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 li'mo tlirce years ago, I could only counsel and con- 
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 ver interesting and important in itself) requires, and 
 allows, the least consideration of circumstances — 
 I the puhlic Service of the Church. While, from my 
 very short and* imperfect acquaintance; with your* 
 i selves and your Missionary labours, I felt incompe- 
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 ' both study and experience had qualified mo to 
 propound to you the way of order and uniformity in 
 tho public prayers and administration of the Sacra- 
 1 ments, as prescribed and practised in our dear 
 , mother Church. Moreover the lime of my arrival 
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 ' enquiry on the subject of Rub . .al conformity ; and 
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 It'ubric of our Prayer-Book was tho safe, and only 
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 ! iraction and disputation ; and to preserve, or bring 
 back, in our solemn assemblies, a Godly order and 
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 remind those who think otherwise, that, on tliat ! ''r 
 
 occasion, as I havo shown you, to comment on i ' 
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 which 1 have visited all your Missions and Churcir- 
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 and shared (at least in spirit) your special difTicuN ^j''^,'! 
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 indispose you to receive, and interpret favourably, 
 my suggestions and recommendations. My aini 
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 the results of my own observation and experienco 
 useful to you, and to those whoso servants wo arc 
 for Christ's sake. 
 
 15 ut before wo proceed to look forward and 
 consult for tho future, it seems duo to you and to 
 myself to notice the chief events of importance to 
 the Church in this country (and indeed they arc 
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 cinarUod that I do not repent of having on that 
 occasion directed yourntlenlioii to tho rule of order 
 and uniformity in tho Serviced of tho Church, ns u 
 subject of paramount and sponiiil importance: and 
 I will now venture lo add, lliat I do not repent of the 
 instructions I then gave you, ciilicr in themselves, 
 or for their results. My opinions wore not lightly 
 formed, or hastily propounded, and I have seen no 
 reason either to alter them, or wish them unknown. 
 Jt is very true that ihc few changiis I rccommcntlod, 
 in order to bring our practice into nearer conformity 
 lo our rules, were not so generally accepted hy the 
 Clergy as I desired; and, partly in consoquenco of 
 this want of concurrence, did noi, whercj, attempted, 
 succeed in gaining on tho part of tho congrega- 
 llions general approval. I cannot doubt but if all 
 the Clergy had acquiesced in my views, (which, I 
 'must again remind you, were strictly in accor<lancc 
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 i',^2iv''''' uniformity have been attained and maintained. In 
 ,'9'iiti!'' ' venturing this remark, I pray not to be interpreted 
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 :t! f • ' among you, as did not adopt my recommendations 
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 and necessary, to a higher tribunal, whether in %^ !!'V itl^^^^ 
 
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 I found of service to myself, when I did, however^ ,Vr!L%:v 'iiur. 
 reluctantly, allow or not prevent a retrograde move. • i ■ -Iwf ' !>yn' 
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 linown that I advised, or at least allowed conces-i 
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 evokc«l by newspapers and other publications at ,'ill[4 
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 and I could not bear to oft'ond even tboVvveakfcst' .' |'!»:'>^V ^ 
 brother by fostering a presumption, or suspicion' of '''V^'lf -> 
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 would, wc may presume, have been sufllcient, in ' .! iiil; : 
 happier limes, to have shown that wo did bu^ desire ;, ii l^^'' '' 
 an order and uniformity according to' the rules of ' ' if ,/ 
 our Service; and that, instead of taking liberty t6>\'<il';.1ii * 
 alter and innovate, we did but return to the stricter "■"''' 
 and closer observance of the Church's laws. Rm 
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 faiih. Should il occur to any persons to remark 
 that, if there he danger in prayer extempore or of 
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 doctrine or evil oxhorlalion, lh«re is iho same ^ 
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 advantages, or evils, of prayers extempore, or of' 
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 lime-honoured and lime-hallowed forms. I would 
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 wisely and modestly prefer one of the Collects 
 before the Sermon to any private compositions (and 
 with that f am pcrfeyily content); but I wish to' 
 juijiify myself for recocnmeuding the omission of 
 prayer altogothcr in Divine Service where none isl 
 prt'scribeci or provided by the Church; while wo, 
 more than nsplace it, and supply the loss, by iIir 
 
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 which first enforced siilipcripiioii on the (.'Icrgy, pnssed niso the followiiiw 
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 hiimhly follow in nhnsinjj myself, did both magnify ^ 
 his ufiice, and enjoin the Bishops appointed and >;, ^! 
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 ur at least duly commissioned, hands : and thus, as 
 thft Ap<»stU} sj)ealvs, ** they which arc approved are 
 made innnifbst among you," I can assert with 
 confidence that the proceedings of that trying time 
 Ikivc not weakened our hands, or alienated the regard 
 ijjid devotion of any well-instructed members of our 
 CuiiMnunion from the Church of their falhcrs and 
 [\u ir home. That many for a season were disturbed, 
 m i!isj«!eased, is to me no ifiatter of wonder or com- 
 {•laiiii. When we add to the reports brought from 
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 bvi.'uo wlio had professed the desired object of order 
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 ' and observances, as tlio channels and means of 
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 other Dioceses at home) I would mention with plea- 
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 r<'main, that the congregation may, as it were,' 
 receive and welcome her among them, and sho- 
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 thanksgivings of tho Church. Only as ihere is no' 
 rulo on the subject in our Prayer Books, 1 cheer-- 
 fully allow the more common method of churchin^r 
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 uniformity in tho Public Service, and of course in 
 accordance willi tho rules and laws of our Book of' 
 Common Prayer. In short, I have no power to 
 dispense with the strict observance of those laws in ! 
 every possible case.* How far a contrary practice . 
 of long standing sanctioned, or not disallowed, byi^ 
 our rulers in Church and Slate can justify usinneg. 
 Iccting those laws, I am not competent, and happily ' < 
 not called on^to determine. That such contrary 
 practice, so sanctioned or allowed affords largo 
 excuse in foro conscientioe, I readily admit, and I 
 am far from presuming to censure any of you who 
 rely upon it as thoir justification. I can appreciate 
 also the diflicultics in which you aro placed through 
 this long continued contradiction between ruto and ' 
 practice, and tho dislike which your people will 
 naturally and properly have to change, till ihey 
 understand the reason and authority for it. liut if 
 there he, as I conceive there is and must be, an i 
 authority and reason for every rule and Rubric of, 
 our Prayer-book — if all were made and aro enjoined '■ 
 for edification — I do not understand how we can rest 
 satisfied til! wo have inslruclfd our people in their 
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 deturtninc the sense of tho Kut)ric for us in all duuhtful cases ; yet it jc 
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 I, j */'♦* Sundays, and other Iloly-lJays, when the most 
 ^ (If ' '** number of people come together ; as well for that 
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 Church, with two reasons for it wisely and piously 
 annexed; freasons which, I am persuaded, no Min- 
 ister, nay no member of our congregations, who will 
 <Iuly consider them, can dony to bo of immense and 
 sacred importance;) and no exception allowed but 
 .in cases of necessity, and no licence given to the 
 Curate, but to direct the attendance of tho parlies 
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 pnrl that Baptism may be ndmlnistercd only »< upon i 
 "Siindayd and other lloly-days, whon the most 
 **niimher of people come together ;'* and must ' , 
 admonish (lie ))copIc accordingly. And tiie same of 
 every lilic positive rule, however praciico may 
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 t.hni to contend for uniformity in practice is to grasp 
 at the shadow and let go the substance, to hold tliu 
 form and deny the power of godliness ; or that to 
 admonish tlie people in theso things, as wo are (:oin< 
 mantled, is to fjcglect the weightier tnatlors of iho 
 Gospel — repentance towanls G'oD, and faith towards 
 our I. OKI) Jesus Christ. Ikdieve it, niy Urethren, 
 Jl is no small matter to require and procure for con- 
 science sake, strict obedience to the commandments 
 and ordinances of any lawlul authority in Church 
 or Stale; for, '*yo must needs bo subject," an 
 Apostle would leach us, ^*not only for wrath, but ' 
 ''also for conscience sake:" but when we furlher 
 believe, and know, that the laws of the Church aro ,' 
 intended for edification, and will certainly edify, if, 
 any will wisely and dutifully obey them ; we can^ i 
 hardly bo satisfied wiili a congregation who resist or' ' 
 slight them. If it be granted that ihere may bo no - ^ 
 ndigion in the observance of Rubric and rule, it 
 muhi, I fear,' be granted also that there, is great 
 irrcligion in wilful and determined resistance. Let 
 me use another instance and illustration : Somo , 
 clergymen insist much on the necessity of iheir con- • 
 gregatiuns kneeling, at the prescribed limes and 
 occasiyns, in the I'ublic Service. Wow 1 can rea- I 
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 Vdfiil no:;lftcl of a plain and pious duty prescribcul 
 • I'ji. by thb Church, and practised by our Louu's Apos- 
 i,j;.' tics and other holy men, it is n)uch in bo feared, 
 you havo done worse than nothini»— you havo not 
 only sanctioned a wron«» practice contrary to Scrip- 
 ture and the Church's rule, hut you havo sulTiu'cd ii 
 congre','aiion to suppose thai a prayer to Ci'oi) may 
 be acceptable', not merely with unh«;nded knees, but 
 with uniiumbled hearts. I''t)r surely wu cannot bo 
 . ., \v/rong in concludin;^ that continued resistance to a 
 
 ' ',l'l'i\i positive rule of the Church, pious and proper in 
 !'(l''r ;'i iist^'^'i '""^t proceed (except It bo from iijnoranco 
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 i V of'humilily or^dociliiy. Ami here is my exctjsc li»r 
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 lil'i/^l rules ; not merely becausq they aro the Church's 
 " rules, (which consideration alone siiould prevail with 
 pious and dutiful dispositions,) but because the 
 neglect of them fosters pride and self-will, the vuvy 
 rout of schism and se|)aration. 
 V Let mo however again and again assure you, that 
 .1 i;:, 'I am not reflecting upon any of you, neither upon 
 if ii'V your congregations for continuing in practices which, 
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 part of my bounden duty to remind you and your 
 congregations of these laws and ordinances, am! to 
 shew how their observance would lend not merely 
 to uniformity, bul to uiiiiy and general cfiilicaiion ; 
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 e.xprcasinp n»y grnlcful ncknowlodfftnonts of iho 
 kind nnd dntiritl attention I ovcrywhere nnd on cvorv 
 occiision experienced at your liandd. I look bnclc 
 upon it with ffclings of sincere gratitude nnd plea- 
 sure. My chief object in those visits was, I trust 
 in some ^uod measure nccomplishedf which was to 
 become acquainted wiili tho naluro and oxtcni .of 
 yOur en<^nj,aMnents and duties. I need not repeot 
 my conviction often expressed, that your sphere of 
 labour is, in almost every instance, too extended for 
 your heulih and comfort, and, what I am suro you 
 regard more, your usefulness. It is not i^enerally 
 thai the numbers committed to your chargo aro too 
 lijri»c fur eiliciimt pastoral supervision by i«t£Cler'»y. ^j^iV 5 
 njan (I except of course tho district of St. John's) : — f'/l' 
 but tho scattered natureof their settlements, and tho ' ' 
 didiculty, or rather impossibility, of approaching 
 them dtiring so largo a portion of tho year, make 
 your duties exceedingly anxious and laborious, and 
 of small efTeci in rel'ercnco to tho cxpenditiiro of 
 strength and time. I need not however occupy your 
 time, or depress your spirits by reminding you of 
 ditliculiies too well known, and too sensibly fdt. 
 J would only wish to assure you that 1 can better* 
 I will not yet say fully, npj)reciatc your labours 
 and trials, and make allowances for your disappoint- 
 ments, and (should it so fall out in any case) fop 
 apparent want of progress or success. The impos- 
 sibility of knowing particularly tho State of your ■I'^i, 
 flocks, and giving to every ono his portion . of 1iv|i'v 
 meat in due season, of resisting either those grievous i V'fe ': 
 wolves which in ypur absence enter in and scatter T'^lii I 
 the sheep, or those men who arise, as an Aposil^ 'I ■ » 
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 con hardly suppose that any, or all of iheso wotiM ho 
 regarded, or ought lo bo, in comparison of the earn 
 of tho Churches nnd the euro of souls; or, shall [ 
 not say, would, or ought to he rogardrd at nil ? Is 
 not tins iho very character of ihc Missionary work, 
 10 which' wo have devot(jd ourselves; — tho chnrnoicr 
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 ' ^ trials when we read of the Missionaries nnd Con- 
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 nnd not merely with patience, but rejoicing that they 
 j' J' ':,;\\vcrc counted worthy to sudor for Christ's sako. 
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 ' '' **' ' you from any duties or sacrifices for Mis Namo nnd 
 His Church's sake, if I proceed lo remark that one 
 lobour more or less self-imposed, struck tne as by 
 iio means compensating for the fatigue and anxiciy 
 nltcnding it ; I mean tho third full service on the 
 Sunday, vvitli a sermon nt each, in the same church. 
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 pen your spirits nnd tax your strength 
 ,. ,m a aegreo which may not bo felt immediately, but 
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 witnessed and witness daily with the deepest anxiety. 
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 for greater attention and pains in the study and 
 preparation, than can possibly be devoted to three 
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 pations and interruptions; and that, regarding with 
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 'i| ; y»heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears ; 
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 difficulty you find in procuring religious books for I ' 
 llie use of your people, and not merely the Holy ■ r 
 Scriptures nnd our Books of Common I'rnver • i!' 
 but oiber works of instruction nnd edification!'' 'li 
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 bio) lo meet this difliculty, I opened in St. John's q , ' ' 
 dnpOt for liie sale of the publications of the Socieiy i 
 for Promoting Cbrislian Knowled^jo, including, of. 
 course, Bibles and 'rcslnnionts of every dififuront • 
 size and price. All tliese books were lo be sold '■ 
 and were sold, at the same price currency at which 
 ihcy are charged sterling in lj]ngland. It was, my ^ 
 wish and purpose to put all those useful publications 
 and particularly the Sacred Volume of Inspired 
 Truth, within the reach of all classes and donomina* ■ 
 tions. This plan had been in successful operation ' 
 some months, when a proposal was sot on, foot , by ' 
 other ])nrtics, to establish in this Town a Branch' 
 Association or Auxiliary of llie British and Forci»n ', 
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 reconcile nae lo 
 
 lament th(>. , i 'i^' /' '' '' the Society itself, or mnko mc regard ihc Association 
 o«s books fori V jij',''' or Auxiliary in this country us cither necessary or 
 rely tho lloly ; , li;;;', I dcflirablc. You will givo mc credit, I trust, for 
 imon Prayer/ ',lrB'iii'l ' hi^v'^n^*''"'^ ^^ these conclusions neither hastily or 
 d edification,)'' ^ 4 1'^'l'l^ uncharitably, but with serious reflection as to my 
 as far as possi|i,vlif|'jfj''''i own duty, and with every allowance for those who 
 n St. John'sQ i ' f'^]'.' u tjiflfer from mo in opinion. I refer you for my reasons 
 
 orrainst the Association, and for the reasons of wiser 
 
 and more experienced persons against iho Society 
 
 ;Li n ilso!f» to my published statement; and I beg they 
 
 ? '^I' ' friny be considered in the spirit in which I have said 
 
 ■' ' i (hat statement was conceived and published, — seri- 
 
 ' ously and charitably.* In the meantime I may take 
 
 'i, .(his opportunity of informinir you that tho DepOt, 
 
 I whicii was suspended upon ihe destruction of the 
 
 premises in the fire, has been again opened in tho 
 
 t ' same convenient locality, and under the same man- 
 
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 •your people, I was struck also by the want of sound 
 
 •fiinndard books of reference on subjects connected 
 .^vithyour sacred calling. 1 have endeavoured, from 
 
 various sources, lo aligment the Clerical Library, 
 :and have tho gratification of reporting not only a 
 '. considerable addition to their former gifts by l3r. 
 /Bray's associates, but many valuable works from 
 
 private hands, which will shortly be available for 
 
 use and reference. 
 . Ono misfortune of your isolated settlements, 
 
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 upon ilmao nl a <lislance from llid Capilnl, is tlio ,, ., . 
 wnni of correspondence and intercourse with Uroihei^Vi ' 'j);r{' 
 clcrgynien. How necessary, how (lelio;hiful such' ' .' ''»"fV'! 
 intercourse is, or should be, for all iho purposes nnd- / ■!''|''I 
 ohjects of your ministry — for instruction, for consoni. i'- 'i ' I'fpV^ 
 lalion, for mutual edification — I need not. pain you V i fifji li 
 hy now detailing at length ; nor create an appetite. I j'-pv 
 which cnnnol ho satisfied, hy declaring other henefi(fl;(\; r||,i., 
 which can only he understood hy experience. 'IV' » I '':|.| /■! 
 remedy in some degree this inconvenience. I have.it,,'V lifi' ii'il 
 in contemplation to appoint additional llural DennR .'^, ' |l.'j|f( 
 who will iiave conimission to visit the neighhourinf» '' ' '^'''^ 
 clergy, nnd occasionally to assemble them for inforl 
 mat ion and consultation on the state of their M'm 
 sioMs. Mut no real and surticiont remedy can he' 
 supplied without a conslderahlo increase in our num-,, 
 hers. And for this increase, I need iiardly reniiijd ' 
 you, we ourselves m the first |)lace, and our pnopin . ■lit': 
 with and for us, must pray the Lord of the harvosi, t'^ fti'^^ 
 that He would send forth labourers into His harvest* ,,, !;l '!'■ 
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 and blessing, be retidy to make what exertions nnd 
 sacrifices wo may, for this most desired and moat 
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 ftdiows. And this, I conceive, was the main purpose 
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 of its Alissionaries, with a vinw not so much of with- • ' I 
 drnwing immediiUely any [)ortion of its aggregiuo ' ^l' 
 grant to this Hiocese, as .of distributing; it over a ,' I 
 wider si>ace and to more persons ; lor tl)o pt^rpose ( |'<.?l 
 have said, of maintaining, (if.Goi) will be piqascd in i , | 
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 tions from persons — some rich but many poor in this '* 
 world's goods— lo whom wo can rondtjr no return or. •« ' ri-i 
 rccompcnce; or receive and if need be, exact a pay- I 
 nient from those who the Script Uro says are bound 
 to honour and succour us, at least fur our work's 
 sake. There is indeed another resource, of which 
 no Minister nucil be ashamed, for that also is sancti- 
 oned and sanctified by an Apostle's precept and 
 I'xainple, *'who wrought with labour and travail night, 
 and day, thai he might not be chargoablo.'' (2 Thess. 
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 need not, be ashamed to work, as we may be able, - 
 for our support, while fulfilling our sacred ministry 
 and watching for souls. Hut the Aposllo who was 
 not ashamed himself so to act and so to teach, in ^ 
 case of necessity, (and it was never intcndecl as a 
 general rule,) took care to shew where the real sham© 
 of such necessity wpiild lie, and not the shamo 
 nierely, but the hindrance and loss — ** Let him that 
 is taught in the word minister unto him that tcachelh 
 in all good things, lie not deceived, God is not 
 mocked, for what a man sowcth that shall he also 
 reap." ((iai. 6; G, 7.) *• Let the Elders that rule 
 well be counted worthy ofdoublo honour, especially 
 I hey who labour in the word and doctrine, for the 
 Scripture saiih, Thou shall not muzzle the ox that 
 t readeih oui i he corn : and, Tho labourer is worthy of 
 his reward." (1 Tim : 5, W, 18.) Wo must not 
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 but that 1 confess a strong one, against it, is the fear 
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 cunstiqucMco iifihosogrcnt calamities of firu nnd tem** '' 
 pusi wliiul) atluctcil su mniiy parts of the colony, nnd I'l'' 
 not the least the Members oPuurown Church; biit-«.VI ' 
 through vacaiicius in severnl itnporlnnt Miiiioni !<; ' 
 which ppovoiitcd its general adoption. With just al.^;';!! 
 toNvancu (or these hifidrnnccs, the demand)! will not > I 
 sny upon the liherality, hut the justice ofour people , ,1' ' 
 (in wliich lMi:;iishmen are not wont to be deficient^) .|, 
 was chuerfully met in most places and responded to.< i « '" 
 Only two IMibsioiis of importance hnveircfusod ; and 
 ill such cases I know no remedy, but either to inuko V ' 
 up some salary by uniting the stipend and duties of i 
 u IMissiunary with those of n school-master; or to > , 
 abandon altogether the Mission. No doubt suclv'*' J; 
 abandonment of an important Mission would be ^ i, j ' 
 matter of tnuch grief and shame; yet surely we j^.' 
 are bound to consider whether the grief and shnrno ' . 
 are not equally great or greater, when persons con. ! '.! 
 sent to receive tiie ministrations of religion nnd spi.! 
 ritual good things without a just payment or rccuiu-, 
 pense. I would simply ask, what is the object of ' 
 our Mission and ministration ? not surely to behold 
 with our eyes a largO congregation of hearers only,, 
 but to teach them their duly to God and man, and ' 
 sec that they practice it : — and this is a duty both lo 
 God and man, to provide for the services and minis. 
 lers of GoD^s house. I know how readiiy such rc.( 
 marks and arguments may be, and, I fear, will ho, , 
 turned against us ; how it will be proclaimed, that wo 
 care not for the flock but the fleece, that the Church ' 
 is grasping, and what not; ,but we never need be! , 
 ashamed of pleading with an Apostle, *^ who goeth a ' 
 warfare any lime at liis own charges ? who planteth a ' ' 
 vineyard and eateth not of the fruit thereof ? or who 
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 ■ !; the comfort, not to say support, of tliosc nearest and 
 , 'dearest to you. I trust such apprehensions will bo 
 ' more than dissipated by the cheerful liberality of an 
 ,'' aflcctionalo people. In this District of St. John's 
 
 ,.' ' * 1 bad no iiitciitiou to coocoal, that iit nJditioii to tho Stipend or 
 
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 mont; my stipend or salary ia that only of tho Arclidcacon; and I was 
 
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 and its out harbours there has, I am informed/ beoilS< I filfjjl' 
 a ready and very general answer to our call, both Wf Sm ij, l!^ 
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 ers and Merchants. And, when the Churchmen ori'i''!|;V 
 ofGclal and other fixed incomes give but in proportion ')• 'fii|| ''.'! 
 to the quintal of iho fisherman, that reproach of: •rr|}(t'l 
 Episcopalians, that they alone in this community Jo, ' , ;''i.; f 
 not support their Ministers (which has been of laic, ' |':'i'i!'i»'' 
 so industriously reported) will speedily be wiped, t'|v';l;t[ 
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 wealthy merchants whose means havo been cither '!;|Vii 
 acquired or increased by the produce of these tcoin,, ( .!.-l ,'| 
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 not to bo believed that Christian men will bo content- '.i ,p ^' 
 to accumulate wealth in or from a Country forihoj ,' f. |(i'''^^ 
 aggrandizement of families or enlargement of arii ' 
 estate, without being willing, nay desirous, to bo^. 
 stow, or return, of that voallh for the glory. of ihg, 
 Giver, and the good of iho people through whoso 
 labour they Iiave so been enriched. I trust it wi||, 
 not be long before at least one Church may bo. parti, 
 ally, but permanently, endowed. In the meaniimo,\J 
 havo to record, with pleasure and thankfulness, two 
 recent gifts of rich and beautiful Communion. SorvicQ 
 to the Churches of Twillingato and Fogo, by, iho 
 two respectable houses connected >vlth those: set*, 
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 ' i' pi-inciplo, (I leave tho details to another opportunity,) 
 reconciles and constrains me to enter upon a subject 
 ^bich cannot bo more strange and distasteful to any 
 of you, or any of your congregations, than to mc. 
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 that it seems useless and unwise, ifl should not 
 employ a stronger term of disapprobation, to propound 
 other schemes for the Church's maintenance, which 
 it is well known cannot be realized ; as by payment 
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 success depends upon union among ourselves, at 
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 bo general and permanent without it. . i\\ whilo vi' •i';j«' 
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 rosistanco, and many find excuses for delay and' 
 disputation. I entreat you then, my brethren, .b© 
 agreed in this just and necessary demand; ur«»o i»' i'* ' 'S'.' • 
 not as a mailer of cliarity and liberality, but of'clutv '' f'- 
 and justice: you cannot want arguments froiji i ;<'!'• 
 reason, from JScripturo, from tho practice of ij^q i'ij^'V!'; 
 Universal Church. I feel persuaded that tho peopU ^' 
 generally will love you and their Church belter, when ' • 
 I hey have learned and practised this duty of contrib^ - 
 iiiing according to their means, and as God haa^ 
 blessed ihen). The weakness of tho Church in this. 'I 
 coumry has arisen in part from this very, cause -h., f 
 the small sacrifices that the peoplehavemade for jfi' 
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 f.'j'j'., some inoMlion of it, and will hope I may he ahhj lo 
 -;;».;•■ announce some projected or proholilc iniprovcrnenis. 
 ^'i'. i'' It,wns an occasion of sincere ;,'riof to tne that t 
 ,',,y^'(''' could not from tho first cordially co-operate with 
 , ''f'/|; I, '. the Newfoundland School Sooicly. 1 was awnru 
 ' ^ ' ),(,w much good had heen cirocted lhroui,'h its insiru- 
 inontality ; I cntcrtuirnid great respect lur lis iriana- 
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 rally upright and devoted men. JVeveriholos.'j while 
 ihc Church-calcchisni was excluded, and the clergy 
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 stico of tho 
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 nnd comfort in tlicso Schools, and prove thomin, 
 reality, what ihcy now openly are professed and i ' p.^ 
 named, " Church of England Schools." Wohavb . •' 
 already a good earnest that what is professed will bo Vl* 
 sincerely and efTecluaMy acted on, in the appoinimont ' ' 
 of a Master and Mistress for the Central ^Schools of • ' ' 
 St. John's of the highest character, as^regards both'' I 
 principles and experience. 1 have been much com- '! ' ^ 
 ibried and encouraged by all that I have heard and V < 
 seen of l hem. 'j I ' 
 
 Of the Colonial Schools I will only now remarlciii i ' 
 that as the necessity of some division of the annual > li'' 
 grant for their support, according to religious belief' v 
 has been recognized, (I mean in appointing sepnrnto ' '- 
 boards for Protestants and Roman Catholics,) we ' * ' ' 
 may reasonably hope the division will bo more fully' '. 1 
 carried out, and the Church and other denominations I ' ' 
 receive for their Schools in just proportion. Thai iV 
 Education should be divorced from lioligion,.sinco^' i 
 God in His Holy Word, nnd in the hearts of nil' 'i 
 reasonable, right-minded, men, has joined them ' ; 
 together, is a discovery of these latter days, equally J ' 
 as it appears to me, unrighteous and unwise. iJavinjj ^ 
 tiiese views, I decliifed, though not without reluct / ' 
 tance, the place which was ollered me of a i3irector i i ' 
 of the St. John's Academy. There appeared to me i ^ 
 other serious defects in the constitution of tho ' 
 Academy, which must render its success problema- ' ''. 
 tical and precarious, but that single sin of repudia-' ' 'il 
 ting religious instruction made it impossible for me ' V' ! 
 as a Minister of religion, to lend it aid or countonancow •' • 
 1 was therefore the more constrained to continue iho' t 
 School which was established under my direction oh- 
 my arrival, (though I ought to add desired ,and-pro-' 
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 the first, the ground work and pervading principle; '• 
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 the nppoimmont '" ' Vfrri^Iook: not at present, or perhaps at all, for great 
 ntral Schools of '. ' 'f '''' iTCSuIls, but it is no small matter that peace and har- 
 as regards both'- ')'?'.'..', I! niony have existed, without interruption, nmon^r the 
 >ccn much com. '-m'^iV ^'^°'^*'®' and satisfaction has been expressed by 
 have heard aj^j'y-'#.',: .parents and friends ; and, together with the useful 
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 n of the annual ;^'>.';ii'inipressed, of more lasting, nay we trust of evcrlasi- 
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 i li; f ii'ibthc talents and solicitude of an excellent and weFl. 
 
 ■:\ii'^ 'qualified Master; while I should bo the last to deny 
 
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 las joined them i i '^..!; ftsten their regart^ upon the instrument, and forget 
 
 or days, equally .<•' "^i /'' ihoiOno Hand, that moves and governs aP '? It 
 
 unwise. iJavinff "• ^^' ^'' ^^^ ^^^^ '"^ ^^^'^^^ ^^^^ ^'^^ ^^''st that tlie Collcfriaie 
 
 without reluc. • * '^ -.> School should be available and valuable to you"! my 
 
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 Importnnce. Cy ronnecting tho School vvitji tl^^- •il''?^' 
 InsMlution— so that tho rnoro ilcscrving Scholai^iP'iiiVil'j 
 may receive tho Exhibitions granted to iho Sludentfi*!''! ''??«^; 
 by the Society for iho Propagation of tho Gospel .l^^'lioS'''; 
 we may hope that both will bo rendered a permQnen(_i! M\t^^' 
 blessing to the Church, and a great means of pro-vl 'l'!?'' 
 moling and extending In the colony religious ohd'- 'v'^)'-^! 
 useful knowledge. May f not expert your cfiectuali; ■, '^^Slli 
 fervent prayers for a work begun and carried onfj IS ^'i 
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 bickerings, what dissensions, what fatal separation?*' ' v K 
 might have been prevented in our dear Mother' i^}!' 
 Church at home, if some men instead of writing, li^j , • !S;'! 
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 sic nothingness and unworlhiness both of tho chargo' ''*''*'' 
 and its vcl»iclc.that you wero so little moved whoir ' 
 my name was brought before the public in n so callcil 
 religious newspaper at home. Whatever might bo* 
 tho reason, I am truly thankful for tho result, thank' 
 All to God and you. And I shall take advanta<»tf 
 of this happy calm to oft'er you a few words of 
 advico on some points which have been much dis. 
 cussed and controverted of late, and may yet bo 
 forced upon you, when you might find it difliculti 
 to escape them. The first subject of discussion and 
 disputation, and with which, 1 am informed, rny 
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 (jucsllon should be, Do wo believe, with oup Articles \ 
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 and that " Haptism is sucli assign of Regeneration 
 <*or new birth" ? Do wo, as taught in our Cate- 
 chism, profess, each for himself* that ** in Haptism 
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 " God, and inheritors of (ho Kingdom of Heaven :•* 
 that "an inward and spiritual Graco was then given 
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 *' birth unto righteousness" ? — if we so profess, and 
 so bciieve, it would matter but little by what name- 
 we describe the doctrine, had not the Church in her 
 Office, so frequently spoken of tho baptized child 
 as regenerated, and in the Articles made '* IJaplized** 
 and " Regenerate" convertible terms. It is very ' 
 plain, therefore, the dispute, or diflercncc, in every' 
 such case is about the word or name, and not about 
 tho truth of the doctrine ; and surely of persons who ' 
 will thus dispute, tho Apostio speaks, as "doling, 
 "about questions and strifes of words; whereof," h^ i 
 adds, '*comclhenvy, strife, railings, evil surmisings '' . 
 *' perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds' ; ■ 
 " and destitute of tho truth;" And mark, I prny 
 you, what follows ;*" From such withdraw thyself »> ^ ' 
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 frequently agitated, of (he Real Proscncoof Ciiuist ' 
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 discussed and disputed in our Church, a question and ' 
 strilo of words. One may deny (ho Real Presence 
 aiul another may assert it, and yet they may perfectly ' 
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 ^'i liV 1 ^"^' teach, with our Catechism, that " the Dody and 
 '*•' '' ijlood of Christ are verily and indeed taken and 
 received by the faithful in tho Lord^s Supper." 
 *<'Only," to use the wise and pious language of our 
 Reformers/ in tho llomilics, *<only this much wc 
 must bo sure to hold; that in llic Supper of the 
 Lord ihcro is no vain ceremony, no bare S2g"n, no 
 untntc figure of a iking absent ; hut, as the Scrip- 
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 Cup of the Lord, tho memory of Christ, iho 
 annunciation of His death, yea the Communion of tho 
 Ijody and Blood of the Lord, by a marvellous 
 incorporation, which, by the operation of tho Holy 
 Ghost, (iho very bond of our conjunction with 
 Christ,) is, through failh, wrought in the souls of 
 the faithful, whereby, not only llicir' ^"ouls live to 
 eternal life, but they surely trust to win to their 
 bodies a Resurrection to immortality." (Homily 
 concerning the Sacrament, 1st part.) If you assent 
 to this doctrine you may use, or reject, without blame, 
 the term *' Real Presence," and no pious Clirislians 
 will contend about it. They, however, who use tho 
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 declare my own opinion, as to convinco you thai tlib 
 question in each case, which has been so warmly 
 .(lispuied hy ill-udiicated people, is rather etymologu 
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 name; that we are suhsrantially agreed, if we agree' ■ i!;fe 
 ill the plain teaching of tho Catechism, and Articles j | 
 ofoijr I'raycr IjooU. 1 shall he amazed ifreasonablo \'>'Vv. 
 and j)ious men, who have subscribed these Forms of | 
 sound words, can suppose that there is occasion, ior 
 room, tor contention and controversy, because they ' .'']*! 
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 (leclaralion of my own sentiments and views. • 15ut ' l'''V 
 in those (lays of not unreasonable suspicion, it may ii 
 not be aliugeiher out of place to assure you that I 
 still, wiiii good Ijishop Wilson, *' sincerely and 
 heartily thank God that I was born in a Christian 
 anil J^i'otcstcnU country." I have not, you may be. 
 &atisfiod, been an unconcerned obsurver of iIjq 
 disputes and dissensions, the schisms and separations 
 whieh have prevailed in our dear native country, and 
 dearer mother Church. And although my numerous ' 
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 (lisp'Jlc. liut, my Mrcthrcn, some of us can remeni- 
 ; bcrj (indeed liitlc more than iwonly slibrt years luivo 
 ^^?:J!'''r passed,) wlicn wc were pressed and invited, in like 
 ll'^'!, manner, by similar examples and authorities, in an 
 '' i'*' ' . nnnosilo direction: wlion men of dislin^nislied 
 
 "1 r- ' ' ! ' tiilcnls and undoubted piety made liiio sacrifices for 
 ' * '' J |!':,l;'MjieNvand rampant fornisol dissent; gailiered followers, 
 nm nnworthy^f i'fr ;•''•' created brotherhoods, and opened mcelinij-houses of 
 
 1 holii ainy„g 'I C !, : , 'po creed or name, which liavc continued, in some 
 lion with any; ' 5 1^! f' icases, to this wory day. Yes, in these opposite 
 d views. J5m i -jfeH'j; [.Ijircctions have wandered brothers, both in the flesh 
 )icion, it may !• fill' .f"'^ and in the Loiin, equally talented, cf|ually disinter- 
 re you that I ■ J t'?' '. ' ;|ested,.eq devoted to the cause of Chuist, and 
 
 sincerely and ' t'll ' ihe <'dod of souls. Do we then make no account of 
 
 in a Christian ' ' i; ^ !'!'ii* : 'lalents and piety, of learning and a holy life ? Goo 
 ti you maybe, < ijitl. '' forhid. i^nt we may venture to say that these so 
 isurvor of iho 
 md separations 
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 some degree, 
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 'ri't'Vdiirerent examples cannot be intended by CioD to 
 'ft »' '.' ftuldc and determine us; nay, I think, we may go 
 I Ifarlhcr and believe, with much conlidencc, that the 
 
 
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 , |\vcll known that like defections, in such opposite 
 
 . J| '('( ; I jjrcciionsand to such opposite extremes, sad as they 
 
 \if'f; vh '. • are strange, iiave, in former days, happened in similar 
 
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 the history of llie Church view them with loasl sur- 
 prize. However, as this appears to some the greut 
 iriul of our (Viilh at iho present day, and purlicuinrly 
 to young nnil j;nnorou« spiritH, who cunnot avoid 
 hcinj; iinprcssed nnd itifluencod hy character and 
 example, I have felt it ofiniporlancc torernindyouof 
 tlio antagonistic force ofguidos and examples on either 
 side. Let it not, however, be supposed that tlicrc are 
 none, or no great, examples, of learning and piety, 
 of chastened life and extensive Theological aitain- 
 n)enls, who have remained, and remain, firm and 
 unshaken; not merely for duty and alfection to their 
 <lcar mother to whom they owo in Christ their spi- 
 ritual hirlh, but for the Truth's sake which dwel-' 
 leth with her, and shall bo in her, wo trust, for ever. 
 1 forbrar modern names; but, while wo have tho 
 lives and writings of lUill, and Barrow, and IJam- 
 mond, and Ken, and Wilson, and a host of learned 
 and holy mnn, who sifted the whole question, and 
 were sifted hy it, now with persecutions, now with 
 bribes, we need not bo disturbed by the authorities 
 of these degencrato days, to whichever side they, 
 would invite us. 
 
 But to the Church of England herself,— to her 
 articles and homilies, her creeds and catechisms^ 
 her rules and examples of holy life, —I willingly and 
 entirely refer you and myself, and the souls com- 
 mittcd to our charge : by those let us teach and bo 
 taught, in these let us live, and with and for these, 
 if need be, wo may joyfully labour, and suffer and 
 die. " Surely there is no enchantment against 
 Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel; 
 according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and 
 of Israel, What hath God wrought!'' (Num.23,2cJ.) 
 
 
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 APTENDIX A. 
 
 remind you of; i ^ \ - yli'I'o nii/ own Flock and Frli-nds, and all Friendi of the 
 iplcs on either \ \ 3 i , '• I, ' ' ' Ckurck in NvwJhundlamL 
 
 I luuriung unci piety^ ,i V ti ; r i'V r 
 
 Theological attain- 1,! ' J - • • ' Havhig boon invitod to join ilu; Auxiliary hrnjicli 
 d remain, firm and \ '^^'Ij Vi'ofthe British .and Foreign Blhlc Society, lately (orniod 
 and aduction to iheir.'i ;i f;i'^ ' in Ncwfoumlland, I think it my duty to declaro to 
 
 in Christ .iheip sni* \ 'iii.; 'i)V'vou the substance of my reply; which touched upon 
 
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 ^lu'isi .meip spU r \[ ;ij,; ii/ii'vou tuc suusuiuce oi my reply; wiucii toucncii up 
 sako which dwel- 1 1' |V :^ t^^^ ^^^^ points; — (1) The neccs.sity for such a 
 sr, wo trust, (or ever. 'J ; iji^ 'i I'l, Society in Newfoiuulland ; (2) Tho ^ocioty itsolf. 
 , while wo have the ; 'f''.>>'('i • (1) "'J-'^'^t the word of the Lord may have frcn 
 Barrow, and IJain- 1 !» i'i!nMi',.course and be glorified" (2 Thoss. 3, 1) u, or shoidd 
 
 ind a IlOSt of '""•••••--* l..i."'i'3' ■ ».' i -'• M-m/^n tno ilnuirr* nrwl r»ii< I <-»'i vnni' r\\ ty\'r 
 
 whole quest 
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 of learned Pi'- * V he, «'vs nuich the desire and endeavour of every Minis- 
 stion, and 'I'^Vfel, i.'tcr of Christ, as of tho groat A[)ostlo himse'lf. To 
 
 lutions, now with • tV'S';',''''' proclaim, therefore, that your Ministers have neglcc 
 by the authorities , i^'S," ;'; this sacred and important dnty, and that a now Si 
 ichever side they '• * ^y"' !\ cty is necessary to supply their lack of service, is 
 • ' jil'^l'l/'liMit censure : not, I would hope, iuli 
 
 'land herself, — to hep.;'} ',,.i^;:;l l.lj'am s'^'c, merited in this case. 
 
 eeds and catechisms.' ' * I iji^is' II. ! What are the ficts l Dnrinn- hi 
 
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 liMit censure : not, I would hope, iulonded ; and not, 
 
 IS whole ministry 
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 life, — I willingly and I 'ji;|:".i',i.' omo^o 7""' now (jf six years' sUim ling, Mk. IJiiinriK 
 and the souls com- ' .' 'f J ; I „|ias, yearly and each year, procured IVoni England 
 e let us teach and bo ' ' > f - ' iplarf^e numbers of the Sacred Scriptures; and through 
 d with and for those,'! v\!;\^j!;,l'i 'Ibotli the Clergy and Schoolmasters, by gratuitous dis- 
 t)0ur, and sufler and 
 enchantment against- 
 nation against Israel* ' ; 
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 ght!»' (Num.23,2cJ.\ ■? 
 
 "'il*''',','|i tribution and sale at reduced jw'ices, in St. John's and 
 
 'IV 'the Outharbours, has laboured lo cxtcuil llieir circu- 
 
 'f,\ I lation, and put them wiiliiu the reach of all classes 
 
 H,'t V i'' find denominations of ilie yieople. Through ibis 
 
 channel any persons might havii readily, as many have 
 
 
 i ' !,i ' li: ',V' ''con.stantly, received supplies; — and, by putting money 
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 <hicc(l, to tmy amount supposed necessary. And I he- !) i'^ ' 
 lii'vo most iiioinlxjrs of the Church, both in St. John's '^ i- 'i 
 and the Out-htii-bours, were aware of this opportunity.'' ' I ij *. 
 One ofmy lirst cares, on undertaking the olllcc of 'i' !| /i 
 your l)ishoj», was to i)rovidc for the reguhir introduction ' V\^^'\^ 
 and distribution of the Holy Scrijauros ; withoth'cr' ''j.^i'i'iil 
 siimdard rolii^ious books, as the Jiook of Common fl'liiKi''' 
 Prayer, the llomihes. Sec, — confining myself for that' ' • ? i<|' ! J 
 . piirposeto tluj Cntah)gue of the Society for Promotinc I i!-^// 
 Christian Jvnowlodge. A supply was ordered bpfoye " ,' ||l'{'y 
 I h'ft England, and since my arrival and residence l''«^ •'•!''' 
 among you several additional supplies have been ' ''^■'■'' 
 oriliM-ed and rccoivcd. Those were made available to ' \l'}^''< i 
 the Clergy anil others, and copies of the Sacred Volume ' ''V;'^ 
 h:ive been regularly forwarded where required, and . « f ''i''' 
 sold at very reduced prices. In i"y first voy acre ©f' ': It-? '' 
 Visitation two large boxes of books were taken on board ' ^''t ' 
 the Church Shi[), and many Bibles and Tcstamenta i ' -v^V'' i 
 (list ributod ; and tho means of obtaining them, through' ' ^ ' !<• fi 1 
 the Clergy, explained and published everywhere. As >'''/'*;;*' 
 however, I was aware' that to some persons it rniuW ! ' i *!'; 
 not be convenient, and to some not agreeable to apply 
 to ihc Clergy, I made arrangements, — with considerable ' 
 
 
 trouble to myself and others, and not without some 
 cxponcc, — to open a Depository for public sale, where ■ 
 any i)erson might at any time find and purchase, ai 
 reduced prices, various copies of the Sacred Scriptures 
 Anil to give the greater opportunity and facility to' 
 poor persons, small sums were to bo received, in p^|^, 
 payment, till the whole price of the Book could be paij 
 up. Persons of any class or • denomination may thus 
 purchase; and no questions asked. My intention of v'^'tfii 
 making these arrangements was announced at.thc last | 'w jft'! 
 anniversary of the Church Society, and they Were' i ! AfJMi 
 made and completed accordingly before the close "of ' ''ilvJ 
 
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 >f Conunnn i' il'til'!' ''''I'v expenses should hn mr;t l)y the Church Society; but, if 
 
 onnnon 
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 or Promoting I i'lt'/v '^' ' • prepared clieerfuUy to defray tlicin myself, 
 •dered befor H T '' ! l ' '' From this statement of liicts Ivvd conclusions, I think, 
 nd residence I*' ^"'^^'''''^ ^ — ^^^'* '^'^^^^^' ^vhatever may 
 
 s have been ' '•'^•'•' ' ' ' ihave been the case in other fjuarters, there has 
 e available i ' ' i'l^' • ? * . nclect of this sacred and important service on 
 Acred Volume ' ''!?'''^r'' 'i)f y^"^ Ministers. They iiavc made dilirrcnt, 
 •equired, and ' . / iii!t:'i;'' necessary provision for the regular and extende 
 
 'cquired, and ■ 'i'',,:^' 
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 iken on board ''i^.\ 
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 been no 
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 and all 
 'necessary provision for the regular and extended circu- 
 it lation of the Holy Scri])tures ; not only among their 
 ilQ^vn Hocks and friends, but among all classes and deno- 
 lininations. They have provided the means and maclii- 
 Lhem, throuch' ''^li'/rVl '^^ ^^® trust will yet own and bless their 
 
 •ywherc. As l' ''''i''»i''! . "'^V labours, in His own way and time, and to His own glory, 
 sons it might' ' 
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 without some I 
 ic sale, where ■ 
 
 purchase, at . 
 cd Scriptures, ' 
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 3ived, in part,' 
 
 could be paid , 
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 Uhrough Jesus Christ. 'id., That no new Society, at 
 
 •least for members of the Church in Newfoundland, can 
 i' be requisite or desirable. It may apj)ear like vanity, but 
 
 '1 really do not perceive how the sale and circulation of 
 \the Holy Scriptures can be more readily and clTectually 
 
 ■promoted, than by the arrangements L have made ; 
 
 'and it is obvious the reduction of price or gratuitous 
 ' distribution may be as great as benevolent and pious 
 '.'.persons think lit to make it. And knowing now what 
 
 \your Bishop and Clergy have done, and are doing in this 
 y ■ , behalf, you cannot require a new Society, upon any plea 
 u'vl'i'.Af necessity, or advantage, as regards the circulation of 
 
 
 
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 ;ed at the la« k^li' i'''!ii'f;'tiie Sacred Scriptures among us! 
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 •choose to avail myself of the publi.shed remarks of th«> 
 ■'present Bishop of Salisbury, than whom, I believe, no 
 
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 person ranks higher among Churchmen for wisdom and • Vi^ 
 jiiety. His testimony will have the greater weight be- 1 r 
 causo ho was himself a 'inember of that Society, and li 
 witlulrow I'nMu it, not we may be sure lightly, or with-' i., 
 out a strunrglo with himself, and pra'yoru for Gon'sblea-' '. 
 sin^' anil diroi:ti«)n. Anollujr reason for using his romarkn • ' 
 is that I may avoid all appearance of rcllecting person-' I .'V 
 ally upon any individuals or classes among us. .< 
 
 LKTTKir OP TiiK LORD BISHOP ok SALTSBURyJ 
 
 ON WITtllHUWINO FROM THE nini.K SOCIKTY. 
 
 *•. ... Tho following arc the considerations which 
 wero mainly instrumental in leading my mind to thb 
 conclusion at which 1 have arrived. 
 
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 ** 1. Tub constitution and character op tiiu . 
 
 PIMM. 10 RIKETINOS IIV WHICH THE nUSlNESS OF THE SoCi^: 
 KTY IS CARRIED ON. 2. ThE MANNER IN WHICH ITS 
 01»ERATI0NS FREQUENTLY INTERFERE WITH THE QOOd! 
 ORDER OF THE ChURCH, AND OU.STRUCT THE MINISTRY OP^ i ' 
 THE PAROCHIAL CLEROY. 3. TlIE TENDENCY OP Tlllj ' ' ' 
 
 Society TO onscuRE THE office op the Church 'i[<''f'' 
 
 RELATION TO THE NVORD OP GoD. 
 
 " I will, as briefly as I can, explain what I mean ' ' 
 on each of these points. ' i < , ; 
 
 •'Whoever has Ivccn in the habit of attending the t 
 [inffsofthc Bible Society is aware that thev nn* ' • ! 
 
 incciim 
 
 are 
 
 <'ompt)S(.'d of persons bclonr^ing to every variety of reli- 
 gious denomination, and holdingevery shade of opinion •' > 
 which is compatible with die acceptance of the Holy' 
 .Scriptio-csasarovclation from Gon. All these persoiiij V 
 imujl together, and, from the nature of the occasion ■ 
 which assembles them, with an appearance ofrecogniz' 
 cd equality in a matter touching upon the foundationi 
 of religious behef. The Independent, the Baptist, tlie'li.l 
 Quaker, the Soeinian ;.ssemblc on the platform by tliW ': ■ 
 side of the member of the Church, on a common under- ' ' /I 
 .stiuding that their dilTerences tive pro hac vice to belaid '• ■ 
 
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 iveiclit be- ' lr'>ii' ' ' 0'^'*^ ^ "'° word of God, arnl being zealous lor Us dis- 
 
 for wisdom 
 Iter wei 
 it Society, and 
 URbtlY.or wiib-i.i.i 
 d lor God's bW ' 
 aing bis reinarUii' 
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 fi ' f' '■ Bible as the word of God, ami being zealous lor its dis- 
 
 ,'4 ;ll Iribution, is to be alone considered. Do not let me bo 
 
 ,T '. \ niisundorstood n.s iinjjlying ibwl a dishonourable coni- 
 
 < ':l'n i' 'promise of opinion on ihc part of any one is rcr|uircd 
 
 ■ I ni' li iV ^y ^'^° conslitntion of tlin Society. On the contrary, I 
 
 ''^^'l\i'i''; 'know tliat "union williont comnroinise" is a sort of 
 
 .' SALISBURY.' 
 
 H SOCIKTY. 
 
 .11 5V'fl''. ■ \\ watcliword in it. But what I do .say is, tliat tlie neces- 
 ' ^ i^4l''v i ' ^^^y tendency of a rnocting no coinposcil is to magnify 
 ,.j'! 'f '.'Siv'':^.^ 'i die point of agrccmciit between its niomliers, and to 
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 my mina to tUo , ; , ,t ■ ■ ing mofitings of the Biblo Society must bo fii.mliai- will) 
 
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 ^are tliat they are !v! j 'i^i' 
 3ry variety ofrcli-;,.' ' 
 •y shade of opinion.: •' 
 ance of the Holy ; , 
 All these persons '»' 
 c of the occasion ' • 
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 lon the foundation.''; 
 nt, the Baptist, the' j! 
 
 v';|.': '.'i, such expressions as lliat the members of the Society 
 
 ii'^'" I,,' arc only separated by 'unimportant diirerenccs,* and 
 
 ,'u''.v are joined in •essential unity'; whereas an examination 
 
 '(t " ' ' of what these •unimportant dinbrcnces,* arc, will show 
 
 ,'|: ; |M 'that, in one quarter or another, they comprise most of 
 
 Mti' I • the chief doctrines, and all the ordinances, of the Chris- 
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 '■\}''''' . ' tian religion ; and arc so clearly recognized in die con- 
 '4';'* ',, stitution of the Society as to make it impossible for a 
 , ,i,^ I ';'i meeting of persons assembled to jji-omote the distribu- 
 tion of Gou's word to unite in worshipping Ilim in 
 
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 "prayer. 
 
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 , of such meetings is to foster a spirit of indillerence to 
 
 'the most vital doctrinal truth, as well as yet more clear- 
 
 ; 'ly to exhibit a disregard of the distinctive character of 
 
 the Church, as the body to whi(;h that truth is entrusted. 
 
 : A member of the Church at such mccUnjzs is alwavs 
 
 i ';;,;'• ^V'liahle to hear stt),tcmcnts made on tjiose topics which 
 
 ^'TV; ) ijnust either be replied to at the risk of very inopportune 
 
 ■Ix •7! '' discussion, or apparently be sanctioned by being passed 
 
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 l)roj)oriion of the clergy are not members of the fiiblo i''' 'i 
 .Society ; but from the constitution of that body its • 
 operations are necessarily carried on without reference ' 
 to this, and meetings are holden in the parishes of such 1 
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 a clergyman finds that a meetingof the Bible Society! 
 is to take place in his parish. The dissentinor chapel ! 
 is perhaps the place of assembly. Of his own parish- 
 ioners the chief supporters of the cause are the lead- ' 
 ing Dissenters. iJut members of the Church from 
 other parishes, who are supporters of the Society, also '• 
 attend. Perhaps some neighbouring clergy are induc- 
 ed, even under such circumstances, to take part in tho 
 jiroceedlngs, which thus practically assume the ap- 
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 teni of dissent; tend to lower the inlluence of tho 
 clergyman with his parishioners ; and to make the' 
 very distribution of the Scriptures a means of uphold- ' 
 ing those "erroneous and strange doctrines contrary to' 
 God's word," which every clergyman is bound by his ' 
 ordination vow, "with all faithful diligence, to banish' ' v, 
 and drive away." 1 have had repeated and painful i^' ' .'r 
 experience of such cases in the course of the lajjt five ' \'''^\ 
 yc-ATi ; and I have felt that, while 1 continue a mern-' J V'iil 
 her of the Society, the sanction of my authority wag' :'' 'iS' 
 indirectly given to j^roceedings which I could not i' '^^'''' 
 but regard as very detriment-al to the good order of-' •'-*': I 
 the Church, and die inlluence of the Clergy ia their'' ''§' 
 respective parishes. Reflection upon these two great ' • ■' •' 
 practical evils in the working of tbe Society will T''' l^^^ 
 ihink, show that they both proceed from the samo' '''"'*'''' 
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 Society is not so constituted as to enable it to di.s- 
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 2(1. If one Bisliop is constrained to withdn 
 from tlic Society, and, not one but, many hesitate 
 join or support it, and your own Clergy, iiiflucnccd 
 these and other reasons, all rej(!Ctit; you, as Chun 
 men and friends of rh» Church, must reflect o 
 pnuse; es[)ecially when you have anodier Socic 
 long established, among you, pursuing the same obj 
 .■^auctioned and supported by your own Bishop 
 Clergy, and by nearly all tljc liisliops and Clerg 
 ihc Church of England. j 
 
 Commending these remarks to your charitji. 
 and prayerl'ul consideration, 
 
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 Your ailbctionatc Pastor, 
 
 And servant for Jbsus' sake, 
 
 EDWARD NEWFOUNDLAi^ 
 
 St. John's, June, 1846. 
 
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 APPENDIX B. 
 
 'i'hc Act of Uniformity provides " that every P 
 son, Vicar and Miiiisler, in his Church upon so 
 Lord's Day," within a prescribed period, *' shall ope 
 and publicly before the Congregation there asscmb 
 declare his unfeigned assent and consent to the use 
 of all things in the said Book [of Common Pray 
 (!onluinod and prescribed, in these Avovdsand no oth 
 — "I, A.B., do hereby declare my unfeigned assent; 
 consent, to all and everything contained and prcsci 
 od in and by the Book entitled the Book of Conin 
 Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and ot 
 \\\\Qs and Ceremonies of the Churcji," cS:c. • 
 
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 sonstraincd to withdraw ',' i!?' .' ,"". 
 no but, many hesitate to'"!;- '^ '^^ { 
 n\ Clergy, influenced by ',! I i ' i 
 ;j(;ct it ; you, as Churcli- ■^\\ %■ .' ' ' • 
 urch, must reflect and 'I' it ({>''';' fiction an 
 I have another Society, ',j,'i|.t:;/( '■'•'"■'«, verc in the MosaicaltlispnusiiLlon, iti wliich llie manna, 
 mrsuing tlie same object Ht' H '' * t'lC rock, the brazen sorpcut, Ixit most eminently, the 
 
 ' t rloutl of glory, were the types and shadows oflho Me- 
 
 to come ; with whom came grace and 
 
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 «« ]3y real wc understand tniL'^ in opposition botli to 
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 thrcn, ■ . J^ ; -J , " ' ', ' i^^,^/ presnncn of Christ i n 
 
 Ltc Pastor, ^ ' ^ 'l^r'i;'';!^'' It; Exposition.) 
 
 rvant for Jesus* sake, '1' V'^' 'i'' " The bread and wine are not changed in their 
 ) NEWFOUNDLAND. \\ ''■ r '','^' substance from being the same widi that which is found 
 
 * f i'^''",' iftt the ordinary table; but, in respect of the sacred usti 
 
 '■ r •?r(:* • \vhereunto they are consecrated, such a change is made 
 
 iiril'i^' that they diiVer as much i'j'om (joiiinion bread and \vii)e, 
 
 ' ' ' ' . ' '%> ■ V -vs heaven from earth. Neither are they to be accounted 
 
 '' '^' 1 1 barely sig^ifieative, but truly (;xhlbitive 
 A : *•>';. ', ', jXeavenly things whereto they have relr 
 
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 elation : as bcinji' 
 
 IX B. 
 
 rovicles " that every Par. 
 
 his Church upon Bome 
 jcd period, *' sball openly 
 regation there assembled 
 nd consent to the use of 
 
 ■;,i.|;''i.' |y creatures, so verily doth he with his spiritual hand 
 
 •i>i-"'V'''nnd mouth, (if any such lie have,) receive the biKly 
 
 M^ ^ and blood of Cuiust; and this is that real and suh- 
 
 k [of Connnon V ro^far] /'^'H^^; .'il'iiftifUi^i preaenc/'. which are tillirmed to he in tlie 
 
 hese words and no other; •:'' , ^ 'ki-.'' inward part of this sacred action. The truth which 
 
 s my unfeigned assent and '^ 'l'^''.:- ^tiust be held is this, that we do not receive only the 
 
 contained and prcscrib- ' i.'' J- V' benefits that How from Chuist, but the very body and 
 
 d the Book of Common ' '!-.' j blood of Christ, that is Cuiusr himself crucified. 
 
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