Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-09-03
B. STANTON.

For the Delaware siazette
The Church of England and Lord Mscaalay's
Compromise
hin. THoNsox-Dear Strz-Sesae men
prefer Sc appear in newspapers with their
aanaes spread out like an eagieS upon a sign
board, and others choose TO apPearin a more
quiet and unassuming way. J am of the lat
ter and sarely it is not a mark Of dignitied
zsad genstessanly courtesy to interfere with
me in a matter so trieial and innocent
Aad now, DIR. Elit0r, the Preacher owes
it to himself and the christian community
to explain W hy be should have taken Lord
MacauIay's compromise or agreement among
bre:hr en- Church of England men, who. like
Hooper and Gloucester, were ready to die
in defence of the truth IS IL is in Jesus-who
had reaoEaced e~erytging taat was popish.
and eschervcd all Lati!udinarian Protestant
ism-and after great study, constant prayer,
and unremitting conference among them-
selves aud With the emineas continental re-
formers, Calvin, Beza, Bncer, formed ,has
agreement as to what constituted the priaai~
live and apostolic church. The pseachcr,
I repeat, Mr.. EIitor, o@es some explanatlon
for taking this agreement atge4g these holy
and learned men and Protestant Martyrs and
dressing ii up as a compromise With uncoa4-
promising Popery, on the one hand, aud an
| compromising Latitudiaarlaa Pfotestantisgs
on the otheri | cai.Hot he!p saying that Of
all exhioi ions Of prejudice asa9 bigetry that
it has ever been my misfofaaae Is witaess,
this is the most glairng and offensive.
The Preachers omp omise | have proved
is j ietioG--a fancy of his own-bnt bow
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promise or agreement among brethren
Church of England men and dress it up in
the associ alions go odious aud shocking tc
our fairness and ~hoaesty, | am utterly at q
loss to conceive. For his ewR credit as a
truthful aud honest man he owes an ex plana.
tioa of this.
The Preachers compromise is. enc thing
and Lord Macauiay's is another. / canno
help saying TO the Z reacher in the language
OF the Scotch anecdete, "J5huny tax cart
of the pie-bald."
An attorney in Scotland brought an actios
for the recovery eff a black horse. but in the
evidence il turned our TO be a p~ie-bald, ane
the Judge. winking, said to the lawyer, AK
Johnny tax care Of the Pie.6ald."
The Preachers compromise and Lord Ma
caulay7s are abwai rs much alike.
Lord Macatiay Is. l suppose, a ChMarch 0
England man, aad, Judging from his bitterly
unjust and a5omiaably false attack upor
Cranmer, and from his adoption of the cur
rent phrase of a certain class of Church o
England men, that s'sle &C cupies a middl,
position between Inc churches of Rome ant
Geneva his theological opinion is that thu
latter has erred as widely from the truth oil
the one side, as Il jne has on the other
But with this party the Church of Englant
has no sympathy. The language of all TIL
English Reformers expresses her sentiment
that, sthe Bible is between her and Rome
but that the differences between her an,
Geneva are not SO great."
1 eau assure the Preacher that while | di
fer from him about the compromise upoi
, which. he bases the Church of England an
think that his zeal has led him into gray
error and an'unhappy spirit, there are ground
to apprehend fromrue.auy feelings other tina
those of neighborly aud brotherlY kindness
Your O5't Servant,
USHER.