The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-17 00:00:00

TIIE BISHOP OF LONDON ON DR. TEMPLE.

The late Bishop of Lincoln (Dr. Jackson, now of
London), disagrees very materially with the present
head pastor on the subject of the consecration of Dr.
Temple. Dr. 'Wordsworth is protesting earnestly
against the ceremony ; Dr. Jackson is going to
take part in it. The former has written
an earnest letter to the latter begging. him
to withdraw from the proceedings ; but he has
got a most logical and conclusive answer. Dr. Jack-
son disapproves of " Essays and Reviews," but feels
bound to believe the word of seven English gentle-
men when they say that they wrote without concert
or comparison. lie regrets that Dr. Temple did not
withdraw his essay from the
work when he saw its
drift; at the same time he declines to judge on a point
of honour ; a mistake therein is one thing, heresy is
another. And it will hardly be said (observes the bishop)
that "The Education of the World" is heretical; that
had it appeared in any of the periodicals of the day it
would have attracted much attention, or brought
discredit on its author. Dr. Jackson is also sorry that
Dr. Temple will not disclaim sympathy with views
with which h© has been identified. here, again,
however, he will' not set himself up as the critic :

There is much to be said for the position which he has
taken up, and which is probably the ono which most
lawyers would advise; and it would be to demand a serious
act of self-sacrifice from a high-minded man to ask for a
disclaimer at the present time, after reading the following
words of ono whose words always carry weight, Dr. Pusey.
" What would be thought," he wrote to the John Bull
newspaper on October 16, " even of any disavowal now ?
Simply, that while it was a question only of the loss of
Christian faith, or of human souls, Dr. Temple was silent ;
and that he spoke when it was a question of worldly pre-
ferment."
While regretting, therefore, very deeply that Dr.
Temple has taken up the position he has, the Bishop
of London refuses to condemn him. No bishop
would refuse to induct him into a benefice; it would
be doubtful if any would refuse to make him deacon.
The two cases are analogous with this difference :
whereas in the one case the Bishop has a certain choice
allowed him by law, in the other he receives the
Queen's strict command.

"TILE DOUBTER."

It is astonishing to what small matters an educated
man can descend when passion and prejudice act
upon him. A gentleman, who was not ashamed to
affix an academical title to his name, wrote to the
Standard, making much of the fact that Dr. Temple
is to be consecrated on the day dedicated to St.
Thomas, the doubter! Another correspondent makes
the obvious retort that Thomas, though a
doubter, was nevertheless a saint, albeit cer-
tain clerics in England would doubtless object
to his being one. And it may be added
that Christ did not disdain St. Thomas's doubts, but
gave him substantial proof of his error; nor does it
appear that the status of the apostle was in any way
lowered. There was even a worse character than St.
Thomas amongst the apostles—St. Peter himself.

TILE INDELIBILITY OF ORDERS.
Professor James E. Thorold Rogers writes a special
letter to the
_Daily A'azes, protesting against the in-
delibility of a clergyman's orders. He illustrates his
meaning by a reference to Mr. Voysey. Mr. Voyseyis charged with violating the law of the Church. If
the Archbishop of York succeeds in ejecting him! Mr.
Voysey will be debarred from obtaining his living
legally in nearly every calling. And not only so ; the
present vicar of Healaugh will still be bound in
allegiance to the prelate who has expelled him, as
Mr. Shore, after he bad formally renounced Episco-
pacy, found himself bound to the Bishop of Exeter.
" l ou shall not," says the English law to a heterodox
clergyman, "get your living in the Church, and you
shall not get your living out of it." This is mon-
strous, exclaims Mr. Rogers; the Church of Rome
alone upholds the i
doctrine. No other Legislature
in Europe has ratified t; and in England neither
barristers, doctors, nor soldiers are thus dealt with—.
only clergymen. Why should they be so fettered ?

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