, 1881-12-05

Lecture OH Tie English N0nconGortntats.
The Nev. t1rooke Ilereosd told tho stoyy ct tho
"j:nHsh NnnconformIsts Inst hight before
large congregation In the Church Of tho hlca-
alah. ltn commenced by speaking OF onu Of tho
must aulIftte,,ed Institutions of our American
Communicable, Of tho grand equality thnt OK
lists In churuh lIfo; aud the reson Ia simply that
wo have no conservative Slate Church that
throws upon nj. WHO VIII Not stAnA beneath It's
nltars tho stigma Of Nopconfornlsta III En-
gland Ertscupa|antsni IL tue Established
Church, iniI1ent!ai. haughty, and rich. uvuil to
this tay. bcArcely can It bD understood how ter
rIbto was tho coniltut throuRl, which have passed.
tho Nunconforinsts to obtnln tho froedom 10 OK
tst. With tile triumph ut tile ftoforntat1ou COM
naencot tho dawn Ut fNunconforinify. Ono was tho
inevitable sequence OF the other, for Luth0r
simply altered tho Human Episcopal Church
with tho rUpo at Its hoad to the Protestant Ep!s-
copai Church with tho King Mt Its heal 10 tho
awakened lnteects mud throbb!ng hoarts ot those
bravo days this was not enough; with Ef!zabpth
on the throau Of England tho wedRo WIS driven
IN flrthar. and the opposit extromo of tho
Mother Church spFlnK Into being. Those wero
thu Purltans, anu It was nBalnst theso "scPar-
ntista" as they wctc called, tlat tho mast entt-
tsh Of prosecutions was Instituted. typifiod In
tho exclamation OF Klug james, II viii makn
them nil oonfurm, or l will harry thom out Ut
tho tnndl" And be did barry shon, out, drove
thenn Ike Icpors out across the gront unknown
until thoy laut!e1l, uticr drifting with wind and
@ sp sspsa t9s st ,Ssshy tic isSsst st s III 2a
f..thors who noyer know oven tho Joy
q sss ~ retsss ss fs 5
blgotcd Charles !. md bis !nerolcsa tool, Arol-
bishop Lalt. Those were the times whom polt-
tyraEhy: WHEN oven PARLIAMENT was aroused.
tn9 peopip became inflr!atesl, and Charles wa
tyn thn Mammal {fttFrG1 nf f$up1uftH
very much t,roatiple,. presbyturlans, 1aptlsts,
EpIscopalInns, and Cat.ultcs nre existing nar-
It was 4 sid day for Enet4nd whom Cromwell
die,t. N"nc stronK ono!lah 70 oarry OF tho work.
"aa ss .s9 ss ss pssY pss Sysss Sss ss* a"a IT, IL 't
Charles Il. was restored 70 tho If.
E hooe Sharas ' wss ~ Scar y to asy ssy t
Prasbyter!anlstn WIS no rslglou for, n Kont''s-
nm, az saeh H., T. tue covert fse!lns Al! ov9r
forinisy. was passod IN ill., Compelling @ all tncn
in Uroat Britain to accept M Internationally
ttao op!sI, revision Of re rrayos- l;ook or
clcs'ls.lcnl t,tsseutera. Including tho Grightcst
sehnlars of tho nge. wero rclenttusly cnst out IT
iolo and i've milo acss. BY which no dlssent-
| l1,R olerKymnn was allowed, under tho criminal
Inv, to ,ttteF = sinylu sentence ~ bis dissenting
tive 1,ilcs Of bis former pnatorato Hut persu-
| outton could accomplish little. The. Noi-
| They wore. bca,on. burnod,. aud lrasged Ulr
| to prison. It was turtng twelve lung years In a
. afsoR snas '9nn qaysn e wfs
how terrible WIS tho persecution whta 1t is re-
tnenberel that during the roign OF Chnrlos IL.
praoa I was sooe Nud YET thrauEh XII I'll hut tIa sis @
tho strongest cleulopt In commercial ltto WIS
os f t .xas oT1 H. IL ,yh S feg o.
hccatno alarmed ut tho Catholc n'gotry Of tiseIr
li!nE. All plrttes were terrified for tho very
reyuluton t!egp and bloody. VI tBY3 followed tnd