The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-12-04 00:00:00

ealatutical intsiligata.

BISHOP 001=110 ON • VISITATIOII.—BIahop Odense
kw been tusking • visitation of the coast. erasable, hi
the Aerobes to lenge congregations And tusking hins•
..visieted ',llk the people. While he w•li at
Durban the Mayor's dill Def given. and wsn attended
by the Adininistratoi (the ilowernoi being sbeent), the
Colonial fkoresery, Arid representatives of all the chief
interest, of the colony. The bishop preached in the
three church, s of Durban without say into eruption
whatever ; but at Vendsmi • vul•il tow., about 20 mike
Iron, Durban, the rector had the altar furniture removed
leaving withir the rails nothing but deal table, a soap
box, end one Asir. in which he hid seated himseb,
having gest had theentrsnoe within the rails futened
up by • ban of wood. The bishop removed the bar, went
in said sal down on the box, but • chair was Afterwards
brought. The ineninbent beginning to read an Manse
or protest, Dr. Blaine, resident sassridirste sod church.
warden, laid, "Sir, we are here to. Divine Service, end
this is out of order altogether." The reverend gentle.
men, however, concluded his address, but made no
further oppoeition. remaining in his seat said taking no
part in the service.

Bt. POUT ox COMWIIOI AND 11101.1717011.—Dr.
Posey in a communisation to s contemporary gives
utterance to his tweed no the doctrine of °uremian and
abtolution. in ne " unoertain sound." "If anyone
wishes to know," says the revetend doctor. " what is
our belief in regale! to 'the power left by oar Lord Jesus
Christ to his Church to absolve all &WIN'S who truly
repent sad believe in Hint,' we do receive those words
in their plain, literal sow& Ws believe that our Lord,
when He maid to His Apostle*, after His rummest:ion,
• Whose sine ye do remit they are remitted note them'
0301111 to °covey a permanent power to them and their
sueoessora, in the sante way as, when fie said 'Go and
baptise all nations,' He gave to them and to those after
them the power to baptise in the name of the Holy
Trinity. As MTH= wu not limited to the Arostles so
neither was absolution. This power this Church hes
always believed, and I believe, to have been transusitad
by the Apostles to their susismors, and (mtbjest to th
condition of all God's gifts to men) I take In their
literal prom the words with which each of us was
ordained, ' Bassin the Holy Ghost for the Ullos
and work of a priest in the Church of God, now
committed to thee by the imposition of otir
hands. Whose sins thou that forgive they are forgives,'
A. Oloarly, ao gift of Chins of any avail teeny one
who shuts it out by his own impenitence. God's grass
hi of no use to those who refuse to obey it; baptism (it
has ever been held) is of se avail to any adult who
comes to it is hypetwiry, union he repeat of that
hypocrisy. So neitheir yoga absolution beef any avail
to any one who would seek it without repentance and
purposes to sasoort. But with this limitation, I believe
that the Cherish of lingiud meant us to understand the
words with which she directs no to be ordained in their
literal new So loos as those words of Our Lord,
' Whose sins thou dost fonds., they are forgiven,' see
I repeated to us when we are ordained, so long will there
'be confession in the Church of England. Their removal
would break the Church of England in pieces, but It
would not diminsh rionfevion ; the same moons would
confess, only they would unites elsewhere. Meanwhile,
your mating will Jodie which Is the most faithful to the
Church of England, we, priest; or laity, who take
solemn words of hen in their literal meaning, Or they
who agitate to have them removed!'