The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-03-28

TIE EnINRIfnG REXIEly-

| we are aIlIttti always fayurt'i. III fllIs
work, with nj least spnr ur ubjcct on
which the Reviewers display Their wi aud
satire. These qualities arc principally cx-
hihilcd in this number in the article on
The Bishop Of Peterborough andhis CIR
PB" We haze rale J met with more
continued display of talents Of the desciip
tim above nnniinned, ihan here. J h.
/ Bishop of Peterborough, who is the well
known DR.. Herbert Marsh, resolved, rs
would seem, 10 exclude from his Dorese,
MI those clerical personages who are call
cd in England Evangelical. established rs \
test of orthodoxy among the candidates
for orders Eightg-serfn questions" over
and above tiiuse usnally propoundcd by -
ihrr Bishops on similar occasims. This
rigorous course, on the part Of this prclate,
produced much nneaslness, aud one or two
attempts have been made In the lIouac of
Lords 10 subject his conduct 81 Parlin-
incniary enquiry. Tn these occasions, II
Is said, the Blliop WAS he'll by his clerical
brethren of that body IN defend himself,
not one Spiritual I,nrd having stepped for
ward 10 his assistance. On this fact the
RcvirW srs remark
2" II II strong presumption, that man
Is wrong, when NIL his flcnds, whose HI :
bits naturally lead them 10 coincide with
him, thr6 him wrong. ia man were to
indulge in taking medicine I'LL the npothc.
cary, the druggist, mud The physician, 40
called upon him IN abandon his pllioca.
lhnltic propensiies---if he were 10 crafty
his cornwall habits til The landlord de-
mnrlcl and the va Ter sllook his hend--wc
should naturally imagine that advice 90
wholly disiuteresied WAS mol given before
Il was wanted, and that IL neriied some
little attention and respect. Now, though
the Bench Of Bishops love power, aud love
the Church, as well as the Bishop Of Pc
terhoroush, yet not oue defended hm-not
one rose To- say, Il have done or | would
do, the same thing Il was impossible 10
be- present et the last debate on this quss-
lion, without poreeising that bis lordsiiip
stood alone and this IN very greanrious
p ofcssion that habitually combines and
butts against an opponent with a very cx-
tended front. ia lawyer is wounded, the
rest Of the profession pursue aud put him
TO dcnih. ia clurchman IL hurt, the o.
Tiers gather round for his protection.
stamp with their feet, pnah with their
hnrns, and de,noli5h the dissentcr who did
the mischief"
After remarlSing upon the natural and
necessary consequences of the course
pursued by the Bishop, the Reviewers
say
II Ia uncomfortable how such n prclme
shakes all the upper works ,fthe Church,
and rpens II for dissolution and decay
six such bishops, multiplied 10y eighty-sc.
zen, and working with five hundred ard
two questions, would fetch every hnS 10
the ground In legs than months. But
what il il pleased Divine Providence 10 hf
illci every prelate with the spirit of put
ting ~ questions, and The Two Arclbishops
with the spirt Of putting twice as many,
and The Bishop of Sodor and Man with tlie.
spirit Of putting only forty-tllrcc queries ?
there would then be grand total Of
two thousand three hundred and thirty.
nine lntcrrogalions flying about the Eng.
Iish Church aud sof+ly wxrd would
he the land with Qnfsion aud Answer"
I Again--"Thv Blshop not only puts Tho
questions, but he actually assigns The Iimis
within which they are 10 be answered.
Spaces are left in the paper Of m,evroga-
tons, TO which limits lie answer Is 10 he
confined j--ttro inches 10 original sin nm
'nrh ondd haJto Justification three quar
trr' to predes'inotton, and 10 free wM ONLY
y qud,fT u IN iach. But IL his Lord
Sliip gives them an inch, they viii take an
The follow ing remarks Arc intcndeHio
exhibit the practical effects Of The Bishop's
System; "a Citrate, there /, something
"hici cScii'.s compassion in The very name
OF Curatet How any man Of Purple,
fharcs, and Pf.lernent, can let himself
iOose against this poor working man OF
God, we are at a loss To conccive---a learn
ed man IN ho,el, with sermons and snuce-
pans, lcxicons and bacon, Hebrew book.
and ragged children good and patients
comforter and n preacher the first and
purrst paupcr of the hamlet, aud yet shew.
Ing, that, in the midst This worthy misery,
he has the heart Of a gentleman, and The
spirit OF a Christian, aud the Kindness of
the pastor--and this man, tho he has ex-
ercted the duties of clergyman for 20
J years, though he has the most ample testi-
monies of conduct iiom Chrgymsn as
respectable as my Hshop-thoush nm
! Archbishop add his name to The list Of Wit
nesses, is not good enough for Bishop
Marsh but is pushed out in the street,
with his wife aud children, and his little
furniture, TO surrender his honor, his faith,
his concience, and his learning-or TO
staryc."