The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-03-26
LETTER FROM Mr.. HAYDEN.
To The Editor Of lhe Register

an anonymous correspondent replies to my
letter of the Sd Of February. ln nOtI'
cling this reply it is not my intention to
begin, or to enter into any controversy
especially upon subject that has been al
ready so exhaustivOly treated in volumes
Of history; but simply ito give infOrma-
ton that may beneficial" The Protestant
Episcopal church courts Investigation. -
She has 20 fear Of history, for history is
on her side, and no denial Of Historical
facts cha affect her.
presume that all well read EPiscoPa'
lians in your city can prove the statements
made in my letter Of the 3D.. Aud any
one who desires can find the same facts
stated in Bishop RandaIl's tract, why am
churchman;' or Bishop Kip's Double
Witness Of the Church." either one Of
which can be found in many houses in
Point Pleasant Readers Of history arc
all aware that the Protestant Episcopal
Church of the United States and the
Church Of England, are one communion,
separate only in jurisdiction. And that
the Church Of England is the Church Of
Of the majority 10 Great Britain aud her
dependencies. The latest official census
Of Great Britain, taken in 1861, gave the
total Episcopal clergy of England aud
Wales, in round numbers at $4,000. Ad'
ding to these the large gains of the past
twelve years in England and Wales, with
the clergy Of ireland and Scotland the
possessions in America and India aud
elsewhere, the number is now estimated,
BY the church statistics, at 10000. This
Of course includes the 3O05 clergy of the
Protestant Episcopal church in the United
States. The census of 1921, estimated
the members Of tue Church Of England
alone at about 100000. Your read
ers will notice that in my letter | did not
estimate the members, or Communcants,
.but the followers, or the adhcrents at 3O,T
100000. The latest authorities lave cS,
tinated the strength Of the Church Of
England at.55 per cent Of the population
/. p=EHeSbeld lsilbtE I1It8tf The P6p0Ia-
ton was in round numbers 8O,0O0QOG, -
Tho estimated per centago thus gives TO-
600, 600 as the strength Of the church in
4 Great Britain alone. Now the population
of7be whole Kingdom Of Great Britain is
200, 100000, including all colonies aud
dependencies; in all Of which the church
Of England is the prevailing church =
Adding. then the followers Of the church
10 the United States and those in the EOg.
lish dependencies, tits estimated by the
authorities Of that church that her entire
strength iu the whole world will not fall
short Of 30,0OO,OOO. For most of these
facts see MCClintock and StrOng's relig,
lous Encyclopedia, the latest and highest
authority Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, North; also the clergy lists of the
P. L. Church and the Church of Eng.
Irepeat the statement made in my let
ter of the Sd Of February, that the Prot
estant Episcopal Church has existed 1900
years. What caused tho reformation OF
this church, OF by ghOm and rhen it was
reformed does not afGct this historical fact
The Christian religion was FIRST establish
cd in Britain as early as the FIRST century,
as Tcrtulian, Origin and Gildas state
(Stitting feet 4 Shorts bis (ch } Eng 1t
existed there in the ID century, asalt his
torians agree (Mosheimm, McCauIey,
Kuntz, MCCIintock, &c) And The cVi-
dcuco of St. Paul himself, established
the church there, according to Theodoret,
is greater than that on which We base our
belief iu tho existence Of Homer, When
in the sixth century, (59G) St. Augustine
was sent by Gregory to that Island to con'
vert the barburans, be found christian
church already established there, with the
same orders and tho same t~o Sacramcnts
with those Of the Protestant Episcopal
Church. A church whose Bishops repre-.
sentod her in the council Of Aries (314) Of
Nice, (S25) Of sardicn, (34O and of Ar
miuium, (S59) and whose martyrs bad al,
ready stained British soil with their blood
(St. Albads, Aaron, and Julius A full
account Of Augustiuo's mission aud bis
report and bis success, will be found in
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