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m9- EO-d@O&-OL0s - VI VII
bear with me in one more communication,
will no, infics another upon you, witeout
have very great provocation.
Mr.. "Usher" has grown quite warm in hi
last article, and has not hesitated TO indulge
in much bitterness o. spirit, and in Language
that ill becomes one of the Apostolic success
SiUa.
One would think, that a man, who loVet
the English Church, SO a~rdently as he pro
fesses TO, would be willing 10 stand forth in
her defence 10 his own name. But perhap:
he thought that the course he would have tc
! pursue in defending that Church would bet
ter suit a fictitious name, than that oil hi'
own. The vary fact that he IS not willing
to defend the Church of England over his
own signature shows what be really thinks d
that chArch. Ii from this church has Come
ga sery large proportion at least ~ not all,
Of our Hterature;'' aud if her clergy are Sc
learned. why Goes not this clerical gentle
man CUsher) stand forth in his own name
in their defence! +. Dues he ASSUME this Ie-
sutical character that he may stab in The
dark Does he conceal his real name, thai
he may give vent, To hitiernrss OF feel
lAH tDaI 0c nO0a0 a i -
hibit, owing to any position he may held As
a spiritual guide Of the peoples Ills object
is doubtless best kDoW IA 10 himself. Ana he
is welcome to all the advantages Glhch he
can gain by such a COURSE
AS the real poial !. lssNe between Us ID d
mere matter of hisiosy, | shall cohtent my
self by giving soiAe qlatati"ns lrotn several
of our best hissuEiauss and as usher
does not seem to be very We'll versed II
history, I will DO careful 10 give the autAoE
and page.
In my previous reply to "Usher" | gath
cred INV historical facts from Mosheip page
400, and 50 oass ! ho~x cali "Ushers' atsen-
ton to what Lord Macanlay says. liz will
be regarded Us good authority; since he is
u Peer and Of course q nleaIbeE 81 she
Church Of England.
Says M4eaulay Vol. / page II. 1.-The
struggle between the old and the new the
oiugy was hong, and the event sometimes
seemed donbttul. There were two extreme
parties, prepared to act with violence or to
suffer with stern resolution. Bctween then
lay. during a considerable tiue, q n.idd!e
party, which blended very illosieAlly, but
not at all uanaturaily. lessons learned in
The nursery with the sermon Of the modern
Eyanoelists, nd while clinging with fond
ness to old observances. yet desested abuses
with which those ubservaIces were CLOSELY
connected. Men i'll such u frame OF thltad
were willing to obey almost wlth thankful
ness, the directions of an able ruler who
saved them the trouhIe OF judging Tor lhetA-
selves, and raising il firm commanding voice
above the upEoar OF controversy, told them
how 10 worship and what to believe. |: IS
not strange, therefore that he Tudors should
have been able TO exercise a great influences
on ees lesiasiical ~affairss nor is it strange
that their influence should for the most part
have been exercised with a view to their
own interest.
Henry VIII attempted TO constitute an
Anglican Church differing from the Roman
Catholic church ON The point o. the ouprem-
acy, and on that point alone. His success
in this attempt Was extraordinary 4 x
But Henry's systt.tu died with him. Had
his life been prolonged, he would have found
it difficult to maintain a position assaulted
with equal fury by all who were Jealous Ell
ther for the new, or Tor the old opinions.
The ministers who held the royal preroga-
tives IN trust for his infant con could not
venture to persist in 50 hazardous q policy,
nor could Elizabeth return to it. 1t Uas
necessary to make a choice. The Govern
ment must either submit to Rome or must
obtain the aid of the Professionals, tee Prot
estants and the government had only one
thing in common hatred of the papal pow
err. The English reformers were eager
TO 90 as far as their brethren on the conti-
nent. They unanimously condemned as
unchristian numerous dogmas and practices
to which Henry had ~stubhornty adhered,
and which Elizabeth reluctantly abandoRed.
Many felt a stFoGg ~repuguaace even to
thi indifferent, which had formed a part
Of the poIily OF ritual OF the mystical Bah.
ylon. Thus Bishop Hooper, who died man
fully for his religion at Colchester, long re-
fused to wear the Episcopal v~estmentS.-=
Bishop Jewel pronounced the clerical gaFh to
Be a stage dress, a fools coat, a relic of the
Anofi,es. aud promised that he would spare
no labor to extirpate such degrading ob-
surdities. Archbishop Grindal long hesitate
ed about accepting a mitre from dislike Of
what he considered the mumery of consecra=
ton, Bishop Parkhurst uttered a ~fervent
r aver that the Church Of Ergland would
oppose to herself the Church of Zurich as
he absolute modelof a CHRISTIAN community.
When it is considered that none OF these pre-.
lates belonged to tue extreme section of the
Protestant party, ii cannot be doubted that,
If the general sense of that party had been
followed, the work of RETURN would have
been carried on as unsparinglY in
England as in Scotland. But as the Coy
needed the support of The protes-
tesla OTIS. SO the Prorestants needed the pro-
lection of the government. 1H4c{ gqs
therefore 9ipen up on both sidesi a union ras
sbartcd, and Ms fruit Of tha! uaie4 spas TIE
Church Of England. The
man who took the chief part in settling the
conditions of the alliance WHICH prodgccd
the anglican Church was Thongs Cranmer.
lie was BIZ representative Of both parties
which at that tine needed each otbcrs as
lie was at once a Giyipe and a
In bis character as divine he
wss perfectly ready to go aa far i'll the way Of
change as any Swiss or Scottish rcformer.
In his character of statesman he was de-
TO preserve that organization which
had, during marty apes, admirably ssrusd tie
purposes Of the bishops of Rome aud might
be ecpee:ed moao TO serue equally weH the par~
poses If the English Kings and their minis
tsrs. His temper emitteutIy fitted him 10 act
as !Heaistor. SANITY in his professions,
unscrupulous in Ibis dealings, jealous for
nothing, bold in speculation, u coward and
true server in action, u placable enemy, a
friend. he was Ia every wav quail
flied to arrange The terms Of the coal tim
the religious G8d worldly enemies of
popery. To his day. The CONSTITUTION, the
doctrines. and The services of the Church
retain the visible marks of the eoseE MISE
WHICH 1T sPRAxe. She occupies a