The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-08-22 00:00:00

VtirE STOVRPRIDan OBSERVER_

has during that period agitated the church of England. His
" Divine Rule of Faith "is his great work. The second edi-
tion consists of three volumes in royal octavo, and contains
a mass of solid evidence ins refutation of those who attempt
to make the rule of faith a compound, consisting partly of
Scripture. To the Ritualists the appearance in the field of an
evangelical champion, so fully equipped in all Patristic medine-
vat and Reformation literature, was "a heavy blow and great
diseouravoMent." Not one of his antagonists could stand
before him, and Dr. Pusey, Bishop Phillpots, the Bishop
of Oxford, were each in his turn obliged to acknowledge the
logical power of the able and deeply-read presbyter by
whom they were all in turns encountered In the Gorham
controversy he was in himself a host against the Bishop
of Exeter and his legal advisers ; although we must not
forget that Mr. Gorham himself was a 'totemic of great
learning and singular ability. Both have left behind
them a debt of gratitude which was not to he repaid to them
in this world; and perhaps we may say, without offence, that
both were beset with infirmities of the same order which
tended to obstruct their pref ernsent in the church. DeanGoode
was the son of the Rev. W. Goode, the successor of the cele-
brated Mr. Romaine as rector of St. Ann's, Black Mars. Be
graduated in 1825, and was at first curate at Cluistchurch,
Newgate-street, to his father's friend, the Rev. Mr.
Crowther. From 1835 to 1849 he was a rector of it.
Antholin's in the City. From 1849 to 1856 be was rector
of All-hallows ; and in 1856 he was promoted by Lord Chan-
cellor Cranworth to the rectory of St. Margaret's, Lothbury,
as the reward of his labours, particularly in the Gorham
cause. In 1960 he was raised to the deanery of Ripon by Lord
Palmerston, on the recommendation of Lord Shaftesbury. :
But while there was an addition of dignity, there was no im-
provement in income, although the deanery virtually included
the duties of Rector of Ripon. During the last year he came
into the field with great force on the Ritual question.
one of the late.t of the numerous publications issuing
from Isis pen was "Rome's Tactics," a pamphlet in
form, but embodying a volume in matter, and specially
important at this critical juncture of our national history.
His pamphlet on the Natal Bishopric was also recognised
as one of great value by the noble and learned Master of
the Rolls, Lord Romilly. If is removal must be regarded as
a serious loss to the Church, but whilst Isis active courm
has terminated, and he rests from his labours, his works
will long survive as a storehouse of ecclesiastical knowledge,
and an arsenal to which other champions will often resort
fon weapons with which to unmask the suistlety of Rome,
and to destroy the devices of those who revile our glorious
Reformation, and the noble men who were honoured of God
to carry it into effect.

country for Protestantism to find itself opposed. It is not
the first time that opposition has been offered to our Protes-
tant Constitution, to that Constitution which upholds the
purity of our Established Church. When Protestantism was
first established in these realms was it established quietly?
No; those who went before us shed their blood in its de- !
enee ;tear, hear) ; and I am proud to think that the mass '
If ottr usisple are Protestant still to the backbone. ,
hesra) They detest these signs of approaches to
Popery. You are aware that a proposition has been
! trotght forward for the disestablishment and disendow
went of the Church in Ireland. Now, that simply
means the transfer of Ireland to the power of the Roman
Catholic priesthood. C' No," and cheers!! A small nucleus
of Protestants now exists in various parts of Ireland; but if
that Establishment, which forms a centre for them to rally
round, and by which the pure word of God as contained in
the Bille is constantly kept before them and preached to
them, be taken away, I should like to know what institution
there will be in that country capable of contending against
the machinations of Rome. ',Cheers.) I say, then, that
whatever those who bring that proposition forward may
mean the result will assuredly be to throw the whole
country into the hands of the Roman Catholic priests. But
I am sorry to any there is another difficulty which presses
upon us at the present moment. and this, again, is Oa new
thing. We all know that that libertine King Charles it. and
that bigoted King James 11. endeavoured to reintroduce
Popery into England. But what was the result? The people
of England rose as one man and said, "We will not have these
men to reign over us." They overthrew the then existing
dynasty and founded a new one, from which has descended our
present beloved Queen, and no person in the world more at
tubed to Protestant principles or to the pure religion which
we profess exists than the beloved Sovereign who now rules
over us. Cheers. I call upon you then to stand by her
in her determination te maintain that pure Word of God
undefiled by Popish emissaries. (Hear, hear. We want no
Nlackonochies among us; we wish to send them to Rome,
the place where they ought honestly to be. ,Cheers ! We
desire not to remain in the company of men who betray the
trust reposed in them as ministers of our Church. Re
newed cheers.: Well, then, what is our duty under these
circumstances? 1 speak not now as a politician ! but an
election is coming on. Let it be a Protestant election.
Cheers.! Return no Ritualist to Parliainent. Tell the
Government of the country that you will support them in
putting down Ritualism ; tell the Government of the
country that you insist on their introducing legislative moo
sures which shall enable churchwar(lena and the inhabitants
of the poor parts of the country to bring to account those
who attempt to imitate Roman Catholic ceremonies in our
parish churches. ( Hear, hear.) Here is rather a remarkable
testimony that I extracted from the columns of The Tome,
which contained an article a few days ago that, I think, it
would be worth while for all of you to read. The articles ix The
7'unes are generally written by men of great ability and ster-
ling talent, who know very well what is the feeling of the
people of England. I recommeed you to read the article to
which I color; and I will only quote from it a few words
taken from a letter written by fir. Jackson, which was
read at the Wesleyan Conference held in Liverpool. Those ,
words are them:—" Many of the clergy ie. of the Church
of Englaed, declare their abhorence of the very name of
Protestant; they revile the Protestant martyrs they affect
Popish forms of worship; they presets the doctrines of
Popery, and declare their sympathy wills the Church of
Rome." ,Cries of "Tani them oat!" That is what I
say. Cheers. Ought such men as those to be ministers
of our Church? !" No.", And can any Church continue
In its purity if there is not some means of punishing
them, and depriving them of their position as ministers
of the Gospel? (Renewed cries of "Tarn them out !")
Well I, too, say " tern them 01st;" but, if we want to
turn them out, let us do it by proper legal and constitu-
tional means. Let them have a fair chance of the law; only
let the law lse a good one. Let the law be sound, and then
they will be turned out. Let the law he easily got at.
Don't let it be delayed from year to year snail everybody has
• forgotten what the beginning of the dispute was. Let it lie
' done at once. !Cheers.: I have addressed you longer than
I intended to do. The gentlemen who will follow me will
enter far better than I can do into the details of this great
. question. But one thing 1 will just add before I sit down.
There is no man in this great assembly who is more en-
tirely convinced of the rectitude and propriety of our he.
stirring ourselves at the present moment than the humble
individual who now addresses you. Hear, hear Nothing
' has ever been gained by idleness. For God's sake, bestir
yourselves ! Now is the time. If you do not act now you
loop 01 well go to sleep for ever. (Loud cheers, mingled
with Kentish flre,)
! Mr. Hardinge Giffard, Q.C., then stood forward to mpve
the that resolution—Viz:—
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" That this meeting, composed as it is of all sections of the
community, strongly deprecates the attempt recently made
In the House of Commons to effect a serious and radical
change in the Constitution, and by hasty and ill-considered
legislation."
Ile addressed the meeting at considerable length, and was
followed by
Or. Cowan, of Reading, who, in seconding the resolution,
said it behoved them to boon their guard, for they had
traitors both within and without the camp. Did they ever
see or hear of a country which prospered without the
acknowledgement of God, or that east out God from its
councils? It was better to die its the defence of the truth
than to flourish without it, or to join with the apostates.
He feared that this matter would not be peaceably settled,
and that we were drifting down into another civil war, when
it would be their duty to take the part which their forefathers
acted. :Cheers. There were quite enough Protestants in
England and DeWitt at the present moment to upset the
machinations of their deadly foes. Popery was the spawit of
hell, and the deception of Satan himself. It depended,
however, upon them whether they would consent to be
reduced to that state of vassalage ATI bondage which were
the fate of every population over wiich Rome exerted her
supremacy. :Cheers.?
After some observations by Mr. Foster, who represented
the G mud Orange Lodge of Ireland, the Chairman put the
resolution, and declared, amid much enthusiasm, that it was
carried with only two dissentients.
The Bishop of Perth was warmly received on coming for-
ward to propose the second resolution. He said that al-
though he came from the opposite side of the globe he was
persuaded they would not consider lain an intruder when he
came to take counsel with them upon this great and all-im-
portant matter. . . . They were told that the clergy in this
country were crying out before they were hurt, that there
was no movement on foot against the Church of England, and
that Mr. Gladstone :groans and hisses) hail no intention o
moving a finger against that Church. But it was the busi-
ness of the potpie of this country to inquire not auto the in-
tentions of Mr. Gladstone, but the intentions of Mr. Glad-
stone's masters loud cheers —'f that resolute and compact
party which hall pushed him on to the position in which he
now stood. Mr. Gladstone was said to be their leader, but
in what sells.? lie slid not govern them, but they governed
haul. Tile right rev, prelate concluded by moving 5
That this meeting is of opinion that the principle of an
alliance between Church and State is not only in strict accord
with the wise practice of Governments in all past ages, but
likewise Daly sanctioned and enjoined by the spirit of
Christianity, whose holy mission it is to consecrate things
secular by an indissoluble union wins things sacred • and
this meeting hereby Dienes MI true Christians, of whatever
denomination, to uphold by their vote and influence at the
forthcoming election the union of the State with the Church
of the Reformation."
Mr. Newdegate, who was received with vehement cheering,
seconded the resolution, and concluded a lengthy speech by
saying that they knew their enemy, and let them combine
as one man to resist lain. Protestant Dissenters should re-
member that their religious freedom was donned from a State
that WELS bOlind to a Protestant Church, and therefore to
Protestantism. Let the Protestant Dissenters, then, join
with Protestant Churchmen, as their leaders formerly did, to
maintain that connexion as the only valid security for their
lawful, peaceful, and orderly freedom. (Loud cheers).
After some observations by the Rev. Professor Perowne,
the Chairman put the second resolution to the show of hands,
and declared it carried with only a single dissentieut.
The Rev. Dr. Kearney, from the south of Ireland, proposed
the next resolution—viz :
" That Has meeting desires to record Its serious conviction
that, should the corispiracy formed, ostensibly against the
Irish Branch of the United Church of England and Ireland,
but practically against all State connection with religion be
successful it will result in the secularization if the nusti-
tutions of the country, in great danger to the Throne, and in
augmenting the power of the l'apacy, against whose iusidious
encroachments mere voluntaryism is unavailing."
The Chairman put the resolution, winch he declared to be
carried unanimously.
Mr. Kisbey, from the north of Ireland, who was received
with loud cheers and volleys of Kentish fire, moved the
fourth resoletion as follows :
" That the thanks of the nation are due to the House of
Lords for their noble defence of a great Christian principle
In rejecting the Suspensory Bill. and this meeting feels that
futile performance of that solemn duty they not only ex-
pressed their own independent sentiments, as a distinct
branch of the Legislature, but likewise the hearty desires of
that large and infinential body of the petite woo were at
the time represented by a minority in the House of Com-
-711,1118."
Three hearty cheers for the House of Lords were here given

by the meeting.
Mr. Pitman, who introduced himself as a working man,
said that the House of Lords had defended the Protestant
institutions of the country against all unscrupulous combina-
tion in the Commons, made up of Roman Catholics, Jews,
Quakers, Unitarians. and Freethinkers. Cheers., Not only
because of their vote on the Suspensory Bill, but because they
had thrown out the bill for amalgamating the southern
railways, he was ready to exclaim with Cobbett, " Thank God
we have a House of Lords." Cheers:.
The resolution was then put and carried unanimously.
Mr. Smee moved the fifth resolution
.• That a petition be laid at the foot of the Throne, praying
Iler Majesty, as the temporal heail of the United Church,
never to consent to tie separation lif the Church from the
State, which would off end lie c.inseiences of millions it Iler
Majesty's Christian snil iji and Iced to subvert the Protes-
tant institutions of the ei amtry
It was the duty of the Protestmts of the empire so to
strengthen, the Queen that she might he enabled to maintain
inviolate the Coronation Galli. Cheers.
Mr. Holden, of Birmingham, in seconding the resolution,
said that he (lid not like to use strong language, but as to
the right hon. gentleman the member for South Lancashire,
Judas Iscariot was a gentleman compared to him. (Great
laughter and cheem ) Gne betrayed the Head of the Church,
while the other was trying but would not succeed to betray
the Church itself. Cheers.;
The resolution was put and carried.
Mr. Lord moved and Mr. Joseph Beattie seconded a vote
of thanks to the chairman for the :dile, dignified, and noble
manner in which he had discharged the duty of presiding
over that great Protestant meeting.
The motbm was carried by acclamation amid enthusiastic
cheering, followed by rounds of Kentish fire.
The Chairman mid he was most thankful for this kind
rficognition of his humble services. From the earliest period
of his life he had been convinced that the principles they
had met to vindicate that day were only the principles which
would place England upon a solid and prosperous founda-
tion. He asked them to exdrt themselves in the great ~use
which had brought them together ; am, might God bless those
exertions no that they might be crowned with auccess.
The band of the Comniissionaires then played "God Save
the Queen," which the audience sang heartily In chorus,
and the proceedings closed shortly before seven o'clock with
three cheers for the Queen, for the Home of Lords, for Lord
Derby, and for Mr. Disraeli.

(From the Pall Mall Gazette.)
ft had been amimumed that a dinner at ft. a head would
lie ready for the members of the Protestant Association and
their friends at seven, and at live TTT ll utes to seven precisely
the proceedings of the day were brought to a close. A
lugubrious, commonplace ditty, neither song, psalm, nor
hymn, was played by the band of the Commissionaires, and
was recogniaod by a few connoisseurs as a thing called by the
unlyrical title of'' Our Dear Old Church of England." When
the hand had played the air half a down times (the tone was
certainly not easy to catch the audience endeavoured to
sing it, and afterwards applaedwi their own performance
with considerable enthusiasm. Last of all there was a
general rush in the direction of the banquet, at which the
" stalled on " of Scripture must, we should think, have
formed one of the principal ditties; there was certainly
" contention therewith." Those, however, who remained to
the end of the feast heard the first of a new song, "(fur
Good Old Constitution," which is likely to be heard a good
deal during the next few niontli4. for it has certainly an
inspiriting ring about it. It is by Is. Russell, one of the
candidates for Chelsea, and the refrain runs at follows
We love it, we'll defend
For true to no has been
Our glorious Constitution,—
God save the Church and Queen.''

(From the Standard.)
The Pali Mal! Gavtre has made a curious Wunder. It
statea that the compohition of "Our good old Constitution,"
which was sung with great app'anse at the Crystal Palace
on Monday, is Or. nossell's, one of the conservative candi-
dates for Chelsea. The announcement will surprise no one
more than Dr. Russell, the Timex correspondent. There are
Russells and Russells, and the sallow of "Our good old Con-
stitution,' is Or. Russell, of Exeter, a Doctor of Music of
Oxford University.

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At the Isle of Man t egatta, a pleasing novelty WM
introduced in the shape of a boat race, .open to lady compe-
titors only. The prize consisted of two handsome gold
locketa—a locket for each oarswoman, as the boats were to
be pairoared. The winning boat the Duchess was rowed
by two young ladies of the island—Miss Stevenson and Miss
miry.