Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-23
ss sEn Vol. 20, NO. 3.

and q robust mcdlocrity OF mind.
which will secure him from any dan
gerous originality of thought, or ao-
tion." NO one ever yet heard Of q
prelate being chosen, by the Prime
Minister, because he was pre- eminent
| ly Man of God, apt TO teach, one
that ruled we'll his own house, or was
an example to the brethren in self
sacrifice and humility of mind. The
mode of entering upon an English or
anilrish bishopric is \ gigantic mock
cry of truth and goodness "He
that desireth the Office Of rector or
vicar, must either buy his living at a
public auction, and purchase pith mon,
ey the liberty to proclaim the Salvation
of God, or else he must receive his
preferment from the Chancellor OF tie
Erchequer, the Prime Minister, the
| Universities, the Municipalities, the
City Companies, or from some private
owner of the presentation T. Sir, ii
is nothing less than an insult to the
Lord of Life and his most holy Word,
for sudh church 10 claim to be the
| IltStOElC OnuECn Vi t1IiSb -buS
~ hope of.the world" A clergyman
Of the Anglican Communion thus de-
scribes abuses as existing three years
ago-"A single lawyer, about whose
religious sentiments we know noth>
ing, and have no business to enquire,
has the absolute power of nominating
ministers for seven hundred and six
ty congregations, who have not the
| smallest voice in their selection
| There seem to be between three and
four hundred liyings constantly on
sale, by auction or by private con-
tract one agent advertises seventy.
There are two commercial companies
| advertised with clerical secretaries,
for the sale, purchase and erchange Of
advowsons and presentationsl"-
"The salvation of souls is the only
object of the christian church, but
when a London tradesman buys tho
ministry of parish, under the ham
mer of an auctioneer, for his son, an
investment of ten or twelve per cent.
is the end, and salvation of souls only
the means" Men with such apostol-
ic commission and succession as the
above:indicates, can have no Difficult
ty in declaring what they do not
believe, as stepping stone to their
entering into clerical orders, thus
buyinq the I" souls of men," and
speaking lies in hypocrisy " at the
same time. Rev. xvlII-13, Tim. W..
In the bishop of Durhams published
charge, / read the following :" cases
not unfrequently occur, in which the
officiating minister, is most reluc,
family obliged to read over the re-
mains of the deceased, expressions of
thanksgiving and assured hope.
which the largest charity cannot
justify, and which became scandal
and stumbling block to the living.
In 1850 upwards of four thousand
of the clergy, openly protested
against this obligation. Every year
have applications from clergymen
in my diocese, asking for permis~
sion (Which | have no power to
grant, to alter or omit, one or two
expressions, rather than utter with
their lips words against which in the
special case, their inmost convictions
revolt, and which the universal opin-
ion of their parishioners to be lie"
These sir, are the conscientiously ex-
pressed and deliberately revised dec
Iarations of bishop of the Anglican
communion. He declares that thou
sands of clergymen do publicly affirm
that which " no charity can JUSTIFY
that at which the universal opin-
ion of their parishioners pronounces
to be lie" And yet you talk of
the duty of men staying in her pale,
aud reform her To stay within
her pale, is to vast number, to be
constantly and consciously false to
their Utmost convictions, without
the possibility of reform. To stay
within her pale, under such circum>
stances is a crime against God and
man, and from such a caricature OF
the spotless religion of the Son of
God, the apostle Paul authoritative
ly commands g From such withdraw
myself" | Tim. vI5 Now we
command you, brethren, in the name
of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye
withdraw yourselves from every
brother that walketh dlsorderly &c"
2 Thess. III~6. and voice from heav-
en- declares " come out of her my
people that we be not partakers Of
her sins, Rev. xvIII>4. Alas sir.
your church is vastly more hlStri,
onic, than an /" historic church Of
Christ. In 1862, on ST. Barthola-
news day 1000 ministers were driu.
en- out, many of them without home,
or purse or scrip, rather than suscribe
to what their consciences could not
receive. They were moi. Dissenters in
our modern meaning Of the word,
they were very unwilling Separatists.
They neither dissented from State
Church, parochial system, tithes,
church rates or endowments; but, be-
cause of certain requirements in the
Act of Uniformity. They would
have remained and reformed the
Church ifthey might, but they were
driven forth yet Anxious wonders
why good men don't stay in, and help
remove such wickedness The cler>
| gy of 1868 are men of another stamp,
they stop in protest, scar their COM
sciences, but don't reform. At this
point stop, promising if the Lord
wills, another paper nett week, when
l will pursue this matter still further,
and present another argument, sub
versive of the claim you put forth for
the Anglican Communion, as the his
toric ''church of Christ" By Their
JJaits We shall know them. Ny thanks
are due to some one for the extract
J on Human Inventions" in the Her
aid, which has just reached nae. In
the mean time, l have nothing to
| serve in this correspondence, but Has
Cause, whose Servants we seek to be,
as our convictions and consciences
{ enlightened by the Word OF the Lord