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PRKSS,) OX THE SUBJECT OF THE Romanizing and Ritualistio Practices and Teaching of the Church of England ; AUD THE ' REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHURCH, NOW F1®ILY ESTABLiiiHED IN OTTAWA ; AND MOXCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK. i ' ' >. OTTAWA : IPRINTED BY A. 8. WOODBUBN, EI.GIX STBKET. 1874. ■ ^ ■■■■*^i#*iF?t'^'^'^ t'**!? i^ ,i5^w?^*?^i4 A:4V' M^il^''**^ ■;»««S>i^'S^*»M»r. ^^>^ . #%*<«. hf !^<^ ':'im\W^-- 's'-^-s^m ii^'-h^\mi4. l^.\^^4. >j«'-5 ■viiiji^*' >««Mh .-■■•■ '■*sis#V'i*?#'*''*t*-'H*'^ •>«. .■«-.;'! -vi^ f^^?p^^^ ma mt d i a^ km com W^UWt'iititi^lkt^'i^s^Jt'lliMtit iiuifi.Wtt ■>^ i f0iiii0^ (><^ 7W. fti^ mmM' :%., J. i'^AF',^- ■ fA ' . ' ' •■of', Itl.i^i'ii'J 1^1 »tl f^^-;-^^^^^ ■■'^W^i^'''W^^^^i'^im^^^fiw'^ #'^ff«i^«*^"j^"*- f^i^f^J^J^9^'^}-'^¥..)>'^ '■ <'\"^'' "f" "7^ i ^>" s- T^* ^^?^ A W|yilg^.octrine" could in any way improve it; at ail events we are satisfied with it, and if we only live up to it — which we will with God's help endeavor to do — wo believe we shall on the great day, when we must all give account of the deeds done in the dody, stand quite as well in the eyes of Almighty God as those who believe more than we do and are apparently so anxious about our future welfare. Many betiovo that the Koman Catholio faith is, that « out of the Church of Kome" there is no salvation. I -don't think Catholios believe any such thing; but the arbitrary iv,tiitiun now assumed by one portion of the Church of England v u'li lead me to believe that their faith was that out of the present Charch of England there was no salvation. Wo may not, in our branch of the present Church of Christ, have quite as many fashionable people, attired in broadcloth, and silks and satins, as the Church of England may boast of, but I am sure we shall have quite as good and earnest Christians; and wo shall endeavor to have clergymen who will find time to visit the poor and humble as well as their richer brethren. The considerate " Priest of St. Albans" has on more than one occasion referred to our present pastor in terms anything but becoming a Christian minister, and a serious charge seems to bo that Dr. Gal^ighor is an American. I presume he had not tiio choice as to where he would be born ; but perhaps the " Priest of 8t. Albans" believes that when our Saviour said to the Ai)ostlos, " Go ye forth into all the world and preach the Gospel unto every creature," ho only meant that their successors should bo the clergy of the Church of England, or Americans specially excluded ; and the poor American Presbyterian missionary, who has just been chopi)ed to pieces by a set of savages in Mexico, was perhaps served right, as — according to the " Priest of St. Albans — he had business there. I remain, youre, truly, LUTHEiill Ottawa, March 18, 1874. no THE EEFOEMED CHUKCU. , 2'o the Rt. Ekv. Db. Lewis, Bishop of Ontario : My Lord, — In my last I respectfully laid boforo you how- desirable it would be for your Lordship at your early convouionoe, at your own chapel, to explain away the "disbeliefs" of those who have joined the " Reformed Episcopal Church" assuring your Lord- «hip of a " large and anxious audience." 10 I Fe^rret your Lordeihip has not condescended to accede to tlie suggestion, especially at this particular season of the year, the approach of Easter, when so many ere supposed to be preparing themselves to carry out the command of our Saviour: " I>o this in remembrance of me," and it would have been well to satisfy their nvinds on so important a matter, and possibly bring some of the sti'ay sheep back into the fold. That is your duty, my Lord. But it would almost appear, i'rom your Lordship's letter to the Bev. Dr. Coixlner, a Unitarian clergyman, publitibed in the Mon- treal OaaeUe, that you are more desirous of his good opinion and those around him, than the people of your Lordship's Diocese. You are pleased to say, niy Lord, that "no clergyman of this city has, to my knowledge, 'repelled' anyone from Holy Commu- nion,' while you at tde same time state that you instructed your curate to see a certain j3er«er8ermon delivered in the Chapel of Ease by Bishop Lewis was inac- curate, especially in that part of it in which His Lordship was reported as saying of the English Church — " It was the church of the educated wherever established." For confirmation of the cor- rectness of our rejwrt we refer any of our readers who may he interested in the matter to His Lordship, Bishop Lewis, who saw the report before it was published, and said that it was substantially correct, though not absolutely verbatim. — ^Ed. Citizen.] "FATHER IGNATIUS." ■To tite Editor of the Citizen. Dear Sir, — I have been looking forwai-d with some anxiety for this "learned Pundit's" authority which he promised in hte wonderful and pompons communication of 19th instant, to prove that the faith ot the Church of England consisted in the belief •* la I the " Apostles, Nicene and Athanasian creeds — the Divine authority " of the Apostolic succession — regeneration in baptism — real pre- " senco— auricular confession — the seven sacraments — prayers for '< the dead — invocation of saints and angels, and observance of the « fasts and festivals of the Church." I imagine His Lordship Bishop Lewis or even the " Priest of St Albany " will scarcely endorse the faith of this learned disciple of Ignatius Loyala, of whom he is no doubt a lineal descendant. I ab«erve' " Ignatius " saj^s he will "endeavor" to give his authority, and perhaps his endeavours have not yet met with suc- cess. VVill he permit me to suggest to him Den's Theology or a " Eioman Catholic Missal " as perhaps the best authority he can find on the subject. As Ignatius suggests, we are perfectly aware that the book of Common Prayer unfortunately contains many of these points of hia faith, but they have until lately been attempted to be taught in the Church of England, and we boldly assort that no clergyman of that Church, even in this deo:enerate ago, dare, from the pulpit, attempt to promulgate or defend any such doctrine. Notwithstanding that we are accused by Bishop Lewis, the "Priest of St. Albans," and by the learned " Ignatius," of being of " doubtful education," we feel that the Almighty has ,^iven us a fair share of common sense— at all events quite sufficienl to know Pro- testant teaching from Eoman Catholic — and we ha^ e moral courage enough' to stand forward and defend those principles which King William fought for at the Boyno, and to show an arrogant and de- <$igning priesthood that we will not imperceptibly be di'awn into Jloman Catholic practices, or allow our children to be taught Eoman Catholic doctrine, to suit their selfish ends. We may not all have had the advantages of a high education as " Ignatius " and his friends assume to have, and it's God's bless- ing that we have not, if we were not able to turn it to better account than they seem to do. We were never in our eary days taught the doctrine now attempted to be lorced upon us. Many of the churches called Pro- teetant and Episcopal we can scarcely recognize as such. The whole sjBtem is repugnant to our feelings, and although we love and revere the church of our fathers, we do not and cannot recognize the present Church of England as that church, and all the old Prayer Hooks or books on "Church Discipline" or ancient authorities, '' Ignatius " or any one else can produce, will never make us believe in priestly absolution and all the other absurdities attempted to be forced down our throats. As to Bishop Lewis' threats of excommunication, and being deprived of all the privileges and rights of the church, we attach just that importance to them they merit. They fall very lightly on us, and we oelieve the day will come when Uis Lordship will regret the course he has pursued. The New Testament tells us " Grod is no respecter of persons, Imt in every nation he that feareth him and worketh righteousness is nceoptocl with hira." We piHi.fer this theology oithor to the Bishops or that of Ignatius, or even the " Priest of St. Alban's," who, wo are informed, finds great consolation in kissing the Cross on his stole when he enrobes himself. We "few men of doubtful education" have no intention of revi»imj the Prayer Boojc, as " Ignatius" suggests, unle>8 ho considers apply- ing the scissors to it revising it. We wish and intend to take out of it everything which we do not believe and which we know nine-tenths of "churchmen" do not believe, which wo were never taught to believe, and which we don't want to believe, for the good and sufficient reason that we do not believe it is founded on Holy Writ or has any foundation but priestcraft. There are in this Dominion thousands of Orangemen members of the Church of England. 1 would appeal to them at the pre-ient crisis to come forward and respectfully, but firmly tell the Bishops and Clergy of the Church that they repudiate the innovations and ''remnants of Popery" attempted to be introduced into the Church, that they protest against the teaching such as "Ignatius" would defend, and caution them that unless these things are put right, that the Church of England will cease to be looked upon as a Protestant Church. LUTHER II. Ottawa, 24th March, 1814. "A VOICE FROM THE BACKWOODS." To the Editor oj Tlie Citizen. . Sir,— Under the above « Nom de Plume" I find « Senex" is brought to account in your issue of yesterday, for the doctrine advo- cated in his various letters, and which have so generally been approved of by the Protestant community. The writer is, without doubt, one of the fraternity who find the ground going from under them, aAd are on the retrograde movement. The style and argument is so apparent that it cannot be mistaken. This " Defender of the Faith" is candid, at all events, and makes an admission for which I thank him, but which, I am afraid, a large portion of the members of the Church of England will not He says : " Can < Senex' name the time when our Prayer Book was UsB Catholic than now, or can he show when or wliere our Church calls itad/ Protestant?" So, according to this learned backwoodsman, English Churchmen are not Protestants!! This will l>e news, indeed, to thousands, and there surely will be a clearing out in the various Orange Lodges. Has this backwoodsman ever read the oath taken by the Sovereigns of Great Britain and Ireland on their accession to the throne? If he has not he had better do so, and, I fancy, he will change his mind on this subject. The writer also says: "Senex" makes it a gi'ievance "that Roman Catholics worship and kneel down and cross themselves in I an Engliflh Church in Toronto," this perversion is worthy of a '•Catholic (not Roman) Jesuit." "Senex^' stated what he had seen in Toronto with no desire to sneer at the faith or form of worship of the Koman Catholic, but to show that the form of worship fol- lowed in the RitualiHtic churches so much resembled that ot the Church of Rome, that Roman Catholics mistook these churches for their own. 'Tis to be regretted that this backwoodsman coiild not find it convenient to attend next Sunday at the Court House, and he would then see whether we "good, staunch Protestants worship sitting in high-backed pews with ducked heads during the prayere." I take it he might derive some little benefit by his attendance, if it were only in the shape of Christian charity, of which bo seems woefully deficient. One thing at all events is not practised among us, we don't sing our prayers or get men in dirty white nightgowns to sing them for us. Will this worthy backwoodsman, if he is a " priest," which I more than suspect, dare to teli his congregation ih&t fie /um tfie powers duly commissioned by our Saviour, to forgive or retain sins, or tell them that, in receiving the Holy Communion, they are " verily and indeed" eating and drinking the body and blood of Christ? He knows well he dare do no such thing, but he and such as he are trying hard to get the laity schooled to such a belief, and if they are not stopped they will succeed in instilling such doctrine, which certainly is tiot Protestant, into the minds of our children through the Sunday School — but I forget, " Bockwoodsman " is not a Pro- testant, he is a member of the "Catholic Church of England." " O tempora, O mores." " Senex " never wrote any such thing as " that the thirty-nine articles were only given fci* the guidance of the clergy." What he did say was, that they wore not taught or read in Sunday Schools or families and were looked upon more cm a guide to the clergy t/iatt anything else. * As to the " Apostolic Succession," it is such an absurd hallu- cination that I do not deem it worthy of notice, but admitting for argument sake, that it dods exist in this so called •' Catholic Church of England," where did it come from? Why, introduced through the instrumentality of an Apostate priest of the Church of Rome, a bantling worthy of the source from whence it sprung. The next time this " voice from the back woods " favors us with its bWeet sounds will he be pleased to stick to the truth and not mis- quote to suit his miserable argument. I do not know that " Senex " will thank me for taking his part in the matter, as he has pretty well shown that he can take his own part, but knowing he is absent from the city, I have thought well to do so. I observe also in last evening's issue a long water-gruel epistlo from my friend " Ignatius " m the Apostolic Succession. It is really not worth answering, it is perfect twtuldle worthy of a village schoolmaster. There is one point, however, which may be noticed, 16 that, having reference to ordination by dissenters. " Ignatius " U kind enough to say. " Do they not rather send for two or ihrco pastors who have been ah'eady oi-dained t» their way to do what they want?" It is to be presumed from the woi-ds tw, their way being in italics, that " Ignatius " has not much faith in it, and does not recognize them as successore to the Apostles, still a much greater man, I take it, than "Ignatius" does recognize them jis "Fellow laborers and fellow servants in the Gospel," and opens his pulpit to them and invites them in, viz: — The Archbishop of Canterbury — what, there- fore, becomes of all your logic learned, Ignatius ? And it must not be forgotten, " Most Lwirncd Pundit," that Bishop Cummins is what you would call a succ* ssor to the Apostles with all the necessary power— so our minds may be quite easy on that score, if we had any scruples. " I will wiite thee again from Philippi." LUTHEB II. Ottawa, 25th March, 18*74. u^jt-'i. THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTEEBURY. To the Editor of Tue Citizen : Dear Sir, — In your issue of last evening, a writer under the signature " True " tried very hard to make it appear that the state- ment made by Mr. Gallagher (as he is polite enough to call the Rev. Gentleman), to the effect that the Archbishop of Canterbury had declared himself a " fellow laborer and fellow servant in the Gospel " with non-conformist clergymen and thrown the pulpits of the Episcopal Church open to them, as a " hoax," and calls on us to believe it as euch on his simple ipse dixit. As he says ho has seen it referred to as such in an English paper he occasionally reads, but he does not state what that paper is, no doubt the "wish is the father of the thought " with the writer. Perhaps he has read it in some " High Church " organ which does not approve of such good news being promulgated for the benefit ot low churchmen or noncon- formists. The writer states he is a diligent reader of English newspapers and has not come across the statement made by the Rev. Mr. Gallagher, except in the manner he has told it — as a hoax. Well, 1 can produce half a dozen gentlemen who read it in a Scotch paper, copied from an English one as no hoax, but a reality, and none pf us were " startled by the statement " but looked upon it that Dr. Tait was simply making the world aware that he was a good Christian and no bigot. And we must have some more substantial proof of it being a hoax before we or the public can be ex|)e(*ted to swallow " Trucks" wonderful discovery, and from the narrow minded style evinced in his production, we would require proof beyond him to convince us, at all events, that it is a hoax. it T am sure Dr. Gallagher and his friends must feel under deep obliffation to this self-sufficient gentleman, for his impertinent advice to be more cautious in our statements ; when we want advice, I am sure it will not be to one of the writer's qualifications we will apply to and it will bo time enough for him to give advice when it is asked for. Pray don't be alarmed, Mr. " True,' even the displeasure of the Archbishop of Canterbury would not deter us from the course we are pursuing; we appeal to a much higher power than even an Arch- bishop as to the recitude of our acts— our motto is— JJew est qui regit omnia. ,. , . ■■ j >-, Was it a hoax, Mr. "True," our glorious and good Queen receiv- ing the Holy Communion in the Presbyterian Church at Crathie ? or was it a hoax that a certain high dignitary in the English Epis- copal Church took an active part at the meeting of the Evangelical Alliance lately held in New York, and partook of tno llul^ Com- munion at the hands of a non-conformist minister. Mr " True " must have been awi\illy "startled " on reading that in his " English nowspapera." Still, the world goes on, and the Archbishop of Canterbury did not excommunicate either of the delin- (^uentH, and I don't think Bishop Lewis would undertake to "reiiell" either of them from the Communion in his chapel. LUTHER II. Ottawa, 26th Mai*ch, 18T4. THE REFORMED CHURCH. To the RiGHt Rev. Dr. Lewis, Bishop of Ontario : My Lord, — I find in the Church Herald of Toronto, the 26th inst., the following : — A NOTE FROM OTTAWA. an "The Rev. H. Pollard writes from Ottawa, March 20th, that 'absurd telegram' about excommunication had misled us in the Church Herald of ^arch 12. 'There is not a word of truth in such a report,' says our correspondent, which we are truly happy to pub- lish it He continues : "I presume the report arose from my sug- gesting to a member of the congregation the propriety of his absenting himself from the Holy Communion, partly in conse- ijuence of his having announced to the Bishop and myself his inten- tion of joining the new sect unless his Loixiship would alter the Pray&r Book to suit his particular views. I may add that of the few that have left us, he is about the only one who has been a com- municant.' " It is to be regretted your curate should so far forget himself as to publish statements which are so far from being correct. With regard to the excommunication, will the reverend gentleman please send to the H&rald Your Loi'dship's note relative to the "Steacy ' mattor, and then we shall see if it is excommunication or not ; but what of the Hazeidean affair ? There can be no doubt of the 30 18 mi 17 excommunication there, after what has appeared in the Press of this city, and of which the flev. Mr. Poliaixi cannot pretend tc plead ignorance. With regard to the "persou'' above referred to being "about the on\y communicant who has left," your curate must know better, 1 can without difficulty name twenty-five communicants who have left and joined the " Koformed Church," and one of them a com- municant in the Church of England before your Lordship or any of the clergy now in the city were in holy orders. If your curate would send one of his emissaries to the Beformeil Chui-ch on Easter Sunday, I am inclined to think he will find more communicants than he would care to report to the Church H&rald for publication. I observe, my Lord, that a correspondent of the Citizen has published a statement to the eifect that the Archbichop of Canter- bury has not opened his pulpits to Nonconformist clergymen, as claimed by an extract published here fram an English newspaper, but, so far, we have a statement on each side of the question — one that it is so ; another, that it is a "hoax" — so that we must wait for further information before any correct decision can be come to in the matter ; but, my Lord, I am charitable enough to pray and ho|)e that the Archbishop is the good Christian that tne extract in ques- tion would make him. out to be. I cannot believe, my Lord, that you feel that your ministration or that of any of your clergy are more acceptable at the throne of Almighty God, than that of any of the Noncomformist clergymen of this city, or that the Almighty has commissioned you and np^t them. The idea seems repugnant to common sense, and would make the Almighty appear not that impartial being we, as Christ- ians believe him to be, and no respector of persons. I am given to understand, mj Lord, that on Sunday evening next it is your intention to some extent to touch on the "disbeliefs of the Reformed Church." 1 hope it is so, and that Your Lordship will be able to shiaw that there was no breach of chui'ch discipline in Her Majesty the Queen and the Dean of Canterbury joining with Nonconformist clergymen in religious observances in Noncon- formist churches, and receiving the Holy Communion at their hands ; but that it is a great crime deserving of excommunication for humble men in this city to be guilty of any such breach, and, as Your Loixiship has said, "They will be inadmissable to the Cdm- ibunion, and deprived of all the Privileges and rights of the Church." My Lord, when we shall one day appear before the Throne of Almighty God to give an account of our stewardship in this world, ns we most assuredly shall do, do j'ou, my Lord, believe that your position will be any difterent from that of Non-conformist clergy- men or laymen ? Bo you believe there will be any diflfei*ence between the beggar and the Queen ? I trow not. Then why should there be any ditterence in church discipline in this world betweou the Queen and the humblest of her subjects. ^, 18 Ifyoa are right in your church discipline; why has not the Archbishop of Canterbury "repelled" or excommunicated Hor Majesty and the Dean of Canterbury. I see, my Lord, that several of our opponents refer to us as * General Confession will not admit of the Calendar of Sins being very long, nor will there be much time for bemoaning over any particular sin. We believe that the Almighty knows and sees the innermost thoughts of his crea- tures, and no particularizing is requisite. There was no particu- larizing when the Publican said, "God be merciful to me u sinner." Torching the ''Communion Confession," which is special and includes ABSOLUTION, you are made to saj', "you wished to God this mode would come more in vogue, for many who now stay away through ignorance, would get rid of their doubts, and learn the true q^ualifications for j)artaking of the Sacrament." The Confession and 24 Absolution at the Visitation of tho Sick is of a more special and stronger character, but in both cases we find the Clergy taking the initiatory step. Your Lordship strongly recommends the Com- munion Confession and Absolution, and the Prayer of Absolution in the Visitation of the Sick is prefaced by the wonls <*Here shall the sick m'w i>e moved to make a special confession of his sins, &c." The difference your Lordship draws between this and the "Romish doctrine" is that the one is voluntary and the other compulaor}'^ — certainly a distinction without great difference when we reflect that several hundred clergymen of the Church of England are working on the most sensitive consciences to which they have access, telling them they are excommunicated if they do not go to confession and receive absolution from some Episcopally ordained Minister. Here they are exercising a spiritual terrorism which almost amounts to compulsion, for they wind up by impressing on the minds of -their people that by their own acts they shut themselves out from the Communion of Saints and are dead in their sins, though remaining apparently living members of the one visible church. From 3^our Lordship's remarks one cannot come to any other conclusion but that you approve of Confession when voluntary on the part of the penitent, and of course believe that the Clergy of the Church of England have the power to absolve or retain sin as suc- cessors to tho Apostles. But your Lordship's creed is of a milder form than that of the celebrated 483 clergymen who signed an address^to the Bi8hops,aBking them among other novelties to institute a regular order of " Confessors " foir absolving the members of the English Church from their sins. The Bishops did not accede lo their memorial, but we have the fact staring us in the face that at that period 483 Ministers of the Church entertained such extreme views, and we have no reason to believe they are diminished, judging from the audacity with which they put forward their views. Wit- ness the following notice issued for the direction of persons in the habit of confessing to the Priests of a Church in the heart of Lon- don, and under the supervision of the Bishop of London. "Saint Alban the Martyr, Holborn." " A Priest will attend in tho Sacristy to hear confessions, at the following times: — Wednesday — 10 a.m. to 12.30 ; 2.30 to '7.45 j and after evening ser- vice, for any who may desire it. Friday — 2 to 6 p.m.; for women only, Saturday — 10 a.m. to 12.30, for any one; 2.30 to 6 p.m., for men only ; 6 to 7.45, for girls only; after evening service for any one. ^ Such is a specimen of the practice of the Church, whose " rites and privileges ' we ix>or " Schismatics " are to be deprived of. In your printed address youv Lordship says, " I feel certain the basis of the Church of England will never be narrowed. No branch of Christ's Chm'ch interferes so little with the religious consciousness of individuals." The basis certainly requires to be bix)ad to admit tion in II the &c." lomish ig 9(^ of such practices and notices as I have cited ; and religious con- sciousness certainly isnot interfered with when we see sucii notices «tuck up, under the very nose of the Archbishop of Canterbury. And accoi-ding to your Lordship's own admission there are Bishops. Priests and Deacons in the Church who do not believe in practisint^ any such doctrine. We know that the Apostles were inspired men, and the power given them to absolve from sin, &c., but we do not and cannot believe that their mantle has fallen upon successors with any such power. We know it is asserted that unless the Apostolic succession bo preserved, there is no Priest, no Sacrifice, no Sacrament, indeed no Church. Alas poor Nonconformists ! According to this doc- trine Salvation depends upon the reception of the Sacraments ad- ministered by a Priest who has received tue Holy Ghost from a Bishop, who received the same Holy Spirit in direct succession from the Apostles. Now it is to be presumed that all the Clergy of the Church of England are not exactly Saints ; many will recollect only some short time back the case of the^ Bev. Dr. Wai*d, a man ot high literary endowments, who so brutally murdered his wife and concealed her body in a closet. He was tried and sentenced to be hanged, and would have been but for the " Cloth," and is now working omt his commuted sentence of penal servatude for life, and there are many other successors to the Apostles in the same category. Can we therefore believe that Almighty G-od con- fers upon such men the Holy Ghost, and gives them the keys of Heaven and Hell, empowering them to forgive and retain sins. Docs he bind himself to ratify the acts of such men ? We have been told that we of the *od, viz., Mercy and forgiveness, for we believe no one can forgive sin but God, and we do not believe He has delegated that power to frail mortal man. There is not one of the clergy who would dare to promulgate such doctrine from his pulpit, but they teach it, and much worse in our Sunday Schools, and among the weak-minded mem hoi's of the ehurch privately, their whole aim is " Priestcraft !" or to get power over the laity whom they desire to lead or rule, not only in things spiritual, but temporal also. There are one or two points not referred to in these letters which we wish especially to draw attention to. In the first place, Ithm lom- or )rm- jeial (wlio our )ect. the It t<> Itnke are that ' our hail 31 we would refer to a Confirmation tour BiHhop Lewis hn» just returned from, up the Ottawa Valley, accompanied by his newly- made Vene*'.tble Archdeacon Lauder. At Pembroke, after the Con- firmation Service, the Archdeacon preached, and, among other things, told the congregation that beyond a doubt that by the imposition of the Bishop'n hands the candidates liad received Tlie Holy Ghost ; but this is not to be wondered at when we road in the Con- firmation Service in the Prayer Book as follows : — The Bishop. — Let us pray : "Almighty and everlasting (lod who has vouchsafed to regenemte these thy servants by water ami the Holy Ghost, and hast given unto them forgiveness of all their sins." There is no half measure here ; no prayer that they may be regenerated and their sins iorgiven, but a clear declaration by the Bishop that the candidates for confirmation are regenerate and all their sins forgiven. Is this Priestcraft, or cant; or what is it? We understand CVmfir.Tiation to bo an Ordnance of the Church, that at a certain age persons who have been baptized shall come forward and assume the responsibility which their Godfather's, &e.,- took for them at their baptism, and nothing more — and we are strongly of the opinion that the whole thing wantK remodelling. What do our Godfathers and Godmothers do for the children they stand sponsors for, just give them a silver spoon or knife and fork, and there their duty and attention seems to end — then again many men and women are not confirmed until they have obtained mature years — surely it is not to be argued that the Godfathers and Godmothers are responsible until such time as their worthy Godchildren choose to relievo them> the whole of this savours strongly of Priestly manuiacsture which it no doubt is. It may be argued, why have we not remained in the church and endeavour to get the abuses we complain of reformed, simply because we are tired of trying to do so, and we find these abuses and Eilualistic practices increasing instead of diminishing, and we find that oven the word of Bishops are not to be depended on. Thus ex- emplified — at the Vestry meeting at the Bishop's chapel in this city last Easter Monday the Bishop stated that he had done all by could to suppress Ritualism in his Diocese, and would continue to do so, yet in the face of this declaration His Lordship has thought fit since Easter to make Mr. Lauder his Archdeacon, and Dr. Jones Examin- ing Qhaplain, Canon, &c., of his Cathedral, thus advancing to high po.sitions u\ the church, two of the most notorious Ititualistic Priests in the Diocese, this is certainly au odd way of suppressing Ritualism, and again we hold we are perfectly correct in leaving a body whose principles and doings we disapprove. "Come ye out from among them and be ye separate saith the Loi-d and I will receive you." Again St. Paul tells Timothy that he should not be "partaker of other men's sins," and is not man a partaker of other men's offences against Christ, who sets them forward in propogat- ing their errors by his union with them ; and does noi ho who con- sorts in every way with teachers of error, and gites his substance to sustain their churches, sends delegates to their Synods, helps to pay the expenses of such assemblies, pays to sustain Ritualistic Bisihops, Priests: is he not a partaker of the guilt of such doings, and necessarily offensive to the Almighty and injurious to his iollow-man ; and, we have left the old church simply because she has departed from the faith and gone atter another Gospel, to the subversion of the souls of the people and to the dishonor of Iho Saviour. On the occasion of the absence from the City of our own Clergyman some few wee'fs ago, we availed ourselves of the kind services of the Rev. Mr. Hunter of the Methodist Church and the Rev. Mr. Mooro of the Presbyterian Church, who conducted our' Hervico morning and evening in the most satisfactory manner, wo I'olt under deep obligation to these gentlemen for their loady acquiescence in our request, and it was a matter of great satisfaction to ail connected that an Episcopal Church was established which recognized the ministrations of the Clergy of all other Protestant denominations, and welcomed them to their pulpit. Sk> far so good, but iu a day or two afterwards we were- favoured thrcaigh the press with a communication from some scribbler referring to the great satisfaction and pride it must have been to the gentlemen named in being permitted to occupy the Pulpit in an Episcopal Church where the " 8Uccos80i*8 to the A pestles '' officiated. Wo know i>oth these Clergymen felt much pleasure and satisfaction in officiating in our Church, but we are equally certain they would not feel their reputation in any way improved by occupying the pulpits heretofore held by some of the " sue- ce.S8or8 of the Apostles" in the old church, but the contrary: we have this Apostolic Succession shoved under our nosos ad iiauamm, and for further light as to what some of them have been let us refer to the eighteenth century, and what do wo find in the Fleet Prison, London? Why! that not loss than fifty Church of England clergymen, "Successors to the Apostles," and a Bishop were confined there at one time, leading the most dissolute and dis- graceful lives, and living by solemnizing marriages at all prices from half a crown to a guinea. The advertisements of some of the loading members of this fraternity speak for themselves: — "Peter ^ymson informed the public that he acted by Royal authority ; that he had been ''educated at the University ofCambridgo,"and was "late chaplain to a nobleman," married couples in a room furnished with chair, cushions apd proper conveniences. In a single year he mar- r.ed 2,200 couples. John Lundo, another, was *'a regular bred clergyman," a gentleman who was lately Chaplain on boai*d one of Her Majesty's ships of war, &c., who was above committing those little mean actions that some men impose on people, everything would be conducted with the utmost decency and regularity such as shall always be supported by Law and Equity." Such is a sample of the men who form a portion of the linkp in the chain of Awstolio Succession, and who the clergy of to-day have so much reason to be proud of as their successors, these are the divimly inynred men who- I 33 111 presume to turn up their noses nt cler/^ymon of other donominn- tions, i-l.ese are the " oduciitetl gefitlemen" — when will the people of the Church of England get their eyes opened ? We have with us in union and sympathy many of the Orange body, and we find some of the lodges have taken action as against flitualism, but we are more than surprised they they have not long ago had their eyes opened to the fact that many of the leading officera of the oi*der ar-i the warmest supporters of the ititualistic party, and the strongest opponents of the Reformed Church. They are Political Orangemen who have joined the order to advance their own personal interests and nothing else, they don't believe in the rank and file thinking for themselves or they would lotje their mfluence over them, and thus lose their political influence. The Orange ^stitution was esUiblishtxl, as we believe, for the defence and prote .tion of the Protestant faith, and as it is now handled, it is used by designing leaders to forward their political interests and support High Church liitualism. We have our church here firmly established and increasing daily. We have a Clergyman of our own, not a Yankee as some of of our enemies are pleased to circulate, but a good sound Irishman. We shall have a handsome church read}'^ for occupation in the Fall, and we shall be able to shew Bishop Lewis that we are not the con- temptable body he would have the ])ublic believe. ^ LUTHER IL Ottawa, 12lh June, 1874.