi'ii under '< /// /nmfiiir liifiniistiinn n. I e.\.pee!ed .sjiurllv In liive an ii|i|iiii I iiiiilv nl' ineetiiiu tlie {{i.-lmp, iind I wrote to liiui, ^*l>•in,^•, that if lie ImiI no nlijeetiun I wmild di>eii-.< the in itter with him person illv. The ineefiiiLi' took plaee. hut re.-.iilt'.'d in liothini;' niMic e.\plieit thiii the aii-iwer alreidv uiveii. The iJi-hop .-till Irirp 'd on ihe eireiiiiistaiiee.-* under which the lieeiu-e was ^n- mtcd, Init without sp'ciiyiiii:- whit they were. l-'min his tut d helplo.ssiie.ss to rnrnish any v did re i.>^on i'or his action in the iiiatt;'r, I h'licved he woidd recede IVoiii his I'dse po>ition, and I renniiK-l under tint liLdicf until I heard ol' his answer to the (Jon-r.'UMtion ol' St. .loliirs. Then I h.'iiui fully to uiidcrstiind the disposition and ch iracfer of the per.-oii with whom I had to deal, and I n;solved to he j^iiided hv the csLperieiicc I had gained. WAwj: under the necessity of deelinin;,' to t ike part in some ariMiiuciiu'iits connected with two country mi.s'^ion.s, 1 deemed it ri-ht to c.xpl.iin to the I>i>hop that the miniier in whicli Mr. Prime had hfcii treated was the caii.-reveiit me joiniii,;;- in aiiv work ill thochiirch. so Ioiil:, as the Uishop could exercise such dan_:forou.s powers. • The Bishop .-idroitly attempted to divert the discussion from the uieritsof Mr. J'rime's suspension to the demerits of my letter, and to {\w. pain it siave him. 1 did not allow myself to be diverted from tlu; real point in issue hy this ntsi J, (jik rn , and I pressed upon His Jjoidship that he owed it, if not to the church at lariic, at all events to the coii- •iivuatioii <»f St. Johns, to give .soiuethiii'^ like a valid reason for suspeiid- ingone of their cleri.:yiuen. and disturliiiig their services ; and I aihU'd til it this 111' had avoided doin<: on all decisions. To this the Bishoji ri'plied that his lea.soiis liad been stated again and again and that he did not feel it iK'sirable to go over tlie ground alVcsh. On the receipt of this letter, to avoid all iiuibbling, I jiut the Bi.shop the following i to till' piMyt'iN, Mr. I'riiiic at Hif s:iiiii' tiiiii' ^'11 liTiiL' lii> siil»iiii>sinii to (vMsi' to fircul itc tlit'iii if you .Ifsirt'd it / Or— (^1. 2. I>i'l you MH|i'iii| yXv. I'riiii!! hMni-ii' his IIcimr'.' Wii.«4 Lrr.mtcd nil It H'lMili ir circunMt mcrs only two iiioiitlis prior to flio tiiisiHiisioii, It.'c Ills' 111' hid violiti'l tlu! tcriiH oil which In- rccivcd it. ,'tiid coiis;'- ijiu'iitly tint hi" hid I'orr.Mti'd your ciiiilidt'iic • ? ll th- l.itt-r, it will l> ' iii'c,.!,iH:iry to stiti' tlir p.'ciiliir circiiiust.iiici'.s jiikI the violation of the tt-riiix of the licciic,'. In iiiLswcr to this direct mid str.iiuht-forwiinl way of arriviiiir n\ ti conclusion (d' the discu-ion, di" l5i«liop dccliii -il to repeat or amplify the reisoiis li(> had -iv.n m.' for withdrawing' Mr. Prime's licence. I leave it to the reailers (dtlies,' lines to decide whether this an>wer is anything- more tliaii a ,suhterfiii.n-. I could understand the l5ishop honestly s.iyinu to me, I slitill render you no account of my proeeeilini,'s; hut it is not honest to ;;ive as a rcas(Ui •' ci nj /imi/i'n,- rlrciimslinir,»" which he declines to ilisdosc. As the Bishop refused to speeily what the peculiar circumstances were which gave him more yvA\\ to sii>pend Mr. I'rime (Inn anv other deriiymaii in his Diocese who miLiht have circulated two co[»ies of •the Mule of liife," 1 wrote to 3Ir. J'rime askiiiLr him tlic two I'ollowiu:;- (|ue>ti(Mis ; (1) W. IS there anythin-- cr/y/ peculiar in the eireiim^t inees under which you received your licenc.-, and if so iu what did it consist ? (2) Did your liciie • coiit lin any conditions which you violated hy circitl itini;- two copies of •' the Itule of Life ?"' To this Mr. I'rime answered: '• The only cireumstaiiee which c in h,' c illod peculi ir un ler which I rcceiveil my lieeucj, consisted in a private e.x imin ition. comliieted hy His ]ionlshii» himself, (the minutes of which I have preserved) on som.' points of doctrine and practic.;'" The answer to the second (piestion, was a copy of the licence in which theri' is no speci il reservation, except that it should la.stouly for a year. It therel'oiv api)eirs that the only term violated is that which the Bisliop his himself broken with r ciii.se. If, aloiiji; with this refusal to uivc ;in unei|uivoc ihle answer to a pi lin (piestion, we take unto consi- deiMtiou the fict of notice havin-j; been taken of an accu.sation .so irrc- .nuluily hroii-ht as was this one against the clergy of St. John the Ev.in^eli^t's, the unl'ortunito thrcit the Bishop threw out in Synod, to gi-.itify those who were hooting and ill-treating ouo of his clergy in a iiK't'tin;; (imt wliidi lir (tlir ni>li(>|ii |tiV'i'KMl, tlh' uiim'i'IiiI.V lri>-tf ol' till- li'ltcr iif sii^|K'ii.-iiMi, wiitliii tliiriiijf iiii nhwiicc uf tliri't- days iit l,r|llinxvillr, (lie |illlili(iltiini. I»V imtlinlit V, ill till' (J;t/.»'U»', of a tlllll (• ilnl Mill! iiiir;iir iMcdiiiil lit' tlic (•(irn'.«-|.f rxniM' In justify liiin- M'll" ill ut'ttiiip lid of .Mr. I'rliur, jiihI that lie lia.j ilitfiiiiiind \<< a(M'oiii|ilisli tlii> fi'at at tlic vvrv liioiiii'iit wlifii lif uircfrd liis lii'ln\cd in Cliri.-f, tlif KcMiiiid Aii'/iistus I'riiiK'. in wIhim- l-'iddity. ,Miiial>, lii'ariiiiiir, Sniiiiil l)ii(tiiiic and l>ilii:t'nsiMii, |{i>|i*i|i of .Montreal, liilly contitli'd ?i'iiil<'r siidi iiitroiiaL'f w.' may cxpi'ct ri'liLiioiis fnn-nnkinii will not dfcrca."**', at all rvnit- ill till! IHol'I'M' of .AlolltlC il. It only i<'iii.iin> for me to i'\|(r('ss niy rriiri't for flu- 1 iin.'iit dilc ami |Minfiit jiositioii into wliicli the |{i>lio|t liaf< ;i(it liiiiiM'lf, and wliii li tin- most Htolid inditli'ivnrc to naMin can M-arci'ly alli-yi itf. T. K, i;, • Montreal. Ortol.er 1>*71.