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' ■ *. « ■ ,. , WSEB • 1 ■ 1, '\ ifefe'" ^ Ex^j ■ *''^ SIIOBT BKMAU/KS BY THK " VENERABLE BEADLE: AKiaiNQ OUT OP • ALE T.TE 11 ADr>RKSSKD to TnE CLERGY AXD lAITV OF TIIE DIOCESE OF Ol'EIIEl' *.. ^: ■I ' . <■ (i. J, \ r I MOUNTAIN", T).D. & O.C.L .oru) nisiior of quEimo. ^ 'M \ \ QUKI^EC : MIDDLKTON & DAWSON, PRIXTEftS, yilAW'S BUILDINGS. ^ ML- "—J . .f.-. ..iS^i^ts:;:. . > "V ?.fi^----* »' f^ #1 I il pablii reccnl fUm ( n»rru|i The I *»uflic'i lodge, tind M »nfi>v tonclu piitc. of rv.pj tain n self. opinu gemk ^gfe^ :/-j ■;- •^,' ."'"•;■• ■ - :-:. ^-'.'^ • \; ■ r ■'■>"* ' ; . /' ■ ' ■ ■ ■ , ',' . V • ;■ 1 BIIORT HEMARKB OY Tiie "VENERABLE BEADLE;* ON TUK LOUD IJlSllor'S LliTTER. f .r-^f>^^ ^ . »* .#«., ."♦ I Imvo jtint porUMfid jhc Irllcr which hav^ U-tn publiHht'tl by the Bishop "^^^Mb^ "!'"" " Ci»r|nin recent proceedings coniU'ctJKrwith the initiii- tion of SymKlicftl aclion, ** Itc^; "cifrtnin l»- icrrtiptions of the |M3acc of the Church/* kc, hiv. . The Iclter eonnlHtH of 72 pngCM, nnd t«», therefore, surticienlly lengthy ; it is uImo, I miiH acknow- ledge, a weighty letter, ho far at leant as heavin(>H» and weight may bc» conHiv«rt»r •iiiillt*ii. tJke thy iht^ iim* t>f nn> I'D^rH' or ri'pnHifhful ti»rinH?" If the ribmy be hi>« l^onlnliip^H iU*lil>rmte opinion^ It inttut Ik^ cuhfvuMitil thnt thea* nro innny piMipU! who itifU'r fronr him witleiy In ihf'ir ItlcttM uf violent ami iinliefurmlnfr ' bi>iiiivi(nir. It Im ntiturnt, |M?rliiipM, thnt the cli^rgy rthmthi tlitttk hi|(hly of tlmmftt^lvcit ; httt It in nitht*r hnril to liiul fuiilt with the iutty, who (cannot CMti- iiiiito thftn ill n niiniliir rnlio. Aro wu to hlatno bccittiMi) wo cnnnot tliiiik orcJiiinry, imcilucniiicl inenf of ortliimry talontp*, bcMt^gm endowed with HiiperiiUf^lflN, cnnlirinecl injill that myHterioiis pan- oply wiih which UoMu* \mvH\H \w.r \mvH\H ? On« of tlic doctrinna cnlorced in Jiie " Letter*' i»«, " that what the clergy do Im right : if tla; laity do not agree withvlienif timy are wrong." I'hiM Htateinoat may be thought (^trained ami exaggerated ; but in pogo 37 an; tliem! wordn: "An attack upon any zeal nhewn in the ))reif mieh prineiplen or praelieeH (Hueh an llione of Mr. II oe for inistanee,) iri not anattaek upon Mr. A. or Mr. H.; it \h >(imp- ly an attack vpon the Church of England^ The mw»r ihi* * Hut I LiCtHfKNfllt ink liiKh* ot l,)t?n- iit^ \n till* llotiM*, — (fi/ our of »«* i>f tin) ky bc» IiIh rorir him ►ciMririinjf lit? cl«rgy in nithi*r it)t)t c'i*ti- to iiliiim* BilucntLMl c(l whli ions paii- iH ? Omj b, "tlmi ly do not lMii'«noiii ; but in |)on nny linripleH nisUinoc;,) in Mimp- r." Tlie • ntttiiral uml lofrlrat iMuctta frem ihli tiii^mmt •pfMtrt Ui be— tliat ih loNtrlott* men, it would he Idle to attoitipi to i|Htali in Iho oolumnN t»f a nowapatter. It will b« admltictfl hy every Impartial pt^mon that the grtmtott nainei* enn be mnf^cd on either tide of the eontroverty. I humbly fiuhmll that a mnn may be a nlneere l^l«* copullnnf evi*n though be cannot coinrldo wlih thovt* )oAy views of Epi«rop«cy to which I have nlladi*d, and which are no ably inculcated by t)r. Mountain In hit letter. 1 hnmbly utibmll that a man may Ih> aninoere iCpiiico|>alinn who Umkn n^nm Kpip«cf)piu>y an the mtMt convenient nnd nuitablc fcirm of ctytrt'li govv'romeni, not niin divine institution. TImltirty Kfonnom of the Anglican Churcli, with their UMimi wiiclom, thought it *• {tmeite to prtmtmntr uinm i7.** The KpiMropal |Kiwcr is u very cliirercnt thing in Cnnntln from what it \n in Englriiul. In Ciinnda tiio |H)Wcr of the ItiNhopH han hitlicrto been abno- lute {'in Knginnd it linn til way* lK*en checked by Dcami nnd ('hnpteri*, and by the law of the iuiid. In Engliiiul dilierent |mtron» linve n right of pre* acnting tn diil'erent livings ; in Cnnnda tlio DhIii>p haa conMiituled hitnticlf sole patron, and " boani, llko tho Turk, no brother near tbo throne/' HiB patronage, it in true, In neither large nor rich, but it i.s hiH alone. IIi« power over every clergy- man in the di(H:c>)e in obsolutc ; it i« not, it in true. . a2 ■ *(, tho power of life and death, but it in the power of bread and meat. He can advance and promote tliofM) whom he likes ; he can check the progress of those whom he docs not like. We all know what are the consequences of this absolute power. Men , arc put into churches who are so distasteful to con- gregations, that thoy empty them in a very moderate fp&ce of time ; men who have any touch of Icam- jng or eloquence are got rid of as soon as possible. I do not know any greater or more insulting slight that could have been passed upon any body of men, than that which was recently passed upon the cler- gy of this Diocese by the Bishop of Quebec, in the Belection of a chMgyinau to till the post which had recently been held by Dr. Mackie. In the opinion of the Bishop, Mr. Roe was the fittest person to fill that important post j but, unfortunately, the pre- judices of the laity were too strong against that in- dividual to permit the probability of his appoirit- mcnt. Mr, Thompson, Professor of Theology in the University of Lennoxvillc, was put forw^ard by tile Bishop as a candidate for the vacant olTicc.— But when it was found that the Cathedral Vestry refused, unanimously, to pay that gentleman, npt another clergyman iri jibe diocese of Quebec, or in all the dioceses of British North America, was thought by those in authority worthy to fill the vacancy. / But we need scarcely be surprised at any vaga- ries that may be enacted by the authorities that rule the destinies of the Cathedral. So preposterous for instance, are their principles, and so levelling their m^^^ immriir'iiS^m ¥.: pOWOT of I promolc irogrcss of low what 'er. Men , ^ul to con- moderate i of Icam- 4 possible, ling slight ly of men, in the clciw ec, in the vhich had le opinion person to y, the pre- ist that in- i appoiiA- oology in )rw^ard by it olTicc. — ral Vestry 3man, not bee, or in rica, was to fill the my vaga- s that rule iterous for lling their tendencies, that {credite ixateri f) flipy obfioltitelj rruikc no distinction between iho salary which the) give to their Evening Lecturer and those whicli they give to their Verger and Houdh; reHpcctivcIy. I do not for u moment wirtii to impugn, in any way, iho two highly-rnspoctabltj lust-namod oHiciulM ; I merely hint that it Hceins to me unusual to value at the same rate their services and Iho-'jCLof a man of education and talent like Dr. Percy.^ A portion of the " Letter'* consists oT an eloquent- account of certain old eminent divines, who have held, at some period of their lives, strpng opinions concerning the divine origin of Episcopney. His Lordship asks : " Were Hooker, Ilall, Chilling- worth, Taylor, Andrews and Beveridge, men of Romanizing tendencies, by anticipation Trnctarians or Puseyites?" It is impossible for me, in my lim- ited space, to show by what sIcpB and from wliaf circumstances the church of our early reformers diverged from their rational and mainly simplicity, re-a$sumed histrionic forms and ceicmonies which /A«'/ sturdy sense had rejected, and adopted certain peculiar opinions, which, if they had not expressly condemned, they had decidedly discountenanced. His Lordshijy surely knows that there are always tWo parlies in every church, whether Anglican, Roman, or Presbyterian. In the Anglican Church sometimes one party has had the upper hand, some- times the other. In the time of Hall, Taylor, ChilUngworth, Andrews, Arminianism (identical in many of its features with modem Tractarianism,) flourished in the English Church. So much was ^^ @^^4^ee^ ^^^^^S^^^^^^^^m^MSl^^^Z!^ ^. m*' ; ihis the case, that aclorgyniftn from a remote parish goinjif up to London anked what the Arminians held) and was wittily and truthfully told that they lu^ld all the beHt livings ivl England. I eould jjuoto passngcH from the works of some of thoHC writers, whom his Lordship has named, whieh would astonish and shock people now-a-days. It would be most unjust to judge the feelings, senti- ments and expressions of one agaby those of an- other, it would be foolish to attempt to decry the rich imagination, the teeming fancy, the noble elo- ciuenee of Taylor, or to underrate the acute logic and profound learning of Chillingworth. But it would be equally foolfsh not to admit that there are many things in the works of those eminent writers which the present age would by no means be brought to digest. We should not forget that the times which produced the men who held the ultra opinions of Arminianism, were the times in which the great philosopher Locke, the glory and the shame of his University, was expelled from Oxford for doubting the divine right of kings, and for holding the he- reticaf opinion that an educated man can obtain a clearer ground for his faith in the plain unvarnished interpretation of the Bible than when he is assisted by the vagaries and conjectures of learned doctors. The Bishop, with great propriety, urges those to whom he addresses his letter to place implicit con- fidence in the words ot no human teacher. Yet, he says these great men (^ooker, Taylor, &c.,) held these peculiar opinions ; why then should those who only do as they did, ))e accused of Romaniz- ing tendencies ? Is such an argument worthy of a i/iitg / )tc parish rtninians told that I could } of thOHO d, which days. It igs, senti* 80 of an- dccry the noble clo- iogic and , it would arc many L»rs which >rought to ics which )inions of the great me of his doubting ; the he- obtain a varnished s assiisted d doctors. s those to ►licit con- ler. Yet, fee.,) held uld those Romaniz- orthy of a ^■■i I'mhororilif Cliuroh? Can it (or a moment he NuppoMcd thjit the rovivnl of forms and c'ercmonieu iin«l sonlimentr*, wlii\vrt idefts, from Scrip- ture or from the early Falh(?rs ; and he actually confessed "that the doctrine of Arlus is either a truth, or at least not a di^innable heresy." There is no positive proof thai he ever adopted the belief of the Socinians ; a ;tot verywx'U authenticated story, and the poj)u|ar opinion, reprci^cnt him as having become, towards the closc^of his life, phi- losophically indilWrentto all such mysterious ques.- tions. if a clergyman of the Church of England refused to subscribe to the thirty-nine articles be- cause Dr. Chilli ngworth declares that a man Who jvould subscribe to them must be a "madman or an atheist," (hig very Words,) would he be regard- ed by those in. authority as acting correictly? Yet, it in by mani/it his Lo every ri the. Vii Theodo Rishop julhemiiii learned - among right I surely I 8U8cept sion, fc ture, ar t how's, yet Ihit ed, is ^ but for of the ( pies an withth ing sya it,) be i body oJ tached. hear till ^ indccei cent ; is entir vain to , a8serti( a who Church ol ioh cither In a few uil again, that "the n our sole I eminent igion of a Lj the (loc- Holid clc- 1 after this, iMnbscribe !, without et, a few i 1)0(1 theni The next he began I he could om Scrip- I aetnallv is eitlior a .'V There the belief lienticated It him as life, phi- •ious quesr England rtieles be- man who ladman or be regard- tly? Yet, it in by prcciiely Himilar arj^iimentf^that the <^ Ro- manizing tendencies" of Mr. Koo are Niipportcd by his LordHhip. Mr. Roe (Hays \\\h Lorcinhip,) haw every right to l)elievc in the imiiuKudatc nature of the. Virgin Mary, iMJcauw? HiMhop Pearson and Thet)dore He/a have ninintained that opinion. The Bishop might iiavc added a still greater perHon (»f jiilhcsame way of thinking — ()rigen— oneofthe most learned, and certainly the man of greatOMt genius, among the Fathers. Mr. Roe Has an undoubted right to hold whatever opinions hu pleases ; but surely his conduct in promulgating a doctrine, susceptible of the most dsuigerous misapprehen- sion, for which no authority can be found in Scrip- ture, among a .congregation like that of St. Mat- thew's, ought to be most severely censured. And yet this injudicious priest, instead of being censur- ed, is warmly praised — not for this express action, " but for his attempt to subslitlitc " the real systcoL of the Church of England, its distinctive princi- ples and ways," for a " system which is stamped with the characteristics of dissent." This dissnU- ing system, (as his Lordship opprobriously styles it,) be it understood, is that one to which the great body of the members of the^ Anglican Church H at- tached. After this no one will be astonished to hear that the Fasting Sermon is defended ; that the ^ indecencies of Dr. Beaven are declared to be de- cent ; that the innovating conduct of the " clique" is entirely and completely approved of. But it is vain to argue with people who think their simple I assertions of greater weight than the sentiments of a whole coraihunily. Tlie days have gone by 1 • If- ' <• * 'A ) % ji\Mtico, be laid upon tlwl U-arned body. -Aniohg the iWny faults wliich the alunmi of that UniversUy possW a knowledge of Greek certainly cannoj bo numb\-r- ed. * His LordHhip says that the Church has received a cheek from the disputes and sipiabbles whic^h have been going on in the diocese for the last few months. I am at a loss how to reconcile this state- ment of the Bishop with his Lordship's assertion some years ago— that the Church luid not advanced for twenty years before these quarrels began. The reports of intelligent men shew that other Christian bodies have increased considerably with iii late "^ years. Why then has not the Anglican Church increased in a similar ratio ? Simply because any attempt to establish and endow a church has been met with a contemptuous refdsal. Not the slight- est regard is paid to what may be the interest of irgDHpol— upon liuar- ilu! clergy ry f^'onoml- !hf und tlic ) lliat the- iilcti l)y llw .slumld b« j.avc nccu- r.\ Of one ilyViiay bu Grcykw in- ith jWicp, yr the muny ity possi)f»!«, JO niimbW- 8 received^ )lo8 whicli [lie hiHl few elliiH wtulc- 8 assertion A advanced )gan. The it Christian i^ithih late can Churclj iccaiisc any jh has been t the slight- interest of fhe'coimnnnity III having Hiuihii ehiireh CKiiibliHh .mI. a cirtniniMhuicc, millieiriuly uirong lo von- diiiin any nueh ullrmpt n\ endowment, wouUI Im* that one »»f I h<; people mi»«l forward in pronu»iin« the nilaii, was personally diwa^reeubhj to lh«»Me in authority.— Thus tlie lieia lii n ihe eiaiowiuenl and eonsecrii- tionofuehurch. The Rervieo of consecration m coiuparnlively a novel ceremony.— Surely a build- ing is as niueh conwcrnled by having service salil in it as water in bapiisni is rendered holy by hav- ing die prayers nad over il. WeyjTHow fiupersti- lious prejudiees to tak(! loci great a hold of us. If thoHO in authorily object to (MMisec^ratt^ from some private whim, a building whieli is to be dedicated to the purposes of rt^ligi«>n, we have the right fo ap- peal to our MtHropolitan ; and from what is known of that prelate's character, we have every reaRon to hope that our apjjcal would not be in vain. The ypublic opinion 'of tliis eommunily is not much Ireaded by those in authority ; but the public opi- nion of die English nation would be a very dif- ferent thing, and to them we "must appear a most lame-spirited and most priest-ridden people. The Bisliop tells us diat we shall have to give an account for every idle word which we spcaU-or write. May I be pardoned for saying that his Lordship would confer a lasting benefit up )n lh\' laity of his diocese if he c^uld impresss this maxim upon the young preacheri^ from I,enlloxvill(^ when ihpy are writing ^nd pr«va(.^nng their senaoiV-'. r % * f I W^^^<^^J0',^k-'^T-%f"lf^S~Wli0''' r T '-"Of ms .wsv^*^?^' "g ^ "" tt Si 'Dm* Hiniio)) aguiii iitiiiiiii nlorgy on ihcy worn 2U() yeurn ogo. — Kvory our, who known anything about the hintory of (hat |ieri(N), known Ihnt th« grt*At liiiitoii(ml Mil* It ol \\ui ory one, of thai i^ntiitioii^ •luiicjl n# uvun ill ^ grcal^ n incdr- clor^y i» m\o. iiiid m Swifi, lplii)cti(i> of l*ar- , ami Iho piiMNing alwayii of scrip- t to «iiil lecd not In \\\in ihould be ot be the xclusioii ( y Hhould ;y enjoy m them-- the Ana- ' revenues I he built. w > a8»iM(-; U id iIk* incumet (»r, and kfpi o|M*n luHtMC for hiM cl«r- ^y, whf!n ihry i*nmi* to litwn. At liU diMiili it wii» found ihiii he hnd i«|K!ni hl« whole incouie for the benefit of hin dlocenc. The blue lNM>kf would fieem to fhew that liiithopM nre not no lilK*rul now* udiiyM. I have been obliged to leove many |K>inlii of hin Lonlsilil|)'i» ** letter** unnoticotl ; notue I have not even vonlnifrtl to nllndc tp : for I find it dtlKcuH to I i ircat with tomphi|) NviOi the eotirleny of a l^enerouN o|>p<»nenl,und have touehetl with a gen- tle hand uiuny p;irtM of hin 4>ann»liU'l, wliiih, in euinmon with uinr NuII^h t»f Hte laity of Quebee, I eantiot lielp tieverely eoudemningr I would ear- nenlly reeouuncnd, before more eopien of the ** let- ter" are dinNeuiiuulcd lliroughout tlie provtnee, that «.ome alteration mIiouUI be made in the 0th, lOth, ami llth pngeH of the "letter/* The' aceounl " there g'rven oj'the JuneSynodieal meeting is ho ut- tc'rly and »o glaringly at variance with fact, that it in in every way unworthy ofhiH liordship. A pus- sage in the tenlh page has also been declared to have a blaspiieuioua tendency. Evc»y.one will readily accpiit the IJishop of any such i/htention ; but the passage i^ certainly a very sinjijular one, and liable to that kind of misreprt^ajyation. It is IS follows: "the utterly grouRtl" imputatioi#^^ as east upon men among them (the Clergy) of most cx'TTiplary lile and m(*M devoted zeal, parallel only, 11. ■■■SSi; *mr •p- - -v-^ - ~ --*- — ' E^^^S^^^^^^i^ htt^t-^titni ^ 1 I both in llw i«»iint«r UU|»liiyi»«l, nml ilw iiijufttloc! uT iH« chnrgon, lo »h« cry i»f tiUl, ♦ Awny wllli niifli ft fi^llow fnmi ili« ennh ! fi»r ll U m»t lU iHni Iwnhtmhl Hvp.' " I wtitiUI vunlimf lo miiifHitM thw proprlitiy of iimt!mlln« iiml corrfctlng llio uIhivo imwMijKe In iho MTomI iMlltlonof ili« ♦♦ Ufltcr. ♦ In coiiiiniMU- inK iHHin liU UmWilp** IttHur, I lmv« rml«nvorctl (I hopi! not Mni»iim*ii»*lully,) to jmy i-n^ry reN|HJ«t lo lift ngii nml nmUon*— HTm optiltev »« irniBt be ^d* mltiotl, In*!? mimi unfortuiiuHj priKliirllon^ unci iron only be coin|mr»»JIim \m\ wen|H)n ilirotvn by I'rlmn i— ^^ • w ^ (Jon|<-f H : runoo qiuhl prollrtiw wrn fiml «iim, >;i mimuu) cly|K)l ni«|iii<;«it|iHM ubi»m»ik' |M|K»mllt. I nm, Sir, Your iilMilirnt Serviinl, Tiir Vrfvr.ii^Bi.i! Bkaoi.*. QimI^m-, I5lii 0« loU'f, I85B. F. S.— I vcnmfe to imitate the prncticc which has Ihumx brought info IhHhitm by my wortiiy and excellem frif'n to be a Btmngc d^jttmum in hln Lordnhip'M mind eoncern- ingthe party whibh i.s oppij^ed to the innovating .tendcncicH of certdin divincH in ids diocese. lie sepmH to be under the impreHSiion that it8 nurnbcrH are scanty, that ita iniluciic e in contemptible, thai ili«« |Ktri httvif \wi nnd I III the mti crmJ c>f nhop, " Ihe Pti Henrd H ^HR^thfi npplyin of Ihix of the 1*1 " W« Imi> ph «»f t IheiiiMO holy m •«loh of fron\ NV empt. ^yong f^f*tid>ii HUppOM did no make I one wi thiH di sttttem is the I 1 ■i n \U Mtirli (I Imnhcnild proprlifiy MiMMijKe III POIIIItlt»lll- Hi^nviircd n}N|M$4!t to nr iw nd- , and iron lirotvn by kill '^•s. ilttim. iKAnr.K. ice which irtliy nnd )f ihe Dili- it a Po»t- leiiilM to be dconcorn* nrioVuting cese. He nurnbcrtt Ubh^ thui ihi« iKirly Hw'lf !•• bill die phiiduw of n mUrnU*, t httvw lieitn tit imknn to einiidiie liU" ibU mmii»r. nnd I lind Ihni ih»» |Hirfy iimiUtu of nlnMendii o( die m-mbeni of die AnKli(«nn Chiireli In ihe I)b- cemi of Qiudiee. Tldii jmriy l»« Mylwl by die III- uhop, »* die very eehis in wonderful exiieiwtw" of the PiirlUiMi« i»f the ndgn of Chiirle* I. I hiive Hetmi thai Ihonw old Piirliiuw were fiiiiioiiM for niiiii. Ini^ their ohddnm frtmi tb© Hook t»f JndKC^ wulibf applying Holy Bcrlpinre lo their own jMienlinr riim)4. Tilt! " letter'* eunttiln^ nirlklnic liiHianei**^ of thlN vielouji habit ol iiiip«i|iplyln« w?rl|»tur«s nnd of ihcKtmnne length** to whlelilt may l»e carried. Ww liiive u.iipb! evl.leiue in th4j ♦* Urttcr" timt peo- p|«ofllie piiiHcnt diiydonot icnipl© to eoni|mr«' thciiHH^Iven imil oihorn t«» the AjiOMtlen nnd othci holy ii^n ill Hut l>ible. 'riieie Ih nl»M» another delu- Mloh<>f whieh muny (leoplo uro the vmiU^m, and from which the writer of the "letter" i^noi ex- , empt. He Ih evidently under the imprcHnlon that n *mmg a«iHerl ion* HjMin liin part in i-qiiivalent to an ^►tia)li'»bed Tact. Now, I would luH lor a ipomnil HiippoJM^ that he would UMnert anything which he fiidncil Iwlicvtj lo be true. That two and two make four, \n an asw^rtion the truth of which no one will iluny. But ftw, I will venture losay, in IhiM dioccHC, will be f»»una to coincide with the Utatcinenl that the I'rtJlcstaiitiHin ol lh« ** CJlicpio" . in the true l»roieilanlii*m of the Church of England. . # 1 ■i »-lfc p. ■ ^^^'- ■V, *•■ '\ €l ijj^' • y"" 1 •"I N||jiii ' ■ 1 -w- - ■■-■■■, M • . r •"I % ^ / 1 V-,.; ' ■' '■' ' 1 ? I •-■■■■' '■-» « - ! * ■ jjk: / .. *;. 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