The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-11-19 00:00:00

ecclesiastical Int*lliptue.

Tex death is annoanoed of the Right Rev. Dr. Mum
Straehan, Bishop of Toronto, the oldest of the colonial.
prelates. The bishopric' is worth C 1,250 • year.

DIL 11•NEILre APPEAL POE • REPOIXATTEE LEAGUE,
-Dr. M'Neile, spieskieg at the Liverpool Auxiliary
Bible Society's Annimegary, : In the face of mu
common enemy, isombination is an obvious duty- -(hear,
bear, sad applause). We sethein heathenism • commuter
enemy, and we combine to send the Bible to the
heathen ;we consider Mohammedanism a common
enemy, and we combine to send the Bible to the Turks;
we consider Romenisin in Romish nmetries common
enemy, and you will bear, I have no doubt, presently.,
of what Ims been done earnestly and maloneby to avail
ourselves of ths opportunities afforded to mad the Bill*
to Austria end to Daly. Itomanism in Bog and is •
common enemy- (beat' hear, and applause). And here,.
on the platform of the Bible Society, and surrounded by
members of various Christian churches, I ask fir dna-
bination against the progress of Popery in Busked -
(loud cheers). I address, as I raid, different elessee of
Christissna-menthers of the Church of Scothad,.
members of the Free Church of Scotland, Wealayass,
Congramatiorelists, Baptiste; and if there be any other
seine by which men are Galled who love the Lord
Jesus Christ in sincerity I address you-all of you-end
I sal to you, seen Evangelical clergyman of the Chetah
of England, that we have too mush and too long Lusa
estrenged from one another-(ippling.). We have
been arid and distart ; we have &Bowel smell matter,.
comparatively superlicial matters--matters of Chun h
, government that Is, matters of man'. arrangement sad
not of God's truth-thear, hear)-matters of keel and
psrty polities, to keep us too much asunder. Behold.
then, I tate upon me to-night to publish an Simeon
-(loud applause). Dr. Peary published an Eircesicon.
peeking for union with Rome- (laughter)-Rome, diet
hates the Bible bemuse the Bible betides of her works
that are evil-Rome, the enemy of human liberty and
human pregress-(hesr, hear, and applause)- Roane, that
added in the sixteenth century twelve new articles to
the faith, and in the nineteenth eentury another new
article, and insists upon them as all necessary to salva-
tion, as if God had given the., from Heaven. Union
with Rome 1 What concord bath light with darker as,
-Christ with Belie!? Impossible! We can neither
have union or peace with Rouse -(hmar, hear, and
applause). But what are our differences? They are
differences which are not fundamental This may sound
strange; but look at it. and think of it, and you will see
it is true. What are they? Episoopacy-a word net
often used at the meeting' of the Bible Society;
ceremonies; adoption by the State. Well, nos, look
at these. Episcopacy is not fundamental. We miser
said it was. The Church of England never said it was-
We prefer it. I prefer it for one • I frankly tell yon
also. We of the Church of England think that it is
the most ancient mode. We may be wrong in that;
but we think so, and we say so; but we nowhere say it
Is essential to the being or the well-being of thee
Christian Church. There is no such schistuatioal say-
ing in any of our documents. Well, ceremonies are
not fendemental. We all agree with you that it is nit
necessary that ceremonies should be at all please and at
all times the same, for they bars always been &verse,
scoording to the diversities of the countries, times, man
man's necessities, No that nothing be done against Gogh
Word. Well, then, adoption by the state is mot
fundamental. It may be attended with advantages,.
it may be attended with disadvantages, or both of these.
may be true. But disadvantage or advantage, it isnot
essential to the being or workingof theChrbtOlanrelt.
Well, I say again, what are our differences? I say
spin, my friends, that the time has come when a great
and essential difference should be marked between •
sepsration which involves the fundamental truth of
God's Word, and the separation which lies com-
paratively on the surface; and [say to all of you who
do not agree in everything with me, Do not cad away
this appeal, saying- lt is your affair in the Church of
England, and we have no concern in it." Have we, the
Evangelical body of the Church of England, offended
you? Have we been cold and distant, and dons any-
, thing that you have taken &maims ? Perhaps some of us
have. and if we have, it is the glory of • man to pun
by offences-theist, head. I am not ashamed flowed
for combination at this crisis, and I am not 'shammed to
acknowledge, to avow, that my judgment in this crisis
is that, without your help, I see no means of enalmthin-
Mg, in its integrity, the Protestantism of England -
(loud applause). And why, bemuse the ultimatum d
national authority is Parliament, I hops none of on
, will ever we an ecclesiastical imperialsi is illepnio to
settle any of the affairs of this nation without the
authority of Parliament. The ultimatum then, of
national authority is Parliament, and I believe, that
without combination we shall not be able to bring nob
a pressure of ndional feeling ttpOli the repreeoutetives
of the people as will secure effeetive legislation in this
matter-(bear, hear). Dr. Puny and his associates
recruiting, I may say, abroad; endeavonriag to brine
the moral weight al patriarchs, and prelates, and nrisstu
to bear upon their atheme to read throughout this
sountry Samerdotalism, which would bring dm men who
yielded to it • slave at the foot of his fallow men, and
which, if onoe established, might really he troublesome
to get rid of-(hear, hear). I em sadeavouring to
bring the weight-the moral weight-el Christians of
all denominations, Inas, sound, and orthodox Christians
of the various Churches of Grad Britain and Ireland,
to bear upon- our *thud, which. is to maintain in
integrity its privileges, the blessurP, and liberties of
our common faith; and all this become of the scriptural
truth of our glorious Reformation. Let us now, on
the platform of the Bible Society, make • Reformation
Lev. ; let every ma who joins it feel that he is •
true servant of Christ, willing to eadere btedeees,
willing to make secrifices, willing to do battle for the
great mum of Christine truth; and if we gag a response
amongst Nonconformists, the demanded" of those
heroic ste. who stood lathe gap and defended the truth,
ysay, hit us hays a Reformation Learn ; and let us
ooretirea to do this before the meeting of Parliament
to multiply and intensify this agitation. Dr. Pasey
netters himself the dorm will blow ever. He Nays
Englishmen will . bear anytkhag. I hope be is wrong.
pope there are wlek he will sae Ragland won't
beat-sad I think le one of thim-(laelbler and
cheers). Let us multiply and intensify this agitation,
and helots the Dustin; of Parliament let us miss such •
voice in Failmad--• national voice- -unmistakably
national-loud and long, merlons and determined-every
mama saying to his representative in the House of
Common!, and every man saying to our hereditary
' We have borne this lung enough; we won't
CeZeiT'openy in Fieglimmd." In the name of the well-
legalised Protestantism of the British Crown, ia the
strength of the British people-patient, but males-bo-
ws demand that we should maintain in satire integrity
all the blessings of the religious liberties of mu Scrip-
tural Raforandion, and of the civil liberties of our
glorious Revolution-(mmisuse).

Ir is parsisalady requested that all Chassassicatious be
addressed to " The Editor." sad set to say ladividual
by woe.
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Taesdey, November 19, 1997.