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head, the English visitor might forget that he was in a
foreign country, and imagine that be was walking through
the stables of some English nobleman. The Emperor s
favourite steed is a dark chesnut horse called Phillips,
after Mr. Phillips, of Knightsbridge, of whom the Emperor
purchased him. lie is a noble and spirited animal, and is
usually ridden by the Emperor when he reviews the
troops, where be distinguishes himself by his beautiful
action and by his habit of bowing and prancing when he
approaches the Dolours of a regiment. As the Emperor at
the same moment raises his hat, the horse and the rider
appear to salute the colours together, to the great delight of
the troops. Both the Emperor's stud and establishment at
St. Cloud and that at Boulogne are under the sups inten-
dence of the premier piqueur of his Majesty, Mr. Gamble,
whose thorough knowledge of the points and treatment of
the animals under his care is well known to the English
eportAng world. Few things grieved Louis Napoleon
more than being obliged, when President, to break up his
stud and dispose of his horses ; but now that his exalted
position supplies him with the requisite resources he loses
no occasion of obtaining the best English horses that
money can procure.

TEE BISHOP of OXFORD AND HIS DEFENCE
oF ARCHDEACON WILBERFORCE.
(Prom the Chireh and State Gazette.)
THE REV. WILLIAM BROCK. TO THE BISHOP OF OXFORD.
Bishop's Waltham, Aug. 26, 1854.
My Lord,—lt hasbeen represented to me, on authority
which I cannot reasonably dispute, that you have expressed
it as your opinion that the views which have been pro-
pounded by Archdeacon Wilberforce in his book, entitled
The Doctrine of the Holy Eucharist," are the only views
which can save the Church of England from the dangers
which beset her at the present crisis.
Such a statement is calculated to bring great scandal upon
the episcopal bench, as well as to increase the reproach
which has already been brought upon our Church by the
publication of the work in question.
I trust your lordship will agree with me that a denial of
this allegation, if unfounded, is required from one who
holds so eminent a position as your lordship—the more
particularly as it has obtained considerable publicity through
the press. The Romanists, themselves, as your lordship
may be aware, have set the seal of their plenary approba-
tion upon this book of Archdeacon Wilberforce ; and the
Popish press has hailed it as an able defence of the theology
of the Church of Rome.
The Dublin Review of last April says of it:—" We cannot
but rejoice to find Mr. Wilberforce establishing the whole
system of Catholic doctrine with respect to the Holy En-
diarist as at present received by the Church in communion
with the see of Rome" (p. 48 ). " With one or two excep-
tions, it is the ancient Catholic doctrine of the Church, set
forth once more in almost the very terms of the Tridentine
definitions " (pp. 73-4).
The Rambler for last January says of it :—" We may
briefly sum up the teaching of Mr. Wilberforce in this work
by saying that, with the exception of an occasional and
manifestly unintentional inaccuracy of expression, he teaches
the doctrine of the Catholic Church" (p 55 ). "We now
proceed from the sacramental to the sacrificial part of the
Holy Eucharist; and we rejoice to be able to state that here,
too, Archdeacon Wilberforce's teaching is distinct. It seta
forth deafly the sacred doctrine of the Mass" (p. 56).
" The extracts we have given are more than enough to show
how completely the Catholic doctrine of the Holy Eucharist,
both as sacrament and sacrifice, is vindicated by Archdeacon
Wilberforce " (p. 57). "It is not long since Dr. Pusey was
silenced for two years in consequence of teaching but a
small part of what the archdeacon now teaches with incom-
parably more of scientific precision as well as of boldness
and of depth " (p. 65 ).
I need not suggest to your lordship that, after such de-
cided testimonials from the Papists in favour of a work
treating of one of the most vital points of difference be-
tween us and them, and upon which the Reformation mainly
turned, it is of the utmost importance that your lordship's
alleged approbation of the same work should receive your
positive denial.
Vour lordship will not, of course, regard this letter, nor
the reply which you may be disposed to give to it, in the
light of a merely private correspondence.
I have the honour to be, my lord, your obedient humble
servant, WILLIAM BnoCK.
of

THE BISHOP OF OXFORD TO THE REV. WILLIAM BROCK.
Petworth, Aug. 31, 1834.
My dear Mr. Brock,—l cannot allow that the allegation
made by you, that some nameless informant has attributed
to me an expression of approval of the views of Archdeacon
Wilberforce's work on the Holy Eucharist, gives you any
right to apply to me for a public declaration of my opinion
thereon ; and if, therefore, I knew no more of you than
that I had received from you your recent letter, I should
here have closed my communication with you. But, 11.9 it
is, I cannot stop here. I cannot forget days of happier
intercourse with yon: common intimacies, common fnend-
ships, our common love and gratitude to our bishop—our
joyful union in the same holy services : and while, there-
fore, with you, interrogating me (as I think most unwar-
rantably), as a public man, I should simply have declined
correspondence, with yon as one who, formerly at least,
felt towards me as a friend, I willingly make use of the
opportunity afforded me by your letter for free communi-
cation with you.
And first I will say that I never have "expressed it as
my opinion, that the views which have been propounded
by Archdeacon Wilberforce, in his work entitled 'The
Doctrine of the Holy Eucharist,' are the only views which
can save the Church of England from the dangers which
beset her at the present crisis."
Secondly, I will say that, whilst agree with the work
in question, no far as it maintains, enforces, and illustrates
that view of the reality of the Sacrament of the Lord's
Supper which Richard Rooker maintains in the WI book

SATTIRISAY,

of "Ecclesiastical Polity," as the doctrine of Holy Scrip-
ture and our Reformed Church against the Puritans, and
whilst, therefore, I should dititr as widely as he and all
his great school of Church of England worthies would
from you, who advocate (if I do not misunderstand your
ineauing) that view to hold which the Puritans quitted the
Church of England, yet that there are other opinions
advanced in my dear brother's book which I do not adopt.
Thirdly, I will say that I am quite unaffected by such
quotations as those you make from various Popish journals ;
because it seems to me that they only exhibit one of the
most transparent artifices of that " lying spirit " which so
awfully possesses the Papists in their proselytising efforts
—namely, the claiming as Roman what we hold as Catholic.
Doubtless, in this instance, their object is (first) to excite
such clamours as you are endeavouring to raise against :he
archdeacon; and (secondly) thereby to drive one of the
most conscientious men living from his position in the
English Church by the imputation of dishonesty in retain-
ing it; and (thirdly) to unsettle thereby the minds cf
many more ; and (fourthly) to abridge the liberty of
thought allowed in the English Church, and to drive it
into such a formal renunciation of some Catholic truths
as might deprive her of some of her most faithful members.
This evil work I believe that you ale—unintentionally,
of course, yet so far as your abilities allow—largely help.
ing on.
Now, let me here explain myself a little farther. Ido not
blame you for seeking to obtain a judicial decision on the
lawfulness of teaching in the Church of England the views
proposed by my brother. I should, indeed, myself regard it
as an evil day for the Church of England when (first)
advocates wrangled for victory over the most mysterious
doctrines of her faith; and (secondly) when the large
liberty of thought, which she has always allowed on one
side and the other, was reduced within the narrow bounds to
which you would limit it. Yet I cannot blame those who,
differing from me on this point, seek by lawful means to
obtain a judicial decision on controverted doctrine. Only
I desire that they would first satisfy themselves that the
tribunal to which they refer is one from which they would
accept, as binding on their own consciences, any doctrinal
decision which differed from their own view. For, if it be
not, Ido not see how, in God's sight, they can escape ap-
pearing as hypocritical persecutors when they set in motion
again another, as if they did defer to its authority, a power
the authority of which they do not in their own hearts admit,
but only use as the means of crushing an adversary.
But what I do blame you for, and now solemnly charge
you with before God our judge, is this : that by exaggerated
and inflammatory language—by garbled quotations—by ap-
peals to ungodly and unbelieving prejudices—by the fearless
bringing of railing accusations—by the adoption and use of
nicknames—you are doing all you can to destroy the peace
of the Church of Christ amongst us, to break up its unity,
to exasperate differences, and to bring suspicion and hatred
upon humble and holy men of God, at whose feet you may
long to be found in that awful day when Christ will own a
loving spirit, and devils claim as their own the bitter and

railing tongue.
My dear Mr. Brock,—l do, for your soul's sake, beseech
you to weigh my words on your knees before God. Re•
member the declaration of our Lord—that the time cometh
when whoso killeth you will think that he doeth God ser-
vice ; and try whether you have not ix en of late nourishing
in yourself too much of that very temper; for have you not
publicly denounced, by name, yourbrethren in the ministry
as false hypocrites, and implied at least that your own
bishop, your patron and your father's friend, is no better
than a timid timeserver ?—I am, my dear Mr. Brock, most
truly yours. B. Gum
My present address is Lavington. As to your regarding
my letter as public, I only require that, if so used, it be
given entire.

THE REV. WILLIAM BROCK TO THE BISROP OF OXFORD.
Bishop's Waltham, Sept. 1, 1651.
My Lord,—The cordiality with which you commence
your letter, which I have received this morning, has not a
little surprised me, as 1 have never had any communication
with you since your elevation to the episcopal bench ; and
I have twice, during the last few months, been face to face
with your lordship without receiving the slightest marks of
recognition.
I feel it is due to your lordship to publish your denial of
the statement you are reported to have made, and, if you
desire it, I will give you privately the authority from which
received it. It is one, your lordship will perceive, which
I could not. "reasonably dispute ;" and, with your permis-
sion and his, I am prepared to publish it.
When I took leave to address you, I did so from a sense
of duty, and in the esercise of a right which belongs to all
who love the truth and desire it to be maintained. It was
not my intention, however, to enter into a controversy with
your lordship upon the Romish teaching of Archtlu
ave
eacm
Wilberforce's book on the Eucharist; but, as yo h
classed me with the " Puritans," and intimate that 1 should
" quit the Church of England," I beg to inform you that I
agree with Hooker's teaching on the Sacrament of the
Lord's Supper ; and more especially with that part of it
which the archdeacon has repudiated ( page 37, third edi-
tion), namely, that " the real presence of Christ's most
blessed body and blood is not to be sought for in the sacra-
ment, but in the worthy receiver of the sazrament.
(Eccl. Pol., 6 67.)
Your lordship has assumed that I desire to abridge the
latitude which out Church has ever allowed for differences
of opinion. lam the last man to do this; but herb,
be
are
limits to this latitude ; and, if truth and peace a
preserved among us, they surely cannot be allowed to
plead it in their defence who have avowed their hatred and
abandonment of those very principles of our Reformed.
Church which your lordship's predeeessois laid down their
lives to vindicate. Nor do I consider it right or lion!0
st.l
honour the renegades from her Protestant Chrtstum, ity
with the titles of " the most conscientious men living and
" the most faithful members" of our C.hureh.
Whatever your lccrtiship may have meant hy your "di' •

SEPTEMBER 16, 1854.

ence to " hypocritical persecutors," I beg to say that the
promoters of the pro .e&np against Arohdeacon Wilber.
force would never shrink from having " their own views "
submitted to any tribunal that would take, as the basis of
its investigation, the "Thirty-nine Articles of Religion,"
which were" agreed upon fur the avoiding of diversities of
opinion," and in which the sufficiency of the Holy Scrip-
tures as the sole standard of appeal is established.
The grave accusations which, at the close of your letter,
you " solemnly load me with, before God our judge," would,
indeed, be overwhelming, if your lordship were able to sub-
stantiate any one of them. " Exaggerated and inflammatory
language--garbled quotations—appeals to ungodly and un-
believing prejudices—the fearless bringing of railing accu-
sations--the adoption and use of nicknames," yon will not
find in any of my writings. Your lordship must, therefore,
excuse me if I say that the strain of your invectives, when
coupled with your profession of friendship, has painfully
reminded me of the spirit and vocabulary of the Bishop of
Exeter ; and, surely, the charge of my seeking to bring
hatred and suspicion "on humble and holy men of God "
comes ill from one who so cruelly persecuted the Bishop
of Hereford, and who only recenty fomented, in spite of the
remonstrance of the four archbishops of the Church, an
unrighteous agitation against that eminently Christian
evangelist, Bishop Gobat.
My lord, you have extracted an implication from my pub-
lic statements which no part of them will warrant; and,
therefore, the insult which, in the last sentence of your
letter, you would insinuate that I have cast upon my ho-
noured diocesan is yours—not mine. The noble charges
which the Bishop of Winchester delivered in the years
1841, 1845, and 1850, will amply vindicate him from your
lordship's aspersions ; but I may refer you to the preface
of the last of those charges as my best answer to your dis-
paragement of my quotations from the Romanists as testi-
mony against your brother's doctrine. The bishop very
wisely has not hesitated to call Dr. Wiseman as a witness
to show " the view taken by a shrewd and able Roman
Catholic of the results to which the doctrines of the Tracts
are leading ; " and the common sense and common honesty
of the country will, I doubt not, agree with the Bishop of
Winchester, rather than with your lordship, in thinking
that, in certain cases, the testimony of an enemy is of im-
portance, and that the Romanists are right in tracing
defections to their ranks from ours to that of Tractarian-
ism, of which your lordship has unhappily undertaken the
patronage.
"Fas est of ab haste dooeri."

Your mention of my father's name has painfully re-
minded Inc that the Charoh has lost in him one of the
ablest defenders of her Protestantism, and gives me the
opportunity of annexing an extract of his reply to Arch-
deacon Wilberforce's agitating circular against the Queen's
rightful supremacy in 1850. It was his last public protest,
only a few months before his death, against the Tractarian
schism.• It will serve to show your lordship in what light
a presbyter of fifty years' standing regarded the heresy
which I have " denounced "; and it will prove, I trust,
that in doing so the eon has not swerved from the father's
principles, or dishonoured his father's name.—l have the
honour to be, my lord, your lordship's humble and obedient
servant, WILLIAM BROCK.

THE BISHOP OY OXFORD TO THE REV. WILLIAM BROCK.
Lavington, Petworth, Sept. 4, 1854.
My dear Mr. Brock,—l am so sure that any controversy
on points on which we unhappily differ would ho worse
than useless that I will not enter for an instant on them.
Bat there are one or two more personal matters mentioned
in your letter on which 1 think I ought to say a very few
words.

1. Yon express surprise at the cordiality with which I be-
gun my letter; because (first) you have had no commu-
nication with me since my consecration. (Second) because
twice during the last few months we have met, and I have
given you no sign of recognition. To the first ground I can
only say that I have the most undiminished cordiality of
feeling towards many old friends with whom circumstances
have prevented my communicating since my consecration.
To the second, that I certainly never saw you on the
occasions to which you allude, nor have I the slightest
idea when or where we met. I remember meeting you in
the Green-park, and I at once claimed an old acquaintance,
and conver This was long since my con-
I that the cordiality I
neither the coldness
they pain

THE PRESS.

2. 1 really do not care to know who made the false state-
ment to you to which you allude. I have been during the
last nine years so accustomed to calumny that it now
scarcely affects me.
3. I receive with great thankfulness your assurance that.
you hold the doctrine of R. Hooker touching the Sacrament
of the Lord's Supper. I receive cordially the passage you
quote. I did not mean to "intimate that you should quit
the Church of England." I think youvoruld commit a great
sin in so doing. I did mean to point out to you that the
views to which I (erroneously) thought you inclined were,
by their authors, esteemed to be fundamentally opposed to
the teaching of our Church, and thereby to suggest to you
a reconciliation of your own opinions.
4. it is perfectly clear from what I did say that I did not
apply the words "hypocritical persecutors" to those who
yield the deference you declare to the doctrinal decisions of
the court they appeal to against another.
b. I cannot say that there is any lack of Christian
charity in saying in distinct language to you privately in
what way your language (I refer especially to your lan-
guage at the Victoria Rooms, Southampton, as to Mr.
Keble) impressed me, with a view to arousing your con
science to activity ; nor any inconsistency between such
language and that of private friendship. I should see an
inconsistency in applying such language to you publicly,
because such words would be spoken, not to you, but to
others. As to your retort that I have " persecuted "
Bishops Hampden and Gobat, I simply deny the charge,
but will not argue the matter.
6. I unfeignedly rejoice in your assurance that you did
not intend to include your own bishop in your censure of
the bishops ; and I wish this exception had been made
clear in your writing. I rejoice at it (first), because it re-
moves what appeared to me the grave fault of your so
speaking of your own diocesan. Secondly, because it
leaves me the hope that you may some day learn of him
the more excellent way of maintaining troth without per-
sonal invective. I really think you could hardly be serious
when, because I expressed the pain I felt at what I under-
stood to be your censure of him, you turn round and try
to fix the guilt of so unjust a censure on me.
In conclusion, let me say that I should not have taken
upon myself to express any opinion on the spirit in which
you appeared to me to have been of late acting, unless you
had opened communications with me. From the tone of
your reply, I am led to regret that I attempted what yet I
attempted in truth and friendly feeling. I believe in your
honesty of purpose, in the simplicity of your character, in
your zeal for Christ's truth. I believe that this very zeal
has betrayed you into language the evil of which ydu would
easily detect in another. I did sincerely desire to make
you see this, that so warm a zeal might not be marred by
what seem to me so palpably to mar it ; and, speaking to
bou alone, I spoke out. But God does not grant to me to
e the bearer of the message. so that you will hearken to it,
and I can but say I have tried in vain.—l sun, very truly
yours, 8. Oxon.

ARCHDEACON WILBERFORCE AND THE
ARCHBISHOP OF YORK.
THE following additional correspondence between
Archdeacon Wilberforce and the Archbishop of York
has been published:—
Burton Agnes, Sept. IS, 1554.
My Lord Archbishop,—l have this morning been in-
formed that it was stated in the Yorkshire Gazelle of last
Saturday that your grace had at length determined to com-
mence legal proceedings against me for my book on the
Holy Eucharist.
Your grace will perceive that my letter of August 80th
was based upon the supposition that no such proceeding
was determined upon. May I ask, therefore, if the para-
graph in the Yorkshire Gazelle is correct ; since, if your
grace desires to try the question, I am willing to delay the
legal execution of my resignation for that purpose?
I remain your grace's obedient servant,
ROB. I. WILBERFORCE.

His Grace the Lord Archbishop of York.
Bishopsthorpe, York, Sept. 6, 18:54.
My dear Sir,—l saw in the Yorkshire aareite the para-
graph to which your letter of this morning alludes. By
whom, or at whose suggestion, that paragraph WEIS inserted
T have no knowledge whatever, any more than you have.
On the receipt of your resignation, dated August 30, I
gave orders to discontinue all further inquiry on the sub-
ject of the " complaint " which had been laid before me.
To that I adhere, as well as to my acceptance of your
resignation.
I am, my dear sir, your faithful servant,
The Rev. R. I. Wilberforce. T. Enos.

THE SWORD Y. SICTLX.—The harvest
rapidly to completion in the neighbourhood of Sunderland,
where, owing to the scarcity of shearers, the commanding
officer of the Sfith Regiment, stationed in the barracks,
has allotted parties of soldiers from his regiment, on the
application of the farmers, to assist them in their harvest
o2erations. This is the first instance of soldiers being
employed in harvesting at Sunderland since the close of
the last war, when it was a regular custom for the military
to go harvesting.
EVERY patient who enters a Russian military hospital
is considered a lost man. This persuasion does not arise
from a knowledge of the careless treatment of the patients
or of their abominable food, but from the circumstance of
there being a magazine for the dead in the rayon of each
hospital. This is a necessary appendix to a Russian mili-
tary hospital. The dead are not buried separately. The
corpses are carried to a mow, stable, or warehouse, and,
according to the size of the place, lie there six, eight, or
ten days, until it is full. The cause of this custom is not
• little singular. The director of the hospital charges the
State for the food, medicine, kc., of the defunct soldier up
t,41 the day, not of hia death, bar of his burial, when kis is
officially stssek of Um sick Wt.

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Court anb lastion.

DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY FOR DALY° RAI..-At
eight o'clock on Thursday her Mejesty, accompanied
by Prince Albert, and the royal children, arrived at
the king's-cross station, where she was received by
the chairman (Mr. E. Denison, M.P.) and the direct-
tors of the Great Northern Railway Company, and
conducted by them to the state carriage prepared for
her reception. A few minutes after eight o'clock the
train started for the north. Sir George Grey was in
attendance on her Majesty, and proceeded with her to
Balmoral. Although the morning was damp and
dreary, a considerable number of ladies and gentle
men were present to witness her Majesty's departure,
from whom, as well as from the multitudes of persons
assembled at various points along the line of route,
she received the warmest and most loyal demonstra-
tions of affection and regard. The arrangements
made by the railway company for her Majesty's jour-
ney were in every respect admirable. The progress
of the train was telegraphed from station to station,
and to prevent the remotest danger of accident all
traffic was suspended upon the line half an hour pre-
vious to the departure of the royal train. A pilot-
engine, in the charge of Mr. Johnson, superintendent
of the locomotive department, followed the train, and
a complete staff of workmen and officials, with the
necessary tools, &c., were in attendance, to execute
repairs in the event of a breakdown. Mr. Edwards,
the manager of the electric telegraph on the Great
Northern Railway, also accompanied the train. He
was provided with an electric battery, in order to
communicate with any portion of the line in case
of accident. Previous to the departure the
speed of the engines had been tested; and, as an
instance of the rapidity which was attained, we may
mention that the journey between London and
Peterborough, a distance of 711 miles, was performed
in 82 minutes. At Newark, the mayor, recorder, and
corporation, with a considerable number of the in-
habitants, awaited her Majesty at the railway station,
where a guard of honour, composed of the militia
staff, were also in attendance with their band, by
whom the national anthem was played, to the great
delight and amidst the cheers of the spectators. An
address was presented to her Majesty by the mayor.
The people of Doncaster were also most enthusiastic
in their loyal demonstrations, and the scene in the
city of York far surpassed any that had preceded it.
A splendid body of light infantry of the West York
Militia formed the guard of honour, with band and
colours. A party of dismounted hussars was also
in attendance. Her Majesty was' received by the
Lord Mayor and corporation, by whom she was con-
ducted to the station, where the royal party lunched.
The Queen and the Royal Family alighted at the St.
Margaret's station at half past six o'clock, under a
salute from the Castle. Her Majesty proceeded
through the King's-park to Holyrood Palace, amidst
the acclamations of the people. The journey north-
wards was resumed the following morning.
The Earl of Aberdeen left town on Wednesday for
Southampton.
From all quarters we hear of the great attention
paid by the French authorities to the officers of the
royal yacht at Boulogne, and the reciprocal cour-
tesies of the officers of the yacht to the French. By
the express orders of the
,Emperor, carriages were
provided for the officers of the Victoria and Albert to
proceed to the camp and witness the review of the
troops, and at the camp an elegant tent entertain-
ment was furnished for their refreshment. The
gallant captain of the yacht, the Hon. J. Denman,
was flied everywhere; and Lieutenant the lion. F.
Foley, second in command, received the thanks of
12,0110 persons for the attention paid to them on their
visit to the vessel, the arrangements having, as a
matter of course, devolved on him. His promotion,
and that of the senior mate, it is said, will take place
as a compliment to the occasion. Prince Albert,
before his departure, left I,ooof. to be distributed
among the poor of the town. By direction of his
Royal Highness, General the Hon. C. Grey also
wrote to M. Carnegy de Bolinhard, chairman of the
British Free Schools at Boulogne, enclosing 500 f.
from the Prince.
On Saturday afternoon the King of Portugal, ac-
companied by the Duke of Oporto, and attended by
the Duke de Terceira, Viscount de Carriers, Baron
de Sarmento, the Chevalier de Mello, and Colonel
Tolque, took leave of her Mejesty and Prince Albert,
and left Osborne on their return to Portugal. The
Queen and Prince Albert went out to Cowes loads
in the Fairy, to see them under way in the steam.
frigate Mindello, which sailed about four o'clock, in
company with the Brazil mail packet Thames, for
Lisbon.

" SHOULD Ata.ri ACQUAINTANCE BE VOEGOT - The
Journal dr StPelerrbourg contains the followingparagraph :
—" Lord Haddo, son of Lord Aberdeen, has just been
elected, like hi% brother, a member of the House of Com-
mons. He ess so ante of his return that he did not think
it worth his wink to present hissed( bane the eitsiers."

.
and we conversed together. This was long since my con-
secration. I hate only further to say that the cordiality I
expressed was what I felt, and that neither the coldness
nor the insinuations of your reply, much as they pain me,
have abated it.
* Extract of a letter addressed to Archdeacons Manning and
Wilberforce and Professor Mill:—
" It is certain that the section of the Universal Church to
which you profess to belong has laid down a different doctrine In
her canons and articles; and, therefore, common honesty re-
quires that either you should conform to her declarations, or re-
sign your preferments and leave her communion.
How painful to see men of your attainments, influence, and
standing in the Church, thus wasting her strength, widening her
breaches, and exposing her as an easy prey to her numerous
enemies! Is the mischievous agitation you are fomenting in
her bosom never to cease ? Do not deceive yourselves. You
may, continue to ' spend your money for that which is not bread,
and your labour for that which satiafleth not; but never, never
• will you prevail with the nation to receive your Romanist views
and practices. The people, en maarte, are opposed to your eccle-
siastical charlism and its five points. They will never consent—
" 1. To depose their beloved Queen from her lawful and scrip-
tural supremacy in the Church.
" 2. To accept, in the place of it, priestly domination.
" A. To establish the opus operotnnt of Popety in the place of
justification by faith and sanctification through the Holy -Spirit.
" 4. To substitute will.woi ship, saint-worship, image-worship,
in the room of spiritual religion and vital godliness.
" A. To eject from the Church the whole body of evangelical
clergy.
" Thanks be to God the nation is not prepared for such a revo-
lution!—l remain, venerable and reverend sirs, your obedient
and humble servant,
" TRONA!. BROCK, MA., Commissars of Guernsey,
and Recto, of tift Piarro-du-Bois.
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lieralleY, 500.. P, 100."
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