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EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,
(Conclusion.)
utap trti. th, we have far less to do with the issues of things
1,2! with their probation ; and if in the latter we have
liiil:n°llt. best, we are called upon both by reason aild. re-
tioas 14, calm our anxieties and to repress our anticipa-
rove at. calm
the former. We are neither omniscient to
viteiriaor omnipotent to rule the event ; but having our
at ample prescribed, the safest
them only course is to do
ohe same time exercising st cautious foresight
KZl:ig ruled by the most deliberate wisdom.
etsy ,Ping this great and consoling principle in viw, it is
ill '47' see how the contracted spirit which I haven noticed
vaciTis letter is utterly' antagonistic to its lofty teaching
kieuPPosed to its guidance. Before, then, we instil simple
QlPles of practice, and expound the course of duty,
_eilenlY to truth must be detected and vanquished.
te cast attack the prejudices before we apply ourselves
bsfore mesons of mankind and break down the barriers
journey. the we send truth on its Our affections are
mistresses of our will, and the will generally rules the
vi7eetrranding. Men must be made willing to be con-
the:before conviction can seize them, and their natural
Position to one course overcome ere we can direct
(leafht° another. We might as well hope to awake the
blind V sounding a trumpet in his ears, or to terrify the
t,eepbY b di • tutu ran slung a sword before his eyes, as to effec-
each the understanding or alarm the fears of one
abse by the galling chains and fortified by the unyielding
oxideY of prejudice. But let it not for a moment be
bred that I intend to apply the remarks contained
the
theoreti principle of state parties; for however
paint the Tphilosophers may represent the advantages and
Bteedi e beauty of outward seeming unity, and notwith-
those atke sPecious but hollow and despicable cant of
eoate;"° oY the disruptions of all state combinations and
break tPt of all
liCobeartstitobtieen
Party-honour and obligation. hope to
have evertPon the integrity of the Constitution ; partiest
n England the mightiest bulwarks of her
,„ni‘t.e and the most effectual conservators of he
rOagOlCr' indeed, of that licentiousness to which d.eh-
wherevuer are wont t ive the sacred name, and whic
featurce bens the haggard aspect and revolting
Godly sfrf, monster and a fury, but of that genuine
egai-,°,111, which is arrayed in all the graces and.
apeda,,,'4lta all the appliances of a heaven-born 111 Lvin ' "`f is indeed the brightest treasure we can possess
%%Patty 'a
Wu defending die; that liberty which may beim-,
Python recognised from the effects she produces on the
ich cherishes her, and which requires not the as-
etZee of freezing science, or the illustrations of " political
ta,°mY" to discover and display her beauties and advan-
.°l'; which is at once dignified in her demeanour and
iC'l.°lts in her aspect ; in whose right hand it may be said
ref sits to court the suppliant, and in her left justice
UT:" to restrain the oppressor ; which is, in a word,
etiU
kaPlest model of the moral effects of that religion
rith.! God intended to be her companion and her guide.
int Is liberty I firmly believe the wise system of parties
0.0 the best preservative that the wisdom of man could
Clse or the frailty of man require. But the " party
L" I have been endeavouring to explain and dissect,
5 most destructive of the end which the other is in-
t7_ed to answer, cannot be identified with it. A consti-
portal, party is established not merely for its own sup-
eff,,m,"s out for the accomplishment of an end by the most
bZnal means, for the good of the commonwealth, the
ihrp tion of order, the protection of religion,—from
14? faction is in the principle widely distinguished, and
theme Practice should be diligently eschewed. Let us not
aChlaistake that paltry and'dangerous spirit which is the
latter ng of narrow prejudice, and the foster-child of will-
tebnarance, for the honest, inbred affection, which is
tieret-atly the most salutary preservative from licentious-
mistake
'lid infidelity ; nor, on the other hand, .
tlie fi,, the impartial disinterestedness, which is
tiakiii•%eharacteristic of an honest man, and the foremost
blew/ nt a sincere inquirer, for the cant of that despica-
the
_oeralism which is the most frightful plague-spot and
To most noxious disease of this specious and rotten age.
eo4n4od together for the support of our religion and our.
bat When surely to form ourselves into a holy compact ,
religion,
Ze, lose sight of that object which at the first
en„"Raill us together, and put personal motives for
lament faction for country, we break the sacredli-
btoo.thihthreiewasheut-uritryePfioorllnsuctetcealttleiedsaucsreadndbotnhde,
loftyw e
motivesthe
withfidelity
inspired. .
From defenders of a right
for
• ,we become as dishonourablecandidates in an unhalloweddishonourablevictory, and degrade the stage of
aatrytttsill. and religion into an arena for personal contests
are ndtctive opposition To be engaged on such an
tt4 Oupftishis., Is, by man. considered to be the surest
lamentn "°noaY and the only evidence of zeal; whilst
_n to' discourage the u.nn. atural contests of
lateen, and to decline inscribing the bad of
411 eOY °n one's banner, is to be denounced. as
tlied Ilscientious than any, and one who would sacrifice
444 :earest interests of the Church and the most impor-
Pbo;llfirements of truth to the attainment of quietness
itp:e:• But I firmly believe there are some, nay,
' -144—nay, perhaps the. great est number—whose
lbssit It is, that -
b., and 4. at without wrangling, without envy, without
iaaLloo, they steadily walk the middle path. the
from Way. which, equally distinguished from heresy
;7% tia° schism, is 'characterised only by staunch affec-
ta dam". reverential adherence to their Evangeli cal Church,
ti,ne d' •
toe gof discipline, and in authority. The convic-
• vo these men are no less deep and serious, though
"41Yin14 bb e less rife with their protestations, and less
4rea,..byie Performance of their duty ; nay, though they
bate,„(who by the noise they make seem to be., the
e`yrin‘.lare in reality " ram ayes" in ecclesia) as
eousei_ cowards, I strongly believe them to be the
i.ett• 13 "hone and the highest-principled of Church-
v7tli fe,.lt though these men are unwilling to fight to the
4dr. '441 points of controversy, or to adopt as their
itt te.,ord the
cry of any party ; though they are unw!llk-
/, tatZlect such a dishonour on their Church as to thin
distinguish themselves by the . name
or . the name " Catholic" (knowing., as
411,4441.18'mal,dtbat their Church possesses all the doctrines
under the first, and all the characteristic fea-
Stue4Pressed by the latter) • yet they cannot desert the
ntekhalents of their Church' when enemies are in the
Ned shrink from the post of action when they are
tir'ertion7 Iti,not by faction or caprice. but by duty and af-
ii,e2.tectothi o live "at peace with all men" is doubtless a
0-vka°ol°etecl and admired, and to need no buckler for
11-eIW Safe p sw.ord for battle—to be in a happy as well
feet;n"sistent :%.1°o• But it behoves us to see that peace
ti,`ags only „,",!'n higher motives, and that it is not our
es_"&nickle „' "inch dictate its preservation ; that when we
"'ere b arino
e " field ur, and lock our sword in its sheath,
L nee& which dem..nds our presence, and no foe
2att relmision. It were but a poor and disgraceful
`144 Wlake, if our country were threatened with inva-
-11/4211d enemies already on its shores, that we could walk
104,7 u Without a weapon, and that we kept our distance
wohthe field of battle. §urely, in such a case, peace
041;21ite only
theinsensibility of
. selfishness, and the
tithiwkint of cowardice. But still it also behoves us to
NR_aof as partisans, but as Churchmen ; not as if with the
t7lar opinions of independent sects, but as all united
„Sile,common ground ; those that cannot do this fall
xliTort, or go very far beyond, the principles of true
tltie'ataansbip. We should not find it difficult to point to
tflost prominent members or ministers of the Church
thei:eietotice in almost invidious appellations, and who under
vactive designations are either almost dissenters in
otladietteVithulg but outward appearance and communion,. or
Pretended auspices of " High Church" pnnci-
lbittr°Pound
re 4 the destructive doctrines of Popery to their
weltre.ben:AaVrers ; but we
.want neither such " Low
Is the ti.llor such " High Churchmen"—what we
ee "int, sir, hpntorehm an.
abinuarks, leav-l'e,„ must conclude these somewhat desultory
toh-o'vatioo
r,""g to future leisure and opportunity further
a.,ll„cted With Points directly and indirectly more or less
solicit Yollr kindnessao and aarin und pon
favour. ur the Cncii, when I may

NIGEI

lOSPITAL CHAPLAINS,

I'IrOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

, %/t
.Y41101,1-17'01' some time past I have thou.ghs tveorfyadgrtetssainndg
41' 81lbje t 11. 1 I regret, from it
,1 Itinpo cvelc t
Ntio rtnce, has not met Nyithamohraes Zkeif(,4l. here a Christian public than .
.4"°? ~`;". I mean the subject sel.i
hithertoouseOblle.Seln-
still I
of hospital chaplainship.
f klrla r r°tn my w' 'me an appointment,
'ic't. ' -' ,s fa f
wish to wound the feelings of any
Nit an holding so responsible ;kht ~s' duly to state that during an experience of oenfnhneeeltasedt
°F differ
tfief,a's, in which I have been more o.
'i°4tltiati,4"‘"ieer:rfehltlPluitachis gtrhireovuedghtootiwtitthneesskingdolimtille havetitne
Ztlts'elltien were devoted to administeringhtoowthenstipnirnaitullayl
171%4 ~` ithe 'many suffering inmates wh
field more op
4°,ttys.'se'taia the wills of these noblebuildinogse;ofor it has
1, IN. ealed to me that, if there be one
bar etopreivneeainteldY
tcarlllethtila, tedt
isthiann asuneohtherylfuonir
sthaes
twhiedsee:
k1).4°1% - lere are not only ever to be foasundunuarmtsbenrsf
thoef
`:ilfortunate sufferers who come from all p
the sound of
kBlktp,e, globe, and on whose ears it may
4 Y 4fterlie has never fallen ; but there al%
of our own
I,llfielv- ma)", the most abject and profligatennot hut
pouring in,
titlillir4 .114Pnelated streets. And though we ca
the , after a ,
i 54.4 of th • et deeply impressed with the
wcahraet
atrheat is
11, ell' Aerishino• bodies yet,
ared
d on them when com_p w ,
*4itthieisr4kilrtwsht.bey. enjoy, and what is all the medical or
ta,t 'k aNiee,lch is bestowed
tatil:'s '?feas it ,of their never-p.efrgrisheiantger svoaululse.
weNreo
set,ust
e fo.e_►iestitetitltaost appears_ 1
here we tzzotiplrT, on the body than on the soul. Let n
h Hospital, in thy towys.
~,,it hana e
...tiaettpe..swo,.lllloeusNefsrltirgeerQnns,
%NI me'diem
0;_ot casualtie.s, and nonne
leosfswthhoanm.sim
the
Ltttunent a_ 'n.v r their presenceeti is required : such is
tk.,,,°l' wile,„_ :ens, attending regularly,g and liab.slealha"-
N 3 11(34Urfietalneillit W"trueasfestate things. NiVsehind
tile t)ri.resitiett
honorary
to the care of the binoadbvees.
a chaplain, who has on
t)killatts:lll. visiting a large, most depraved
ang to the
OsDit4,:l and of the town as well as attend
man,
~gowev:,' and, I would k is
Ps ' it possible for any
4..
hdenseh,s'elltlii 2ealons, indefatigalile, and active he may be, e_ni
-'l9 nc) Perform both these offices ? I feel certain. that
gropee elfeithwhe for a moment considers the subject must
rb, rne that at all events it is more than one can
lterif 4Y, and onoshort hour the Sunday, which is the
(''l' 'l7 l'evf°ral• What is half an hour or an hour in. the
ti,„ ,of ~,
_,
,oe eeie and
that can be devoted, in consequence. of du-
ttleti Ilected With the church ? When I consider the
ti2as of
rtleneY se t aually to our missionary eta'
s'j44e j;lTad ; whenn out
look at the glorious endeavours
bk_sqies-- behalf of the pastoral Aid and other similar mi-
tt. (jrl,?‘ee-higtc'amkeetL, can t but think that the subject Iy.is
v.itil • s,llot „...warile%fiorely from the fact that a chnstlan
h than heathen darkess.
killdoti" 'Le
Deep'Gtid'i ielremaiedore truth, which covers the
Most any suffering inmates of our hos-
.