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October 15TH, 1902 BY Reverend John de Soyres Eector of *t. 3Fo(n'« C|i«Tt|) i •) ; % I )^e(icated vo Rev. W. H. de Veber, M.A. CANON OF CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL, SOMETIME RECTOR OP ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, Wit)) TLfttttinn anH Beiput. ^v i. *' IPrap for the peace of ^eni^alem : tSiep i^isSi ptoaptt tbat lotie tftee*'' Pmlm CXXIIt 6. Among ♦' o great cod -asts between the religion of the Old ana the Ne^ ispensatior, there is nothing more striking tiian tho ardent patriotism which per- meates Judaisz/i, and the large cosmopolitan (.pirit whici' V- procla.aijd in the Gospel. Jehovah is God of Isitebl; He is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob ; He chose Israel for His inhertance, and the heathen are His foes, and aliens to His redemption. The place of His Holiness is Zion : the prayer of the righteous is, " Pray ye /or the peace of JeruealemJ' On the other hand, Jesus proclaims the redemption of the "other sheep, not of this fold." They are equally to be united at last in the One Flock, under One Shepherd. To St. Paul there is "neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free, but Christ is all, and in all." But it would be an imperfect and inaccurate view which confined the charuoteristics of the two dispen- sations to this one apparent contrast. It is in the Old Testaaient that the grandest declaration of God's universal grace is declai-ed, in the words, "All souls are mine." Rahab and Ruth, heroines of the Gentiles, in the*» histories, and connection with the i I'' I! ■■iM Our Naiional Church. divine genealogy, pointed out a lesson which the future was to learn. And so the New Testament, while vastly widening the horizon, and declar- ing that sacrifice and circumcision are fulfilled and superseded, yet does practically recognize the existence of separate Christian communities, with different gifts, needs and weaknesses, stirs them to noble emulation in good works, and proclaims ulti- mate reunion as a glorious ideal of a distant future. Many will recollect how admirably this is illustrated by Bishop lightfoot in his classical treatise upon the Christian Ministry. He shows how, ideally, the Kingdom of Christ has no sacred days, no sanctuaries, no sacerdotal system. Yet, practically, all these things, ministry, churches, and appointed days, are found necessary, and receive Divine sanction. Still the Apostles never lost sight of the ideal in their teaching, and their principle should be ours. Accordingly there is a two-fold aspect to be considered : the universal and the particular, the Church Catholic, nobly defined in the Bidding Prayer as the "congregation of Christian people dispersed throughout the whole world," and the Church National, whether established as in the mother-land, or claiming the allegiance of her mem- bers by sanctions no less solemn, and memories no less illustrious. There was a time when it would have been the duty of an Anglican preacher to dwell d \ i t T Our Naiional Church. 1, \^ with force upon the universal aspect of the Church, when bigotry was rampant, and political interest fanned the flame of theological rivalry. But now another danger is in the air. There is a prevailing fashion of vague and sentimental utter- ance, which confuses between the ideal of unity and the facts of historical evolution, which makes its adherents apologetic for their creed and their church, indistinct in their reason for existence, invertebrate in their theology. My brethren, the time has come for a protest against this. We, who fully recognize that Qod's Holy Spirit has worked, and works now, through other communities ; we who thank God for the souls that have been gained by them, the misery redressed, the light communicated; we who reverence their piety, respect their learning, admire their energy (often far greater than our own), yet we have our own allegiance, our own loyalty to the Church in which we were baptized, in which we live, and in which we hope to die : " Fr(^ for the pecuse of Jerusalem : they shcill prosper that love thee." That was a noble book written by Bishop Jewell in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and often placed then in the churches, by the sid? of the Bible. It was his Apology for the Church of England. But that title expressed, as its real meaning implies, no shrinking excuse, no plea for indulgence, but a i 8 Otur Kaiiorud Church. '' confident and lofty defence against misconception and false accusation. He vindicated the Church of England as scriptural, as primitive, but also as reformed, throwing off mediseval accretions, and filled with the life which the Holy Spirit imparts. He vindicated her ministry as apostolical ; he demon- strated that her services drew inspiration from primitive models, and were cleansed from vain repetitions and superstitious corruptions. But one plea he did not utter, and that was on behalf of the national character of the Church of England. And yet that is a potent appeal to those who recognize God's hand in national character, national development, and nationa life. English Church history is English history, as you read its glowing pages. It was a landmark of national history when Augustine landed in Kent, when the great Abbey of Westminster was founded in 1065, when English kings protested against Roman encroachments, and Magna Carta registered the Church's freedom ; when Wyclif lit the candle of reform, and when tl 3 wise teachings of Dean Colet and his friends prepared for a fuller and more durable reformation. It was a landmark of English history when Cranmer, Ridley and Latimer witnessed at the stake for the truths they had taught; when the work ot reconstruction was founded by Archbishop Parker, and slowly completed at the Savoy Conference. mc: Our Natiomd Church. 9 I s ^ These memories are not mere historical facts, and still less matters of sentiment only. They should strengthen our allegiance, and inspire our enthusi- asm. The Prime Minister of England lately used the expression "subordinate patriotism" to describe the feeling which makes a Scotchman love all things Scotch, and, as he might have added, a Canadian and an Australian cling to things Canadian and Australian. So, although in our creed we profess allegiance only to the Universal Church, our hearts are not debarred from including our own Communion also. In the English Cathedrals and Universities the Bidding Prayer before sermon begins : *' Let us pray /or Christ's Holy Catholic Church — that is, /or the whole congregation of Christian people dispersed ihrou^hout the whole world;" but then it adds: " especially /or thai pure and re/ormed part of it established unthin these realms." So we, believing in the Catholic Church, longing for her realization, praying for that unity that shall fulfil the prayer of Jesus Christ, yet we also pray for our National Church : " Pray /or the peace o/ Jerusalem : they shall prosper thai love thee." We do not depend upon memories of the past only. We can recall events in these latter days testifying that the power of the Church of England, her influence as an act sre force for goodness, has "^5 .iiafci 10 Our National Church, I not diminished. It was just ten years ago when a great strike of the North of England colliers began. There was a panic in all England just as we have lately experienced : fears that a coal famine would ensue. More than Ji hundred thousand colliers were on strike; manufactures on the rivers Tyne and Wear were practically suspended. Then the late Bishop of Durham (Dr. Westcott, scholar and theo- logian), offered himself as mediator. Representatives of both sides, colliery owners and workmen, met at Auckland Castle, and a compromise was agreed upon which has not since been impaired. And our National Church needs all her power at the present crisis. It has been well said that the Church has never been without a crisis in any period. The crisis of party is past, for the true leaders of thought are striving now to comprehend and appreciate one another, and to teach their fol- lowers to do likewise. But we are confronted by the question of the Bible, the necessary re-statement of some Biblical theories in the light of scientific conclusions which can be no longer ignored. Let the watchword of all future teaching to the young, as to the old, be that our Bible is the union of Divine and Human elements, so ordered b' the Holy Spirit, so to be accepted by ourselves; that questions "' date and authorship are questions for scholars, and in no sense touch the doctrine of lur AatioruU Church. 11 Inspiration. It is with t*-- Bible as with the PersoA of our Lord : the inhoel sajrs, " all human," the uninstructed Christian says, "all Divine," tLv? Catholic Creed says, "perfect God and perfect Man." Let timid panic cease; let our clergy and oar laity give themselves to reading, not to fantastic i«pecula- tions about theories unproved and unprovable, but with the aids now within reach of all, tn seai jh those Holy Scriptures, and through them hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life. But hardly less important than the Scriptural question is the duty of the Church to study social questions. The Church in this new century must face these questions, and endeavour to Ve them, unless she is content to pose as the ligion of respectability, aid the consoler of the wealthy. We have yet much to learn, much to gain, before it can be said of us, as it was said of our Map.ter, that "the common people heard him gladly." And yet it is not for the interests of one class, even of the poor, that the Church musi strive, but for the interests of the whole commuE y — those who ought to be portions of Christ's mysticd Body. When we think of these crying needs, of the Church's great respon- sibilities, of the Church's Divine support, we can but utter the cry : " Pray for the peace of Jerusalem : they shall prosper that love thee." ^msi 12 (h'r National Church, \'> Aud so our spiritual patriotism can draw nearer and nearer, as by concentric circlos, to regions where our personal interests are more closely concerned. For the Church of our Dominion, now happily welded together in spiritual unity, for the recovery and return of the venerable Prelate who so worthily holds the Primacy of all Canada, our heartiest prayers ascend. So alao for our Diocese, our Bishop, our Ministers, and all our people. And lastly, it is for the Church in this city of Loyalists, it is for the admirable institution whose anniversary service is celebrated, that I invite your prayers. Our minds with one impulse turn to the memory of the Institute's founder, that remarkable man who has left his mon- ument in this splendid edifice, and in the society he founded to consolidate the Church's work in this city. Little more than three years have passed since he entered into rest, and we can realize in truer perspective now the real force of one who was indeed a devoted pastor, a sound scholar, an accurate theo- logian, and a typical English gentleman. I am sure that he would welcome the recent energy which has enlarged the orbit of the work, while maintaining its principles. This Institute unites the best forces of the city, and is therefore the corrective of any tendency to mere parochialism. It receives the willing aid of the best workers in every parish for its multifarious wmmmmmmilm ;ss a "jWWBfc;! Our JfeUioruU ChutTh. 13 f ageucies. It promotes mental cultivation, it helps our poorer parishes, it signifies our unity in faith, practice^ and rapiration. For this our Institute, then, for all tho embodiment of Christ's Church on earth, we have to pray. It is a great, an awe- iimpiring vista, to contemplate the vastness of the Society of God in all its forms. Here in our congre- gation, in our Canadian Church so recently assembled, in the great Congress of the Church of England, even now in session, in the full union of the Anglican Communion with our sister Church in the United States. — what a great company ! But thebe are not all : for our definition, in its last expression, knows of no na*^\t>nal limits. Our narrower patriotism is forgotten when we think of that greater assembly — " Th^ general aaaembly and Church of the first bom." :at will be the final hope, when all our differ- ences are resolved, all our divisions forgotten ; when the great multitude, which no man can number, is gathered before the throne. One quality, ona qualification, is theirs : " they have toothed their robes, and made them white in the Blood of the Lan^." That is the end and object of all churches upon earth, to help us so to pass through this troublesome world, that finally we fnil not of the everlasting reward. APPENDIX. The 65th Canon of 1604 furnishes the Form of Prayer to be nsed {imitanda) by all Preachers before their sermons (in concionum ingreasu). This Canon is observed still in Cathedral pulpits, and at the University Sermons at Oxford and Cambridge. It appears not only to authorize special prayer before the Sermon, but it contains the on.y explicit definition of «he term "Holy Catholic Church" in the Anglican formularies. "Before {in aditu) all Sermons, Lectures, and Homilies, the Preachers and Ministers shall move the people to join with them in Prayer in this form, or to this eflFect, as briefly as conveniently («Mm- m<.:.ria brevitate quantum licet) they may: "Ye shall pray (precamini) for Christ's Holy Catholic Church, that is, for the whole congregation (universo coetu) of Christian peop'a dispersed (difuai et dissem- inati) throughout the whole world, and especially for the Churches of England, Scotland and Ireland*; and herein I require you most specially to pray for the King's most excellent Majesty, our Sovereign Lord, James, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland ; Defender of the Faith, and Supreme •At Exeter and other Cathedrals, also In the University pulpit, Cambridge, the words are: " especially for that pure and reformed* part of It established in these realms." Appendix. ii Governor in these his reahns, and aU other his Dominions and Countries, over all persons in aU causes, as well Ecclesiastical as Temporal Ye shall also pray for our gracious Queen Annk, the noble Prince Henry, and the rest of the King's and Queen's royal issue ; ye shall also pray for the Ministers of Qod'a holy Word and Sacraments, as weU Arch- bishops and Bishops, as other Pastors and Curates (and herein especially for , Lord Archbishop of this Province, and for , Jjord Bishop of this Diocese). Ye shall also pray for the King's most honorable Council, and ^or all the Nobility and Magistrates of this Reau.; that all and every of these, in their several callings, may serve truly and faithfully (dUiffenter et fideliter) to the glory of God, and the edifying and well governing of His people, remembering the account that they must make before the judgment seat of Christ {cum ad Christi tribunal siatentur judicandi); also ye shall pray for the whole Commons (populo et plebe univerm) of this realm, that they may live in the trug faith and fear of God, in humble obedience to (* ncto timore) the King, and brotheriy charity one to another. Finally, let us praise God for all those which are departed out of this life in the faith of Christ, and pray unto God that we may have gi-ace to direct our lives after their good example ; that, this life ended, we may be made j§k. tm iii Appendix. partaken with them of the glorious Resurrection in the life everlasting : 0«r Jtt^tr, etc* This Canon is foanded npon the Form in the Royal Injunctions of 1559, | Lin., which was an expansion of the Form in the Injunctions of 1547, § 36, one still older beinft retained, with the omission of the Pope's name. "No prayer to be nsed after the Sermon in the palpit, but the Sermon to b« concluded with ' Oloiy be to the Father,' and BO come down from the pulpit." (Wren's Articles, 1636.) There are many local variations in the use of this Prayer, of which the most usual is the insertion of a suffrage on behalf of '*all Seminaries of sound learning and rel^^ious instruction, especially our Universities." At Oxford and Cambridge the preacher adds : " and, as in private duty bound, I desire your prayers for the ancient and learned foundation of College." I'* es^sss -k'--^>,) ••■■^pv;