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(led on a fiction, cannot be prosecUted
.., Church, and, if carried out, will leid
;—inasmuch, too, as they would finally
arch by equalising it with dissent, and destroy
interests of Protestantism itself. The writer di-
On the part of Eiangelical Churchmen,
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ichery to the Chord

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ms that we (Churcl
' by which he mean.

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Iv nen I stan by
osition and in contradistinction to the d cor-
f Popery and to the disorder and irregularities of
',On I refuse to support a Romish candidate fbr
mirs and power, because he would root up Pro-
-1 support tyranny, and a Dissenter because he
v my Church and institute faction,—am I a
been taught that my Church is a branch of
built upon the foundation of the Apost'
by Christ, and invested with
• I have bee^

ught that my Church
ly-authorised safeguard of God's ref
at she contains in her all the pri

,ntism ; I have bee*
y and faithfully to her

trines, I adhere to the Churchmanshi of the
, theChurchmanship of th e Apostles and Bishops
a Church, of James at Jerusalem, of Timothy at
.tus at Crete. What, then, when I inscribe on
2hurchmanship as my rallying point,--when I
I up, on truly Apostolic and New Testament
my Churchmanship—tolerating, but a determined
f, Popery on the one side—discountenancing, bat
far as consistent, to aid, or not to oppose, Dissent
of Christianity on the other,—whilst, in declaring
Churchman, I profess myself a Protestant and a (pro-
Christisn, determined to stand by the Protestant in-
Is of my countryt and to resist the encroachments of
and the schismatie exertions of Dissent,—do I act in a
'an" spirit?' Surely not. I rejoice when .I see any
pposition to the advances of Popery, and I should be
assist any attempts in this direction where expecn-
rer or whatever be the actor; but I esteem it nothing
achery to send an avowed opponent of my Church's
-4. hlanche into the house, providing he is de-
.,ourage the progress of Popery. Carry out the
the reverend gentleman's remarks, and what is it
6ay, " If you will only avow a determination to oppose
ry and to uphold Protestantism, whenever the former
to insinuate herself, and whenever the latter is
may be actuated by feelings of the direst

hatred and envy of our Church; you- may be determined to
rob her of her rights, to enfeeble her existence, to tread her in
the dust ; you may vote for her divorce from state connection,
and seek to deprive her of state educational provision; you
may carry out your own views (however misguided in their
formation, and however fatal in their effects) of her need of
reformation—though your reformation may be deformation,
and your improvement destruction; only tell us you will vote
against Romish endowment, then you may depose the Irish
Church ; only tell us you will resist Popish aggression, then
you may put down Protestant (Church) ascendancy; only ob-
struct Romanism, you may do what you will with the Church"
What ! is this Prote ? It may be the Protestant;.-
those who view or Ina as a milder
1 would deal dft.
Dissenters, but i
Protests*,"

tantisa

of any

have at I

ts, that

'ow• the name,
; and, indeed„

Churchman unwisely and unwittingly Lc.
whilst he still retained the principles signified ,
such Protestantism as this is nothing but a decoy to ni,—
pecting Churchmen, and a snare for the betrayal of their
Church. How difficult a matter it seems to be to steer cleat
of dangerous extremes, and preserve the middle path, the
" golden mean," where only safety lies, and which is alone the

course of d

Hac urget lupus, hac canis

The principles of the Churchman ar

_
spirit, and conservative in their tendency.
tenor of his way, his Protestantism is oppu..
indeed, but it is conservation if it is never-dying
his Church. He duly appreciates the danger that aw
from either side, and escapes the snares of both. L.
is a Protestant, yet he is not a Dissenter : though he i.. not a
Papist, yet he is a Churchman. To some indeed of our owls
Church. the very name of Church seems to be a bugbear; and
it is left to vaunting Tractarians to monopolise a title in a high
sense which they cannot claim. But let me press upon Pro-
testant Churchmen wly...t has been often said before that what
is wanting now is " well-principled Churchmanship " for it is
that only which can guide us aright through all the uncertainty
and all the disruption that surrounds us on every side; it is
that only which is able to bear us aloft above the tide that
everything seems to run in, and find a dry place for our feet;
that can protect us from the glozing wiles of Dissent, and arm
us against the fury and vigour of Popery. I glory in the name
of Churchman : for if I look into the New Testament, I find
that St. Paul was a Churchman, St. Peter a Churchman, St.
James a Churchman, St. John a Churchman; and if I look
into the records of history, I find all those champions of the
"faith once delivered to the saints," all those bishops and
martyrs who lighted up a flame and spread the glorious gospel
in the purest ages of Christianity, were all Churchmen ; and I
believe also that my own Church holds the same doctrines. Is

in their
he eve*

:0. lopery
:glance to
'efts him
hough he

Ishould
England

endowed with the same powers, and has the same c.
Church eighteen centuries ago. God forbid, then, ft..
ever be ashamed of the title of Churchman, or that
should ever lose her brightest jewel, her Church. It .
my Church that I find a refuge from faction, and safety from
the claims of priestcraft and oppression. It is the Church
only that I recognise as the " ark " of Christianity and the
citadel of Protestantism, where, ensconced behind 'her pro-
tecting front, I can vigorously march in hostile resistance to

Ag.l.• ith where, us
orthodoxy, I can reasonably) assert her own)
discourage the blighting hands of schism and d

Ist July, 1847.

NIGEI

lOur correspondent's letter ought to have appeare
weeks since.]

THE

MAIL'

SLANDERS ON THE CLERGY

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

Stn,—Will you allow me through your columns to reply to a
portion of a letter which appeared in the Mail of - -
signed " a Churchman.”
The part of the letter which I allude to is that w
to St. Simon's Church and the Rev. J. R.

will particularize them, they are as

:h relates

he paragraph from first to last to be

I pronounc
unmixed fall
follow—implied and direct
Falsehood No. I.—Mr. Connor plumped for Sir D
worth.