The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-19 00:00:00

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CORRESPONDENCE.

THE REFUSAL OF INFANT BAPTISM.

TO THE REV. CECIL WRA Y. M.A. ..ONE OF THE INCLYZBILVD
MINISTERS OF ST. MARTLVS CHURCH, LzrzliPooi.

REVEREND SIR,—AII men accustomed to a plainCOrapre_
hension of things must have an appreciation of your beha-
viour towards Mr. Logan and his infant child wbich it cast
scarcely be " decent" that an incumbent minister of the
Church of England should excite or for a moment labour
under.

Assuming that the
circumstancesi I refer to were sorrocsly
reported in the public papers, it s obvious that sow, expial
nation, either through the press or the pulpit, is dee to the
conscientious members of the glorious Cisurch of which yo 4
are au apostolically ordained minister. Diftualtiei cf a native
to peril the continuance of tender conscienc4N within oar
i
communion I fear may be mpending ; and tikeeessuer they
are enabled accurately to 9nderh,tand !heir suet position
with reference to the administration of infant baptism, fewer
motives will there be for murmur and discord.

Let me, therefore, request you to inform the members of
the Established Church to whom I have just alluded, of the
precise principle upon which you acted in intimating your
willingness to celebrate a portion only of the baptismal Gar_
vice. And, if you deign to answer that quition, probably
you will think it necessary to poini out your scriptural a,.
thority. as well as your legal power, to intercept an ordinance
which Christ has himself made universal, and in which thine
is reasonable doubt tether any person in your position is
entitled to introduce arbitrary, or apparently arbitrary,
difications. _ . _

My knowledge of Mr. Logan is altogether =fined to his
name. I believe, however, he belongs to s dissenting per-
suasion, and that misfortune it is alleged constitutes your
justification. Have you ascertained whether Mr. Lova
holds the essentials of Christ's religion ? Is he a believer in
the doctrine of justification by faith ? If be is, he must
repudiate works of supererogation, to which, I lament to say,
there appears in the Church no inconsiderable tendency.
My defiuition of works of supererogation is, that of our
Articles, as they are " understanded of the people." If Mr.
Logan is orthodox on these important points, I am inclisied
to the belief that he has been rather summarily treated ; at
all events, in the absence of information from you, I, let my
part, am not in a condition to consider your alleged defence
sufficiently valid.

I hope I have not prejudiced the merits of this case. My
intentions were certainly otherwise ; and 113 y mind is at this
moment as open to conviction, from argument on your side,
as it has been to impressions from statement upon the other.
I have the honour to be, Reverend Sir,
Your faithful servant,
EUCHARISTLI PARTICEPS.
Great George-street, 17th May.

THE INDEPENDENTS AND THE FACTORY BILL

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
SM.—You must be well aware of the numerous meetings
held by dissenters of all denominations in this town for the
purpose of protesting against Sir James Graham's Factory
Bill, in which opposition the Independents have taken a pro-
minent part, petition atter petition is got up by them, and
presented to the House of Commons as bearing the signa-
tures of the respectable inhabitants of Liverpool. But what
is in reality the way in which these petitions are got up ?
There is at present one lying in the vestry of a chapel in this
town to forward the attainment of their object; and it is a
notorious fact that last Wednesday week three school boys,
who actually confessed their ignorance of the enactments of
the bill, were allowed to sign it, one of them only fifteen
years of age having had permission, and himself the audacity,
to append six names to it ; is this honourable and fair deal-
ing. My reason for giving publicity to the above mentioned
fact is, that people may have some idea bow the numberless
petitions have been got up with which parliament has lately
been deluged. I am, Sir,
Yours truly, L.