, 1866-02-26

Is "shall We cndow all or none." Unqu,
| tonabIy the ideas Of to1eratlon peculiar
this age, 50 gnide the English lalty that rel,:
I. ous opinions once vchcmently abhoz1ed cea
o | to arouse the old AntAgonisn, aud for q m
mept at all events, there seems to be q dl
: position to widen the borders Of the churc
e Having gained considerable advantages In Il
1 latest legal decisions, the Broad Church pa
t ty are the fastest friends the State Churs
) ! possesses. They are not bigoted toward dl
senters, bnt would admit them, whateyt
+ their distinctive views, to share In the re-,
5 euues OF the church. This Is the school whic
, appears to be rising into power. It is th
one which the friends of the voluntary prir
ciple fear the most, It Is Erastiau to th
core, and 1t hss a code which agrees with th
sentiment Of the day.
But there are individuals IN the Church Q
England who encourage dream Of her com
munion with Rome, and whose brains get diz
" With delight as they speculate upon th
nearness at hand of the time when she will b.
acknowledged by the Pope as a part of tn
true church. DR.. Pusey, who has sent Hcore
Of men to Rome, while staying him
self on this side, has just been upon tour 0
visits to leadlmssd ignltaries in the Catholic
church on tho cod udnent, and be Leads his fol
lowers to infer that some mysterious proposi
tion will shortly be made which will bring
about that bllssfnl union of the Church
Of England With the Church Of Rome
Tho Roman Catholic writer's. smile al
the notion, and nsk him what part OF the
Church Of England is to Gomez DR.. Pusey
asserts that there are no differences as to dog.
ma between the two Churches, and proceeds
to argue upon that assumption; but prncti.
cally MI he means Is, that the dogmas held
by some individuals in the Church Of England
are all one with those enunclated at Rome ;
and the end will probably be, especially Ii
the Bishop Of London succeeds In his bin,
that those individuals, and Dr.. Puscy with
them, will ultimately jein the Church IN
which they will lind at least the semblancc Of
unity OF belief.
Now there are other churchmen, mot Pnsey-
ties, Who banker after o union with tho Greek
Church, and who diplomatise and labor IN.
dustriously to work ont the object In sight.
At present they hare met with more humilta.
tlony than success. Strange to say, of union
with aisscntczs at hoWc nothing Is said, Dis
tancc lends enchantment to the view. An e.
tablsned Church, too Is great thing. Dissent
close TO your doors Is low and thus We find
osfaics IN ntheChurch looking over the world for
communion, while around tncmare sects doing
christian work who nre carefully and slg.
nltcantly overlooked.
me movement In the Church for the revi-
val OF ConToeatlon, Is another sign Of the In
cfeas'ng impatience OF State control on the
part ofthe moro earnest and sincere of the
clergy: 1t Is now sought to govern the
Chufch oy means Of this Congress fits min
lstcfs out the Stale looks on with Jealous
eye ana abruptly opens the door and turns
the1n adfht, u they attempt to proceed any
iar1aef' than harmless talk- The High Chuch-
men lfet and chafe ut this touch of the fettcrs,
but The Evangelical party arc phIlosophlca1ly
cum and contented. They do not want to
near anything about Conyocation. They
prefer inc rule OF tho State. Tue |
aay moy come when the Ratfonalistic |
thinkers In the church will ayow their opinions
so openly that the older school will with |
draw; but We may be certain that the present |
race Of Evangelicals will not be of the num-
ber. They Joined the Others in q great outcry
against the cssayists and reviewers, but nfter
the State had decided that church clcrcy,nen
might lawfully promulgate the opinions con,
tnined in, those productions, they held their
peace. 1t will be so now In The case of
Bishop Colenso. The State pronounces DR..
Colenso to be Bishop of Natal, but the Evan-
sellcal clergy stick to their liylncs. Il al.
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