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Tous laa autras axamplalras originaux sont fllmte an commandant par la pramlAra paga qui comporta una amprainta d'Impraaalon ou d'iilustration at an tcrminant par la darnlAra paga qui comporta una talla amprainta. Un das symbolaa suivants apparattra sur la darnlAra imaga da chaqua micoficha, salon la cas: la symbols — ^ signifia "A SUIVRE ", la symbola y signifia "FIN". Laa cartas, planchas, tablaaux. ate, pauvant Atra fllm4s A daa taux da rMuction diff Arants. Lorsqua la documant ast trop grand pour Atra raprodult an un aaul cllchA, il ast fllmA A partir da I'angia supAriaur gaucha, da gaucha A droits at da haut an baa, an pranant la nombra d'imagas nAcaaaaira. Laa dlagrammas suivants illustrant la mAthoda. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 i mmama A QUESTION DISCUSSED 1 ▲■ TO The Necessity, at the Present Day, for a i closer Dwion and Co-operation ▲MONO EVANGELICAL EPISCOPALIANS. BY R V. ROeERS, M.A., imaSTKR Of St. JAMBePS, KIlfGSTON, Airo RURAL DKAN. 1/" ^ KINGSTON ; PRUmb AT THl DAILY NEWS OFPICK. 1887. *** DouqLas LibRAuy queeN's UNiveusiiy AT kiNQSirON Prcscnl-cd bq Ed. I'r e Ins,*' Univ. of Vf. Orit ario, , . July ViTl klNQgTO.sI ONTARIO CANADA The EDITH and LORNE PIERCE COLLECTION of CANADI ANA A QUESTION DISCUSSED AH iu The Necessity, at the Present Dav, ibr a closer Union and Co-operation AM()N(f EVANGELICAL EPISC0PALL4NS. BY R. V. ROGERS, M.A., • MINISTER OF St. JAMES'S, KINGSTON, AND UUKAL DEAN. KINGSTON : PRINTED AT THE DAILY NEWS OFFICE. 1807. p ^ ic -.7 " P^VRNKSII.Y CON'IKNK \'t>\i rilK KAITIl, ONCK," KOK AI..., AM) Nt) A(;AIN, '' I)KI.I\ KKi:i> TO TIIK SAINTS.'' -t/ut/c. " WlIATSOEVKK TIIV HAND KINDIIH Ti > I)i>, Do IT WITH TllY MKillT, Knli TlirCKL IS No WOUK. NOK 1>KVI(K, NoR KNoWLKIMiK. NOU WISDOM IN Tin: <.KA\ F:. WMITilKK Tllof . .< IK.S I."- — /S'V'A .s'. i.\. 1 1 >. r- 5 The Necessity, at the Present Day, for a Closer I'nion and Ci)-operati()n anions Evanfielical Episcopalians. With the .Icsirc y\' l.riii^'iii^' tliis hcfun- you, I w .uld Uf^k. 1, W'/to ill" tlu-c witli whum my topic Miys "tlicTC should he ii el »siT uiiiuii jiTid co-opcrutiotU \»-,\f, '2,' Docs tliis iiect'ssity i'xi«t/ And, :{, lastly, Why sp,r;,Uhj at this .Inv does this nec■J^s:ty jsppcar i Tliis distinction of eviingeliciil, as applied to a part of tlu; Cliurch of Ahich \vc are nieinhers, nniy he an wnwarninted a.; ..n our part as it is invidious to the others , ai<'. tlierefore, instead of a (-{(.ser alliance, duty to our Church Would teach u- to ahandon party, and seek to draw t"' - c. rds closer with the whole hody. Hut if it >hoidd appear that this distiiietion ot terin^ stands for a ditferem-i-, real us diversity of ])rinciples can nuike it, then it may he an iihsolute necessity for a more earnest eil'urt to sii>tain and propa;,Mte these (listinet i>rinciple-., — specially if there he aiiv desire and etfert on the i)art of coiiti-ary minds tn neutralize; and destroy what we helieve and value as truths, e(piallvsupi>orted hy the standards of the l*rot. ■stunt Kj)isconal Church and that only standard of truth, the Word of (iod l' To the discussion of the (juestion. First. Who and what are Evan-relicul Ei'iscopuliuns ; The hitter of the>e two terms, Kinacajxaliin, di>tinmii8heri u part from all other divisions of the visihle Church ; the former suhdivides this part, and dis- tinj^uishes it from anothe-, which I shall call S(UTcwientanan. i. These terms are used for the sake of I)revity, und as well- understoed distinctions. No charj^e is hruu^dit,' or even insin- uated, that individual i-acramentariatis may not love und live the (iospel as it is In Jesus, and are not therefore, in a certain sense, evanystem which they adopt is opposed to " tlie Gospel of the ^'race v*' God," and tlierefore anii-e^unirelical ; that the preachin;^' and uoeeptance of salvation I)e;^'un, cuutinued, und ended in the sucranicits X I^Of^^ / f CX«'IUhiv('ly. is flic v»'i V ti|i|>.i-itf ii|r;i t.. tliiit n-vi'iiliMl ill li p»>-|ul (it'll biilviitinn tV'iiii hill mid tltatli, iiiid r^jili'tv in I ■}^un, (■(iiitiiiii ■(! iiml I lult' III ( llll-t CXclllMIS fl V, I'lii Kvuiijiflicii! I',|>1'< iijialiiii 1 'llM-h III) liditv "f lift- ill ("lirihf liciii'' liivr :t|>ti^iii, ill .1 iilt irwanl- iii Tt-ii-fM aii< arra m''iil of till- Siijt^K r ot the l.uvd ; Init htn'ii;;tlic'fM(l in tl 111- due-, deny any hiidi nccf»ary coiiiu-Mnn lictwofii the wu raincnf^ and fin- lift- of (iod in tin- m»iiI u.« t<> iiiakf tlu-m in.-i'piiralilc I 'lln- ex aii;_'rliral idea i~, that lite i^ <<.iiiniiini- cattd l cm- etrainiii^' iiiutivi- tliat .K-.siis Clirist lui:^ lllallil'^•^t»•d liinihult to is Cli mil a.- Ins (iiilv and all Niitlicicn il It S a\ I'l' that lilr in tl iri.-'t in tlic Soil!, Ill durlliiii,' lis Ins spirit. Tl If Sdlll lis iiiav or may not lie in connexion uitii the rereption nt' the two sacra- nicnis, f.ays the K\aii;;elical ; iiiii.-t he, say> the Saeraiiieiita- riuii ! iii. Nor i- tin's //iiliility of lit"e;,'iven in the hrst and coidinned liv tin e secoiiil >acraiiient, i.- iio !iieaii8 a irrantitiir ot'the et'rtainly of it ; lieean.M', flioii:L,di \ve ^'raiit '.hat it may hoinetinie: tv i^iviii, It niust not lUidef.-tood that we <;raiit that it is alua\-> >o, or tnat the rec, ptioii of the sacranients is in aiiv .-eiine al-oliiteiv mcc the Divine lite in tl le .-oiii e.->ar' to (he reci'iviiifj^ The wind iiloweth where it listetli ; so is every one that is horn of tlu' Spirit," hesneaka the soverei^'iity of" the Lord, the Spirit." iv. The Kvaiiirelical Episcopalian accepts liteniUv his Chuirirs (letinitioii of a >acranieiit,— tliiit it cuiisistf. of two parts, and that the one may exist and lie received without tlie other; that '"the outward and visible sij^'u" does not eutv convey "tlu' inward and >piritiial ^'race," and that the inward and sj»iritual ^-ra-e of which water and hread and wine are si^'ns, may he, and freipieiitly is, ;4iveii hi for, , di and after tlie reception of the visihle .-i^^'iis. He finds in the divinely-written liistory of the (/liurch, tliat on one occjision the Holy (ihost was iriven iift>r haptisiii, on another l)ul\ati(»ri liv t'ditli tlinm^rli Hucniiiuiit.-' 'jvv(/*/c/7y, uihI miKji ti>'ii l)y I'liitli inilijx luL ntly of >ui riitncnt.-. in, tliiit wliil-t the oiH! luiii^M till! Hiiiil uf lujiti into ii (iiit'ct cuiiiu'xioii \s itii the hivinc Siiviur, tlu- orlicr ih. s u.-t cuiiiirotiii^ liiik^ tli»> lnwl'iillv- «»riliiim (h'riv('hall live l.y tm." In ns|it'(t to the hiM.-ond, no hiuh declaration i> madr, m- cM-n iin|.lici|. At licsf it is un Uh^uiii|ition <.nly, without |.ro..t' tVom the Hi Me or I'r the livin;,^ Mihjeet of ! he hacranieiit.-. That lite ii, iilwavh ^'i veii and eontiinu;d in sacraments is at hcsl an induction tVom l.r^•nli^es very uncertain, whilst that the inwurd ^'race , r,r accompanies the outward si;,Mi i,- an ii.-,-um|'tion contradicted liy all hut daily cxiiericncuiin iihsiiniptioii most injurious to the ^ou^s health, and suhversive of" the (lesij^n of'fiod'in huviu" u Church in the worlil. Havin;; ('i-tined the K\ angelical K|>isco|»alian in conti'adi.-<- tiiiction t:, the Sacramentarian, we avv enaltleil the Letter to cour^ider tli> ii'<iderin;:— Second. Ihus the iitctuxity i\cLst / We ha\ e >w\i that the tw o syhtoms already dt'scrihetl are a,- it were at I'itI r pole, and therefore if the one lie Inif/i, the other must In; ( rror. Life ^ivcn hy faith in Christ Ju:.us throuj^i sacrament.- .xclusively, ajul life giveti by faith in (Jhri>t .lesus oidy, like two ]»arallels drawn from different point.-, never meet, though riinnin;; ^ide hy side. Life hei^uii iiecebsurily in the one sacrament sen«ls you fur the keej)in^' life alive; and in health tu that otlu;r .-acrament. The life thus lived is a sacramental life. Life heicuii hy faith in Christ Jesus hriuf^^s you to Chri.'-t Jttsus for tlu; conservation of that life. ''As the Father hatli life in Himself, so hath He given to the Son ti; have life in liimselt"," and '' hecause I live ye fihall live also,'' is His own asiiurance. vi. I Would hen; pause to remove an ohjection to the I'rotestant Episcopal Church drawn from the fact of the exi.stence of two such different .-system.- found in the same Church, aud drawn cuiifcijbcdly from the cunie Btuudai'ds. li' We ^fiirili tin I)ivitic rciiiiil Wi 'trull 'llmc.Vll Mini tluM if* llo ^'.- lliin^'. I. lit flint IW.. ilin-cHy opiMmilr H\«ti'liiH I IHVi; CVIT ruwn, toil, trmii iirt .11 j.r-viiil.Ml ir till- Cliiiicli ..(■ flif Living' (;...|,",| till- .Jlti.r ^<-Urrr t!i( \Viiff.„ Wnj.i. in. I'iiui i'i..i",'r,'.„ f'|..„ , iiih »|jiv JiH tl.«li III. I -.pirit. uimI .l.-M-iilM-h tin- hiipi.c.rt.Th ..ftl., two :t^ " Im.iii iifl.r f| ||,.^1,-' ui„| ■• |„,rM uft.r t'lr Spirit." lui.l IllUrlv tlic ii|i|M.->itinll of' flic t ' ■ ■ ' l(< \v<> \slnii li«' .-iiv- " flicv tliaf iin; .ni iitt.T fhr II..k1i i-rr-.Tiif,. tl„.in fliiif .in- I'.. ri! 'after the Spirit ;" iiikI tluir trtiilcii tifnii lilt iiiiinl till' fl CIC tl U'V tliut an- ixirii attrr flic iiiiU'" of fln' llrMli ; liiit tlicv that an- iH.rii tl«T flu- Spirit, titr tliiii^rs .,1- ,)„, Spirit ;" aii.l ..f tl ail U^ till 'M' w (•((iitraiiff ii- riti,-, .'icdli aiiil K; liii fliat tlii-c twii u<-rf 1)1. til „ i|, ,,t' fl li|' uihIm the like tiaiiiiiiL,'. aiiri» cMiia 1 aiiv 'luirhitii- uliK ii;rlit liy • '.viHt iiiiioiiir IIS. h A<,'aiii, wc all! warraiifcl tV.-n, tin- wunlrt of the I,or«l ot tl. harvest ill rxpctin^ tlio-«- the u<ii, wheat." Tl hst 111 ' at I imiiaii I'vc cuiihl l.c tni-U'.l t.. iiiak( It-rill- .,ut flu. t.'.rt'r^ thcv r....t up tli I'-'ii. sc-iii- that till-, ai...iiialv in the Church o*' (i.i.l ha- (Mr c\i~t.d, an. I u il e\i.-t — liet'.ii'e thi.- .|i\cr-it\ 'hiriii:: It- iiiihfatit vtufc ever nun;,' I'n.ni an appannf iiriitv he .luuteii in opp. >iti..n f.. th. Prnti'-tant Kpi.-c.pal ('hiireli-'-tl oiM'.ineiit niii-t a.c.>iMit I'l.r the,.' |!;!,|e illii,.trat ;s Gtieet.-i troni the apparently .-anie ean- mn-i .)f c.intnirv riie ( 'hiirch in th w..rl.l i- t e fiel.l. 'I'he s.'e.l i.. fl,,' W.,r.l. The bce.l is tT'-.x! and yet the truit i.- oft.'ii tar i.theru i-e ; .it'teii the pro.luct .if the iiiiiii-itr\- .if tl tuu^'ht in it^- purity, ami it,-, eiiltnr'e faithfiill a ^jkI intennixtiire lu le W.ir.l, i'Veii wlioii plentit'iilly Wi'tere.l uitli tin .1 theref.ire he matter I'.ir .>ur V attended t< • tV if I leaveii. ami It cannot i-e tiiat, where nian's treachery j)re\ail.-, there hli.. ill. 1 e.\i>t tiicM' iriec.m.ilal.le c.mtnidieti.ins May we .;.it aii.-w. r the oli;,,t..r hy tiirniii;,' the hattle t.. the ;_'ate. hy |..tiiitiii- ..lit the ..I.jeeiiuii a- a pr....f ..f the l'f..testant Kpi.-e..pal Chiir.'h heiiiix" a p-'ti't .-f the Chiir.'h ..f Chri.-t. -iiice ilie like ili.s.'ri_paney i.s t.nin.l in h..tli. 11 i\ iii^' aiimittcl the e\i>tem'i' ..f tl le-e ilixtropiincies in tlu' ("hiirch at hir-e. a.- well a- in ..iir department ..f it, I would add that, iiotwithstandiriL', vii. The.-e tw.. e.oiitnulicti.ni.-, like truth and err..r, eaiin.it rtiiilfwH', liut ill tlu! f\|H-ii».r «»t truth ; aiul llnn-lori- n tnitliful |n< ttiil. II tuitlit'iil v<'f :iir<'<'tiniiiitt', il»'r SiuTJiiiu'iitiiriiitih 'vr<»ti^, iiii'l wi' kii'iw fli;il ii;,'lit aixl wmiii; uri; tcnin of rfcrii-i! iiioiiK-nt in Mi;itt)'r-< of til)- oiil'^ litultli It'wi' ilillrr from our luttliri'ii ol tlic h^anu' ("Ininli :i- to /i,,ii :\ r^inm r run !»• rccoii- cili'l to ( ioil, /loir tile i> liixt I oiiinninii .ilrtl to tlif i-oul, "It-iul liv nutiiic. /(('"' lilt' is krjd in luini^ imd in liiultli tiil lili- iicrr end in litf litiiiirtci', suiil\ iiltriitioii uliidi can niovc h CJIirinliiin man -liouM niovc u?' (.'iiniotlN . triitlitiil.'y, and Iciir U-nAy t<» niucdv tluir nii.-tukiT.. ( onii'roniiH- lure i^ crutd. A- a hrotlirr's kfrjuT, it" 'ic I'frihli fliioMv;li lark o|' knouU-du'f. and lii,>^ r>iin lie traftulilf to < ur n»irl<c |ironoiin<('d ;^uilt\ oflirotlu-rs Id I. 'I'li.ii 111 n-. ( arr\ tlic hit sa;;*' wliicli we li ivc nccivcd of tlif I,'. Ill tin- Sjiirit to our lirotlnr in error ; curi'v it /'"'j'/h//'/, tinl/ifiilli/.tiftilisslii, 'I'li'^ cannot !•»• d,,iic ' il'o ! i\i'l\ witli out iiiiioh of cciMMiil to plan of cllort to cM'cutc, of jiraycr I'oi ui-doni to direct, an t'ornu'd. Their uh'a of huildin^ U). thoir (;hur(di, thou;^h stHinin^ly oiu-, liad little in ooininori, and therct'ore, whilsi prayiiii; together for s\iccL'sH, th(! 8U<'CC8P ot' eitlicr uoidt! he ;;rief to the other. Thero has hceii a (•<- [.artiuiviiip, hy con^t^aint of elfo.t. carried on by a machiiifrv m cuinnujii. aided hv a coninioii >tock, with I'Mle. if any. otie- lu'ss of aim ami ohji'ot. Sometldiiir much ;'kin to a mutual deee|itioii has heeii practiseil hy eacii, thouirh ncitiicr has lieeii (.leceiscil. i.ike two rival-, thev have s()u;xht to outwit, and oiitiiiaiiu'uvrt' and outwork I'ach otiier, thouirh protossedlv of one miml atul oi;.' in dt'ni^'ii. And as the (tod with whom wi; have had to il.» i~ •• a (iod of truth." nuiv we not ascribe s ".ucJi ot our tailun, to thi« / (Jo,l has not honored with his ai.prohatum of hucc... ar. alhanoc. so .-.mtrurv to hiK >wn" natu.o and so Bulnersive of the .haractcr of hfs cause Takt bodies lonnerly unitcnriu the .lonu-stic- and flii-oiin field^Nc^' how can tw.. such .h-s.on.ionts hs to what (^...,,cl is in hea t of h.s own pleasure. It is a return to heir-arly elements ^^ X:r ' :f "'^ -^vancon.ent. Ifow,7l.enf cJi^SSi^ can tlie.se tw.» classes ot opinion iiiMte in proi.a-atin.r wh«t If- 1 he (Gospel to the one, is no Gospel to the! otl'i '• A^ Jn"^, ' Hanie union, with lik-,. feeli,.j.8 a-.d hl'!> t^ny .•econc.k.d-.this could not heihut have heen. con.promised, l.y stiilin. the convicHo.ir:!- Z. ei -eVr injury ot both parties and to the credit of ..either IX. For a time, so the history of the past tells .,,0 this comprounse existed in the Mother Churd i.i E.Ha. u I un universal paralysis prevailed ; hut the mo en V I.' uifC ^ restored It was toum: so articular lii-M a coinparativeiy princi-ly revenue, (£150,i">() for l^W.) it has been only to pn.voke to emulation the Gospel Propagation Society, aiul to increase its revenues in a proportionate degree. Anil the same may be said of each new effort that in no degree has it injured those previously existing. Tliis rivalry between the . wo great parties in our Churcli in many cases has been productive of much moral good by toning down the pretensions of the (»ne and keeping the other from ecclesiastical declension, and thus subserving the best interests of the entire b(xly. Ea(;h class of thought has acted out itself, unfettered by the other, whilst both have labored in their own spheres under a responsibility to that Church of which they were tlie cordially attached meu'bers. And judging from consequences, I believe that the Great Head of the Church has deserted neither, for the work done by them distinctly hafc been imniensely greater than when united, whilst tno tmdus opermdi of each, lias been more agreeable to either, because consistent with their ])rincii)les ; and, I will add, what I cannot 10 wiJhin'^,^"f:w'^;Lf/'r /". ^'- ^'--te^ state, principles, and h^ ZrWoll l'''^\'''< d-«h,.„orable to their therefore Lb forme^i t l' «t •' /•"' "^''•'' ^'"'•'^'^'^' '^"^ consistently co-oio^^^^^^^^ ^T^'TT' •"' ^'^"'^^' ^^'^^ can the daugl,S SuS t v^ill t '""'"• ^, '" '^'« "'^^''^■'- «o in necessar^h oppS n ZtZ K'-'^""'' ^^P^'-^tior. is not present state^ t' menV ' k ' ^"-ganization in tlie Plicity than a menilw t. K-'T-t'^^^rr ^^^l^'- ability evidence itn -' -v .^.rhwl ? ' •. ' '"•'•^''^mg to its wholu Clim-di Hill he hLt ,,..t .rt n '"torcsts of tiic sacTiHeod u„ M,o .lUrXorv u'^lI'^SI t" 't'f-^'? separate service SO cirriofl <.» .•. . ,"^ '-'•^™ *^".r'8t —and each th'o tnuhfulnei ol' 'thTtw, ' ^L ^ ifcC tC' w' "",' '"" troversv hcp-m^o I'l. m.;.. ..• V 'J^-iit-r man Jaf)ored con- bind together more eClv . "'",""•''?,,"' ''k" pnnciplea do! wSXtl'/ttS'l ,^';ir'r '"" ^ P"' «'" «» this ea..„„t do wi^Lou't Sli^d'-^ti o„^. "Tr«n" as'.hr„r.'"1 (1) The conservative elenipnf .mfi,,...! * ..i Protestant Episcopacy andwl-- ' *''*" constitution of Evangelical spHtXchp™!. J If ''T''^""^ ^^^ ^^^ liarly^ecessui; at this d^; E^J^^ cTn^^^ """^'-^ P^T -I had almost said nreininent^y^rW r^of^Hd^^^^^ She has a great regard for the Chiimh .ff J or -tloly Writ. seeking to adapt herse f so L !l ?* the past age, whilst Evangelical E^oZ^ ^ nl^^^^^^ *^ the present, against antiquity. No other Thnr^I, f^^.^..^^'' the rebel 11 the Bible she hiu adopted iu her iStandardfi, lorming a consis- tent scriptural syBtein. In her Litnrgy she has omCodied the Dible, and bu, \iy the co"stant une of the former, she seeks to impress the latter on the mind and heart of her people, as no other Church, with its present syste.ii, can do. "nie Evangeli- cal Protestant Episcopal Church has been found an eminently qualified missionary agency both at home and abroad. As a great controversial power Evungelicul Episcopacy is un- rivaUed. In the contest of truth with vvcsteni &x\d eastern error, her points of resemblance give her a closeness of approach closer than any other evan^^elical body, whilst her pomts of difference being essentiid, she is enabled the more thoroughly to convince these erring Chui .-hes of their depar- ture from primitive truth and ajxistolic order. A further call for a closer union arises from this : — ii. In our age there is a peculiar tendency to separation. (1)^ This is caused by the pi oviiilinglicenticmsnoss of thought, which, cut loose from the aiuient restraints, seems resolved to navigate the whole circle of science by the aid alone- of its own self-invented chart and ccnpa-t^. 'fwo master spirits, each with its attendant, are abroad in the \vor]ii—svj}crstitio7i, witli slavery, mental and spiritual: t/yiV/.Y/iy, with licentiousness ; and so pervading an; these [»owcrs tlui* few wholly escape the influence of one or other or even at times both these powers. It may seem stranije, and yet not stranger than true, to say that the same mind can be influenced, almost at the same time, by iwo such coTurarics— two such variant masters — teaching you at one time to believe too much, at another to believe nothing at all. It reipiires no great insight into human nature to discover its tendencv to extremes^ Its history affords abundant evidence of the dev(»tee of to-day becoming the infidel of the morrow, and the slave of yesterday the rel)el of to lay. (2) Additional and excitative of this separative spirit there exists a cond)ined ett'ort, well understood, ever acting^ on the part of our brethren of the ojjposite school, to destroy the Evangelical Protestant element as we deflne the term, and understand and ai)prec' 'te it, in Protestant Episcopacy. He cannot have been a vi y close observer of the even.ts of the last few years in our Church, well nigh everywhere, and not discovered this. llTichecked by authority, if not, lus in some cases, fostered by it, a revived sacramentarianism has fllled our pulpits, occupied our j)rofe8Sors' chairs, and oven worn our 19. mitres. Ak ii neceKucry consofiuence, a revive«l oxternullriiii, decked in all that appeal.s to the eye and to the ear, han Dbtnuied itself intu our Chiireheb, and has hu oveilaid the rtiniplicity of our servici's jis to reduee them to the merest " figures of the true," and perverted our worHhippinj; asHem- blieti into ecclesir.Htical places of display. Call this re|)ro(luction of him who was a liar from the be^inninj; and alxxie not in the truth Ity whatever name you plejDje, it is his, with just so mucl of the features and eharacter of the Father as his eunnin^ craf«:iness sees suitable ti> the peculiarities of our day and j;eneration to prodiu-e. We see this, thou'^h others may not ; but ; eeini; it, kiiowin<^ its char- acter and tendencies, are w(! faithful watehmeii if we j;ive no alarm 'i Duty alike to ourselves and to vnv brethren who differ from us demands of us this, even thou^di they nuiy charge us with being troublers of Israel, and <;ast out our names as evil. IJecause, I again atHrm, both of us cannot be right, and the one party who thinks th(; other wrong, and fails to tell it so, sins against one oftiie tirst principles of religion — "thou shalt lo\e thy neighbor as thyself;" and assumes a responsii)ility for winch it will have to answer at that great day when all that i> wrong will be pronounced sin, and that alone which is right in the sight of God holiness. CONCLUSION. Combination is the spirit <»f the age ; union the principle for the accompli.-hnu'iit of any desired oi)jcct. In the arts and sciences, agriculture, commerce, anin«; lii^diir and liigluT, iiuicli alike tliat a^'ai'ist wl'icli our t<«iH'tHtlK'r>» je()i)ardi/ed tlioir liverf unto tlio death. It htjars another name, tis true, and yet it is imt another. It is the same reliui<»n of fallen man, made to suit the nahiral (•raviiiir>^ i)f man as a religious animal, at the least cost of the; itrinciples and tastes of hi-s fallen nature, dressed U|» to catch the lusts of the eye, with sounds to r-vish the ear and alluremi'iits to captivate the wliole man, suited to the day. Keyond <|uestion this is a modernized deveh>i)ment of" the mystery of iniiiuity." Consiritentiv enou^di the favorers of these fantasies have feou^ht to withdraw the word I'rotestent from our Episcoi)acy, since with them the woi'cl had lost its meuninir, and they were daily assimilatintr to that sy>tem politleo-reli^ious ai^ainst ■which the word wa.> introduced, vdiilst the Evani^clical was equallv distasteful to their .system, and therefore to be dis- carded or misinterpreted. i'lanninir, plottinir, and :-trateir't', ceaselessly active, with the whole nian l>ent on this one thiiiir, the Sacramentarian sacrifices every consideration to the ■••^erests of his system. rerha])s unknown to himself, hut certauily n.>t unseen to the close observer of events, the simtere discijde of this school at times sacrifices that nice sense of honor and that strict truth- fulness which was once the ornaiiujnt of Proteitant E}Mscopacy.^ It would .seem that, thoUL!;h not yot, has the revivalist of Laudism received the mark of the ajostacy, yet he has tlie nund)er of the name, and is intluonced by the .spirit of that counterfeit of trutii, ecclesia.stical and spiritual, " dccoivin<,' and beinj:; deceived." Seein,i< that thing's are so, standiuif fast in the faith of our Clmrch'priuciples, we must resist them, in no degree giving place to what we believe to bo alike inconsistent with God's trutli and oiir Churcli views c>f it.