New-York tribune., 1875-02-11

FORM into tho time in which we liye But ihs Cnurcn.
tnon fear is greatly out q harmony with the time
I won't complain. though might complain. tnnk MI
ns ons sSs ns: o ~ pow there
the opposition TO any legislative o, & mbrn nt En-
gland as body, there have been occasional and re-
markabe exceptions but, as body we have receiver
aud Improvement which have blessed this country
during the last hall century, lhear, neat yo ana SSi
Al one end of 1t that It's payments It's salaries are ex
cessfve and enormous you nd at the other END OF
that tey are soanty and inadequate and atoeener
disgrace 10 great national nstirutioncheersl-and
that contrary 70 what exists In every Other uote'
ment department, there is no such thing known III ~
speaking I'm general way as promotion by merit PRO
motion in the is promotion through interest ana
need not tell You, what presume all Of you must
know onehalf at least OF the yngs IN the Cnnrcn M
of England are private property and that they may Pc
anu aers are ols We sell cotton on the Exchange v
erpool You sell metals on the Exchange in Birmlng
ham, but all the country there Is going on n iro
day day traffic in the most sacred ana FartSer
aud think this will be found the great dieui n .no
SsrEy ans WSn @ unless there be great
scandal There is scarcely any neglect or any S
OF duty Which & ne sds5 ,aS all these eyor they
are evils and should say " WIN stronger ,oyo an
more res0Is ,s tone & m wsrS nsy baye not been SUM-
cient to quench Zeal In that Church ana at snio o
men mofe now than a. any tSsr ae men whose
abors and whose sacrifices can never pe a
be in this %STd S ~ no ,e dpes Is
running the wrong direction ana that t is CARRYING
the clergy IN and ns peSob 81 ef OF Rom and we have
of feeling that there is great danger TO the Church
and have archbishops ana bishops stumplng tnen
the other day that the Archbishop OF Canterbury, IN
speech which admirable in tone-no one could read
IL without interest and pleasure-warned everybody
who was at all doubtful TO the wisdom OF maintain
ing the Establishment as TO what would happen II the
TO that old man or IL may no his in the CITY
of Rome. liz fact, sir William Harcouri says, :" am OF
opinion that the PrOestan; Establishment Ia the only
power thar eectually with the organized force
OF Rome Compared with ITS powers OF resistance be
eve the efJr; OF voluntary bodies are eebe ana
be must be a purblind politician who does not under
stand that the residuary egaee OF dlsestablshment
would infably be the Church OF Rome" Wen. Dut
then, unfortunately, we are in this position that the
force which was intended protect and defend us has
But then Sir William Harcourt says in answer TO that
"Oh yes you may change the garrison but do not dow
fort are one and nseperable, and unless he can get
rid OF some thousands OF the clergy and put
in their place some thousands OF his friends
faciie aud cnangeaDle lawyers = laugh
te-I not how he can take into the front defend
there Will be ps xep e be oPs ore c
what have been saying; but ask them 10 take the
Presbyterans IN Scotland Ia E1gand take the WIs
lcyans take tho Independents. take the Baptists take
anv of the smaller sects, whom need not IN this
enumeration make account do you hnd that the minis
ters bodies are constantly IN tnclr ser
mons In their decorations, in their posures In their
ce ceremonies In their continuous exhOrtatons to the peO
pe-do you find that they gradually or obviously
and rapidly, going over TO Romei lCheers ana laugh
ter1 / always read with great interest some OF the
tra sactions of the Wesleyan Conference OF the
transactions of the Congregational Unon and the great
meetings OF the Baptsts, but L never find In their
speeches or In their reports documents ncessant
complaint that percentage OF their ministers and peO
pie are constantly going over to Rome lCheersI IL Is
only from the hierarchcal and prelatc Church that
there are converts made continually TO the Church or
Rome 1t may be said and say IL without hesitation,
that hold the Parliament TO be helpless in tho matter
at present and the people also 10 be pretty nearly hep
less and I believe that the state bonds IN which the
Cnurch Is bound cause the mischief, and at the same
time cause the helplessness, that We complain or