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CORRESPONDENTS.
" 4. ~, held ssrsesvss responsible Ter ~
syi,is.s sfssr esvsspssassts. b.
ED. RuaBY GAZETTE,
DEAR SIR.
:, The letter signed
.svsstryu,an" in your last weeks
issue, contained some reflections on
tho Church 1T, England. tho fidelity
at which I-sld rather inclined
to question. Tho scholarly and dig
niaed ,ens Of the writer Is y guaran-
tee that tho slut. was unintentionsl,
and that my humble differences
will be received IN spirit Of can
dour rather than polemically.
The two sketches Of Church life
placed before ~, may in themselves
bs perfectly true, but the typical
ard aatithsticsl4 position in which
they are placed, cannot tail: to leave
. wrong impression on tho MUD Of
the casual resder. Such ,au one
would bs led to believe, in brief, that
4 sy.tem which oiled and Was still
capable Of filling, the requirements
of the age, had heen superseded b.
. new order Of things, which, all un-
tried. p.naerrd only .othe emotitu
al feeling. Of the hour, x,thou!
offering anything Is safety deeper
aad more I.ermanent spiritual needs.
Now let rs examine these state
uents in tic light Of history. Let
40 geo whether stsn fifty years ago
tho CAursk VI. Engisn4 was abreast
" the .imes, aud miaistrr;ng to the
needs Of the mas,es. And let d also
see che, htefr lie clSims 1t the Church
..f Eukl.AdM to-day sto.~ represen-
s.t;ve hold oasfhe ast'oa.l mind are
based "uly..ap the dubious adhesion
Of such veskcr element. Of mind
and matter d Srs pictured BY your
-sof+sspa6al s." = =
l,ns hdaarede and City years ago,
in 1888, the peace 81 mind Of thoss
good old three hcttlc foG-huat'np
par.on,, evhnn.:-y ssteyman 50 a.
o,ir.., had bseu rs.isly broken >,
the earu;st ,iices u 4 few Oxt"r"
students. Hear Whist sas et thrm
ss,s il regard sths GROWN: 'epar-
alton Of No. easly .Method''ts. who
we're tho hest aad trusst .Charehmea!
II the time.
"Tly. Ministers, 50 called, VII"
neither i've nsr pr, asa tue yospei, /
usre 10. ~ ass scat VI G''d. w"efe
enc VI these u settled, ns"y VI tn
II Ii Ais,s dars nut Attsad HE i" M''
sry: ., i; there 10 10 ether Churc" l.
ssA. nsigLl.Srhopa, they cote oS'arc'
Nc u,.ss. Thisis, tAs case ~ low l'lAc,'
already, and il viii bs tho case IN NOR f.
Aud 4 hundred ye,r. later VI
1;nd Il I.sd hSem 1.-the case IN more,
in very many instsnce.. Tue perioI
Of psscsfut reposs Acs' been votet
"ap.shy'' and. had been disssnte'
fr.u b, thousands 1t the Most ear
mes, and'lhoughtsul msu of the time
While tho broad glebe acres IA.
been growing ia ex,sat and value
and Ve,tyuaAn's model "Slep
herd" waxing fas thereon, the fioc'
u Chris, had dw.ldlsd down t" VIA
. contemporary writer APPLY eulo'
xixsd NJ, -.sAulL, but attentive con
grrg.t'ons. 49,.
Meanwhile the growing exemplar.
pressure FROM without WAS beginnlnl
t. make itself felt Among the ''dr
bones Of til. uorlDund church. VI
sAs ~ hand, careIsssnsss and III
differences we're alternating its com
,uuuion, aud ON shc other tue yrowt
Of . moro ,adyxneed and hbega
,spirit Ut suau.ry WAs casting lon
pointed IkadoRs over it, tsmpo'
Alitics. -
It's to Oxford that We must loo
again for TIE second great moder
movement, within the Church. Il
thus very graphically .daserIEsl b
q living histor'ans c~,.c
.Sv NOV. mss,, could:well have a p'
rer source, NOR could have had mored'
iu,srcsted "a hishnindsd promoter
j, uss bvra IN upon .o'ne earnest u
re,,i.x souls, like tina. Of the sweet al
s.iu,iy Kcb.s,L,6uls without bias
aud without rest, Ike Go,thss star
,hat the Church Of England had high
duties aud psbier claims than the ou
ness Of preaching Harmless" sermons al
the lower VI cnr,ciIiag bishop
"for the present il is enough 10 =
tha, the object Of that movement v
10 raise the Church Of England fr'
apathy, iruH dull easy S""'S asq"l'
s,,ce, IRON the periuustory dlsen"r