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CHARGE

OF THE

LORD BISHOP OF TORONTO

TO THE SYNOD.

REPORT OF

THE CHURCH ASSOCIATION,

AND

MEETING OF THE

Protestant Episcopal Divinity School

OF TORONTO

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HUNTER, ROSE & CO., PRINTERS, WELLINGTON ST. WEST.

1879.

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THE EIGHT EEVEEEND THE LORD BISHOP OF TORONTO.

ADDKESS

<Mr

THE RIGHT REV. THE LORD BISHOP

TORONTO,

Delivered before tJie Syiu)d of Hie Diocese on T\uadayf 10th June, 1879,

«•••»■

Reverend Brethren, and Brethren of the Laity.— In address-
ing you to-day, for the first time, in Synod assembled, as your President,
1 feel a grave responsibility resting upon me, which leads me to seek
your indulgence and considerate sympathy.

The position to which I have been called, as an administrator of this
important Diocese, is one that demands very great wisdom as well at
faithfulness; and this need is enhanced by the circumstances of difficulty
-which have, for a long time past, attended the conduct of its councils.

4 CHARGE OF

The unprecedented and prolonged contest which signalised the recent
election of a Bishop by this Synod will always be remembered as a re-
markable and instructive episode in the history of the Church in Can-
ada. It attracted the attention of the whole country, and was watched
with anxious interest, not only by the members of our own communion,
but by those of all denominations ; for it was evident that very dearly
cherished principles on either side were at stake, and it is a matter of
deep thankfulness to know that the struggle, determinedly, persistently
as it was maintained, was yet conducted throughout with a temper, a
a dignity, a courtesy and a solemn, prayerful sense of a weighty duty
that reflect lasting honour upon the Christian spirit of this body.

The happy result of so fairly, so ably waged a conflict was, not to
embitter the feelings of those who had faced each other in the manful
championship of convictions, but to draw them closer together in mutual
respect and esteem, and we may, with good reason, believe that the
compromise, ultimately arrived at, was directed by that Holy Spirit of
God, who is the abiding guide, disposer and arbiter of the Church of
Christ on earth, and whose aid had been throughout so unceasingly and
importunately invoked.

It was only this conviction that, when the unexpected summons to
such a sacred and diCScult oflSce came to me, prompted me with all hu-
mility and yet truthfulness, to respond to it as to a Divine call to duty.

I am thus, brethren, though a comparative stranger to you, your Bis-
hop ; not by my own seeking, but by your choice and, I trust, the will
of God ; and for the successful discharge of my duties, I have to look,
not to my own strength or wisdom, but to your generous constructions,
your loyal support, your constant prayers on my behalf, and above all
to the direction, the strengthening succour and the heavenly grace of the
Spirit of God.

The circumstances to which I owe my elevation to the government
of this Diocese — that it was placed in my hands voluntarily and in a
spirit of confidence, by an almost unanimous vote of both parties in the
Church, not only entitle me to expect a readiness to accord me a gener-
al and hearty support, but lay me under a moral obligation to adminis-
ter my trust, as indeed a Bishop of the Church should, and as my own
predispositions would compel me to do, with the strictest impartiality
towanls those who differ.

That there should be divergences of opinion on points of doctrine and
practice among those who are yet sincere eons of the Church of England
we must concede to be inevitable and allowable — inevitable, since it has
pleased God to endow the human mind with so wide a diversity in its
views of truth and its processes of thought ; and allowable, because the
authoritative standards of our Church have been wisely framed with a
sufficient comprehensiveness of range as to their construction to embrace
such diversity.

Unity is, without doubt, a ne'iessary mark of the true Church of Christ
— may we strive with all our hearts to attain to it ! — but I do not be-
lieve that to realize that unity for which He prayed and taught us to
pray, it is necessary that we should wait until our own visionary dream
of uni/oi'inUy is fulfilled. Indeed, the study of all God's works in nature

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THE LORD BISHOP OF TORONTO.

goes to demonstrate that not uniformVy but diversity is His rule — in the
works of man it is the latter feature that is recognised as pleasing, the
former is, by common consent, avoided as offensive to instinctive taste ;
and we feel that the truest, most complete unity is that which is attained
by the harmonizing of diversities into a consistent, agreeing whole.

It is fruitless for us to deny, brethren, it would be unworthy of us to
apologize, that there are parties in the Church. I trust we have learned
enough wisdom from the past frankly to accept the position ; and that
each party is willing honourably to concede to the other the right to
exist and to claim a just recognition — so long, of course, as its doctrines
and usages are within the legitimate limits of a fair and honest inter-
pretation of the formularies acknowledged by both. Constituted thus,
as our Church is, he could never be a true Bishop of the Church who
allowed himself to be the Bishop of a party.

I am compelled, of necessity, to tread upon dangerous ground ; and
feel the greater need that therefore is for precaution in guarding myself
against misconstruction. I am not advocating compromise^ which is a
weak and futile expedient for evading difficulties, but tolerance. I am
not contemplating a surrender of principles, which would be a betrayal
of the truth : but I do propose to myself, as the essential of a good, an
ideal Bishop, a heart large enough to embrace within its sympathies, and
» mind unbiassed enough to honour with its confidence all godly, sincere,
earnest Churchmen, though they may belong to different schools of
thought ; an impartiality that will mete out to each his due, uninflu-
enced by motives of party ; a tenderness in judging and gentleness of
dealing that is ready to make an allowance for errors that are of the head
only, and a firmness of hand that will hold the reins of power evenly
with a strict justice that is undeviating, and will steer a straight course
of equity and right, without fear or favour. And here, again, let me
not be misunderstood. I do not mean to imply that a Bishop has no
right to have any opinions of his own ; that his views must be colourless ;
that he must agree with everything and anything with a kind of latitudi-
narian indifferentism ; thai his mind must be emasculated of vigorous
Activity, and divested of all independence and individuality.

I claim that / hold views ; and views of a very distinct character —
views which 1 pri-'^e most highly, which are to me as the apple of the eye,
and which I would refuse to part with at the price of any place of dig-
nity in the Church. I hold most strongly the Protestant Evangelical
f views of our Reformed Church, as opposed to the Sacerdotal and Sac-
ramentarian views which are characteristic of Romanism.

There are those who have grown to be ashamed of the honest name of
Protestant, and think it necessary to speak quite apologetically of the
Reformation. But, I would ask, what existence have we as a Church
duly constituted with a polity of its own, with prescribed liturgy and
authorized standards, except through the Reformation. It is true that
we trace back the independent autonomy of our branch of the Church
Catholic, far beyond that struggle which was as the throes of a second
birth ; beyond its subjection to the Papal primacy ; beyond the acces-
sion to it of the Saxon converts of Augustine and its consequent first
•connexion with the See of Rome, back through the persecutions and

CHARGE OF

depression of the British Christians, who also had their Bishops and
their liturgy, to the very apostolic age.

Our Church of England dates from thence, and not from the Refor-
mation ; the separation from Rome was not a schism from the body,
but a self-emancipation from an imposed yoke, a retui*n to original in-
dependence ; the renunciation of the errors, the idolatries, the super-
stitious ceremonies of Rome was the purging of the ancient Church from
the accretions of defilement, through the mediajval period, that had dim-
med her light and sullied her purity. And therefore, although with
just pride we claim for our Church that she is no new Church, but the
oldest of Churches, cleansed, remodelled, and restored nearer to the pris-
tine purity and the primitive pattern of faith and practice than any
other Church, we cannot deny, if we would, that what we are as a
Church to-day was the work of the Protestant Reformers. To these
noble, holy and learned men, even if they were erring, who shed their
blood to purchase with it for us the priceless heritage of a pure faith,
enshrined in a form of worship that is sublime in its dignity, venerable
for its antiquity, and glorious with the beauty of holiness, we owe a
debt which we cannot over-estimate, a debt which it were the climax of
bafie ingratitude for us to repay, as some who call themselves Anglican
Churchmen have done, by casting opprobium upon their blessed memory.

The heritage they have bequeathed to us is indeed a rich one — a faith-
ful version of the Holy Scriptures in our own tongue, that the unlearned
may have free access to the words of Life, and " the Book of Common
Prayer, and administration of the Sacraments, and other rites and cere-
monies of the Church." The 39 Articles of Religion, forming a com-
plete summary of the Reformed Faith on the cardinal doctrines of Chris-
tianity and especially on those points which were matters of controversy
with the Church of Rome, although of somewhat inferior authority, we
acknowledge as the standard of reference for the Church's teaching, and
subscribe " in their true, literal and usual meaning, not drawing them
aside any way, nor putting our own sense or comment to be their mean-
ing, but taking them in the literal and grammatical sense."

We are all agreed in the recognition of these three great standards
as the tests to which we are willing that our Churchmanship should be
brought. The first, the Bible, if we believe in its Divine Inspiration,
must ever be to us the supreme, sole, final appeal in matters of faith
and practice of life, so that in the words of the Vlth Article, " whatso-
ever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be re-
quired of any man that it should be believed as an article of the Faith,
or be thought requisite or necessary to Salvation."

On the other hand, for our guidance in the form of public worship
and its ritual as prescribed by the Church of England, for her teaching
with regard to the Sacraments, for the meaning of the other rites and
ceremonies retained in her cultus, we must look to the Prayer Book as
the paramount authority and final arbiter. We may indeed have re-
course to the Articles, the Homilies, to Church History and the writ-
ings of the Reformers to ascertain their minds and elucidate their mean-
ing on obscure or controverted points, but the Prayer Book after all
remains the chartered code of standing orders of our Church. And

THE LORD BISHOP OF TORONTO.

herein I profess my unfeigned assent and consent to its teaching as tho-
roughly Scriptural ; my deep love and reverence for its form of sound
words as those in which my fathers have found spiritual comfort in wor-
shipping for 300 years ; and my unswerving allegiance to its authority
as the exponent of the Reformers' doctrine. I claim that, in avowing
myself a Prayer Book Churchman, I vindicate my title to be held a Pro-
testant Churchman j for the Prayer Book is, as I regard it, the very
bulwark of Protestant principles.

I have laid claim to the further character of being an Evangelical
Churchman. It is much to be regretted that so unexceptional a defini-
tion should have been narrowed down to the designation of a party.
I hold that the chief glory, the very raison d'etre of the Reformed
Church of England is that she is an Evange^.'cal Church. The very
purpose of her purgation from Romish traditions was that she might
be the depositary and dispenser of the pure, unadulterated Gospel of
Christ. It is the accord of her teaching, her formularies, her rites, her
Prayer Book with that Gospel as revealed in Holy Scripture that con-
stitutes their claim upon our acceptance. I know of no duty which our
Church lays upon her ordained ministers paramount to that of fulfilling
her Lord's commission, to preach the Gospel to every creature, of none
she enjoins upon her children other than in all things to obey the Gos-
pel of Christ their Saviour.

It shall be my one aim in all my ministrations, as it has been in the
past, to know nothing in my preaching but Jesus Christ and Him cruci-
fied, to set forth sacraments, ordinances, creeds and ceremonies, not in
the place of the Gospel, but as means to bring men nearer to Christ
and Christ nearer to men. This is what I understand by being an Eva7i-
gelical Churchman, to be thoroughly loyal to the Church from a convic-
tion that she is based upon the Gospel as her authority, pervaded by
the Gospel as her spirit and conformed to the Gospel in her teaching.

There is a party term which we have heard too often of late. I ut-
terly repudiate it as offensive. I regard it and its opposite as calculated
to rouse bitterness and strife. While glorying in the name of Evan-
gelical Churchman, in the true sense which I have attempted to define,
I should resent it as opprobious to be stigmatized a Low Churchman.
A sound Conservative Churchman, conservative of the Evangelical doc-
trine and Apostolic Order as they have been bequeathed us by the Re-
formers, is what I aim to be, for I am one of those who are satisfied
with what the Reformers have done, regretting nothing which they have
abolished ; and not wishing to see anything abolished which they have
thought worthy to be retained. The attempt to reform our Reformed
Church which we have witnessed, with its miserable fruits of dissension
and schism begetting multiplied schisms, should be a wholesome warn-
ing to those who are not satisfied that the Church of England is Pro-
testant enough. But in the name of peace and Christian Charity, let
us agree to forswear the use of invidious party names, and cease to cast
in each others' teeth the reproach of " High Church," and " Low
Church/' till from disuse these by-words become forgotten, obsolete
among us, and we know one another only as fellow-members of the
SAme beloved Church.

CHARGE OF

If any apology is needed from me for trespassing at such length upon
your time and in such plain simplicity of language, with what may be
called my Declaration of Faith, I find it in the present condition of our
Church in this Diocese, which must be to all of us matter of deep dis-
tress and concern. It is useless for us, through feelings of false delicacy,
to attempt to conceal from ourselves the fact that there are a large
number of oui country missions in which the Church is dying out, and
that there has been a holding back of the means which are necessary to
the support and extension of our missions, and that both these symptoms
of declining prosperity are, to a large extent, attributable to a want of
sympathy and confidence on the part of the laity in the teaching of the
clergy. I fully recognise that, in the administration of the Diocese, the
task to which I have to address myself is to endeavour to restore this
lost confidence. Without it, it is impossible that we can regain a state
of strength, vitality and progress.

There can be no question in the mind of any one acquainted with the
religious aspect of the country, that the heart of the great bulk of our
laity is staunchly, jealously, Protestant. I thank God for it And in
the endeavour to fulfil the difiicult task that lies before me, my first and
most earnest efforts will be directed to supply the missioijs of the
Diocese with clergymen of sound Protestant views.

In my dealings with those of my clergy who are not of this school,
but whose views and practices, though distasteful to extreme Protestants,
are yet within the allowed limits of the Church's standards, I trust I
shall ever prove myself, as I have professed, absolutely impartial. They
will find that I can work cordially with them, that their zeal and sincere
devotion to the cause of Christ and His Church and the salvation of souls
I can unfeignedly honour and respect.

But should these limits be, in any case, so far overstepped as to violate
the laws of the Church and bring scandal upon her by unprotestantizing
her character, and cause offence and distress to the flock of Christ com-
mitted to our charge, then, in acc" '.ance with my consecration vows,
which bind me so solemnly to the unflinching execution of my high
Office, I shall be " ready, with all faithful diligence, to banish and drive
away all erroneous and strange doctrine contrary to God's Word."

Among such erroneous and strange doctrines, which have unhappily
found their way into our Church, but are wholly foreign to her teaching,
are notably those of Habitual Confession and Beal Presence of the body
and blood of Christ in the consecrated elements. On the first of these
the Bishops of our Church have pronounced with a consensus of unqual-
ified condemnation. The very limited time at my disposal forbids my
entering at any length upon this or any other of the important ques-
tions which agitate the Church. I would say, briefly, that the claim
which has been put forward by some Presbyters to a right to demand
and receive the confession of penitents before giving them absolution,
indicates and would seem to spring from exaggerated views of priestly
authority which are alien to the whole spirit of our Church's tesushing,
have no warrant whatsoever in the Word of God, and are justly regarded
by Protestants as the reproach of the Church of Rome.
The instructions given in our Prayer Book to the clergy, as to receiv-

THE LORD BISHOP OF TOBONTO. 3

ing voluntary confessions, are very slight, Tho Archbishop of Canter-
bury, in his primary charge as Bishop of London, remarks, " The silence
of the Church of England formularies as compared with the fulness of
the Church of Rome in treating of systematic confession, is itself, to my
mind, an irrefragable argument to show that the mind of our Church is
quite against the practice."

The progress of our Reformers' views on this subject may be traced
by comparing the Second Prayer Book of King Edward VI. in 1552
with the First Book of 1549. The Rubric in the Visitation for the Sick
in the First Book stood thus : " Here shall the sick person make a
special confession, if he feels his conscience troubled with any weighty
matter. After which confession, the Priest shall absolve him after this
form : and the same fmm of absolution shall he used in all private confess-
ions." In the Second Book this last clause " the same form of absolu-
lution shall be used in all private coniu- ons," was expunged ; thus
clearly taking away the authority for using ■ form of private confession.
Again, at the same revision, in the Comm mion Office, the passage was
struck out from the address to the en munirants, '* lequiring such as
shall be satisfied with a general confession not be offended with them
t,iiav. do use to their further satisf}ing the au; rcular and secret confession
to the Priest." Here is another unmibt.dk. ible mdication of the inten-
tion of our Reformers to abolish privr\te confession from the Church's
system. Not to exhaust your patience by reading lengthy extracts, I
would refer you to the second part of the Sermon on Reper^r.^ice, in the
second Book of Homilies, particularly the passage headed " Answer to
the adversaries, which maintain auricular confession,' for the arguments
from Scripture, put forth by authority ; and to the 16th section of chap-
ter 4, in the VI. Book of Hooker's Ecclesiastical Polity, for the summary
of the question by a divine of great weight who, throughout this and the
€th chapter, speaks very highly of the powwr of the clergy in the matter
of absolution. After quoting St. Chrysostom's adverse judgment ou
private confession, " when the offence doth stand only between God and
man's conscience," all that he concedes, in conclusion is, " if peace with
God do not follow the pains we have taken in seeking after it, if wo
continue disquieted and not delivered from anguish, mistrusting whether
that we do be sufficient ; it argueth that our sore doth exceed the power
of our own skill, and that the wisdom of the pastor roust bind up those
parts, which being bruised are not able to b« recured of themselves."

The three passages in the Book of Common Prayer which bear upon
this subject are : — Ist, The Exhortation which calls upon us to confess
our manifold sins and wickedness, with a humble, lowly, penitent and
obedient heart ; and that, no only at all times in humble acknowledg-
ment before God, but most chiefly in our daily assembling together in
public, before we receive comfort from hearing the declaration, which the
minister is authorised to pronounce, of God's willingness to pardon and
absolve all them that truly repent and unfeignedly believe His Holy
Oospel. 2nd, The invitation which concludes the first form of warning
for the celebration of the Holy Communion, ** Because it is requisite
that no man should come to the Holy Communion but with a full trust
in G^d's mercy, and with a quiet conscience ; therefore if there be any

CHARGE OF

of you, who by this means {L e., confession to God, repentance and res-
titution) cannot qui'it his own conscience herein, but requireth further
comfort or counsel, iet him come to me, or to some other discreet and
learned minister of God's Word, and open his grief, that by the minis-
try of God's Holy Word he may receive the benefit of absolution, to-
gether with ghostly counsel and advice, to the quieting of his con-
science, and avoiding of all scruple and doubtfulness." The 3rd passage
I have already quoted from the Order for the Visitation of the Sick,
wherein the pastor is directed to move the sick person to make a special
confession of his sins, if he feel his conscience troubled with any weighty
matter, '* that if he seems truly penitent he may have the consolation of
hearing from his pastor's lips before he dies that God of His great
mercy in Jesus Christ is ready to pardon him."

The first of these passages, enjoining the confession of sins publicly
before the congregation gives no countenance whatever to the practice
of the confessional, and as to the other two, it is sufficient to point out
that they plainly, in their honest interpretation, have reference sole|y
to the ordinary pastoral intercourse of the clergyman with his people.
This intercourse should be of the most sacred character, dealing with
the spiritual condition of those entrusted to his care, as well the sick as
the whole, as need shall require and occasion shall be given. It is to be^
feared that we are not generally faithful enough to our duty and our op-
portunities in this respect ; a good deal of plain speaking, admonition,
remonstrance, searching into the state of the heart, is, no doubt, neces-
sary on the pastor's part, if he would lead his people individually to re-
pentance and the seeking of God's pardoning mercy ; but this is a very
diffarent thing from what some have attempted to introduce into our
system as habitual confession to the priest. I will not dwell upon tho
moral and social aspect of this question ; the terrible scandals, the in-
jury to morality, the mischief in families which have resulted from
this practice as carried to its ultimate issues in the Church of Rome,
and have made the very name of the confessional to be indignantly
spurned and loathed by every pure minded, independent man ; what I
insist upon is that it is an outrage to the reformed principles of our
Church, a practice that cannot be tolerated with any sanction from her
authority. I close this subject with another quotation from the charge
of Bishop Tait in 1858 : " If," he says, " any clergyman so preaches
to his people as to lead them to suppose that the proper and autho-
rised way of a sinner's reconciliation with God is through confession to a
priest, and by receiving priestly absolution — if he leads them to believe
that as the Greek Church has erred by neglecting preaching, and the
Church of Rome by not encouraging the reading of the Scriptures, so
our Church has hitherto been much to blame for not leading her people
more habitually to private, auricular confession — if he thus stirs up the
imagination of ardent and confiding spirits to have recourse to him as a
mediator between their soiils and God, and when they come to seek his
aid, receives them with all the elaborate preparation which is so likely
unduly to excite their feelings, and for whicn there is no authority in
tho Church's rule of worship — taking them into the vestry of his churchy
securing the door, putting on the sacred vestments, causing them to

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kneel before the cross, to address him as their ghostly father, asking a
string of questions as to sins of deed, word and thought, and imposing
his penance before he confers absolution — then the man who thus acts
— or even if some of these particular circumstances are wanting — of
whose general practice this is no exaggerated picture, is, in my judgment,
unfaithful to the whole spirit of the Church of which he is a' member."

With regard to the other " strange and erroneous doctrine," which I
have here instanced — that of the Real Presence — we cannot but remem-
ber that in its extremest form, as Transubstantiation, it formed tlie chief
point of issue with the Church of Rome, the centre around which the
strife raged the fiercest, the crucial test which cost many faithful and
true men their lives. Probably no member of the Church of Eng-
land, however extreme in Sacramentarian views, holds this doctrine in
its full import, and undisguised repugnance ; no Anglican priest would
venture to assert it openly, in defiance of Article' XXVIII., which de-
clares " The body of Christ is given, taken and eaten, in the Supper,
only after an heavenly and spiritual manner. And the mean whereby
the body of Christ is received and eaten in the Supper is Faith." But
there is a manner of speaking of the mystery of the spiritual presence
of Christ, in and under the outward symbols, and of the effects which
follow the act of consecration, which tends to inculcate views of the
Holy Sacrament, very closely approaching those which this Article
strongly condemns. For example, in the Manual of the Confraternity
of the Blessed Sacrament, I find such language as this, " O my beloved
Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, I firmly believe, because Thou hast
said, ' This is My Body : This is My Blood,' tiiat in this blessed Sacra-
ment Thou art truly present, Thy Divinity and Thy Humanity, with all
the treasures of Thy merits and Thy grace ; that Thou art Thyself mys-
tically oflfered for us in this Holy oblation ; and dost through Thy Own
Presence communicate the virtues of Thy most precious Death and
Passion to all Thy Faithful, living and departed." And again, *' I adore
Thee, Lord my God, Whom I now behold, veiled beneath these
earthly forms. Prostrate I adore Thy Majesty." In the *' liitany of
our Lord present in the Holy Eucharist " in the same Manual, amongst
many like allusions to a corporeal presence, occurs this Suffrage, which
seems to symbolize with the heresy of the Sacrifice of the Mass, '* That
by this adorable Sacrifice we may acknowledge our perpetual depen-
dence upon Thee ; " and again in the " Litany of Reparation," " Sa-
cred Victim, consumed on the altar by us and for us ; have mercy upon
us." Once more, in the " OflBce for Spiritual Communion," the direc-
tion is given, ** Here meditate devoutly on the Passion and Death of
Jesus Christ ; or on the Heal Presence of His Sacred Body and Blood
in the Holy Eucharist, or on the Holy Sacrifice of Himself therein con-
tinually offered before the Father." It is, of course, possible, by the
ex'^rcise of an extreme charity, to believe that persons who hold such
language may persuade themselves, by some ingenuity of reasoning, that
they mean nothing more than is taught by our Church ; but it seems to
me that no plain, simple folk could understand from it anything else
than the assertion of the Bodily Presence of the Crucified Christ, in the
oonsecrated bread and wine, and of the repetition in every act of Goni'-

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munion of that atoning Sacrifice of Himself, which Scripture tells us
was made once for all.

So utterly subversive of the Protestant doctrine of our Church on a
matter of vital importance do I consider such teaching, that I will never
knowingly grant my licence to officiate in this Diocese to any Clergyman
who is a member of this Confraternity — or conspiracy, as it has been
called, to un,^ ermine our Reformed Faith. And I earnestly hope that in
preaching or teaching concerning the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper our
Clergy will carefully guard against all such language as may give colour
to a belief that is so repugnant to the spirit and teaching of the Church.

But it is not teaching only that may suggest this doctrine of the Real
Presence : — there is a serious danger of leading unstable minds into the
same error, by the practices, the attitudes and gestures which have been
introduced into the act of Communion. Those who, no doubt from a
sense of deep reverence, have adopted the practices I refer to, verge
very closely upon the violation of the last clause of the article already
quoted ; " The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was not by Christ's
ordinance reserved, carried about, lifted up or worshipped." The conse-
cration of the elements with the celebrant's back turned to the people
so that they are unable to see what is done, the elevation of the conse-
crated bread above his head, the prostration of the communicant be-
fore the Holy Table, the receiving of the elements with every manifes-
tation of a profound obeisance to them as possessing an imparted virtue
by the act of consecration, and non-communicating attendance — all these
practices, neither enjoined in nor deducible from the Rubrics, have the
semblance of a superstitious adoration of the sacred symbols. They may
be innocent in intent, but their danger is lest they lead on the worship-
per from step to step to the fatal error of believing that, by virtue of
the priest's act, the very Body and Blood of Christ are offered up afresh
on the altar, an ott repeated sacrifice for sin.

You will remember how careful the Church has been to guard the
reverential posture she enjoins on recipients against this misconstruction.
At the first revision of the Prayer Book in 1552, the Royal Council
added a declaration concerning kneeling at the communion which, having
been omitted since the reign of Elizabeth, was again subjoined, with
certain modifications, in its present form, at the last revision in 1661.
" It is hereby declared, That hereby no adoration is intended, or ought
to be done, either unto the Sacramental Bread or Wine there bodily re-
ceived, or unto any Corporal Presence of Christ's natural Flesh and
Blood. For the Sacramental Bread and Wine remain still in their very
natural substance, and therefore may not be adored for that were Idol-
atry, to be adhorred of all faithful Christians."

By all means let us inculcate mon our Communicants, both in precept
and by example, the utmost devotion of heart and reverence of de-
meanour in approaching these Holy mysteries, in drawing nearer to the
Spiritual presence of our adorable Saviour than in any other ordinance;
but, as we love the truth, let us shun everything that savours of or con-
duces to superstition.

I could have wished, had space permitted, to address you fully on the
subject of Ritualism. For the present but a few words will suffice.

THE LORD BISHOP OF TORONTO.

Our Church is distinguished above other reformed Qhurches in possess-
ing a Ritual which is essentially grand, decorous and beautiful, and has
throughout her history, not thought it unworthy to call in to her aid
the handmaid arts of music, architecture, and decoration, to render her
services of prayer and praise, at once promotive of devotional feeling in.
the worshipper and becoming the glory and majesty of Him worshipped.
For my part I should grieve to see our beautiful Liturgy robbed of all
that makes it impressive, as the service of the Sanctuary, and reduced to
the barren coldness of a cheerles"?, puritan worship.

A comely, well-appointed House of Prayer, with all the furniture and
vessels for the use of God's service, designed with taste and kept in
scrupulous cleanliness and order, good music of a Church character and
a hearty responsive Service, I believe to be not only calculated to attract
worshippers but profitable to interest their hearts in the worship. In
all these matters the rule should be, " that which is good for the use of
edifying." The one only plea for the improving of ritual, must be the
promoting of reality, earnestness and spirituality in worship. And of our
reformed Church, as contrasted with idolatrous Rome, the character of
her ritual should be dignity, genuineness and beauty of simplicity, as
opposed to the frivolous, tawdry tinsel of outward pomp and pageants
Simplicity should be the glory of all our services, simplicity that is the
natural expression of sincerity — not that bald and dull simplicity which
is begotten of indifference and slovenliness. But unhappily, some, in
their fondness for the externals of religion, or their leanings to sym-
bolism and SBsthetic modes of worship, or their excessive zeal for cere-
monial, have far exceeded this rule of simplicity, and by tiieir intro-
duction of excessive decorations, lioral and symbolic, continual bowings
and genuflexions, candles lighted in broad day, peculiar shaped vest-
ments and many coloured stoles, and otherwise what has been called
" the mimicry of the outside of Rome," have given serious offence to the
sober common-sense of their people, and aroused suspicions in them that
something dangerous lurks behind. Indeed, while these practices find
favour with a few of extreme ecclesiastical tastes, it cannot be concealed
that they have been the means of alienating the affections of great
numbers of the plain, simple people from the Church, and driving them
into schism, to join themselves to dissenting communions. " Why," it
has been asked, "should any clergyman wish to make his church such
that a common man, placed suddenly within, would not be able to say
whether lie was in a Church of England or a Romish place of worship 1 "

Our Church has provided in her rubrics a ritual which gives ample
Bcope for a solemn, beautiful, chaste and hearty service ; the vestments
sanctioned by long presumptive usage, the decent white surplice with
sleeves, the black stole and hood belonging to the degree furnish a
priestly garment autficiently expressive of the holiness of the office and
of a simple dignity and comeliness to satisfy the purest taste ; the music
that has been created l)y the Church of England through 3()() years, and
is the exponent of the genius of her service, oilers a repertoire extensive
and varied enough to supply the demands of the most cultivated and
critical tas*^e, and possesseH compositions of sacred and solemn be» uty
that have astly made themselves dear to the hearts as well as the ears-

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of Church-going people ; and all these may be legitimately made the most
of to render the service a real help to the soul's spiritual emotions.
Everything beyond these must be regarded in the light of an innovation
and innovations in ritual and worship it is my duty to set my faoe
against, and, as far as my authority extends, to check and resist.

With regard to church decorations, which may be innocuous in them-
«elves, I must earnestly warn my younger brethren of the clergy especi-
ally, against pushing them to dangerous extremes. To take one fami-
iiar example, the emblem of the cross, which is unquestionably the most
ancient and appropriate of Christian devices, — suppose that the use of
it is the cause of offence to a weak member of your flock. What is your
duty as a Christian man and a pastor of the flock 1 to insist upon the
ornament as unoffenaive and retain it to gratify your taste and so alie-
nate your brother or wound his weak conscience, or to yield your pre-
dilections to his scruples 1 You admit that no principle is involved ; no
law of the Church or precept of the Gospel enjoins that crosses should
be set up over the holy-table or on the walls ; and surely the spirit of
tender charity that was the rule of the large-hearted Apostle will prompt
you to decide, " I will set up no cross while I live, lest I make my
brother to oflend."

This leads me to ofli'er one thought which should tend to soften the
animosity of such diff'erences, before I leave this subject. I am con-
vinced that a large part of the suspicions and objections entertained by
many of our excellent Christian laymen against the teaching and practices
of their clergy is attributable to the want of understauding, (may I ven
ture to say ignorance) on their part, of the formularies of the Church and
the definitions and literature of theology. The recollection of this should
have a twofold effect on the clergy : to make them tender towards the
scruples and difficulties of their people, and diligent to instruct them
more fully and accurately ; and on the laity to make them more patient
towards anything they cannot quite reconcile in their pastor's teaching
and less hasty to conclude unfavourably until they are better informed.
And to all of us as Churchmen, in our differing views on church mat-
tors, it should be the less surprise to us that we cannot see eye to eye,
the less cause for suspicion one of another and alienation one from an-
other to know that even among our most eminent Divines of the i6th
and 17th centuries to whom wo are accustomed to look as authorities on
contested poilits, the same and quite equal difference of view exists.
And yet we can accord to them all our loving, grateful esteem as learned,
pious and faithful teachers — the nursing fathers of the Church.

A conviction is very strong upon my mind that much mischief has
been unconsciously done by our clergy, by the injudicious use of lan-
guage iv. their teaching which is not understood by their people and is
therefore regarded by them with suspicion— by what t may call the af-
fectation of an ecclesiastical terminology. I would advocate most strenu-
ously a strict adherence to such words and phrases only as are sanctioned
by the usage of the Holy Scriptures and the Book of Common Prayer,
and through them have Ix'come familiar and dear to the ears of our peo-
ple. For I feel quite sure that many a statement which sounds most
alarming and formidable, quite Romish, when drest in unfamiliar ecclesi-

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.-astical phraseology, if translated into the vernacular of the Prayer
Book, or the inimitable pure Saxon of the Bible, would prove to be
perfectly harmless. Above all things let us avoid increasing the mutual
suspicions that have unhappily alienated us as Churchmen one from an-
other, by the fatuous mistake of continuing to misunderstand one an
other. A little candid explanation, in the medium of a mutually re-
ceived mode of expression, would go a great way towards bringing
about a harmony of views and action.

I turn from these general topics to glance at one or two matters con-
nected more immediately with the concerns of our Diocese.

Six weeks have net elapsed since my Consecration ; and, therefore,
the account which I have to render of my Episcopal acts is necessarily
.slight, the knowledge I have acquired of the condition and needs of the
IXocese but meagre.

CONSECRATION.

The first day of last month, the Feast of St. Philip and St. James,
was one to be remembered by me, as a most solemn and sacred one,
throughout my life ; for 1 was then set apart for the Holy Office of a
Bishop in the Church of God. Tlie IlighL Rev. the Bishop of Quebec
as Consecrator, and the Right Rev. the Bishops of Huron and Algoma
as presenters — the Bishops of Niagara and Montreal assisting in the lay-
ing on of hands. The Sermon was preached by my oldest friend in
Canada, who was the instrument of bringing me out to this country,
and to whom I am indebted for the most unvarying kindness and con-
stant friendship — his relations towards me having been those of a father
to a son — the Lord Bishop of Huron. I pray that I may have grace
given me to fulfil the vows which I then undertook, and to devote ray
fife and all my powers to the sole object q1' faithfully executing the
charge committed to me.

OBITUARY.

I cannot record my elevation to fill this important See without pay-
ing a tribute of respect and reverence to the memory of the godly and
■amiable j)relate whom I am called to succeed. Alexander Neil Bethune
will be affectionately remembered in the Church of Canada as one of
those earlier pioneers who having entered upon her missionary work in
the arduous days of her struggling infancy, and having borne the bur-
den a. id heat of the day in a long service through times when the field
was large, the duties laborious and the labourers few, lived to see the
vast area subdivided, churches plentifully scattered over a well- populated
land, and clergy multiplied tenfold, and to become himself the head of
a great and prosperous Diocese ; thus forming a link between the ac-
complished results of to-day when the Province of Ontario has five
Bishops and upwards of 400 clergy, and the small beginnings of fifty-
six yeafs ago, when the one Diocese of Quebec embraced the whole of
Upper and Lower Canada, and what is now the Diocese of Toronto was
served by eight or ten clergymen.

Himself a favourite pupil of that great man, the first Bishop of To-
ronto, who by the indomitable energy of his character placed the Church
lie loved so well and for which he fouglit so courageously upon a firm

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footing and in his famous school at Cornwall, imparted of his own noble
. spirit and high qualities to so many who have since filled positions of
honour and distinction in the Province, Dr. Bethune, too, as Principal
of the Theological College at Cobourg, has left the impress of his
scholarly mind, his ample attainments as a theologian and his sincere
piety upon many of our most respected and useful clergy. For forty
years he ministered to his Cobourg parishioners, an example of con-
stancy to his post, which might well rebuke the restless desire for
change that marks the later generation of missionaries ; and, although
well advanced in years when he succeeded his old instructor in the See
of Toronto, he was spared to occupy it for the considerable term of
twelve years. As a Bishop he was conscientious, diligent and faithful,
not sparing himself, but tender and conciliating towards others ; as a
man he was characterized by that gentleness and amiability of disposi-
tion which is begotten of a sincere piety of mind. It was not possible
that such a man should have an enemy. He passed away in the fulness
of years, beloved of all, leaving behind him the memory of prolonged
and faithful service in the Church of Christ, the fragrance of a saintly
life and the unspotted name of a courteous, Christian gentleman.

Since the last annual meeting of this Synod, the Diocese has sustained
the loss of two of its active clergy. The Rev. Stephen Lett, LL.D., the
Rector of CoUingwood, was called to his rest, after a lengthened term
of service in important positions in the Church. His name will be had
in special honour in this city, in connection with the Protestant
Orphan's Home, in the establishment of which admirable institution
he laboured so lovingly and strenuously during his incumbency of the
Rectory of St. George's Church.

The Rev. W. F. Checkley was taken from his work in the prime of
life and at a time when his services were most appreciated and pro-
mised to be most valuable, in his charge of the important congregation
0^' St. Paul's in this city. An excellent scholar, a thoughtful preacher,
a diligent pastor and a blameless gentleman, his unexpected loss was
deeply felt by those who were only beginning to «^stimate his labours at
their full worth.

( , fHi . EPISCOPAL ACTS. ,,, . ... ... , ,,

During the short period of my episcopate, I have held one ordination
— on Sunday last, being Trinity Sunday — in St. James' Cathedral, when
one candidate was ordained deacon and two advanced to the priesthood.

I have also held four confirmations in this city, in which the aggre-
gate number confirmed was 140. I have preached ten sermons, delivered
several addresses and administered the Holy Communion^fivo times.

MISSION FUND.

I will not forestall, in saying a few words on this subject, the care-
fully prepared and exhauL.live report of the Mission Board which will be
presented for your adoption. But 1 wish to declare my intention of
making the mission work of the Diocese the object of my chief solici-
tude and most unremitting care. It is a matter of cheerin)^ encourage-
ment and deep thankfulness to God that affcor the period of embarrass-
ment and depression through which this Fund has passed, it is now

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practically relieved of the burden of debt ; and a season of brighter hopes
has dawned upon our work, through the generous liberality which has
been provoked among the members of our Church by the munificent ex-
ample of two brothers, who, under the name of '* fratres," offered a gift
of $1,000 towards liquidating the debt, on condition of the remaining
$3,000 being contributed within a specified time. This sum has been
subscribed, and we shall enter upon the work of another year freed from
the dead weight which encumbered the Fund. In addition to this, by
the efforts of a few earnest friends of the Church, an annual subscription
list to the Mission Fund has been raised in Toronto, amounting to nearly
$2,500, forming a guaranteed income to that sum, which will be a source
of strength to the Committee's hands. The very fact that this amount
has been raised from comparatively few subscribers, proves how much
might be done if Churchmen generally, throughout the Diocese, would
give their systematic support to this most important work of Church
extension,

I do earnestly trust that such an agreement may be arrived at amongst
us as fellow labourers in the same great cause of extending the kingdom
of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and bringing in souls to His
Cliurch of such as shall be saved, that tiiere may be one common fund for
the support of the Diocesan Missions, into the augmentation of which every
member of the Church will throw his heartiest, undivided, utmost efforts.

I must here recognise the worthy labours of those ladies who have
formed themselves into the " Churchwomen's Mission Aid Society." By
such an organization mu-^h help may be rendered to our work of a kind
that could not be undertaken by our existing machinery, and not least
the collecting in of those small but, in the aggregate, most valuable
contributions, w hich can only be given in weekly or monthly instalments
by the least wealthy of our people. I trust that this society may have
branches established in all our parishes, and that it may become, as in
the sister Church of the United States, a recognised auxiliary of our
Diocesan Board of Missions. ,

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ALGOMA MISSIONS.

We have great cause to regret, and with humiliation to confess, a luke-
warmness of interest, a falling off from our first zeal, in behalf of this our
own adopted daugbt^^r diocese. The Bishops of the ecclesiastical Prov-
ince have put forth an appeal to stir up the churches to a remembrance
of their duty in this respect. The annual collection on Intercession Day
is not a sufficient discharge of it ; we want more than an intermittent
excitement of our interest on(?e a year. I trust that some system may
be adopted, whether of monthly envelopes in the offertory or biennial
sermons or otherwise, to keep alive a constant sense of our obligations
and to furnish an adecjuate contribution of money, worthy of the capa-
bilities of this favoured diocese and of our love for the cause of our Mas-
ter and His Church.

FOREIGN MISSIONS.

It is also to bo greatly regretted that this English Church of ours in
Canada, whose loved and venerable mother leads the van in the glorious
missionary enterprises of the world, should stnad probably alone in hav-
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ing no Foreign Mission field of its own — that our Diocese of Toronto does
absolutely nothing even to send help to the great Missionary Societies.

1 shall hail with joy, as the commencement of a new era of life and
prosperity and blessing at home, the day when we awake to the duty of
fulfilling our Lord's great missionary command and look up and lift up
our eyes on the withering fields of the harvest abroad.

In the meantime a great step towards hastening this wished for day
might be taken, by the adoption of some systematic scheme for diffusing
among our Church people missionary intelligence, both by means of peri-
odical meetings and by the regular circulation of the reports and occa-
sional papers of the societies. For this end I would gladly see the estab-
lishment of a working Standing Committee on Foreign Missions.

SUNDAY SCHOOLS.

Deeply convinced of the inestimable value of this institution as a nur-
sery and recruiting ground of the Church, I trust that some well-devised
scheme may be matured for improving the efficiency of our Sunday
Schools, by supplying :neans of self and mutual training for the teachers
and furnishing the most approved material in the way of registers, class
books, conduct cards, &c., at a low cost. I would throw out the sugges-
tion that this might be best accomplished by thoroughly working a
Diocesan branch of the excellent " Church of England Sunday School
Institute."

ADMINISTRATIVE MACHINERY. ^ '

It appears to have been felt for some time that the existing system
adopted in this Diocese, of numerous and large committees for the
management of the various departments of the Synod work, is unneces-
sarily expensive, cumbrous and exclusive in its operation. With this
impression, a canon was'ipassed at the last annual session, and awaits
confirmation at this, providing for a reduction in the number both o£
the committees and of the members composing them. But this canon
makes no I'eference to the financial question (an important one when we
consider that it costs from four to five hundred dollars per annum
merely to pay the travelling expenses of the members of committees),
nor does it touch upon such questions as the mode of appointing these
committees

It would much aid me in the business portions of the necessarily ar-
duous duties of my office and greatly facilitate the working of the dio-
cese, if the Synod machinery were simplified, as much as possible, by
being made more flexible and systematic. I feel, too, that if the Presi-
dent is to be responsible for, as he will be held to be, and intimately
cognizant, as he ought to be, of all that is transacted under the autho-
rity of the Synod, he should have the opportunity of at least acquaint-
ing himself with what is done in committee. . I should be glad if the
present Synod should see fit to appoint a select committee to consider
this whole subject, and report at the next session.

And now, brethren, we are About to take counsel together on import-
ant matters affecting the welfare of our beloved Church. It is a sub-
ject of congratulation to me that I am called to preside over a body of
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ciples, high intelligence and distinguished cultivated abilities, to a
greater extent than any deliberative or legislative body in the country.
I am encouraged to expect from this knowledge of the qualities which
you possess, that all our deliberations will be characterized by that
calmness, dignity and fairness which belong to seriously conducted de-
bate and weighty subjects. But still further, I cherish the belief that
we all come together here animated by one ruling object — not to seek
party ends or gratify personal motives — but to sink ail that in the
higher purpose of serving our one loved and common Lord, of advanc-
ing His cause and promoting His glory by making His Church more

^^ efficient for the salvation of men.

flp We have a noble, more blessed warfare to wage than settling internal
dissensions about the minor, less vital matters in which as Churchmen
we may differ, the warfare to which as Christians we were baptized, as
good soldiers of the Cross, under the Captain of our Salvation, against
His foes and ours. When the Church which we all love better than
our church theories is in danger, from active, proselytizing bodies with-
out ; when the truth, which is dearer to us than life, is assailed by open
and insidious infidelity, undermining us in our very congregations, steal-
ing its way into our families as well as boldy asserting itself through
the press ; when the world is a more powerfiU sedtlcer of our tender
flocks than ever, with its multiplied forms of pleasurable temptation ;
when sin stalks abroad with unblushing front, and challenges the very
principle of purity and holiness to God which we are endeavouring to
instil, indeed it is no time for us to be wasting our energies in fighting
the shadows which we have cast by our own forms.

may the love of the blessed Lord who so loved us, and the love of
the immortal souls for whom He died, swallow up all our little jeal-
ousies and differences, and unite us an undivided host in manfully fight-
«ing His battle against the giants of sin and unbelief.
Suffer me to adopt, as peculiarly apposite to our present circum-
stances, the calmly wise words recently uttered by that eminent divine,
who is the last consecrated Bishop of the Church in England — Bishop
Lightfoot, of Durham. He says, " I should be sorry not to believe that
both the clergy of this Diocese and their parishioners are reasonable
men, who will see things in their proper proportion, and will not mag-
nify trifles unduly either in the way of assertion or denial. 1 shall be
sorry not to believe that they will honour men who will give them-
selves up to their Master's services, and will condone differences for the
work's sake. I confess I have but one idea for the administration of
the Diocese, and it is just this — that we shall one and all, Bishop and
clergy, strive to work together; that as we contemplate the awful
amount of sin and misery around us, we should one and all resolve to
do our best, by God's help, to lessen the gigantic mass of evil, and
should be careful not to give or take unnecessary offence at what is done
1 by those who ai'e labouring earnestly and faithfully in the same cause."
* Finally, brethren, I pray that God the Holy Ghost may preside over
^ our counsels and rule in all our hearts, and then our meeting together
I will be blessed with unanimity and peace, redound to the honour and
; praise of God, and conduce to the setting forward of the salvation of men.

REPORT OF THE MEETING

. ' OF THE . ■

CHUKCH ASSOCIATION,

HELD AT -

ST. JAMES' SCHOOL HOUSE, TORONTO,

ON WEDNESDAY, 11th JUNE, 1879.

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On the platform were Hon. Edward Blake, Mr. Clarke Gamble, Dr.
J. George Hodgins, Hon. Vice-Chancellor Blake, Rev. Dr. O'Meara,
Very Kev. Dean Grasett, Rev. Septimus Jones, Rev. S. W. Young, Mr.
A. H. Campbell, Mr. B. Homer Dixon, Dr. Wilson, Lieut-Col. R. B,
Denison, Mr. John Gillespie, Mr. Wm. McGrath, Rev. Canon Givins,
and Rev, W. S. Rainsford.

Mr. Clarke Gamble having taken the chair gave out the hymn com-
mencing " Sol'liers of Christ arise," which was sung by the audience. .

Rev Septimus Jones then offered up prayer.

The Chairman, in opening the meeting, regretted the absence of
their President, Col. Gzowski, particularly as that absence was owing
to a bereavement in his family circle, the sad circumstances of which
were no doubt known to all present. He knew they would all most
heartily sympathise with him and his in their deep sorrow. However,
he felt that he had almost a right to occupy his present position. A
few weeks ago they were in that room carrying on a conflict which had
endedmost successfully and happily — (applause) — and during itsprogress
he had been honoured to be their chosen president ; and as such to an-
nounce from time to time the state of affairs ; and at no time, they would
bear him witness, did he allow their hopes to flag. (Hear, hear.) At
that time they had been engaged in building a stone wall, and having
finished it they left him at the top of it, and he was there to this mo-
ment. (Laughter.) Therefore he looked upon this in the light of an
adjourned meeting, and felt that he naturally resumed the chair. Fur-
ther, he had been one of those present at the inauguration of the Asso-
ciation, and therefore, he believed, he had a right to occupy the chair
upon the occasion of its dissolution. Early in 1871 his friend the late
Hon. W. B, Robinson met him and placed in his hand a small book,
expressing his belief that wrong views were making their way in the
diocese. He found on looking at it, that the book was the Manual of
the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament, and that a branch of that
fraternity existed, presided over by a licensed clergyman of this diocese.

THE CHURCH ASSOCIATION.

"He then took counsel with three friends, the late Chief Justice Draper,
Prof. Wilson, and Col. Gzowski, the result being, that an address was
presented to the late bishop upon the subject, and a most interesting
correspondence took place. The Bishop stated that no person connected
with this Confraternity should be licensed within the diocese. That
correspondence, address, and other papers connected with the matter
were printed, and from that small beginning sprang the Church Associ-
ation. (Applause.) He claimed that they had done much to check the
introduction of an excess of ritual in the Church ; and if they had done
nothing else, they would have accomplished a most important work, and
they might consent to the Association's dissolution. Among other mat-
ters that would now be brought before them, would be the future care
of the Protestant Episcopal Divinity School, and the Evangelical
Churchman. These had been discussed at the meeting which resulted
in the election of Bishop Sweatman ; but since then there had been
matters spoken, and written, and printed, which were not in accor-
dance with what did really take place — not that he stated that any-
thing had been said wilfully false, but he did hold that much of what
had been made public, was very wide of the truth. (Applause.) He
trusted that, notwithstanding all that, they would discuss the matters
before them, calmly and deliberately.

Rev. W. S. Rainsford then read the sixth annual report of the Exe-
cutive Committee of the Association, as follows : —

ANNUAL REPORT, 1879.

In presenting the Annual Report of the Church Association at the
close of the sixth year of its successful operations, the Executive Com-
mittee do so under peculiarly gratifying circumstances. The recent
happy choice, by a united Church, of one to fill the important office of
Bishop of this Diocese is due, under the Divine blessing, as they confi-
dently believe, in no small degree to the eflForts put forth by the Asso-
ciation to maintain the rights with which the laity were invested, when
Synodical action was accorded to the Church in Canada.

The incidents attendant on the recent election of a Bishop for this
Diocese excited too profound an interest in the minds of earnest Church-
men, to require recapitulation now.

It may be presumed that while, the members of the Church Associa-
tion very clearly recognise the influence, which its operations during the
past six years exercised on that important result, they are also aware that

THE DISSOLUTION OF THE ASSOCIATION

was asked as a concession from you, in return for the withdrawal
of nominations for the Bishopric, which the delegates who represented
your opinions and wishes felt bound to oppose. The Executive Com-
mittee thereafter took into consideration the desired concession, and
resolved to recommend it to you, in the belief that by the election of
Bishop Sweatman to the See of Toronto, the special objects for which
the Church Association v.'as formed have been so far accomplished, that
the necessity for its continuance no longer exists.

It has had to be deplored that both the aims of this Association, and
the spirit which animates its members, have been misinterpreted by

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many ; who, had they been present at our deliberation^ would have neen
that our sole object is the well-being of our Church ; and that our earn-
est desire has been to further this in a spirit becoming Christian men
who look for the blessing of God on their efforts. Such misunderstand-
ing was perhaps unavoidable. But had it been otherwise, you would
probably have been left free to show by your own unprompted act that
" First pure, then peaceable," — you do most earnestly aim at a true and
lasting peace for our Church ; and were well content to accept of the
results as adequately rewarding your labours, and destined to prove of
lasting value. Nevertheless, coming as the request for dissolution thus
does, from those with whom you have differed in times past on very im-
portant questions, and against some of whom, it has, as we believe, been
justly charged that the spirit in which their opposition was manifested
helped to aggravate the antagonism between members of a common
Churchjwhich all must deplore; we welcome it as a promise and a guaran-
tee of happier times, in which all will strive for some common ground of
co-operation in the service of Christ and the work of His Church.

IN THUS FULFILLING THE PLEDGE

given by those who acted on your behalf at the late Synod, and
inviting you to consider whether the time has now come for recognising
the accomplishment of adequate results under your present organiza-
tion : and so for renewing your efforts for the same object, as far as
possible, in friendly co-operation with members of our common Church,
who avowedly differ from you on some important points : it appears to
be incumbent on us to recall the circumstance which led to the for-
mation of the Church Association. In doing so, it is impossible to
avoid some reference to subjects which have been the cause of much
painful division ip the past. But our sole object in doing so now is
the hope of averting the same evils in future, and so promoting that
true peace and hai*mony which we all most earnestly desire.

Synodical action was accorded to the Church in Canada in 1851, and
on the dissolution of the Church Society of this Diocese at a later date,
the entire control of the Church funds was handed over to the Synod of
the Diocese. This transferrence of the important functions involved in
Synodical government and administration of Church affairs to a body
composed of the clergy and the lay representatives of parishes, under
the presiding rule of the Bishop, awoke in many minds the highest
hopes. There was felt to be a manifest call for new life, along with a
growing feeling that the Canadian Church was not, in all respects, ful-
filling the just expectations of its friends. The relative numbers of its
adherents attracted special attention ; and they could not shut their eyes
to the fact that, in not a few parishes, other denominations were being
largely augmented by those who had been members of the Church of
England. In the majority of cases this could only be accounted for by
the unacceptable teaching of the clergy ; while, in some, at least, it was
still further promoted by the

INTRODUCTION OF NOVELTIES

alike in teaching and in ritual, opposed to the Articles of our Churchy
and to the sound Protestant sympathies of its people.

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e aeen

For all this it was earnestly hoped that a Synod composed of the
clergy and lay representatives of parishes, would be able to provide
some efficient corrective. But it was inevitable that, at the first, a body
of lay delegates, for the most part strangers to each other, and wholly
inexperienced in synodical action, should be apt to proceed timidly and
uncertainly. Unfortunately at the very time when a conciliatory pro-
cedure on the part of those to whom many of the laity looked for
guidance, might have promoted harmony, the question of the manage-
ment of the Clergy Commutation Fund assumed a personal character ;
and the efforts of experienced laymen to preserve this important en-
dowment unimpaired were resented by many who learnt to recognize^
when too late, that they had hud nothing but the true interests of the
Church at heart.

We refer all the more readily to this, because it is now, happily, a
thing of the past ; while to this unhappy source we believe was origi-
nally due a bitterness and personality which ere long extended to other
subjects, and led to an offensive mode of repelling tiie advocacy of
opiniv>as regarded by many, especially of the lay delegates, as of vital
importance to the highest interests of the Church. Certain it is, at
any rate, whatever may have been the originating cause, that ere long
the maintenance of opinions most strongly held by Evangelical Church-
men subjected their advocates to treatment which threatened, if un-
checked, to deprive them of all liberty of debate.

Accompanying this there grew up an organized system for the con-
trol of the Synod, carried on under the leadership of a former professor
of Trinity College, with printed lists previously prepared, for the nomi-
nation of Committees, the management of Trust Funds, and the election
of aelegates to the Provincial Synod : which, in a body largely com-
posed of country delegates' inexperienced and strangers to each other,
tended to place the power almost entirely in their hands. The natural
result was to lead them greatly to undervalue the predominant feeling
and opinions of the laity, and to ac^. "towards the few who ventured to
give expression to their sentiments and wishes as a small but turbulent
and factious minority whom they were justified in treating with contempt.

It is important that those facts should be kept in view ; for the
opinion has been industriously circulated, and is honestly entertained
by many, that the Church Associat on begop this work of organized
voting by ticket and printed lists, and that till its formation, peace and
harmony reigned in the Councils of the Church. So far is this from
the actual fact, that the formation of the Church Association was a
purely defensive step in the efibrt to secure their just rights in a free
deliberative and representative assembly, to those who conscientiously
advocated opinions unacceptable to a hostile clerical majority.

The financial difficulties have been referred to, as accounting for au
element of personal bitterness which unhappily affected the debates of
the Synod at an early stage ; but, ere long, important

QUESTIONS IN RELATION TO DOCTRINE AND RITUAL

also provoked dispt.ie. The Church Association has existed under
its present name since 1873, but it must not be lost sight of that

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it is the expansion of an older Church of England Evangelical As-
sociation, of which the Very Rev. the Dean of Toronto was Presi-
dent; the Venerable Archdeacon Fuller (the present Bishop of Niagara)
Vice-President ; anr' the late Canon Baldwin one of its most earnest
promoters. In an address issued by them in 18G0 — that is, four
years before the formation of the Church Association, — attention is
drawn to the important resolutions of the Provincial Synod condemning
ritualistic novelties ; but, they add ; " we are sorry to say that we can
find in the published reports of the proceedings, no single instance
where the names of a majority of the lay delegates from this Diocese
appear in favour of condemning those practices."

Again, in the following year, the Evangelical Association complains
that the Protestantism of our Church, and theo)>inions and wishes of the
country parishes and missions are not fairly represented in the Synod,
and asserts the belief " that the great mass of the laity of the Church of
England throughout Canada is

SOUNDLY PROTESTANT AT HEART ;

and, if truly represented at the Synod, cannot fail to exercise a most
vital influence on the progress of the Canadian branch of the Church.
All this, it is important to bear in remembrance, liad been going on for
years ; and, long before this Association ejrtsted, it was the practice to
begin the daily sessions of the Synod with this prayer : — " Give us grace
seriously to lay to heart the great danger we are in by our unhappy
divisions. Take away all hatred and prejudice, and whatsoever else may
hinder i;s from Godly unity and concord."

To not a few of the laity the attempt to organize an association for the
maintenance of the principles, and doctrines of our Chui'ch, as estab-
lished at the Reformation, seemed hopeless. Thoir experience led them
to believe that it was vain to contend against the party that held rule
in the Synod ; and, unfortunately, some, whom the Church could ill
afford to lose, abandoned its fold. But the leaders in the movement
conscientiously believed that the objects which thoy aimed at were
such as they could ask the Divine aid and blessing in seeking to ac-
complish ; and that these would ultimately teml to the ])romotion of
evangelicid truth ; and to such a wellfounded godly unity and concord
as would j)rove acceptable to many members of our common Church
who differ from them on points legitimately recognized as within its
comprehensive limits.

The results are now familiar to the members of this Association.

1. In the earlier period of its oi)erations, from 1873 to 1877, the Ex-
ecutive Committee issued and circulated twenfy-one addresses, reports,
• and occasional papers, to the number in all of 1 1 7,500 copies. The in\-
portaut influence which these have exercised, in giving to the laity of
our Churcli a clear view of the evils to be withstood, and the aims to bo
kept in view, liave been gratefully acknowledged by thousands ; and have
Won the reluctant commendation oven of some of those letist in sympathy
with us. But, while the circulation of such addresses and occasional
papers was the means best adapted for the special and exceptional pur-
poses originally aimed at, experience has sliowu that, under ordinary

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-circumstances, a periodical publication dealing with the news of the
Church at large, and systematically enforcing its Evangelical principles,
and the simplicity of its Protestant worship, is calculated to be of more
enduring value.

2. The Evangelical Churchman was, accordingly, started in 1876, and its
success thus far lias fulfilled the most sanguine expectations of its friends.
It has been welcomed in England as a creditable exponent of the prin-
ciples of our Protestant and Evangelical Church ; has met with the hearty
approval of several of the Bishops of the Church in Canada and in the
United States ; and gratifying letters have been received from Bishops,
and from others amonsr the authorities of the sister Church in the United
States, representing the Boards of the American Church Missionary
Society, and the Evangelical Education Societies, of New York, and of
Pldladelphia ; not only commending the paper in high terms, but express-
ing a desire that the Evangelical Churchman might he made tiie medium
for disseminating Evangelical principles, and the Church and Missionary
information throughout the United States.

3. Another important work undertaken by this Association is

THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL DIVINITY SCHOOL

for training young men of earnest piety and sound Evangelical principles
for Holy Orders. The want of well-trained men of approved learning
and piety, for the ministry of our Church, has been the subject of
numerous appeals in the charges of Bishops, both at Home ami in Canada.
It is vain, indeed, to aim at the revival of Evangelical principles, and to
demand a liearty fidelity to the fundamental scriptural doctrines em-
bodied in our Church's Articles, without a body of faithful clergy, of
eoi-nest i)iety and sound learning, ready to assume the charge of our
parishes and missions as vacancies occur. The re<piisite stops were
accordii.gly taken ; the co-operation of several of the leading Evangelical
clergy, in the training and teaching of the School, was sticured; and the
Kev. J. P. Sheraton, B. A., a clergyman of approved piety and learning,
•entered on his duties as Principal, at a salary of $1,500 per annum.
The school at present numbers fifteen young men preparing for the
ministry, to eiglit of whom scholarshi])S are paid, amounting in all to$900.
During the brief period that the Protestant Episcopal School has been
in operation,

THE ASSOCIATION HAS EXPENDED $5,298

on this impi tant branch of its work. Steps have been taken with
a view to secure a permanent endowment ; and the Executive Com-
mittee are gratified in being able to state that, already, in answer to
the appeal made to the friends of Evangelical truth, a liberal sura has
been contributed to the Building and Endowment Fund.

4. A widely prevailing feeling of dissatisfaction, in reference to the
Missions of the (Miiirch in this and other dioceses, resulted in a falling
off of the contributions to the Mission Fund ; until, in the Diocese of
Toronto the Mission Bo».rd found itself unable to meet its obligations,
and was at length compelled to make a considerable reduction on the
ouarterly payments to its missionai or. The Executive Committee of
this Association offered to the late Bishop to aid missions within the

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diocese held by Evangelical clergymen ; and, with his concurrence, they
assumed the entire responsibility of certain of the missions ; and have
paid in all, up to this date, to

MISSIONS WITHIN THE DIOCESE, $3,875,

independently of the contributions of Evangelical churchmen, and
parishes to the Synod Fund.

In order the more effectually to carry out this branch of the work
undertaken by the Association, the Executive Committee issued an ap-
peal to the members, in which they set forth a statement of the various
objects on which their contributions were expended ; adding this special
appeal on behalf of the Mission Fund :

" As compared with other Churches, the amount annually subscribed
by members of the Church of England in this Diocese for religious pur-
poses is small. This has unquestionably originated, in part at least,
from many conscientiously withholding their contributions from work
which they could not view as soundly Evangelical and Protestant. Now,
however, that all Evangelical Protestant Churchmen have the opportu-
nity afforded to them of co-operating in the work of their own Church,
in full accordance with their principles, it is earnestly hoped that such
a manifestation of Cliristian liberality will result, as shall suffice to re-
move the stigma of grudging and inadequate response to the claims of
Christ and His Church."

5. There is one other work accomplished by this Association to which
your Executive Committee revert with peculiar pleasure. In 1871, the
parish of Grace Church was set apart from that of Holy Trinity, To-
ronto, and a congregation of zealous Protestant Churchmen proceeded
to erect a church within the bounds. Unfortunately their desire for the
appointment of the Kev. R. H. Harris, of Omemee, as their minister
was not complied with. The Kev. W. H. Jones was presented to the
incumbency. Uut after a brief experience, he proved so unacceptable
that the congregation was, to a large extent, dispersed, and the church
was about to be sold to parties aiming at acquiring it for a congregation
of the Ret'ormed Ejjiscopal Church ; when your Executive Committee
interposed, and preserved it for the use of the Church of England.
Now, as the fruit of this Association's efforts and pecuniary help, the
Rev. J. P. Lewis, the present popular incumbent of the parish, is ap-
pealingfor aid with a view to the enlargement of the overcrowded church;
and one of the duties of our new bishop has been to hold a confirmation
there, when fifty-seven candidates were admitted to the holy rite. In the
accomplishment of this good work, the Church Association has thus far

EXPENDED 62,500.00 ; IN ADDITION TO §2,275.00

contributed in aid of other churches in the Diocese,

Such is a brief summary of the various sclieraes which have been
carried out under the iliiection of the Executive Committee, and the
various sub-committees of this Association, since 1573 ; and for the pro-
motion of which the members have given practical evidence of their
sympathy,

IIY THE GONTHIRUTION, IN ALL, OF $18,062.00.

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curred for office-rent or service of any kind. The amount thus freely
contributed is also independent of the large sum expended on behalf c^
the Evangelical Churchman. The Executive Committee commend this
important undertaking to your consideration, with a view to placing
it now on a permanent foundation.

The work thus heartily entered upon was still being promoted with
vigour, when the unexpected death of the late Bishop Bethune, in Feb-
ruary last, caused a vacancy in the See, and led to the proceedings which
finallv resulted in the election of the Venerable Archdeacon Sweatman
to the Bishopric. The special circumstances which marked that elec-
tion, as the result of a friendly conference between twenty-four repre-
sentative clergymen and laymen from among those who had till then
been divided as to the choice of a bishop, and to which the Executive
Committee have now to invite the attention of the Association, is the
pledge entered into by twelve of the Clerical and Lay Delegates, that
" on the consecration of Archdeacon Sweatman as Bishop of this Dio-
cese, they would use their best endeavours to procure

THE DISSOLUTION OF THE CHURCH ASSOCIATION."

It is important to add that, in forwarding this pledge to Dr. O'Reilly —
then Chairman of the Committee, by whom the request had been sub-
mitted to them, — it was acccompanied by the following letter from
Mr. Clarke Gamble, as Chairman of the Delegates from whom the
pledge proceeded, and which specifies very distinctly the concessions
finally concurred in by all : —

Dear Sir, — In enclosing to you the accompanying resolution of my Com-
miti.ee, I am instructed to say that the undertaking is Higued upon the ex-
press ujidorstanding arrived at in the interview between yourself and ]\Ir.
J31om<iold on one part, and my Committee on the other, that the dissolu-
tion of the Church Association in no way interferes with the continuance of
the Protestant Episcopal Divmity School, and the Eoa)uielkal CIninliuuiii.

Yours truly,

Toronto, March 5th, 1879. C. Gamble.

In now resigning our trust as your Executive Committee, we com"
mend this pledge to your consideration. We cannot doubt that the
Church Association, during the six years in which it has been in exis-
tence, has accompltshod much which, under the Divine blessing, we be-
lieve will be found to promote the best interests of the Church far be-
yond the limits of this Diocese. But now that the Great Head of the
Church has been graciously pleased to vouchsafe to us one to fill the
important office of Bishop, who is recognised by all as a man of sound
learning and devoted piety ; and who has been long known as an earn-
est Evangelical Churchman ; we may confidently look for the repression
of evils heretofore complained of ; along witli an impartial recognition
of whatever diversities of thought have a legitimate claim to compre-
hension in the Church of England. Under buch a leader we need enter-
tain no fear that peace will bo sought at the sacrifiije of principle ; and
we cun therefore in all confidonoe fulfil the pledge undertaken at the
late Sy::od, and reuommeud to you the diaaolution of the Church Asso*

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ciation as the guarantee on your part of the earnestness with which you
aim at securing a harmonious and united Church under his episcopal
oversight.

It would only tend to disappointment were it to be assumed that, by
such a concession, all differences are to vanish, and every source of con-
troversy to disappear. On the contrary, we believe that the truest hope
for well-grounded peace lies in the clear recognition of the diversities of
opinion; and the acknowledgement of the two essentially distinct
schools of thought, which, from the time of Queen Elizabeth to our own
day, have held a legitimate place within the comprehensive, yet evangeli-
cal and thoroughly Protestant, Church of England.

In full accord with the distinct recognition of our claim to a place in
the Church of Ridley, Latimer, Jewell, Hooker, and all Evangelical di-
vines of the like type, on to Newton, Venn, and Simeon ; and to many
gifted representatives among the highest dignitaries of the Church in
England at the present time ; it will be the duty of the Association,
before it dissolves, to make adequate provision for carrying on the work
of the Protestant Episcopal Divinity School as an organization calcu-
lated to promote the highest interests of Evangelical religion ; and to
encourage all once more to aim at cordial co-operation in liberally main-
taining the Common Mission Fund of a United Church.

All which is respectfully submitted,

Signed on behalf of the Executive Committee.

B. H. Dixon, ) tt o ..
T n..r...^rJ } lion. Sees.
J. Gillespie, j

Toronto, June 10th, 1879.

Dr. Daniel Wilson, in moving the adoption of the report, did so
with very peculiar feelings. He looked back to times when the bitter-
ness and discord which existed amongst the members of their common
Church made it diihcult to conceive that they were met to deliberate on
its interests ; or even to realize that they acknowledged the bond of a
common Christianity. It has been the fashion to ascribe all this acri-
mony to the Church Association ; but, as the report shows, this is ut-
terly incorrect. Those who have borne any part in its proceedings do
not need to be assured of this. They know how pleasant, and often
how profitable its meetings have been. How tlicy have cheered them,
attached them anew to their own loved church, when much was oc-
curring elsewhere calculated to alienate them from it. The Association
had not, indeed, shrunk from dealing fairly and uncompromisingly in
its protests against flagrant evils ; but its ultimate aim had ever been
to promote peace and hinraony, working in the spirit of the Master ; and
tlieir belief was that they had helped on results which were destined
to beget genuine and well-founded peace, based on principles that
would endure. But whilst no one who liad enjoyed the mnny happy
reunions of the Church Association could sympathise in the spirit with
which some outsiders welcome its ending, he rcoognisjd that the time
had come for its dissolution. Its work was done. After listening to
Buch a charge as that which their bishop had just delivered to the Synod,

THE CHURCH ASSOCIATION.

it was manifest that Church Association addresses and occasional papers
had ceased to be needed ; and, so long as there was at the head of this
Diocese

SUCH A SOUND PROTESTANT AND EVANGELICAL CHURCHMAN

as the Bishop of Toronto, they might well be content to trust themselves
to his guidance in the faithful maintenance of the spiritual doctrines of
the Church of England. Yet in one sense the Association, though ap-
parently in its death throes, would never cease to exist, for the princi-
ples for which it struggled would never die, nor would the results which
it had achieved soon lose their efficacy.

Hon Edward Blake was received with applause. In seconding the
motion for the adoption of the report, he did so feeling that the fulfil-
ment of the object-; for which the Association had been established and
which they had all struggled justified, if it did not demand, its dissolu-
tion. The Church of England was one which gloried in a spirit of com-
prehension, and not of exclusion, and those who had united to form the
Church Association had felt that a large majority of the laity of the
diocese belonging to that denomination ordinarily known as Evangelicals
were entitled to a recognition of their full right to a place within their
common Church. They had felt that the circumstances — the growth of
many years — which had placed

AN EMINENTLY PROTESTANT EVANGELICAL LAITY IN ANTAGONISM

to, or at least out of sympathy with, the occupiers of many of the
pulpits, were due to a course of action which in itself was progres-
sive, and which., if not checked, must result in an entire dissonance be-
tween the clergy and most of the laity. The sole nursery for the future
pastors of the laity was controlled by, and sent forth men almost always
of one school of thought — a school of thought opposite to that adhered
to by the majority of the laity. It wus obvious that the evil must be
progressive ; and they were acting within their legitimate right, and in-
deed were but doing their bounden duty, when they proposed to provide
for the mass of the congregations a nursery for clergymen holding views
as to doctrine in accordance with their own. They insisted that in the
councils of the Church and the Sy nodical arrangements fair play ought
to be afforded, and a reasonable measure of control alloted to both those
schools of thought. Various proposals had been made from time to
time towards that end, but so far from these proposals being received in
the spirit in which they were made, a spirit of intolerance, as had been
stated in the report, was developed. While the majority of the laity
found the Theological School, the endowment of which was the pro-
perty of the whole Church, devoted exclusively to the production of
clergymen of a school of thought to which they did not belong, they
found a serious ellbrt being made to stifle their exertion for providing
clergymen who would sympathise with the opinions and doctrines
which they themselves held and believed. (Applause.) Such was the
state of things ; and at the last meeting of the Synod a report was
brought in by the Executive Committee condemning in very strong
terms the circumstance that iu the Cathedral Church of St. James a

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voluntary subscription had been taken up for the maintenance of the
Protestant Episcopal Divinity School. They were, therefore, fighting for
freedom of action within the just limits of the comprehensiveness of
their Church. They did not so earnestly desire the election of an
Evangelical man as Bishop because he belonged to their own party,
as they desired he should be elected upon those great principles
of freedom and liberty of action to which he had adverted. (Ap-
plause.) They had learned in the school of adversity the value of fair
play, and to respect the rights of minorities, and they did not propose to
set up an Evangelical tyranny any more than they were prepared to
submit to a despotism of ar other kind. (Applause.) IT nder these cir-
cumstances they had struggled long, a comparatively small minority,
for the attainment of a result which he believed was essential to the
life of the Church in this Diocese. (Applause.) What has been enun-
ciated in feeble and ineffectual terms from this platform during those
struggles, had been enunciated in authoritative and decisive though
temperate and courteous words by the reverend prelate to whom in the
providence of God had been committed the task of administering this
Diocese. (Applause.)

He agreed with a former speaker that the time for f t natural ter-
mination of the Association had arrived, not however, for its death,
but for its euthanasia (hear, hear), when the objects for which it
had struggled for six long years had been attained and become the
accepted ends of the Church. He was happy to recollect that the
deliberations of the Association had ever been carried on in an open
and public way, and to know that the same spirit animated them still.
He considered the ticket system as highly objectionable, and had always
been of the opinion that the two schools of thought in the Church
should, by mutual arrangement, be represented by their best men in
something like proportion to their numbers on the floor of the Synod, on
the Executive Committee, and that the Executive should adopt the same
rule in the formation of the other Committees. He did not see why in
their elections the two parties could not meet together to have an under-
standing as to the relative strength of the representation of each upon
the Executive Committee. He was glad that a suggestion of the kind
had been made from the Evangelical party, and in making this pro-
posal they had been willing to concede even that the other side should
have a majority of their friends on the Committee. But the opposite
side would not listen to the proposal, on the ground that the Church
Association had not been dissolved ; although it was known that the
dissolution was pledged by those whose names were a sufficient guarantee
of iheir good faith. It was then desired by the representatives of the
E\ angelical party that the election should be postponed until after the
proiient meeting. This was not agreed to, even though the meeting was
known to have been called, and its result in the dissolution of the
Society was confidently predicted by representative men of the Evan-
gelical party. It was urged that there were some legal doubts as to
their power to postpone the election even for one day, and the result
was that the election to day had been by the old system of ticket, and
he understood hud resulted in the other side securing by a narrow mo-

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jority, not their fair share of representation on the Executive Committee,
but the whole of the representation. The Evangelical school of thought
had to depend simply upon the choice of the Lord Bishop for having
any representatives on the Committee at all. He did not state these
facts in order to embitter members of the Church against one another,
but because it was necessary to show th^t proposals which could not
be characterized as any other than fair, amicable and Christianlike,
were made by the party to whom he belonged, and the responsibility of
failure did not lie with them. If the other side took the responsibility
of excluding certain men from the committees of the Synod let them
bear that reponaibility. He heartily regretted the decision for the
sake of the whole Church, that at the very time when an offer was
being made from one side to heal the old breach it had not been
accepted by the other. He trusted, however, that if they were not allowed
to do the work which they thought should be theirs they would in
a faithful spirit do the work which they were allowed to do. (Applause.)
He trusted still further that the result of the statement he had made
would be that the next Synod would not be marred by the introduction
of the ticket system, but that the election of the Executive Committee
would be by some arrangement similar to that which he had spoken of,
and that, in that arrangement, the best interests of the Church would be
consulted. ,

.,; THE STONE WALL WHICH THEY HAD ERECTED

had been spoken of, and he was glad to know that the stones of that
wall remained firm in their courses. Although they had had behind it
at first but a minority they had repelled the enemy's assaults, repeated
and fierce though they were. He hoped that the stone wall would long
stand, and that it would be like another wall of which the Poet Laureate
had sung :

'* Backward they reeled like the wave,

Like the wave they were forward again,
Flank and tile at the lawt,

Bnt a handful they could not subdue,
And ever upon the topmost roof

Our banner of England flew."

The stone wall had so far repelled the assaults of its antagonists ; might
it ever continue to do so — (applause) — and upon it might there be flung
to the winds the banner on which the charge was read from the plat-
form of St. James' school-house on Tuesday — the noble declaration of
principles by the Evangelical churchman who now occupies the chief
seat in this diocese — a banner whose brilliant tints all present could not
but admire — a banner whose colours all present could not but rejoice in
— a banner that was brighter and more brilliant than the brightest
dreams of those who had looked for it. (Loud applause.)

Mr. A. Hewson, of Cobourg, and Lieut-Col. Grierson, of Oshawa,
in earnest addresses urged the necessity of at once placing the Divinity
School upon an efficient basis.

The Hymn, "God moves in a mysterious way. Sic," was then sung.

Mr. T. M. Benson, of Port Hope, proposed the following resolution :
— " That in view of the speedy dissolution of the Church Association,

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it is expedient to provide for the future management of the Protestant
Episcopal Divinity School, and of the Evangelical Churchman newspaper^
by framing a constitution for the former and incorporating the latter, or
by such other methods as by each institution may hereafter be deter-
mined, by the bodies hereby constituted. That the subscribers to the
maintenance of the School, and to the guarantee fund of the Churchman.
are hereby declared to be constituted bodies for the purpose of carrying
on the undertakings, and are appointed the Provisional Board of Manage-
ment of the Protestant Episcopal Divinity School and the J^vangelical
Churchman newspaper, with power to do all things necessary for placing
these institutions on a firm and satisfactory basis. That these Boards
shall be subject to the call of the Rev. the Principal of the School, and
on meeting shall at once proceed to organize committees of management
and appoint officers." The mover did not think it required any argu-
ment to convince those present of the necessity of continuing the Pro-
testant Episcopal Divinity School, and also the publication of the Evan-
gelical Churchman. So long as the Diocese was fed from an institution
that did not turn out graduates imbued with the teachings they could
approve of, it was idle to suppose that the people of the diocese
would be instructed in true Evangelical principles. It was, therefore,
necessary to have a college to instruct young men in those distinctive
and Evangelical principles which the majority of the people prized, and
in the Divinity School they had such an institution. Whatever hopes
some might entertain of one institution being made available for all, at
the very best years must elapse, before it could be realized, and in the
meantime they must, with all diligence and energy proceed to place
their Divinity School upon a firm and efficient basis.

Mr. A. H. Caivipbell regretted that it was necessary that the pleasant
ties which bound together the members of the Church Association should
be severed, but, while entertaining this feeling of regret, he looked for-
ward with hope to the good which would result from their severance.
He looked upon the dissolution of the Association as a peace offijring
on the altar of union, an altar the corner stones of which were faith,
hope and charity — faith in their cause, hope in the future, and love for
all their fellow-churchmen. (Applause.) But though the Association
was on its death-bed, it did not die heirless, for it left two very sturdy
children — the Divinity School and the Evamjclical Churchman. The re-
solution which he was seconding had for its object the providing of
guardians for those orphans.

Rev. S. W. Y'oUNG moved the following resolution — " That this meet-
ing heartily endorse the principles of the Evangelical Churckniaii, recog-
nises in it a means of disseminating sound spiritual teaching in our
Church, heartily commends it to the support of the members of the
Church, and pledges itselt to do all in its power to m-^.intain and improve
and increase its circulation." He urged, in an elo(j[uent appeal, the para-
mount duty of every one present to aid in carrying out the resolution.

Mr. J. K. Keuu seconded the rovsolution, which was put and carried
unanimously.

Hon. V. C. Blake did not wonder that the people present looked
happy, for, as a general thing, they felt after the meeting of Synod as if

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they had received a castigation, but now — he said it with all reverence
— they had escaped that this year, thank God, and could now breathe
freely. Though they had met to formally dissolve the Association, yet
he felt that its spirit would never die. (Applause.) They had the great

MAGNA CHARTA OP THEIR LIBERTIES — THE BISHOP'S CHARGE—

and there were in it passages specially referring to the Protestant
Evangelical College, which showed that the Evangelical portion of the
Church could at least rely upon receiving treatment that would be fair,
and consideration that would not be hostile. In proof of this he read
from it some of the most prominent passages, in which the Bishop set
forth his decided standing ground upon the Evangelical principles in
opposition to the sacrameutarianism and sacerdotalism of Romanism and
his desire and aim to supply the missions of the Diocese with men ot
strong Protestant views. They wanted their people to be strong against
Romanism, Ritualism, and Rationalism, and there could not be a strong
echo from the pews if there was not a strong voice from the pulpit.
(Applause.) It would never do to send out as preachers jelly-fish, men
of undecided opinions. They wanted a school not only for the Diocese
but for the whole Dominion. A school whose men would be known by
their preaching, and in whom full conlidence might be felt. He then
moved the following resolution : — "That this meeting, heartily approving
and endorsing the Protestant Episcopal Divinity School, most cordially
pledges its support thereto, and commends the best interests of that in-
stitution to the care of the Committee appointed with power to add to
its number, and which is empowered to collect and disburse the j_ jnoys
promised for its support, and to incorporate said School, or otherwise to
order, govern, control, or deal therewith as may to them seem best."

Rev. Septimus Jones seconded the resolution.

Me. Wm. McGrath then moved — " That the President, Vice-Presi-
dent and Secretaries are hereby elected as trustees of the Church Asso-
ciation, yrith power to collect all moneys due at this time or to become
due at a future time, to pay all liabilities now outstanding, and to close
up the financial affairs of the Association.

Mr. N. W. HoYLES, had great pleasure in seconding the resolution.
He had at first looked with disfavour upon the Church Association, be-
lieving that party lines should not be drawn so strictly, but a short ex-
perience of the Diocese had proved to him that the only hope of having
his views upheld was to join with others in their support. He looked
at the death of the Association with a certain amount of regret. But as
with the old line of battle-ships lying now dismantled in England, it
had done gallant service, and had achieved great victories. (Applause.)
The fact that these old ships were out of use was not a sign of England's
decadence, but a sign of her progress. So with this Society. Its dissolu-
tion was a sign of the progress of the Episcopal Church in this country.

T^e motion was unanimously carried.

Mr. Gillespie said he came forward to move the last resolution, which

was : — " That this meeting httving provided for the continuance of the

Protestant; Episcopal School and uf the Evangelical Churchman, in ac-

porda^ce with the letter of Mr, Clarke Gamble to Dr. O'Reilly, on, the

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14th of March last, hereby declare the Church Association of the Dio-
cese of Toronto dissolved." He would simply say that his colleague,
Mr. B. Homer Dixon, had done the most laborious work devolving upon
the secretaries, and had done it well. (Applause.) It was painful to
break old ties, but their work was now done, and there was therefore
good reason for the dissolution of the Association.

Mr. B. Homer Dixon seconded the resolution, but before it could
be put,

• Mr. RoBEET Baldwin rose and said he thought they ought not to dis-
solve before the members of the Association had an opportunity of thank-
ing the officers," and not least, the secretaries, for the manner in which
they had performed their duties. He moved that this should be done.

The motion was carried amidst loud applause.

Mr. Blake moved — " That the Rev. Septimus Jones take the place
of the present chairman," This having been done, he then moved —
" That the thanks of the Association be presented to Mr. Gamble, not
only for the service he had rendered during the election, but for his
continual active interest in the affairs of the Association, and for his
conduct in the chair this evening."

The motion was declared unanimouslv carried.

The Chairman after replying, moved — " That the sympathy of this
Association be tendered to the President, Col. Gzowski, in the bereave-
ment he has suffered in the loss of his son-in-law, Col. Northey, killed
in the Zulu war." Carried.

The resolution finally dissolving the Association was then adopted.

After the benediction had been pronounced by Rev. Dean Grasett,
the meeting closed.

PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL DIVINITY SCHOOL.

Annual Meeting and Distribution of Prizes. '

The second annual meeting of the Protestant Episcopal Divinity
School was held at St. James' School-house, Toronto, Friday, 1 3th June.
The spacious room was filled with the supporters and friends of the
institution, who manifested the deepest interest in the proceedings,
which were of a most hearty and enthusiastic character. Seated on the
platform were the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Toronto, Rev. J. P.
Sheraton, Principal of the School, Hon. Edward Blake, Dr. J. George
Hodgins, Professor Hirschfelder, Messrs. A. H. Campbell, Clarke
Gamble, Dr. Wilson, Rev. S. Jones, Rev. S. W. Young, Rev. S. J. Boddy,
Mr. T. M. Benson, Rev. H. H. Waters (New Orleans), Rev. A. Sanson,
Rev. J. S. Stone, Vice-Chancellor Blake, F. H. Ball, Esq. , Rev. Dr.
O'Meara, and others. The reception of Ihe Bishop was marked, the
applause of the audience as he took his seat being loud and long.

In the unavoidable absence of the Very Rev. Dean Grasett, Mr. Clarke

PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL DIVINITY SCHOOL.

Gamble having taken the chair, the proceedings were opened with
singing, Scripture reading, and prayer.

The Chairman announced tnat they met to celebrate the second anni-
versary of the Protestant Episcopal Divinity School, and he need not say
that they met under more than usually happy circumstances. They had
been condemned in no measured terms for having established a school
outside of Trinity College, which it was said was the University of the
Diocese. He had himself desired that Trinity College should be the
only school for the training of young men for the ministry in the English
Church, and having been some time ago invited to become a member of
the Board of Trinity College, he had taken the position hoping to extend
its borders, so that it may be really the University of the Diocese, Such
progress had been made in this direction that at a late meeting of the
Board a resolution had been passed leaving the management in the hands
of their Bishop, and in better hands it could not be ; and they might
be sure that, whatever his conclusions, they would involve no compro-
mise, (Loud applause.) He would say, as Hon. V. C. Blake had said
at a former meeting, that they met under a new charter. They had now
what might be called a Magna Clmrta. But while the great charter of
English liberties was extorted from a wicked tyrant, he reserving a
determination to abolish it as soon as he dared, their charter had been
freely granted by a Christian ruler animated by a love of truth, and
they might rest assured that not one word of it would be withdrawn.

Rev. J. P. Sheraton gave a short sketch of the work and progress
of the School for the year. The institution has been opened a year
ago last October, with nine students. Of these, seven continued to pro-
secute their studies with diligence and zeal, the remaining two having
for different reasons been unable to attend the School after the first
year. These two students would, however, be with them next year.
Four students entered the School a year ago, and there were several
probationers receiving instructions in primary work, while four or five
young men were studying at University College, with the intention of,
after graduating, studying for the ministry at the Divinity School. In
conducting the institution he had been assisted by several clergymen,
whose labours of love he, together with all others friendly to the School,
highly appreciated and thankfully acknowledged. These gentlemen,
who had given their services with so much zeal and faithfulness, and
without any remuneration, were Rev. S. J. Boddy, Rev. Septimus Jones,
Rev. J. S. Stone, Rev. A. Sanson, and Rev. S. W. Young. He had
also to thank Prof. Herschfelder for his lectures on Hebrew, and Mr.
R. Lewis, who instructed the students in elocution gratuitously and
with beneficial results. He then announced the prize list as follows : —

Scholarship for general proficiency in 2nd year, B. Bryan, London.

Second prize for general proficiency in 2nd year, C. Marsh, Clarksburg.

Scholarship for general proficiency in 1st year, Weston Jones, Toronto.

Second prize for general proficiency in 1st year, E. Sibbald, Toronto.

Greek Testament exegesis, 2nd year, F. Du Vernet, Clarenceville, Q. ;
Ist year, Weston Jones.

Sytematic Theology, 2nd year, B. Bryan ; 1st year, W. Jones.

Ecclesiastical History and Polity, 2nd year, Ogilvie W. Dobbs, M.A.,
Kington ; 1st year, Weston Jones.

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Homiletics, C. Ball, B.A., Toronto. "^ :. .^ir:;

Apologetics, 2nd year, B. Bryan; 1st year, W. Jones. , ' / . '
Old Testament History, K. Brydges, London. '> '■

Reading of the Liturgy, Ogilvie Dobbs, M.A, ^ . n '

Hebrew, University College Prize, Mr. Du Vernet. He was bracket-
ted with Mr. Ness. The class consisted of forty students. Mr. Du
Vernet and Mr. Weston Jones both took first-class honours in Hebrew
— the former obtaining 420 marks out of 439. Mr. A. W. Chapman
and Mr. H. L. Almon took second-class honours in Hebrew.

The prizes were then presented to the students by the professors, each
of whom spoke in high terms of the diligence with which the young
men had applied themselves to their studies.

Mr. A. H. Campbell was sure it must be most gratifying to all pre-
sent to see there one who had lately been consecrated chief pastor of
this Diocese- -(Applause) — and they would be all the more gratified
when he told them that the Bishop had been pleased to accept the of-
fice of visitor to their Divinity School. (Loud and prolonged applause.)
This was a most important office, and he knew he had the permission of
all present to offer His Lordship a cordial welcome.

The Bishop then came forward, and was greeted by the audience ris-
ing to their feet and applauding loudly. He thanked them sincerely
for having greeted him so cordially. He understood that he had kept
the meeting waiting, but in coming to a meeting the evening before he
had been told that an eight o'clock meeting in this city always began at
twenty-five minutes past eight. He would, therefore, have to deduct
twenty-five minutes from the time he was to speak to them. He was
glad to see such a large and enthusiastic meeting interested in this Di-
vinity School, and to know that he would have his hands strengthened
by those graduating from it. (Hear, hear.) The great complaint
throughout this Diocese was the lack of money, but another and even
greater want was the want of men, of good and suitable men, who had
the love of the Saviour in their hearts, and the love of those for whom
the Saviour died. He hoped the S'.bool would send forth well-trained and
educated men to engage in the work o'' the Church. Other denominations
— all praise and honour to them for it — were sending out such men and
the Church of England in these Ivvr could not afford to be behind. He was
pleased to learn that great care was being exercised in the education of
the young men in this Divinity School. It was an unpleasant fact that
in this country the sons of those of the better class did not take a part
in the work of Christ in the Church, and he thought this was occasioned
by the fact that clergymen had not hitherto taken their places in society
as the very highest class of educated gentlemen. He trusted that through
' the means of this School much good would be done for the Church, not
only in this Diocese, but throughout the country. The report which
had been made by the Principal was most satisfactory, and he sincerely
looked forward to the time when he would be able to ordain and send
out to the missions of the diocese men from this institution thoroughly
well fitted both in head and heart. He wished the School overy success
and would give it all the fostering care he could, so long as the circum-
stances of the Diocese required that it should be conduct ad as a sepa-

PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL DIVHIITY SCHOOL.

rate institution. They had given him an office which had attached to it
great powers in enquirinej into and redressing grievances ; yet he trusted
that in these respects at^least it would be a sinecure. (Applause.)

Hon. Edward Blake had hoped to have been able to address the
meeting at some length, but owing to the lateness of the hour he would
not take up much time. He expressed a sense of the deepest gratifica-
tion, that the Bishop had accepted the highest official position in the Di-
vinity School, and trusted that he would take as active an interest in
the school as was consistent with his other duties. Occupying, as he
did, a relation to the University of Toronto, at which the students of
this school secured their secular education, he desired to point out the
advantages of that instii:ution in training young men studying for the
ministry in secular knovrledge. It was most advantageous to give these
young men the emulation which was engendered by a large number of
them pursuing their studies together. Those being trained for the
ministry in their Church should mingle with the young men of other
denominations. He was not one of those who thought that the many
mansions promised in the future would be so set apart that each denomi-
nation would be shut up in a mansion of its own ; bnt he was one of
those who did beliove that students for the ministry of the Church, by
knowing those of other denominations would learn to value what was
good in those denominations, and how many good men and excellent
qualities could be found outside their own Church. These advantages
were open to them without burden to the Church, for the design in
endowing the University with funds formerly held for the Church, was
that it was desired that men of all sects should secure their secular
education within its walls. Knox College was now conducted as a
Theological School only, with a large staff of professors, the secular
education of its students being secured at the University supported by
the Province, so that the funds of the Church were not diverted from
their proper purposes. For his part he thought the Church of England
would have acted wisely and would have been in a better position to-day
if, when Trinity College was established, the endowment had been
devoted to the establishment of a large theological school, and the
students had been allowed to get their secular education at the Provincial
University. However, that had not been done, and he would now put
it to the Church to consider whether it would not be the better course
to devote the funds to the peculir\r work of the Church, and to take
the benefit of the Provincial endowment for the secular portion of the
education, in common with other denominations. The endowments of
Trinity College had been absorbed by one party and they (the Evangelical
Churchmen) had been compelled to take upon themselves the burden
of supporting a college at their own expense, to educate young men in
what they believed to be the truth, and to preserve what they held to be
of value in the Church. He acknowledged with sincere gratitude the
efforts of the professors of this College, but if his hearers really believed
in this Divinity School, it was their duty to

PUT IT UPON A FIRM AND STABLE BASIS,

depending not upon the labours of love of these gentlemen, but upon

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an ample and secured endowment. He acknowledged the difficulty
of which the Bishop had spoken in the want of men, and he believed
it was the fault of the laymen. When they considered the allow-
ai ces made to clergymen, they would see that there was no induce-
ment for talented and competent men to enter the ministry. He believed,
however, that with the beginning of a new era they ought to be able to
do something to remedy this. (Applause.) The Bishop had given them
great pledges, and it was now their duty to realize the expectations he
he had formed of them, so that the school might be, as it was expected
to b«, a great aid to him in carrying out his work in this Diocese.

Mr. T. M. Benson said he did not despair of seeing the time when
this school and Trinity College would be united. In speaking on this
matter it was not with a spirit of hostility towards that institution, but
with a spirit of brotherly love, and a hope that the two would co-operate
in the common cause of training young men for the glorious work of
spreading the Gospel. He could not sit down before expressing his
gratification at the successful and harmonious termination of the Synod,
and now they might look forward with warm feelings of hope to the
time when the Church of England in this Diocese would occupy the
position, as she should, of the first church in the laud.

Dr. Wilson said that in the establishment of the Divinity School,
they recognised the great wants of the Church and of the age, when it
was indispensable that their ministers should be thoroughly educated
men in science and other branches as well as theology. They wished
to turn out men strong in the belief of Evangelical doctrines as found
in the 39 Articles, and with clear and distinct views on all Church
matters. This he believed the school would be successful in accomp-
lishing.

Vice-Chancellor Blake followed in an able and eloquent appeal,
to which our reports do very scanty justice. He said that God had
dispelled the dark cloud that had hung over them for so long a time,
and there now came down showers of delight. Onco upon a time they
used to meet with one hand only free to work, for the other had to hold
the weapon. That night they met with both hands free, and under the
fostering care of the Bishop. There were times when it was necessary
to call out the " Reserves." This was such a time. They required all
the reserve force they could command in order to place the School upon
an efficient and substantial basis. He trusted that every one present
would show their interest in a practical way. Mr. Howland and he
were going at once to work to complete their subscription list, and he
confidently looked for a hearty and generous re8[)onse. (Applause.)

The proceedings thou closed, the benediction having first been pro-
nounced by the Bishop, .f , • , ,' (, ! ,j,

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At a subsequent Meeting of the friends of the School, it was decided
to incorporate under the name of " The Protestant K4)i8copal Divinity
School Corporation," which wiih duly eflected on Hth .July, 1879. A
list of the 1 rustoes, Officers and TiMVc.hitig Statt" will bo found on the
following pages.

PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL DIVINITY SCHOOL.

THE PROTESTANT

(fpiscopal gbinitg Scljool (jrorp0nittoiT.

INCORiOlUTED UNDER XXXVII VICT., CAP. :J4. •

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The Very Wev. The Dean of Townto, F. A. Hall, llolMi't Ikl.lwin, Hon. Edward
Blake, Hon. V. (!. Blake, T)ioh. M. Bonnon, Rev il J. Hoddy, M.A., IHh Honor
Judge Boyd, W. T. Boyd, A. H. ('auipltell, Lim^i..-' "olonel R. H. DtiiUHon, Ijiuiit.-
Colonel U. T. Duniaou, llev. T. C. Dew Barroi*. W. }\w<m- Dixon, K.N.Ii., (J«orKc M.
EvauH, Lieut. -Colonel A. V. KaiToll, Ed\varf< < i^fc^.jtvM, C^C, Clarke (fand)lo, Ci.(\,
¥. W. Glen. Rev. R. W. E. CJreeno, B.A , Lieut. -(Vdonel J. H. (Jriersou, Jyo.
UilleHuie, R. T. Gooderhani, Lieut. -CilonelC/.ovvuki, A 1).C,,('.H. (4zowHkie, Jr., Hon.
Mr. Justice G Wynne, Rev. R. H. '.'arris, A. H' r.,<iM, J. Cr. HodginK, lil^D., Sir
Hugh Hoyleu, N. W. Hoylew, W. H. Ho-vijind. Rev. HeptiuiuH JonoH, M.A.,
J. K. Kerr, il-C, Sheriff JarviH, Rev. J. V. .iowlri. Win. Magrath, J. Herhert MuHon,
W. R. Mulock, Gw). Needier, Rev. l)i. O Meaia, W. A. Pailane, Rev. W. H. RaiuH-
ford, B. A., Rev. A. Sanson, T. Sutherland Htayn(>r, Rev. J. 1*. Siieraton, H. A., Rev,
J. S. Stou*. His Honor Judgo Soott, Kivas 'J'uUy, C.E., and Dauiol Wil«on, LL. I).

PliOTBSTANT EPISCOPAL DlVIJflTY SCHOOL.

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The Right Reverend The LORD BISHOP OF TORONTO.
Ohainnan— The Hon. Vice-Chancellor Blake.

The Very Rev. H. J. Grasett, D.D.,

Dean of Toronto.
The Rev. S. J. Boddy, M.A.

T. C. Des Barres, M.A.
" Septimus Jones, M.A.
F. W. O'Meara, LL.D.
AlexauJer Sanson.
" Principal Sheraton, B.A,

The Hon. Edward Blake, Q.C.
Robart Baldwin, Esq.
T. M. Benson, Esq.
His Honour J udge Boyd.
A. H. CampbeH, Esq.

B. H. Dixon, K.N.L.
Lieut. -Colonel R. B. Deniaon.
Clarke Gamble, Esq., Q.C.
F. W. Glen, Esq.
R. T. Gooderham, Esq.
-Lt. -Colonel C. S. Gzowski, A.D.C.
J. G. Hodgine, Esq., LL.D.
W. H. Howland, Esq.
N. W. Hpyles, Esq.
Sheriff Jarvis.
J. K.Kerr, Esq., Q.C.
Prof. D. Wilson, LL.D.

Treasurer— B. H. Dixon, K.N.L. | Secretary -N. W. Hoyles, Esq.

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The Rev. The Principal, Chairman.
The Rvjv. Septimus Jones, M.A.
The Rev. Alex. Sanson.
The Hon. Vice-Chaucellor Blake.

A. H. Campbell, Esq.
W. H. Howland, Esq.
N. W. Hoyles, Esq.

S;cHrhitt0 cftttff:

./principal — Rev. James P. Sheraton, B.A.
'■- "" Old and New Tettament Exiyttica — Rev. James P. Sheraton, B.A.
HonUletiet and Pantoral Theology— ice v. S. J. Boddy, M.A.
Apvlogetict — Rev. Septimus Jones, M.A.
Ecclesiastical History and Lituryics — Rev. J. S. Stone.
Systematic Theuloffy—Kev. James P. Sheraton, B.A.
Hebrew — Professor Hirachf elder. - -

Elocution — Mr. Richard Lewis.

The Protestant Episcopal Divinity School of Toronto is intended to
provide for the training of theological students in accordance with the
principles of the Reformation, as otubodied in the Articles of the Church
of England, and thus to send forth men ctiUod of the Holy Ghost to
preach the Gospel ; men of Evangelical Faith, of sound churchmanship,
and of genuine Catholic spirit ; men who know and love and will pro-
claim the simple truths of the Gospel, and are determined, witli St. Paul,

to know NOTHING BUT ChRIST AND H.IM CrUUIFIKD.

The DisTiNcnvE Principles of this School, which will l>e insisted
upon in the instruction given, are —

1. The Bible, the Sole Rule of Faith ; i" opposition to the error

that would make the Bible and tradition the joint rule of laith.

" Holy Scripture containeth ail things iiocosaary to sah. .tloi>, m that
whatsoever is not read therein^ nor may be proved tliereb i, is t'j,. U- b«
retj[uired of any man, that it should iw boliovod as an art, .!o ■»♦' Uio faith,
or bo thought rwquisito or necessary to mxWuAiou." ~Artii;le VI.

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2. Justification by Faith in Christ alono ; in opposition to the sacra-

mentarian system.

" We are accounted righteous before Ood, only for +;he merit, of our
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by Faith ; and not for our own works or
doservings. Wherefore, that we are justified by faith only, is a most
wholesome c!octrine, and very full of comfort, as more largely is ex-
pressed in the Homily of Justification." —^rfic^e XI.

" The Sacr;/ments were not ordained of Christ to be gazed upon, or
to be carried about ; but that we should duly use them. And in siich
only as ouwihily receive the same [that is with ' a lively and steadfast faith
in Christ ou** Saviour,' — Communion Service,^^ they hav§ a wholesome effect
or operation ; but they that receive them unworthily, purchase to them-
selves damnation, as St. Paul saith." — Article XXV.

3. The Sole and Ezchsive Priesthood of Jesu£! Christ ; in opposition

to the sacerdotal assumption which would convert Christ's ministers
into an order of sacrificing and mediating priests (Upcts.)

" The only priests under the Gospel, denominated as such in the
New Testament, are the saints, the members of the Christian Brother-
hood. As individuals, all Christians are priests alike." " The most
exalted office in the Church, the highest gift of the Spirit, conveyed no
sacerdotal right which was not enjoyed by the humblest member of the
Christian community." — Garwn Liyhtfoot, Lady Marga/ret Pro/jswr of
Divinity at Cambridge.

Corap. Hooker, B. V. c. LXXVHI.

" The word Priest, as used in the Prayer Book, is $yrMnyrrious with
and is but a cmitraction of, the word Presbyter." — Bishap Mcllvmne.

i. The real presence of Christ by faith in the hearts of worthy re-
'^,T)ients of the Holy Communion ; i" opposition to th? figment of His

pren^'ince corporally or spiritually on the communion tablej under the
' T' -L of bread and wine, after the consecration of the elements.

"No adoration is intended, or ought to be done, either unto the sac-
ramental breau >r winu, there bodily received, or unto any corporal pre-
sence of Christ's natural Flesh "nd Blood .... the natural Body and
Blood of our Saviour Christ are in Heaven and not here." — {Nok at md
of Conmunion Semce.)

^* If a man .... by any other just impediment do not receive the
sacrament of Christ's Body and Blood, the Curate shall instruct him
that if he do truly repent him of his sins, and steadfastly believe that
Jesus Christ hath suffered death upon the cross for him, and shod His
Blood for his redemption, earnestly remembering the benefits he hath
thereby, and giving Him hearty thanks therefor, he doth eat and drink
the Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ profitably to his soul's health,
although he do not receive the Sacrament with his mouth." — (liitbrio in
Communion of the Sick.)

PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL DIVINITY SCHOOL.

" The Body of Christ is given, taken and eaten in the Supper only
after a heavenly and spiritual manner. And the mean whereby the
Body of Christ is received and eaten in the Supper is faith." — Article
XXVIII.

5. The Chnrch of Christ is the " Holy Catholic Church."— (Cree^.)
" The Holy Church Universal." — {Prayer for Church Militant and Litcny.)
" The mystical body of Christ, which is the blessed company of all
faithful people." — Communion Service.

"The true Church is an universal congregation or fellowship of God's
faithful and elect people, built upon the foundation of the Apostles and
Prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the head corner-stone." — Homily
for Whitsunday.

" Before all sermor , ' res, and homilies, the preachers and minis-
ters shall move the pev. o join with them in prayer in this form or
to this effect, as briefly vu.1 conveniently as they may : Ye shall pray
for Christ's Holy Catholic Church, that is, for the whole congregation of
Christian people dispersed throughout the whole world, and especially
for the Churches of England, Scotland, and Ireland." — Canon XV.

^ 6. *' The visible Church (visibilis ecclesia) of Christ is a congrega-
tion of faithful men, i^i which the pure word of God is preached, and the
sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those
things that of necessity are requisite to the same." — Article XIX,

7, An Historical Episcopate, traceable to apostolic direction, as con-
ducive to the well-being but not necessary to the being of the Church ;
in opposition to the dogma of a tactual succession, *' a fiction," asserts
Dean Alford, " of which I find in the New Testament no trace."

Upon these Fundamental Truths Evangelical Churchmen and ihe
Sacei-dotalists are now at issue.

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PROSPECTUS

THE EVANGELICAL CHURCHMAN.

• A FAMILY NEWSPAPER.

The object aimed at, by the promoters of this enterprise, is to provide,
for the members of the Church of England, a paper which shall unflinch-
ingly maintain the principles of the Church, as established at the Re-
formation. Their earnest desire is to tread in the " good old paths ;"
and to "contend for the faith which was once delivered to the saints: "
that faith which the Bible makes known to us ; and for which the Mar-
tyrs of our Church bled and died. , >

The Evangelical Churchman will maintain the doctrines and dis-
cipline of the Church of England ; resist all innovations and novelties in
her pure and scriptural rites and services ; and zealously contend for the
scriptural doctrines embodied in her Articles, including the doctrine of
man's corruption, salvation by grace, justification by faith only, and the
necessity for sanctification.

The aim will be to make the The Evangelical Churchman a reli-
gious periodical that can safely be placed in the hands of young and old,
and to furnish a family paper, fit to be welcoflied in the Christian house-
hold for Sunday, as well as week-day reading.

We shall endeavour to encourage a missionary spirit ; and to this end
every exertion will be made to give a general idea of the work done
throughout the world, but especially in Canada, in the missionary field ;
with particular attention to the mission work, and fresh openings for
missionary exertions in connection with our own Church.

Sunday School and other work of a practical kind will also receive
special prominence ; and an attempt will be made to direct the atten-
tion of young and old to whatever can be done in the way of active,
earnest labour in the cause of Christ throughout our land.

Another object specially kept in view will be to supply appropriate
religious' reading. Selections, carefully gathered from the writings of
the ablest and best-approved divines and Christian laymen, will *'oriu a
marked feature in the paper ; along with reviews and notices of books
adapted for attractive and profitable reading in th«? family circle.

In the work thus proposed, hearty co-operation is invited from all
who desire the success of the principles which it is designed to promote.
Many can aid by furnishing religious intelligence fn)m their neighbour-
hood J by supplying original contributions on topics suite*! for a roligi-
ouH paper, or appropriate selections and extracts which have been read
by tnemselviBS with profit.

All can aid with their prayers, that this oflfort may bo conducted

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throughout in a right spirit, to a successful end ; that the glory of God
and the true interest of His Church,may ever be kept in view as the ob-
ject to be attained ; and that the means thus employed, may be blessed
to the maintenance of the great principles established at the Reforma-
tion, to the salvation of souls, and to the extension of our Blessed
Saviour's Kingdom on earth.

Owing to the dissolution of the Church Association, it became neces-
sary to place the publication of the paper on a new basis and a company
has been formed, and the necessary steps have been taken for obtaining
its incorporation. The payment required on each share is only $10, and
all friends of the paper are invited to take stock, but above all, to exert
themselves in increasing its circulation, which, by a little effort on the
part of each subscriber, might be easily doubled and thus place the paper
on a secure and permanent basis. \Ve wish every Churchman would
not only ask himself the question, what can I do for the paper, but
would answer it by giving his assistance in helping to extend the prin-
ciples upon which the paper is carried on :

1. By SubscriLing Himself. — Subscription consists of two parts
— the one the giving your name, the other remitting the amount you
desire to pay.

2. By finding out how many of your friends or neigh-
bours are without a church paper, urge them to subscribe, and,
having obtained their names, stir them up to begin, among their various
circles, the work of obtaining subscribers, and let them send us speedily
the result of their labours.

3. By writing short pithy letters on topics of the day, and
church work in the neighbourhood. These add mach to the value of a
paper.

4. By taking the trbuble of sending us a short account
of any church news from your neighbourhood, so that all may
be stirred up to greater exertion by the account presented of what may
be doing throughout the land for the cause of Christ. Try and give
such practical suggestions as will enable others to follow out the course
which has proved beneficial in eradicating some evil, awakening reli-
gious feeling, or strengthening those that stand.

5. By remembering that a church newspaper, worthy of
the name, will, if distributed, give you an opportunity through its
columns of presenting the Gospel to absent friends and relatives, in
whose breast you desiro to kindle or keep alive a sense of the spiritual
life you desire them to live.

6. Ask God daily to bless this newspaper enterprise, and
to enlighten the understanding, and strengthen the hands of those en-
gaged in it, that it may be conducted in a proper spirit, and to the glory
of Him whose great name it is intended to honour.

Letters from those desirous of subscribing for The Ea'^angelical
Churchman (price $2.00 per annum, or $8.00 for a club of five, payable
in advance^ can be addressed to the Publishers, Messrs. Hunter, Rose
& Co., 25 Wellington Street West, Toronto.

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