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THE FEARFUL CONDITION

THE CHURCH OF ImaKD,

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DIOCESE OF HURON

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DELIVERED IN THE

VESTRY OF ST. PAUL'S, LONDON, CANADA WEST,

MOJSTDA^Y, 2nd A.PRIL, 1866.

WITH COMMENTS

BY HENRY LANDOR, ESQ.. M.D.

HAMI UXON :

PRINTED AT THE SPECTATOR STEAM PRESS, PRINCE'S SQUARE.

1866.

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VESTRY MEETING.

The Bishop-Rectoe in the Chair.

After the usual business of the Easter Vestry, the
following resolution, of which notice had been given a month
previous, was taken into consideration in the fullest Vestry
for many years, there being about two hundred people present.

" That in the opinion of this meeting, the welfare of the community
requires the resignation of the Rector, and the appointment of a successor
who will have both time and inclination to fulfill the duties of his ofiBce."

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The Bubject discuBsed at tho Yestry Meeting held in St.
Paul's School, London, has excited bo much interest through-
out the community, that I have determined to publish a full
account of the proceedings.

I have loft the speeches and remarks of the Bisliop and of
the other gentlemen who addressed th6 meeting, just as they
came from the short^haud writer's hands, without the slightest
alteartion of any kind. I have not even attempted to render
olearer any statement they have made. They are exactly as
reported. With my own speech I have dealt more freely.
I have added a point or an argument wherever X thought tliQ
statement required further proof or greater strength, and I
have appended here and there communications sent to me on
the matter then before the Yestry. I have done this in the
speech to save unnecessary repetition in the latter portions
of the pamphlet.

When I determined to bring the resolution I have quoted
above, before the Yestry, I gave the Clerk notice, March 1st,
and sent him a copy of the resolution, which I verbally
requested him to make known to the Bishop-Eector. I had,
on the 17th of January, in a letter on another subject, told
the Bishop that I could no longer remain a passive spectator
of the religious state of the community under his charge. I
took no step that might seem to be directed against him
without at once informing him ; but it will not surprise those
who are acquainted with his general reputatiDU to hear that
he met my straightforwardness in every instance, with trickery

I thought that the interest of the subject would be confined
to our own church, and therefore, as the time drew near, I
wrote to Mr. MacMullen, the apparitor, to ask him for a
copy of the list of the pew-holders, to whom I intended to
send a notice of the hour of meeting and a copy of the resoltt-

tioii. lie replied that the Bi»hop had ordered him not to
give me a oopy. I iniglit have gone to the Vestry Clerk and
paid a Bhilling and obtained a copy, as all the Church-wardent*'
books are open, by law, to the parishioners on that condition.
I took another step : I immediately advertised the matter in
all the local papers, and that which might and would have
been confined to our own Church, became, by the Bishop's
shortsighted act, known to the whole community. Tlie
interest it excited is proved by the crowded state of the Vestry,
for it attracted two hundred people to the meeting. ^

Another attempt was made by the Bishop to defeat the
motion by unworthy means. The meetings of the Vestry had
been held for six years at seven o'clock in the evening. It
became rumoured on Saturday, March Slst, that the Vestry
on Monday, would be held at half-past ten in the morning. I
met the Rev. Mr. Marsh, the Secretary of the Church Society,
and asked him if that was the fact. He told me, like the
truthful gentleman all know him to be, that it had been so
determined. What followed is told in the report of the
meeting, and it redounds to the great discredit of the Bishop,
for no explanation will free men's minds from the conviction
that it was an unworthy attempt to hold the meeting when
few could attend it, and thus defeat the publicity it had
acquired. i

With these few necessary preliminary remarks I proceed to
the report of the meeting.

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The Bishop began by saying that he had a doeirc to address a
few words to the congregation relative to matters of ^interest to the
congregation. For fully thirty'three years ho had presided over the
Vestry meetings, and for the last few years had been relieved of the
onerous duties incumbent upon such a position. When he was
elected Bishop, the Rectory became vacant. Before he left for
England, nfter his election, there was a large income attainable
from the rectoiy. When he returned, he found it had vanished.
Failures in business had reduced it to nothing. The Bishop re-
marked that, the diocese had pledged themselves to provide him
with a suitable house, and it was on the condition of that pledge
being fulfilled that His Excellency the Governor-General consented
that the diocese of Toronto should be divided. When I came back
from England, the diocese was not in a position to fulfill that pledge.
At the first meeting of the Church Society, after I came back, it was
pressed upon me that I should accept the rectory, and continue
to hold it until a house was provided. And, after the Church
Society of the diocese of Huron was incorporated, at a regular
meeting, they placed me in the position again as Rector of St.
Paul's, with the understanding that I was to continue the occupa-
tion of that rectory till a suitable house was provided, according to
the pledge given by the diocese to His Excellency the Governor-
General. Since then changes have taken place, though no changes
have taken place in one respect, that is, no house has been provided.
I urged upon the Synod of the diocese to provide me a house ; and
in consequencp of my urgent request, a committee was appointed to
meet with the church-wardens of St. Paul's, to take into considera-
tion the purchase of the house in which I now live. That committte
was not successful. The opinion they gave was that it was not
desirable to purchase a house for the Rector. At the last meeting
but one of the Church Society— which Society is the corporation
that holds the purse-strings — I again pressed upon them the neces-
sity of doing something towards providing a house. I felt I was in
a position I had no wish to occupy,'that is, continuing in the rectory
at the same time being Bishop. My duties as Bishop render it
utterly impossible for me to discharge any large portion of the

dutioB of the Roctoi', My ubHcucc from honir) in uluioBt cooBtiint.
Thcroforo, the ouly thing I could poHsibly do wau to appoiut an
Hctivo. man as my substitute ; and it is not necessary for mc to say
to those present that he has performed the pastoral duties in the
pariuh hi the most active and successful manner. (Applause.) T
think this will be acknowledged by all. And therefore the wants
of the parish anj fully provided for by the very excellent, very able
and very talented performance of the duties of Rector by the Rev.
Mr. McLean. This is the position and has been the position so far
with regard to the rectory. I have been most anxious that the
house should be provided. I repeat, in presence of those now
present, that if I possessed means, as I once did, but which I do not
now, I would assuredly provide myself a house. There is one thing
I would wish to remark regarding my income: — When I entered
upon the charge of the rectory, an immense amount of taxes had
accumulated upon the property, and the income at that time was
exceedingly small in proportion to the burden of taxes upon it.
This continued for several years. The lands then began to produce
something. From year to year they continued growing slowly, till
the income now arrives at something worth naming. My son, who
is now present, and who transacts all my business, is, I am happy
to say, able to place before the meeting the condition of the income.
He is prepared to show what that income was in every year; what
expenses were incurred on behalf of the rectory, and what the
income now is. I give these explanations ; but, gentlemen, while
I do so, I feel that it is not right that I should be put in a position
of this kind. I feel that no man has a right to call me to account
for anything which is of my own private standing. The rectory
was given to me by the legal authorities, and it is my private busi-
ness so long as I continue in it. Let the diocese do its duty. ; let
London do its duty (and London has a large duty to perform in the
matter) and fulfill the promises given by thcu diocese at the time
that diocese was created. Assuredly it is not for me, at my time of
life ; it is not forme, after so many years living and laboring in this
country, it is not for me to go around from house to house asking
parties (some of whom would be very unwilling to give) the means
of providing a house for the diocese. I labored throughout the
I'^ngth and breadth of the diocese once to raise the Episcopal Fund,
and surely it should not devolve upon me to go over that work

again nnd vndctivor to raise the two or tliree thousand dollars necos*
sary fur the building of the house. But with respect to my position,
as Rector, 1 would barely naggest to all thoHo who are now present
that my position is not at all singular in this respect. In this
country and in the neighboring country the thing is of frequent
occurrence. The Lord Bishop of Quebec, for more than twenty
years was Rector of Quebec, and at the same time occupied the
bishopric of Quebec, with a large income. H9 also lived in the
house which was the rectorial house, because there was no other
house provided for him by the diocese ; and he continued to hold
these two poHitiouti till his death. The present Bishop of Toronto,
while holding the position of Archdeacon and receiving the salary
which that oiTicc entitled him to receive, at the same time held the
office and received the salary of Rector, and he held the office of
Rector until a suitable salary was provided for him, and then he
resigned. And the other day I was in Detroit, and speaking to the
Bishop, he said : " It is only a few months since I ceased to be
Rector. I occupied the rectorial house because I had no other
house to live in. But lately an episcopal fund in the diocese has
been raised, and out of that fund, the excellent, admirable and every
way fine house in which I now live, has been built." So that if
gentlemen will only consider for a moment the necessities of a new
country, they will at once see that it is absolutely necessary for
this to occur. Though, as I said before, I am most desirous to be
relieved from the duties of Rector ; not that I desire to cease to have
an interest in the congregation of St. Paul's; although many changes
have taken place in that congregation since I first came among
them ; although many have departed and many are yet departing,
still I feel a lively interest in that congrega^' n, and that Interest
can never cease. But still, at my time of life I desire very much
to be relieved of the duties of Rector ; although I must say, that
until the diocese performs its duties, until it redeems its pledge to
the Governor-General, by pi'oviding me with a suitable house to
reside in, which shall be the property of the whole diocese, I must
continue to hold the rectory. It may be thought unnecessary to
make these statements, because a large number of persons have
known all these circumstances from the very first ; still I think
these statements are now necessary, because there are strangers
amongst us, strangers are continually coming, who do not know the

circnmstanceB tinder which the diocese is placed, and thereby may
think it strange, may think it rather an anomaly foi me to occupy
the position of Bishop and Rector at the same time. If there is
any person who has anything to advance with reference to my
position as Rector, I shall be very happy to hear him now, although
it is not strictly in order for this Vestry to take into consideration
the rectory, the patronage of which they have nothing to do whatso-
ever. That is in the hands, where it has been placed by the legal
patron, that is, of the Church Society of the diocese. ,

Br. Landor : — I think that the remarks which the Rector has juBc
addressed to the meeting, would have been a great deal better
deferred till after my motion, unless they are meant as an appeal
" ad misericordian."

Bishop : — I must request that in your remarks you will not be
personal.

Dr. Landor : — I do not consider the remark personal in an
oBfensive sense. If your remarks were not intended to secure
beforehand the compassion of the audience, then I am at a loss to
know why they were made before my motion was put.

Bishop: — Nothing of the kind.

Dr. Landor : — Much that yon have stated will naturally be
replied to in the course of the observations I shall have to make.
For much more I am obliged to you, as you have pointed out to me
many things to which it will be necessary for me to reply. I am
not going to deal with this question as a personal one ; I address
no persoual remarks against yon or anybody else ; but I am certainly
going to deal with this subject plainly, us regards the official coaduct
of the Rector. With regard to your remarks respecdng the curate,
I most cordially agree. So far as it is possible for a substitute to
fulfill the duties of Rector, so far M*. McLean has worked zealously.
(Applause.) Everybody respects his zeal and his energy, and none
more than I do, (Applause) although I do not agree with many of
his opinions. You say in your remarks, that you thought it was
not the office of the vestry to take any notice of your position as
Rector. Now, I am not going to call upou the vestry to take any
notice of that ; but I am going to call upon the vestry, as the
congregation, to express their opinion on the manner in which the

duties of the Rector have been performed, and to express a wish
that the duties of the Rector shall be performed in a way they have
never yet been in this parish.

It has been said to me by several people since the resolution to
be moved by mo became known, why do I concern myself in the
matter ? Why do I not exercise a little prudent selishness, and
abstain from any interference 1 Well, I say, foj my part, I do not
believe in such a thing as prudent selfishness. No selfishness can
be prudent, whether it belong? to things of a personal oi- things of a
public nature. ^ If such motives had influenced men in former ages,
no reforms would ever have been accomplished, more especially no
religious or ecclesiastical reforms, which have ever been effected by
those who have cast all selfish considerations to the winds, and cared
nothing for the croubles or persecutions they might bring upon
themselves. Men well know, for it is a pro^ erb that " good christians
are very vindictive," that they shall incur all the enmity, " good
christians" can display, when they begin to attack religious opinions,
and still more when they touch upon religious profits. The resolu-
tion, of which I have given notice, expresses an implied fact, and it
calls upon this meeting to express an opinion as the congregation
of this parish. The fact that it implies is, that the Rector has not
performed the duties of Rector of this parish. It declares that they
ought to be done, and that they C4tnnot b& properly done by the man
who occupies two positions, either of which is enough for a young,
active and energetic man ; and that a man in the decline of life
cannot perform the duties of two offices so important as these. —
Therefore I ask the congregation to support this resolution, the
truth of which they must see every day. Able as the curate jnay
be, no curate can be a substitute for the Rector. What is the
position of a Rector in an English parish ? In that christian coun-
try the Rector is acquainted with every man in the parish ; he is a
mediator between the rich and the poor ; the sympathizer and the
soother of those who are sick ; every person in the community is
his friend ; none can come to him, whether rich or poor, without
meeting with the kindnesses and charities of his office. He is the
cement and link, as it were, of a goodly neighborhood ; the healer
of divisions ; the friend in whose open ears every man may pour
his troubles and his sorrows, certain to meet with advice and alle-
viation, where alleviation is possible. Even with those whose

opiniouB are not altogether his own he is on terms of friendship
and conciliation. On the Sunday he is the incarnation of the
common piety of the people, realizing to each mind the ideal
of a people's homage to the God of the people. Wives,
children, friends and neighbors, he gathertt all into one common
fold, making all feel that they are oS one blood, and going
onward to one coiymon fate, and seeing that they fall not out by
the way. Now, what man in this meeting can say he has over seen
our Rector at his house to pay a parochial visit ? Not one. (Ories,
I have, I have.) Weil, I have been five years in this parish and
he has never been at my door ; and there are many others who can
say the same thing. Not one single parochial visit has he paid
them. I have been in trouble, and he never ministered unto me ;
I have been sick and he never visited me. This is not my own
experience merely, but it is the experience of every man of my
acquaintance. He never voluntarily paid them a single parochial
visit. Now, is this right ? Is it right for any men occupying the
position of Rector, so to neglect his duties 1 This matter must come
home to every man's feelings. Every man in the parish must feel
the want of a Rector who will not only come when he is sent for,
but who will come voluntarily. It has never been denied that these
are the duties of a Rector. Everybody admits that they are.
There are many families in this parish belonging by education and
habit to our Church who now attend the ministrations of other
denominations ; some of them have attended our Church and have
left because they say that while so attending they never had the
benefit of a visit from, or the advice or pastoral cai*e of the Rector ;
others knowing the deficiencies of care hers have never allied them-
selves in this country with our Church, although belonging to her
before coming to Canada. I have before me a speech of a well-
known man, whom one may safely term a prophet of your own —
not * high churchman — but a man who holds the position of princi-
pal or one of those colleges for the manufacture of " lUiterati,"
where, by a score or two of so-called Divinity lectures, they convert
bumpkins into clergymen, which have such a sweet savour in mis-
called evangelical nostrils on both sides of the Atlantic — the Rev.
Dr. Baylee, principal of St. Aidans, Birkenhead, in a lecture deliv-
ered on the 20th of last February, at Preston, states—

" Scripture says that some are apostles, some prophets and some pastors

and teachers. The apostle does not say some pastors and some teachers, but
some pastors and teachers ; for he means that the pastor should be the teacher
and the teacher the pastor, because we, the clergy, should go from house to
house finding out whether men are going right or wrong, and doing what wo
can to put those right that are going wrong, and to liecp those right that
are right."

Is that the case here 1 By none that I ar^ ever aware of. I am
in a position to knoAv how the parochial duties of the Hector are
neglected. I have attended the sick of the poor of this parish, and
they have never seen the Rector or ever heard of him, and I know
members of the church who do not know that there ever was a
Rector. There is a gentleman in this room, a member of the church
who has lived here for years, and who did not know until a few
days ago, who was Rectior, or whether there was any Rector. Now
that could not be, if the parochial duties of visitation from house to
house were performed as they ought to be. I say the Rector of
this parish never acted as Rector, he has never risen above the
position of Rector of a clique within the congregation.

Then with regard to other duties, I take the school that meets
Sunday after Sunday in this room. Until within the last three
months, the church catechism has never been taught there. Indi-
vidual teachers may leach it ; but as a part of English church
teaching it has not been taught.

Bishop : — I beg to correct the doctor. The school is well con-
ducted by individual teachers, and if indivuiual teachers teach the
catechism, then the school teaches it.

Dr. Landor : — I say again, in spite of that contradiction, that

theca techism I'as not been taught in this school until within the

last three months. I heard a gentleman say that he examined his

children and found they d?d not know it, and he remonstrated. [I

will add in this place a complete corroboration of my statement

that the church catechism is not taught in this ChUrch of England

school ] I addressed a note to the undermentioned gentleman, and

the following is his reply.

London, April 3rd, 1866.

Dbab Sir : — In reply to your note of this morning, relative to the teaching
of the Church Catechism in St. Paul's Sunday-school, I may state that it has
lonned no part of the regular course of instruction during the past ten years,

except for two or three Sabbaths about 4 or 5 years ago, and also during the
last three months.

In testifying to the above fiftcts, as a teacher, I feel bound to state that the
aim of the teachers has been to give the children a sound Scriptural know-
ledge of the leading truths of Christianity as tconained in the Bible, which,
I consider, embraces the essence of the Catechism, and materially more.

I am, yours truly,

HENRY BRIANT.

[ If the Rector had ever taught in, or superintended the Bchool,
he must have known this, and he would not have dared to hazard so
flat a contradiction to so patent a truth as my statement. As to the
teaching being thoroughly Scriptural, it must be clear that it is
only so, as far as the teachers interpret Scripture, and not as the
Church interprets it, or else why omit the Church's teaching.]

Dr. Landor : — Again, there are no children who come into other
churches, so ill behaved, so ill taught to observe propriety of forms
in Church as these are. The children sit behind me, and they read
newspapers and story books, and even play with marbles and cents,
and talk during the whole service. I have complained of that
matter, and for a time it has been rectified, but only for a time ;
complaint only produced temporary amelioration.

Again, I alluded last year to the matter of the cemetery. There
is no other Bector that for year after year, for so many years, would
be content that his parishioners should be buried with only half of
the burial service read. I called attention to this matter last year.
I moved a resolution about it ; but no action was taken in the
matter. No attempt has been made by the Bector to remedy the
evil. Is there another Bector in the wide world who could be con-
tent to have things remain as they are %

Bishop. — That statement is very much wide of the fact. The
burial service consists of two services — that performed in the church
and that confined to the burial ground. If a person is buried with
the oneservice his friends pay a certain fee ; if he has the two services
they pay an additional fee, and it is not every one that can afford
to have both services — only those who are possessed of consider-
able means.

Dr. Landor. — That does not make the slightest difference. The
fact remains the same— only half the burial service is read at onr

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cemetery. I must confess to total ignorance of the assertion that
the burial service is two services. It is one in our Prayer Book, —
only, one part is in the church and one on the ground ; that in the
church is never performed here. I never heard in England that
there were two services or two chargeSt one only accessible to the
rich. There, rich and poor are alike burled with the same service
complete in all its parts. It is for you only to ask for more money
when you bury your richer parishioners. As to the remark that if
you do more you must be paid more, to say the least it is an imdig-
nified position.

Bishyp: — No such thing was said.

Dr. Landor : — I cannot think what your remarks mean then. If
parties choose to pay an additional fee, the whole of the service
would be read.

Bishop : — No man has a right to twist words in that way. I
have only stated that every Rector, in every case, would take more
for performing the two services than the one.

Dr. Landor : — If he would take more, he is to be paid more.
What is the object of your statement, if it does not mean what I
have said. But it really does not effect the matter at all. I contend
that you have made no effort for many years, for six to my know-
ledge, to amend that which every churchman must feel to be a very
great omission.

In your remarks, you laid very great stress upon the fact that
the diocese provided you no house, and that the income of the
Bishop could not be supposed to be sufficient to meet this want.
The income of the Bishop is d600 — 12400 a year. And to that
the Rector enjoys <£250 commutation money.

Bisluyn : — No, no, you are wrong again, it is only c£206.

Dr. Landor ;—Well, take it at that. That makes about o£800
a year as the income of the Bishop — an income that the people
cannot touch. Now, I say, that income is greater than that of the
majority of colonial Bishops, who have no houses provided for them.
The late Bishop Broughton, of Sidney, N, S.W., had an income, the
half of which, he gave to form another bishopric, when he found the
labour beyond his strength ; but then he was a high churchman
who was content to display his faith by his works. He never was

one who was always vaunting his faith and hiding his works. No
house was provided for him, nor were his rooms furnished with
carpets at the cost of his people. He was content with painted fur-
niture and carpetlesB rooms, and though his simplicity of life and
self-denial may he rarely imitated, it is often more nearly approached
by colonial Bishops than your more selBsh retention of a luxurious
house.

When Mr. Wilson, for thirty years yours parishioner, Intro-
duced this matter to a former Vestry Meeting, he made this o£(er:—
" If you will give me the management of the rectorial property, I
will take care that the salary of the curate L shall be paid and give
you a handsome income besides." No answer was made to that offer
at the time.

The Bishop here interrupted and said, as also reported in the
Prototype : — " But Mr. Wilson took care not to accept the offer of
the management when made to him afterwards." [I wrote immedi-
ately to ask Mr. Wilson if this statement was true.] Here is his

reply : — i

Bbookville, 6th Apbil, 1866.
Deab Sib, — The management of the rectory property was never directly or
indirectly offered to me by the Bishop, or any one on his behalf, at any time.
If it had I should have taken it.

, ,,. ,„ Very truly yours, J.WILSON.

- [For the information of those at a distance, it may be necessary
to say that Mr. Wilson is the Hon. John Wilson, one of the Judges
of the Gourt of Common Pleas, Upper Canada. Comment is need-
less ; nothing can be too strong to say.] Now, I state that the
income of the Bishop amounts from ecclesiastical sources to upwards
of o£800 pounds a year. I say that the man who receives that
income ought to be ashamed of holding the rectory also. You
alluded to the fact that the Bishop of Toronto held the rectr/ry of
St. James' also for many years ; but you forgot to say, what many
old residents have told me, that no one at the time condemned the
Bishop of Toronto more strongly than the Rector of London : and
no one has held the rectory of London with a more t juacioua grip
than the Bishop of Huron.

Bislvop : — ^I never condemned the Bishop of Toronto at the time.
He held the rectory till a good income was provided for him and
then he resigned.

Dr. Landor .
do not resign.

-You have an income of £800 a year, and yet you

Bishop : — This diocese has pledged itself to provide a house for
me to live in. The Bishop of Toronto gets £1,500 a year.

Dr. Landor: — If the diocese has been pledged, it ought to fulfill
that pledge ; but I say that it is no justification of your conduct, that
one man does wrong you can do it hiso. It is not right for a man to
hold a IWing, the duties of which he does not fulfill, and which he
hinders another from performing. This is my position. I say,
whether the Church Society requested you to hold the rectory or not,
whether the diocese pledged themselves to build you a house or not,
it is not right for you to hold a position and receive the income due
to that position, the duties of which you do not fulfill and never have
fulfilled, and hindering any other person from performing these
duties — for the duties have not been performed. And what an excuse
it is for a Christian Bishop to make ! What an unevangelical sense
of gospel examples, in the true sense of the word ! But how charac-
teristic of the party sense of evangelical duty ! Because there is no
house, you will hold the rectory, do none of the duties, and see your
flock suffer all the consequent injuries of such a determination ! This
is a question I do not'care to reiterate. This is not*only ray opinion,
but also the opinion of every man of my acquaintance, some of whom
have lived here seven or eight years, and ;xme even twenty years,
and yet have never received a single p<isloral visit from you. I
cannot too often repeat that ; it is notorious and felt by all the parish.
I have shown that the income of the bishoprick is amply sufficient to
maintain any man — an income larger than the great mojority of
colonial Bishops have, who have no house provided for them. I will
now show that the income of the Sector is amply sufficient to main-
tain a Rector, and if necessary provide for the curate also. I will
not overstate this matter. The income of the Rector, from rents, is
$1,100 — strictly,.! believe 11,180. The house cannot be reckoned
as worth less than £100 a year ; plenty of people would give £100
for that house — $400 more ; that is $1,500 ; the cemetery fees and
the surplice fees amount to somewhere about $400 more — say $300
if you like ; I am not particular to a hundred dollars. That will raise
the income of the Rector to $1,800 a year, and year by year it will
largely increase, 9Pd y^t because no house, worth at most $400, is

found, you retain $1,800. There are scores of clergymen through-
out the community who would be delighted to take that r'jctory.
And we might add, in addition to that the Income of (he cu'':;te, which
is derived from the congregation. It is a mistake to suppose that
the pew rents belong to the Rector, as I have heard him claim them.
They did belong to tho Rector up to the time an act was obtained to
mortgage the Church ; since then they are pledged to the Trust and
Loan Society and cannot be appropriated by the Rector until tho debt
is paid ofl*.

Bishop : — Quite right.

Dr. Landor : — The Rector has no more control over the pew rents
than I have. Now, I say the income of the Rector is suificient to
attract a man to perform the duties of that office. And if the person
who took it, could do all the work of the parish, though there is am-
ple work for both Rector and Curate, but if one roan were to do the
work of both, the salary of the curate might be saved, and applied
towards the extinguishment of the debt. Therefore, I think I have
shown you clearly that the income of the Bishop is enough for the
Bishop, and the income of the Rector enough for the Rector. I think
I am perfectly justified in calling upon this meeting of the congregation
to express their opinion that the Rector ought to resign the rectory,
and give place to some one who will perform the duties of that office.
I have felt myself most strongly, the want of some person in the
position of Rector who could visit me. And I say it is the duty of
every person in this congregation, who wishes to have pastoral visi
tation, to support this motion. If you do not support this motion,
the responsibility of the position of these things must rest upon you.
No man can long resist public opinion. If it Is your wish that these
things shall not continue, they cannot long remain unchanged. It is no
matter that the Rector says he will not resign the rectory, until a
house is provided for him. I have put my hand to the plough, and
I will not go back until I have turned this dirty ecclesiastical furrow
under. I will continue to agitate this question year after year, both
by speech and writing, and will use every means in my power t6
have the evil remedied. If we cannot obtain this measure from the
Rector from a sense of right, we will extort it from him from a
sense of shame. I have not at all put this matter too strongly. I
have only made remarks (turning to the Rector) upon you as regards

your performance of the duties of the parish. I iiitiku no pcrdonul
remarks upon you at all ; you may be tho most upright man in the
community for ought I cure. But I do most strongly deprcoAto the
way in which your duties m Rector are performed. And therefore
I oguin appeal to tho congregation here and say to them that if thoy
do not support this motion the responsibility of this evil state must
full upon them. I now beg leave to move my resolutions : — *' That
in the opinion of this meeting, the welfare of the community requires
the resignation of the Rector^ and t' ^appointment of a successor who
will have time and inclination to fulfil the duties of his ofTice."

Dr. Harper^ on rising to second the motion, said ho could testify to
the truth of the statements made by Dr. Landor, with respect to
pastoral visitation. He had observed when he came to this country
many years ago, t^at the duties of pastoral visitation were not
performed by the Rector, whom he took to task for such negligence,
at the same time remarking it was so totally diflcrent to the conduct
of his beloved minister at home, who had won golden opinions from
all denominations of christians, was highly esteemed and loved by
that sect of christians ''The Society of Friends," who do not favorably
regard a church establishment, nay, even Roman Catholics looked
upon him with complacency, by reason of the true christian
character exhibited by him in his works of faith and labors of love
amongst the poor of his parish. Such a shepherd over his flock, was
one for imitation. Dr. Harper drew the attention (of the vestry by
way of contrast) to a gentleman of the city, high in station, who is
constantly going about doing good to the bodies and souls of the
people in religious visitations amongst the poor without pay, or
reward, except that which cometh from above. He (Dr. Harper,)
likewise drew the attention of the Bishop and vestry to the case of
a recently deceased clergyman, a Rev. Mr. Philpott, a son of the
venerable and aged Lord Bishop of Exeter, who had died universally
regretted and deeply lamented by his parishioners, particularly the
poor of his charge. The press remarked at the loss of such a faithful
Pastor, how often had he been seen on his favorite pony, with basket
under arm on his errands of mercy for the procuring of the necessary
comforts for the sick poor of his parish, such actions were well worthy
of imitation, giving full proof that true, genuine and evangelical
principles ruled in the heart of one who thus so fully squared his
life with the maxims and precepts of the Bible, the only true and

infallible guide of oonduot. He (Dr Harper,) further observed, he
liked to see ministers have faith in their mission, but much better he
liked to witness the manifestation of that faith by works, and most
assuredly it was the work of a christian minister to visit the families
of his congregation, to look afler the widow and the fatherless, to
oare for the poor as well as the rich, this the Rector hud not done.
He had great pleasure in seconding the motion of Dr. Landor, for
the separation of the duties of Rector from that of the Bishop.

[The speech of Dr. Harpor, is given as corrected by himself. — H.L.]

Biahop : — Since the double charge of the bishopric and the rectory
have devolved upon me, I have not performed the duties which the
Doctor speaks of to the same extent which I performed them before.
The reason of that is that it was simply impossible for me to do so.
But I have provided one, with whom I have constantly taken counsel,
to perform the pastoral duties of the Rector, and with what zeal and
energy he has done it you all known (Cheers.) It is well know that
the Rectors of many large parishes in the old country give themselves
up to literary or other pursuits, and employ curates in their places.

Dr. Landon, — Not in many parishes.

Biahop : — I merely mention it to be the case in some parishes,
not in all, most assuredly not in all. The person Dr. Harper mentions
is a most admirable exception to this. But in very many parishes
especially in the rural districts, the Rector takes no care whatsoever
of the parochial duties of the parish. They employ a curate or
perhaps two curates, and the whole work devolves upon them. Since
I have been bishop, it is true I have not done a large amount of
parochial work. But Dr. Landor is certainly wrong when he says I
have made no pastoral visits among the congregation. I have paid
many pastoral visits since I became bishop ; but most assuredly not
so many as I would wish to. Still the duty has been amply provided
for ; and because one man does not do it can it therefore be said it is
not done at all ! I say that the duty has been well done, and that
pastoral visits have been paid regularly. Dr. Landor wishes to have
two or three clergymen call to see him. He has had one ; " Dr.
Landor not one," has he improved by that one 1 He speaks of the
ill-behavior of the school children in church, and yet he himself leaves
the church. He insults the congregation by leaving the church at the

oloie of the prayer, (hear, hear.) lie insults me every day by with
drawing from the church. He is tuo wise ia theology to be instructed.
Dr. Landor must remember he puts himself out of the pale of pro-
priety. When a man outrages every feeling of propriety and every
feeling of decency he cannot expect a clergyman to be on social term^
with him. When he sits during the reading of the Athaoasian Creed
to show he does not believe it, and withdraws before the sermon,
how can he expect a clergyman to seek him aa a friend and associate.
Let Dr. Landor go home and do his duty, and then he will be in a
position to talk to other people of their duty. As I said in the
beginning I desire to be placed in a different position. Dr. Landor
has gone into calculations, all of which are wrong except the one
item of six hundred a year. The amount of the commutation is
£206 and not jCSSO as Dr. Landor stated.

Dr. Landor .-—I corrected that, and accepted your own statement,
namely, £206.

Bithop : — If such a change were made as would warrant me in
placing another Rector over the church, I would gladly do it, rnd the
sooner it is done the better.

Dr. Landor : — ^The remarks of the Bishop come with singular ill
grace from a man who deprecated personal attacks in the outset of
this meeting. I addressed no remarks upon your personal character,
and yet you attack my religious character. You state I am in the
habit of leaving the church ; I am. But you state partly the truth,
and lead the people to believe it is all truth. For the last two years
I have lefl the church, and you well know the reason. 1 had corres-
pondence with you, concerning the doctrines taught in that church. —
I have heard it taught in that church, that adultery and murder
committed by David, a converted man, were not punishable by God,
as if the same crimes were committed by a sinner; I have heard it
taught in that church, that Christ did not die for all mankind, but only
for the elect, — contrary to the Church catechism and contrary to the
whole of Scripture. When I heard these doctrines taught in that church,
I called your notice to them in a letter to you. (A copy of which
and the reply of the Bishop, is appended to this report, where the
matter of this accusation is more fully gone into.)

When I see a clergyman stand up in the church, with the Bible in
his extended hand, and say that if this doctrine is not true, then is

I f

" Christ a liar," (there the man sits now,) how can 1 stop in the
church and hour Huch an expression as that used 1 I never will. But
these matters nial<e no real dlfTerence with the question at issue. The
real question is that the duties of the Rector have not been performed.
It is no excuse whatever for you to say that another man does your
duties. If another man does your duties, then let him have your office.
You bring up the examples of Rectors in England to justify your
position. Now, I have lived in England perhaps as long as you have ;
I have lived in tlirce parishes, and never found such a state of things
as exists in this parish. Again, in your last intemperate remarks,
you addressed ino as if I wore an atheist or an infidel. I am as thorough
a believer in the gospel as you are. I dare say you will endeavor to
mal<o capital of the fact that I presided at Mr. Mahon's lecture.
Perhaps you forgot it. Now, I desire to say I am no more a believer
in Mr. Mahon's lecture than you are. Religious belief is not a matter
of logic, but of internal conviction. I have no sympathy with the
opinions of Mr. Mahon respecting miracles ; but I am happy to say
that I am a friend of Mr. Mahon ; and I undertake to say, that if it
were a question ns to whose word would meet with the most credit
in the estimation of the people, your^ or his, I undertake to say that
Mr. Mahon's would. Mr. Mahon would be more respected as a man
of his word. Personalities began with the Beotor. I abstained from
them entirely in my opening speech. He said, without the possibility
of knowing it to be true, that I did not believe in the Athanasian
Creed. I do believe in that creed. Although the Bishop unjustly
denounces me for not believing the Athanasian Creek, he had an able
and wise church- warden two years ago, who had occupied that position
for some years, to the great advantage of the pecuniary interests of
this Church, who did not believe that creed, and who always made a
point of shutting his book when it was read, and this fact of his
unbelief was known all those years to the Curate, and ought to have
been known, probably was, to the Rector, yet no denunciation
of him ever came out of the Rector's mouth. He was eligible for
ecclesiastical friendships, because he was of use. Plis unbelief on that
point went for nothing, his utility for everything, and so it always
is with Evangelicals. Principle last, selfishness first, doctrines if
false may be held by the elect without prejudice to their salvation.
I wonder how a man with these facts known could dare to charge me
with unbelief in the Athanasian Creed. I sat down last Sunday for

perional oonsiderationi only, but never before or at any othor time.
Again you say that you could never be friends , with mo. For the
furst low years I resided here there was nothing of the nature you no#
attempt to prove against me, I had done nothing to prevent your
paying me pastoral visit, yet you have never been near me. And
there are plenty othor members of the congregation who can say tho
same thing. I say that " the diseased have ye not strongthed, neither
have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that
which was brol(en, neither havo ye brought again that which was
driven away, neither have ye sought out that which was lost, as I live
saith tho Lord I will require my flock at your hand." A donunciation
addressed to the Sheppards of Israel, but more amply merited by
you.

Benj. ShatOy Esq : — I am satisfied that Dr. Landor as well as this
meeting will be satisfied to put the resolution in a shape less ofTensive
to your lordship, that is, if the same object be obtained. I think tho
congregation would like to look on our bishop with respect. For
my own part, had 1 no respect for the Bishop, I certainly never would
enter St. PauVs Cathedral. I have been taught from infancy to look
on clergy with reverence. With your permission I will propose a
resolution which I think will have all the effects that Dr. Landor
wishes to obtain. '* That in the opinion of the vestry the spiritual
and pecuniary interests of the congregation of St. Paul's would be
benefited by the separation of the duties of Rector from those of the
Bishop of the diocese."

Ihr. Landor agreed to substitute this for his own.

Mr. Dyas could not see how the pecuniary interests of tho congro'
gatioD could be benefited by the separation. He certainly thought it
would be a pecuniary loss. He begged to ask the mover of the
resolution to explain that point.

Mr. Shaw said he thought that point was fully explained by Dr.
Landor.

The Bishop in putting the motion said : — ^The Doctor bar gonp into
figures with reference to the income. My son, who transacts all my
business, I believe is provided with a statement of the income from
tho first day of my consecration until now. I will now ask him to
read that statement.

Jf.

Mr. Cronyn, then read the following statement: — He said as
regards this year, the statement of Dr, Landor would be correct ;
(hear, hear, from Dr. Landor), but with regard to the past the income
has r 'ver reached the amount he named. The arerage income for
the last eight yearr has been $648.62. The income for the several
years (deducting the amount paid for taxes was as follows : for 1858,
$352.00; for 1859, $352.00; for 1860, $071.58; for 1861, $880.27.
A large amount for arrears of taxes was paid in that year ; for 1862.
it was $883.79 ; for 1863, $634.89; for 1864, 996.56 ; and for 1865,
$761.87. The income for the year 1866, will be about $1,100 or
$1,200. In the vestry of 1862, the Bishop in reply to Mr Wilson,
said that all the income was swallowed by taxes, yet, here it is shown
thas there has been an income since 1858.,

The resolution was then put to the meeting and carried. — Ayes 21,
Nays, 16.

The Bishop : — I entirely agree with that resolution. I desire ,that
the rectory be separated from the Bishopric, and so soon as the
diocese fulfil the pledge given to me and .o the 6overnpr.General,
I >all carry out that resolution, but not till then.

Dr. Landor : — Then I must move a resolution, stating that in the
opinion of this meeting the resolution ought to be carried out in
the course of a year.

The Bishop : — ^That cannot be done for the simple reason that this
meeting has nothing whatsoever to do with the patronage of the
rectory.

Dr. Landor : — I do not wish the meeting to interfere with uhe
parsonage ; but 1 wish to call on this meeting to express the opinion
that the resolution ought to be carried out in the course of a year.

Bishop : — I cannot consent to that at all.

Dr. Landor : — You say the meeting cannot carry this resolution
into effect I know very well they cannot without yo ar consent. They
can only express the opinion that it is not right for things to continue
as they are. And in spite of this resolution you will not consent to
have these things changed until the diocese builds you a house. And
so things will continue to go on as they are for the next ten years.
I say this is a miserable and shameful position for a bishop to occupy.

The Bishop : — v ; henever the diocese, and London as a part of the
diocese, does its duty towards the episcopacy I am mojt ready and
willing and anxious to separate the rectory from the bishoprio and
appoint a Rector. But until that is done it would be sacrificing the
interests of the diocese to consent to the resolution. I shall carry
out the resolution as soon as I can, perhaps in a year but I hope in
not more than two years.

Br. Landor: — I have now to asic your lordship a question as
bishop, quite independent of the resolution. In the 18th clause of
the church temporalities act, for Canada, it is said, " In the event of
any person or persons or bodiee corporate, desiring to erect a church
or churches, etc., the patronage shall be vested in them in the same
manner as in England : they first having obtained the Bishops license
to erect such a church." Now I should say that within the last week,
upwards of £1,000 have been promised for the purpose of building
a church under this clause, if your permission is granted, and if the
right of presentation be given to the parties who undertake to accept
the nomination of the Archbishop of Canterbury. We want to know
if we shall have the right under this act to build a church, upon con-
dition that the right of presentation of such church be given by the
trustees to the Archbishop of Ci[interbury. Shall we have your
permission as wf> are obliged under this act to obtain it.

The Bishop : — With regard to the right of presentation, I do not
conceive it is in my power to give it to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
I should be very glad to see persons coming forward to build, suffi-
ciently endowed churches ; but before I give my consent as required
under that act I should know the parties who are to be the trustees
of that building. I should know who they were ; / should be satis-
fied with their views and opinions, and everything concerning them
I should have a right to enquire into. If Dr. Landor will furnish me
with the naKies of those parties who are to be the trustees of the
church, then I shall give him an answer to his question. But I cannot
consent that persons unknown to me, persons that I was not fully
satisfied about, should have the patronage of any church in my diocese.

Dr. Landor : — Allow me to ask you do you mean by that, you
will allow the appointment of no clergymen, except those who held
the same doctrines as yourself? Do you mean that you will permit
no one to be a clergyman here, who does not hold such opinions and
tenets as are held by the majority of this diocese, and by yourself?

The Biihop :-^liO^T ASSUREDLY I DO MEAN THAT.

Dr. Landor : — ^That means you will have no opinions but your owlj
in the diocese.

Bishop : — I think you will allow uo one to think except as you do.

Dr. Landor : — On the contrary, I do not care how many Evangeli-
cals there are in the church or who professes or acts on their views,
but I object to a Bishop who rules the Church of England under his
care which allows a great latitude of opinion, like a sect which admits
of no opinions but its own narrow and prejudiced vie>y9. 1 do not
want others to embrace my opinions on religious matters, I want
freedom to enjoy my own, euoh is enjoyed in England and in other
dioceses here, which is impossible under your rule, for you have now
declared that you will not p3rmit a church to be built and endowed
unless the clergyman preaches your doctrines.

Bishop : — This vestry is now adjourned to this day fortnight and
here I would recommend that if any one desires to bring a matter
under notice they wait until the hour is announced by the proper
authority, or it may be attended wiuh great inconvenience, I had on
last Thursday arranged with the church-wardens to have this meeting
held on this day at half-past ten in the forenoon, but when Dr.
Lander's notice for seven in the evening came out, it was altered.

Dr. Landor : — ^That is the strangest statement made this evening,
for you say you had arranged with the church-warden last Thursday.
Now I went to Mr. Hunt, church-warden, on Saturday, at one o'clock,
to say that I had heard that some measure was to be attempted to
defeat my motion, by altering the time from that at which it bad
been held for at least five years. Mr. Hunt said he did not know
that to be so. I also saw Mr. Elliott, church-warden, on Saturday
morning and mentioned my apprehensions to him also. He said
nothing, but I am sure that he would not have allowed me to leave
him under a false impression. Therefore, when you say that you
arranged it on Thursday, I cannot conceive it to be possible. The
Bishop turned to Mr. Hunt, who said that he was not aware on
Saturday the meeting was to be at half-past ten in the morning. Mi.
Elliott said nothing, but I am sure if he could have confirmed the
Bishop's gross mistake or gross mis-statement, be would have done
so. My letter to Mr. MacMullen, for the list of the pew-holders was
opnt on Wednesday, March 28th. Before that day there was no

intention, expressed or imagined, of altering the hour of the Vestry
Meeting. I leave the public to conie to their own conclusions on
this the final scene of an evening, exhibiting many traits characteristic
of the man.

There were not less than 200 persons in the Vestry, and yet
the Bishop-Rector could only obtain sixteen votes, and some
of these were his nearest relations and connections. Is it conceivable
that out of so large anumber of parishioners so few would have voted
for him, if they could conscientiously have done so, for it must be re-
membered that he is a man of position, of much influence, with many
families connected with him, residing in this city ; and I am an unpo-
pular man, offending many by outspoken habits ; of no influence
whatever, and no weight in the community ; and yet he had only
sixteen votes. It is true, I had only twenty-one, but then there were
two hundred people there who would have beou glad to have voted
for him, if their opinbns had not been against him. I think this fact
tells more of the justice and truth of my motion and statements than
if there had been a large division carried by a small majority. It is
also a most effective condemnation of the Bishop, that considering
there were men (who had resided in the parish for all periods up to
thirty years) at the meeting, not one spoke a single word in his favor.
Is it to be conceived that old residents and new would have all remained
silent if they had felt they could have supported his statements 1 The
facts are quite the reverse. Old resdents present there. told me that
they could bear witness that many of the statements made by the
Bishop were erroneous, but they did not wish to speak against him,
though they would say nothing for him. No work requiring money
or help can obtain either, from old residents here, because they have
no con6dence in the Hector, and will do nothing while he continues
Rector. Every one who has tried to canvass the parish for any work
knows this fact I said nothing about the violation of promises (made
before his election) to resign the Rectory, nor about the amendment
moved by Dr. Cronyn in the Synod of Toronto, to the effect that
the elected Bishop should resign on consecration, because these facts
add nothing to the force of my arguments, which were founded on
the miserable state of the parish in his charge.

I have a few comments to make on the Rector's opening speech,
which I omitted to notice in mine. He lays the greatest stress on
an alleged pledge of the diocese to build him a house, before the
Governor-General would give his consent to divide the diocese of

Toronto. What diocese gave that pledge ? That of Toronto ? It
could not be that of Huron, which was not formed. But if the
delegates, or committee, or individuals who waited on the Governor,
gave it, by whose authority did they do it ? I cannot obtain any
reply to these questions, even from those who well knew the whole
circumstances at the time. They say that there was no pledge
further than this, that when the money could be raised, a house
should be built ; that Mr. Oronyn himself was the pledger ; that it
was a conditional promise, not a pledge, for there was no existing
authority entitled to make the pledge, unless the diocese of Toronto
chooses to consider that the pledge came from it. The Bishop
states that a great duty devolves upon London, for he says, " Let
London do its duty." How is this 1 Did London also pledge
itself to any special obligation in the matter of the house ? No one
can make any meaning of this statement, and all deny that London
has any duty in this house matter, beyond its duty as a part of the
diocese. He quoted the case of the Bishop of Quebec, retaining
his rectory with his bishopric, but a gentleman present at the
meeting, tells me that he resided long in Quebec , and that, the
Bishop-Rector there did his duty as Bector, and visited his parish-
ioners, and that he paid rent for his house. Bishop McClosky, of
Michigan, also did the work of Rector without an assistant; doing
the usual Sunday duty of a parish clergyman. The Bishop of
Michigan replied to a lady who asked him if he did all the work in
his own church, " Tes I do ; clergymen are too scarce in my diocese
to permit me to be idle on a Sunday."

The Bishop of Michigan was Rector of Detroit at the time of his
election to the bishopric. There was no episcopal endowment fund
provided for the Bishop. He, therefore, did the duties of Bishop
on his rectorial income, the diocese only pajring his current expenses,
until they raised a fund to endow the bishopric and build him a
residence. This case is therefore altogether against the Bishop of
Huron. It rather contrasts most strongly with his conduct. I
imagine that there is also much to be said about his statements
concerning the Bishop of Toronto which would give a very different
color to that part of his speech.

These cases therefore cited by him, tell against him. Nor
if the facts were as L^ stated, could they justify him, unless
he wishes men to infer, that the neglect of duty by others,

justifies its ueglect by himself, nor does th? conclusions he
draws from their statements and other analagous instances
in England, which he recites, stand on a sounder basis than his
facts. His conclusion is, that in new countries this double holding
of offices is necessary, from the circumstances of such countries. —
On the contrary, it is far less necessary and less justifiable than in
the old countries ; for in new countries, there is more need of effi-
cient performance of duties, and of good examples, as it is well
known there is in them a greater tendency to throw off moral
restraint, and in men to divest themselves of religious principles,
for there is not the constraining example and influence of a higher
and better educated class, which has so large a share in keeping
the mass in order and propriety of life, in England. No. In new
countries it is most important that the best and most disinterested
examples should be set, especially by the clergy of our church, who
take the place in education and standing of the upper classes in the
old country, or at least ought to do so. Such examples of office-
grasping as this I am condemning, do more injury to the cause of
morality and religion than open vice, and its defence by the Bishop
is as indecent as the act itself. He alludes to his great efforts to
raise the bishopric endowment, but the story of that fund, is the
most indecent of all the things connected with him or the diocese.
I addressed the following letter to Mr. E. Adams, who is intimately
acquainted with the whole transaction, and his answer is appended.
It will be new to those strangers whom the Bishop addresses, and
wishes to become acquainted with the affairs of the diocese and

Rectory.

London, 4th April, 1866.
My Dbar Sib :

I believe you are well acquainted with the manner in which the
Fund for the estabb'shmeot of the Bishopric was obtained in this Diocese. I
have been told that it was got up hj parties. Clergymen, who urged that if
it was inconvenient to pay cash, notes might given, upon the condition that
the interest should be paid semi-annually for teu years, and then the princi-
pal. You will have seen the report of the Bishop's remarks in the late Vestry,
where he says that he was the person who spent much time and travel in
obtaining the money for the Fund mentioned.

I should like to hear from you whatever you please to say on this
matter.

I remain, ydurs truly,

HENRY LANDOR.
Edward Adams, Eh(j.

My Dkak Sill

London, C. W., -Ith April, 1866.

I beg leave to avknowledgo tho receipt of your letter of this date.
Tlio mformation you have received of the manner in which the Fund to
establish the Bishopric of this Diocese was obtained, I can certify to as correct.
The late Dr. Evans, of Simcoe, and Dr. Boomer, of Gait, called upon me at
my office, soliciting a subscription to form the Episcopal Fund, and stated
that if it was inconvenient for mo to pay the money, my note would bo taken,
on which I would only be required to pay the interest semi-annually, and the
principal in ten years from that date.

On another occasion. Dr. Boomer urged the matter, when I again declined
giving any subscription, stating that my experience in church affairs here,
led me to consider it unsafe to trust either my note or funds to tho manage-
of the Rector of St. Paul's ,and those associated with him. I remarked to Dr.
Boomer and the late Mr. Shade, of Gait, who were then present, that I did
not expect Dr. Cronyn would give up the Rectory or the House, even if he
was elected Bishop. They said he would have to do so, but as they intended
bceing him that evening they would ask him. On their return, they assured
me Dr. Cronyn had promised them that if elected Bishop, he would immedi-
ately give up tho Rectory and house.

[For the information of those at a distance, I insert a copy of tho
Resolution of the [Synod, of Toronto, before the Diocese of Huron was
seimrated from Toronto] :

"Any Clergyman elected a Bishop, and holding at the time of such
election any preferment or benefice, shall resign such preferment or benefice
prior to his consecration."

Mr. Adams continues :

To satisfy you that I was right in the opinion I had formed of Dr. Cronyu's
management of church property, I need only refer you to the sermon preached
by Dr. Yerschoyle, on the occasion of his consecration as Bishop of Huron, in
which ho referred to the great value of the Rectory ho was giving up, to accept
so much smaller an income as Bishop, and to tho statement of Mr. Cronyn
of the present value of the Rectory, made at the late Vestry Meeting, for it is
well known that the Rector is alone responsible for the affairs of the Rectory,
as ho has strenuously resisted any interference with his management.

The actions brought in the Courts of this Province to enforce payment of
notes obtained for the Episcopal Fund, are well known, and furnish evidence
of the broken fi^th with parties who had given notes.

I would add that I never heard of Dr. Cronyn spending " time and travel ''
to collect funds to establish the Bishopric, but I did of his labor to secure his
election. ,

Yours truly,

Henbt Landob, Esq.

EDWARD ADAMS.

The Uou. Jas. Small, Judge of the County of Middlesex, &:c.,
has Bent me the following letter :

London, Uh xVpril, 18tiU.
Mv Dear Sir :

At your request I have no objection to give yuu thu following state-
ment of the crcumstances which led to the action against me Tipon my note
for fifty pounds to the Church Society, previouatothe appointment of a BiHhop
to this Diocese. Two Clergymen called upon me and stated that the Govemor-
Oeneral would not recommend the appointment of one until he was satisfied
there was a sufficient Fund secured, the interest of which should be solely
applicable to the payment of his salary, that they were soliciting subscrip-
tions, and wished to know what they should put my name down for, that I
should not be called upon for more than the interest of the sum I might name.
I told them, under these circumstances, they might put me down for £50, as
all I could then afford, but thereafter I might give more. One of them then
took out of his pocket a book of printed forms of promissory notes, and filled
one up for me to sign, which I objected to, stating that I would not make
myself liable to pay at once that amount, as it would be very inconvenient.
They then assured me, that it should never be made use of further than to
satisfy the Governor-General of the amount of principal that could be secured,
upon which, considering the standing of the gentlemen I was dealing with,
I signed the note. In about twelve months I received a letter from Messrs. H.
and H., informing me my note was in their hands and must be paid immedi-
ately with interest. At this I felt so disgusted that I determined not to pay
a farthing unless compelled by law. The consequence was a suit, in which
the jury gave a verdict in my favor, which was set aside by the Queen's
Bench, and from failing to prove that the Plaintiffs, H. H., knew the circum-
stances under which I gave the note. Both Bev. gentlemen, on their oath, in
the witness ho^, failing to remember anything ahout it, and the book of printed
forms, with the memoranda in the margin, having been loit or mislaid. Bather
than have any more annoyance, I paid the amount, in my opinion most
unjustly.

In giving this statement I am bound to say, I find no fault with any one
in the transactions but the two clergymen and the then churchwardens, who,
I am well satisfied knew all the circumstances under which the note was
given, and that it was a breach of good faith on their part in selling it as they
did. I have not referred to dates as it would give me some trouble.

Yours respectfully,

JAS. E. SMALL.
H. Landor, Esq.

The italics in this letter are the Judge's own.

There are people who imagine that the acts of the two clergymen
and the church-wardens of St. Paul, were unknown to the then

Rector, now iho Bishop of Huron, and that he was in no wise im-
plicated in the broken faith exhibited towards the givers of those
notes, but these people are not to be found in the parish of London,
0. W. There are many other facts about the election of the Bishop
and the establishment of this episcopate more extraordinary than
any I have touched upon, and the strangers now in the parish can
learn all those facts by a little careful inquiry, and become as fully
acquainted as the Bishop wishes them to be, with all the antecedents
of this marvellous history. I have not space to relate them, but
private inquiry will readily reveal them all. I have said sufficient
to show that his statements are wanting in veracity in some instances,
but there runs through most, if not all, a mode of relation more
odious to my mind than absolute want of veracity — that is, telling
part of tbd truth so as to leave an impression on the hearers which
the whole truth would dissipate.

I refer the account in the Bishop's speech, of the two Bishops of
Quebec and Michigan, to this class of half truths ; also the whole
history of the alleged pledge of t&e diocese b^ore the separation
from Toronto, to build a house, and other similar statements ; the
assertion of the offer of the property to Mr. Wilson ; the teaching
of the catechism in the school, iand the intention to hold the meeting
before my application for the names of the pew-holders, are exam-
ples of want of veracity, standing on undeniable evidence.

The Bishop's attack on me for leaving the church before the
sermon, compels me to give the following correspondence, which
explains my reasons for my conduct, which cannot be distorted into
an insult to the congregation. I might with equal correctness say,
that the nnpunctuality of the congregation in arriving at church, is
an insult to myself, as I am always present before the service com-
mences, as my leaving before It closes, is to them. The reasons
given in the correspondence make it a matter of indifference to me
whether the Rector considers it an insult or not ; if it is, it is not to
his person, but to his opinions. Before acting on my determination,
I consulted a clergyman in England, who had known me from boy-
hood, and I sent him a copy of the correspondence. I am glad to
say I had his sanction for my a it, when he knew that it was not
possible to attend another church where correct views prevailed,
and that I must be compelled to listen to such teaching, or never

go to church at all. In England I could easily have found a
church where no such detestable views were held. Here it w
impossible, and is likely always to continue impossible, until greater
power overrides the power of this Bishop.

My Lord,

LoNDOM, July 13th, 1863.

Your lordship was at church iMt Sunday evening, and it will be in jour
recollection, that the preacher said that "adultery and murder when com-
" mitted by n believer are met by God with a different punishment, from
" adultery and murder committed by a sinner, no crime even so detestable as
" adultery and murder, can deprive a believer of bis future salvation, for in his
'< case Qod will only chasten him temporarily, and that his salvation in assured,
" whereas the sinner can have no additional punishment, because in no case
"can he attain heaven, his portion in hell. The believing adulterer and
'< murderer will only have to wait for a fre$h application of the Blood of
" Christ." I hare here quoted the preacher's expressions carefully noted at
the time. Translated into common language, they mean that whatever crimes
the elect commit, their salvation cannot be imperilled, or as a preacher
expressed it a few Pnudays since in the same Church, " Christ died not for all
mankind, but for the select few," another preacher in the same church a few
mouths earlier, stated " God never listens to the prayers of the unconverted."

I ask your Lordship whether these doctrines have the approbation of the
Bishop of this Diocese and the Rector of this parish, I think I have a tight to
ask this question for my own future guidance. I do not intend to give any
publicity to this letter or to your answer. (April 4th, 1866. I think myself
absolved from this promise by the gross attack *made upon my belief and
conduct by the Bishop at the Vestry on the 2nd ult.) Therefore I will at once
state what my future course will be if your Lordship expresses your approval
of these doctrines so often uttered in the pulpit of St. Paul's. I shall continue
to attend the prayers of the Church, because, thank God, no ulergjrman dare
tamper with them, but I shall never remain to hear another sermon, and I
shall never contribute another cent to any Church or Missionary purpose so
long as I remain in this Diocese. I trus'. your Lordship will give me an
explicitanswer and laddthat I shall consider no answer as equivalent to
your Lordship's approval of these opinions.

ver

i remain your Lordship's,

Obod't Servant,
'1')

HENRY LANDOR.

To the LoRi> Bishop op Huron.

[THK bishop's answer]

London, C.W., July 16th, 1803.

My Diar Doctor,

With reference to your note, yon object to the doctine prcochcdlost Sunday
evening, in St. Paul's, but I thinlc you have not viewed the statomont made
on that occasion with perfect fairness. Commenting on the sin and pardon
of David, the preacher said that sin in a believer was as odious to Qod, as sin
in an unbeliever, but that Qod on the renewed repentance of the believer,
and on his humble application to the blood of Christ, freely pardoned tho
transgression of his servant, whatevor these transgressions were, (does he not
do the some with the sinner, "when the wiektd man turns from it," &o.,) while
at the same time he vindicated the authority oi his own law by punishing the
transgressor, thijg life in the sight of men. Now does not this 'view exactly
correspond with what we read in the 12tb of 2nd Samuel. Davidsinned deeply
and continued impenitent for several months, we cannot exactly say how
long, he mokes no movement towards Ood whom he hod so grievously offended
during that time ; but Ood who is so rich in mercy, sent Nathan to him and
produced deep repentance in David, bo that he confessed his sin as we see in
the &lst Psalm, the expression of his deep contrition of heart. Immediately
Nathan pronounced the words of peace and pardon, but added that as David
hod given the enemies of the Lord occasion to blaspheme, he should be punished
in the sight of men. We believe that the declaration of Uiurcy made by
Nathan was fulfilled, and that the Lord put away his sin so far as the
eternal consequences of it were concerned.

When the believer in the Lord Jesns Christ sins, and returns penitent and
believing to the Ood he has offended he has Ood's promise that his sins and
iniquities shall be remembered no more. If the unbeliever does the same ho
will at onoe obtain the same blessing, but if he is impenitent his portion is
with tho Devil and his Angels.

This is the Doctrine which I know Mr. holds and desires to teach,

and to this I give my most cordial and entire approval. I shall indeed regret
that you should withdraw from the teaching in St. Paul's, but I cannot but
uphold what I believe to be the truth of God, in strict conformity with the
doctrines of the Church as set forth in her articles.

You also mention an expression which you say was used by another
preacher " that Christ only died for the select few." I cannot explain what I
did not hear, but I should imagine that he would have explained the expression
by referring to the word of our Lord. « I lay down my life for my sheep" and
while showing that the sacrifice of Christ was full perfect and suflicient for the
sins of the whole world, it was efiicient to salvation only in those who are the
sheep of Christ. If this was his view I entirely agree with him.

Tou object also to the expression used by another preacher " that Ood

never lintcn* to the prayer of the unconverted." If the rroacher ini jed to
Mj that no man while ho continued impenitent could pray with acceptance
he only exprcHHcd what our Lord no clearly stated. '* No man cometh unto
the Father but by mo. So St. Jarnen, <* lot him ask faith nothing wavering," kc,
St. JamoH, i ; 6, 7. So in Proterb*, " the sacrifice of the wicked is an abomina-
tion/' &c. So David, in the 66th Psalm. I should conclude that the object of
the preaclicr wriH to warn the congregation that nothing was to be regarded as
prayer acceptable to Ood but the prayers of faith, for whatever i» not of faith
is sin.

I foc'l aHNurcd that you would not willingly deal unjustly with any man.
Is there not a danger of this if we take isolated passages from a discourse,
ami form our opinion on these without reference to the context or general
tone of the preacher ? I would venture to council you to consider the points
involved in the above quotation, in a spirit of prayer. I know that the
truths of the gospel are not to bo apprehended by the natural intellect
however cultivated it may be, but we must become as little children, before
wo can fully apprehend the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

Boliove me ever,

Yours faithfully,

BENJAMIN HURON.

I sball not imperil that wisdom in theology which the Bishop
attributes to mc by commenting on the theology of this reply, in
that respect it may form a very fitting subject of discussion to his
clerical brethren, especially it may give Provost Whittaker an
opportunity of retorting the critical examination of religious teachings
which the Bishop once displayed towards him. I avoided that
discussion and scut the following reply :

July 22nd, 1863.

Mt Lobd,

I am obliged to your lordship for your answer to my letter, and I thank
' you for its kfnd and courteous spirit. I must say that I think it leaves my
letter altogether untouched, for you comment on what you believe the
prachers meant or intended to say, not on the words they used. I have
nothing to do with or remark upon their meaning, because as it was unspoken
it cannot be known to me, I have only to judge of the plain obvious meaning
of the terms they employed, which mem. to me both dangerous and erroneous
and that they did use those terms, is not an assumption of mine or a misappre-
hension, as your lordship suggests, but a fact which I have taken care to have
verified by other members of the congregation. You do not seem to me
clearly to apprehend that it is to the naked offensiveness of the phrases used
that I object myself, and which I consider contrary to the truth of christi-

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•nity. I h»v« nothing to mj to any kIonn thftt may l>e put n|)on them by
otherM, or any after explanation that may be given, bocauae HUch glositfls or
explanation* cannot do away with the eril effccta of the injudicioiiH oxproHnions
nied dogmatically, m they are uaed ip Hermoni. Wo hear the pbraHes, but
we dont hear the oxplanationn, and wo can judge only of the former, an they
appear at the time of delivery, with Much explanatlonii ai are then given. I
did not aak your Iord«hip what explanations you could put upon Buch phraHca
yourself, but whether you could approve of them in the plain senHo in which
you hoard them uttered, I can therefore only consider your comment on that
episode on David's history as irrelevant, whatever may be its intrinsic merit,
moreover, I believe that thoao phrases moan more, much more in the minds of
the utterors, than they do as suggested by your lordship. I thinli it quite
useless to say more. I will only add that I would give a great deal if I could
put as harmlesH a construction npon them as you do, and that I am very far
from being actuated by evil wishes or an evil spirit in Hpeaking or thinking
an I do about such subjectH. 1 give full credit to others for the sincerity of
their belief and the purity of their motives about these views which are so
abhorrent to me, and I expect that the Kame credit for sincerity and purity
will bo awarded to mo.

Thanking your lordship, I Anally dose the subject and remain.

Yours very Hinccroly,
The Lord Bishop or Huron. HENRY LANDOR.

I leave comment to others, 1 trust this corrcHpondcnco will be
sufficient to justify my conduct and free mo from the accusation of
irreligion. hurled at me by the fiishop. I have not I am sure heard
a dozen sermons in this city since the date of these letters, and at
one of those times I had the misfortune to hear the Bev'd A.
Brookman, agent to the Upper Oanada Bible Society, utter the
same doctrines and confirm his opinions by the odious expression I
have named in my reply to the Bishop's attack.

I must now draw attention to the most lamentable condition
of all those christians in fins Diocese, who are shocked at the
teaching, I have shown to be the only teaching accof^ftble to
them. The Bishop's final reply to my question, (which is printed
in the very words of the short-band reporter I took to the
meeting,) tells us most plainly that he will allow only his views
to be taught in his Diocese. Genevan principles maintained with
Popish intolerance govern the Ohurcb community here, and
there is no escape from them. The very men who raised such an
outcry about the few Evangelical men in the Diocese of Montreal,
declare their intention of having no differing opinions from theirs

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whore thoy are rutcri, uot a few who diifer from u», «ay they
bnt iiono. It iH a warning to the few old Micumbentn in thiH Diocutse
who flo not hold their views that no promotion or honourH will ever
fall to their lot. It iu also a clear intimation to these who have been
appointed under the present regime, thut no backsliding unto
wider and more christiaa principles than thoHO held in Kpifcopa!
haunts will be tolerated. Let them take heed. It is also an example
in this century uf living men who like the Puritans and Quakers uf
New England, have learnt none of the maxims of toleration they had
so glibly at the ends of their tongues, when they felt themselves
persecuted. 'I'hey wtnild fly from the fires of Rome with exclama-
tions of horror and quench opposition to themselves in those that
burned Bervelitn Intolerant themselves with an intolerance un-
equalled in history, i\wy cry oiit at the shadow of opposition and
level the deadliest darts at their opponents. They have appropriated
to themselves a designation which has become a reproach, for the
term Evangelical, in its party sense, has universally a meaning
diametrically oppoHod to its gospel sense. Unfortunately we can
only escape fiora their rule by the help of sympathizers and active
friends elseAvhere. It is certain that wc can never expect the
privilege the inhabitants of other Dioceses enjoy both in Canada and
England. There the latitude allowed by the Ghurch is practised
by their rulers. If High Ghurch or Low Ghurch require a building
for their use they are at liberty to have it. Where the Bishop is a
high Ghurchman, the Evangelical is ready to force him to induct one
of their views when the patron has appointed one, as in the Gorham
case ; and the Evangelical is equally ready to resist induction licre,
should the patron appoint one opposed to his views. Wc appeal then
to the Metropolitan and the Bishops of the other Ganadian Dioceses
to exert themselves to obtain an alteration of that portion of the
clause in the Ghurch temporalities &ct, which requires the Bishop's
license, or at least to specify that here, as in England, the Bishqps
shall not have power to refuse the license to build or prevent patron-
age, or induction, solely because the clergyman holds views allowed
by the Ghurch, but opposed to the Bishop's own. If, on obtaining
proper legal opinion we find that the Bishop has no power now to
refuse induction, except on fitting grounds, not dependent on diffe-
rences of opinion, then we also appeal to our fellow christians to help
us with their purses to fight the battle of toleration in our law Gourts

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against our intoleruut Evangelical Bitiliop. We arc not men of extreme
opinions, we arc no High Churchmen in the usual if in any sense of
that phrase; there ai'c no such men in Canada. Wehelongto that
extensive class of men who are in neither extreme, and are only
desirous of worshipping our God where our senses shall not be offen-
ded by doctrines and sentiments like those I have described as
prevalent in this Diocese. We wisli for an opportunity of worshipping
according to the principles of the Church of England as exhibited in
the majority of Churches in England and Canada. Without assis-
tance from those who have power and influence to procure the
amendment of the law our wishes can never be realized. And
without the help of sympathising christians, in Canada and in
England, our struggle against intolerance must be long and perse-
vering before it can be successful. We arc not schismatic. We
only desire that liberty and justice which the Church of England
affords all her members, but which wo sue our Bishop for, in vain.
'' Justitia est habitus animi suumcuique tribuens." A Ciccronean
maxim of equity and toleration altogether unknown to his Lord-
■hip of Huron.

This pamphlet would not have been published if the separation
of the rectory of London, from the bishopric of Huron, had been its
only, or even its chief object, for that victory was gained the day
of the meeting of the Vestry, on the 2nd. The expression of the
opinion and still more, the significant silence of that Vestry, must
prevail against any opposition, and the pamphlet is hardly needed
to complete the victory. The main object of the publication is to
win another battle, that of toleration ; to enable Christians of a
different stamp, from Huron Christians to build and endow churches
of their own, where the doctrines of the Church of England can be
heard according to her Prayer Book, after the manner the Church
has permitted since the Reformation in every diocese in England.
This battle we are determined to win, and the first step necessary
is to show to the world the kind of man who rules over this diocese,
and hinders us from obtaining our just rights — a man who scruples
not to say whatever will advance his views, and hesitates not,
as I have fully shown in this pamphlet, by irresistible evidence, to
influence his hearers by any statement, however devoid of truth,
which will, HS he thinks, gain a momentary advantage. I have no
doubt that he thought nothing more would ever be heard of the
statements at the Vestry Meeting, that the command he and his
friends have of the press of this city, would prevent ika extension
of the publication of the proceedings beyond the walls of the school-
house, or at furthest, of the city itself. But. in order to gain the
important object of those who entered into this warfare, these pro-
ceedings must be known everywhere. We must expose the man
for the gain of the Church.

Who can contemplatt;, without disgust, the present condition ot
the Church of England in this diocese, under such a ruler, or its
future without dismay, if he can only continue his ri;le a few years
longer, until the system of teaching in this dio'^ese hccomes
thoroughly grafted into the country, by the ordination of men trained
in his views, educated at narrow sectarian seminaries, dignified
with the title of Colleges, but intended to inculcate one sided notions
of Church of England Christianity. Colleges which take pupils of
mature age from the lower classes of the community, because the
cheapness of the education tempts such men away from their proper
sphere, into one for which by all their previous habits, and manners
and ignorance, they are totally upfit. The clergy under such a
system are degraded to the level of the masses ; not the masses
raised to the level of the clergy which should be the object and aim
of the training colleges ; and by their means the false and narrow
views of Christianity now prevalent will be perpetuated.

I do not suppose we can get rid of such a Bishop as easily as we
can displace him fi'om an unjust position ; but we can by showing
the world, what manner of man this is, obtain help from those who
can give it, which will procure the alteration of the law, and
compel that toleration which will never be otherwise obtained.

I copy the paiagraph from the sermon of Mr. Verschoyle, preached
at Lambeth, October, 28th, 1857, (which I could not obtain in time for
the body of the pamphlet), which is alluded to in a former page.
" There is one circumstance in the condition of this infant diocese to
" which the attention and sympathy of the christian public is
" earnestly invited ; it is that when the endowment had reached the
" amount of cf 8,400, and there was every prospect of the proposed
" .€lO,000 being realised, together with provision for building an
"Episcopal residence, a sudden check was given to the effort by the
" commercial crisis, which has befallen the Canadas, in consequence
" of their contiguity to, and intercourse with the United States.
" The result is that the Bishop having vacated the living of Loudon,
" C.W.,with about ^£1200 per annum, with a suitable residence, has
•' sacrificed ^£700 a year and a house, and steps into his more
" responsible office, with the wholly inadequate income of c€504 per
•' annum, without a resid'^nce. Even this proposed income, too,
" however inadequate, if reduced, and a portion of the capital jeopar-
** dized, by the failure oi a gentleman in whose hands it was
" placed."

It is difficult to say which portion of this paragraph is most
erroneous. The Bishop never vacated the residence for one day.
He never resigned the living, unless it is intended that it became
vacant by the effects of the resolution of the Toronto Synod ; but
if that is meant, it never was really vacant, for it was well known

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that the form of presenting the Bishop to what he was ready to
accept, and had never really vacated, and to which the Ohurch
Society never formally reappointed him, would be gone through by
the Ohurch Society of Huron. He never for one moment possessed
the Diocese without a residence, for he has ever refused to do so.
Thd last sentence asserts that the Episcopal income was diminished ,
by somebody's failure ; but no old resident of London can tell me
the name of the gentleman alluded to. The Bishop in his opening
speech, alludes to the loss of Bkctorial income from failures. Is
this a confusion of statement, or did both incomes su£Per from the
same failure 1 If so, great misfortunes, unusual in the world,
occurred to both incomes, or they suffered from great mismanage-
ment.

I may seem to have expressed myself too strongly and too harshly
in this pamphlet, but it must not be forgotten, that there is mot osb

STATEMENT OF THE BiSHOP's, STRICTLY AND ENTIRELY TRUE, and that it

is therefore absolutely necessary, in dealing with one so ready tv s^Iin
through facts, to speak most plainly. One must grip ane^^> witu a
fist full of sand, or it will wriggle away.

At the adjourned Vestry meeting on the 16th April, Mr. Maclean
in the Chair, said that he had been requested by the Rector to
withdraw the imputation that I did not believe the Athanasian Greed,
I replied that I regretted the Rector did not uo me that justice on
the evening of the last meeting after my repudiation of his imputation,
for it was now too late for me to withhold the remarks I had made
on that subject as they were already in print. I then moved a resolu-
tion that the Vestry no longer pay $600 towards the salary of the
Curate which should be paid by the Rector, as the Rectory funds were
ample to meet the duties. The resolution was carried unanimously.
The minutes of the meeting of the 2nd, were read, but I think it will
hardly be credited that nothing appeared in them but Mr. Shaw's
resolution. All that is related in this pan^hlet, so important to the
Parish, does not appear in the minutes. I trust that this fact will
not be forgotten, if the Vestry records should ever be put in evidence
to prove any thing that has occurred in this Parish. No adverse
statements, if this is an example of Vestry minutes, will be found in
the Vestry Book ; and it is no wonder that it has been found quite
impossible to dig any satisfactory crop of past transactions out of
such unpromising, infertile ground.

This pamphlet will accomplish one good object if it helps to con-
vince mankind of one fact daily becoming more and more clear to
all observant persons. THAT THE FRUIT OF EVANGELICAL ,
CONVERSION IS WANT OF TRUTH.

Printed at the "Spkctator" Office, Prince's Square, Hamilton, C. W.

APPENDIX

I received the following letter too late to print it in its proper
place (page 28). I am therefore obliged to append it to the
pamphlet. It will be found to confirm all J have said res:ardinf>-
the Bishop of Michigan, and completely convict the Bishop of Huron
of one of those half-truths T have so strongly condemned. H.L

Detiioit, April 18, 18G6,
Dear Sir,

I received your letter and give yon an answer, with great pleasure, to
the que.stion presented to me. When I was elected as the Bishop of Midiigan
there was no Episcopal Fnnd, and as St. Paul's Clnuch, Detroit, was the
largest congregation, I was elected as the Rector of the Cluirch. This was
done to give me a salary for my support. Whenever the Episcopal Fund
was thought to he sufficient for that purpose, I resigned the llectorship and
all the emoluments connected with it. A new Rector was called, and tlic
whole salary which I had, and more, w.is given to and is now enjoyeil hy
him. My only support is drawn froir the Episcopal Fund. I aUo gave up
the Rectory, which is now and has h.'en, from the tivw of my resitrnation, in
the possession of the Rector of the Church.

With much respect, &c.. &c.

SAMUEL A, McCOSKEY.

Henry Landor, Esq.