The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-21 00:00:00

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LONI) ON.
MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1837.

There will be found in another column a report of
the proceedings which took place at the installation
of Dr. STANLEY, the new Bishop of Norwich. There
is, We believe, on such occasions, a great deal of pomp
and state, little consistent with the unostentatious sim-
plicity of the Christian religion, as it appears in
the New Testament. It is not to that point that
'e wish to direct the attention of our readers ; but to
the adtnirable and truly Christian sentiments expressed
by the Bishop of NORWICH in the sermon which he
delivered on this occasion. "To condemn no man's
doctrines ; to spurn no man for his belief, if it be enter-
tained with sincerity ; to feel and to preach that all
were within the pale of salvation, however much op-
Posed to his own belief"—is indeed nothing new in a
Bishop of Norwich ; but it is delightful to find that
the mantle of Dr. BATIIURST has fallen upon his
successor, and that Dr. STANLEY has declared in the
presence of the clergy of his diocese and before the
world, that he would make the conduct of that excel-
lent Prelate the model of his own.
The following passage is eminently entitled to the
Consideration of the Clergy throughout the length and
breadth of the land, and we beg them to bear it parti-
cularly in mind when they are disposed, as they so
frequently are, to rail at the Dissenters as schismatics.
TheY may, perhaps, find it brought home to their
11'11-Ids that the real schismatics are not those who se-
parate themselves from a religious community ; but
those who maintain a system of religion, or fix terms
of Church communion, unwarranted by, or contrary
to, the letter of Scripture and the spirit of Christianity :
" He called upon his Reverend Brethren to bear in
mind that they should have but one object, and that
was to extend the religion of the Cross ; they must cast the
rriantin of charity over those who differed from them ; and
before they complained of schism they must first learn what
schism seas. Let no man think himself free from schism
because of his outward form ; there might be unity of spirit
without unity of form ; let no man accuse his neighbour
of schism because he was a dissenter from his creed ; he
alone is the schismatic who creates feuds in the Church of
Christ. If there be so many shades of oninion on political
subjects, how was it possible that, as regards religion, the
nest important of all subjects, there should not be differ-
es of belief ' • therefore, let the members of the Establish-
'tent exert themselves in making peace, and not in con-
demning those who differed from them in their modes of
worship,
Ile who separated from the Church in conse-
hence of conscientious belief was no more guilty of schism
an he who conscientiously remained a member of it. If
therea be a heresy let there be no reviling ; but let there be
neutral ground on which all might meet without the sin
of uncharitableness."
It ix not to be supposed that opinions such as those
delivered by Dr. STANLEY would be very palatable
to the Clergy of the diocese. Accordingly we perceive
that a large band of them, headed by the Reverend
Lord BAYNING attempted to put an insult
upon their liberal Bishop. It has always been
customary to request the preachers of sermons
for the
benefit of the funds of the Society for
Promoting Christian Knowledge to allow their sermons
t,o be published. This request was omitted for the first
"rue in the present instance ; and when the omission
was noticed by Archdeacon GLOVER, the Rev. Lord
iedorrl We have mentioned stood up and acknow-
be ged
that the omission was " intentional"—
0 c.allse, forsooth, he could not sanction such
excellent.pinions
is as those contai::t-d in the S-.:.;-inon :
many clergy There are, it is to be regretted, too
men of Lord BAYNING's stamp in the