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No. XIV. 
 
 Iciiufc!] hocialioti of tiie Oiocese of Toronto. 
 
 It the Correrspoiiding Members of the Church Association of the 
 
 Diocese of Toronto. 
 
 )ear Luetiieen, 
 
 At the close of this .second year- of active operation as an 
 issociatecl body of Members of the Church of England, united for 
 khe purpose of maintaining our beloved Church in the simplicity 
 bf her Protestant worship and the purity of her scriptural teaching, 
 Ihc jMembcrs of the Church i\ ssociation can look Itack with gi'ate- 
 [ul acknowledgement to Almighty Cod, under whose blessing, as 
 lliey devoutly believe, they have been led, through unlooked for 
 jilficultics and trials, to the reuliztition of important resrdts;' and 
 [y whose soA'creign guidance the events of the past year have been 
 Irerrulcd for the more effective maintenance of the principles 
 |bicli they huxe pledged themselves to defend. 
 
 Cheered by the hearty sympathy and encouragement of many 
 theii' fellow Churchmen in other Dioceses, they would specially 
 bknowledgc the gi-atifying reassurance derived from the addresses 
 [rwarded from the Montreal Diocese, in one of A\-hich, signed by 
 )wards of 300 Members of our Church ; and in another, bearing 
 ic honored names of tAvent3'"-six Clergymen, including those of the 
 lean, and of Canons, Rectors, and influential Ministers in that 
 liocese, this Association is assured of theu' entire approval of 
 f course of procedure, and " their earnest prayer that, with the 
 alessing of God, the present crisis may be so overruled as the 
 lore firmly to build up in our Church the principles of the 
 Reformation." 
 
 Thus encouraged and strengthened in a work which they 
 ^ieve, more than ever, calls for the unflagging zeal, and united 
 srtions of all who truly love and a alue the Church of England 
 la Protestant Church, sealed in its fidelity to the grand protest 
 
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 of the Eeformation against the eiiors and corruptions of Romanism , 
 by the blood of many faithful martyrs ; it is with no inclination to 
 relax their exertions in this great cause, thfit the Executive Com- 
 mittee of the Church Association of the Diocese of Toronto now in- 
 vite the attention of its Members, — and especially of those in other 
 Dioceses, — to the desire expressed by many for its reconstruction, 
 or establishment on a more extended basis. 
 
 Althou'>h this Association has oulv been known under its 
 present name for two years, it is the expansion of an older organ- 
 ization which existed for years, imder the name of " The Church 
 of England Evangelical Association," of which the V^t-i-y l\ev. the 
 Dean of Toronto amis President, and the present l)isho{> of Niagara. 
 then Archdeacon Fuller, was tiie tirst Vice-Preside]it. lu its. 
 address to the Members of thi; Church in the Diocese of Toronto, 
 issued in 1869, it draws attention to the '"good measure adopted 
 " in regard to the important question of Ritualism at the last Prc- 
 " vincial Sj'nocl;" but comments on the strenuous opposition it 
 received, and thus proceeds : " There were in favour of condemning 
 " these novel practices in the Chiirch, which have been lately 
 
 " declared illegal by the 
 
 highest 
 
 courts in Enc^iand, very small 
 
 " majorities of the whole Synod ; and we are sorry to say that we 
 '' can find, in the published reports of the proceedings, no singhi' 
 " instance w-hcre the names of a majority of the lay delegates from i 
 " this Diocese appear in favor of condemning those practices." 
 
 This was a condition of things well calculated to excite alarm, 
 and to prove tliat the protestantism of our Church was in no I 
 degree fairly rei>resented by the delegates who professed to i-epre- 1 
 sent the country parishes and missions in the Diocesan Synoi 
 Alike in the addresses issued in that and the following year the I 
 Association pressed on the Laity the necessity of looking carcfullyl 
 to the character and views of the delegates to Avhom they committcdl 
 the important trust of representing them on the Synod ] and inj 
 the^'r address for 1870, they strongly expressed their " belief thatj 
 *' the great mass of the Laity of the Church of England t]u'oughout| 
 " Canada is soundly protestant at heart, and if truly represents' 
 " at their Synods cannot fail to exercise a most vital influence rii| 
 " the progress of the Canadian branch of the Church." 
 
 In the same address the Association pressed on tlie attentiocl 
 of the Church the great importance of the then unsettled question oil 
 patronage. The selection and approval of students to be admittcif 
 into the theological course, and still more, their final admission i\ 
 Holy orders, are under the control of the bishop ; nor without hij 
 license can any ordained Minister hold a charge within the diocescj 
 So far, then, the authority and supreme control of the Lord Bisho]! 
 
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 :i«ure adopted 
 : the last Prc- 
 opposition it 
 3f condemning 
 e been lately 
 Ltl, very Kmall 
 to say that ^ve 
 n£vs, no single 
 1 delegates from 
 
 practices." 
 
 excite alarm, 
 
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 Dwing year tie 
 
 oldng carefully 
 
 ley committcu' 
 
 Synod ; and in 
 
 -ir " belief that 
 
 md throughout 
 
 aly represented 
 
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 )n tlie attentioD 
 
 ,tled question oi 
 to be admittctl 
 
 lal admission t( 
 lor without hii 
 hin the diocese 
 he Lord Bisho 
 
 of the DiocoaO is abiuuLuitly recognised. It appears to be a very 
 
 moderate demand, that fx'om 
 
 among 
 
 all tlio clerov who have thu.'i 
 
 been certified by tlie Bisliop as in good standiiiij,-, and fitted for 
 parocliial duty, tlio lieads of families, or the body of communiv^ants 
 in the parish slia 11 be allowed to select the Minister most acceptabh} 
 to theinsolves. To all new missions tlio ai)})ointmeut of clergymen 
 must rest witli the Ijisliop, the Mission Board, or some body speci- 
 all}' entrusted with the duty. But where a congregation Iniilds its 
 own (Jliurch, Sunday School Hous(i, and i)arsonago, and guarantees 
 the v.'liolo portion of the income not derived IVimj the Clergy Re- 
 serves or otlier Common Church Funds, it is (liltienlt t(i conceive of 
 any means so calculated to chock their li]);M'allLy, a;; tlio placing 
 over them a Minister, cither unacceptable to them ; or even one 
 in whoso choice they liave been allowed no voice. The heads of 
 Christian families desire a Christian Minister, in wliosu wise counsel 
 and faithful teaching they have entire confidence. To liini they 
 are to loolc for the admission of their children into the Church by 
 the Holy Sacrament of Baptism, and their instruction and training, 
 till they can conscientiously talce upon themselves the vows then 
 made, and be admitted in confirmation to tlio full privileges and 
 responsi))iiitie3 of membership in the Christian Church. To him 
 they are to look as to a sympathising fj"iciid in e\'ery joy, and in 
 every tiial of life ; as the counsellor of their children in maturer 
 years, and whose special services they are to ask when their sons 
 and daughters leave the domestic hearth, to form new homes of 
 their own. They desire to have as their minister one in whom 
 they can repose implicit confidence, and on vv-hose faithful Christian 
 counsel they can rely in every emergency. How difhcult must it be 
 CO establish such relations with one not only intruded on a congrega- 
 tion without their special wishes being consulted ; but even at times 
 vdiorc strong objections are felt to the i)erson selected for the cure. 
 In the Protestan^, Episcopal Church, in the United States, 
 the riglit of the people to the choice of their own Minister is 
 undisputed ; and no evil is felt to result from it. It is treating a 
 Christian congregation as children to deny them a voice in a matter 
 in which they alone are supremely interested. It cannot be im- 
 agined that the heads of Christian families, including the most aged 
 and experienced members of the Church, would regai'd otherwise 
 than as a most solemn and responsible duty, the selection of one to 
 whom they, and all who are most deai- to them, are to look for 
 counsel in the hour of sickness, and on the bed of death ; and 
 from whom, amid bitterest bereavement, when loved ones are com- 
 mitted to the gi'ave, they trust to receive the reassurance of their 
 faith in Him who is the Resurrection and the Life. 
 
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BoavJutj all lliifi iu \ iew, it «opiiioil lo ilio uicinl»0!« of the 
 As.'ioc'ifitioii tlu'ii. :vs it spoms to uiany llionc;l»triil momb(>iTi of tho 
 Olmi-cli still, tliat notliiii,!^' iH NO cnlouliitod to ajivo rpiipwodliib to 
 tlio Clunvli, to ))ro:ii(vtr' liavmony l)ot'svocn \i:-i Oovrfy and pnoplo, and 
 to beget tliat genuine lil)crality v.liidi springs from love even more 
 than a sense of duty, than the restoring to the }>eo])le some just 
 share in tlie choice of the clergyman who is to vaiiiistor to tliemin 
 holy things. 
 
 Whilst pres-sing those, and otli(>r iiiqxjitant {pestions on the 
 notice of tlie church, the address of the Association in 1870 con- 
 cluded with a I'enewed appeal to the members of every congrega- 
 tion on the im])ortance of securing a true representation of tlieir 
 views in the Synod. l)y the choice of their la}' Delegates, for " by 
 " their opinions and actions there, they influence the A'oice of our 
 " Church in maintaining or slighting the great principles by whicli 
 " the Church of England asserts liei- Catholk'TTY in accordance 
 " with the scriptural doctrines embodied in her Articles, and hei' 
 " Prot.stantism in the rejection of all those errors by which tlie 
 "Church before the Reformation had substituted a justilication by 
 " sacraments and works of men, instead oi' jit sf.ijicniion by Faith 
 ^^ onh/, as declared in the ElcAenth Article of our Church." 
 
 It was the Association v/hich had thus, for years, been striv- 
 ing to maintain the Evangelical teaching, and tlie Protestant 
 services of our Chnrcli, which was reorganized on a broader basis 
 in 1873, undcv the name of the Church Association of the Diocese 
 of Toronto, It is abundantly apparent that, though constituted on 
 a narrov^-er basis, it had liad the same object in view. But the 
 condition cf things alike in tlie Mother Church, and that of Cana- 
 da appeared to them to call for more energetic proceedings among 
 all the foithful members cf the Church of England, to expose the 
 insidious wilen of designing men, unfaithful to their ordination 
 vov,-s : and to resist riuauthorised cJianges and innovations in the 
 services of oai Church, and in the doctrines taught from its pulpits, 
 and in its Sunday Schools. 
 
 Alike in the first Addre^is issued by the Association under its 
 new organization, and in tlie Occasional Paper vvliich followed, 
 entitled " Wluit is Kiiv.alie,m ?" it was made abundantly apparent 
 that the evils which it specially aimed at opposing, were in no 
 respect ]5eouliar to one Diocese ; but affected, more or less, the 
 whole (.'hurch in Canada. It seemed, however, to the original 
 founders, that their object would be best effected by directing their 
 efforts specially to their own Diocese, leaving to their fellow- 
 churchmen in other Dioceses to do what seemed best in the peculiar 
 circumstances of each. It has been the earnest desiic of the 
 
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 iroader basis 
 the Diocese 
 instituted on 
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 ;hat of Cana- 
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 expose the 
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 Ich followed, 
 
 ply apparent 
 were in no 
 or less, the 
 the original 
 
 trecting their 
 
 [their fellow- 
 . the peculiar 
 
 lesirc of the 
 
 Executive Coimnitteo, to whom the responsibility of carrying- on 
 the woi'k of tlie Association has been entrusted, to put forward no 
 statements in reference to objectionable teachings or practices, 
 until they had thorougldy sntisliod themselves of their accuracy in 
 every detail ; and this they felt could l)ost be secured by confining 
 tlieir action to the jn-oceedings within their own Diocese. l\\ 
 dealing with matters lying outside of it, they nnist necessarily 
 liave been com|)elled to depend on others for the accuracy of theii- 
 statements. 
 
 But it has l)ecome ap])ai'ent that this limitation of action, as a 
 Diocesan Association, fails to satisfy the desires and requirements 
 of many Members of the Church with whom they are in perfect 
 accord in doctrine and fellowship. 
 
 Both Clergymen and liaymen in other Dioceses have hastened 
 to express their sympath}^ with the action of this Association in 
 the most practical form ; alike by contributing to its funds, and 
 hj seeking to be enrolled as Corresponding Members. This has 
 been followed by numerous and urgent applications foi* its organ- 
 ization on a wi<ler basis ; and l)y requests for authority to form 
 Affiliated or I'ranch Associations oorres])onding tt^ those of the 
 Association of tlie Mother Church in England. 
 
 The Executive Committee cannot fail to recognise among 
 loadini:'- Clero-vmen and Lavmen in other Dioceses, whose names 
 are already on the list of Corresponding IMembers, many wliose 
 counsel and co-operation in the responsible duties now entrusted 
 to themselves, they would glr I'y welcome; or into whose hands 
 thoy would willingly rgsign tlio supreme control in the farther 
 work of this Association. But it appears to be indispensable for 
 the successful carrying out of the object which all have at heai't, 
 that concentrated action, and an untrammelled responsibility, should 
 be secured to a central committee wdiose counsel and co-operation 
 can be relied upon in any emergency. Even now, with the limi- 
 tation of the Committee to a single Diocese, delay is unavoidable 
 in such importaiit correspondence and publications as the unlooked 
 for events of the past j'ear liave given rise to ; and this must be 
 greatly increased by so widening the basis as to involve the 
 necessity of concurrent action among Members of an Executive 
 Committee selected from various Canadian Dioceses, even though 
 limited within the compass of Quebec and Ontario. 
 
 It has been pi'essed on the Executive Committee, from other 
 
 Dioceses, that the desired end would be best attained by having a 
 
 Central, or parent Association, with branches co-operating with it, 
 
 las is now done in the case of the Church Association in England; 
 
 each branch to be a distinct organization, in so far as carrying on 
 
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 the f^pc'flal work ro]atiji_i>- lo itr; own Diooe.so, and having tho entiro 
 control and administration of its own Mission Fund are concerned; 
 yet forminL,' a i»art of ouo (/aiuidian Chureli Association, and being 
 represented on tho CiMitral Jilxecutive Committee. 
 
 These statements and sugo-estions are suhmitied to the con- 
 sideration of tlic corresponding members in otlK.u- dioceses, in 
 response to numerous letters and a])peals on the sulnject. It is 
 scarcely necessar}^ to repudiate the idea of the Connnittoe, or the 
 members of tlie Association of tlit; diocdse of I'oronto, having any 
 inclination to repel such pi-optxsitions I'or more united action. The 
 response of their friends in other dioceses lias already greatly en- 
 couraged and strengthened them hy the assurance of hearty 
 sympath}' tlius aiTorded to them ; and tht^y now address them in 
 reply, in order to invite tlioir mature determination as to the 
 course of action best calcuLited to accomplish the great object 
 which all ha\'e at heart. Tho raembers of this Association recog- 
 nise the inestimable value of co-operation and united action in a 
 cause which is in no degree sectional ; but embraces the interests 
 of our common Church. Thus far they have endeavoured — as they 
 trust, under the divine guidance and blessing — to carry out the pur- 
 poses for which tho Associntion was formed ; and they have reason to 
 believe that their labours have not been in vain. Now that their 
 object is cleai'l}' understood and appi'oved of by so many brethren 
 in other dioceses, they would gladly accept of leadership in this 
 good work at the hands of the earnest body of clergy and laity of 
 the diocese of Montreal, who have accorded to them such welcome 
 sympathy and encouragement ; or resign tho control of it to any 
 united body chosen from different dioceses, which may be found 
 best fitted to command the sympathy of all earnest and devout 
 protestant mcmbera of the Church of England in Canada, To 
 such a body they will gladly render the mo-it hearty co-operation. 
 
 But, however tho organization of a central executive body be 
 determined, or vv^hcrever its place of meeting be chosen, it is in- 
 dispensable for success tliat it be placed on the most unfettered 
 basis consistent with the great object which all have at heart. It 
 was felt at starting, that the work contemplated must involve 
 considerable outlay ; and experience has amply confirmed this, liut 
 the cheerful liberality with which ample funds have hitherto been 
 placed at the disposal of the Executive Committee, abundantly 
 proves what the Church itself may look for when the sympathies 
 of a devoted and earnest Christian people are in hearty accord 
 with the Clergy and the whole mission work of the Church. 
 
 The Church Association in England has nearly 200 Affiliated I 
 and Branch Associations, with a still larger number of local 
 
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 lonoornod ; 
 
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 iocesoa, in 
 jcct. It is 
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 Treat object 
 iation recog- 
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 the interest.-, 
 •ed— as they 
 out the pur- 
 ave reason to 
 m that their 
 [iny brethren 
 ■ship in this 
 and laity of 
 iuch welcome 
 of it to any 
 nay be found 
 , and devout 
 Canada, _ To 
 ;o-operation. 
 itive body ba 
 oson, it is in- 
 st unfettered 
 at heart. It 
 must involve 
 led this, iiut 
 hitherto been 
 e, abundantly 
 le sympathic:. 
 hearty accord 
 Church. 
 200 Affiliated 
 mber of local 
 
 Secretaries, includin!:^ both Clergy i'.nd Laity of high position and 
 influence. In the Report for 1S73, it is stated: '• From these 
 " branches much practical support is ol^taincd. By their combined 
 " action the <;c'neral movement can alone be cflk-iontly m;iintained. 
 " Isolated ed'orts are com])aratively of llLLle aMiil \\h<m t-uch an 
 organized system of at luck is so dexterously conducted and so 
 " persistently armyed against tlus Church." Jhil wldh the 
 Council, in reviewing the work oi' the y(!ar, record tlieir deep 
 thankfulness to A J mighty (Jod for the help and strcngtli given to 
 them : '"Already," they say, " th(; Association hnn made itself felt> 
 " as a power in the land ; its piogress has been marked with 
 "many and signal blessings; and our enemies tliemselves being 
 " judges, it is the great breakwater b(}tAveen Evangelical truth 
 •* and Sacerdotal pretensions ;" — yet tliey add : " The Council 
 " feel the absolute necessity of being allowed an untrammelled 
 " course of action, in order that everything may be done calmly 
 " and prudently to meet the ever-shifting policy of those who seem 
 "determined, if possible, to imdermine the foundations of Prot- 
 " estant Christianity. Rash and ill-judged attempts, however they 
 " might for a time sati-ify tlie desire of those friends who think 
 " that nothing is being done imlcss the noise of the movement is 
 '* heard, would only frustrate the cause that Ave all have at heart, 
 " while they might imperil tJie very exist(.'nce of the Association. 
 "To hasten slowly is often the safest speed. Steady progress can 
 "alone secure linal success." 
 
 This assuredly is no time for the cry of " peace I peace !" 
 when the Church is exposed to insidious revolt agfdnst all the 
 grand triumphs won for her by the blood of martyrs and confessors 
 at the Reformation. I5ut tlic members of this Association seek 
 for no party tiiumph. They earnestly desire to avoid a contro- 
 versial spirit ; and m hilo refusing all compromise where the 
 vital truths derived from Hol\' Scripture, and embodied in the 
 Liturgy and Articles of the book of Conmion Prayer, are imper- 
 illed ; they knoAv and lltd that the real object they have at heart, 
 in aiming at a vital re\'i^•al in their Ijcloved Church, of that evan- 
 gelical and spiritual truth, for which the martyrs of the Reforma- 
 tion willingly laid down their^ lives ; can only be attained by 
 striving to work in the spirit of their Divine Master. Wherever 
 they have failed in this, they know that the}'' have tended to defeat 
 the cause they h-\xe at heart, and to give its enemies occasion to 
 triumph. 
 
 But whatever organisation may be finally determined upon, 
 those who undertake it must count the cost. Already the work 
 of the Association involves a laborious correspondence ; and the 
 
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 multiplication of branclieti, with any iiticmpt at the regulation or 
 control of local action, mu«t i,aoatly incroaisc both the labor and 
 cost ; and aiKl to the iv.sponsibilitie.s of the (Vutral Coniiuittcc. At 
 this (stage in the liistory of tlu^ ^Vssuciation, Avhile the LCxccutive 
 Committee cannot longer <lelay come resjien-se to The numerous 
 and urgent oliers of co-oi»eration in the formation of ijranch A;s- 
 riociations ; they feel that it would he [uesumptuous in them to at- 
 tempt to dcline any }>lan of action beyond their own Diocese ; 
 however willingly they art; })rei>ared to lespond to the wishes of 
 their fellow-churchmen, wlio desire a mort^ extemled organization, 
 and more comprehensive efforts in the common cause. Ex})erience 
 will shoAv their brethcrn in other Dioceses whether th(! object which 
 all have in aIcw, can be ])cst secured l)y following the example of 
 Toronto, and forming separate Diocesan Associations in friendly 
 correspondence and co-operation with each other ; or by a more 
 closely united action on some common basis. This, therefore, they 
 commend to their earnest consideration, and they Avill gladly re- 
 spond to any hearty and united response, tending to unite all faith- 
 ful members of our Church, in once more contending earnestly for 
 the faith once delivered to the saints. 
 
 Meanwhile the Executive Committee of this Association feci 
 justified in saying that the ex[)erienco of the past year has abund- 
 antly proved the need of such an organization to uphold the great 
 l)rinciples of I'rotestantiism and of J*]\ angelical trutli bequeathed to 
 us by the Fathers of our Church at the Hefoi-mation ; and to pre- 
 serve to her,, and to our children, the simplicity of her Protestant 
 worship, and the purity of her scriptural teaching, as derived from 
 the Word of God, and embodied in her Liturgy and Articles. 
 
 The Executixe Committee Avill feel glad to receive, without 
 delay, such a lews and practical suggestions as the members of the 
 Association desire to offer in i-espect to a matter of so much im- 
 j)ortance to its future success in the accomplisliment oft he object 
 for Avhich it has been instituted. 
 
 Signed on behalf of the Executive Committee. 
 
 B. H. DIXON, \ ,. ^' , ■.. 
 
 J. GILLESPIE, \J^onoran,;,va'dau'S. 
 
 ToiioKTo, 11th June, 1875. 
 
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