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Full Text Of the Protest from an
English Bishop Against the Action
of The Dean.o fECanteTburY.

VII CAV AAV AASkNES ee
English Bishop, Against the Aciioi
of the Dean or Canterbury.
The action of tho Doan Of Canterbury
in taking part in the celebration of TIT
Lords Supper at the Madison-square
Presbyterian Church, New York, on Sun
dsy, the 9Th inst, has caused some dis
cussion among membersyof the Anglican
and Protestant Episcopal Churches, and
the following letters havebeen writtento
the Dean, and to Bishop Potter Of this do
cese, by the Right Rev. DR.. Tozer, late
missionary bishop to Central Airic, as
already stated In our dispatches:
To the Very Rou. Dean Of Cantsrbu'g; 8
VERY REVEREND AND DEAR SIR:-I
nave thought 1t right TO address letter
10 the Bishop OF New York, Ia copy OF
which now have the honor TO inclose;)
respecting the part you arc reported TO
nave taken, last Sunday, in the commun.
ion service at DR.. Adams Presbyterian
Church. beg you 10 believe that l have
endeayored TO avoid all expressions that
could Cause unnecessary annoyance, and
| am anxious that the intimation OF what
| have done, under q painful sense Of duty,
should first come to you from myself.
You will give me credit, l am sure, for
having undertaken 80 uncoDgenial task
very reluctantly, and you will permit me
TO add; that nothing short oflthe respon-
sibilities attaching TO. the high office
which / so unworthily fiji could have in
duced me 10 pass reflection on any
course which you might have thought
well to pursue. The entering into COM
munication with the Bishop OF this do
eese, respecting the conduct Of one so EN-.
lnent and Justly esteemed as yourself, is
matter Of such gravity, that l propose
submitting what have done to the judg-
ment OF his Grace, the Archbishop OF Can
terbury. .
With every expression Of respect. be-
lieye mo TO be, Very Reverend and Dear
Sir, your faithful and very obedient ser
want. WILLIAM GEORGE ToZER,
Late Missionary Bishop at Zanzibar
ITO Rast esd ST., NctO York, Oct. 8, 1878.
70 tho Right Req. DR.. Potter, Bishop Of
Nep York:
sIYLoRD BlsuoP l have just read with
deep concern, in this mornings papers,
that an eminent person, now staying in.
New York, on the occasion Of meeting
Of tho Evangelical Alliance, has so far
forgotten what, In my humble judgment,
is due TO you, as tho Bishop Of this Do
cese, and what Is due to himself as dig.
ntary oil tho English Church, as to off,
ciate with ministers oil various denomina.
tious IN communion service which diff
tered NATURALIZATION that Of the English
and American Prayer.books. - y 3
Your Lordshfp 10 aware that the Dean.
oil Canterbury Is many years my senior,
that he is conspicuous for talents and
learning OF no ordinary kind, and that he
occupies post In the Metropolitical Ca
lhedrGl OF England which places him In
Ihe forefront Of our English clergy. In
der ordinary circumstances, these consid.
erations would have made 1t impossible
Tor so insignificant person US myself TO
criticlse the conduct Of one so learned and
so venerable. But feel that the Dean Of
Csnlerbury's. cooperation in tho service
to which I refer Is not merely startling
from its very novelty, but that II Is fraught
with possible consequences which, II re-
Allied, DR.. Payne Smith would BIO the
first 10 deplore. And this feeling Of mine
is also that, rejoice to learn, o! by lar
the larger part oil the 80 called Evangeli-
cal section Of the Church In New York,
am glad to assure you that, amid
various. causes o! anxiety in the Church
Of England, We have never had occasion
Us yet 10 lament breach Of ccclcslastjcal
order go grave as this which tbs Dean Of
Canterbury has committed il your G;U-
CCSe.
Dr.. Smiths motives for participating 10
the communion services on Sunday after.
noon. In the Presbyterian Church Of
Madison Square, were doubtless innocent
Of any personal discourtcsy 10 yourself;
and can understand the strong ycarning
which so good and amiahle man feels for
minimizing the differences that exist be-
tween himself and the many christian
communities who are, alas estranged
from the doctrine and fellowship OF his
own church. But l cannot help obscrv.
log that 1t would have been more cour.
ageous, and I may add, far more signif.
can't line Of action, had the Dean inau.
gurated this irregular venture Tor tho pro.
motion OF christian unity In his own ca.
ihedral city, where al least It's influence
would have been as great, and where Il
could not have escaped tho notice Of
those under whose authority even cathe'
dral dignitaries arc placed.
II Is by no means improbable that rest
less and unstable persons in England will
seize upon this act Of what l must pre-.
sumo 10 call open hostility to tho dtscl.
pine oil the Church as an excuse and
apology for attending, from time to aime,
the attractive services Of the Church Of
Rome But the result Of this experiment
here In America may be even more dis.
asIrous; Tor, so far as DR.. Smiths In.
huence extends, 1t will suggest tho idea
that the promise held out BY the Episco.
pal Church in this land, oil becoming a
haven Of rest 10 men who arc tossed 10
and fro by the multiplicity Of contending
cteets and systems, Is nothing else than q
mistake and q delusion. Itr 81,
That the Church over which you pre-.
side may be blessed and strengthened In
that work which she Is so marvel0usly
setting herself TO accomplish, and with
every feeling Of reverence, "a wellator
yourself as for the high and responsible
once which you adorn, believe US 10 be,
&C. &c, my Lord Bishop, s-rz '-y,
Your faithful and atiectionata brother,
WILLIAM GEORGE TozER,
Late Missionary Biskop at Zdnsi6ar.
Ntt' York, Oct. o, 1878.