The Express.
London, England, 1860-12-29 00:00:00

CHURCH PARTIES.

A t,,errwpondeut of the Recent states that "at
the rent onliti.dion at Farnham Castile, the Bishop of
Winchester, haring expressly framed hie ezeeeinetion to
meet most p,intedly the great question, of the atotienunt,
and the au& moor and inspiration of Holy , mule
also in his charge a moat solemn address rovre candi-
dates, first wxruing them of the evils by which we are
beset, rvialing many passages out of the notorl ins
" Emits's and Reviews." and then faithhillc declaring the.
he would never knowingly ordain any one holding views ap-
prom:fling to those advocated by the writers of that (Nee-
logbin) school."
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On the third Sunda♦ in Advent (says the Dmrioara Ad-
vert...yr) au solourable (.ermoo was ereached in Durham Ca-
thedeal by the V,. n. Archdeacon Lose (of Lindudarne), on
the wools, " Ever learning sod never ulile to come to the
knowledge of the truth" (2 fir.. iii. 7), in theootu,e of which
the prea..lier soimadi arced in powerful sod inioressive ter ms
upon some of the religious tendencies of the present day.
Towards the close be alluded to the recent volume of
" Essays and Reviews." We quote the conclusion of the
eermo• :
. _

" In thus contemplating man's waywardoess, we have bail
a gloomy picture before us. But a shadow of yet draper
intonate, a darknem thick indeed, would be thrown over it,
could I being before you the extravagant, the appalling
length to which infidel speculation has been carried during
the carreeLar by ordained member, of oar own church,
the very to whom I have just referred. While nips-
rate and • 'net publications have assailed particular doc-
trines—vitally essential doctrines—the atonement, the re.
'laureation of the Isely, the future judgment, and other, --
it has been the drift suit object of a volume of collected cs.
says to obliterate at once and altogether the record on which
every Christian hope depeods. I may not hesitate to term
that volume the most riatounding production that ever pro.
ceeiled I will not saw from • Christian university, but
from any nun, or mes. AM daring to profess Christ's
name' To prove that the Bible—that all external revela-
tion is a fiction ; that man can have no knowledge, no
strength, no hope, on salvation, but that which his own
instinctive internal conscioosaess can supply (a mere bre-
' rowed exhibition of the • God within the bread' of the
Stoic philceopheri—this is the work which ordained
miuia-
ters if our church, and accredited instructor% a our chil-
dren, the o gius professor, the theological lecturer, the wi-
les, tutor, the head of the popular public school,
the parish priest .—the elaborate denial, I any, of
the Barbour who bought them, of the God whose sworn
servants they are—this has been the work which such men
be,, thought compatible with their damning responsibilities
and sedismily rcit. rated vows. Without regret or shuns
Ins*, volume been put forth ; and without rebuke or
irspesbenalen—nay.with theseenning eocoaragernent of public
approval, of royal favour, and of official eafferatioe —it
cucalatas at this boar. Well may the marl of believers,
vroaderstnekini aid aghast, be inquiring, what after all is
the chanh's faith! and when is her corrective discipline!
Shall we refer them—.ball we .Lure to refer them—to
an elms Bible, to an apostolic ministry, to catholic
creeds, to riniptinal articles, .thee., and ordi-
mama! What! To • Bilis io ruthlessly smelled,
SD slackly mad Manly definstmi! To a ministry
so rife with rebel tresses, escouraged! To
creeds and formularies so dishonestly accepted, so cam
temphioasly cad away? Yee yen theme • sake I could
maks be each reference sow, But, if the feeble voice of
use sea could reach an! Menses* his brethren and fellow-
labourers, the palpate of England sbindel flow so other
tapir till this dspadmc scandal were removed. Thu very
day we an bddisg eon so to acconet of us es of the
ministers of Christ sad stewards of the mysteries of Ood.'•
(Nee Epistle for Third tiendey in Advent.) And mesh, an
doubt, scoarAing to the menses sad indigenes of oar Mas-
ter, l'hi tat -such we ever &saki be. Bet thee, _ • is
Tined to 'towards Yet a nen be found faithfaL'"