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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-09 00:00:00

show where his arguments are weak, though thel
are always ingenious, and sometimes reasonabbl
Besides, my pr The
question duty is with Dr. M'Neile• an
question between Dr. M'Neile and the Churchm,_,.
turns on the observance of the Sabbath by the
Church of England. Dr. M'Neile observes, 1...!
answer to authorities adduced by a Churchman'
t
When a passage from Archdeacon Paley, or fromßishop
Jeremy Taylor, or from Archbishop Whateley, is quoask,
and called the octrine of the Church of England, we of
who made these divines articles, or homilies, or rubrics,
the Church ?
This is au old trick, and often found serviceabirle
in the ," Socinian Controversy." " Socinianisra
the Gospel," is a well-known Cl)'. Paley and
sy
Whateley V. the Church of England," is the Nnvse;
in which Dr. M'Neilo adapts it to his purl 9-....,
Ordinary people of ordinary honesty would sur.re.
" Soeinianism v. Evangelism," as to the • interP v.
tation of the Gospel. " Paley and NYbateleY
Dr. M'Neile and Archbishop Sumner, (to,„ as
the doctrine of the Church of England. F the
However, although the anti-Sabbatarians 0.
Church of England are, at the very least, as learned,
as logical, and as likely to be right on this point as
the Sabbatarians ; and although the whole VII;
tion is obviouslyan "open question" in the Chtent
let us, if Dr. M'Neile desires it, say a word
these " articles, homilies, and rubrics." Well, ;
the articles say nothing about the Sabbath at 9.09
the homilies are no authority at all ; the rubyi
(by the bye, did Dr. M'Neile ever quote the
,
rubrics before?) never mention " the Sabbath.'
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Dr. M'Neile's whole argument rests on the atii°o
of the words " moral commandments," in the
articles, and the reading of the Decalogue in
Church Service.
And now there is a glorious " find " for our cirit,i4;
The " Churchman" is reminded that the e'e''
should have it all their own way, and that cobbletors
should not go beyond their lasts. Unfortuir,,,
Churchman ! You deserve a stern rehuafi;
as you wrote too hastily, you quoted ,(3);
is t
expression, as coming from the Epistles,
came from the Gospels. It was a perfectly in:IP-it
terial mistake—it was obviously a mistake
served no object, nor propped up any argu°34o ;
There is one consolation for you—man is fallible
cobblers who stick to their lasts sometimes err.
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Your critic has made (as I have shown), infiaite;/'.
worse Biblical blunders than yours. There is,iler
ever, this difference between you : You blue
to
without a cause—he never lays himself open
such an imputation.
A little more talk about the poor being rewl, Tra
work on the Sabbath, and exit " Churchman' °-
enter "J. W."
"J. W." receives a terrible castigation. ais
one of those who " turn sacred things into inf
cule." A true bill ! for does he not speal„,„c ;
‘
" the Rev. Dr. Mac Cantwell, and the -1-"-.
Tribulation Wholesome ?"
He is also represented as " having no triittl.ea
religion to lose, or to subdue the acrimony" of
feelings ; indeed, I gather, from this passage, ti.'-a
no anti-Sabbatarian has, so that we are all i°
bad way.
Dr. M'Neile attempts no answer to " 'WI'?
articles on the social questions involved in Sit";
bath observance. He merely abuses him
if_°r
being hard upon gaol chaplains, asks wheti.%
" Bill Sloggins" is meant for wit, and says tut/
his attack
Betrays at once an ill-natured desire to say something
severe, a pitiful impotency to rise to any higher climax than
the cheap and easy traffic of nicknames.
Here, then, I come to an end, for with a fey:,
words more about moral commandments, some
extracts from two Sabbatarian addresses,
republication of his own speech, Dr. M'Neile
eludes his pamphlet.
It has been a weary business to wade through
those empty pages, and, again and again, to point
out their shallowness.

Charlatanism in theology was, it seems to Mae'
never carried to greater length, save once, and
that was in a certain speech delivered in f
George's Hall. How appalling is the air °
patronising effrontery which can say :
It is quieting and assuring tl be engaged on the Lord's
side. I would rather sustain a defeat, whilst fighting ecu:
the Lord's side, than gain a victory, whilst fighting again'
him.

Then we, who humbly try to ameliorate the
condition of the poor, who seek to raise them 011
the Sabbath Day, and who conscientiously oppose
Dr. M`Neile, are fighting against the Lord. "wrist
manner of man is this, that sitteth in judgment
upon his fellows ? 13.

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