, 1877-07-01

were SO. It was important that not one Of the
links should be missing. He believed that
tue Church Of Ireland must be III the
t11ons such sirn LUX or It. Lad hb passed S
trusted, had not furnished itsfair fame. While,
on the one band, IL had preserved its Episcopal
character. on the other 1t had borne wtncss still
| OF that evangelical truth which it had always
upheld; therefore 1t would have q hand to hold
| out to non-Episcopal bodies. II they had to
protest against error let it be against principles,
! not against men, even inprotesting against men.
! He asked them to bear in mind that toleration
should be necessity OF Professionalism, for who
! should be SO tolerant Of the opinions Of others
/ rs those WHO bad inscribed upon their banners
| the right OF private Judgment lor themselves! !!
| They we're brought together to do homage to
] the memory OF great man-of man who was
a Reformer before the Reformers, Protestant
before the Protcstants, MI Old Catholic before
the Old Catholics, a translator before those to
vhom thattite was usually given, q writer and a
collector OF tracts before the Tract Society had
| "iocal habitation and Il name" Wyctifte was
man Of great intellectual power, Of statesman
! like wisdom, Of great and varied learning, Of
! dauntless courage, Of true piety, and, shove
oil. self-sacrificing, earnest follower OF the
| Great Master. They had not come there in any
party spirit that OF hero worship, but because
tt1er believed In trying to advance the cause q
| unity they were carrying out that object which
| must be dearest to the blessed SaVior's heart
! Let them 20 forward In such q spirit, and hc
! was sure that God would give them abundant
/ blessing.
At the close Of the Bishop's address. the Rev.
Df lather maue seateeht eap1anasot5a =, ~ ths
sne .ISsu :, sne nr q" n;tad a
| opinion be had beard Mr. John Bright express,
arar er.r ,-ni,,cat nr fGathor rnnc1udcI his
Sa,e.st, e+tarra,+ ~, to,i;rr ho.e ~ Pane IN
the 1lth OF June, 1917 enragcd at Wycliife's cs~
cape, on the 10Th Of February next before, from.
'I",o hef.,ss xh;ch H. wos ';,e1 fntmfna I'd i've
| k,s,, ~ o,,,ann,nat;,, so.;n.t' tha Rcfnrmrr
I1.,es,5 r,na'i ;,.air IA r,n~ The parl;a
,,ent fi,a Pr;n,stc ti'c Rfshnn nf .nnilon. and
! tha l}n;rsre;tv ~ flrfort; Rnt WrcI;ife he
! odded nnt iire, thu Storm scven years. and died
neasa N chre iue at
pS"n rrr, ~ +1a1 ~ 1,nuats tha 1ni1,yr;,o reso-
,,t;.>, ~
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Iass .a.9 meseng 9s ae's.es oss W Xxx W..
sosa on ths the oon IN snnseasay s @ o. o. gonn h "s
dressed to The Kine. Pa,lIament, University. Pr
! mate and the Bishop OF London, on the 18th Of
June 1877, its e1alling thanksgiving to Almighty
| God for the heroic, sublime. and unpatalieied fa-
bors ct this one foremost scholar patriot, divine
statesman. and philanthroplst Which ae contlnaeu
ios thIty yeaes, also@i snsse aa"ueu, asd' ~ ~ -
~ i7 IN St nayr rssn;ted uner he Divine
hlessnc in Il The estabshmento Of our national 1-
Faith: {jl the translation Of our English Bible:
III the formation Of our liberties: (5J thu fortna
ton OF our language; tt) the creation OF our lit,
erature nnd science: (7i and the consequent anu
ever -tncreas,ns greatness OF the isitlsh empire
and Of the English @ psepie; and G calls upon the ns"
oon Aoe'o.'s wv ~ 40 nono'so os, o,
Canon far1ar M sag tnev oweu oeep aeot u
gratit4de 70 "yciule ior tnree i1nlnense sSlscss
he bs tG o tns
Transudstantiatiou at time when It was @ gen
eralty held in its grossest aud crudest form,
when the Host was carried about tns streets IN
pompous procession anu aolecsiy Hofsnlpea, !" nen
if cEump Of the sacred wafer fell tothe GROUND,
Or drop OF sacred VINE Was spilled, as once
happened when Pope Eusenius was carrying the
cllaiicc, q cry OF horror was raised throughout
Christendom as though the worst Sind of blood
shed had been perpetrated' su1e to bring down
The vengeance Of Heaven. AGAIN. the great
keiormer had earned thc'r gTattluae 1or haslns
laid the az to the root OF sacerdotallsm-ta
dogma Of q medlatlns human prles1hooa Nh1ch
WAS tue OASIS o. roman tyranny. ~ sno" 20
might go, he spoSe OF Tue queen u opaths con
lessor VINO asked LUG eouEtses e now Hi uateo r.
sist the man vino carried his God in his hands hands,
anu ~ mnose lee' ~ @ ~ w., Thr;o
nou!u esest ua! ams nS H. nd,s,a,
tianity Was the responsibility ot the lhd1sluual
soul to tiou, anu every clergy vas dooned 10
more or less speedy extinction which pretended
to be ANYTHING more than the flower OF Christian
};yiur in 4 Christian land The last service rcu-
1crc5 hv Wvt.liffe In Christendou1 was his earn
49, +ast;mn1v anainst Anric,,iar Confession IN
a.. ..o,r1 X ~ r-eo+ rlor+ rra +,nr tho Goe,o1
Tue EFouhu " n,s ea. Nv a .a - ~ G,,.p
ltsc!l WAS sutnaeht guae 10 esels Ins!stLn !;an
soul. re SCI nls 1acc ihe NM a5atns1 Iie
spirit OF those "ho no. "oaia aaoee anu trnc IN IN
tue secrets o. taat "uua.oos - nie.ueusu i ths
naman n1ass, wnMn ousat " ~ Auo"u u.,,t ~ ~
lad1sauai nsatt oaty at.u 70 1ss uou ,,o
1no'coses ~ .t;,tS .ns's aa.,nr ~ *ha *ha
3t'e.. 1ue n'st :" .HH H,Lst;, an,,I.. tha", W.
lailNs 70 LUG a GntSi.aA pcopas tnSm- ~.
se.ses. 1ns1 - s Mnca n;, ~. stha,,.;.,a Jv
faith; Just as when Luther, throwing himself
on the people, heaL 0lgoteo emperor ano ~