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'tae -oraiers, has most effectually opened Vie e)es
i -,
Dahl.
'lna -de to the true and characteristic traits of Puritan-
Nell --,! the same time, we cannot but admire the policy
defeat .'" Instigated him to retire from the field. ere his
a " lieeo is little doubt that,
"'fore „ Mes more signal : for there
ellea t r 7 long, Mr. Pollock and his comrades will be corn-
igly dna kenPY the position of the Ccar, which he so glow-
Vairl `l,eribes in his letter. Mr. Pollock asserts that he is "a
tifin 4'on i" but "plain" men generally deal in
" plain'
frotrlgl:A 'd if we could be sure that his plainness were free
'
th e:g :aracte quitration, our battle would be won, plainness being
bei ristic feature of the Liturgy of our Church, an
.°o;!the
very Point which we seek to establish. The Prar
tio,' '4 its inte,qit • free from mystification, free from om.is-
nlad'e ,th,e 'icra:lsten3;B' magnified, not depreciated; Preaching
z ea, 'l'etervient to Prayer (though this, no doubt, would
.be
trra"disquietude to those who regard an hom 'at
4104)%fr°41 the pulpit as the primary instrument of cover-
t Al i:he'e, indeed, if carried out, would be healthy tokens
salll,4Cl,4ett, of which, unfortunately, your correspondent.lft.
,i''lloCk"?..ast• Our differences would soon be healed, if .
a.
Illai ,"°41(1 consent to show himself in the chars; ter of.
14 n '
olcel, I than, and the only existing wall of partition. being
1)1.13/110tin*n, we might hope to proceed hand-in-hand in the
444 .'n Of that glorious work, which, if the Church is to
40,:4,e undoubtedly be wrought.
k ~ '' then -
ainst Mr. Wray of being
h clam ! a weird on the charge ag ~sell:efie,,titaetsytintoe slanderer of his brethren." It isultogether
disprove the accusation at any length ; and
t 3 the
rather leave it to speak for itself. But allowing,fist
4thiekee'lk' "argument, that Mr. Wray and his friends°urto
heat oil the stronglicilds of Puritanism, and had brought . s
15(:i'°gLI
t.telleeirirgionw"n" Invective and slander, surely his enemie
principle of the Bible, and the Bible only,
44. to reli4loo el' Protestants), would have done well to
40,1 In this case turned to its pages, and taken a lesson
the, °Ur blessed 8' • , words ,'° Love your enemies, bless
t ~, thv e atrrour s wOr .
°l.the,.. nrBe You, do good to them that hateyou, and pray
tent ' which despitefully use you and persecute.. you."ile we
4110‘;:brt"Dohdent had acted more upon this p
q 4buse ay,' been spared the pain of witnessing the outbursts
dkit ar.W'„lich have so disgraced the late literary 7
•sttt b; -'• rOliock quarrels with Mr. Wray for insinuating
-
VI ''R Pv body, are guilty of a vio .
Nt ~„. ' angelical'brethren, as a
their ordination vows. If the latter had stated this
l'4l,illcklk,t„,ahaternent, and without modification, he would no
°lliq '''' very far from the truth, as a very few instances.
kfith, thow; for, be it remembered, that he is waE
1/144; Party who openly ignore Rubrics and the explicit comet.
:44 4°T the Church, despise the language of homilies, an
;eclarr::'B to the ,wind : and these, too, men who are
tie aver
the
°tie of -their party to be carrying out the inten-
-444t att%etetl'rella in their integ. N. ow, ,what does this
to h,,,,,ket me the HOI 9 one of their body, it
Y Bible wa-ars4Yaeort taci°l)°:'. has been proposed
It4toticld see the Prayer Book littel‘r'aullyalpsuollmedu
'it i 8 a matter of surprise that
to pieces
:Another
114141*es of the a third
sacraments that " they are all very well in
taN'l'aYt" a fourth thinks fitc' to teach his people, and
ttiji4'':4loiite boyf bolusr"sanvio. example, thatthepirsacatice of bowing at
1101-"Iloth the n the Creeds relic of Popery,
6,4 ath. Scriptures and the t anons of the Church are 44 . lin : a fifth seems to consider the Communion Service
711kithill
.Ptiatically called the service of the Church) to.be
setliatedlinn, and thinks its occurrence a fitting opportunity Ilit 81,,,-"KtlePreParation for an imposing appearancein the put-
PllkeZ are a few instances only of the practices of those who
la thei;?enitieves Upon carrying out the rules of the Church
ilichted intqlrity, and we leave it to an intelligent and unpre-
thi,_ DUhlic t 0
decide whether such practices have any
, ,h."! to integrity.
iot,4.et toclled Tractarians may or may not be the aggres-
tlitt,
„ent they can at least reconcile it to their consciences
Qoci:_tteir endeavour has been, still is, and, by the blessing of
tiaet:iill will be, to carryout to the best of their power those
kirtefir.,„4 .7°Nirs which were made in common with their Evan-
brethren, at the most important period of their life,
Witilthe Place of God's especial presence. .
taitt " one word of apology for thus intruding upon your
One, I remain, Sir, yours very faithfully,
'VerPool, August 31, 1854.

11E PROGRESS OF THE CONTROVERSI

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VERITAS

IR EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

ltPt ''''The advocates of the Church's cause, in Liverpool,
t-etery reason to be satisfied with the progress of the con.
aititert IY; neither will Apostolic truth suffer from the oppo-
lt et' the indifference, which it has encountered. In thus
4tee:4lt for ourselves such an salvo
illlhtitY that I should endeavour to guard mysei,
Nt'4,lti(),l of that arrogance which leads the fanatic to
Stit-te at the outset that the cause he espouses is the cause
T,",,, for our adversaries have shown their inability to de-
'4l tltt-;e4the Object we have professed to serve, by descending
4,4 tla vternPulous arts of personal suspicion, and question-
tiltitet,„-`4cerffy of the profession. Amid, then, the in'
tiZZe'--":ZIS, and the malevolence of enemies.

acy as this, there is no

from th

tiii4te(lu-.ll.khl''4"-to see its true value and beauty proPeirnlytamPPpreer:
'4l.64bh"e3tal'd mind of Puritanism, embedded
(.4tkialat.LBelr-sulflicincy, is not so soon expanded to a due
atlrehl or the services and sacraments of the Apostolic
t
"ted,, ofibulit, Whilst thinking it far more than probable
te°4ttler, illth have taken root in many a secret
of the
41elitmi:t13' aPneal to the public, on the helplessnessplace, we can
We 14"bt liosition ot our opponents. .
nVerytillt °tired from the first under some disadvantages. The
invidious duty.
'lrleadllire:f oor project imposed upointnuesd
to the
daonto suipply
o,ll:lserehr4en, Pg."fotfei.srseiropnoowiatsh,
at
note
artc hp'rsespett•lit-
Vilete4B ; and, as eve offered notit'wastilaiwirc,h they
beyond
Of NI; We thereby
of Liver-
-41111l a censure upon thethe Church's
mode
Nil fr, el' adnaNistration. How could lie ask out
14014411114't "44113'111°ns, except on the plea of Live.rpolo.kletillayorwi,e-
-," , When imploring foreign aid, was it i
'4411
e'"nifY our expression of domestic Wants? or that we
,tleacies °liceal our been and overwhelming sense of. the ded-
'''ba b °f
"" ' such a body as the Clergy of Livievrepsooala,'d'
Ottler4.7l,Solicit€d kelp towards obtaining for ohtii,resied?
They
000te e P.lits wilitt tiler perseveringly wit
We. 11" light ei
k qwth
..1ar,...,es we were thus necessitated to allege.
ti,4,°a'leci,
~"Ilgations of primitive Christian worship unac-
'll) 11,..''' °r set at naught, and the character of that wor-
2hk'rciave char, non consent,', 'materially departed from. This
to Liverpool, we made, and we
the
roc N.,,,
._ a,s applicKli,.e it jtitk:_, e over-weerllng confidence. of Dr. M'Neile, nor
tl: it% 44. advanced and then silensticy relinquished accu-
tl;oli:akter,
atal(ri,;otiments ofiaantoon!,:oinoTeis.
tyleorficaul,ewrßiteerrs.;
Mr.nnor
:ttlllil 44,,e44 shake our conviction, or alter its
rebutex pr
e s•
s iaon d.
tles-,eet oreover. they do not attempt.
,itDe,,
to 4'200t (10 So constitutes ouhrichrt e "When truth
1,:°411r detoeb,',:t offensive, its impregnability ism' milk" the °PP°-
4 e beyond e awl implacable. - beyond refutation,
tl4
etl_t. excuse.
' ,n ingenious,
~ \,,, ' 'c% of our opponents, however, hare UL
'.l.;tlitabir'el't ealeUlated to add to their reputation.
Nth cenTh'i irldeed, that Clergymen should
pretend
to
0
1 stion ' acency under the weight of the moat
that
Iller 8' Ollcl niattif
sensibility only against
by
serious restini-
N, uy whic„
vc. est their
them a
kl,,'_Qct for
theti ,” not overawed from advancingea
?
o‘le.Of the
_ss:UticitY? What do they exp
no sufficient
Ili,11;‘ for
,;esir. I:41 order of primitive. worship. Is the abey-
NI ,114.1,,,,, M; a reform in existing circumstances?
.• inst the obli-
h,, oil%
of•
OOClc., are we to Shut our eyes no
w,,,,,,,
j.laiit,stolic precedent, because to open them . t.,'-"_
44io,"•Iitit to cliar-i - you t 1 a defect of spiritual
,Di.eviottAtrhe:,ect.°)ealrotbilante approval'si
of f current neglect, lest
penes:l etpoQ,l::, l. breathed on " such a holly as. the Clergy
tTtel inti'‘le And do You think that you,
it),%44 Or Illi
t4,ltc.:,
this
tic,lyn.egliect bescape the
ace and your numerous followers,
~._
with all your
y pleading your reputation as be. toll!
t 0
cti„,"4 (pi,atir,Wll.?se general character I do not wtis
our
koTt_itit trit),a:a Wt heu judice takes its course, L
ht`'.'roYfthe tev7r,!;Ofestimony to Character may perhaps
1,41;__ the
etlnv" y a the sentence, but it does notaltertilt,
yr tool ir4i:,r, na cannot reverse the verdict.. From
"°n4 'fit iy, indeed, allow an extenuation

le in this town has bettered its position. Wt

system which, if our statements of fact be true, must be
radically different from that of the Apostolic Church. And
all this because the act

.gy of Liverpool are " such a body."

I have said before that I do not wish to question the respect-
ability of this body ; and I now wish it to be known that it is
not in scorn I have so often repeated this phrase. But I wql

ask, since the consideration is thus forced upon us, in what

are they "such a body

I think 3.1 r. Pollock would answer
—in their untiring opposition to Pope6T. But is this the
main duty of a Christian Clergy? Does the faculty of ener-
getic declamation raise very highly the moral character of
the man, or stamp the reputation of zeal and personal devo-
tion on "the labourer in the Lord's vineyard ?" The great
office of the Clergy is to build up the body of Christ, and seek
for His sheep, and His poor, scattered abroad. The monu-
ments of the pastor's true zeal are not to be found in the
audience pouring into the church or the theatre to listen to
the harangues of controversy, and leaving them reeking with
theological hatred against forms of error, whether Popish or
Protestant. It is not thus that the world was evangelised,
or that the masses of city corruption are to be leavened with
the Gospel of Truth. Self-sacrifice is the stamp of the pas-

tor's ministrations. Where are its monuments in this vast
community ? " Circuntspice:" I forbear to particularise

the result of the inspection

But it is charged against us, that our circulars of the pro-
posed Church do not pia upon the front of the scheme the
repression of sin and error. Can anything equal the absurdity
of such a charge? Surely it must be taken for granted •that
this is the object of all works of religion. The characteristic

of our scheme is in its mode of prosecuting that system, of
which this is the universal object; and, among fellow pro-
jects in this town, I have already remarked, that the-specialty
of the appeal was based on the differentia of our undertaking.
Yet, is not the end of a Church the worship of God? And is
not the prominent claim of our appeal this, that the project
was for the setting up sad carrying on of that system of
worship in all its fulness, which was the only system of
Apostles, and is the only system of the Church of England ?
Is it nothing, that our first and private appeal, which was the
basis of the two subsequent editions upon which Mr. Pollock

has made so much idle comment, and which happens to coo-
ain the very passage afterwards transferred to the so-called
public appeal, to deludethe Protestant public, and mask our
real intentions—is it nothing that this appeal makes the
characteristics of our scheme to be, frequency of Communion,
sing war 1 services early and late to suit all classes, perfect equality

rge staff of Clergy to .ad

minister adequal

Sir, it must be from a s

are so unwilling to 1

snd seek for us the

parochial system

want of faith, that these persons

us inspired by these great objects,

nspiration d some

"Shibboleth." Desperate, indeed, is :the moral condi-

tion, where vice disbelieves in the very existence of vir-

tue, and not merely resists, but denies, its power; and

imminent must that crisis of decadence be, where the most

precious transmissions of Apostolic truth are scarce allowed
a doubtful place among those influences which can raise a

Christian above the mean aspirations of sectarian warfare, or

factious struggles after a party triumph

faithful servant,

—I am, Sir, your
VINCENTIUS.

Sept. 8, 1854