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Les diagremmes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 m [S / \ t m^^^^mm' STATEMENT OF 80ME OF THE CAUSES WHICH HAVE LED TO THE LATE DISSENTION IN THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, IN THE CITY OF SAINT JOHN. BY THE REV. R. B. WIGGINS, A. M, SAINT JOHN, N. B. PRINTED BY HSNRY CHUBB to COMPANT. PRINCK WILLIAM-STRXET. 1851. ■»• STATEMENT. %m0''*'^ The idea must ufteii strike a thoughlful and intelligent mind, that the interest felt for the subject of Religion is vastly out of proportion to Religion itself. Men know and feel that they are dying creatures, and they are told, moreover, that some are going down to everlasting torments ; and yet no one thinks of applying this frightful truth to himself. And why is this ? It is no answer to say that people feel no concern about Spiritual things. They do feel concerned about Spiritual things, for all men are concerned for their own interests, and especially for their Eternal interests. The mere natural man would be willing to surrender every earthly good if he feit it to be necessary, on the absolute condition and certainty of eternal happiness, just as he is now willing to toil and suffer for a part of his life here, in the mere hope of render- ing the closing part happy and comfortable. What then is the answer to the question 1 The answer is, that men are taught that they shall all go to Heaven, as it is! Is there any person walking through the streets, who thinks that he shall go to Hell ? And as each one thinks thus of him- self, it follows that all expect to go to Heaven ! Now how could this impression prevail among men, except it were taught to them ? They must imbibe it from others ; and the question is, how came such an impression ever to prevail? It is not merely because it is agreeable that it prevails ; for not all things that are agreeable to the mind of man are believed certainly to happen. But how is such an idea taught to man ? It cannot be taught to them :n the case of earthly things. Men cannot be taught that power, and honour, and affluence, and ease, will come to them, merely because they wish to receive these benefits. Means thereto are felt to be necessary ; and, in all such cases, there is found to be a strict relationship between cause and effect. Now in Religion, this relationship has been dispensed with. A scheme has been invented, by which a mnn may go to r>^ 4 Upon ,bi, „,i ■ , "'""' " '" "S»«>sJ'lTXl T" '"" '>"'" -/« •' Thev U O' -uoyei be" e'"^:::--- '"'^ """'' i' o ; w':i^""- that men ari> h« • ^"^ Practical wnrlt.n^ r? ^'""fi^ f« oiipport tins system of R^r • "^"^ ""nts them. ~. t «rzi'r "7 '"-';: ar- ■-» re IS no mercy on His part in nT. • • ^^'"^ *° 'he Father Being goes out nfh "° '""''"»^« at aJP ThL *^'' ^''«'' 6 gwes oat ot nimseir fn ,.» " ^nus one T)i*vi'n 4"ence ot this very system • tuJ ^^'^ *^n on in con »«/«.• thev L • ^.*" ^^ ^o^es to die ' T? ' ^'^'^ «'^> "' • '"py are virfMoiK. ^_ . " «ie . l nesp rno« r-^i . •t :ps*«sss«?WiH i '\. ^ed " in an e dark aiid nt'ftil as an hope to be 'n is essen- a thing to system is, ^or which em. 'ented the B Beings, ••ary and Spirit, the together, 'e sins of •lie Son message, '8 appa. ads the Father, he Son n than niitted divine eing ; idde- >vere, is the from >uris >een con- II at 'ipe uiu any Open the Gospel pages, and this whole scheme of modern Idolatry, vanishes at once. There is One Lord ; and Jesus is the Lord, (Zech. xiv. 9.) In the beginning was the Word and the Wnrd was God. He created all things. Of Himself he declares — before Abraham was lam. He that hath seen me hath seen the Father ; I and the Father are One. And after he ceased to be seen of men with their bodily eyes, He declared — / am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the ending, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. Here is, throughout, unity and oneness in the Deity ; the unseen Father dwelling in Hini^ and from Him proceeding the Holy Ghost. The Father of the Lord Jesus Christ was the Divine Principle iu himself; the Holy Spirit was the Divine Principle from himself. The Hu- man of the Lord was conceived from the Infinite Esse or Being (Isaiah ix. 6) ; and it was glorified successively on Earth till by the Passion of the Cross, it became One with that Esse. After this, and not before, the Holy Spirit was given from the glorified Humanity, which then for ever was the all in all of Heaven ; The Holy Ghost was not yet, because that Jesus was not yet glorified. This is the view of the Holy Trinity taught by the Lord to His disciples before He left the World. All power is given unto me in Heaven and in Earth. I am with you always ; teach them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you, baptizing them in the name (not names) of the Fa r, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghont. Accordingly they baptized, in all cases, in the name of the Lord Jesus, as containing, within it, the names of the Incomprehensible Trinity. The Father dwelt in Him from conceptioiii : and in adaptation to human igno- rance, He was therefore called the Son of God. (Luke i. 35.) The soul of the Lord Jesus was the Almighty ;* and in ac- cordance with this view, He forgave sins in his own name ; (Luke V. 21) gave laws for the government of the Universe ; exercised all the attributes of the Deity ; and is represented as executing judgment according to his own absolute decisions. This Gospel view of the Deity does away with that dreadful feature of wrath so fully portrayed in the systems of Reli- gion that man has made ; a feature which not only increases •The Rector of Trinity Church declared in his Sermon on Sunday morning, the 12th of January, that the Soul of the blessed Saviour was Human ! It might have been said from inadvertence ; hot it is rather singular that one who is so particular in guarding his people from heresy should be guilt- of heresy himself. This doctrine is Sociniauism, and nothing else. ••■"■' ively denied, even by many who are not aware of such a denial themselves ; and this denial arises from not recognizing the great Gospel fact, that the Human nature, which our Lord assumed on earth, was glorified or made Divine, by temptations and combats with the Powers of dark- ness. The Jehovah thus descended to the very ultimates of nature to save man, and thus became the Eternal medium of access to angels and to men, in the nature which He assumed. Out of the Human form God is not only inaccessible, but in- conceivable : No man cometh unto the Father hut by me. And again, no man (no being) hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him. Before the incarnation, the Lord appeared in the form of an Angel ; and is called the Angel — Jehovah. I t p.; ii "■"> held „f ,h, „,„ ° S"'3'.^"" °f "ligio,. .„ ,0.4 •flv« which ihev profe., Ob, Ii' ,° "'" ^""""^ then. "me, rational and i«.elliK,„r,„;„ 7 ".'^ """•• ''l "■« ««mo "•■«' i< i. ed.yhav.,„fficedr„l"ln«w- '^' ""«'""" V-emJ be«» reverenced, even ^hTre I't/-'' ^""" "'*'»« C «"'. -he ligh, „„„ ,o viaibly an " ''■'""' ""«"<' "" ft"- Heaven „pon .he ».orld at W l, "'l^'^ descending from «•« of ,he rational f.cni.ie. "*!' T''' " '"'"P"""^ eZ Every thing J, ,h, nXZZun"'"'' "'"•' ""'^ ^cr^tn e" before i, i. p|,„d ,■„ ,•""'""'<' '» '">" "es.ed and examined "f unlea, ,hi, ,am"e principle 'raTr'^ '" ' '"«•• - •"~« ' >;nle.. the word of God i".^„dil^ '^''''"' '" '"'"'"'I Mng,- "o-l e,ege,i.,_,b.ri Z'Z IT "",' ""'"<''" "^ « ~- «»»««lled. and ,piri,„al thinl. °"*'°«fy "f Seripture i, hnmble and PrayU?. t^S-mTnT"'/ "!''' """'""' "' ■» £o:^rra7::^":;~i;jjHieb .he controver. be. view with me in"on«,t L'fof "'■ "'"y ""•""•ed .n i„,er- «"«.n doctrine, .anghrby 11;?' 'r" "•="<« '• b'". of <">e»ed the aubjecta „„e™ir /""" ""= """'P''- We di^ •■•"ftction. an'd atp*r,C!e "' ""' """'■ ""'""""y •» t Cnnv.......-- * purling he eXUrPteao/l u: • . •^. "" ^ -. .cauon, atsome other timp ^« ^u"" "" "^"^ **» ^lo^d a «c"PturaI interpretation To ^h; i "^^ ^ "'*' P"»^'>'" "^ *""' "^^^ «""'°fir. and even glad * "» are losing er power to •here are not ho have very trinea ihem- lioueai and W8, baf not' At the dame to enquire »«y believe •eaaon and (B* butibat a God of ncy of the tnt worship 18 systems ligion has «lesof 1 glad ' tou8«ent; but ll.e request for such q conversauon huh never n.atle to me afterwards. Feeling thai it ought to have been made, after what had been said, I wrote to him a note a few days afterwards. (Nov. 20th, I think,) sending hi.n a certain Book, which embraced my vlows, in general, on the subjects before alluded to. This was a work on " Med.ums. by the Rev. J. Clowes, A. M.. Rector of St. Joun. Manchester, and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; it was on the instru- mentality of Mediums, in the regeneration and salvation ol mankind, and exhibiting their Divine origin, and the important uses thereto. To this note, I received an answer in ? day or two from Dr. Gray, alluding to the subjects contained in the volume, and stating that he should be prepared to discuss them in a few days. A month or six weeks after this, (Jan. 7ih,) 1 re- ceived a note from him, objecting to the doctrines m this work, and distorting them into all frightful forms! I was only sur- prised that such objections, on his part, should have remained shut up quietly in his own heart, for so long a time ; and con- cluded, that in reality his alarming objection to this volume, was an afterthuught. . . . The author here alluded to, propagated these opinions lor ^hoxxx sixty years in his Parish, anu in other places; lived m the hallowed affections of his people for that long period ; was the author of various works in Theology, evincing deep know- ledge of the Holy Scriptures; had a widespread .oputation, throughout England ; and at his death, received encomiums on his elevated piety and talents, of a private and public nature, from the English people, and even from the daily Lon- don press. Such a man, you may depend upon it was no mvslic nor fanatic, much less was he a " lying spirit, for the truth-(l Kings xxii. 8-22): His "witness" was m Heaven. He encountered, indeed, the rabid opposition of several Chr. gymen* at the opening of his ministry, and afterwards, who accused him of denying the Holy Trinity, and other doctrines, merely because he made these doctrines practical-involving the life, as well asameresetof opinions.-and proved that then- blessed efficacy was seen in elevating the Divine nature of ti.e Lord Jesus Christ, and in uniting the soul to H.m by faith. These Clergymen brought distinct charges agai nst Mr. Ciow es • Two or three of these, who were foremost in this peracculion. were removed from the wene, by remarkable interpositions. p' ' I I, yi 10 h-m from .heir m^c\,in,,ioT "" "^ ^''' "^ "'fenced B«hop. (.hough .ha, T;a^r;'LV7T"i'^ "'■="*»»*<'' band, and Dr. Gray on ,l,.„,u *""'"''") "i"'' on ibe one gronnd I beg .„ defend T volnl ^"""r' "'" ""'• «» "■» no. »l.y Bi,hop Por.e„a- ev-d ,ce i^lh? '""-"'^''y I kno» '"Dr. Grays; and .here mav be „>L. T""' ■« "»' «q"al From (be very firs. Ar,fc. I tnew ,he resul, itd^P™;"' ?"'"'""y "i't Dr. Gray Parish, .„ be ignoranrof "h t " 17! " '"T ^'"« '" "■'' 9"ar.era. The Corresponde.e one ?''"'"'•' '" «"»■>' conr,e, hough s.rong,/a«",C,fcrB„. -'"^ "'"""■'''y' "^ came ,he "4„.h,„i,y ./„f ,h" Chorl . V" "J""""- : 'ken au.horily of (he Scrip.ure in 1 ,. V ""''■Pen''enlly of .he from , he Homilies, /e. wi.b S7 .''V "■^" '^'"""■""" already familiar; and fiull^b L. - ""'""""' '" >" "y Dr. Gray, ,ha. , „„gh. ^olaJ.t°T,T """'""^ '" "" «r.ainly do, under simi.a " ^u '!,' ""f ' "'' *' """'W -"os. 'had no suck in.en.ion. no evenr"' »'>■ "-^P'r-as .ha. Curacy, unless I were dr„ZL 7 " ""enlion .o leaye .he compel me .„ .he la.'l 3 IT' """ ''^ ""' "' ''borly ,o dic.a.es of his own conldenl M ""«'" *" S""""' by 'he 'be not the any responsibiliiy in the matter ! With this view he cominenc- ed taking the Pulpit^on the occasions previously appointed lor myseir, instead of honestly and courteously declaring, as he ought to have done, upon his own argument, that he no longer required ray services as Curate. Here is the note : Saturday Mornings January 18, 1851. Mv Dear Sir,-! purpose myself to occupy the Pulpit at St- John Church to-morrow morning. 1 am your's, very ruly, Rev. R. B. Wiggins. I- W. L». UKAX. As he had asserted, in a note just previous to this, that he could no longer sanction my Doctrines, and implied that the connection between us must close, I was prepared to hear, ot course, that he had res ' ed to act accordingly. From the note just received, there...e, I concluded nothing else, and that he had taken this mode of dispensing with my services ; and I wrote to that effect ;- ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^g.^ De*r Sir,-I conclude from your note of this morning, cou- pled with the preceding notes, that you dispense «i hjny Services any longer. If not so, please let me know what your meaning is. I am your's, sincerely, wiGGINS Rev. I. W. D. Gray. « «• Wll,iiii>». To this I received an immediate answer, as if he were afraid that I should take him at his word. Saturday, I8th January, 1851. Mr Dear Sir,-Mv note of this morning has reference, as the terms of it express, exclusively to io-morrow. I am. your's, very uuly^^^^ Rev. R. Wiggins. *' " • " Upon reading this note I was quite confounded. It ought to mean that the difference between us was only jmi^orary and I almost thought it did ; but it meant nothing of the kind. U meant, as his subsequent notes and acts indicate, thai he raere- Iv wished to create annoyance. I took the Services at St. John Church, on that occasion, without any direct conscious- ness of this " uncorteous" mode of treatment on his part; and without the least idea that he had already made the controversy known to others, and charged me publicly, through his people, with all kinds of heresy. Reports reached me that i was suspended! It is usual, in charges of heresy, to have a trial before suspension, and even a condemnation of the heresy itself; without lhi«, a •' hundred Bishops" could not suspend. Dv g,< f>f" ' ! J J .'i ''U I ?-v, J <} f f ii 8- it 12 In .hi, s.a.e of .hings, seeing no hope of gelling anv ,bi„„ mm, will, ihe view of ascertaining why these rumor. L^ come from him, (they had uo. c„,„f fr„,^ me) wZu. heiul firs, communicaled to me, and ,„ k„o»., in so Tny «"ord? whether he had dispensed with my services as Curafe Zot' Thts ,n,erv,e.- only c™/W ,he tnat.er, as was »7by anotherthanmyselfbefore my Brother went, andftended o^ be par. of my Brother, in proposing a persona, in erviel'be which ^v nZ"" "'^"""•. "" ""^ ="''J«" '" controversy, of which my Brother was not informed. Such an interview had been declined before by Dr. Gray, when propose,^ by myself o discus, these, or any other subjects, and to read .o hTm the sermon of mine which involved them. Here follows this note of Dr. Gray : Mv D..a S.K,-y„„r Brother, Mr. slepten"' wTggi'n's'Sed upon me his morning, and recornmendeS that I sSd'hav. . rarcorts'p'::,!::""^"- •"'°" "■» -w««i»v„i"ii'd^ro'u: time I can fix for it, for that purpose. ^"^''^^^ Wnh regard to the duties of Sunday next, I have no wish to interfere u ,th your preaching in your regular course nroviHpS you g.ve me your word thaf the doctrines wS have i^f^^ matter of correspondence between us shall be abstained fVom and a I allusion to the subject be avoided on your part on S occasion Upon no other terms could I brj-usSd as the Rector of th.s Parish, in giving my sanction to your preach! y^ur accedirig, or otherwise, to this proposition. ^oTSTo)1,l7^rSi '"" "" »'"^'"""-« - -dell. I am, my Dear Sir, Your's, very truly, Rev. R. B. Wz«oivs= ^' ^^ ^' ^^^^^ The Reply is as follows : T» c mu .. ^ St John, Jan. 31, 1851. Dear SiR,-.The object of mv Brother's visit was merely to ascertain why you had circulated the rumour, that you had lal arbitrary g any thing call apon rumors had thout being inny words, irate or not. predicted by !t ended, on iterview be- troversy, of erview had 1 by myself, '■ to him the 31, 1851. :ius, called old have a ved in our ?de, and I he earliest no wish to , provided lave been ned from, ft, on that ied as the r preach- • iutiniate suld siig- i the ser- ' made iu rRAY. 1851. erely to you had 1^ 13 precluded me from preaching in the pulpits here, when no in- timation of the fact had been given to me. We w'ere utterly indipnant at hearing this rumour, and no less so after you had declined to give my Brother any explanation of the cause of such a rumour. Common honesty demanded from you that should have been made acquainted with the fact, .nstead of purposely concealing it from me, while you made it known to * The alTiision in your present note Jo an interview with the intention of discussing the subjects between us, is o"/ of the nnnit inn OH the grouud you take. You claim, virtually, that rcTurch is higher autim Bible; and I.cannot conrend for matters of Christian faith upon that prmc.plc. I am willing to discuss any doctrines on Scriptural authority, as iTuggested to you before, and to read to you any sermons of mv own with that view. , . _ , With reference to preaching in the Pulpits to-morrow, I have no intention of alluding to the subject in controversy between Z as that matter, if necessary, will be presented to the public, Jhmiigh the PresL As to the truths to be preached at that, or nnv other time, I can yield to no dictation. The subjects ffi 1 have Pleached a?e eminently practical-beng repen- tance towards God, and faith in the Lord .Fesus Christ-and these subjects in general will, I hope, always be the theme of " You wmTave the goodness to remember that I am not asking to txreac in your pulpits, but merely wish to claim the nght lot^tobedeba^rred from preaching till I receive a definUc assu- ranee from yourself, in writing, that my services are no longer required as Curate in this Parish. '^*^^ 1 am, most sincerely, R. B. WIGGINS. Rev. I. W. D. Grav. Satxirdatj \st March, 1851. Mv Deau Sm,-You misstate the object of your Brother's • -An mp. it was not to ask why 1 had circulated any rumour whateve" bu whetS:!- some repo'rt which he had heard, as to wdaiever uui true or otherwise; and to inquire &'eT 'nrS officeToVhis part could beof use in the mauer You further mistake the case in say«g' ^h^^, ' ^^'^ ^- I\« rrSvp voiir Brother any explanation of the cause of S tZrr n«Hn''ed no.hi'l.g. 'aU ,he informa.ion your Brother asked I freely gave. _ _^^ ^^^^^^ ^^_.^^^^ ^^ c„rrresy:bave X Jedirf^ I'have s.ric.ly attended .o biect of the visit .„ ly wSv ed of the result, « n^hinVrf^nirVwuTd be obtained by any m«« or letter. * I alluded to the inietv : ■■ deed, I was not clearly iif i' ■J. '.••'''■ 4 I i if: .ill 1 W; liii It ! %: 14 f*"©/!! the first V • • J am, my dear Sir, ** Vour's, very tn,|y, «ev. R. B. W.GG.Ns. '. W. D. GRAY. Dear Sir ^tj,o '*^'* '^'''"'» ^^'^ Marc/i IKii Curate le'lnn I ^^^^"''^n^^ on your 1% Zm "^'^.."eces. "■»,••?». .he close." "<"" "• ^°-- >'o.e. and ^oZ'dtn.e .-e "-'4' a,°',r !e1 a'?« ,f t "f 7^ •'™"-'» visi. „k,-., ■ -.esi;":e^rr'"?^°- ''^■'^^ S- be" ct i'C" r/r "™' »- -u.e 'ai ^v" eT" °'- oppoHu" fv^au • S V'J"'""- »»" of affol- "" /?;»,«'• »t done so is as ^a and unwar- regard to your ach myself to- d at Triniiy i,, versy beiweeij netliuni of the B'*s. are so uu- et it. D- GRAY. ^ay, coupled note, ueces- services as "'"ngly, and end. fi some re- which was n yourself, 'a in your some defi- 'u took oc- y expense, 'le contro- 1 us. His e was di- ft'om tJie e, but in ^ to this , that if I hers be- Important and this pne an- idea of him the t a con- l that I f I were It " ho. 1 15 Again: with regard to the Bishop's license for me, whi.h was never obtained, your course of conduct was just the re- verse of " honest and courteous." I came lo St. John at the Z.ZVJ%TT\^^^''\''^ ^'^" ^'""S jnst before under his icense at St. Andrews), at your request, and at the request or the Vestry here, by their vote, or resohition lo ihat effect ; and in each case, as it happened, v»ithout any solicitation on mv own part. It is usual, I think, to have the Bishop's license in every Parish where you officiate ; and, therefore, the license was considered essential by yourself. The application for it yoii proposed to make at once, which you neglected to do; and on the Bishop's return from England, you again alluded to the license and proposed sending for it. It was, however never asked for, and the result is, I never received it. J felt no concern about it myself, if they choose to waive a claim in my favour, and grant to me a privilege granted to no others. But I have a reason to think that you alwavs looked uoon it as a detriment to me, in case of any contingency. Was vour con- duct here either " honest or courteous ?" Was youf pledced word kept or broken 1 ^ ^ I might state other cases to illustrate the subject, but thev would involve names which I have no right to introduce here. Suffice it to say, that your conduct towards me from the first has been that of mdirectness and circumlocution, instead of being marked bv what was honest and straightfo^^vard. The remarks you have alluded to therefore, m your last note, are not " unbecoming in me to make, nor are they unfounded and unwarrantable in themselves." The very last act of your course of conduct towards me confirms the Jirst. Vou then wished me to retire "quietly" in case of any dis- turbance with Mr. Stewart, and now you ask me to retire guietlv alter this misunderstanding with yourself. You deny me the Pulnit except to preach at your dictation ; and if I resort to the Press, either to explain the nature of the controversy, or to defend my position, a sort of threat is breathed against me ; while in the meantime I am subject to any imputations which those who are interested may choose c "l-r. VPO" ^^^^"^ tenns alone am I dealt with by " the Rector ot this Parish." These terms are not consistent with my idea of civil and religious liberty ; and I therefore beg to decline them as I did the terms pro- posed by you on the former occasion, to which I have alluded The lormer quarrel never happened as anticipated, not from any unwiU- mgness on the part of the person in question, to bring it on, (very far from It); but simply from my abiding by the principle I advocated from the first." with reference to that case, and which I stated to you at the tim.e,-that ,f Mr. Stewart, or any one else, sought to WToiiif or injure me, I was not willing to injure them in return, though I might think It necessary to prcade against the injury; and this couKe alone has saved me from any altercation. It has, indeed, im- posed upon me, as you have been long aware, the necessity of avoid- III 16 by those who hive preceded n.^ ''''"'"^'^'^ '" *'"« ''-^Pe^N "^et uih roversy, but only your m.^ol artir f V" ^'^' '"^"^'"^ «f con- to your opinions, but you irars be , it?'s„^T. ^''' f ^-'ffh^' ^"d^ecl, before you c«We«.« them, in a Clu "h so .^t. ?* "^''"'"^ ^''^ ^^'^ong js, and has been, something d c'epe how^J!' ^^'^ ^' «"r«- Therf doctrme ; for these general doctWnp«.i' *''"" "'^'"^ questions of Jhe first.* DoctSne w Hdo as ri^'^" ^T'^'^ ^^ "^« ^o" doctnnes, are M.« objerted nof vT^ ^^ difference; and thought to 1.. wrong,i;b au;e tLev uffod^''^"'^*^^^^^'-^ honestly t.on when placed in^distorted brms^ Thlt Pk^'^k" ^""^""^ «f '^^^ enmity sought to be excited a J,^^. r ^ ^^' ^^» ^ feeling of who are of %ar party! mfdlinve,""'' "' ' ^""^^ time past, by some d.mmished«V It ,^' not en^hTo "ri; T J^^^^^ " '^'" ^ necessary to injure him afterSs T f ^^ f P'''^""' ^"t it is bnefly say, that feelings of that k nd Tv" .'"'"' P^^^°"« ^ ^^ould taken an upright and undeviatl. ,. "'^'^ ^'^''"''"^^ one who has mit. will br?ng%hem r.o pea rat^retr^A^"^^ ^'"™' "^ ^^^ «" ^" the deliberate purpose of thinkin"evil' I A ''fP' ,^"^ '"'^^''^ "Pou neighbour, and especially o doin| t ^1^^! r^ '7^'^'"? '''^^ ^« bi« dies ; and his death is both tlTits'nfl '"'^^l '.' indirectly, he With retrard to tho A^^, • t , ^"" the second death -lIthatyoSc;V:ay':gattT^^^ ^T^^^^ '" ^^is place, after ^ vveek or a year, bm IS^^ based upon God's word, whhiut rel.n'^/'?^ ^rV^'^' ^liey Lre terpretations of man ; and thel ha- <•' -^ ^'^"'''^ ""^ •^- »n truthful and intelligent mind?- .nT k""^ ^response, f am sure, cognised by the truthful the vhnv^K '''^''' *^">' '^^^« "«t been re disjointed view. It is no a ^set on f " '''"/"!>' ^" ^ Partial and system to be wron as you all ad- ay be wronged, id wakes upon "? evil to his f indirectly, he eath. (lis place, after ot, perhaps, in I- They are I'losses and in- ^e, I am sure, e not been re- ft partial and that proves a aching. All r. merely be- ' thing that I ie ; for these hey have ap- man. It is I hut these % >pposition to to Him who Jgment. In a desolation i longer, al- I in my mi- son, that I ad- 17 tiistry here, to approve myself to God, and not to man. No one ciM accuse me of favouring any party as such, or of being self-seeking. On the contrary, I have sacrificed much for the sake of the truth, and have merged my own interests in the general good of the Church here ; and this is my solace. It is easy to talk about giving up all ; and quite another thing to do it. I do it with the consciousness that I shall be misrepresented, and as far as certain persons can do it, made even perhaps to suffer want. But I am thoroughly in earnest for what I know and feel to be the truth, and am willing to declare It, and prepared to abide by it at all times, and at any sacrifice. I am, your's, sincerely^ Rev. I. W. D. Gray. «' »• WIGGINS. Here the Controversy ended by a brief note from Dr. Gray, al- luding to the first paragraph only, in my last letter. In this last act of the Rector of Trinity, he betrays the same spirit tliat actuated him before. "With regard to this Controversy, if Dr. Gray believed the views in question to be such as he stated them to be, his course was plain enough ; that is, honestly to dissolve the connexion at once, and assign Ihe reason. This he was unwilling to do, but willing enough to ran* der the connexion as disagreeable as possible to me while it lasted. It was with the greatest difficulty that he could be brought to the gpint at last, and compelled to dispense with my services as Curate, by an overt act of his own. Being thus driven from the Pulpit, and denied the privilege of addressing a few words at parting to the congregations to whom I had ministered for upwards of three years, I take the only mode left of expressing to them my thoughts, after this rude and " uncour- teoijs" severance of the tie between us. You are aware, my Brethren, that I have from the very first adopted a style of preaching which was somewhat peculiar to my- self. This I have done, not from any desire of popularity, much less to gain the reputation i)f novelty among you, but simply because I had imbued the truths of God's Word, without reference to the terms or definitions In which those truths are generally expressed. I have taught the Holy Scriptures as a system of truth, and diis equally whether the subject of my Sermons was doctrinal, preceptive, or ex- planatory of the figurative language in which parts of the Word are written. The foundation of this system is the Lord Jesus Christ, the Word Himself. It is very possible, owing to the disjointed and fragment tary manner in which our Sermons, as a course, followed each other> c 'f ' i: 18 *icularjy now. ^"<»^^m6, therofore, to allude to it more par known;" hM hence ihe necr^iwor "l "' »."»'"? '™"y "»n. W or image i„ ,^^ „. j '"''''y "f '^Ks,r„ir,g Him by some -«rily of .pace, i "tlrtZ^''- /''' '■«'-' M™ «-! ?"».rfthi, idea inu, ,ke hnZ„tZ . '""" "■" ^''->"< "»•- '" «>e Greek knguage. ^i^" Lair" ™"°'' " '"''-• "«"'". fe« were .hey „„der Ae at^ct Me, V": T"'^ 'f""" '^ «» ■-«'• Nation., who have no. Ae ^^ .'1" .h r /"^ "'''"■=' "> »" reives, and „„„^ip „.___ .eeordS ™ '"'^'"'" ™^ »^ 'l-em. » ">»ch ..untaown" to ^0!^ * a.t "' ''"" <''"'^'' He « God ke «,*„,«, Ha ,vill be woT / "'' '° ">'' •'^"i «"Jorgotten as the mind rises into a higher region, and recognises the great truth that Jesus is the Lord, and that He is almighty to save ! Fear then gives place to love, and the heart is set at liberty This is the "We of Christ, which passeth knowledge- and which is but dimly seen by the mere natural man. The com- mon view taken of the sufferings of Christ to save the sinner IS too often confined to the mere natural feelings, though even these feelings are intended to have a powerful influence upon the character; but the true nature of His suffering for sinners and m their stead, is seen in its power to produce a change in the' moral character of man ; and instead of being confined to the mere natural sensibilities, its influence becomes spiritual, and touches the heart itself with a sense of the awful and mysterious love of God Ihere is something vast, mysterious, and awful about it then ; it lays hold of the inmost-feelings, controuls the reUgious sentiments, and originates them where they did not exist before. But, on the sys- tern that man has made, this motive-power is well nigh lost ; he looks ^n the suiierings of the blessed S ar as demande/' hy another Bemg; and while the mere natural sensibilities are excited by these mysterious sufferings, the natural man stiU lefuses to sacrifice his Mil* ! The view of the atonement whkh I ha.y% taitgbt^ xtmMA cf %-ik i I I «W .„d profaned ,ho Ww 7l^°' ""'^ l""^. '" my view, f.,! As 10 rte g„u„j „|^ • ■ng rel,g,„u, doctrine, on ,he S ,■ 1 'h- controversy, in di,cu«- »y a few words. The Church offif I T"™ °'""'' '« "- Senpmre; and she declare. i„ Te, sLh /"f"" " '»»='' °" Holy • no. read .herein, nor „,„y be ;„ e^hereT ' " ""' '"■'"'°-" °f any man, U,a. i, should bo befceH ^' " ""' '» '»' '«!"««, .. Ae Church, because i. coma" ° '° w J''" '"""'''• "■»«- -^aon are .he Holy ScriptuJ tad '"'''' ' "" '<" "o oAer Thw IS .he principle of the RefonT, " "•"> S.bba.h day ^"der i, for any human mdi.t „r ir "" "'""'""« "^ -- 'U'gy of ,U Ch„.h is bc"«uTb^;:„ *'"">■, """"='• ^"^ Li. ^"t,ful, because i.b,ea.hes th str^fTJ''''';"^"™' b"' i> " the Word of G^ «„, read i„ i,! *! , "^ ""» •■"'«« 'imes, when ««<'rf.>,V.W„f ,he cI^S veZT .''"'• "' " 'h^ ""^ "•an who differed from each „.L ? „„r f" ""'^ """'^ Penned by tomakeAeChu^h as brla„d a" c^r?"""«»*f'»<' anxious' gave form and expression .o ,h, y ^ ^°'"= ^' Po'^iWe- They and *e Book of Ar,icl :"sl*:„:^^^«'- "I""'"' "^ *" «»« T Pearson remarks, a full body o 'Zi .' ''""t" '" "^^ »» ^'^op "ons m rte ChuKh prove L' , 7 ^ "*"^' T'e '"ry agia- -y a resor. again ^^.11 BWet ITr' '™^' "»'' -»"- »'-■ of "he Religious „,i„d. fiu. as U 1^ " ='"' ''«''^' '-)"W'ions Ae Bible co„«in, „r,„i„ do^.r „ , 'and r^"" ' *^"^'-' "■«' »Ives m this belief. So of svlri' 5 ''°'' *" ""S™ them- o»ntained,.he.ruU.isper:;jd J!'.'" "''"'='' "^^ 'i°«™es a^ » thus of.en rendered fbsTure and ev,r°""'"'' """""'^ -" ■« knowledged principles of .he Div,„e G '""""^'"on. wiUi .he ac- As to .he doctrines in , ! <^ovemroen.. D. Gray and hil'^; T^ Tl ™r ^ "^ ^ -«= by P'tate no. fanciful ,hJriesb«.™iTd i^'^.^^^'T'-i f-m Ae Pul' They are based upon .he rioly S.^r^^""'''!"'' '""""s™' «™'h«. Ae Apostle's Creed, The vi^w of .1 „ ?"'' '"''?'" «P«a»ly in 1a.ght,moreover.isdistinc J~e; "^J™''^ **"' ' "-av: ,lyou give Ae.p,.peran'dTf.ri'"'^'^"=^''»f Athanasius, persona," drere employed to -„«:: TTI '" "^ "^"n ''ord ^ith unuttef' intimated the ny view, faJ. ^ in discuss-' '"»«, let mo ed on Holy- whatsoever ) be required faith, or be urch, there- ^or no other bbath day. ling to sur- . The Li- ; but it is nes, when the terms >enned by d anxious e. They be time; ts Bishop !ry agita- ler Mecca, uisitions Ives that ^ them- nes are ; and it the ac- 2L ws" of the Church, they .re dearer to me than any otiier form of human language, and express more deeply the wants of the soul and m my private ministrations, I have seldom adopted the custom' of the other clergymen of the Church here in departing from these - terms. I have the deepest love and venemtion for the Church of f^ngland; andl am not to be driven from it for heresy, wUhout bemg taught what heresy is by a higker authority than the Rector of Tnnuy Church. As to myself, 1 am prepared to meet with per- secution for ^vhat I know to be the truth, and vvhich I hope to pro- mulgate as long as I live. And let me observe here, that if, in the course I have hitherto taken to enforce the Truth, I may sometimes h.ve appeared harsh or severe, it was genemUy to meet the case of y^mI\7T -aking^eat professions of Religion, have evinced veiy httle of the spirit of Religion itself: nor is it surprizing that mA persons should hate the Preacher, as well as the Doctrine, h. ■1S side by 16 Pul- truths. 5sly in have lasius, word )f the Pmy- A*