The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-08-08 00:00:00

BEEN AGAIN AND AGAIN IMPIPT

I;erelllUillai 1s ropes..
' that our venerable Book of Common Prayer contains a
large amount of covert Popery,' &c., &c." Now, so far is
this from being warranted by the prospectus, that Mr.
Wray commences the seventh paragraph thus :—" The

a spirit of re-
sentment against those who are guilty of these irregu-
larities. It is charitably supposed that they are the result,
not so much of wanton indifference to their ordination
vows as to the present unsatisfactory state of Church
discipline ; and to the belief—entertained also by many
ill-informed Dissenters—that our venerable Book of
Common Prayer contains a large amount of covert
Popery." If, indeed, Mr. Wray had attributed this belief
to the Puritan clergy instead of to ill-informed Dissenters,
he would have attributed to them no more than many of
them have openly avowed, if not in Liverpool, yet certainly
in other places. And, if I have not been misinformed, at
least one Liverpool clergyman—the incumbent of St.
George's, Everton—refused to take part in the meeting
held at the Amphitheatre against confession, upon this
ground :—That the Book of Common Prayer sanctioned
the Popish practices (so-called) which the meeting was
called to condemn ; and that, therefore, he could not join
in condemning those who followed it ; though he would
take part in a meeting called to condemn the book itself.
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d 104th
n pt. No

ways se,

s, however, I am open to correction. I cannot
guarantee its truth, though I can guarantee that it is no
more in substance than I have heard from Puritan clergy-
men myself. So much for Mr. Pollock's facility in mis-
is I quotation.
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ages Mr. Wray with asserting, that there is, in fact,
only one church where things are done with common
' What Mr. W. really says is, that there is
church in which there are daily Prayers, weekly
Communion, &c. The above quotation is, therefore, so far
as regards the portion which I have underlined, not what
Mr. W. wrote, but Mr. Pollock's paraphrase of it. Now,
when a man paraphrases a text, he is supposed to give
in other words what he believes to be the true force of it;
and hence this paraphrase by Mr. Pollock is tantamount
to an admission, on his part, that daily Prayer, weekly
Communion, &c.,_are necessary to common decency. lam

but it wants

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decency

friends, y

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A he thinks só.

~esent ; though, for fear of being charged with
.futh, I should mention that I am not certain as regards
one individual, who was present during part of the even-
aie I ing, whether she WM present at the time in question, or,
favour if present -Mother she attended to what passed. What I
- asserted -.t again—that de-

renewing

and picturesque
n architecture of the new hall ; and
- chapel, raised aloft upon arches, with the
open crypt, upon a level with the street, wherein the
benehers are interred, is as good as a bit out et tin
Waterloo of thlolplle,"—Household Word&

Ich Elizabei

prospectus Perhaps your Lordship will -Say that, to an Apostle,
ealt with accordingly, the removal of all obstacles in the way of restora-
is sufficiently answered by reminding him that it was tion would be easy, and that assuming such to be
handed to the editor of the Mail, and by him published the character of the reformer, nothing need be considered
in full at the time when the scheme was first advertised but the value of the reformation. You contend, then, that
in the local papers. I believe it was also handed to the existing prejudices should be taken into consideration.
editor of the Standard. Astir. Pollock has printed the pro- Let it be admitted. But what has your Lordship done ?
spectus as an appendix to his letter, your readers can judge You have recognised these prejudices as the basis of what
of it for themselves. I fearlessly assert that it contains you call " the peace of the Church," even though such a
no calumny, nothing but truth, if measured by the re- recognition results in the allowance of a flagrant cor-
quirements of the Anglican Church, nor any imputation ruption. The course your Lordship adopts might be taken
of motives. But it is marvellous that, while printing it as merely indicating
,a provisional rule founded on this
in full, he should twice misrepresent it, and that most consideration, that the age is not ripe for the restoration
grossly. " Thus," he writes, " the clergy, to the number proposed, and that an abrupt revival of the fulness of
of some sixty, are, inferentially at least, denounced to a Church privileges should be preceded by a careful and
man, as being all, more or less, guilty of wanton indiffer- gradual education of popular feeling up to the tone of
ence to their ordination vows ; while sentiments are Apostolic Christianity ; and you might contend that to
lascribed to them, or some of them, which they would all force these privileges on a people insensible to their value
utterly ignore as, for instance, that ' any,
ilpproach to would be to defeat the object of reform. But how stands
le"nf ""c"""""1
" the case ? If indeed the present practice be a great defect,
if indeed reform be a Christian necessity, does your Lord-
ship lament with us the one, and offer to devise a scheme
for accomplishing the other ? No, my Lord. I repeat, you
recognise present practice as the fit rule of worship, and
whilst you cannot condemn the particulars of reform, you
pass it by as affording no feature to justify the interruption
of uniformity. Yon commend the proprieties of the
popular mode of devotion, and seem to involve us in the
odium of impugning the fidelity and zeal of its supporters.
Not one word of approval do you bestow on our effort to
restore a great Christian practice, whose abeyance your
Lordship must believe is a scandal to our Christian name.
We find ourselves covered with reproach ; we are offend-
ing against Christian charity ; we are accused as endeavour-
ing to disturb the even tenor of your lordship's way, and
to poison the satisfaction with which you have hitherto
viewed the general condition of your diocese, the zeal of
its clergy, and the " confidence " of their foci
clergy, recollect, are the men, part of whose ver_
is that infrequency of Communion and public worship,
which is the subject of reform. They are the men who

7 system

actually vindicate to themselves the right to depart from
Apostolic practice in this matter, as though it were the
most precious heritage of their_" Protestant religion and

liberties." They come forward, my Lord, in the public
prints openly to fix upon the Church of England t-
reproach that her system does not necessitate (

more than three times in the year. They project relic__
works in connection with their pastoral office, with th
assumption that current practice presents a complete plat-
form of practical Christianity. They . boast of their
influence on the popular mind in this town ; they tell us
that they have got a "stand" which such schemes as this

in vain attempt to _ disturb, and sing Io Pceans ov

we are offering to oppose is a system, and it is in
cation of a system that your Lordship refuSes us the
liberty of a more apostolic way. The choice is actually
between apostolic practice and its neglect, and, in obedience
to thecharacterof the age, your Lordship imposes the latf
on us. Whereas the zeal of early days ever characte•
itself by an assiduous devotion. to the foremost
Christianity, the zeal your Lordship confidently
to our awakened sense of duty results in tots'
to the Scripture model ; and what would
purest ages universally looked upon as the
unfaithfulness, bustles itself forward as the highes‘.
of Christian fidelity. How is it, my Lord, thr
diheochoolsde,,s
h` oen ew
oorfktihne g
hoafp pai nes
systemse s
success your pious forefathers shed tears of shame and
e oon:,leere t
ievdhoswithe p
ayr-
toi,

,gards the sacrament of matrimony, I repeat that,
admission, his "Most intelligent and dear
nad not even charged me with uttering the non-
se which he put into my mouth about two clergymen
ing part in the celebration of a marriage ; and that I
'er asserted to the friend in question that the Prayer-
calls matrimony a sacrament. The correctness of
account of the conversation can be testified by all who sorrow ?

)een in the

treme of

my Lord, that you can

aappilysses

.0 is one

Did your Lordship ever consider one of the
connected with this part of your diocese, that th,
bCrhanite.cdh? inor sv eLi
or pur l
relicw h eorne an Nt V
teiei
ek lsya
mEucharistas
ti is eels.
eh
brought together the disciples on the first day of the week
sue - arch does not deny to break bread ? Has Apostolic Christianity lost its
atrimony to be a sacrament, while the Homilies call it power ? What, are these vast sensilde effect's shown in
; and, not unguardedly, but deliberately, so do I. This, the hebdomadal excitements of novelty-se/Aim; Chris-
it seems, is "the gravamen" of the charge—viz., that I trans;. and is the altar, week after week, livre of the Holy
adhere to and approve the Church's language, and to this (lifts, to be accounted ne sign of love waxing cold, and a
I plead guilty. decaying allegiance!' These men wr.om Your Lordship

I must no;- leavO t,119 correspondence to speak for Itself, 1 c-onieraftitates—yoaraelf on lAaykpq

grA possesaton" of your

011711 CH-SATE AN MACCLESFIELD.--The following wa
the final close of the poll on Tuesday :—For the rate, 494
against it, 450; majority for the rate, 44.

INEW ISISIIOE—The Rev. Frederick Barker, late of
Edge-hill, in this town, has just been appointed Bishop of
Sidney, and Metropolitan of New South Wales, New
Zealand, &c.

NOTTING-HILL CHURCH

The church now building at

is at the charge of the same Dr. Walker, rector of St.
Columb, Cornwall, who made the munificent offer to Con-
vocation to found a Cornish bishopric. The Church of All
Saints is to be entirely free, endowed by the founder, con-
tinually open, and is a monument to the memory of the
parents of Dr. Walker.

GREAT Meux,ow CHURCH-RAM—There has been a
contest for a church-rate at Great Marlow. The proposal
to adjourn its consideration for a twelvemonth, on a show
of hands, was declared by the vicar to have been carried.
The churchwardens demanded a poll, which terminated in
a majority of nineteen for the rate. The utmost
feeling prevailed, and at +' 'lose

proposed a vot

in the chair

- cue dose the vicar's opponents
4 of thanks to him for his impartial conduct

CHURCH-JUTS TRIIIMPIL—At a vestry of the rate-
payers of Neath, on Tuesday last, a rate of fourpence in
the pound was proposed by Mr. R. Morgan, senior church-
warden, and seconded by Mr. Thomas, junior church-
warden. The rate was opposed, and a poll demanded by
H. Gwyn. ESci.. nt. 010 olnca nc

were-For the rate, seventy-four; against it, fifty-six—
majority for the rate, eighteen.
A CHITECII-EATS OPPOSED BY A CLERGYMAN.—A
poll last week was demanded against a church-rate of 2d.
in the pound granted by the vestry to the churchwardens
of Ingham, Norfolk. The amendment to the rate was
moved by the Rev. William Harnard, a clergyman of the
established church, and possessed of property in the
parish. He avowed he opposed the rate because he did
not think the party which " he was proud to represent,"
and which he called the. "Low Church party," had any
voice among the officers of the church. He was supported
by Lieut.-Colonel Gilman, Mr. Alexander, solicitor and
late parish churchwarden till ejected last Easter, and a
few Dissenters, though others voted for the rate.At the
close of the poll, the Hon. and Rev. W. Wodebouse, rector,
declared the numbers to be—for the rate, 99 ; against, 70.
—Church and State Gazette.

THE BISHOP OP BATH AND WELLS.—The Bridgwater
Times, in announcing the opening of the "Bridgwater
Exhibition," with a collection of ancient masters and
modern paintings from the mansions of the Somerset
county families, and that the ceremony of opening was to
be honoured by the presence of the Lord Bishop of the
diocese (Lord Auckland), says—" The presence of his lord-
ship on this occasion will be a graceful compliment to
those who have so diligently and spiritedly promoted this
undertaking; and the object of this exhibition, namely, to
aid the Parish_ Church Restoration Fund, serves as an

appropriate and happy introduction of hi; lordship to a
very important part of his diocese. Lord Auckland's
ready acquiescence in the wishes of the promoters is an
assurance that the present Bishop of Bath and Wells will
prove an active, energetic, and valued diocesan, anxious
and willing to promote every good work among us."
Tux Naw BISHOP.—The announcement was made
public on Tuesday of the appointment to the see of Kil-
more of the Venerable M. G. Beresford, Archdeacon of
Ardagh since 1835, and Vicar-General of the diocess of
Kilmore. The elevation to the enisennal ,se

Beresford will no doubt afford nnthized satisfaction, not
only to the great bulk of the clergy, but to the laity resi-
dent in the district where he has been for so many years
favourably known as a zealous riero,m.. ay.a 1,-;na nna

ttliti CO MALAY
.onsiderate landlord. The bishop elect is in the prime of
life, and possesses the other qualifications requisite for the
due discharge of an office which now more than ever
dema

is the exercise of a clear and vigorous understand-
Dr. Leslie's predecessor in the see was the father of
hdeacon Beresford.

DEATH OF THE DEAD OF ARUMM.—The Very Rev.
Richard Murray, D.D., Dean of Ardagh, breathed his
last on Wednesday week, in the south of ET
he had retired for some short time, seek"

1, whither

lg the t

score years and ten allotted to our race, and his healt
(as is well known) had been, for some years in a declinin

few of his many friends by surprise. As the assistant of
andl
precarious state, so that his departure will
the late Mr. Matthias, in the Bethesda Chapel, Dublin, he
shared with that excellent man at once the shame and
the Gospel in fulness and simplicity,
was
dalrkness around.. Promoted by the influ-
ence of
nu preaching
of private friendship to the living of Askeaton, county
• he was honoured in being the father, and first
that remarkable work of conversion among
le Romanist population of that benighted country, which
Aas sinee,happily, spread to all parts of Ireland ; and it
was on this account that he was selected, without expec-
tation or solicitation, by the late Duke of Wellington,
when in political power, to fill the Deanery of Ardagh,
which had become vacant. Both in that important posi-
tion, and also as Vicar-General of the diocess, he for more
than a quarter of a century served his generation through
good report, as he had for an equal period through evil.
There are few parts of England, as well as Ireland, where
this good and able old man was not known, as au eloquent,
because a simple and affectionate preacher of the Gospel,
and an advocate of almost all the institutions in existence
for the evangelization of his native country. Dean
Murray was an accomplished writer as well,—he has left
Us several proofs of this, and among others a truly valuable
history of the religion of this land, entitled " Ireland and
her Churches.",-.Belfast ChroriCle•

have takei

promoter.