The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-13 00:00:00

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manner equally destructive to theaitg"an le
morals of the people of this country, both clergy
and laity, be set at naught by the most disingenuous
sophistry and the most palpable untruth."
Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., followed on the same side,
and stated his intention of confining his argument
to a comparison of the published opinion of Dr.
Williams with the legal documents of the church,
which had the authority not only of the church but
of the Parliament of this country. He then proceeded
to quote a number of additional authorities, includ-
ing Du Cange's Glossary on the word canon, and tha
Ecclesiastical Polity" of Hooker. In his second
book Hooker was commenting on the notion Nthieli
was now called " bibliolatry," namely, that as Holy
Scripture contained all things necessary to salva-
tion, nothing but the bare letter of the Bible was
required as a rule of faith and practice. No doubt
t here were many passages in Hooker's second book,
that, taken away from their context and from the
main argument of the work, might seem to make
ibr his learned friends ; but they were not really
contrary to those which had been q'ioted for the
promoter, and did not in the slightest degree imp aga
the absolute perfection of Scripture, for the ends to
which it was designed, its inspiration and paraanoent
authority. The Church of England had declared
that there were certain limits within which she
allowed no private judgment whatever, although
without those limits she gave her members, whether
lay or clerical, the fullest liberty of inquiry. For
example, disputed texts, or the authorship of the
Epistle to the Hebrews, were topics:on which she
permitted the utmost latitude of discussion, but she
did not allow the canonicity or the inspiration of
any canonical bock to be called in open question,
He did not term the Church of England an
ble Church, but she was doubtedly an authoritative
one. If a clergyman came to a conclusion other
than that which she indicated she said to him,
" Whether you are right is known only to God, but
you cannot hold your opinions and also your living."
As to this Epistle to the Hebrews, Messrs. Cony-
beare and Howson, in their recent work on St. Paul,
said there was no book of the Bible as to whose
authorship there had been more doubt, or as to
whose inspiration there had been less. There had
also, it was quite true, been a discussion as to the
authorship of the Apocalypse—whether St. John.
the Apostle, or even John Mark, had been the writer
of it, but there had never been the slightest doubt
as to the canonicity of the book itself. There was
no one for whom it was possible for him (Mr. Cole-
ridge) to have more respect than for Dr. Arnold.
No doubt in his younger days Dr. Arnold felt so
much of doubt that he had had great hesitation in taka
ing orders ; but those scruples had been removed
as his judgment grew more ripe, and there was no
reason whatever for thinking he had ever questioned
that the Epistle to the Hebrews was a portion of
the sacred Scriptures. No one, in fact, who had
ever enjoyed the blessing of five minutes' conversa-
tion with Dr. Arnold could ever believe that he had
the slightest doubt about the authority of the epistle,
whatever opinion he might hold as to its date or
authorship. The learned counsel then protested
strongly against the idea that Bishop Butler could
be claimed as an authority on the other side. Only
fancy Hooker and Butler being told that they would
ever be quoted to show that Luther and Milton had
received an inspiration—differing it might be in de-
gree—but an inspiration identical in kind with that
of the prophets and apostles. Could any one doubt
that such an idea would have been repudiated by
them with the utmost indignation and horror ? But
if it was not contended that they thought Luther
and Milton inspired in the biblical sense, to what
end were passages from their works distorted from
their context and clothed with a meaning that their
authors never intended ? It might be asked how
inspiration was to be defined ? He answered in the
language of a celebrated French Protestant cler-
gyman recently deceased (AdolpheMonod), namely,
that it was impossible to know how the Spirit of
God and the spirit of man could be so combined as

to make the Bible at once a Divine Word, higher
than the heavens, and a human word brought home
to ourselves. In fact it was just as inexplicable as
the union of the divine and human nature in the

person of Christ. In the eighth article it was
alleged that Dr. Williams had contended not only
that there was no predictive element in the pro-
phets, but that a man was a fool that believed
there was, and that if we retained our miserable
insular prejudices in favour of inspiration, it was
only our being out of the hearing of German ridicule
that prevented us from drowning ourselves in the

Themes. But, it was surely not op—en to any clergy-
man to contend that the prophecies of Scripture con-
tained no real predictions, and that if any passages
appeared to be such, they were to be accounted for
in the same manner as Pagan prophecies which

seemed to foretell future events, but were really
nothing but wiso sayings or chance expressions
which had been verified by the result. The greatest
book on this subject was Dean Lyail's " Propdia
Prophetica," which consisted of his Boyle lectures.
It was a work which he ventured to think had not
yet received its due meed of praise, but which to a
lawyer's mind was very charming to read. That
work was designed to show that the Founder of our
religion and his disciples had relied chiefly on the
prophets in proof of His mission. in the first ages
the gospel presented no one feature which could
have been relied on as affording grounds for hoping
its ultimate success. Nevertheless a miraculous cha•-

racter had been impressed upon it by the prophetic
declarations contained in the Old Testament ; and it
prospered in spite of obstacles that might well have
been regarded as insurmountable. In fact, the great
argument of all the primitive Christian apologists
was the wonderful progress the faith had made, and
the concurrence of that actual state of things with

the predictions of the sacred writers. Such was
also Dean Lyall's argument, and the learned coun-
sel quoted at considerable length from his " Pro-
predia Prophetica," protesting, however, against the
injustice which was done it by any mere desultory
extracts.

Mr. Coleridge was still speaking when the court
rose.

DEATH OF A CARRON 'WORKMAN
WORTH TEN TIIOUSAND FOUNDS.

On Monday, John Andrew, a Carron workman,
died at the ripe age of 73. John was a remarkable
specimen of a hard-working, frugal living, canny
Scotchman. For upwards of 60 years he had been
connected with the Carron Ironworks, during which
time he had succeeded in amassing a fortune for a
working man. For about the last five years ho
had retired from labour. His department in the
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and such primitive fare; and it was deficient neither
in bone-forming, flesh-forming, or health-giving
qualities, It was said, however, when John was
alive, that his frugality extended to niggardliness.
We have it on excellent authority that about eight
years ago, when his wife died, he asked permission
of his employers to attend her funeral, and although
at that time worth about £6,000, he actually re-
turned to work immediately after having paid the
last respects to the remains of his partner in life.
His anxiety to pursue his daily avocation was in
order to secure the full day's pay. It is further said
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The most remarkable anecdote we have heard of
him is the following :—About twenty years ago, he
chanced to take ill, and as he seriously thought he
was dying, bethought himself how matters stood
with reference to futurity. Evidently wishing to
atone for his earthly deficiencies, he made a hand-
some donation (somewhere about £250), to the Rev:
Mr. Welch, late of the West U.P. Church, for the
purpose of establishing a native teacher in Caffraiia.
Regaining health, he demanded back the sum. It
is not known exactly how his wealth will ulti-
mately be distributed. His heir-at-law is a younger
brother. According to report, a large sum has been
made over to bible societies and Colonial missions.
He had such a wonderful reverence for the first six-
peue he ever earned that he kept it for sixty
years.—Falkirk Herald.

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