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THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1852.

THE CHURCH IN THE COLONIES.

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LECTURE AT THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.
On Friday evening last, the third of the present series
of lectures at the Collegiate Institution was delivered by
the Rev, G. W. WARR, Incumbent of St. Saviour's.
The subject selected was " The Church in the Colonies."
The Rev. J. Howsoer, Principal of the Institution,
presided.
The Rev. LECTURER observed, that there were linea-
tions of such public or personal interest, that merely to
pronounce their names would be sufficient to secure for
them impartial and undisturbed attention. If, however,
the scene of the subject sketched should be beyond the
range of our immediate vision, and apart from our indi-
vidual interest, then the difficulty of exciting and retain-
ing calm reflection became the greater. He was obliged
to confess that the question before them was neither
within the lines of national or, in the majority of cases,
individual importance. And yet he was not discouraged,
for he felt cheered by the consciousness that his hearers
were both patriots and Christians. The Church and
nation of England had claims upon their gratitude and
affection ; and he would at once appeal to the presence of
both to obtain for him the attention which his subject
would require. It was the intention of the lecturer to
place the Church in the Colonies before the meeting
under three aspects :-Ist. That the importance of our
colonial empire was not greater to the State than to the
Church ; 2nd. That there were peculiar reasons for
planting and perpetuating the Church of England in the
colonies ; 3rd. That for the last century and a half the
Church had made large and successful efforts to fulfil this
her high and heavenly mission. The importance of our
colonial territory was described by its vast extent
(8,106,000 square miles, or one-seventh part of the globe)
and by its population, amounting to one-sixth of the
human race. The ships of Great Britain were found
floating in every sea, and could anchor in every port.
Her wishes or wants, if but prpnounced in any earthly
language, had an immediate response. Her laws were
administered to countless sections of the human family ;
her uniform was proudly worn by some of almost every.
tribe; whilst the very name of her arms commanded, if
not the fear, at least the respect of all the nations of the
earth. This colonial greatness, it was contended, was a
gift from God, It was in perfect accordance with His
divine government to bring such mighty things to pass
by the smallest and weakest instrumentality. To give to
our colonists anything like a fair or adequate representa'-
tion of England's greatnevs, involved the planting of her
Church amongst them. How could the heathen under-
stand the real source of our benevolence and worth, unless
by the history of our Christianity ? We owe all to the
grace and mercy of God. The solemnity of coronation
the supremacy of Holy Scripture—the presence in Par-.
liament of the Bishops—the opening of every sitting of
the Legislature with prayer,—all these services and cere-
monies stood as part of our polity ; and to give our
remote fellow-subjects any adequate conception of our
greatness, such facts must have a prominent position in
our history. It would be worse than inconsistent in us
to withhold from our millions abroad the Church and
system which we professed to venerate and support at
home. Then, again, for the sake of the Church herself,
it appeared of vital importance that she should occupy
the position so manifestly appointed for her in the wisdom
of Divine Providence. Had she hesitated, when upon the
borders of the Land of Promise, to go in possess it,
who wouhi have pitied her, if she had met with a disho-
noured tomb in the dreary wilderness? The objections
of those who gave such a pieference to works of piety at
home, that they excluded from their b 'nevolence all
claims from abroad, were fully met. No doubt the
abandonment of our colonies would be a saving of our
taxes; but the end would be the dismemberment and
destruction of our empire, nor less so the ruin of our
Church. The objection, however, came with a bad grace
if made by men who were indebted to the colonies of
England for their commercial prosperity and increasing
wealth. It was fully admitted that " Charity should
begin at home," but it was held as anti-Christian that
Charity should stay at home. There was a speaking spe-
cialty about our colonies; and whilst the lecturer would
not consent to the Gospel being withheld from any por-
tion of the earth's surface, he was free to confess that, to
his own understanding, the destitute members of our
Church, and next to them the hundred and fifty millions
of heathen subjects. had a first claim upon our efforts.
The second portion of the lecture embraced a reference

to the commission of the Church to go out. and evan4elise
all nations—to the manifest preparation for that holy en-
terprise in the doctrines and arrangements of the Book of
Common Prayer. It was stated that the office of baptism,
for those of riper years, was intended for missionary pur-
poses. The Church should he fully planted in the colonies.
How could it he manifest to all men diligently reading Holy
Scripture, that there had been other orders in the Church
from earliest times, and yet but two of them represented
in the remote section of the family of the Church ? How
could sponsors `• take care that this child be brought to
the Bishop to be confirmed by him," if thousands of miles
separated them from the possibility of fulfilling their
promise. The lecturer quoted lengthened extracts from
the earliest and latest history of the Church in the colo-
nies, as well as from the sister Church in the United States
of Amcricl, and the steady increase in the number of
bishops and clergy was not only gratifying but marvellous.
To the venerable Society for the Propagation of the Gos-
pel, the Colonial Church was indebted, not only for her
exertion but her growth. He thought the best answer he
could give to those who called in question the evangelical
character of this society, was the report of its proceedings.
The great effort of the institution was to plant and to per-
petuate time Church in the Colonies. The anel,ty knew
nothing of party men or party questions, and could not
be withdrawn from her intentions by the falseness of
statements made by enemies, or the cold supineness too
often manifested in the indifference of those who ought
to be her friends. In close and happy union with the
Bible Society and the Church Missionary Society, she
would continue her labours, until every colony of the
British empire had received the priceless blessing of the
English Church.

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.
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correspondents.

THE CHURCH CATHOLIC

To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

DEAR Ste,—l have sent a copy of the enclosed to the Editor
of the Citizen, but as I think it extremely probable that it will
not suit his purpose to let it appear in print, I shall feel obliged
if you insert it in your next.—Yours, very truly,
St. John's, Ist March. W. F. TAYLOR.

To the EDITOR of the CITIZEN.

Sfll,—Having observed in your paper some strictures on a
letter which I addressed to the Rev. Mr. Noble, in which you
intimate that a Roman Catholic priest could not be expected
to enter into controversy with me, being only a layman in his
estimation, I beg to say that this is a most convenient excuse
for the champions of a bad and defenceless cause. It is mani-
fest that, according to this, the Romish priests cannot enter
into controversy with any one, except he be among themselves
(and then what becomes of the boasted unity of the church 7);
all else being but laymen in their eyes.

It was not thus our blessed Lord and His Apostles acted
when they held daily controve-sies with the Jews and Gentiles,
all of whom were laymen as far as Christian ordination was
concerned—yea, not even baptized laymen. Nor is it thus the
Roman Catholic priests themselves act whenever they are rash
enough to hope there is any probability of being successful ;
witness the discussions between Gregg and Maguire of Dublin,
and between Blakeney and Naghten at Worksop.
The cause must indeed be bad which thus shrinks from inves-
tigation, as it is evident that impartial men will be ready to
suspect that the real ground of their silence is a conviction of
their inability to defend their church in fair and open discussion.
The clergy of the Catholic Church e,tablished in this king-
dom are accredited ministers of that Church, which is thus, to a
cartain extent, identified with them. There is, the, efore, no
reasonable ground why the Roman Catholic priests should not
try to maintain the Pope's church against them ; but it cannot
be reasonably expected that the Catholic clergy of the English
Church should attend to the epistolary effusions of unautho-
rized lay individuals, with whom their church is in no wise
identified ; in whose defeat the Church of England would gain
no credit, and the Church of Rome would suffer no damage.

0—
,
If any laymen of the Roniish Church desire information
upon controversial subjects, I shall be happy to give him an
interview in my own house or vestry; and if he come accom-
panied by a priest, he will not be the less welcome; or he can
attend some of my Bible or controversial classes, where I have
no doubt he will get the desired information ; but I cannot
descend to enter into public controversy with any but a public
man, or one who is Yollgizanirtilk rh""V.VTALOR.
Liverpool, Ist March, 1852.

THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY

To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

Stn,—Our opponents are already at their old game; they
think they have discovered the embers of division amongst us.
and they are endeavouring to fan them into a flame. I hope
their exertions will be unavailing. I trust we have profited
enough by the result of the last borough election, not to repeat
its follies.

Two new candidates will be forthcoming at the proper time.
" Let bygones be bygones," and every man zealously strive to
do all he can to secure their election. Here is the work before
us: Whies, Romanists, Peelites, and Radicals, areall merging
minor differences to oppose us; and unless we do the same,
we had better abandon the struggle altogether.
This, as 1 said before. however, I do not fear; we shall be
united J Let every Protestant join the ward committees, and
become a canvasser; in conversation, let us lose no opportunity
to impress on our friends the necessity for vigorous and cordial
co operation to stem the inroads of Popery, and to preserve
unsullied and uninjured the priceless treasure of a free and
open Bible! Do this, and all will be safe. It is all nonsense
to say that the Protestants of Liverpool cannot return more
trustworthy representatives than the present members for
Liverpool. They have the power in their own hands to return
whom they please, provided foolish jealousies and unnatural
suspicions do not blind their judgments and split up their
strength. AN ELECTOR.

THE TOMB OF HENRY V. AND THE CORONATION
THRONE IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.—The helmet, shield,
and saddle of Henry V. says Professor Donaldson, are still
attached to the pillars above his tomb. Dusty, dirty, torn
and distorted, these memorials of Cresy and Agincourt
seem only worthy (apart from their mighty traditions) of
an old metal shop. The throne on which our present
august Sovereign was crowned, as also most of her pre-
decessors, shares the same neglect, and has alike been de-
spoiled of its finials, its crockets and carvings. A. thin
coating of plaster shows where the painter's art once shone
in all its glory. The other is of doubtful origin, and
patched up in a bastard taste with panels of Italian de-
sign. Proh pudor 1-7 he