New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-18
THE DEAN or CANrERBURYs POSITION.

Bishop 10zer only Missionary Bishop 70 some Of
! the Wild tribes OF Southern Africa do u0t
mean by tins 10 underyaiue tho work. but
! only 20 intimate that his Office, except I'm
hs estimation, regarded little more than
that OF ordinary missionary. I would only add my
hope that the correspondence found its into print
without the knowledge and OF Bishop Potter.
Every sensible would deprecate the charge OF nto
erance and bigotry % which the correspondence OF
Bishop Tozer wouid expose the Episcopal Church. and
he could not enectually wound the just suscept
Oiltes OF American nation than by referring % the
diOceses OF bishops they cOmpreheDded terrific
rial rights II any I'm ths country who think
that priestly arrogance likely to prevail, they viii
eventually learn that they only setting the seal To
their own discontinue and to that Of the church Of
which they unworthy members. am. yours truly.
A DELEGATE Oh TIE CuURCu or ENGLAND.
Se'r- York, Oct. II. 1873.
DAUGHTER AND MOTHER CHURCH.
TO me razor OF The TrtbUns
SIR: know not how long your correspond
ent a T." has a member OF the Anglican Chuycb
one thing however, ~ certain he cannot know very
much about the Protestant Episcopal Church In tina
United States Of America else he would not be 40
much astOnshed at the assumption that this Churoh
ana the Church England identical. lie would
then hazard the wild assertion tina. " there Is In
truth no resemblance between them; that thcy differ
In form IN liturgy IN doctrine" Had he read thu
preface tho American Book Of Common Prayer, which
easily accessible he would have found out there thst
the Father American Church IN 1871 Laid 1t down
as principle that this Church" (the Protestant
Episcopal Church in tho United StaLesD "B
TAR from intending 20 depart from the Church
Of England any essential point OF doctrine, discipline
worship further than local circumstances require
That these godly fathers succeeded pretty well IN keep
| ing up the resemblance between the daughter and
mother church daily IN this land by the perfect
ease with which che and daughters Of 1.-THE Church
] md Ind ho IN ne
communion Certainly the two churches arc not idesti
cal IN the Of being the same, any moro than
"a. r." IL his father; but nobody deny that they
are " as ike az t@O peas pod" SsH
! Paterson. N. j., Oct. 10, 1873
BISHOP cUMMINss STATEMENTS SUPPORTED.
70 ihe Edttor Of Tke frtbUne.
SIR: 1t is strange that the author Of
"Vox GoclesB" should venture, "a he has In your col
unlis TO impUgn Bishop Cuminins's 5tgtemens "PoS
many years after the beginning OF tie Reformation.
| Presbyterian diyines received in England. and
admitted TO parishes without re0rdisaton, as Peter
Martyr and Martin Bucer who held soats as Professors
OF Theology in the Universities OF Oxford and Cam
bridge" Tho flcts in support Of Bishop Cummins"
assertion, which Is positively denied BY tho Rev MI
! Drumm. perfectly overwhelming. present siew
| Episcopal testimonies
strype. the historian the Act 18Th Of ELIZA
BETH: by tails the ordinations OF tue foreign reformed
churches ma e valid and those that had other
/
enjoy any place within England, meffly On thoir sub
scr6ing the articles" Vol H., D. 6lil
to Hooiers works IT, 76 that nearly up % RIO
that Hooker wrote u5sD numbers had been admitted 10
the MINISTRY OF the Church Ot England with NO better
! than Presbyterian ordination"
Bi.hop Hail tvo K J4D writes Tho sticking at tho
| admission OF brethren returning foreign
formed churches was not in the case OF ordination bus
VI institution. They had been Acknowledged minister's
OF Christ without any other hands laid on them; but
according the laws of our land they were not capable
Of institution to benellee. unless they were 80 guam,
heG tho statutes OF This realm doth require. Aud
secondly know those. than one that ny virtue OF
! that ordination, winch they nave brought WIN them
from other reformed churches, have enjoyed spiritual
promotions aud lvngs without any exceptions against
! the lawfuness or their Caiing-.'
! Bishop Cosin, IN his letter TO Cordel states
II at any tine minister ordained 10 those FroDch
receive public charge cure OF souls among u.s. IN the
Church Of England Gas have known some OF them 10
have done OF late, and can instance Ia many Others pc
fore my time our bishops did not reoTdain han 10 hS
charge they must have done II his former ordination
III France had been void; nor dad our laws require more
Of bin than to declare bis puOlc consent TO the
religion received among u.s. ana subscribe the aFnce'
Bishop Burnet, IN the History Of His own Timos"
came 10 England FROM the foreign churches had rot
heon required 10 be reOrdained among US" In his
VindicatiOn" %. 80 he No bishop In Scotland.
during my stay IN mat kingdom dd 50 much as do~o
Bishop Fleetwood, in his works o. $50, writes OF tho
"Cerainly il was her practice during the reigus OF
King James and Charles H. and To the year 1861, had
many ministers from scotland from France, aud tho
and not bishops, and they Instituted INTO beDehce
cure and yet reordaued, bus only sub
scri0ed the articles"
Haam in his constitutional History" (p 100 writes.
1t had not been unusual nom the very beginning OF
the Reformation, TO admit ministers ordained IN foreign
churches To besetces IN England: reordinatIn hsh
ever been pracced with respect 10 those who had
oeiyed the imposition hands "a regular church sud
hence appears that the Church Of England, whatever
tenet might attery have been broached in controversy.
dld not consider the ordinations OF presyters invald
Macaulay, ia his History" tvOL l., l52i states
.Epscopal ordination was now uGo2). for the FIRST
time, Indispensable qualification for profor-
composed Of foreigners, wiSh PresDy,ersn
ministry. placed under the spiritual oharso
OF the Bishop Of London; ana bias tn%s re- re-
Edward W. 1880 reads that by the ministers OF tho
Church OF the Germans ana other Strangers; souse
miustraton OF the saeraments according To the Word
| OF CIod aud Apostolic custom may exist
Archbishop Parker. IN his " Anquitaies Britannies
! ~ $500 states: Archbishop Cranmer that ne mlght
strengthen evangelical doctrine IN the Unyesiiies
ot Cambridge and Oxford from which minute nun
Der OF teachers forth for the instruction OF the
whole Kingdom called INTO England the most celeb ated
diynes OF foreign nations Peter Martyr Vermellus
FIorentine. and Martin Bucer, German, from sirtn
burg The former taught at Oxford the latter at Cam
bridge With latter also Paul Faglus became Pro
tessor OF Hebrew at Cambridge. And besides these.
ander. Volerandus Po.snos. sll OF whom, WIN the.r
and Musculus also were invited"
Parker continues: Fagus soon died The other two.
by constant reading sermons and dSputatons rofuted
In "zlnch Letters" we ind Peter OF Perugia
writing Bullinger thus nom Cambridge: "MartIu
Buoer Bernadnc, and Peter Martyr are most actively
aborng IN their ministry The Martyr Bradford IN
his farewell tn Cambridge, exclaius Remember tho
readings aud prelohings OF Gods true prophet snd
preacher, Martin Buoer'
That Bucer and Martyr may not have engaged in pas
toral work during their stay England ssect
the argument They became the teachers OF tie pastors
and largely shared in the compilation Of tho Prayer
Book. DR.. McCosh ess n true minister. because
presiding at Princeton nor is the Office OF Dr. william
Sparrow. at Alexandria Seminary, below that oi tho
rector OF st. James Church, Bristol.