Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-15 00:00:00

15;: 1859

plause.. He; said, , thri operations of the Pastoral Aid
'were cirriea_ on by 351 additional citrates for
peoples' parishes ; 4 chaplains for mariners and railway.
labourers.; -21 incumbents and ministers,' whose incomes,
were, furnished either whole or in part ; 156 lay assistants
Or parishes, arid 7 laY assistants for railway labourers and'
soldiers: - Total, 163 lay 'assistants,l and 376 clergymen.'
This was the mrister • roll :of soldiers enlisted under the
banner' Of that institution: • :By this, the Pastoral Aid
Society had powerfully aided in working out thkeli,giori
of the Church of England at home.. On the subject theY
had heard a.speech which he hoped they would not for
get, setting forth Atte admirable system of the Church of
England of ,upholding given ground, while it acquired

elasticity to aZiopt new:ground, and new, circumstances.
They,had ,heard.ho.w the Pastoral Aid-,Societygavelands
to the machine. (Applause.) ly,.these the Pastoral Aid
Society was doing good service in
.makiag kllOl7ll the
spiritual wants of the people. On this: Subject alsO they
had been instructed,. As a stranger, he expressed his
thanks to the' last speaker for his able and instructive
speech,, illustrative of the working of the society, which
showed the s*ialActioncf the 'sovereign grace of God.
Many!• were' still i.strangers, to God, while thieves
were converted. •.'These were God's ways,' let' men' say
what,theywould say; and it :was because there was. such
grace that they had: encouragement to work. It Was
because there was' Such grace he said, that they did work
.with hope. This.grace was invincible, .he would not
sayirresistable, because it could be resisted, and had been
resisted; but he did say,that in the case of God's elect it
Was invincible, or there never would be a fallen child of
Adam savedin gra'c'e. 'He had been requested to address
'the meeting on the stihjectUf the 'resolution which was,
that the Pastoral :Aid Society 'has been most
'clikking the progress of false doctrine, heresy, and schiiiu.',

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The key. Dr. proceeded to explain what heresy mid schism
were 'considered• in past history, and to speak of the, Acts
of parliament which had beenpassed for its expulsionand
punishment, and went on to speak of what ho considered
schism and heresy were at present. They had . painfnl
experinee of it now in that Infidel philospphy imported
from Germany, defying the inspirational infallibility of
the Miv

xpertenced in
Romanism, truly so called. - The philosophy which he
spoke of he should have said, was falsely so called. They
had the experience of this Ronianisrn, selected carefully
out -of the old magi, and out of common honesty, as well
as the Scriptural Christianity of the country, defending
the non-natural sense of the Anglican articles, but
maintaining an unnatural place in the Anglican church.
These two were sitting like a canker, eating into .the
heart and spirit of the population. After some farthet
remarks in reference to the mode of treating seclusion
and heresy in old times, the rev. gentleman went, on to
support the claims' of the society, and concluded amid
loud applause. •
Dr. Taylor seconded the resolution, and eXpressed a
hope that on the next year instead of Liverpool being
indebted to the society £l,OOO, the' society' would be
indebted to Liverpool for that sum.
The Doxology was then sung, and the meeting
separated.

WAVERTREE LOCAL BOARD OF 4EALTIL
. The monthly meeting of this board was held last night,
at the board-room • the Rev: W. Badnall in the chair.
The other members present were,-..liessrs. Atherton,
llalhead, Parkin, AndertOn; Clarke, Swinden, Bradburn,
Gore, Rishton, and Picton.

The Law Clerk read the minutes of the last meeting,
which were confirmed.

A deputation was named to wait on the Health Com-
mittee regarding the disgraceful state of the railway

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