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 TIk; follow! n;^' full iiccount, of the interesting and important series of 
 conf(!ivnc('s which took i)l;ice at tlu; Lambeth (^ouncil will, I am sure, prove 
 very acceptable to Christians of every form, soun.l and color of opinion, 
 always exe-qiting the Papists. All s.'cts scattered throughout the earth look 
 up to England's Establislu'd Church as their guide, philosopher and fri.'ud. 
 The reason is two-fold : lo. Tlu' innate loveliness and authoritative unity of 
 Anglioiu Pi'otestantism, and 2o. r.ecaus<' our Church is part and parcid of 
 that vast State machinery which follows tlie sun round about the globe. 
 
 The dilfereuce l)et\V('en the ush ring in, the continuation and conclusion 
 of our Lambeth < 'onferencti and tlu; Vatican Council must strik<', forcibly 
 evi-ry impartial reader of tie' following pages. The Remans disturbed civiliza- 
 tion as we moderns conceive it, by th<' terrible Syllabus, set the indepen.lent 
 forces of free thought shouting ten thousand alarms, shocked monarchs upon 
 their thrones, shook States to their very foundations, perph^Ked cabinet minis- 
 ters and governments, struck a staggering blow at the progress of the age, and 
 manifested clearly to the earth that though all sliould change and shape their 
 policy to suit the times, th,', liomau '■ 'hurch would stand as immovable in her 
 old dogmas and discipline as the Ifock of C.ibraltar. 
 
 The Lambeth Council, on the contrary, hardly disturbed the columns of 
 the most obscure country newspaper. Modern thought is so sure of the sui)- 
 port of the establishm^'nt, tint it r'ver notices lier at all. .Nforeover, we 
 possess one immense advantag<' over our ancient enemy, in that we belong to 
 the world au'l ih-refore. do not stand isolated from the tendencies of tho 
 age -do not resist them— but wisely b(md to tho storm, and, not bcung able 
 to lead, submissively follow the march of modern intellect. Tiiis is the reason 
 why sunshine pours down upon our Anglican Protestantism, whilst the pitiless 
 fury of the storm is beating upon tlie haughty battlements of Kome. 
 
 There is nothing more delightful under the sun than to study the beautiful 
 consistency which characterizes the history of Anglican Protestantism. The 
 godly II(!ury VlII and his illustrious left-handed oUspriug, Elizabeth, stand for 
 all time on a par with Luther, Calvin, Zwiuglius and the rest of those sublime 
 champions of virtue and truth, who saved us from mi.lnight vigils, maceration 
 of the tlesh, self-repression an.l lengthy prayers. No man can question for a 
 moment the high moral gifts of Henry and Elizab.^th. A little blulfness on 
 his part, an amiable friskiness on hers, add to rather than detract I'rom their 
 pious worth. We must admit, of course, a little inconsistency about Henry 
 
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 VTII in rotaiiiin.^'.sovoral PopiKli .loctrinos, and biirnin;^ ]»(.formors and Papi.sfs majt'-'j 
 iit tlio saiuo stake. I*>iit we iimst rcmcinlHM' that hf wis the piuncor and cxi'iii- thiin tl 
 plar of Anjflicaii Prutcsiantisiii, and cunscqticntly carried away from K.LfVpt L*'t uu 
 some (pit'stional)h' spoils. We had not lixcil iipunany dctinitc plan of ri'li,L;iuus luiiili> 
 Indiff in liis tiint>, and, thnrcfon', a little cloudiness in doctrine was cpiite Innate- 
 j>ardonable. < >iu' An'j,liean tuiv til hers hid to watch the tendencies of popular fX<[uis 
 thought in their tinie>, in order to luodil'y dogiuis and morals to suit the wcaltli 
 (■ixigencios of the hour. The ( 'nnstitution of Kugland is of a thousand years' iintism 
 growth ; could it he fiirly expected that an eccl('siasli(;al constitution could he This is| 
 conceived and framed in a single reign ? Here lies the exjdanition of those pised 
 continual mutations in dogiii i and uraeiice oI>servahle during the llrst yeirsof K 
 
 Anglican ProtestantisTu. Henry Vlll hidoii'ci' 1, Ivlward, another ; Klizi- trilles, 
 
 Ixitli, a third: ('ramner, a fourth ; Sijiiieiset, a liflli ; Thirhs I, an anomalous never i| 
 Kixth , ( 'romwell, a seventh: Willi, uri III, a U'gitive eight, and, stningi' to the wa 
 say, though tliese crenls were esseulidly antagonistic, they were all of the licth. 
 spirit and charmingly true. \Vi^— hii)py we — inherit a religion which uiiy \m\ m 
 l)c called echictic, for Anglican Protesiantism is nude u]) of odds ami en Is of 
 •H'ery kind of religious o[)inion. W'e inherit, in short, the wisdom of our 
 progenitors. < 'oasidering the elene-nts which enter into o'>r ( 'hnr(;h, I am 
 astonished, not that Higli ("hureh. Low- ('liuirh. l!ro ad < 'lnuvh, Xo rimn-h 
 struggle [loleiiiically \'nv supMio'ily wiiliin th" ho-oin ol' Anglicm ]'i'otest- 
 anlisin. leUthil ll»-iv;ire not ;i thoa-sand otli t >lniii's tlillin^ aci''j-;s our nio; lev 
 cli iiiecl. There is a in ignilie 'Ul a 1 ip', ihiliiy aK>jiit our < 'liur.'h : U) religion-; 
 tlc'ory hui liiid- il- nilaral pfn-' wii'iin h ■!■ I'l i -iic Ijj-uiii, i I' you al'eM-,. 
 dis-etit. 1 h.iy thil dis-eui piviv^'s iny pj>iti.i;i. nis.citt is a rig:,f-d |/li>h-iiii ; 
 we are ari-tocrals. and resicct ilulity is ihe ehi.'f ilogmi of Anglii;anisni. W'e 
 did not reject ilissrn; lie(MUsi' il /r /.-■ di-is.-nt. hilt h'!'iU-;e ii was low. (I ■nlle- 
 liieu e.liieil'-l at n iii versil ies. with privile^s o\' le.-';iii.; fi'uMi'Uts ol' liie 
 aJjdriltel alter l lieir names, are no! siiiiiiu,-'"d to di-l u'h tie' .: ihii eiji; uiiiui'y oi' 
 Jli:dl-toned e\isle|iee liV llol iei le^ llalj n li l"i j |I,,dge"s ridiuims views. p i^ 
 
 of infinite ill',., itei' II. -e lo us wIi'iIum' iiu1)-ii lil-d llo l-- ■ t Ip' 1 M-si-m-a' lie in 
 the right or wrung, whetliei' he go to il;.' iie\il (.,|- n ji. .Vuglie, m Prute.-«t int i-m 
 was in-titiit'd f'U' i])e gimtry, and l-e; ai.n IVom rhi' heginning his h'-n to 
 ke.c]) :!s fir as po-siMe Iroin th'' ui-tv nuh. .\iiii I'wr ,lii- >lie, should he rjm- 
 m-iidi'd. at ieist in this ag^'. wheii di raoeral ii' nleis a: ' liirnin'^' society topsy- 
 r.urvv. Vov my pari. I do not hi'lie\i. tliii tm,. rcjig^jn is (-oaip itil>]e with a 
 vt')-o-(.(l cult and an empty pocket. 
 
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 seriously, hut what gi'iit leiii i:i. uilli e,miiiiou se!f-)',.>p..:-! . could turn :o a 
 church which permits a foul plelHa:iii to kneel side liy side with a knight, oi- 
 a.n earl!! or even liurrcsrii rc'crr/is / a dnke ! ! ! Tin's eijiialily beforii the 
 (diurcli is simply disgusting. ln.-,tead of making I'eligion co-nfortahle, .and a 
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 tlian tlie ]>ur|tlt' of iniperial Cesar ! How nobly .suitcrior are irr to all this! 
 Let oiir minister i]Uoti' a false (juantity in Latin or Gr.iek, or blunder as to his 
 En'ilish in the sei'inou, ainl behold I a congregation of critics assail the nnfor- 
 tunate delin(|uentl 1 mention these things to show, as I havt^ observe<l, our 
 ex(iuisite adaptability to th(! spiiit of the age. Kes])ectability, position and 
 wealth are sought by all, and the immortal success of our Angliwui Protest- 
 antism i.s because; our church is in harmony with the aforesaid dcsiilcrdtulit ! 
 'J'his is a secret that Kome never learneil, and, henee, we see her to-day des- 
 pised and assaulted by the respectability, position and wealth of the worbl. 
 
 li'ome boasts of lier learning, and, we doubt not, slie ^A/c.s know a few 
 trifles, owing to her lengtheiieil experieiK'.e, but 1 fi'arlessly assevcrfvte that 
 iievei' in the solemn mai'cli of history was (here an assemldy niore learned in 
 till' ways of the world than the assemltly which has just de]>arted from Lam- 
 betli. There was not one prelate there, except, j»erhaps, the Yankees, who 
 h id not written more than one delicious tract about pious washerwomen, con- 
 verted coal beavers and reformed no-lietter-thau she-ought-to-bes. Th<;y wiu'e 
 great missionaries, using, as a means of salvation, that two-fold rule of Angli- 
 can faith, lliiii.K and 8oUP ! Tl»ey were stern magistrates, especially prominent 
 in tliat vital obligation incumbent u]iou all I'.ritish justices of tlie peace, of 
 '■ putting down " somebody or something, and incarcerating for terms somewhat 
 shorter than the years of their natural lives atrocious snvdl boys who dared, 
 feloniously and of malice afortithought, not having the fear of Her .^Lljesty 
 the (^>m'en before tlieir eyes, to }unloin an apple fi'oin the gentry. They were 
 noble philantropists, who did everything for poor-houses and hospitals, evcept 
 to visit them. They wi:V(t husbands and fathers, whose devotion to wife and 
 <diildreu was such that Sunday services were left to crude and callow curates 
 just fresh from the boxing bouts, boat racing and tumultuous couvivialitv of 
 ( )xon and Cam., by which holiui'ss of life is nourished and tiunjiered to jier- 
 fection. They were Apostles with a keen eye to the niavket matrimonial, who 
 translixfd presumptuous young clergymen with an eye fraught with arctic wilds 
 and ghostly ice-bergs, muttering tlie while something about "silly creatuaws " 
 and " froward cad.s . " And why should they not, when there was not one 
 amongst them who could not dowry his daughter with hundreds of thousands 
 of dollars. A beggar Avitli an cilucatiou has to bcir a double burden : and a 
 minister without money is a loathsome jiaradox in the Anglican system. He 
 is out of harmony with his surroundings; he is financially and socially insane. 
 
 Xow, it is obvious that a meeting of such men was eminently conducive 
 of a great moral and religious triumph. And a great triumph the Lambeth 
 (inference was. It is true, no immediate catachlysiu followed the promulga- 
 tion of its first decrees, but the following fuller account will, 1 have no doubt, 
 shed light serene upon the chaos of events, and cause the world to stand agape, 
 Jike a man who has just seen a ghost. It is a grievous pity that the Lambeth 
 
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 ^'V'Uy ,0'^num oi th.-ir own uiUMvsts, ,u.l wuul.l, of coi.rs. Inv,- ..,,.1. 
 -lourCa. ,.n.l a..|inin. conclusions into.).... puny doc. .seo" 
 this work has I„M.n s.-nt to J'qm.. F,.,. Viir i ""i^ihs. a copy ol 
 
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 k n. na<U., I shall hero pausn an.l h-ttho tath.M's sp-ak for thcn.solvos I 
 
 i^ul i.uoU .J,,nur on.n accrtat !) U i« zny prop., fl.ult, not tho c:!!:^;,. '' ' , 
 
 THE KDITUK. 
 
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 'H(^, have cinljo 
 
 'The Great and Manifest General, Universal, CEcnmenical 
 
 '<"><■ A copy ol 
 ■mxidusly till 
 
 oo ^n-at h' tost, ^j^j United Pan- Anglican Gathering of Gentlemen 
 
 'insclvcs. If I ^ 
 
 ■ cu..ncii',s. calling themselves BISHOPS, hy the Grace of 
 
 Victoria R., and an Act of Parliament! 1 1 
 
 By one of the Secretartek, His Reverence Balaam 
 Howler, M.A., L.L.D., TilD., &c. 
 
 " ^iv fiaai2.ev t re^ 7,ft7Totec ruv 6i>ei'idi' avT(jv / Jovul What clever fellows I" 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 WHICH LS INTROD^TCTORY. 
 
 As is well I 'VA'n, the world lately has been moved to its 
 innermost depths. A gn^at moral eng-ine has b ^'Ti — to use a 
 common metaphor— gettini,^ up steam, and furbishing its armor 
 for a sublime manifestation of that in-dwelling spirit which 
 scorneth Popery, and reacheth unto the four quarters of the 
 globe, with llannel jackets and moral handkerchiefs. 
 
 Scotlers have been vainquishtid and put to flight ; nay, like 
 that truculent giant, Goliah, they have been hewed and ha()ked 
 by their own weapons. That moral engine is the Anglican 
 Church. 
 
 Never, since the Tower of Babel, has the world witnessed 
 such a spectacle as that presented by the CEcumenico-Pan- 
 G-eneral-Universal-Anglican Synod. Such unanimity. Such 
 brotherly love. Such an absence of doctrine, and, therefore, 
 happily, of doctrinal disputes. Such sweetness of purpose in 
 agreeing to disagree, like christians. Such a happy avoidance 
 of the High Church Scylla, that the Low Church Chary bdis 
 might be escaped. Such a glorious enunciation of so many 
 opinions and views as there were bishops, on all possible subjects, 
 and yet without infringing upon the beautiful boundaries of 
 brotherly love and evangelical artlessness ! Dissenters are in 
 despair, and Popery rolls on the ground, tears her hair, and 
 howls. 
 
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 At the voquest of many of iho vcMiorablo fathers, I havitestan 
 undertaken the plcasinu", thouu'h dillicvilt. task of re< ording" thtstrik*' 
 hibors of Ihe Synod, and fixing', in ix'rnianent form, those sapient — a v< 
 canons and \vise discussions which shall remain, for all time, tht fercnc 
 very basis and I'oundation of Gosjnd Cliristianity and moralMajes 
 perfection. Far ])i' it from me to hold ihe vain conceit of beinutrincs 
 competent for so i>rodiuious a task; but my intentions are vir- under 
 tuous, and my zeal unstained by self-seekinL»', or the mercenary Chur- 
 desire of iilthy lu. re. Nevertheh'ss, truth, blessed truth, compel.^ that 
 me to say that this modest history may be had at all evang-elical abject 
 booksellers for twenty-live cents a copv, and many hoh% iar- that l' 
 seeinu' gt-ntlemen have prognosticated an immense sale thereof make 
 which prophecv pleaseth the Uesh. and developeth, to the utter- boast, 
 most. Gospel enthnsiasm. For what sayeth Paul? "He who bers 
 serveth the altar shonld live by the altar." arn^u'i 
 
 If anv niiui should ask mc; this question : " IJrother Howler. j<^y^^^^ 
 wdiy tin' Lambeth Gonfereiu^e ? " I should. ])erhHps. be non-plus- can ( 
 sed for a cateuorical answer, because, in the higher regions of expov 
 morals, there ai'e (juestions which do not l)elong to a j^lodding, Bucct 
 every-day intelliu'ence to answer ; they must be left to archbishops, and 
 bishops, deans, and other diu'nitaries. whose very ollice supposes Ko^^i = 
 Al])ine, nav, Himalayan Insights of wisdom inaccessible to mere wouW 
 cy])hers and nobodies of the body ecclesiastic. Thus reasoning, work- 
 I should look upon such questions as tln^ acme of inquisitive- des\>o 
 ness, — an intrusion of riotous thought into a Holy of Holies, not house 
 to be investigated by lawless whys ami whereftn'es. Where 
 would Protestantism be, if we answered every "why "'proponed 
 by s])ies and interlopers ? There is a great deal of A'ice in a 
 " Why,"' — a very uncomfortable, un-evanu'clical, meddling. Paul 
 Pry of a word. — intolerable to the aforesaid Alpine regions of 
 vital Christianity and Protestant o])inion. 
 
 However, if any man should think lit to persist in shooting 
 forth his lip. and scorning any evasion — a course, I grieve to 
 say. much followed by our enemies, — slumld thunder out " why ?" 
 again, I should say unto such a one (in the language of the an- 
 cients) : " Cinutns/jire ! " Look about thee, brother, and see the 
 clouds, and the si)ecters, and the sha})es that seethe and boil 
 and u'yrate on all sides. There is Socialism, a bloody monster, 
 armed with dau'uer and torch; there is liejniblicanism, that 
 frett<'th the goldi'ii rim of many a kinu'ly brow ! there is Athe- 
 ism, doubled up, worshipping its own black sliadow, — and there! 
 O there \ is Popery "furbishing up the rusty wea])ons of the 
 past" — (so sayeth (J ladstoiu', our love for whom is adulterated 
 by Disestablishment Ihtters) — and gloating horribly over the 
 decadence of i'vangelical religion. 
 
 The sole object, then, of our late sublime exhibition of Pro- 
 
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 ners, I havitestaiit unity and pfficacions rule, was to withstand Popory, and 
 **<ordiiio- thfstrikc a ])low at her pretensions. As her Council of the Vatican 
 rhose sapieni — a very trivial alfair, I must sny, compared v>'ith liaml)eth Con- 
 iill time, th( fereiice — presumed to usurj) the precious prerogatives ot Her 
 and moralMajesty and Parliament, and actually dared to I'ormulate doc- 
 MMt of beintrtrines, — frame canons — and estahlish them as l)iiulini»' Christians 
 lon.s are vir- under penalty of anathema. — was it not fittinji" that the Anglican 
 mercenary Church should remedy the scandal l)y manifesting- to the world 
 ith, compels that meek svd)mission to the Crown and Leo-islature, — that 
 tMan«»-eli<.jj] a})ject obedience to thi' statutes of the beloved l']stablishment, — 
 ' holy, far- that freiHlom from any rebellious inclination in our bishops to 
 aJe thereoi. make canons, or the people to obey them, which is our proudest 
 lo the utter- boast, — the palladium of our civil and religious lilx'rtiesas mem- 
 Jio who bers of the Anglo-Saxon race, and in noble <'ontrast to the 
 arroLi'aut claims of the Church of Romi! ? Is it not a source of 
 'i«'i' Ifow^ler. joyful congratulation to every evangelical bosom, that the Angli- 
 '*' i'<"i-plus- can Church has always been true to her mission of setting forth, 
 J'^'grions of expounding and del'ending the l>ritish Constitution, the Protestant 
 '^^ ]>iodding, Succession, the House of Hanovtn*. the prerogatives of the clergy 
 i'<'libi.sJiops, and the vested riLvhts of tlu' aristocracy. Had we the old 
 y suj)poses lloman Church inlliu'uce in our midst to-day, how miseralde 
 woidd be our [)liu-ht ^ No sinecures, no rights feudal, no excellent 
 work-houses, no Hanoverian heads in (^hurch or State, no money 
 despotism, no wives for the cleru'y (save us and keep us !), no 
 household darlings to dandle ui)on aj)ostolic kniH^'j. no domestic 
 comfoiis and weddt'd joys, no Jiritish enlightenment generally. 
 The Pojtish system actitally withstood kings and queens and 
 royal ])ersonaui's ! I spt ak it with bated breath: that Church 
 sometimes told thepeoide that their ruler was a tyrant and an 
 ass, and oxon went so far as to send him packing, and suggest an 
 honest chief magisti'ate in i)lace of tin; i)oor rejiM-ted monarch ! 
 Now, this is no laughing matter — this is no subject for superficial 
 enqtiiry — this is. in short, a matter for tears. See, on the other 
 hand, to wliat a jtosition of ennobling civilization Protestantism 
 has brouuht the world. Did we ever dt'i)ose kings and send them 
 to do [xMiance for their crinu's in quiet monasteries ^ I rather 
 think not. We simply conspired in secret and killed them, not 
 through murderous hate, but as an example to others. In our 
 times, we observe moiuirchs dodu'ing behiiul whole regiments 
 for protection, and seeing a pistol behind every btish. Yoti may 
 say thai this is bnd. but even such a state of things is immensely 
 superior to the Popish ]dan. for. thotiu'li these kings may be 
 perforated with a bullet, or punctured with a knife, they die as 
 monarchs, with crown, scepter, robes and laurels intact. Just 
 like those old iiomaii senators, who awaited their barbarian des- 
 troyers arrayed in all the impressive insignia of their high olhoe. 
 
 ie to mere 
 reasoniucr^ 
 
 1 'i nisi tive- 
 ilolies, not 
 ';^- Where 
 ' proponed 
 
 A-ice in a 
 !i"ii\ Paul 
 t'«'gions of 
 
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 For my part, I should be williiifr to be shot, if I could hi a hom^^ j^j.^pj 
 /fflf kiii,i»- for one day. 80 what hav(^ those threatened ruh^rs t()J(^^.y 
 coini)]aiii of? The sup(M*iority of the nineteenth to the thirteentl^^,^, jj^J 
 century, with respe(>t to kings, is as pleasant as it is su'igestivep^.^y j 
 Kini»-s, above all others, should bless the glorious ]{ '((^'mntion^i ./^^tl 
 for the chnnu'e gave them a short shrift instead of a long i>rnancc^;^,. piJ 
 And, I doubt not, but this was the reason why kings ai)plauded|g.^yii 
 ami proteiti'd that mighty uprising of human reason against^.^yve| 
 divini^ authority, to which Papists cling with such absurd^yjiiie 
 tenacity. ' propoH 
 
 Have I made myself sufTiciently clear on this point or not '^j^ix i\\ 
 What I mean to say is, that inasmuch as the Roman Church hasCTonisi 
 had a Ceuncil, which has caused trouble and perplexity to Can-^p in 
 terbury and Windsor among all nations, we, of the Church fp.jv o 
 Anglican, plus Evangelical, have stepped into the arena with a result 
 Synod Pan and Ans'lican, which Uricco-Romano-Saxon title ^jQ^stf- 
 sheweth chnirly the catholicity of our church, and the hoary ^^y \l 
 antiquity of i)rotest in general. For, from Eden to Oxford, from -miifoi 
 Grenesis to Cleneva, protest has been the prominent feature of the ^j^j d 
 opposition. We are proud of our Protestantism, and each Synod, ghall 
 or Pan-Anglican, corroborates all that has ever been said or qj- l^( 
 written of the noble freedom bestowed upon human reason by moun 
 indei)endent doumas in every age. Behold ! a profound reason 
 for xhr. late Pan-Stranglinsr, I mean Anglican, CouiK'il. It affords ^^j^^ tl 
 a striking contrast to the Vatican afl'air. The world observes the yeierr' 
 facts and apj^lauds. Mark well thi' reason why. t of th 
 
 The Popish prelates went to Rome acknowledging author- f^e I'c 
 ity ; ours approached Lambeth majesti(^ally superior to all auihor- jvutii 
 ity. We, too, can boast of a nirvaricu a self-god, which ne ther 
 sees nor admits anything above the Me. In fact, Luther and 
 Sakya Mouni only dilfer in terms ; in fundamentals, they agree. 
 Is it not beautiful to see the East and West clasping hands over 
 the i'hasm of centuries, and thus proving, in spite of Popery, the 
 catholicity of i)rot(^st. (). let us be .joyful ! 
 
 Now, the fact that our bishops acknowledge no authority, 
 which they are bound to obey, saves our church from disputes, 
 and our theology from the cumbrcms [load of canons observable 
 in the Roman"!svstem. This is a irreat advantage for our theo- 
 logical students, enabling them to devote their time to athletic 
 pursuits very favorable to muscular Christianity. Our church is 
 truly that daughter of kings "clothed with A-ariety." Every 
 diocese has its own views, and thus, like musical notes, a com- 
 bination of different tones or opinions produces sweet harmony. 
 
 Perhaps some ill-advised scolfers may say there is incon- 
 venience and contradiction between formulas of union, and 
 the independence inindividuo, which may be productive of no end 
 
 State 
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 11(^(1 nib" f^^ sarcasm amoiiir the Philistines, id est, the Romans. But, in 
 Sr(l(n- to an.swor this objoction — whi<'h I notice with contempt- 
 
 h" thirt,.,.,,!}™ 
 
 s snirov..sf2ve 
 
 R '(or 
 
 motion 
 
 must rise to that broad atmosphere which spreads beyond the 
 petty limits of ordinary questions, where, tree from the trammels 
 3f authority, A'istas of evan^'clical liberty disclose themselyes to 
 
 rs ai)')]'i I'l!^*'^'' P'**^^*^ *'>'*'• ^^Ji'"t' touch that ethereal sphere, and you will 
 'j^gQjj \ j^_ .^ learn how ])erfectly <>onsistent is Protestant doctrine, and how 
 5Uch 'i7'"' ^*^'^«^^"^'<^'llf'^isly adjusted are all the parts of the eyangelical ma- 
 '^ ^^^chine one to another. For instance, tike these contradictory 
 oiiit or , ^Propositions : " Ciod exists." " Grod does not exist." You must ad- 
 
 Chur 'h h ^^ ^^'"^^ these propositions are clearly defined and definite anta- 
 xity to V' ^^S^^i*^*"**- Neycrtheless, they are permitted to exist together high 
 
 he Ch f!u ^P ^'^ *^*' ^'^^"1 ^'^'g'ion of evangelii'al liberty aforesaid, without 
 I'ena with "^^^ ^^ aiuithema or other Vaticnm thunders. This is a h^gitimate 
 -Scixon t>I^ result of the charming symmetry of the Anglican system, liome 
 i the h '^ boasts of unity — Lambeth of elasticity. Every man who stands 
 )xford \'^^^^ ^^ Kome and enlists under her banner must wear the same 
 ature of flf^ wniibrm, but Protestantism loyes a motley crew, different in colors 
 each Sv A ^^^'^ discordant of yoice. But. eyen as a crow and a white eagle 
 't'n sai 1 shall present a similar color high up in air, so doth the Angliian 
 
 I I'casoi }?^ ^^ Legislative Protestantism look as well as the best, when she 
 ^niwi ,. ^ mounts her evangelical chariot and soars up wards — out of siii'ht. 
 
 puna reason ^i ^ ,• ^v, \ • \. • ■ v' 4.- 
 
 ihe great question, the burning, urgent crisis oi our times, 
 
 the chiefest motive for the late illustrious Lambeth gathering, 
 referred neither to faith or morals It was not — I am speaking 
 of the Pan-Anglican — it was not an aggressive body. It was 
 the ibrlorn hope of Protestantism. It was meek — it was defe- 
 rential. — it was sweetly submissive and respectful towards the 
 State. It was prostrated w ith grief, and devoured with anxiety, 
 not for the church, but for the parsonages, glebe lands, and 
 advowsons. It opposed not infidelity, but the levelling tendencies 
 of the times. Disestablishment was the fatal specter which the 
 Pan-Anglican Synod sought to lay in the Dead t^ea, with all the 
 rest of those troublesome dogmas, canons and disciplines with 
 which Popery scrunches its unfortunate victims. It will be 
 known in ecch'siastical history as the last ditch in defence of 
 Anglican bread and butter. Alas ! alas ! to think of bishops and 
 deans, their wiv<^s and offspring — a priestly race — convening a 
 Pan-Anglican to settle the question of baker, butcher and calico 
 dealer ! O my Pan-Anglican soul ! here's a falling off, my 
 brethren ! 
 
 There is one anomaly to w hich I wish to allude, ere I con- 
 clude this chapter. Whenever Rome speaks, whether through 
 the Pope or a Council, the wiiole world is set agog, and the earth 
 is moved as the sound of many waters. When ive get up a Pan- 
 Anglican, we may call it universal, oecumenical, or what not, 
 
 '• It affords 
 >bserves the 
 
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 iiil auihor- 
 ch ne ther 
 anther and 
 "hey agree, 
 lands over 
 'opery, the 
 
 authority, 
 <lisputes, 
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 ^ athletic 
 ^'burch is 
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 ^ a com- 
 larmony. 
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 ion, and 
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 and l)(^hold ! the world remains as f|uiet as a niq^ht in June, ^y^^'^') W 
 resolve, we shout, we bent our Hanks in an ecstasy of pioi,^^^'^'^ B 
 enthusiasm, we erv out : '"Lo! here's a prime arti<'le ! I^^*'''* l ^^\*'l 
 orthodox interprelation for you! Here's vital Christianity^^ -''I 
 Listen and admire!" We erect our ears and await the uproa;^^^^ **1 
 but. />roh ! pNf/or ! not a sound, not an echo, breaks the calm still":^^!' . 1 
 ness of utter indilference. AVhy is this thus? Is it not becaus^^S"''! 
 the world is incapable of rising- to that region of evangelica I 
 
 liberty io which I have n^peatedly referred, where the ])roposi I 
 
 tions" Crod exists" and "God does not exist" find their beautifii I 
 
 adjustment within the elastic atmosphere of rational relig'ioii ^ I 
 Man is the most ilK)gical of beings. He keeps hammering awa\ I 
 
 at roi)ery on his own hook, but let a respectable Pan-Aiiglicai^^'I'^^^l 
 Synod oiler to assist him. and forthv/ith he rejects such alliance I 
 
 with scorn and abuse. Has it coiw to this, that a silk apron oi. ry 
 an episcopal corporation has less inlluence than a similar artick' 
 worn by GrretchiMi. our housemaid ? I could suggest a remedy ^^'^*. *. 
 w^ere anyone to ask me for it. Our bishops are too ascetic, toe 
 retiri'd and, let me add the word, too exclusive. Let them mingh'^''\' 
 more with the i>eople and, my woid for it, their apostolic dignitv.?^^* , 
 and oilicial saiKtity will be cheeri'ully conceded by the common ^^^^/' 
 sort. How strikinu' and ell'ective to the imagination of the pro- ^ ^ 
 fan/Hii tv//u7/.s'. would be the sight of his Grace of Canterbury, or|^''" 
 his Lordship, Soapv Samuel, attired in their fforu'eous ei)iscopal 
 robt\s, mitre on head, crosier on hdt arm and wife on the right. | , •, 
 with their olive branches and the wet and dry nurses thereof in " . , 
 attendance, coming forth from their lofty palaces, followed by ,.,|V 
 troo])s of menials, splendid in red plush and purple breeches, 
 vergers, bi'adlc-s, and other oliicials. the chaplain, as in duty * 
 bound, brinuing u]) the rear ! How the mob would howl with 
 delight ! What a line contrast would such a display not be with 
 the misera})le times of Theodore, Lanfranc, Anselm or Thomas 
 A. Becket ! Look at the immense inlluence of the Lord Mayor's 
 show as an engine of po}>ularity. The crowd that surrounds 
 his Worship has not, on a average, more thanoni^ full meal a day, 
 yet do they shout most joyously and drink hogsheads of gin to 
 the health, wealth and prosjierity of the Chief Magistrate Why 
 cannot our pri^lates u'o and do likewise ? They have plenty of '?' 
 money — the Episcopal being a very close corporation — and have 
 more resources for variety in the show line than the T^ord Mayor 
 possesses. High Church miu-ht be attired in royal purple; Broad 
 Church in red ; Low Church in regulation scarlet ; Scotch Kirk 
 in Kol) Ivoy tartan : AYelsh in Leek green ; American in stars and 
 stripes; the African branch might introduce a novelty and a]>pear 
 nude and tatooed, just for a little sensation, and to confound 
 Bishop Colenzo's inactive ministration. Then each bishop might 
 
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 - ill Tuno \l-arry a -hineso lantorn or transparency settnii]^ forth his peculiar 
 •stasv or'nioviews on some doo-ma ag'reed upon betorehand, that there might 
 rti(-le ' Tr.-r. '6 presented a most agreeahh^ disivgreement lor the edihcation oi 
 I christi-n.i -he uvueral. to xvit, the mob aioresaid, and lor the further .-on u- 
 ait the un ro pion <>»■ 1'<»P"'^'V- ^ ^ope this proposal may me.H th.> kmdly judg- 
 the c-ilm sHient wliirh its pure int.Mition merits. But as my theme is of 
 it no't he(>ausiigl»''i" t^ii"g^' here must end the chapter introductory, 
 of evangelic;! 
 
 e the in-oposi 
 
 their beautifu 
 
 ional religio], ^ CONFEliEXCE I. 
 
 imerino- aAva\ * 
 
 Pan-AnglicaivVHic-ii treats of the schema, and the discussion thereon. 
 
 such alliaiicf 
 silk apron oi. 
 
 " With Hiiintly shout, inid solemn juliiU^e,"— .ViV^h*- 
 
 im l.T^'T- 7 Th.' op.'iiino- of the ran-Ano-lican was a line sio^ht. As (>ach 
 
 W . rem .1 Wc .)t bisliops waddled into the Hall of Conference and took 
 
 c '|/"'^J^} ^j^^,-j. ,,1.,^.,.^ the verv atmosphere u'n^w still, and seeuKHl to bow 
 
 fl?!m . • T'down with respect. ' There was Dr. Blazes, who had challcn-ed 
 
 ;3i Z-nf;'th<> Po!>e himself as to palpal claims. There ^vas Dr. Farra-o de 
 
 'the common l^oshon. of XN-estern New York, who prolVssed everything. Imt- 
 
 n' of' tl «o th("eui'nn- wliisper.'d— knew iioihinu' and ventdated it. there 
 
 int.M-bi ri^''''"was Dr. DnTtvinaii. from Ontario. Canaihi. who was wnh'ly 
 
 41S eniscnn.] famous for uothinu- in ,vnM imlar. except lilliii- pirishe. with 
 
 n th' rh^f Pi-''!^ niarionenvs. Th.ere was \)x. Misoneger. fr.>m K-nla-Ky, 
 
 It ngnt, _^^^^^ 1^^ Phih>ii<'ii'er. from Ma-^sa.-huseiis. 'i lie renowic'<l Dr. 
 
 foir:!;!?V" jhill.-u^. of Oxiord. conde,.,.nd.d lo tnk.. a ,l.a,r Inside Dl^ 
 
 ioiio\\ca D> MM ,,^^,, .|., ,,„.., ofSo.hn-an.l Man. Dr. Dislillu•u.^ ..f \ork. brained 
 
 pie breeches. ^^|;;;;i;^.J^^';,,,^.j,,^ o.n,cion..lv a, Dr. Doanerges. < 1 -,Vat.:io:a, 
 
 I w'l .J; wlio sowhMl ra.h:r liere.lv'al Dr. M ;,e(:riLro-s. of w.rry. .u ae- 
 
 ^loA ''-I^-unt ol a htle .ontrov.rsv t.n.hm- the Cuhhe.. ('h.pl.ans. 
 
 nor De\Mtli ,^,, ( .,,|.,,,.^,.1^„ \ „,n noi sure wiiich. I'ul why shonld I co,,;!ii,ie 
 
 m?i i\T^^^ tocinmiM'al ■ ihoM' - -■ i .. ,,f liie chan.vl wh-s,' i>raise i^' ii- ihe 
 
 f^,f3\'mouia oi ali li.e . : :, -^ayer.. Dt im- <ouciude by recor.lino; 
 
 suuounas ^j^^^ |.^^^ ^,^,^j j,^. (),.,],,„|,,^^. ,,r\,iial. was rMcusi'd fnnn aiiendanrc. 
 
 I meal a clay, ^^^^ ^,^^_ ^.^_^.^. ,,,,,1,.^,,,,, .,,,,] prinl-iir reason that it he l,>ft liis 
 
 ^v^ ^Wi!'' diocese. ;hai Ka liir free-Ian.. a. I »r. Cohniso, wouhl lak,. j-oss^s- 
 
 scuue vvny ^^ ^_^ /,,,/„,,/,,.. ;,-a.l tims wonM V>x. < >.. on h^s reinrn. Mnd himself 
 
 e^pien y ol ^^ ^^^ ^^ , j^^.,,,^ I, ^^,,^^ i^.,., H!,,, il^,., y,-.of D,. Dolly, fvom 
 
 T "-^^y^'^^^^' China, had bc^nne de -nl 'dlv oi,iM|u,. ann ahuon-i-shape.!. .such 
 
 i.oia iViuyor .^ ^j^^^ ,l,.l,.trriou le:t of a Ion- roideu'c in the Central ITowery 
 
 rple ; Jiroad i- „, i 
 
 Votch Kirk ^'*^^~\y|J'!„ .,11 (1,,. lathers had be<ni seated, ins (Jracof Canter- 
 
 in stars and |^^^^.^. ^,,.,,^,^^^,.d to open the coumnl with prayer. •• 1 have been at 
 
 ^ and appear p.,ijj^ •• ^p^ot h he."" to compose a petition that might suit the 
 
 to^contound ^ .^^^^. ' ^^^ ,^^ parties, and 1 trust that no objection will be made 
 
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 to any clause thereof. It is short and, I humbly hope, not devo^BvER-' 
 of unctuousness. I have some doiilUs as to the g-rammar, bui "bish 
 th(^ d(H'triiial notions ))e correct, why should we squabble ab()i)B,. lii. 
 the r .st ? Let us jn-ay." coloi 
 
 IL're his grace stretched forth his arms before him, elevat 3r. Pi] 
 his eyes in the direction of the ceilini^ (a nicely stuccoed ceiliii^EVl.:^ 
 and, in a voice trem})lin!:>' with ollicial emotion, bcg-an : crric 
 
 Send forth Thy i)rcventin<>' i^race, ()- 
 
 Dk. Bulhous. — I tun urievcd to interrupt your u'race, I am sur^ 
 
 11 
 
 but the doctrine of ]>rcventinu- grace is not generally recciv D-^^ IV, 
 to-d:iy in the most orthodox circles. We liiid no warrant logEVEul 
 pr.'vcnting grace in the IJiblc, and the lieformation hithci insii| 
 scouted the idea as a Tojnsh innovation. Such an expression — Dr. \] 
 Dli. l^LAZES. — It strikes nns JJrother Bulbous, that your orthodo;SEVi:iJ 
 
 •ircles are littK' bv'tter than Pelau'ian coteries 
 
 dow 
 
 Dr. BliLliuUS. — Pelagian coteries, sirrah, 1 mean Brother Bla:^es! Dk. M 
 1 am astounded, nay, shoeked at su'-h au unwarranted imi)utaDR. 1' 
 tion ! It is neither I'elagianism nor semi-1'elagianism, but gocx DR- 1>* 
 sound Protestant doctrine. Preventing grace supposes goo(i .any 
 woiks which must follow its inlluencing and determinim. 
 action. Do you hol<l to the Popish fallacy of good works :* 
 
 Dr. BiiAZES. — 1 am horrilied. Dr. Bul))ous, at your cruel insinua- 
 tion. / hold to good works ! Ha ! ha ! Why, sir, in my lettei 
 to the Pope " 
 
 Dr. ^lA>'lrRi(i(}s. — I warrant ye, the Pope minds little what any 
 of ye speak or writ^'. Im thinkin' llis Holiness threw Brother 
 Bia:ies' epistle intill tln' waste basket, ha! ha! 
 
 Dr. l}iiAZi':s. — Ahem! Brother Macdriggs, ahem ! sir! You seem 
 
 to mistake this Synod for a Milesian Symposium, wLere there i— 
 is luoiv' wit than piety, and more punch than patristic erudition! Dr. 1- 
 {. ^Iac (Jrkhis. — Troth, there, a little punch might do none of Tai 
 
 a di 
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 pra. 
 
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 us mu h harm the day, Brother B]a>ces. 
 
 Dr. PiiiiTiYMAN. — Brothers! Brothers! What has punch to do 
 with preventing grace. Stick to the question. As I am a 
 Colonial bishop, loyalty comptds me to agree with his Grrace 
 of Canterbury's expression. My private conviction accords 
 with that of Brother Bulbous. 
 
 Dr. BiiAZES. — A very convenient and accommodating conscience 
 truly. A little colonial casuistry might prevent many lamen- 
 tal)K; dissensions here in ]!]ugland. Plowever, there is such a 
 thing as principle yi't in the w^orld. 
 
 Dr. Prettyman. — I understand you, — I understand you per- 
 fectly, Brother Blazes ! A person who has written to the Pope 
 must be allowed some privileges, just as a Mahommedan who 
 has made a pilgrimage to Mecca, is Hadji or Holy for the 
 remainder of his days. 
 
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 ope, not devoJuYERAii Fatheiis. — Shame ! Shame ! To compare a christian 
 
 ''^"YV'^^' *^"' b'-^l^*n^ with a Mahommedaii! 
 
 quabble aboi)^. ])i,azi:s. — Bear with him, hroth<'rs! I suppose it is another 
 , . coloiii:il instinct that is movinij' Brother Prettyman 
 
 nun, elcvat 3jj Piii:ttyman. — It was only an illustration. 
 
 K'coed cciliii^^jjYi,-i^^j^ Fatiieus. — No more, sir, pray, — no more! We are 
 
 ran 
 
 grieved I 
 
 [Dr. Prettyman bows his head in silence and mops his eyes 
 
 P. I am sui'r w ith a purple handkerchici"]. 
 
 •aiJy rcviv ,Djj IJoANKiidEs.— This is a scandalous discussion, " 
 
 wai-raiit ioSEVEUAL Fatueks. — Clerk, take down those words, they are an 
 
 •>tion iiuhci insult lo the Synod! 
 
 'Xprcs.sio,, — ])jj BoAN'EJuncs. — Will ye listen to mc ? I was only sayinq; " 
 
 our orthod(..SEVi:uAi. IvvrnF.KS. — Clerk, take down the words! Take them 
 .. dowji rcr/hi/im ! 
 
 ther J31a;-:(vs! De. Ml S()(; i:\Eii. —/i;^ ///em//w/! 
 iitt'd imj)utaDK. I'aki; v.io de Uosiion.— A;/ aenaliinl 
 
 ■■^m, hutg-oorDii. BoAXEiKiES. — Pm an Irishman, and won't be put down by 
 apposes o-o()(; ^g^,,y ;>!viiod, Convention, Council or Caucus in Christendom! 
 
 dctormmiiiL 
 i works .'' 
 ''»el insinua' 
 »" my iettci 
 
 le what any 
 rew Brother 
 
 •' ^rou seem 
 
 kvi.ere there 
 
 '■erudition! 
 
 do none of 
 
 nnch to do 
 
 As 
 
 D'ye iniud :* I say and repeat, this is a scandalous dis-ussion, — 
 a dis-ussion that would not be tolerated at the council lirv' oi' 
 Bia-kl'. t or Crow Indians! There now ! 
 
 [Teriilic uproar ! Several fathers rise to their feet and grasp 
 
 their umbrellas liv»rcely. His Crrace of Canterbury, pale 
 
 and distraught, calls " Order ! Order!" until the tumult 
 
 ceases. J 
 
 Hip (tIIAOi: OF Canterbury. — This is unprecedented! This is 
 
 awful ! Who would have imagined that an innocent little 
 
 prayer, perfectly orthodox " 
 
 Dr. PrLiJous. — Not perfectly, — not orthodox at all, your grace. 
 
 l^ardon me ! 
 His Vrw \<'F of Canterhury. — Well, well, have it vour own wav, 
 at tniv rate it was innocent ' 
 
 ^ I am a Dr. PiriiUoi^s. — Pardon again, your grace, what's unorthodox can- 
 L his G-race not be innocent. 
 
 ou accords Dr. Distincjuo. — Allow me to say a word, please. Either, the 
 prayer is orthodox or not. If not. it is not innoc.'ent. He who 
 made the prayer is either w.a/em//// or for ma//// culpable accord- 
 ing as he knew or did not know its heterodoxy. Ahem ! 
 Dr. PuiiHiJUS. — I consider it rather suspicious to introduce the 
 tag ends of mediveval s< holasticisin into the Pan-Anglican 
 Synod. Whatever the prayer may be, thai's certainly heterodox! 
 Dr. I)istl\(}UO. — You are exceedingly orthodox, brother. You 
 would hav(! made a line inquisitor for Philip of Spain. Have 
 you yet to learn that ])rivate judgment is the very foundation 
 of Prote^.tantism ? Who gave i/ou authority to criticise the 
 opinion of your neighbors { 
 
 conscience 
 my lamen- 
 ' is such a 
 
 you per- 
 > the Pope 
 edan who 
 ly for the 
 
 2 
 
16 
 
 1 
 
 Dr. Bulbous. — And, pray, if it comos to that, who 2:avc ;y,vould 
 authority to ask such a question? So i'ully am I iniprcssi^a^ ^^ 
 •with thi' greatness of the Jioon of Privatt' Judi^'nient in aiatun' 
 matters, that 1 aeknowh'dge no earthly authority whatever i^hall \ 
 matters reliiiious. >f ^^V^^ 
 
 Dii. TlliNinOKiXGS. — Don't youaiknowh'dgetho autliority of ll^o '^ j^'' 
 Crraee ol' Caiilerhnrv in the Couiieil i jamhf 
 
 Dr. JUjlhoi'S.— What "i What ^ His Grace of Canterbury's autho^P^'^^ V 
 ity Jiere ! Not at all I lie presides, because he is lucky enouLi*hall *'i 
 to' hold the most important benelice in the An<^lican Church'l^*^ "^'V 
 It is not a presidency of jurisdictional authority but u me:S ''^ ^''.^ 
 honorary chairmanship, ot no more, nay less, sig-niiicauee thai^^^'^**^'.^ 
 tlie chairmanship of (.Quarter Sessions or a Board oi itailroa^^^ ^^*^^ 
 Directors, I'ooh ! pooh! Authority, indeed! Let us clear oii^i*!*-*^' '*^ 
 minds of that remnant of i'opery before we beo-iu. othorwis-^^^^-^^^J 
 there are breakers a-head. 1 do assure you. duce tl 
 
 At this moment the majority of the lathers, <'onsiderino; thaWorkl, 
 matters had gone far enouuh. asked that the iH'aycr might l)"^^ ^'^ *'^ 
 said, and that those who objected should permit the recitatioi^^^^^-"^'| 
 thereof under protest, whu'li protest miu'ht be conveiiicnif, 
 discussed nl the close of the Synod. Hut the opposition :iverrf(^^*'^^^'' 
 b). That a. great principle was involved and that they conld no-pore < 
 and would not tolerate such a I'aial alxM-ration Ironi t he old ortho-^'^^"' "'* 
 <lox Siandards and l'o. That ii ihc oilu-i's. who held Id i iic pi'ayc'h-Uman 
 and whom liiew tl'i' opposition, could not help rauidiiL'; as Ijitf l 
 
 belter iiian hcaiiiens and puMicans, il ihcse crnuLi' bio; Jii-i's pej- 
 sislcd in outi'aginu' tiic scniinicni oi' ort lioilox\' glowing in ihi ' 
 
 bosom oi the aiorc-aid opposition, liien. iH)lhing I'eiuaiiied but 
 to willnlraw .Dni ihe con\'eni;on and puhiisti a Joint ; .ip. ai ;" 
 l*ariiaineni askiiiu- lor a bill w lii<h iniu'hi niabj.' tiion to ass.'iablc^"^^^, "^^ 
 a pui'i'ly Anu'li' : i. (ni i;o;lii\ ^«y nod. alirr the ionnuJas (-(Misccraleci ^^ f^*^^" 
 by liic iioarv anlKjuiiy ol' ih"ec centuries. deplor; 
 
 •• il wwuld b.' a pi'cii) minu'. nuKvd." cried J)r. bulbous -^^^^A ^' 
 lioui'lshinu- a j)ockci handls.crc: id m j^.s riu'hi hand, '" if w'c 
 should taiucly suoniii to a loriii ol pravcr. insuliinu' lo a lai'ii'c 
 and rcs[)cclaiMe ])ini ion of ihc .\nu'ii(an cpisc(»pate! and trulv. 
 1 may rcsocc; luliy hint, thai his ( ii:i. .■(»!'( a.nierl)urv miuiit hav<' 
 colisuilec a icw r.pl't seiit.it IVe m.'U ul cvcr\ shadt^ oi opmioli 
 liere juescnt, Ix'torc exploding l Ins bojubshell uj'oii ihc Syn<jd 
 What result could his g'^a'c po>>il)iy cxpt'ct fiuui ihal pra\cr .'' 
 We have here bishop-^ li.iiu .'J'ri.M. A,-.ia and Anieiaea. .Are liiei- 
 l>ariieular views of doctrine to be iiuringed upon l>v loose alio 
 uiU)rlliodox pi'ayers f J lave they put themselves to iiuoii veil ie nee 
 and expense, nierelv to lind tlicir h'elinus lacerated bv archie- 
 piscopal utlerances ol a questionable nature V One would have 
 thought that if orthodoxy lied from the rest of the world, she 
 
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 tcriou; 
 
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 but w 
 
 body i 
 
 say '■ 
 
 Newii 
 
 then I 
 
 heter< 
 
 blanc 
 
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 /,voul(l liiid a rofuii'o at Lambeth ! Look at the Vatican Couuiil ! 
 
 1 I iiiipros.s>*V^as the I'opo .simpU' enounh to atlcmpt prayers of a heterodox 
 li^'inciit, ill ;|iatiire ? He was too cunuiniir to he u'uilty oi" .su<h a pnradox. 
 Y \vhat(?ver i^hall we, wlio move in the serene liii'ht oT Evani»"elieal Lilii'ity 
 )f oidnioii and ])riva1t' judu'iiu'iit. sell onr Protestant ))irtliriuht 
 thority ol' JI'O a heretical })raycr :• Shall we wlio nject Koine snrrnidi'r to 
 jambt'lli ^ I look npon fliis jittemi)t to piiss a eounterlcit prnyr 
 >ury's autli()ipt>ii ^i^ J'^ l^i'' ^'^'^^ insidions edL>'c oi" the lata) wedu'c, which 
 ucky (MionLi'<liall ere long' deprive us of onr }>resent liberty and chain us to 
 iciin CJiurdhe heterodox ihariot of ecclesiiistical authority! J'rotestantisin 
 -^ but a iiicr.s a tentative }>roeess. — a spiritual emi>irici.sra. We want no 
 ilicaiice thai^^thority to t'liabh' us to divide. Authority is only neci'ssary 
 I oi Jiailroa^or unit V, and unity we lay no claim to whatever. Xay, I con- 
 us clear ou^ider a niulliplicity ol' sects as a positive l)lessii)g and an essential 
 11; othervvi.S'^utcome ol" i*i'otesi autism. As competition and opposition }>ro- 
 duce those marvels ol' commerce which J'hiii'land ])resents to the 
 "^iderino- thaWorld; so reliu'ious divisions enable men to read the /y/v>,s and rows 
 cr niii)-ht h.of every dounia. and thus aiicnd an excellent opjiortunity ibr a 
 !ie reeitatioifa-tional choice ol' bi'liei'. [(rreal applause I'rom all sides.] 
 •onveiiicui]', '■ l-<i't liome continue exclusive il" she like, l)ut let us avoid 
 tion averre(iiit<^l*'i"^ii*''' above all things. And. I know ol' no intolerance 
 'V could n(,:iiiore excessiv*'. nor bigotry more enormous than to strive to 
 >c oJd oitlioJwliltrate insiduous doctrines into the human mind while that 
 ) I he |)i;i\ (.human mind is oil" its uaiard in the lervorol' devotional enthusiasm. 
 [Here the liiu'ht Jtcv, Dr. llirew a witheriti^' glance at the 
 llierophant ol' Lam])eth. while here and there a distinct 
 sibilation l)roke forth. Thus encouraged, Dr. IJulbous 
 continued.] 
 " It is one (d the most extraordinary things in the world 
 Lo assemble that we I'rotestants can do nothinu' withv»ut s(piintiiig askance 
 ■'Mist'cratcd *t Kome to see what sh<' thinks of us. What is the cause of this 
 deplorable weakness ^ It is a heaven of the dark ages. [(J-roans 
 from several fathers.] 1 say it without fear of contradiction, it 
 is all due to the lingering si)irit of the dark aa-es. We think we 
 are trtte ])lue I'rotestanls, but we are iH>t. There is some in s- 
 torioits attraction about luime that diaws men towards her in 
 spite of themselvi\s. (rood heavens I brotlit'rs, how tlo I know 
 but we may resolve, belbre the end of the Synod, to go over, 
 lie ."^x iiod body and bones to Ixome ! [Crroans ami cries of " never!'] Yon 
 piJvcr .' say " never ! " That's all very well, but suppose IManning or 
 Newman should ask to be heard before this asseniblagi', what 
 then V Does it promise well, under such a hypothesis, that 
 heteredoxy has reared its Gorgonian head in the subtile sem- 
 blance of prayer y I tell you that while our boat is lloating 
 about among the breakers, their vessel is anchored in the harbor. 
 Let us look to our I'rotestantism. Parliament is a poor reed 
 
 mu' as Ijdl 
 
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 Are liu'i" 
 
 i\ eiiiciic,. 
 
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 no\v-a-(lays to lean ui^on. The Tories aro nvttiim* ns Ix'dovill l»i\l 
 as the Wiiiiis. l)is-('.stal)lislimcnt looms up — a horrid sliapt'— uw 
 th(^ clouded luturc, — thf iicnr i'uturi'! [Prcdongcd sciisatii |>r;il 
 groans ;ind tears.] tlii 
 
 Dr. DistlnoT'o. — Will the IJiulit Kcv. Iholher i)eriiiit uie to > iiif' 
 a word. His ]>es,siniist views are certainly alarniini^', hut J 1 1 
 
 one, am not al'raid, [Hevulsiou ol' I'eelinu' and cheers.] 11 attad^ 
 jMajesl y. the Head ol our Church, is too u'ood a I'roteNtanl iuo- 
 permit us to he despoiled. Our modest incomes are sale ! his 
 centuries to conu\ [Shouts of delight.] Ihit the main (juestii der 
 at present is the ])rayer. 1 have a suu'ii'estion to oiler respect ii vast a| 
 that prayer. AVhy cannot each father say, in silence, his ow 
 praver? Thus the dilliculty will he ohviated and husiuf not 
 commence. ahirml 
 
 Hi!< CtUace ()1>^ (\\\ti-:i{Ijt'ry [Kneeling' down.] — Let us knc are oi^ 
 
 down and pray. hiii'h 
 
 Dr. rilll.oXKCfKU. — 1 emphatically object to kneeliiiii', It is stretc 
 posture humiliatinii' to any one j'x^ssi'ssinn' a shadow ol' sel Pr<>t<' 
 resjx'ct. We have no St-riptural warrant lor an action whii candl 
 seems to nil- abject and indecent. conte 
 
 Dr. ]>i.azi:s. — May I ask our lvi.'4'ht Tiev. Urotlier iVom Massachi bark. 
 sels what posture he considt'rs ap[»ropriate for ]')rayer ^ and > 
 
 Dr. l'illi-nNK(;i:ii. -I consider standinu' <[uit" the thing'. abjec 
 
 Dr. J'lnyiTYMAX. — On two leus or on one :* thouL; 
 
 Dr. Piii!-()Xi:(;!:i;. — That de])ends. A a-oose might pray on on depth 
 leg very comlbrtably. [Order! order!] Di:. ^ 
 
 Dr. 1*1! lyiTY.M AN. — Very polite. I am sun'. [Smothered lanu'liter wo 
 Dr. TiiiM'i('lvlN(rS. — I am perlectly convinced, nay, conscient, 
 ously certain that the sole scrij^iural ])osition I'or prayer i 
 sittinu". Ir is the most comfortable position. 
 Dr. Ai' P()Wi:l ai* 1N)Ti:ivV. — In what direction do you turnyoii 
 fa-e in ]U'ayer. The custom amongst us is to turn our back 
 on the chancid or ministi^r. 
 Dr. JU'LiJoi-s. — O dear nu' ! that's intolerable! why, tho Meth- 
 odists don't do that ! 
 Dr. Ap rowKi. Al' PoTlcivX. — ]\[y respected brother, we do no 
 borrow our canons ol disciidine Irom those howling sectaries 
 It strikes me. brother, that you are not over consistent, Yoi 
 have harangued us at some lenii'th in a series ol' what I an 
 constrained to call gratuitous as.sumptions, tou<diiriga certaii 
 region ol' evangelical libtnty, and lo ! your id(^a ol Ireedon 
 consists in a liberty to believe as yoii do, but not otherwise. 
 Dr. ]Mis()Xi:(J]<:i{. — In Kentucky, the niu'u'ers juay lying upon V>.Q^ 
 their backs shouting. I mention the fact as it may suggest :i bad 
 compromise. [Much amazement.] wii^ 
 
 Dr. Bu^j^ous.— Our American brothers must have their humor; sig'l 
 
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 cheers.] I| 
 ' IVote.stiUlt 
 's nre sale ! 
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 Her resjx'ciii 
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 action \vhi( 
 
 111 -Massac])! 
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 pray on on 
 
 d laiiii'hter 
 
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 I'or prayer i 
 
 >u turn you 
 n our back' 
 
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 u; sectaries 
 
 stent, Yoi 
 
 what I am 
 
 ic>- a certaii: 
 
 of ireedoii: 
 
 therwise. 
 ying- upon 
 
 r .suggest ;i 
 
 eir humor : 
 
 ])nt this Synod is no jokinu- matter. Here we liave iViltered 
 a\v;iy a couple ol" liours, iind ii;ive not e\-en said llie opening* 
 pniver. This is cerlniniy :i sinister iiui>'ury lor tlie ruture of 
 this imporiiini council. If we u"<> on this way Doomsday will 
 interrupt our labors. ' 
 
 ilcri'upon it nunil)er ol veneral)le ))relates eiierget i<'i>lly 
 attacked Dr. llulhous as l)ei)iu' the hcjid and front of the olfcnd- 
 inu'. fhe Di'. rej)lii'd. warmly defending himstdfon the u'roundof 
 his oi'ihodox conscience. Into this several bishops m;ide rejoin- 
 der. Dr. Ihilbous linaily — his stentorian lunu"s u-iving him a 
 vast advantage over the rest — started to his feet, iind spoke thus : 
 •■ Are we here to devise means to defend l*rot<'stant ism or 
 not ' If so, who shall <lare throw scorn at me for sounding the 
 alarm when oui" opinions are in danger * The siu'iis of the times 
 are ominous; iniidelity is abroad ; scei)ticisni stnlks boldly in the 
 hiiih phices. and vital reliuion is eilete and moribund I ro[)ery 
 stretches forth her iriant arm. and plucks the fairest llowers <d' 
 rrolestantism ; Kilualism riots in lace and linen, lights and 
 candlesti<'ks ! And shall I lutld my peace .' — shall I sit down 
 ctmteiit ^ — shall 1 slei'p and snore, a dumb dou" that will not 
 bark, when prayers unlit for orthodox ears are fashioned, devised 
 and set forth i)y individuals iiiu'h in authority? Perish such 
 abject cowardice ! I shall cry out ! I shall slrike and spare not, 
 thouLih stakes and fai>"U"ots tlireaten, and assassins from cavernous 
 dej)ths steal forth to kill !" 
 
 Dn. M.vr(lt;i(r(iS. — .\m in a cold sweat listening to the awful 
 words ol Dr. Ihilbous. Stakes and fan'u'ots ! bless my soul ! 
 Fire and fury! spare us this day! Assassins and Caverns! lo I 
 ye. tin? while! What possesses our Ibother ? lie is conjuring 
 U[) phantoms for his own proper delectation and then })eating 
 them ba<'k with bra\ e words. Dopery and Ritualism ! 
 — hear till him now! We have dropped the subject of the 
 prayer ; each lather will pray according as he sees lit. As to 
 the p()sition, why, let each adopt that which seems meet to 
 him, and let us make an end of this discussion. I thought 
 we wei"i^ goinu" to do u'reat thinu's, but 1 am getting V(!ry doubt- 
 ful. Am thiidviiig we'll not agree on anything at all, So now 
 let VIS to prayer. 
 
 This appeal seemed to exercise a good inllueiice on the 
 Synod, and forthwith the pri'lates fell to silent prayer. Some 
 knelt, some stood, others sat ; a numl)er knelt on one knet; and 
 stood on the other leg; a few reclined after i he maiinm" of the 
 Komans at meal time. Some faced the chair, others turned thidr 
 backs to it; while not a few prayed askew^ or sideways, vvhi di 
 was doubtless a compromise position. Such an extraordinary 
 sight was a very beautiful illustration of that contempt for forms 
 
m 
 
 wliicli is tlic most precious iiil't ol' the Kcfoimntioii. Ench pro- 
 late l(><»i;«Ml kcciilv ill his ii«'ii2lil)(>ur, lo see il' jx'rclumct', the vile 
 
 •ir. 1 
 
 51'/., 
 
 spinl (tl liiuinlisiM iniiilil eonstnuii linn to cross ninisc 
 
 tliiiiik goodness, iiol oiic incurred tlnit reproach, and all passed 
 
 llie thr*'e minutes' ordt-al unscathed. 
 
 Alter prayer, his p-race ol ('anterl)ury unrolled a scroll of 
 manuscript, illuniinatcd as lo the cover, in order to u'ive the 
 do( inneiit a uiedije\ al and anti<pie appearain-e. lor it is a well- 
 known hict that reliii'ioii, like wine, re«piires au'e to make it 
 rosi)«'etal)le. Adjustinu' his yold si)ectu<'lcs. tiie venerable jirimatc^ 
 read, in aratln'r inullled voice, the epistle, which he was pleased 
 to call an " ]"]ncyclic.il Letter," thouuli many ohjected to that 
 well-known Popish adje<tive, as they ditl also to the word 
 " (KcuiiM'nical," which, it was wisely aruiied, should he h It to tho 
 unlortunate I'apists to whom it l)elon«i'ed. AVhich reasoning- 
 must lill every impartial mind with a hiuh admiration lor the 
 pnulence and discretion ol" its authors. As his iirace's commoni- 
 ti(»n is too im])ortant t(» he trotted in at the tail ol a chapter, I 
 shall open a iresh one to do il worthy honor. 
 
 fi V 
 
 CONFKKKM'E II. 
 HIS ciit.vno's .vi)i)iii<:ss discussed. 
 "To THE Faithi>ui., (Jin-:ETiN(i : 
 
 AVe, Archbishops, IJishops Metropolitan, and other Bishops 
 
 Dk. ]>rLBous. — One word, your g-raee, asking- pardon for interrupt- 
 ing you, is that a joint letter ot all the prelates of this Synod ? 
 
 Hls^CiKAC'E OF CANTEKliVliY [rather excitedly.]— Brother 
 Bulbous, it is. 
 
 Dr. Bulbous.— Then, sir, 1 lor one protest, One man m.ust speak 
 in the name of all the \'eiii,qu<m(ivrt(trU((lem habcns, as having' 
 authority. This will be a pretty nut for l>lie I'apists to crack ; 
 an avowed Q^^cumenical Council without a head. Come, come, 
 il we want to prove an antidote to the Yutican, we must 
 absolutely put a head on this body. 
 
 Dl{. rilETTYMAN. — The Lord is the head. 
 
 Dr. Bulrous. — My dear Brother Prettyman, you arc not display- 
 ing in such a remark, that exquisite common sense and 
 perspieacity so noticeable in our i)rovincial bishops. ]i]ither the 
 Lord established this Anglican Church which we represent, or 
 He did not. If He did not, let us disi)erse and go over to 
 Korae. H' He did, He would never have created a body with- 
 
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 out a hoad. Sa<h a thinu; would be a moral moustrr, which it 
 would ))»' blasphemy to pretend. A livinu; body must have a 
 head ; a headle.ss body is a lorpse. 
 
 Dk. 1)isti\(U'i). — Vou mean au earthly, visible head, l)rother, T 
 suppose :* 
 
 1)11. iiUijious. — Your supposition does credit. ])rother, to your 
 uiiderstaiulinu". i //<> mean an earthlv. visible head. 
 
 ])i{. I)isTi\(}r() [Somewhat nettled] — I thou"ht everv Auu'li<'au 
 child knew that Her Majesty. Queen Victoria, was the head of 
 the Anulicau C'hurcli. 
 
 Dir. liiTLHous. — Will you stand \ip. sir, in the lace ol' this 
 enlightened ninet(»eiith century and say that Her Majesty — a 
 woman, however estiuiable as a woman, a wile, a motlu»r and 
 a (jueen — is and ouu'ht to be held visible head ol' the Ani^'licau 
 Church. l)y divine appointment? 
 
 Ills (JliACKoi^^ (\ — llrother lUilbous. you seem to be sadly a})road as 
 to the I'undamental principle ol' the Protestant Church in th 'sti 
 realms. Her Majesty is the head ol" the Church, not by direct 
 divine appointment, })ut indirectly, by Act oi' Parliament, the 
 source ol our jurisdir'ion and ollice. 
 
 Dr. liULijoTJs.— So, the let of Parliament is of indirect divine 
 sig^niiication. So, the window tax, or the i-orn laws, w«'re of 
 indirect divine appointnu'iit. If that be so. what becomes of 
 the divine when those laws are repealed. A\ ith all due sub- 
 mission to your <>:race. I must brand that assertion as absurd. 
 Tell me, if you please, is our Anulicau Church of direct divine 
 institution ? 
 
 TTis UiiAOE oi^' C. — Undou))tedly. 
 
 Dr. Bulhoiis. — And shall the noblest part of the body, the head, 
 be less favored than the members which it rules :• Does the 
 foot think, or the hand reason i 
 
 Dli. lil.AZEs. — I think Dr. lhilbt)us is fearfully out of order. Why 
 trouble the calm complacency of evanu'elical simplicity by 
 such unsetth'd ([uestions ^ Why bring forth into this peaceful 
 assembly furious dragons, which only excite commotions, 
 doubts and dissensions ? Why dig up from the u-rave of un- 
 debateable propositions bones of contention whit-h, to say the 
 least, are impracticable ! 
 
 Dr. Kanny. — 1 quite agree wi' llrither Blazivs. Look at a steam 
 engine. As lang as the machine ganii's its gait soothly and 
 snug, na ane fashes his beard anent the p(M-l'ection or imperfec- 
 tion o' the machinery. The Kirk runs smoothly; the salaries 
 come in regularly ; the leevins are muckle better nor in former 
 days, because of a wider spread tilling o' tln^ soil, and naebody 
 complains except perhai)s a weak-kneed backslider o' a pre- 
 ceesionist or dissenter who hae a tooth in ivery honest man's 
 
 leg'. 
 
 [Smiles of approval.] 
 
22 
 
 Dli. Fai{RA(1() de riosHON. — TIa])i>ily. tliis is a quivstioii that 
 never lroiil)les the AiiKMiciui brunch t)l' Aimlicanisni. livery 
 ])ish()i) is the head of llic church he preaches in, and every 
 hilitmh' is allowed the ministers in holdinu' and teachinif the 
 very widest views ]^ossil)le on all reliuiens (jneslions. lnd(>ed, 
 this latitu(h' is sonieiinies stretched to the snapi)inu" i>oint. ]>ut 
 the l)ish()j)s do not interl'ei'e, because we look beniu'nantly 
 upon all Ibrnis ol' dissent thai are sound on the <(uest ion ot" 
 opi)(>sitioii to Pojx'rv. [Much applause.] I could tolerato 
 loviniily an Atheist, il" he was only riizht on that quest ion, 
 lor the best I'rotestants I ever met Avith w<'re Atheists. They 
 are so lou'ical. [Tremendtms cheers.] 
 
 I)l!. Tlll\i»i('iviX(is. — Is that last remark a sarcasm, brother :* 
 
 1)]J. V. DK lUtsiLON. — No. l)rother. it is not. and it betokens a dove- 
 like innocenc(> on your part to suspect such an enormity. 
 
 Dr. J)lsTi.\"(ir(). — Let this question ol' headship ho. hie r/ nunc, 
 \n\{ to a vote. Do vou wisli J)ublin, ArmaL>-h, Canterbury or 
 niys<dr to rule over vou ' 
 
 A 7,Ai;(iE >;rMi{i':ii.— Xo head ! no head! 
 
 Dl{. JiITUAL. — Let us choose the Po}*e as head. 
 
 [Tremi^ndous uproar. ()n<' bishop ])oises his uml)rella like 
 a javelin, to translix. as it were, Dr. Ritualist.] 
 
 Dl!. Dlazks — [amid deep silenci'| — I arise in my ])lace in this 
 Synod to otl'er my solemn protest against Dr. Ritualist. \\\ the 
 face of Scripturi', which clearly says to Her Majesty, Queen 
 Victoria ; " Thou art IVter, «S:c .'" here we are. alter three cen- 
 turies oi' sturdy j^rotest. a successor of the A[)ostles 
 
 Dl^ M.\('(}in(}(is. — Pardon me: J (h)irr like that u-abble about 
 " Successor ol Uie Apostles'" and such Topish terms. \Ve never 
 yet ( laimed Aposiolic succi'ssion but we made a lauu'hing- 
 stockof oursidvcs. U' an Act ol' I'arliament can <iiv<' us divine 
 institution, it stands torus in place oi' Apostles. Our church 
 ■was I'oumhHl by Kino- and Parliament, and nothinu' els(\ I 
 have alwavs held that Ave oi)ened th(^ 2ates oi our Protestant 
 i'ortress to the enemy whenever we set up Aj^ostolic claims. Of 
 course I WiUild not say this anywhei-e but here. I think we 
 Avould d(^ wisely to frame a canon rejectino- (he .Vposlles. We 
 are Aiiiiiican. not .Aj'tostolic. bish(»ps. [Uproar.] 
 
 Dr. Ptnrn'YM.VX. — That is distinct, avowed heresy. [Sensation.] 
 
 Seveu.VL.— Heresy ! heresy! 
 
 Dr. ^LvctiKKUis. — Dr. Prettyman. will you expinmd unto mo 
 V liat is hen'sy :" 
 
 Dr. PmrrrvMAN. — It means to choose or to separate from. 
 
 Dr. ]\L\('(rRi(t(ts. — To choose ! losei>arate from, tdi :* DidiTt Henry 
 YIII choose for us a ridiuion. and didn't we separate from 
 ]voine ? So, according to your own deiinition, we are all 
 
 
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 Di^DisTixca-o y,did|ris,.parat. IVoni IJoni. : il was Komo 
 that N.'i»aral,'«l Imni lh,> doctriiu's of th,> I'nniil ivo C'lnuvh 
 
 appl^ml^o.]'"' ' '''"'"''^ '' '^"'"' l^^-"'"'^^-*^ ^>-*">'>- [<''va/ 
 ^u!S''''''~^^^'''' ''"" ^^'"^ I'nnnlivc Chuivh > AVh,.,. did 
 Dk. ])isTiX(}iTo.-Tho rrimitiv. Clniivh ilourisli.d duri,,.- tlio 
 
 n-M thnM> contunos. It was llu,' truo <-hu,vh of Chri^l.-a 
 
 trospt'l rv'lio'K,,,, hi;,, on,, own 
 
 Dr. UITUAL.-X ( ,,,^ n,siJ>n„h.r,nol so fast ! AV. ruin ours.lv.s 
 )y<'laimn,n-lhalso-...ll.MllVimitiv. ('lunvh. I-nmius, inlho 
 }i'ar 10^ wroti' a lelh-r to tlio dniivli wliirh I'KKsidks in tho 
 conn lyot tin; Uomaus."' hvnanis al ta.k..] th. (Ji.oslirs, iu 
 1 ^ lor appraln.o. t(, a I'riniiiivM 'hiuvh, niul romparrd tho 
 UiimlK, homo to a lo.-us to wlii.h all t hr oihor rhurrluvs 
 oonvorovd as rnys to a .'oiniuon ^rutrc. Saiiniais(>. a Calvinist 
 shows thai ih.^ words onnMianis m.>anl Ihat all rhun-luM 
 sliould -mnre,H>r. ct ro„rordarr in rehns jlln el dodrincc n,m Iloma- 
 na erclma, or, as tho (Jr.M.k hath it: " v.v,^,.,,... -,,„■ -.. -., 
 ''''7'''7'"'7''''- ' <>»'' or our dortors. Ncviiis, savs :-- It 'is 
 not to 1)0 diso-uisod that the opisropato is'virw-Ml b^ 
 ir(>u;.Mis asaoviiorMlcorpcn-afioii.iiAViNo its ckntri.: of r\iTT 
 IN Tin: C in-ucK.K I;„mi.;' Tortulli.-.n ackuowlod-os that tho 
 Jvouian ( hun-h was tho Church of Potor. an,] tlini Potor was 
 tho rock on which tho ('hristian CMiurch is l.uilt. An-ustinc 
 «'n.^s out : - I nmy well disroo-ard the conihincl multitud > of 
 mvononiios. whilo I ani united, hy letters of connnunion. 
 vviththe Jionian Church, m which tiik t'Ki.NCKDoM of tiif 
 Apostoi.ic Cii vik« always fi.()iiiusiii.:i)." And so on lhrou..-h 
 all the hrst centurios. fnnn the Apostolic tinics. Moreover "^it 
 IS an in<lul)ita])le truth that the mass, .oven sacn.monts holy 
 wat.'r. pious pi. furosan.,! imao-os. devotion lo the saints the 
 prima.-y ol tho bishop of Konx'. and everv (h).I rino of Cat holies 
 to-day were eith.M- explicitly or impli.itlv held bv tho IVinii- 
 tive ( hurch. II any brother here present" donv tliis assertion 
 1 am w^illmo- and ready to sul>stantiate everv wonl ,' hivi' 
 spoken. The past is too well known ;it pr-s^nt to allord a 
 convenient^ ch.ak for wild theories .nd vain imaginations. 
 Ihe Irimitivo ( han-h was Catholic, IJoman and .\,„,slolic 
 andnothmirols.', It is l)elior policy to admit a self-ovidonl 
 truth than to com])at or reject it. \V.> have injured our .om- 
 mon Irotvstantism by such absurd protensiims. We are of 
 the iimotoenth century simply. Tlu> I'rotestantisni of Ihisan-e 
 aiUt'i-s essentially from that of the eighteenth century • that of 
 
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 the (Mg-ht('«'nth ossciitiallv from that of tho scvtMitoonth ; whik^ 
 Kt'iorm ill the scvt'iitccnlh was diametrically oppos(>d to the 
 Itclbrm ol" the sixteenth century. There is no use in multi- 
 ])lyiiii>- heavy homilies and Scriptural card-houses. We Ijelong- 
 to and ])artake of the mutahilitv of time. Our dou'inas and 
 practices depend upon the o-fuius of ditlereiit peoples and laws. 
 ]^et us he what we really are, and nothing- else. 
 
 Dii. Fai!I{A(;() 1)1-: IJosiiox! — [ am amazed! Is this the Vatican 
 Council or the haml)eth Conference? Has Kome her spies, her 
 agents, her Jesuits amoniist us? I heu'in to desi)air of IVotes- 
 tantism ! And is it po.ssit)le that a bishop in the ninet«'enth 
 century does not comprehend what Proti^stants mean by the 
 Primitive Church ? There were two primitive churches, one 
 an exteri(jr system of bishops, ])riests, ^:c.. acknowledg:ing the 
 claims of IJome and submitting- thereto ; theother an invisible 
 body, unerring and sternly orthodox, which had no eonnection 
 witii Ivome. 
 
 l)i{. liiTXJALisT. — Will the learned doctor explain tons what he 
 means by an '-invisible i)ody .'' " 
 
 Dk. Faukaoo dr Uoshon. — An invisible ])ody is that body which 
 is unseen. Have I answered my brother? 
 
 Dk. iviTlTALiST. — Where is your t(\stimony as to th<' existence of 
 that i)rimitive. invisible, unseen body :* 
 
 Dk. Faukaoo dh r)()sil()\. — Have you, brother, never experienced 
 an evaniiclical consciousness ol' thiims not susceptible of com- 
 mon proofs ^ Had you sludit'd our Protestantism as can^fully 
 as you seem to have read Papist authors, you would compre- 
 hend easily what evanu'elical consciousness means, and would 
 learn how large a place it occupies in Protestant i)olemics. 
 Some <d'our siroim-est arguments against Popery depend wholly 
 U])oii this consciousness. 
 
 Dk. MacGuiG(is. — That sounds marvellously like imag'ination. 
 
 Dr. Farra(1o dk Bosiiox. — And your remark, my g-ood brother, 
 sounds marvellously like Popery. 
 
 Dr. 1Ioa\k<)(;ks. — Alas! behold ihe results, — the fatal results of 
 that dei>lorable Oxford movement ! I sometimes sigh for the 
 g'ood old lire and faggot times, when such men as Newman 
 would have been g'ot rid of expeditiously, the tract No. 90 
 hanging at his neck /// Ifrrarem. Are we nev(M' to have peace ? 
 Here we are, a hundred of us. all professing- to belong to the 
 Anglican communion, and yet. I shall wa<»-er you ten to one 
 that if each man were to write what he really believes 
 on any sinu'le i)ointof doctrine, not oneoi)inion would be found 
 to agree with the other. And we expect unity in the church 
 at larg-e, while its ])ishops ar«^ snarling, each in his own little 
 bye-path and lane of belief, in adverse and opposite directions ! 
 
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 "Wo aro snarling' and bitinu* at ono another liko a pack of 
 
 ahem ! — like persons distraiii>-ht ! — and all the tinn^ we are 
 Yalorously shouting' defiance at Home and, like ecclesiastical 
 bagmen, irviting the world to step forward and inspect our 
 sample oi' unity. I s])eak plainly ; w^e'U have to shout less 
 and do more, if we wish to imi^r«^ss men w^ith a proj^cr sens(* 
 of our claims to their reconnition. What is the use. for in- 
 stance, of Hying for rei'uge to a Primitive Church, when hard 
 pressed by our enemies, and. when asked for a definition of 
 that Church, contenting ourselves wnth describing an a})surd 
 myth — a contradiction in terms ? There are bodies in the sky, 
 which no human ey(\ thouu'h aided by the most pei-f(vt tele- 
 scope, shall ev(M* be able to observe. Now, what would S(Misible 
 men think of a pn^tended astronomer who would striv«^ to 
 explain his ow-n blundi'ring hypothesis and unscientific 
 methods bv drau-irinu- in that invisible star as an answer to all 
 objections f A church is a thing created for men, and, there- 
 fore, nothing should be more visible. We laugh at G-reek 
 mythology and call their pretensions mere poetic fictions. In 
 my estimation those are les« dangerous than religious li -tions, 
 and, I say it with sorrow, ol" all fictions that ever emanated 
 from the feverish imaa'ination of man, not one surpasst's in 
 airy nothingness the fiction of an invisible. Primitive Church. 
 If this Primitive (Hiurch came from Christ, what became of 
 it lor twelve hundriHl years before the Keformation ^ l^lither 
 it failed, or it did not. If the former hvpothesis be held, what 
 becomes of Christ's promise to b*' with his Churi-h throua'h all 
 &gy?ii, even to the consummation of the world ? If it did not 
 fail, where was it? Surely not among the Oriental htMvtics, 
 who larii'ely df'ni(>d Christ's divinitv. If vou say that it flour- 
 ished in the AVest, then what l)ecomes of our opposition to 
 Home ? You conct^de, what she professes, that lioine is the 
 true church of Christ. Therefore, all things considered, we 
 had b(^tter drop the pious fraud of a Primitive Church. 
 
 Dr. Kanny. — There ar(> the Culdees. Perhaps they inicht hae 
 been the Kirk prei^mitive. 
 
 Dr. MisoNEdHK. — The darkies in the South(>rn States practic(» a 
 very primitive religion. It is nature, juire and simple, and I 
 hold that nothing is more primitive than nature. Their only 
 clearly defined doctrine is emotion, aided and abetted by the 
 imagination. Nevertheless, it does not follow that because 
 they may be called a primitive church, they are, therefore, a 
 true one, for they min<,''le with their camp-meeting exercises a 
 large share of Voodooism a)id Obi worship. The Primitive 
 Church was very pure, but it does by no means follow that 
 Protestantism is a second edition from the same author. I 
 
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 hnvo my doubts about tho inspiration of Luther, llciiry VIII 
 
 and Elizabeth. 
 Dll. lUiLHous. — Tlie question is not about Triniitivi^ Churches, 
 
 Cuhb'es or nea'roes. I say av(» should huvea headtoour church. 
 
 I au-ain ask, ivhere is that head ^ I mean a visibK; head on 
 
 earth. 
 His (rUACE ov V. — As the church is comi)(^s(Ml ol' many ])arts, so 
 
 also the head thereof. Therefore, the l)ishops hert' assembled 
 
 may ])e considered the hi>ad of the Anii'licaii form of Pro- 
 testantism. [Uproarious applause.] 
 Dk. lUiiinoi'S. — Then, let the head of the Anu'lican Church be 
 
 called liriareus. He had a hundred heads ; so have \v<'. Ila ! 
 
 ha! to imauiiu' Joe MilliM- ]uittinii' tliis conundrum : "' Why 
 
 is theAnulican Church like IJriareus ? "' " Because she has a 
 
 hundred heads."" 
 Dll. r>().v.\i:H<}l-:s. — llriareus had a hundnMl hands, brothm-. 
 L)i{. Ik'i.iioT's. — Do you believe that as an historical fact ^ 
 Dii. l)()A\KH(H-:s. — No. brother. I do not. 
 Dl{. UiTLHors. — Then. sir. allow me to substitute h<>ads for hands. 
 
 We have made more ini[K)rtant substitutions than that since 
 
 the sixteenth century. 
 Dk. Piii:tty.A[AN. — Will your <lrace please continue the reading 
 
 of the lilncv (lical ? 
 
 His grace thus adjured comnnMiccd his address onci» more, 
 but when lu' called Anulicanism a b)Mnch of the Holy Catholic 
 (Church, half the assembly arose and protested vehemently 
 against calling I'rotcstantism Catholicity. Dr. IJulbous, particu- 
 larly disiinL»'uished himself by shouting at the top of his voice, 
 his extreuK^ hoi'ror and dis<>-ust at such an innovation. " What 
 is the use,"" cried he, " of claiming a title, whi<'h not even the 
 inlidel will allow us. (ro into any town and ask for the Catholic 
 Church, will a Protestant Church be pointed out to you? Thus 
 the common sense ot mankind is ati'ainst such an assumi)tion. 
 We are Protestants not (^ilholics. Our church is 1^-otestant and 
 nothing else. If we be Catholics, au'ainst what aro we protest- 
 ing ^ Come now. answer me that;*" The learned doctor was 
 only repeating the argument of Augustine lifteen hundred years 
 ago. Dr. Ap Powel A]) Poteen thought we might call ourselves 
 Catholic in the sense that Protestantism was itniversally 
 Protestantism wherever it existed. Dr. lioanerges held that 
 Protestant Catholic and Koman Catholic, had two very dillerent 
 siii'nih( atioiis. and, in such sense, miu'ht Ih» allowed. Dr. Pretty- 
 man urged that the sense of the dillerent Churches should be 
 taken on this important point. Dr. MacCrrigus ol)served that 
 Protestant was good enough lor him. and he scorned to be 
 beholden to Rome for a name for his chtirch. Dr. Thinpickings 
 
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 was of opinion that th«^ namo Catholic mia'ht havo a rathor rom- 
 ])osing' cd'ect upon the laithlul. Dr. lUazcs was suro the 
 Dissenters urinncd Irom ear to ow whenever they heard the 
 word used by this estahli.shnient. The word will drive 
 thousands into dissent. Dr. l^'jirrau'o de ]]oshon asseverated 
 V(diemently that such a new-i'an^jed term had its oriuin with 
 that canker of ritualism, which was eating" holes in the lair lace 
 ol' I'rotostant orthodoxy. 
 
 AVhen'U})on Dr. ]vitualist arose mnjestically from his sivit, 
 and denounced Brother FarrauT) de r)Oshom solemnly. lie was 
 quite aware of the animosity which prevailed au'ainst what was 
 popularly known as liitualism. JIc was sure that ninety-nine 
 in every hundred of those who ol)jected were p(,'rlectly iaiiorant 
 of what they pr«'sum(^d to criticize, at the same time delicately 
 insinuatinti: that this much to be deplored folly was due, in a 
 larii'e measure, to sonu' i)relates, — he nann^d no names. — whose 
 acquaintance with the real meaning' of IJitualism was somewhat 
 less than that of the most iq-norant of the aforesaid »'ritics. [Sen- 
 sation and divers sly glances at Dr. Farrau'o dc; Doshon, who 
 g'lowed as red as a turkeycock.] He woukl beii' to say to such 
 hasty traducers of ]iitualism, that tlu're was altogether too much 
 superhciality in the hiuhest circles of religion in these sad days. 
 Men spoke without rellectioii. and judued without any know- 
 ledge of the facts. lie would tell such men that liitualism was 
 the most Protestant kind ot Protestantism: — the very (quintes- 
 sence of the principles of reform. The cowl does not make the 
 monk, neither does a chasuble or stole make a Uoman Catholic. 
 Perhaps those who sneer at Ritualists may riOt be aware that no 
 form of Protestantism is more mocked at and contemned by 
 Papists than that which Ixitualism holds. One of my most 
 zealous clergymen was airociously assaulted lately by a besotted 
 Irishman, simply bei-ause he ollered to hear the barbarian's con- 
 fession. AVhy, the early christian martys were not more cruelly 
 treated than were several of our Kitualistic ministers. You call 
 Ritualism " disu'uised Popery."' But, were that stiu'ma deserved, 
 would that Poj)ish Irishman have atrociously assaulted, even 
 unto extravasation of both eyt^s. a zealous clergyman who only 
 sought to minister unto the ruihan, and i)urge his no doubt vile 
 conscience' Say what you will, the people must be appealed 
 to through their sensi^s. Fotir bare walls, a bleak chancel, and 
 a dreary prosaic sermon or essay on election and reprobation, 
 badly composed and worse? read, will never brinu' niiMi to church. 
 I am sure it is anything but encouraging to be listening, Sunday 
 after Sunday, to the drowsy echo of one's own voice reverberat- 
 ing from the bare walls of an empty chur<h. When 
 
 Here the Right Rev. Dr. was assailed with cries of 
 
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 eiiono-h!" from all sidos, which ronstrainod him, thouu'h uii Wil- 
 li nuly, to rosiimo his soat. Dr. Distiuu-iio stood up hastily, as if 
 about to launch a, cataract of orthodox recriminations upon the 
 dcvoti'd head of his dear brother, but checked himself and 
 demanded of the Council, if it was i^roper, if it was becoming, 
 11 it was decent, to k'M'p his (Irace of Canterbury standing there 
 " like a prisoner in the dock " (those were his words), awaiting 
 the good ]>leasure of the litigious disputants? Have we met 
 here only to wranc'le like a sophomore class ? Are wo bishops, 
 or are we not ? AVhat will liom(^ say ? Would it not be better 
 to petition the Privy Council to send us, by special a])pointment, 
 some conspicuous member of thv nobility to act as chairman. 
 witL ]iowers similar to those of the Speaker of the House of 
 Commons ? Here W(* are at our second Conference*, and what has 
 been done ? Nothina- — absolutely nothing! Questions as useless 
 as a discussion over the Abacadabra have occupied the valuable 
 time of the ConftM-ence. and prelates who came, in a godly frame 
 of mind, to d(nise wise canons lor th(* guidance of Christendom, 
 are fast developinu" consjucuous recalcitrations of the old Adam. 
 "We want a head, — I am irrievously convinced of it, — we want a 
 head! AYhcMi every man is as good as his neighbor, what kind 
 of decisions can ho arrived at ? 
 
 Dr. Ihilbous would not for iho b(*st benelict* in the world, 
 say ouii'ht that might bi* interpr<'ted in the most remote degree 
 as personal to Dr. Distinsruo, but he would venture to ask that 
 distinii'uished prelate if he believed in the doctrine of private 
 judgment ? To this Dr. Distinixuo replied, most certainly, then 
 Dr. Bulbous, always with humble deference to Dr. Distinguo, 
 made free to remark that private judirment belonged as much to 
 the bishops as to the laity, and that it would be nothing more 
 nor less than downright poperv to irag, smother and quench that 
 gospel freedom which which was the proved palladium of 
 Protestant Christianity. [Cfn^at cheers.] We are met here to 
 discuss any question that seems meet unto us. I thank Provi- 
 dence our church is free from tht* burden of any dogmas what- 
 ever, and I rejoice to leel that I. myself, am a sufficient 
 guarantee and basis for my own belief The head of mt/ cliurch 
 is the head on my own should(»rs. [Applause.] If you grant me 
 private judgment, you cannot take exception to that assertion. 
 Here Dr. IJlazes interposed with a very formidable objection. 
 H', quoth he. private judgment belong to the laity as well as to 
 us, WW they not here to-day, and, furthermore, why are ive 
 
 here . \y are'we called " bishops " and they " the laity?" U 
 
 privoi •,a._ rncnt be all in all, it is a lying pretence for us to 
 assume direction of the public conscience. It is a swindle and a 
 fraud to preach my private judgment to any layman, when his 
 
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 private judg-ment possesses the same guarantees and Sanctions 
 as mine. My interpretation ot'tlie o-ospel is simply mine ; his is 
 simply his; with no acknowiedgiMl authority on earth to 
 interfere with the one or the other. Why, then, it' this be so, do 
 I take that hiyman's money and exercise certain i'unctions which 
 are denied to him ? His (rrace ol" C^vnterhury then interposed 
 with the remark, that the Jaw a<kiiowledi>-ed the bishop as a 
 bishop and the layman as a layman bv explicit statute, that was 
 enough lor any ordinary Protestant conscience. Non plux. sn/jcre 
 (jiiani opoi'iet, says I'aul — We lu'ed'nt be wiser than tin; Act of 
 Parliament makes us. 
 
 At last the document was gotten through with. As far as 
 I could make out, his grace diew a very b(!autiful comparison 
 
 I between J^ambeth and Rome. 
 
 " We not only do not pretend to define dogmas ; it is our 
 ♦. ^ proudest boast that we have none ! TFe do not ])ind men's <'on- 
 
 sciences : we leave them as frei; as th<^ birds ot the heavens! 
 PTe do not pretend to speak with infallible authority: we are 
 perfectly satisfied with the measure ol" authority allowed us by 
 Act of J'arliament ! No form oi belief or unbelief — except 
 popery — is refused a ])iace upon our broad, liberal, Protestant 
 platform ! We extend the right hand of fellowship to every 
 human sonl that is sullicientiy enlightened to protest against 
 anything ! The world need never fear that we shall disturb it 
 with a Syllabus, treading upon the corns of its most cherished 
 opinions ! Nevertheless, the voice of this Lambeth Council shall 
 (shake the pillars of the Vatican and elicit from the universe a 
 thunderous echo ! " 
 
 Here a very untoward event occurred. His (.Iraceof Canter- 
 \ tmry is very Ibnd of donkeys, of which he possesses several 
 
 1 beautiful specimeiis in his park at Lambeth. Now, just as he 
 
 4 concluded his addref-.s, one of those interesting animals that stood 
 
 near the open windows of the conference hall, set up a most 
 sonorous bray, which resounded far and widi^. The first ini- 
 i pression upon the minds of the startled fathers was that the 
 
 alfair was a Jesuit plot. But, ui)on looking out of the window^ 
 they w'ere assured when they descried the stolid beast, with ears 
 erect, eyeing the assembly with a drowsy expression of counten- 
 ance, impurturbable and entertaining. The thing w^ould have 
 passed by with a laugh, had not some evil spirit tempted IJr. 
 MacUriggs, who, I need not say. hails from a blundering island, 
 j not a thousand miles from Britain, to observe that that was the 
 
 most sensible speech he had heard that day. But he was finely 
 rebuked by \h. Distinguo, who remarked that, generally speak- 
 ing, those long-eared creatures emitted sounds according to their 
 kind whenever they scented any of their cogeners in the 
 
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 Tho Third Couler..,,,-.. ^j'^^^;^ ,X^^;V; ', Ml. The pv.a,;h« 
 rvidV,..h.Hll.ntde"lln-^-«'l^';"^,,.".'Xniiati.- titten.ii.vs <nit ol 
 
 phuo at a l'"»--^"S'>-:'"' S"" 'L„„.u; thatistosaym.-iv.lizod 
 ^\h,u.,aly ahk. to tuk.. -;;>'.,>";„,;, ,h,. thins "'f >- ^- 
 eanoni.-al .•onntn.'s, as I" '' Jj ^„ (he Kiu'ht Hev. I'f'lat'^ (it 
 eWar- Altor tlt.s tivai.lti.' ^'^ T ";„.,a hints,-!!- of some very 
 was Dr. lioanerues vvito ;^1»^ , , "Vie did not reler, of .-ottrse, 
 arte .on.eptions '"»''-",";^.:r There was a deartii of serm.ms 
 to moral, l.ttt to phys.ea bghl. 1 ' ^ ■; ^^ ,,,. h„a salisfartonly 
 
 ° the -uket, a faet o ^^.^^^ -'•'■ "^^ 'f ""''"""t 
 
 St bv demanding il /^. »f P ' ,1,1 ite i.ermitted to take up the 
 uti't or a,ty other ^..tlM-:^;:;^l'l TMr."nttndr«m brought o,t 
 
 a hot dtsettsston -lu; ' - '';^^ ^'C^'.^l.u.s.rtpt with the por- 
 mild eestasy o! «™<, '• f ,,tmhly evidently despises lig t . 
 *u„i,>us words; Ihis assiui, j ,,,.„, vera fathers as olten- 
 ™ e was severely ;»''""^'">*"i < "j' ^ .mdwUhe lay sermon. 
 h"l ambigttons -''i,*: >^-;-,h™ l^e and said : '• There i. a 
 His Unu-e ol C auTi"ilnu> ur ^^ ^..jl your 
 
 point of very S-at .";i-vU-;;°X';thers ivpeatedly call this 
 
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 opinions in tho Prot«\siant Cliurch Anglican thvonu-hont the 
 world. ^lind, I do not rcuri't this diversity ; I love Fhis diver- 
 sity, iM'cansc thiMvin lies the strong-cst proof oi' that cvanuvlical 
 liberty which permits a man to acce})! a whole or a part? or to 
 reject a whole or a i)art ol' a doiirine, without exposing- his Pro- 
 testant orthodoxy to the htisty Judgment ol" adverse criticism. 
 There are ()ther grave diliicullies— ])ersonal. national, lino-uistic, 
 &c. — which I'orbid the assembling ol' a c(mncil, but xv^e h()i)e 
 that providence may yei furnish usa solution ol' such dilli<-ultii's. 
 We must i)ossess our souls with patien,-e and wait lor something 
 to turn up. 1 have not the slightest doul)t that the day wifl 
 come when all the bishops ol' Jilngland and Ameri<-a and Africa, 
 and elst'where,^ shall be enabled to attend an crcunienical coun- 
 cil ' 
 
 Dr. KiTi'ALiST.— At Pome, your Grace, at Rome! 
 
 His (Hijack of C\ — I'erhaps. I'or nmny encouraginu' si'vns point to 
 a speedy conversion of Pome to a vital form ol worship, such 
 as we happily possess. It is providential the Archbishoj) ol' 
 Canterbury has nor much glebe land, as such a state oi' tliin<>'s 
 will lacilitale his removal to Pome, when that interesting ciTy 
 shall be purged of Poi)erv. I would, by the way. urue "iipun 
 our ministers to nnike a prudent provision of Latin literature 
 and church history, that they may be enabled to assume, with- 
 out any nola])le sliock, the olhcesnow occupied by the Papists. 
 In other respects, let our jmlicy be one ot masterly inactivity. 
 Let us wait and the ])ear will fall into our mouth. 
 
 Dli. liULiJois.— I thought the object of this assemblage of bishops 
 was to manifest to the world that Protestantism was just as 
 capable of getting ui) an (L^cumenical council as Pome. 
 
 Sp:vei;ai..— So did we. 
 
 His GiiACH oi^^ (',— " huh^ed, I thought so myself, but you see it is 
 impossil)le. A few newsi)aper.s have given u.s an editorial or 
 two and thevo they droppiM,! us. AYhat is the use of our 
 promulgating canons which Parliament or the Privv Council 
 will most assuredly squelch ^ Look at that Tooth — "—' 
 
 Dll. PlTUAUST.— "Pev. Mr. Tooth deserves more respectful lan- 
 guage than that, your grace. I fornudly protest au'ainst the 
 expression " that Tooth ! " 
 
 Dr. MacCtRIGGS.— '• Ivux. it's easy to see this is a Protestant 
 meeting, there's so much protesting. [Murmurs.] 
 
 His GiJACE OF r.—-'AVell, leaving discussion aside, I must too 
 protest. 1 must formally protest against the anomalous, the 
 degrading i)osition in which the bishops of the Anglican 
 branch of Protestantism are placed by the law olUcers of the 
 crown and the Privy Council in general. Ministers disobey 
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 arc actuully dcfiod. niid not only is disobiHliciiooto eorloiastical 
 coiniiiDiiitioiis lljiu;Tniit, but such disobedience is cucoura^vd 
 by judical decisions ol" laymen quashin«^ the sentences oi' de- 
 position ;ind suspension by which church authorities seek to 
 jHirge the sand u;iry of un wort hy pastors ! Look at Ivonio : 
 I say it with <»rier: look at Uonie ! The moment a priest or 
 bishop disobeys, he is driven iVom the p()i)ish communion, 
 and neither kiiiii^ nor .parliament can shield the backsliders, 
 liome sjx'aks calmly, and lo! she is ob.'yed ; vv; thunder and 
 appeal, and bt'hold I we are answered by mockery and lauu'h- 
 ter. AVould it not be wise to break I'roni state connection and 
 take our ehances as a voluntary system T' 
 
 Dll. JJiSTlXdUo. — "Your jrrace, that lust question is — pardon 
 me — nons Misical. Supj)ose yo;i and I and the rest oi' us, 
 determined on independence, what would Ibllow :* AVhy ire 
 should march out of our benelices and others nuirch in, that's 
 all. 'J'he Anii'lican Church is a trail ivy. which cannot stand 
 alom^ : it must clinu,- to the sturdy oak, the state. What we 
 are, the state has made us. AVilhout the state we sho\ild be 
 poor and despicable. All that we have, authority, jurisdiction, 
 benelice. honors and emoluments, come IVom the state. Let 
 us beware ol' assumiiiLj; too broad a position for our Anulicanism. 
 Our church was born of a purely civil quarrel ; it was devised 
 as a protection for J']li/abeth and her heirs on the Eno-Hsh 
 throne. \Vi; are despised bv crown and ct)mmon;; to-dav be- 
 cause the conditions which •••ave us importaiu'c in the past are 
 totally chanii'ed. As soon as the Protestant succession was 
 firmly estabJished. the crown thn'W us overboard. When 
 our inilueiice over the J^^nglish masses passed away, ])oiiticians, 
 who used the church as a tool lor the furtheraiu*e of personal 
 ambition, cast h<'r aside with oontempt. We are rea})ing 
 slavery ''ccause the iirst fathers of Anglican Protestantism 
 were mere courtiers and sycophants. They sold tht'ir Catholic 
 birthright lor a me,ss of I'rotestant pottage. [Order! Order!] 
 What :* You object to the expressions " Catholic birthright!" 
 and what are you proclaiming to the world every day but 
 your just right to be styled •'Catholic?" Will you have 
 others believe what you yourselves disbelieve? Out upon 
 such inconsistency ! If we are Catholic now, we must have 
 been Catholic from the beginning, but 1 tell you when 
 England became Protestant she ceased to be Catholic." [Oreat 
 commotions on all sides.] 
 
 Dr. pRi^yLTYMAN. — If it were impossible to hold a council wield- 
 ding any authority, over Protestants, of w^hat use was it to 
 bring me and others all the way from America to tell us so? 
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 ill liibor liavc hiouu'lit forth a mouse. It is very discoiirai^injjf. 
 We do not soom to have the siiylitcst idea ol' what we want 
 to do or not to do. il" I look lor some authority. lam tol<l 
 I am my own authority; that there is no other hindinu," me. 11' 
 I t'liuneiate a purely Protestant (►pinion, 1 am sto[)|)ed with a 
 loud protest, ir I speak in a Catholic spirit, J am sih'iired 
 with a louder ])rotest. Indeed. I think our best plan would he 
 to turn the Conlerenee into a <^uakers' nu'etinu', and speiul t;he 
 time, until we disperse, staring- solemnly at the ceiling or lloor, 
 or at one another. 
 Dr. IUtlhous. — If some loquacious persons would imitate tlie 
 Quakers as to tht'ir silenc*', 1 (»pine it would bt' better for the 
 success of the cause which brings us together. 
 Dr. lilTlTAlilST. — AVhat cause:' 
 
 Dr. JJtiriHoUt^. — That's a strange question. ])rother :* What cause? 
 Why, ///« cause ; the — ah — the re(piirements of — the moment- 
 ous crisis — ah — tlii' — what cause, sir :" A — amost extrao dinary 
 question ^ 
 Dr. JIitualist. — You have not answered my question, brother? 
 Dr. BtUiHOUS — [very red and andanuTy]. — () I have not answered 
 your question, vh '. y^\\o ever dreamt that such a (juestiou 
 would be asked by a l)ishop at the Lambeth (.'onference ? Do 
 we not all know the cause, eh .'' The cause is — is — (»ii — the 
 cause, in short, will develop itself accordinu' to the main drift 
 of this assembly. 1 ho})e my answer is satisfactory. 
 Dr. KiTUAi.isT. — Not at all ; it is no answer whatever. 
 \)\l. l)Ui;]{()l's. — Then, sir, you must be satisfied with it, for you 
 will g<'t no otner res})onse from me ! 
 
 The peculiar smile with which Dr. llitualist received this 
 ullimutKin excittnl Dr. liulbous above measure, and several brothers 
 asserted afterwards that they distinctly heard him mutter under 
 his teeth, "rascally half-rapist I " However, I must conclude 
 that the reverend prelates were mistaken, for no bishoi^ could 
 use such ungx)dly expressions. The lynii)anuni plays us some 
 ([ueer tricks at times. 
 
 To creatis I suppose, a diversion from the discussion afore- 
 said which, sad to say, was approachinu- theconiines of i)ersonal 
 altercation, Dr. IJlazes asked Dr. Distinguo, who was of the Com- 
 mission, how^ far they had got on with the revision of theliible. 
 Dr. Distinguo replied that they weie progressing satisfactorily, 
 although, of course, gr<'at diflerences of opinion existed as to the 
 value of divers readings. I am sorry to say, he observiMl, that 
 our fathers of tln' Keform were over hasty in rejecting the literal 
 meaning of sentences, and indulging in metaphorical interpreta- 
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 tioii c»r a vory rcmnvka])!*' kind. They w«»r(% mcrn'ovor, rnlhor 
 uiisldllcd ill llihiiciil crilicisni. ll.oimh 1 Ix-licvc llu'ir kiiowlcdy-e 
 ol' (rrct'k mid llclnvw avms souu'wIimI MiiMM'ior to onrs. Strauss, 
 AVcu'schcider, in »'X('i»'('sis ; Kant iiiid I'ichlc in i)hil(>s()j)liy, iiiid 
 Smiult'i'ius ill dialectics arc liic u'liidcs ol the Commission. Wci 
 arc iiiniinu' at ti In'oad iiitcri)rct;itioii ; wc arc striviii"^' to remove 
 tlie I'loicstaiit scriptural ciinon as I'ar as i)ossil)le IVoni I'ojx'ry. 
 \Ve are divided as lo the ])roi)riety of rejcctinu' or relainiiiu' th(3 
 sixth chapter ol' .loliii, which is so popish on the lace ol' it as to 
 excite orave doubts i^s to its authenticity. Wo shall very pi'oba- 
 hly insert into the ( )ld Testament that hook ol' the ^lachabees, 
 wiiich mentions noliiinu" about seiidinu" certain drachmas to 
 Jerusalem, which was evidejitlv an interpretation by scmio 
 Jvomani/inu" .lews. As to the I'^pistle ol' .lames, 1 think it must 
 ])e releualcd to its I'oriner apocryphal seclusion, I'or it is l'oi)ish 
 I'rom Ix'uinninu" to end. A\ e shall wi'«'d out a u'ood deal, espe- 
 cially that sc(ti()n wher*' anathema is i)ronounced au'ainst those 
 who add to, oi' take from " the words of this ])0()k." We consider 
 KUch expressions an inrrinn\'ment upon that (lospel liberty wdiich 
 was u'uaranteed to us by the Inlhers ol' Jvelbrin, and divers Acts 
 ol' Parliament. In short, my dear brother, we shall endeavor to 
 produce a llible sal isl'actory both to the Strauss school, and to 
 those minuti' slicivlers. who are merely victims ol" tlndr own 
 traditions. That our labors will result in immense jjfood to the 
 world, and in the si>eedy destruction ol' l\>})ery, common sense 
 forbids me to doubt a moment. 
 
 llert'Upon, J)r. IJulbous asked what they were ii'oiuii' to do 
 about the Uibles already in the handsof the heathen. IIiMhouii'ht 
 two conllietinu' lUbles miu'lil possil)ly cause some conlusion in the 
 minds of the proselytes. J)r. Witualist combatted this view by 
 insinuatiiui' that no ill results \vould be apt to follow, if all the 
 stories one heard about those interestinij,' converts wi're true. 
 Dr. l>ulbous considered those remarks am])i<>'uous, when Dr. 
 Kitualist <>rew^ ollensively explicit, and explained that the heathen 
 put the IJible to every possible use but to read it. Loud exi:)res- 
 sions of lunM'or and indin'iiation j^-rei'ted this indisiMVet vevelaiion, 
 which forced from his Grace of C'anierbury the roinarl able coii- 
 fessiou that he nev<'r was so ania/ed in his life, lie was often 
 amazed, but this was the very apex and climax oi jiis amaze- 
 ment. When soinethiiii>' like calmness had been rl^stored, Dr. 
 llitualist asked this question, to wit : '• We have shipped tens 
 of millions of liibl(>s to the heathen, where are the results { " 
 This query l)rouo-ht to the front two most devoted missionary 
 bishops, Dr. Landgrab, of New Zealand, and Dr. (.'owrieshell, of 
 South Africa. The former remarked — and studi a remark from 
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 assertion. — thiit h(> never was more ania/ed in his life. ITe could 
 hardly helicve his curs when he heard Ihe deplorable iiisinualioii 
 to \vhieh brother U'itualis! pennitted himsell' lo Li'ivesuch ulariiiii" 
 ])ublieilv. Il was a n(»te<l lint, dear as the ii<»oii-day sun. that 
 Jhble readiiiu' anioiiii' the licatheu was not looked ui)ou as a task, 
 })Ut as an attractive aiuusenieiit. How ol'ten has he l)een ih- 
 liu'liti'd to (tbserve a u'rou)) (»!' scant ily-attin'd members oi his 
 lh)ck s([uaned umler a jjalm tree, beiidinu" over a llible, and 
 roarinu' with lauii'hier. — so joyous was the eHect.and hopelulthe 
 pi'oniises ol the ii'ood book I How often has he observed the 
 JJible hang-iiiu" sus[)cnded to a peo by the tent i)ole with hall" th(! 
 leaves torn therelVoni, and when he asked the reason, the unso- 
 phisticated natives i'cll to a pleasant urinninu'. and inlbrmed him 
 that the eauerness ol" their relatives in the l)ack countries im- 
 pelled them to take a lew Iea\es at a time, while anxiously 
 awaitinii' the blessed day which would set' them in ])ossession 
 ol" the entire vohime ! \i \h\ Ivitualist could only witness the 
 ini'antile eau'eriK'ss and I'eal pleasure with which those dusky 
 converts received new bibles c\ci'y month, he would chanii'e his 
 opinion instantly. 11 he ])Ut sa w. Ibr one day, the natives who 
 had been promised a rcwai'd. oi- a situtition leadiim- into the 
 missionary's i)resence ;i I'rcsh iiKjuirei- he would, instead ol' ca- 
 villinu', slied tears of evanu'elical joy. The eagerness oi" those 
 good people lor bibles was Avon<h'rrui. Sonu' came oiu'e a week 
 lor a copy, having l^eslowed their ])i'evious c()])y upon some i>oor, 
 beniuhted brother l']nemies hinted tliat tin'v sold them to 
 second-hand book deah'rs. but. in refutation ol" such a calumny, 
 h't me say that, on ins[)ection ol' the said secoiul-hand book- 
 sellers' stalls, I never found more than three thousand copies at 
 one time. 1 think that is a siiljicieiit refutation of the 
 diarge. Dr. Ritualist may imagine that his question : " Where 
 are tlie results ^ "' cannot be answered. JJut I say it i-an bo 
 answered, and triumphantly, t(»(». in my own nourishing dio- 
 cese, we have had fourteen con\'e]-ts on an averau'e each year, 
 during the last twenty years. Xouu'ht is nothing; twice four 
 are eight ; twice one are two — two hundred and ei<jhty converts 
 in the comparatively short space of twentv vears I Xow, ask 
 " Wdn're are the results ;• "df you dand [I^hithusiastic cheers.] 
 In connection with this subject. 1 have a remark to make, refer- 
 ring to a very serious siibject. I believe there is a canon in our 
 church which stri<'tly forbids aiiy bishop of any church what- 
 ever to exercise functions within the limits of our dioceses. 
 Nevertheless, Rome has her i)r(dates in New^ Zealand, actively 
 and aggressively engaged in proselytising. They have immense 
 conu'regations everywhere ; smdi is the enchantment ol' the 
 scarlet woman. The Maoris treat us with scorn, but, I am sorry 
 
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 to say, rovoronoo and lovo tho Popish cL^rg-y. And here I must 
 SUV, (rovernnieiit in J'^nu'hind has not treated us i'airly. You are 
 probably aware tliat it was our custom lornKM'ly to acquire, in 
 an amiable and e(|uitable manner, extensive tracts of bind as 
 g'lebe i)roperty. Five thousand acres mii>'ht olten be ij'ot lor a 
 il'un and a jug' ol' exhilaralinu' beverag-e. There was a proTound 
 Ignorance ol' the value ol' land among' the benighted natives 
 Mhicli our minister- looked uj)on as provid«nitial. 1 had twenty- 
 lour thousand acres myself and others in proportion. Now, the 
 vile I'opish propag'andists instructed thi^ IMaoris as to the real 
 value of their laiul, and inliucnced them to d»'mand a reconsi- 
 dt'ration of our barg'ains with them We, of c(mrse, refused, 
 but alas ! (rovernment sent out insolent, tyrannical and ollicious 
 comnussioners who stripptnl us of our proj^erty, although we 
 ollrrcd to compromise the matter l)y paying- lor the land at the 
 rate of one penny steiling' an acre ! Would you believi' it ? the 
 Aborig-enes refused the mau'iianimous oiler with insult and con- 
 tumely ! You talk, my dear brothers, of crosses and trials ! alas! 
 if you experienced the ang'uish, the discouragement, the — the 
 amazement of linding' yourself jx^ssessed of twenty-four thou- 
 sand acres to-day, and to-morrow stripixdand ibrlorn, you would 
 a})i)reciate the christian control which I now exercise over my 
 outraued feelina's. 
 
 J^o deeply moved win'c th(» sympal lii/ing" listeners that a 
 larg'e number rushed foi'ward, sei/ed Dr. Landu'ral) by the hand, 
 aiul sh(H)k ii in speechless emotion. Di*. Laiidg'rab looked meek 
 and resigned, "llow like a martyr!" exclaimed ])r. lilazes to 
 his neighbor in a loud whisper. " Tyranny of Jvome ! '' exclaimed 
 some. " ^Soul destroying system of I'opery ! '' growled others, 
 f^uch were the epithets heap"d upon tho.se Koman spies and 
 informers whost' gratuitous conspiracy had deprived IJr. Land- 
 grab and his devoted clergv of their glebe property. " What 
 are we coming to," said Dr. Drettyman, almost weeping, " when 
 a rrotestant government backs and indorses Itomish intrig'U«'s ! " 
 Ills (Jkaci-: of C'ANTKHHniY. — Xevertheless, my good brother, 
 it wouhl have been bettt>r, — i shuU not say honester — to pay 
 a fair price for the ^laoris" Land. Even to avoid the imputa- 
 tion of swindling which the enemy might discharge upon your 
 reputation, it W(nild have been wise to have observed some 
 proportion between values. 
 Dr. L.VNiKiifAH. — Your grace. 1 am — er — I — (Suddenly a novel 
 exi)ression strikes him.) — 1 am amazed to hear the Anu'lican 
 I'rotestant Archbishop of Canterbury imlulge in such .lesuit- 
 ical sophistry. " Troimrtions of value ! " forsooth! And, pray, 
 sir, what proportion of values did your predecessors in tho 
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 observe when they j^rabbod the property of Kome and u'rew 
 rich and waxed fat on the contiscated fumls of tlie al)l)eys and 
 nioiristeries of Eiiti'land ? [Shame! Ordi-r! and coiifasion.] 
 Ah, ah ! the boot i)in('hes the wrong corn now ! AViiv, there 
 is not a dollar an Anivlican prelate puts into his pocket that 
 was not stolen — I deliberately rejx'at the woi'd — stolen iVoni 
 the coH'ers of liomt^ ! [uproar I ] And behold ! when we in New 
 Zealand imitat(\ in our small way, the cxanipl-^ of our Mother 
 Church we are nothinu" better than ro^un's and lilchi)enni.'S ! 
 Away with such — with such — with such — er — Jesuitical 
 sophistry ! 
 
 Dr. Cowkiesiiell — As I am not now speakinu' for the confusion 
 of the enemy, I may as well confess that African Protestant 
 missions aro really, as ])r. Ritualist insinuates, a lamentable 
 failure. A most stranufi^ and marvellous anomaly is ])resented 
 by our nei>"ro converts. AVliile they are heatlnMi. they are 
 honest and pea<'eful, but the moment we l)rinu- them to an 
 evanu'elical, a Gos^), 1 state of mind, they comnn'nce to steal, 
 like Captain Macheath. and huht and brawl from mornii\u- tiU 
 night, ^'ix times has my communion cu]) been purloined I'rom 
 the church, and tiie amount of tlogu'ing necessary to ri'cover 
 the vessel is simply ap[)allinu". Our converts develop a perfect 
 genius for lying, and as for morality, you might as well look 
 for a field oi' wheat in the Sahara desert. Our cathechisis are 
 the worst. Indeed, we are seriously deliberating over the ])ro- 
 priety of learninir the languagi' of the jx'ople ourselves. We 
 have happily distributed a few hundred thousand bibles among 
 them, but one great drawback to their derivinir the fall benelit 
 of the good book li<'s in the fact thai the negroes cannot read. 
 I think it would ureatly improve tlu' moral s/afiis of our African 
 missions, if the peoi)le were taught to read. Such an accom- 
 plishment adds materially to the — ah — the practical value of 
 the bibles. 1 may be mistaken, of i-ourse, but such is my 
 oi>inion. 
 
 Dr. PRin'TYMAN. — It adds very much to the practical value of 
 the bible. 1 do not sue how any inaii can have the least doubt 
 of it. 
 
 DlJ. KiTUALIST, — On the whole-, /doubt it! If only a h'w could 
 read the liible, we should be ]>estered with less sects, [v.' der! 
 order!] IJut I shall let the matter drop, for talk will not 
 mend the matter. There is, however, a (piestiou of some im- 
 portance which I would like to ask Dr. Cowrieshell and the 
 other missionary bishops. I have heard that the i)ishops of 
 coterminov»s dioceses sadly interfere wirli om^ another. For 
 instaiKM', a zealous prelate of live hundred converts is made to 
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 is ill the ha])it of iiisortinu' his episcopal ii(Mii'hl)or''s converts 
 into the returns wliich he sends to the IJoiird ol' Foreii^-ii 
 Missions, uiid this inateriaiiy enliances the amount of his 
 ])eiuniarv perquisites. Ihit tliis is not all. He adds the new 
 (■haj)i'ls ol' his hrolhcr's jurisdiction to his own in the report, 
 and thus inspires more genei'ous oH'erinu's. and acquires much 
 lictitious csteeni. Moreover, I haxc heard that scnuc have gone 
 so far as to sow discord between the churches and pastors, in 
 order to attract a lari^'c coiig're<iation. Can such thing's be 
 true ? 
 
 Du. ]jAM)(ii;AH. — A greater calumny \vas never invented. [Loud 
 cheers.] 
 
 1)h. Tow lilKSllKlJi. — A g-reater truth was never asserted. [Loud 
 groans and cries of shame I] May I ask my right reverend 
 brother how many (qnscopal neighbors has he got { 
 
 ])h. Laxdok'AIJ. — I have none. 
 
 iJu. ('()Wi;ii:siii-:li.. — Ila! — that accounts for it! Now, I have 
 neJi>hl)ors, and truth compels me to say that Dr. Kitualist's 
 ])icture is not oveidrawn. Overdrawn ! — it's not a shadow of 
 the real fact. What will you say when I ttdl you*^hat several 
 scandals, not wholly unconnected with native females, which 
 hap])ened in a diocese contiguous to mine, ^vere i)Ut upon our 
 shoulders in a cei'tain ei)iscopal repoi't, and that that wretched 
 calumnv is believed auiiinst mv diocese to this dav. AVe have 
 enough of such peccadilloes at home without being obliged 
 to bear the siiis of (dhers. It is the same thing in China, 
 .Ta])aii, and the islands of the Paciiic As to the rest, we shall 
 never see the end of scandals until something better than 
 ])roken-down curates and lay pnnichers are sent out to us. 
 Our foreign missions should be called ecclesiastical convict 
 settlemenis rather than portions of tin; vineyard. [Shame! oh! 
 oh !] You cry •' shame! "' at the bare mention of such things ! 
 \vhat would you say if you Avitnessed them !* 
 
 Ills (iijAci: OF rAXTKiMU'KV. — We iiiust suggest two things in 
 our Liicyclical Report, lo. lUshops must not interfere with 
 one another, and l'o. ^Missionaries must cultivati; brotherly 
 feelings. The revelations of J)r. Cowrie><hell are amazing, but 
 l«'l us take care and not allow su<'h matters to lieeoniv' public. 
 What ^vould the world say ^ V.'hat would Rome say ^ Wo 
 must keejx each of us, his own skeleton carefully conceah'd in 
 the evanu'clical cupboard. Iveliu'lon would sutler from such 
 untimely revelations. If we had better benetiees in missionary 
 lands, we should certainly have a superior class of missionaries 
 willing to sacriiice themselves for the heathen. J']ngland is 
 full of rectors who would valiantly exi)atriate themselves, if 
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 o!'i„iuiti,.s. wi". , „ ,. : *r ';Vx' "''"" ""^^ """^'I'l" 
 
 laii.ls th„ ,„„,. \. ,: j ," "■""='■'■ -^r?"-™v«-, „i missionary 
 hvrthn.n. H, I ' " '"'■ ''■"-'■'■"'«>k"hl.v- low, my good 
 
 liberty. IJi 'r tio, „ ; " '" ''°""''-i"» "' "vanovli.-al 
 Thor,.areMm.l"i,,. :'',,,■'' -'"' t "''Tf' "'">''" ""■^ ""•■•<•• 
 «l.oal<i not. A ,^ mu 1 ^u' :'""''',,"''' ^ "'^'"''^ """ "« 
 tliii.'is cv,-I,.siasti ■ .,1 I "'"■'""\'"''l' '-"-""'l and uise iu 
 
 littlo ,.„,;,,; /,„ .^ ; l""ilJ-lia.: ha !-„.,. should hav.. a 
 oonn,vn.n. ...t t,,, ,,i.-i;„.st shadovv' ol' v ^Id ,.' *'<;;;'"„: 
 
 our n,.;t V si li 1 ''i 7n u ''"','"'" ""^ ^'onl^vn.,. ond,.!. Ju 
 clusioiis.-' ' "*" ""'• "'"•• '" »""!" sati.lactory con- 
 
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 IN w,nr<„ Ti,. .rrsTinx hk rxmx with ..kikxta.s, ..ts 
 
 J IlDlrvJVS UA!n>.iIEDAXS .VXD lU'DDlIISTS IS LEFT IN 
 \ TKil^' roXFrsKI) ST.VTE. 
 
 . \\ <; do not claim to l,o lords over God's h.'rit-n.vt- 
 : ::;r^ 'nr^?^ orranUn-l,un-, at th.oponi;::on'; porta;" 
 
 uo iioi, , Kiiiii to dohiic. d.'clarc or ni])os,. (lo<vm.,s \r . i i 
 
 •^ aim ob.di.n.H. to tho decisions o/this u ! U ^:^ ;^ "' 
 claim aiiv iJno- iui(l,>r tho sun .,n<J l ! ^^^ "'*^ 
 
 as.e.„bU r. V lt;.tuud ;::;,e;;:'inUd:!H,y a^^X d^lvil !"' ''^^^ 
 
40 
 
 Aftor this Ixniutiful oxi)iv,s8ioii, his graco soared away into 
 Evaiiii'dical rt>u-ioiis on ponderous winu's and said how thankful 
 W(^ w«'re that Orientals, Alts, I'hotians, Mahoniedans and 
 Buddhists liad protested against Koine; how all should be 
 warned au'ainst the niachimitions of the Vatican Council ol" 1870 ; 
 how we are orthodox and, thereCore, demand no riuid unil'orm- 
 ity in doctrine ; how all o})sia<'les to a union with the Alts and 
 Orientals miuht easily be removed by a general appeal to respect- 
 ive chambers lor the removal of leg-islative restrictions; how, in 
 case of refusal, Anglicans should ])etition the Queen, Oermans, 
 the Em])eror, llussians. the Tsar. Turks, the Sultan, Persians, the 
 Shah, and Ihiddhists. the (J rand Llama, within the borders of 
 Thibet : how such a universal movemoit was most practical and 
 ]>r»'gnant with success; how J'Jvangelicals would rejoice and 
 l\ome howl au'ain. '"For," ([uoth he furthermore, " why should 
 we despair of such a glorious union ? If we required unity of 
 doctrine or disci[)line; if we looked for identity of belief, even as 
 to the idea of the Suju-emt^ IJcing- ; if v e demanded uniformity 
 of practice in iniblic \vorship, then I sL i ' ' lespair of ever see- 
 ing- realized in this world the bright v ,is of union which 
 dazzles my mind's eye on this auspicious 0( i asion. But, our con- 
 cessions are broad and^ we are quite willing to make them 
 broader; we are far from clini>'ijig" with ]^)mish obstinacy to our 
 Protestant forms : we scorn to raise up barriers of dogma and 
 Gibraltars of doctrine between Anglicanism and those divtn'se 
 forms of anti-Ponum views, which miturally possess a principle, 
 of cohesion which we should cultivate with godly zeal. Let us 
 take an extreme case. Buddhism, for instance. What is Bud- 
 dhism ? It issimplv a tending to the divinizing' of the Me, or, as 
 they call it, the Nirvana. By a pleasant series of transmigrations 
 of the soul one Hnally arrives at his di^stiny and is absorbed into 
 the ultimate perfection of one's own being. Thus each rational 
 being becomes his own god. Now, what is there, according to 
 our system of broad Evangelical liberty, to hinder a union 
 between Anglican Protestantism and Buddhist tenets? A few 
 immaterial concessions on our part and lo ! the thing" is done ; 
 we need not analyse too closely the Buddhist doctrine ; the 
 Brahmin need not analyse Protestant doctrine too closely; and 
 behold! what beautiful results ensue! We claim variety as the 
 distinctive mark of Protestantism. Could a more pleasing 
 variety exist than that which would follow such a union?" 
 Dii. L)IM;i>i s. — 1 jirotest against such a union. Wi' must draw 
 the line soinewlu're. if we wish to preserve the least remnant 
 of Christianitv. I <lo not oi«M't to a union with Buddhists on 
 doctrinal grounds, but simply as a matter of expediency. The 
 Buddhists possess 80,000 sacred books, which they reverence 
 
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 task won " <l''vWoi».da .a,.s«ionury spirit, what . t,.rrible 
 
 task would b,.,m posed upon th.-ir Eiifflixh roiuvrts ! if w,. 
 
 thl t,.x, ",""•' ''i 'r,""'r "" ""■ '"'•'-"•' '■"™lt «'■ «l"al.l.ling over 
 w tl 'i ,, °';," "''''^'- 'V;^: '""">'■ *hink you, would w,rhav.. 
 ^ th ighly thousand dilK.n.nt bibl...s V This is a very .s.-vious 
 
 nn , ' ''';'",-•' !'l""' ""'■ l''-"t.'»ta„t orthodoxy. 
 
 fo p.,llhm , t" "'"•;"• Th- scheme of union will be I Zl^ 
 S«., .' , ;w I 7 "'"T' .""<l °* eor,t.spondenoe between the 
 bue an- ol nd,a and the Vieeroy's Coun.il. All we will 
 
 s^t ied"br:t r"" t; """• '^^ ''<"■'"""' Jim-niti-s v," 
 
 T . s, r •'"• '""^ "'"' "■•' '"■"• *<^t «i'h perle,-t .safety. 
 
 vi ws i, Tp T \% ""■: " ^^'^""' P'-«"hi"S- his an.ient 
 sill we ./h'"- l^''-^'"' «PPl»"s«'] Whatan.lo.,ous..o>,trast 
 Ton , ,''''" ,'"■'''""'" *" 'he narrow, (-xeiusive spirit of 
 
 I nanism ! rny brothers, we .an never be too thankful for 
 our glorious i)rivile2vs as Prolestants ' 
 
 11™;?*^''"^"-"^""''' '' '"■ •'"■■*'"■"? 'he pri„,.iple beyond 
 
 ™,s,,' f 'T " "'"»». "i'h Voodooismor Feiiehism, as 
 
 andSn Afr!.!""^ "'-™" '" 'h« ««"tlie™ Stat., of America 
 
 ^^broiiier ?' """ '-'—"'"■<' "''.'V any definitely cxpre.ssod doctrines, 
 "'pr!s.'!"r"""'~^''"'"''^' ''^'''"^"<'' >'°"'- S-™^-'^ and perfectly ex- 
 
 ^^■dli',;',h'°r'~^v"' '^'' ''^"'" '■""'" "'■ There is room for 
 all m Ih.. spa.ious bosom of onr .-hnr.h 
 
 tho^ W?^'h;:i'J",~!'"'''"'" " '"",5' h" a-^' "-ll to explain that, 
 ^houah then- doctrines are exi.li.it enough, they worship thJ 
 
 Hl« Ukace o,.- C.-Al, ! that's a .lini.ultv. However, try and o,.t 
 a cat..gY,..al stat..m..nt of the.r views, and th..,, w.* shall be 
 b,. er abl.. to.,u.l,e. With our beautiful svst..n, of d.,ctrina 
 ailiuslments, it will be strange if we .annot h..dg.. up with 
 
 es !n,T;.""' ,""" " r"'°i:= '^'"^ '^"<'"'S "nioa with that inter- 
 ehtiii<»- lorni oi worship.' 
 
 d■,ns^'v','s *im,.'",''"' 1'";' 'T:" f.'"'"'- ""^' '■"«" "'■ ""' ^lahome- 
 Uans w.,s m r,Hlu<-..,l by ])r. llistinan.). lie had a v.'ry ..real 
 
 admirati.,,, ol ,h.. lervor wbh-h Mu.s.sulmans, whom 1 ,■ ha.! ,' 
 
 counteivdin his Oriental p..r..grinations, display,.d dur ii ho 
 
 Kha na.lan and .,ll,..r publi.. ILsiivals. II,. was deeply ira,.r?s ed 
 
 with the coi,vi.t,on that a religion which compelled a nun to 
 
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 ahstiiin from liquor could not possil>ly be false. It is straim't', ho 
 continued, that our temperance societies fail to s<e the beauty of 
 the "Malnmiedan system, whose principal tenet tlit'V hold with 
 true Mussulman /eal. Wine is IVom the devil ! cries the ft)lh>\ver 
 of the l'roi)het. AVine is from thedt'vil I exclaim our temperance 
 trumpets. A charminu- coincidence, which proves that Mahome- 
 daiiism must have so)ne foundation in the nature of tiling's, and 
 nature, you know, is universal. Their hatred ot bells and music 
 in their mosq/irs would edify a true Idue disciple of John Knox. 
 Dr. liitualist at this point interrupted the speak(»r, and asked 
 him whit h(» thouii'ht of Mahomedan y)olyo-amy. ])r. Distinu'uo 
 K plied that that was a mere matter of detail, and should never 
 stand ill the way of Union. Al^raham, Solomon and others were 
 polyu'amists. .md h(Mic(» it would be a queer inconsistency if 
 Bil>ki (christians sliould be scandalized at so ancient a soi'ial 
 custom. Dr. liitualist hinted that polyii'amy, which had only 
 been a, tolerated custom, had been abolished by the Xew J.ia\v. 
 But Dr. Distini>-uo in^vniously remarked that the Mussulmans 
 rejected the New Testament, and, henc(\ they ]iossessed their 
 liberty in the jircmises. Dr. Bulbous asseverated that polyuamy 
 was essentially oppos(Hl to Protestantism, and rice iw.w, unto which 
 Dr Ritualist replied that th(» founder.s .)f Protestantism, Luther, 
 Melancthon »S:; Co.. differed from Dr. Bulbous, witness the Land- 
 grave Louis of Hesse and his two wives, wluch tliose admirable 
 doctors ]>erniittcd the prince to retain at om^ and the same time. 
 ])r. Bulbous looked proi'oundly disg'usted, but said nothing. 
 Here Ids ( trace of Canterl)urv interi)osed. with much cheerful- 
 ness, that as the Mussulman aspect of the question was settled 
 satisfa<'torily, they miu'ht, if they pleased, pass to a consideration 
 of tht^ Kussian Church. 
 
 Dr. TllTNPi("KlX(}S. — .Vs I have travelhul recently in Russia, I 
 may b" ix^rmitted. I ho]ie, to offer a Itnv remarks on the sub- 
 ject of n\iion with the Russian Church. I thiidv it extremely 
 possible that such a union will be utterly impossible. A\ hy, 
 sirs, believe me. the liussians are a thousand times more 
 bigoted than the Romans ! The Catholics pity us, so they say ; 
 the Russians liate us with an acidity that may be called 
 Tartaric. Th(» Romans will argue their claims kindly, and 
 listen to an opponent with courtesy. The liussituis merely 
 stare contemptuously, or turn on their heel and stride away. 
 A\ hithersoever I went while in Italv, whether to monastery, or 
 
 <'hurch, or museum, I was treated with ureat r 
 
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 ference. I was repeatedly constr;''ned by hospitality to 
 partake of dinner at a monastery. [A. whisper: — "machina- 
 tions of Popery ! '"] Private libraries were thrown open to 
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 tho Bodleian OT tho British Museum. It would ])o unjust if 
 I did not t(\stiry on all occasions to the christian affability and 
 attention I always received in Italy. [Anoth(>r whisper '--• O 
 those Jesuits!"] When 1 was ent.Tiiio- Jiussia. T was full of 
 plea.sant anticipations. " IF," said I to niyseli; - I have been so 
 well received in Italy which, divines olour church assure ine, 
 IS g-roanino- in slavery— althounh I neither heard GToanino- nor 
 saw slavery, as far as niy jx'rsonal exptu'ience li'oes — what 
 brotherly kindness will those uood Russians not lavish ui^on 
 me, when they learn that I am an Ano'licaii bishop iuid then- 
 lore a blood relation of their own Photian Church. ^m> over- 
 come were my feelino-s l)y th(> picture I imao-ined of their 
 tenderness and reo-ard, thnt I hurried as fast as I could to a 
 monastery just about dinner time tuid. announcino- my 
 character, asked present admission. A few minuics after the 
 g-reat, growling- porter had retired ^vith my m<\ssau'e, there 
 poured into the dingy stone hall a pi'rtect cataract of great, 
 growling monks, extremely iilthv. with lono' tangled hair! 
 matted beards and rolling blood-shot eves, snn'llina- dreadfully 
 ol brandy or vod/m as I think they cafl it. and IrTokino- very 
 much as if they were intoxicatcnl. In spite of these unfavor- 
 able api)earances, I opened my arms to receive, as I fondly 
 imag-int^l, a Cordial embraced What T (/if/ get was V(My 
 cordially given, but it was not an eml)race. ' Oik^ of the 
 wretches — for so I must term them — fetched m> a blinding 
 thump on my right eye, another struck me on the l(>ft, while 
 a third— a herculean villain— dealt me a blow upon the mouth 
 which deprived me of the t(M'th which you. my dear brotlnM's, 
 may see for yourselves are wanting in my jaw's. [(Iroaiis on 
 all sides.] Their roars were hideous ; the only word I could 
 catch distinctly was '• Rusrohiili ! " which means, as I afterwards 
 learnt, "heretic." In less time than it hns taken me to relate 
 this dreadful experience, I found myseli", contused, bleeding 
 and shattered, outside th(^ monastery gate, with all my 
 pleasant illusions vanished and uone. I iusIkhI to the city 
 authorities with my complaint, but, instead of giving me a 
 hearing, they demanded my passi)ort, and that hour I was 
 hustled to the frontier by four brutal soldiers, who told me. 
 with a grin, that if I was ever caught again in Russiti, tliey 
 would skin me alive ! Under these cir(nimstanc(\s. you will 
 pardon me if I express my doubts as to tht> feasibility of union 
 with the Russian Church. Even were such union po.ssible. I 
 do not— I really do not think it would be advisable or be(>om- 
 ing, after the very peculiar evidences of good-will they otfered 
 
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 Dr. Bultjous. — Perhaps, Brothi'r Thiiipickiiigs, those ferocious 
 
 ascetics mistook yon for a Popish l)ishop I 
 Dit. TiiiMMCKixcis. — Not at all; for in order to impress upon the 
 iniiul ot the ]iorter my sterlii;i>' Protestant principles, I struck 
 with my umbrella a cross which, somehow or other, stood over 
 the doorway. My knowledi>-e of the Slavic tonu'ue bt'ing 
 limited ; I took that means of making an impression on the 
 ])orter. 
 Di:. MAcGiiKifiS. — And ye did, brother; dou1)t it not; ye did 
 make an impression on the porter, as subsequent demons- 
 trations manifestly proved. Why, man, were ye ignoriint of 
 the fact, that the Russian Church honors the cross the same as 
 the Komans ? Faix, ve were lucky to u'ct off with a healthy 
 back, a'm thiid^in' ! [Uneasiness.] 
 
 The council was of opinion that the indiscreet zeal of Brother 
 Thinpicking's and the rude penalty paid therefor, could not be 
 interpret(Hl as likely to exercise a Ijaneful influence upon any 
 negotiation for union with the Russian Church. The healthiest 
 sign a])out that church was that the emperor was its all ; that 
 the church was completely al)sorbed in the state. Here was an 
 admira])le y)oint of contact for a union with the Angli<'an 
 esta))lishment. Like was attached by like, and mutual com- 
 promises would l)e made on both sides. The Anglican Church 
 really admitted no sacraments; the Muscovite establishment 
 held seven. Nevertheless the council was of opinion that this 
 little difference could b(M»asily settled. The fact that Anglican- 
 ism denied the Seven Sacraments was a negative admission of 
 their existence, and this, it was contended, was amply sufhcient 
 for all practical purposes. 
 
 Dr. Thinpickings was of opinion that the Rusians were 
 lamentably d«'ficient in that brotherly love and christian forbear- 
 ance whi(di lend such a charm to western civilization, and, 
 Heaven forbid ! that their objectionable kind of polemics should 
 even obtain a foothold in the Anglican Church. It was a bad 
 sign when a man's readiest metaphor was his fist or a cudgel. 
 For his part he was deterinined to giye the Russians a wide 
 berth, union or no union. Their Church stood sadly in need of 
 an emolient. AVhen monks looked and acted like bandits, we 
 should be cautious in seeking an alliance with a system which 
 produces them. Ii(» spoke not from personal consideration but 
 on the broad principle of common prudence. Union is not 
 strength when it allies us with the wickt'd. Dr. Blazes thought 
 that all efforts looking to union with the Muscovite Church 
 would prove nugatory for three reasons: lo. — The Tsar would 
 never permit that a great Russian State machine should take a 
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 control. 2o. — The Itiissian Metropolitans, Archimandritt'S and 
 the hio'her clorg'v i^onorally think as the Tsar, Tor tliey are nothing- 
 but State oflicers. and 80. — Neither the Tsar nor the Jfussian 
 Church want any alliance with us. For these reasons, continued 
 Dr. r»hizes. I have my <loul)ts as to the possi!)ility of union with 
 the Jiussians. Hence, I think it rather al)sur(l to })e arn'uing- points 
 of doii'matic contact with these lacts starinu' us in the lace. 
 
 The Council unanimously rejected these pessiini,-t views 
 and vii»"orously afhrmed that, doubtless, somethinii' providential 
 would turn up which would speedily remov(^ every obstacle to 
 a deep and lasting union. The Anulican Churh was extn'mely 
 anxious i'or a union and the Coni'erence was sure the Muscovites 
 would, in time, recii)rocate the kindly desire, and when that 
 "consummation devoutly to be wished lor" arrived, the union 
 would he un, fail dironi/)//. We must be content to move slowly, 
 Fifteen or sixt(^(Mi hundred years of th(» ( hristian era had ela[)sed 
 before Protestantism had arrived at that degree of develo[)nient 
 wdiich rendered it visible to mankiiul. Let us bi' practical above 
 all things. 
 
 ])r. l)isTi\(;i^o. — I do not desire for an instant to throw cold 
 water on this noble movement, but I wish to ask what was 
 the nature of tln^ response which the Greek Tatriarch sent in 
 reply to the Anglican appeal for union. 
 His (1h.\('E op^ C. — Very unsatisfactory, indeed. Ihit we must 
 recollect that the movement w as at that time in a very crude 
 ■state. Since then we have made an encouraging advance. 
 As to the patriarch's epistle, truth compels me to say that it 
 was not only disc(mragiim\ but, verily, of a contumelious 
 nature. The holy man called us nothing ni'^re n<n' less than 
 blinded heretics — pursuers of i)hantoms — and ri])e for the jut, 
 with several otlnn- grievous epithets, which did little honor or 
 credit to his christian piety or liberality. 
 Dr. Farrago de Bosiiox.— ]\lay I ask your gra<x^ what kind of 
 an " encouraging advance '' have we made since that unworthy 
 missive was received ;* 
 His CiRAOi': 01^' C— Well, we have written another letter about a 
 year a^^o, and, as the patriarch has not as yet replit'd thereunto, 
 we consider the delay an encourau'ing siu'n, according to the. 
 old proverb that "no news is good news." And now. his grace 
 went on, as we have settled this question most satisfactorily, 
 we shall consider, in Hue, a plan of union with Dr. Dollinger's 
 party of Alt-Catholics. 
 Dr. Ritualist. — Before touchinu- the Alts, I w4sh to sav a few 
 words referring to this scheme of Russian union. I do not 
 like it ; nay, I abhor it I I would much rather unite with the 
 Comanche or Cheyenne Indians of the American wilds, than 
 
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 Avilh those iiifammis persecutors nnd tyrniits who ^-ovc'rii the 
 ]iussiini {'Imrcli. There is no piiii'e of Nero or J)oiMitiiMi more 
 lionihle 1 li:iu tlie modern system of cliurch proselytism oi' 
 ]kUssiii. 'J'iie I'oles are scouru'ed to speak K'ussiaii — s<'oni'ii"t*d 
 to say prayers in JJussiaii — scourii'i'd lo death ii' tiiev will not 
 enter IJnssian temples. The atrocious lyranls, whose brutal 
 cruelty has never been surpassed in the ix'rsecutiiiu' annals ol' 
 Ileal heu Rome, a(]d hvpocrisv to their other vices. TJiev set 
 themselves up as champions of the christian subjects of the 
 v^ultan, and, y.el, 1 swear, the Turk never ecpialled the Musco- 
 vite's cruelty toward the christian ! Tlie Turks of the au'e of 
 i\miirat c(juld teach a h-sson of hunninity lo the Muscovites 
 under Al "cander 11. Tlu' Kussian Church i)olicy is seliish, 
 unjust, hea^ I l"ss, devilish ! TiuMdea of uiiitinu" the \h)ov, mild, 
 harmb'ss Church of Knu'land with this ])ersecuting monster, 
 is a very lUue IJeardish kind of an aliair. The iMuscovite 
 churcli is like its monks, as described ))y Dr. Thinpickin<>'s, 
 tangled, lerocious, dirty and blood-shot of eye. 1 would pi'efer 
 to see 11 dove united to an anacon(Ui — a rattlesnake — than lo see 
 Auii'licanism extend the right hand of fellowshii) to tlie Mus- 
 coviti' ! J-,et the Jiussian Church — ifoiu'nniy pro})erly call ita 
 churcli — woik out whatever destiny is in store for it. l)eneath 
 its own pitih'ss. cold, northern skies, embk'iiiatic of hei- spirit 
 and policy. fSuch ii system may ])e perfectly adajjted to a 
 semi-barbarous people like the liussians, but it is not in unison 
 with western polity. The Itussian Church is merely a iState. 
 Bureau, perfectly indill'erent to dogmas or moral, and satislied 
 il it please the emperor, irri'spective of every law human and 
 divine. 1 would prefer a union with the Kalhrs. rather than 
 one with such a nation of brutes, from emperor to peasant ! — 
 from lord to serf! " 
 
 Somebody asked Dr. Jvilualist if he was aware the Doles 
 were mere })apists, and, moreover, if it was exactly consistent 
 for an Anglican l*rotestant ))isliop to liercely stigmatize a policy 
 of church rule when Ivussian, which he applauded when English. 
 Dr. liitualist askt^d what lilnglish church rule was like the 
 Ivussian i The objector mentioned Elizabeth and the Catholics. 
 J)r. Ivilualist was amazed at the unnatural comparison. It is 
 true Elizabeth used lire and faggot — the maiden, the hoop, the 
 boot and the rack — hanging, disemboweling and quartering — 
 mutilating and decapitating, but we must never forget that all 
 these things were done for very humane and Jllvangelical reasons. 
 The Church of England was just started in life and, therefore, 
 stood in need of two things, recruits and money. I admit the 
 treatment of recusants was somewhat harsh ; but why did they 
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 (•on>i(l('i' hinisi'ir in consricncc Uound to cuihracc tlic religion of 
 his ruli'V. ir the iiiomnvh tlirciit'iUMl the iihcrnal ive oi' poverty 
 aiidd'iiih. [Applause.) ll.'sid.'s, ilu' Anu'lican ( 'hun li had no 
 niomv and the papists liad. So. when they reruscd to LiiNc up 
 their lioards, what remained hnt to take it IVoin them .'' Indred 
 1 set' not hiiio- hut tender humanity in I'^iizahcth's policy toward 
 the catholics. Our estahlishnient having taken their means of 
 liviiui", was it not liunianc in I'^li/abeth to furnish them with the 
 means ol dyinu'. Surely death is Ix'lter by the rope than hiiim't-r, 
 cold, and exi)osure ! Let us do justice to a queen whose virtues 
 have l)een a nnxh'l for the Anu'lican Trjlestant estaldishinent 
 even unto this <hiv. If wc were in the habit of producmui; 
 saints. I know of no human creature more entitli'd to llio aureole 
 than <^ueen lless. that is, from a Protestant standpoint. [Tre- 
 mendous api)lause.| 
 
 ilis Crrace of C'anterl)nry was. he need not say, liiiihly 
 deliuhied with the words which had just fallen from the lips of 
 Dr. iiitualist. As the Uiuht Kev. Dr.'s vii'ws were well known 
 as ])eculiarly sympathetic with the wrong si<le of the Alacho- 
 nachie — Tootli — Si .Albans Imsiness, his grace was especially 
 pleased with his very just and common sense defence of a (^iieen 
 who was — il he iniiihi be [)artloned for dropping into poetry, — a 
 'bright, occidental star, beaming gently from afar, lusty and iiery 
 red like the great god Alars I '" and a great deal more besides, 
 which did not occur to his memory at present. Ihit though iiis 
 defenee w' as inu'cnious it did not. he beguvd to sav, cover the whole 
 question. As a good deal of discussion had been engendered by- 
 Protestant claims of l*riniitive Christianity, his Crrace, while 
 lying aAvake last night listening to the peacelnl snoring of ^Irs. 
 Canterbury, or, mayhaj), the distant squalling of tiie latest 
 Archiespisco})al duodecimo, bound in napkins, had been struck 
 by a happy — a providential thcnight. He came to the soli'inii 
 con\ iction — was it an insi)iration i — that the ro[)es of the three 
 iirst c(Mituries WKiiK photkstaxt ! ! ! lie had ))een reading up a 
 WMjrk on the exoteric and esoteric doctrines ol the Egyi)tians, and 
 he had no doubt that the i'opes of the three iirst centuries held 
 Proiotantism as the esoteric form of religi(ms truth, while the 
 exoteric tea<-hing was only permitted, in the form of Po])ery, to 
 the exterior world. 1 think that our claims to the Primitive Church 
 are thereby rendered clear as the noon-day^ sun. Now, such 
 being the case, we simply resumed possession of our own pro- 
 perty when we conliscated the goods and vh ttels, the silver, 
 gold and prei'ious stones, the abbey lands ana churcdies, at the 
 epoch of the glorious reformation. [Enthusiastic cheers.] 
 Dr. DisTiNGUu. — This is a splendid discovery ! This is provi- 
 
48 
 
 cliMitial ! Th<^ popes ofllic Ihrcc first cPiifuries csoicrirally 
 ]'r()t«'staiil ! < )iir Liiirilx'tli AI<'Xiiii(l"'r lias surely cut the 
 (lordiiiu knot ! A u;'()o(l di'al (»!' kiiowledn-,* has conic IVoiu 
 Iv^ypt, but I am i'ree {o s;iy, so prcu'iiaiit a hint was never 
 lu'line suifu'estecl, even hy I lie si)hinx or tlie pyramids ! I have 
 always heen of opinion that there was a confusion of i(h*a!i 
 respeclinii' that church primitive, hut now a luminous ray has 
 disj)elled t he dai'kness which «'nveloped it. My brothers, if 
 our ('onl'e)'eiice lias no other result than this, our labors shall 
 not liave been in vain ! [I'rolbund emotion.] 
 Dli. FauI!A(H) DE JJosiion. — Shall we, then, henceforth claim the 
 
 l)0})es of the lirst ihret^ ceiituries as our own? 
 His (iK'ACK ov V. — Ah — all — well, we had better be eauticms and 
 move slowly. AVo must lirst establish the existence of an 
 esoterii; doctrine, and then ])rove t hat the popes lield such 
 doi'trine. AVheii the commission for the revision ol the l^ible 
 has linished its la])ors, miiilit it not u'ive a h'W months to a 
 carel'ul inv(\stiu'ation of this most im[>(>rtaiit ([iiestioii ^ What 
 a m'loi'ious victory for us could we deiuonstrale the l*i'otestaut- 
 ism of the popes of the three lirst centuries! It would be the 
 Waterloo of Popery. [Cheers.] 
 
 The Council with much unanimity an-reed that it would be 
 the Wati'rloo of I'oj^ery, and the interesting- discussion dropped. 
 The Alt Catholic movement was then taken up. Dr. AlacdiiL'g's 
 was proud to say that he had been honored by a corresi)ondence 
 with the renowned Ur. IJoUino-cr, referring- to a remarkable dis- 
 covery niadi' by a zealous youiiL!,- curate ol' his (Dr. Macdriugs) 
 which ])roved conclusively that St. Patrick was a Protestant. 
 [Cheers.] While strolling" through a sequestered churchyard, the 
 Kev. Mr. ]\IaLi'pov, the albresaid Zi-alous ciiratt% found an ancient 
 
 tombstone, with' the letters - N OKA () AN " The 
 
 inscrii)tion \vas as (»ld as the lifth century and, therefore, con- 
 temporiiy with Patrick. Now, just llll up that sentence with 
 the letters that are wanting' and what do we iind ? Why this: — 
 " Nox OiiA Pko Anlma ! " Don t pray tor the wul o'i him or her 
 whose body lay beneath, [(ieiieral clap[)ing of hands.] As Dr. 
 Dolling-er is n famous ecclesiastical historian, with a leaning- ro 
 Eyzanrine lads, as reliable as a si)eech of Livys, 1. hastened 
 to consult him about the stone and its inscription. We inter- 
 <'haiig-ed seventy-four h'tters on the subject — the learned 
 metaphysical antiquarian societies of Germany took the matter 
 up, and, I am i)roud to state that that inscription has been the 
 prolilic motln'r of fourteen quarto volumes, written in High 
 Crerinan, full of profundity and amazing erudition. All agree 
 that the inscription is conclusive of Patrick being a Protestant. 
 Mr. Magpoy informed me, jttst before I started lor this confer- 
 
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 love was greater than his artistic skill, to judGce by the Itittering' 
 
 which was v«My rude. lie, the tinker, intbrmed Mr. Majj^poy 
 
 further that his grandmother's name was Nora McOann and that 
 
 if he did not restore the stont; to its original place, he would 
 
 have the law of him forthwith. Mr. Magpoy prudently returned 
 
 .the slab, when to his surprise, the tinker drew up a portion of 
 
 .the stone which had b.^en broken off, in removing the top part, 
 
 '•ud lo I and bjhold ! there W're. the words " Pray for her soul!" 
 
 aring my zealous curate in the face. I have no doubt the 
 
 I'apists put the additional piece there, but nevertheless I have 
 
 not mentioned the fact to Dr. Djlling.^r, as he might suspect that 
 
 1 had been hiim})Uijririno' him. 
 
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 TJr. Bu lhdhs. — Now, what idea has Brother MacGriggs of this 
 assembly, when he brings forth such Milesian absurdities for 
 our ediliration ^ Would St. Patrick have ever written " Non 
 ora i " But, let us drop such Y>uerilities ; they may serve to 
 raise a laugh, but no good purpose. 
 
 Dr. MacCtRKH^s. — What :* what ? iJon't you believe my story ? 
 Why, sir, the stone is there this minute, and, mure betoken, if 
 it please the doubting, I can get Mickey McCann, who tells 
 the circumstance better than I can, over here in a couple of 
 lays ! I merely wanted to show the universality of Dr. Dol- 
 lingers genius, and how worthy he was of the confidence of 
 this council. As a theologian we must rank him with Stilling- 
 lleet, who was only second to Chillingworth, the judicious 
 Hooker. Paley and Joanna Houthcote. lie is as imaginative as 
 Foxe, as versatile as Cranmer and as proud as John Knox. He 
 is a polemical Goethe without the poet's faith ; he is as fond of 
 raising ghosts and making them dance as Heinrich Heine ; he 
 is as transcendental a dreamer as Kichter and, I am informed, 
 he blows as skilful a horn as Monsieur Julien himself No 
 man ever understood church history till he came, and, no 
 man will understand church history after him, because his 
 ecclesiastical vaticinations are too profoundly apocalyptical for 
 any intelligence beneath that awful nous appertaining to Dr. 
 DoUinger. He expected to bring Oermany to that point that 
 when he shook his Olympian head the pillars of the land would 
 tremble. And he would have attained his object were Germany 
 less pig-headed and obtuse, the great Dr. Dolllinger ! the im- 
 mortal Dr. Dollinger ! and he can play the fiddle, too, and, eke, 
 iblow upon the horn! A great man, my brothers, and a wise ! 
 Pity 'tis, he is not properly appreciated ! — but such is ever the 
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 iate of inimitable i^onins. U' iho Aniilican Churrh ran only 
 gei united with J)r. Dolliiigvr, her forlTUie is made. " 
 Br. RiTiULiST. — I should like to be sure that Brother Mac! J rigg's 
 is in earnest in eiiio«ii/in«ii' ])r. Dollini^e]-. J have never had a 
 very high idea oi the Cleriran proiessoj. Some authorities, 
 profoundly versed in current eeelesiastical aH'airs in Crermany, 
 are of opinion that Dr. Dolliuger's sehism from Kome was 
 largely due to the fact that the Pope uniformly rejected his 
 candidature for the episcopacy. I have always suspected hi.s 
 motive. ]Ie made himself the mouthpiece of a cei-tain half- 
 «^oncealed, half expressed antagonism to Ivonie which had been 
 for a century lurking in the minds of a portion of German 
 l>rofessordom. Jle thought he would be able to draw after 
 him such men- as Jlefele. tStrossmayer. and others of influen'e 
 and weight. But he was mistaken, and fouiul, when too late, 
 that his swelling seii-<\ .iceit had ruined him. He is not a- 
 Protestantin onr sense of the w^ord ; he is simj)ly a soured, dis- 
 appointed man who has had a rude awakening from an ambi- 
 tious dream. He promised Bismarck more than he could per- 
 form, and that statesman cordially detests the man who led 
 him into a line of policy from which he must retrograde if he 
 v.'ish to save the empire which he created. We have nothing' 
 to gain from an alliance with the Alt Catholics, even were the 
 permanency of that se<;t assured. But the few priests who 
 lent themselves to Dolling«^r's schemes have almost all goiif 
 back to Home, striking their }))'easts and groaning " meo cidpa.' 
 Tn a few months "Alt Catholics" will be but a ]iame. Indeed, 
 it was an ir7efiective fufjsingover them which gave Dollingers 
 party a mojnentary importance which it never merited. Before 
 T sit down, let me add further ihat 1 think it would be wiser 
 for us to seek to bind up the divisions rending our own bosom, 
 than to talk over chimerical plans of uiiion with oiitsiders 
 who can bring us no strength. Just listen to what one of our 
 own ministers says about Protestantism : 
 
 " What have three hundred years of Protestantism — the 
 abandonment of the Church for the private opinion of the indi- 
 vidual — done ibr the world ; and what has been the triumph ot 
 "Gospel teaching" and "an open Bilde ? " Jt has alienated 
 millions from the C^hun h. and imi)erilled or destroyed their eter- 
 nal salvation. H nas made CJermany infidel, Switzerland soci- 
 nian, the British Isles a happy hunting ground for schism and 
 dissent, and has left *he home of the JMlgrim Fathers a propa- 
 ganda for Mormonism, free love and all uncleanliness. Where 
 once was peace and unity in the human family, they are " wel- 
 tering like an Egyptian pitcher of tamed vipers, each struggling 
 to get his head ab(>ve the others." It has been the dread Pan- 
 
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 Dr. D18TINGUO. — I }<uppose our right rev. 
 
 the name of that clergyman. 
 Dr. Ritualist. — Rev. W. A. .Fohnson, in a book intituled : IW- 
 
 Populi ant Dei. 
 Dr. Boanerges. — Why, that's one of the Ritualists, — the hearers 
 of confessions, and advocates of lights and statues ! I have 
 some respect for the Romanists : they are, at least, consistent, 
 but this Ritualism disgusts aud sickens me ! If they are sin- 
 cere why don't they cease playing at Popery, and go over »o 
 Rome like men who possess the courage of their convi«tions ^ 
 But, no : catch them at any course so honest and crnditable * 
 They are Catholics with Protestants, and Protestants with 
 Catholics. They erect their little pretences of altars : they 
 arrange thei: artificial flowers — not half as artificial as their 
 own sincerity — they light their candles and don their vest- 
 ments, which cover no priesthood, and then, if criticized, 
 they whine forth a lamentable jeremiad that they are not left 
 alone, the poor dear martyrs ! If Rome, as she always does, 
 laughs at their fantastic flower-pots and two-penny " dips." 
 they assault her with more virulence than we ever used ; if 
 our church authorities attempt to put an estoppel upon their 
 absurd theatricals, they wriggle and twist and turn aud glide 
 from one hole into another, and take advantage of every legal 
 technicality which their pettifogging advocates invent, in 
 order to escape the just penalties of their disobedience. Btit 
 they are strictly orthodox — vehemently Protestant — in their 
 hold on their establishment benefices. And it is here that their 
 dishonesty is mast palpably glaring. If they have, as they 
 say, rejected Protestantism, why do they not cease living ofi 
 Protestantism ? AVhy not give up the flesh-pots of that An- 
 glican Egypt from which they are so eager ic escape ? It is 
 strange that such celestial beings should have such a loose- 
 hold of orthodoxy and such a tight grip on the purs^. Those 
 reverend pantomimes are evidently a sordid crew ; worse, a 
 thousand times, than ordinary dissenters. 
 
 Now these were "prave 'ords,' and British Fluelleii never 
 craiamed down Ancient Pistol's throat a more bitter leak than 
 was this pointed shaft of Dr. Boanerges to the stomachs of the 
 Ritualists. Those of the prelates who had a weakness for flowers 
 and chasubles, but who had not openly avowed their true love, 
 eyed the orator with anything but a friendly glance. On the 
 other hand, those who thought with Dr. Boanerges on the sul)- 
 ject lifted up their voices so applaudingly, that the welkin rang- 
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 iheir arabesque opponents, and speedily brought about the bit 
 
 terest discussion of the Conference. 
 
 Dr. Ritualist. — Brother Boanerges has treated this assembly to 
 an edifying pot-pourri, or ofta podrida of choice Christian epi- 
 thets. [Order ! order ! ] I am in order, but others are out of 
 order. •' Playing at Popery," " honesty," " lamentable jere- 
 miad," " two-penny dips," " absurd theatricals," " pettifogging 
 advocates," ' celestial beings," " reverend pantomimes," "sordid 
 crew ! " Here's nice language for a very right reverend father 
 of the Anglican Church as established by lav^^ [Order ! ] What 
 would Dr. Boanerges say if I retorted upon him and his sup- 
 porters every one of these epithets, and claimed that they were 
 richly merited in every case ? [Order ' shame ! ] What, pray, 
 are the sublime services which the majority of our bishops 
 render to the cause of religion and morality in this r*", 'm ? 
 What proportion is there V»etween these services and the hun- 
 dreds of thousfinds of pounds which they pocket, with meek 
 resignation, every year ? But yesterday the church was dis- 
 established in Ireland ; take care that our own turn do not 
 come to itorrow ! [Foaii'ul agitation.] When the vast mass of 
 the PJnglish people, who despise our establishment, are seeking 
 for a pretext by which they may cast the Old Man of the 
 Mountains off their shoulders, it is, to say the least, purblind 
 folly to manifest our utter disunion by a chattering, gabbling, 
 quibbling display of inane orthodoxy and by grossly insulting 
 the honest convictions of better men than ourselves. [Uproar 
 and confusion.] Because others desire to lift Anglicanism out 
 of the mire of State slavery and doctrinal contradictions, they 
 are " playing at Popery." It is easy for those who have no 
 convictions beyond the divine institution of big salaries for 
 sinecures to call opprobrious names. But, I shall speak plainly, 
 those who are " playing at Popery" are playing a game that 
 shall eventually win ! If we had never turned our backs on 
 what you call " Popery," we should not present to the pitying- 
 contempt of Christendom the abject spectacle of a be-aproned, 
 bo-wigged, be-shovel-hatted slavery calling itself a hierarchy 
 and a successor to the Apostles ! [Several prelates start ui>, 
 laboring under great excitement, and then sit down again.] 
 Are there two bishops in this assembly who can look at on*^' 
 another, without experiencing something of that peculiar sen- 
 sation which is attributed by Cicero to the aurispices of his 
 
 time? [Order! Put him order!] In the good old time.s 
 
 of Roman ascendancy, a bishop who would use such language 
 as we have just listened to, would have been relegated to the 
 calm shades of a monastery, favorable to cool reflection and 
 penance. 
 
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 Dr. BoANERrtES. — It is a pity our venerable brother cannot send 
 me to a monastery now. 
 
 Dr. Ritualist. — No, Sir, I would never send you to such a 
 retreat, for the spirit of charity and religion would fly from it 
 the moment you entered therein. 
 
 Dr. MacGricos. — 'A thought this conference was to be concern- 
 ing union with everybody, especially ourselves. Am sorry I 
 didn't bring a few v.r my Irish friends with me, do ye mind, 
 they could have furnished our right rev. brothers with beau- 
 tiful shillelaghs [Shame ! J, and a shillelagh is one of the most 
 convincing figures of speei'h in the whole range of rhetoric, 
 [Renewed discontent.] 
 
 Dr. Prettyman. — I have come all the way from Canada to hear 
 a terrible onslaught on the whole Anglican episcopate, and 1 
 must say that if 1 heard such an — an — yes, I will say it — such 
 an atrocious speech delivered by a person whom I did not 
 know to be a bishop of the church, I should say at once : " a 
 Jesuit ! a Jesuit! beware of him ! " My feelings are harrowed ; 
 a poignant anguish fills my soul ; my emotions an' extreme ; 
 my 
 
 Dr. MisoNEGER. — That's what we call self-analysis in the 
 Southern States. I've often heard a venerable old darkey 
 roaring upon the repentance stool just such a self-dissection. 
 I merely use the coincidence as an illustration, nothing more. 
 It merely interests one as showing how high and low naturt» 
 run in similar grooves. Now, brothers, I will be frank with, 
 you ; what is the use of all this talk about Dullinker and the 
 Halts, whatever they may mean ? Talk of union with 'em ' 
 why, you might as well di.scuss the advisability of union with 
 the Digger or the Flathead Indians. You won't unite with 
 'em, take my word for it. I think it is a lowering of ourselves 
 to seek a union with men who couldn't keep their situation.^ 
 iii their own church. It jeopardizes our own respectable posi- 
 tions. Why are we always running about the world looking 
 for union with something or somebody ? You don't find ^/jp?/< 
 running after us and begging to be united. Doesn't this 
 eternal pursuit of union inspire Rome with the argument that 
 Anglican consciences are very ill at ease, in spite of loftv 
 boasts and resounding Gospel phraseology ? Wait till they 
 come to us, then it will be time enough to fall to cutting one 
 another's throats about the matter. And, if we wait till they 
 come, we'll have to settle the matter on the wrong side of 
 (jabriei's trumpet, not before. 
 
 His Grace of Canterbiiry was of opinion that there might be 
 
 a ^^ood deal in what Dr. Misoneger said, and that probably the 
 
 best and wi^^st in.scription on the banner of union would be : 
 
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 Fe&tina lente, hasten slonly. Moreover, union was not urgent, 
 .•seeing that, though essentially divided on all questions of dog- 
 ma, moral and discipline, all parts ol" Protestantism were as one 
 in determined opposition to popery, and that, after all, was the 
 main point, lie would implore his respected brothers to lay 
 aside a slight t rudescence or acerbity observable during this de- 
 bate on union. Of course, he need not say. coercion was 
 impossible in the Anglican I'rotestant Church. Hold what 
 A lews you please, but avoid personal disunion as fur as possible. 
 We must not be dogmatical ; we must be prepared to yield any 
 opinion if it interferes with our own or our brother's comfort. 
 Any discussion that might interfere with digestion or sleep, 
 .should be carefully avoided. Let us have as little mortification 
 oi mind and body as possible. Let us always so live on this 
 earth that we may never object to meet one another at dinner. 
 [Applause.] If the world does not wish to unite with us, so 
 much the worse for the world. I could find it in my heart to 
 embrace — figuratively speaking, of course — even those Digger 
 Indians, mentioned by my honored brother. Dr. Misoneger — em- 
 brace them as a portion of the great brotherhood of man, and I 
 
 would wish to send missionaries to convert them all " 
 
 Dr. Mi?<ONK(tER. — They are converted already. They are all 
 
 Papists ! [(I roans.] 
 His Grace of C. — Then I leave them to their fate, poor, benight- 
 ed wretches ! Tell me, brother Misoneger, are Diggers very 
 low in the scale of civilization ? 
 
 Dr. MisOi\E(}KR. — Horribly low 
 
 His Grace of C. — Ah ' those Papists ! 
 
 Dr Misone(}ER. — Horribly low sometime ago. Almost as low 
 as your English miners and farm laborers. But the Jesuits 
 have just revolutionized 'em. 
 
 Dr. Distinguo emphatically denounced su< h a comparison, 
 doing, as it did, such vast injustic^e to the pious, [rheers] the 
 (Milightened, [renewed cheers] the humane miners and i)easantry 
 of our favored land' [Great applause.] Dr. Misoneger extracted 
 a hook from his pocket, from which he proceeded to quote cer- 
 1;iin statistics highly unfavorable to the pious, enlightened, 
 humane miners and ])easantry of our native land. Fifty />»?r rent 
 had no knowledge of God, but they know all about " t'other 
 fellow." One had informed our enquirer, not wholly unconnected 
 with a white choker, that no one of the name of Christ worked 
 in that mine. And when the aforesaid inquirer mount*.d a box 
 lo enlighten them on the suV>ject, another s])ecimen of the pious, 
 enlightened, humane laborers of our favored land roared out : - 
 *■ Bill, 'eave an arf V)rick at 'im!" which was a remote hint that 
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 Those untimelv rovolations excited divers modes oi' dissent among 
 the preUites aosembh^d, one ol" \vhom ended a long speech in 
 ivfutation ot" the calumny by quoting that l^'autilul, I'resh and 
 original line: — • England' with all thy I'aults, I love thee still." 
 To which Dr. Misonegcr replied he had no objei tiou, but, still, 
 Truth was truth, and rounded his concluding remarks with the 
 apt classical observation: — ''Fiat jiistida : riuil ciEJum !" — lei 
 ijustice be done, though the hea\'ens (all ! 
 
 Thus ended the Conference, and after o short but eloquent 
 prayer, the assembled lathers dispersed. 
 
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 CONFERENCE V. 
 
 KV WllKIl TllK IML'(,)RTAXT MATTKK OF SOUr is DISCir.sSEl) 
 
 JiiK pvhiictii'i ■ — Scillp IldUst'.N I 
 
 The methods by which the great system ot proselytism and 
 conversion has been carried on in the Anglican and other por- 
 .tions of the Church Protestant, are very worthy of profound 
 study. At first and in the full force of our earlier Protesi- 
 •aiitism, the rope, the axe. the knife and the stake were very 
 etiective, but when I'hillip TI beyan to imit-ite our godly exam- 
 ]>le, nothing' remained for us but to publish Foxe's Book of 
 Martyrs, and to denounce the Inquisition with evangelical fervor. 
 For, who gave a mean Spaniard the riffht to assume the privileges 
 Avhich tippertained solely to British Kings and Queens ? Could 
 not our saintly Henry, our pure Elizabi'th, and all the rest of 
 them, chop oil Papists' heuds without tyrannical Spaniards 
 burning poor. inoHensi\ c Protestants, who only wanted to over- 
 throw the religion, and< onsequently the throne of Spain? When 
 V. e compare the tender nu'rcy and evangelical mildness which 
 Mttended the introduction of I'roteslantism into England with 
 the bai'barous cruelty which a( com])anied its n'jection from 
 Spain, France and other l)enighted lands, our hearts swell within 
 us with conflieting emotions of joy and woe. 
 
 The heroic age oi Anglican Protestantism i>assed — its first 
 fervor died away — the axe grew rusty and Smithlields hres were 
 extinguished, aiul Pojiery breathed on( e more. Lord (Veorge 
 (lordon, a pious hero, Titus Oates, one of the glories of Protest- 
 antism and the most lovable character in English history, were 
 merely individual opponents of w hat had been a regular system 
 of Anffli« an Pr(»testant i)olicv, and hence churchmen of all 
 .shades and \ lews linger tenderlv o\er the historv of those two 
 
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 eminent landmarks of a robust age, and wish and sigh and sing: 
 very mn<h in the vein of the Irish bard : — 
 
 '' Lot churrhmfM rcin'mbcr the days <>f old, 
 Kro faithless Oxfcrd botrayod 'cm ; 
 When Anglirans were blessed with livings and gold. 
 A I'd tithes cnishcd the Papists who paid 'em." 
 
 Then we come to 1820, and that most deplorable and wretched' 
 R-elief Bill, which was the severest blow but one that our ehurch 
 has received in this backsliding- century, the worst disaster being 
 the Disestablishment of the Irish branch by that — that — words 
 to stigmatize him! — that Protean Gladstone, who is now doings 
 vain penance for the deed in anti-Vatican pamphlets, But it is 
 too late — too late ! Mount he the Protestant horse till his head 
 brush the stars, the niche we had prepared for him in the An- 
 glican temple of fame shall know him — nevermore. He will die 
 a Papist, perhaps a Jesuit ! ! ! 
 
 The fathers on this occasion entered into a most interesting 
 and learned discussion touching soup as a great moral influence,, 
 and, strange to say, the succulent fluid was generally admitted.. 
 especially by the Irish doctors, to be a much more powerful 
 evangelical engine than even King James" version of the Bibhv 
 A second-hand coat, a pair of breeches or stout boots, were ad- 
 mitted to exercise a t'ertain elevating, or illuminating influence 
 on the mind of the sin?ere searcher after truth, but those useful 
 articles had to succumb to the magical effects of soup. Tyburn 
 had failed ; Lord George (lordon had failed ; Titus Oates had 
 failed ; penal legislation had failed ; elaborate tracts had failed. 
 The victory was reserved for soup. 
 
 " I would like to hear the experiences of some of the right 
 reverend prelates on this absorbing subject,"' quoth his Grace ot 
 Oantorbury, " I am sure there must be some mysterious influence 
 in soup as a proselytizing agent. "Would our good brother Mac- 
 Griggs favor the Council with his A'iews. 
 
 Dr. MAcGiiKKis. — Your Grace, I'm flattered, 'am sure, and truth 
 compels me to say that if I am not posted on soup, as a means 
 of conversion from the errors of Popery to those of the Angli- 
 can Protestant Church, then no man is. I believe that nothing 
 convinces an obstinate man quicker than soup. Take, for 
 instance, a case in point. A hungry vagabond comes to you 
 and wishes to argue p'ints of difference in religion. Talk till 
 you are hoarse, and he will fail to see your argument in its 
 true light. Give him a good quantity of soup, and the case 
 is ended. In the plate of soup he di^'^'^vers beauties in Pro- 
 testantism which the closest logic failed to unfold. I have 
 found whiskey go a good way in producing conviction, but. 
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 soup. At the fn>t spoonful, the cathecuraen is sturdily pole- 
 mical ; at the twentieth he listens to reason ; when he can 
 swallow^ no more, li<^ht begins to dawn upon his mind, and a 
 glass of reeking punch — Glenlivat, I've usually found best — 
 clinches the argument and sends him off rejoicing in his new 
 religion. Speaking of punch reminds me of a striking pecu- 
 liarity I have witnessed at different times. After one glass of 
 punch the recruit is usually High Church — after two he des- 
 <'ends to Broad Church principles — when three or four more 
 have disappeared he becomes intensely Low Church in his 
 views, — while every additional glass after that develops a rather 
 riotous and menacing species of Popery. I suppose it is an 
 illustratration of the old French saying : — 
 
 " Toujours noiLs rcvonons a nos premiers amourK ! " 
 
 [Several fathers look at each other and shake their headt- 
 significantly.] 
 Dr. Blazks. — Are there any different results in different kinds of 
 
 soup, Brother Mac Griggs V 
 Dr. MacCtRIggs. — Most certainly ! I never furnish a fat and 
 solid soup, because long exi)erience leads me to the conclusion 
 that a thin article ensures permanency of belief in the convert. 
 Dr. Distinguo. — That's very singular ! May I ask why ? 
 Dr, MacGriggs. — Why, don't you see, brother, thin soup keeps 
 the proselyte on a starvation footing, and so keeps him amena- 
 ble to discipline! Musha, it's as plain as a pike-staff! 
 
 This interesting fart caused a long conversation, in which 
 views favorable to fat or to thin soup w^ere exchanged, all finally 
 agreeing, how^ever, that Dr. MacGriggs' theory was most inge- 
 nious and deserving of much praise. Some argued that the soup 
 feeds of our times were a modern form of the ancient Agape or 
 Love feast, holden in the earlier years of the Primitive Church, 
 but Dr. Prettyman refuted this supposition by clearly showing 
 that they were different altogether, inasmuch as the Primitive 
 bishops do not make the faintest allusion to soup in their various 
 apologies for christian faith, and, moreover, the soup banquets of 
 to-day were anything but love feasts, as Dr. MacGriggs no doubt 
 could amply testify. Dr. Boanerges thought that there must 
 have been soup duquisitions in antiquity, for the edicts of tm- 
 peroTS yf ere oi\en caUi'd Jussiones principale^, evidently hinting at 
 soup. Moreover, Tertul I ian cries out suspiciously: — '' ConfingatU 
 ta(e hareticil'" which 1 have often imagined, said he, referred to 
 heretical efforts to concoct a soup as efficacious as the orthodox, 
 and evangelical artiiles. 
 
 Dr. MacGriggs. — There is one soup which I carefully avoid 
 furnishing inquirers, and that is, pea soup, Being a windy 
 
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 or llaiulciif article of diet, I havo always luund that iiilcrinina- 
 l}\e controverf^ics ioUowt'd amonu' those who partook of" it. 
 Grrave, silent persons, after a bowl thereof, \\ ould <T-row Uippanl 
 and i>olemi(al, quoting Scripture like a methodist bawler, and 
 standing up defiantly for what tht^y called •' their principles.' 
 1 would strongly recommend a soup of bread and cabbage as 
 an oxtcllent sedative lor pugnacious proselytes. Of course, 
 beef sliould never be omitted on account of Friday, but the 
 quantity should be very small. I ir«'nerallv contrive to make 
 one })one do duty for several boilers of soup. The recruits, not 
 being used to beef, take the meat for granted when they see 
 the bone 
 His (li.Wf'K OK Cantkimu'Iiy. — This is a very important matter, 
 and should receive more consideration from us here in l^lngland 
 than it does Hitherto we have })een somewhat remiss in 
 studying the peculiarities of soup as a converting and restrain- 
 ing agent I begin to suspect that had we employed soup 
 instead of discussion, the hundreds of nobles, knights, clergy- 
 men and ladies who have gone over to Kome would have been 
 saved to Anglican Protestantism. In England, the stomach is 
 a very powerful factor in shaping our political, social and 
 religious convictions. The greatest effects sometimes lie hidden 
 in the simplest causes. I think we might improve the moral 
 tone of our church by establishing soup-kitchens in connection 
 with our vestries, and supplementing evangelical dispute by a 
 generous distribution thereof. 
 
 This suggestion struck the assem])lv as eminentlv practica- 
 ble, and several fathers there and then resolved to initiate 
 soup-kitchens the moment they reached their homes. Dr. 
 Ritualist asked who would keep the pot boiling, to which 
 his Grace replied, — the faithful. '• For my part," said his 
 (rrace, '' I shall be always willing to give my pound or two 
 to so deserving an object."' Dr. MacCrriggs said that there was a 
 certain feature among the soup-absorbing candidates which de- 
 served remark. Wh»Mi the potatoes were mature, not a man, 
 woman or child came for the soup. Ife had often tried to fathom 
 this mystery on religious grounds, but had not succeeded. Might 
 it not be satisfactorily explained from a sci<>ntiHc point of view ? 
 ^*oup, day after day, is a monotonous diet. May there not be 
 some principle of reaction in soup. \\ hich affects the partaker 
 and brings an interval of disgust i He concluded nothing, but 
 threw out the idea which he trusti'd some acuter genius than 
 his own would elucidate and explain. Sufhce to say, it was of 
 intermittent efficacy, and by no means a i)ermanent Protestant. 
 There was a germ of perseverance wanting in soup, which might 
 afford curious psychological entertainment to him who would 
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 and wi'ak Protestantism. Why not add potatoes to thessoup? 
 
 1)1!. MA('(ri{i(}(}.<. — Sinii^licit y erics out tlioro. hut experience 
 hiughs at such vauaries Add potatoes, brother I Mv dear sir, 
 I am tree to say that had potatoes never been hrouu'ht io 
 Irehind, \\ e shouUl have ( aptured that ishind lonu' ai»o. 
 
 1>R. RiTt'Al-lsT. — \\m amaze me, l>rother IVhuGriuiis I 
 
 ]>R. MAC'CrRKats. — Amazement is no word lor it ! its astoundinfr. 
 so it is. To think that I'opery and i)otatoes should iro toijether 
 is a marvel ; yet it is a Iju t ' IT we could get as much Pro- 
 testantism with soup as there is Poi)ery in potatoes. I asseverate, 
 sir, without Tear oi" lontradiction, that i)r. McHale would be 
 pocketing the Queen's shilling this moment. He would, by all 
 the tracts ever invented! 1 would like some evangelical 
 chemist, im])ued with a proper horror oi" Ivome, to analyse a 
 p.otatoe, and give us the results. I am certain there would be 
 found in those esculents a certain anodyne or poppy principle 
 of a vastly stupefying etfect. rendering the consumer invul- 
 nerable and pachvdermatous to all gospel influences. 
 
 1)R. Blazes!. — Dear me ! that is very wonderful ! I have often 
 been surprised at the tenacity of attachment to Rome displayed 
 by the Irish people, but I never heard so satisfactory an expla- 
 nation of the mystery. I think this matter should be given 
 to the world w ith especial emphasis. 
 
 Dr MacCi-rkk;."^. — Brother, this question has greater breadth 
 than people suppose. Food characterizes the genius of a people 
 ■with its peculiar ([ualities. Pats and Confucius — rice and 
 Buddha — beef and British I'rotestantism are convertible terms. 
 IV'hold the great beef-^^'atinff nations. Britain. German v, !>wedeu, 
 Russia, <Si:c., ho^^ they dropped Poperv with its fasts, macera- 
 tions and self-denial ' Look at farinaceous peoples. French, 
 Italian. Spanish. Irish, iSc* .. — they held to Popery and all the 
 unpleasant consequences to poor human nature which a strict 
 adhereiue to Rome demands. Do you wonder, then, if soup 
 be su<'h an important missionarv and an active aii'ent of vital 
 opinion :" Sir. I hold that soup, judiciously <lisseminated, is 
 the first and sole dogma of our church. Receive or reject all 
 the rest, as you please, but as for soup, let it be )>laced outside 
 the pale of private judgment as a thin**- sacred and unique. 
 [Applause.] 
 
 Dr. DlsTlN(tU(). — Who would have imagined that soup was 
 worth a thought ! • 
 
 Dr. MaoCtRkuis. — Worth a thought, d'ye say, brother ^ It's worth 
 "whole volumes, — it's worth tomes, sir I What' because a 
 thing be humble and unpretentious, shall we despise it ^ Talk 
 of your thirty-nine articles ! I say nothing equals the article 
 
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 of soup. I may admit a man's riiiht to diHor about toxts anil 
 theorems, but I hesitate not to admit that I am fien^ly into- 
 lerant on the soup question. I \vould sooner see St. Paul's in 
 ashes than witness the collapse of our evann;eli(al soup- 
 kitchens. [Cries of order! ) You <ry "Order!" — Cry away 
 if you please ! What is St. Paul's ;* Pooh-pooh ! a mere archi- 
 tectural camel with a hump on its back " 
 
 Dr. Faura(}() 1)K Bosiion. — I hon: to int<'rrui>t our riuht rev. 
 brother. Let him stick to his soup kitchen and leave St. 
 Paul's alone. [Cheers.] Many of us Americans came all the 
 way from York State to weep over the b<'auty ol St. Paul's. 
 [Enthusiastic cheers.] We have no appreciation for church 
 architecture outside of the capital of our dear mother country. 
 [Sobs.] W^e never understand true piety till we get in sight ol 
 St. Pauls I We are poor, ignorant [Several interrupt : " Not 
 poor! not poor ! '"] provincials, whose national crudeness we 
 hope your glorious enlightenment and moral elevation of your 
 people will remove by degrees. [" We shall do our best ! " 
 from many] I admit brother MacCiriggs as an authority on 
 soup as an evangelical persuader, but his hasty, nay rude, 
 criticism on St. Paul's forbids me to accept his narrow ideas 
 respecting art. 
 
 It was generally conceded that Dr. De Bosho)i's defen(-e of 
 St. Paul's w^as a masterpiece of gospel generosity, particularly 
 when we consider the architectural splendor of the theatres, 
 tabernacles, Plymouths and Bethels, scattered broadcaf^t over 
 the length and breadth of the American Union, in which the 
 roaring champions of indepeiulant religious vievss hold forth to 
 their motley congregations. 
 
 His CJrace of Canterbury closed this short but interesting- 
 conference, by impressing upon the minds of ihe fathers the 
 imperious necessity of making soup more generally known as an 
 efficient evangelizer. He was of opinion that a thin, poor article 
 might do for hungry proselytes, but the better class of converts 
 should be provided with a rich, oleaginous decoction suitable to 
 their condition in society. For instance, an anxious alderman 
 would be more successfully approached by turtle soup, w^hile a 
 Gallican enquirer might, perchance prefer peas in his. The 
 Italian is most susceptible to maccaroni soup, while the Chinese 
 might be led to see the error of his ways by a judicious concoc- 
 tion of rats and recent puppies. Dear me, quoth his grace, I see 
 a wide field here tor evangelical effort, anxl it promises well, for 
 it is a novelty, and the world loves novelty above all things. I 
 trust the day is not far distant when the soup can will go hand 
 in hand with the bible in building up an extensive Anglican 
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 the insidious attempts ot Popery. Thus shall a happy millenium 
 arrive, when a lion shall lie down with a lamh anil a bowl of 
 ^oup lead them in amitv and concord and peace I 
 
 CONFEKENCE VI. 
 
 THE K.\TIIRR.S .SETTLE CONFES.SION AT OM'E. 
 
 I am of opinion that confession is a very queer thing, and 
 peculiarly Papist. How any man, even a slave and an ignorant 
 of Kome, can so far forget what i.s due to his manhood as to 
 confess, I cannot conceive. There is nothing about such an action 
 that leaves an impres.sion of one's worth on a man's mind. Just 
 think of it. Here is a gentleman of refinement — of aesthetic 
 tastes — of wealth and position. In spite of this, he must crook 
 the hinge of his suppliant knee, and accuse himself of things 
 which human nature imperatively demands should be kept 
 secret. The very thought of such abasement makes one shudder. 
 
 What opinion can a man have of himself after such a terrible 
 ordeal ! How can he look his fellow-men in the face? "We all 
 have a certain side to our character — a certain inner circle of 
 thought — a peculiar hidden world of action, which belongs to 
 us alone. \Ve do not even divide that world with the wife of 
 our bosom. We carefully conceal this moral cosmos from our 
 dearest and most intimate friends. We lock these things in our 
 own hearts, and keep the combination key in the deepest recesses 
 of our own consciences. Now, up steps me Popery, and says : 
 ■" Sir, or madam, out with those secret sins, on peril of your sal- 
 vation ! '" What shall proper self-respect answer unto this ? 
 Why, thus : '■ Excuse me, defamation of character is actionable ; 
 the law forbids it ; I refuse to make myself amenable to the laws." 
 
 It manifests to the whole world the perilous influence of the 
 Church of Kome over the human conscience, that people of edu- 
 cation — nobility and gentry — go to confession. Nay, I have been 
 informed on what I mu.st consider as good authority that the 
 Pope himself and hif> Cardinals practice the same humiliating 
 rite ! ! ! 
 
 Could anything give us a clearer idea of the woeful nebulosity 
 of roi)ery ? And, are those people not naturally slaves 'i Why 
 stoop their necks to such a heavy yoke, when they might so 
 easly escape the task, by a little self-assertion, — a little of that 
 evangelical independence which so becomes us, miserable sinners 
 that we are? 
 
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 Our Laiiilxili ('((uiii il \v()iil<l n<>\ liiiv^' Ix'fu «()ini>l.'t«> with- 
 out satiislactorily si'ttliiiy- this (ju<'sti(»u ol' VonU'ssion. (Jricved 
 iim I to say that thfir is a stvaiiu'.' hiiiik^'riiii:' al'tfr this v«>ry 
 objectioiiabh' pratti**; ain<»iig' a »«'rtiiin » hiss of J'rotestaiits 
 unworthy of th«' glorious hooii of u<»sp.'l liht'rty. iiuaraiittvd to 
 us by Dr. Martin l^utlicr, iht'i^Tcat loundfr olOiir n'iinioii. "What 
 ina<ln«'ss poss^-sscs thost* hacksliih'rs ^ 1 ( annot t«'ll. Why 
 ( annot they Ix* comfort a})lt' ' Why not » ontontrd i Why cannot 
 thoy imitate th«'ir l)ishops, and tak«' advantatif (»1 their j)rivih'«r,.s ^ 
 Was it for this we abandoned Konie ^ Why. h't me \vhisp»^r in 
 your ear. () i^enthi reader, the chief reason of separation — the 
 foremost and burning grievance of our ])ious doctors. — was just 
 this <lreadful burden of confession. Th*' idea of repressing those 
 imperious instin«;ts of our nature, — ot battling day ami night, — 
 of overshadowing the delights of pleasant indulgvnce by the 
 diaphragm-shocking anticipation of cojilession, is something 
 which inspires the average evangelical soul with positive terror. 
 Would the pious Luther have taken unto himself the pious 
 Catherine if he and she had the fear of confession beibre their 
 eyes? No! — No! They would have stuck to their re]>ressive 
 mo7iasteries, and thus, should the world have been deprived of 
 our common Protestantism ! 
 
 The Jiiight Rev. Dr. Blazes introduced this interesting subje»t 
 in the shape of a preamble and resolutioji. which he submitted 
 to the careful consideration of the assembled lathers. He said, 
 on rising, that he had prepared an impt>rtant document. He 
 said, moreover, that the document was m the shape of a Bill, 
 considering, as he did, that parliamentary loims belonged essen- 
 tially to the organic legislation of tho Anglican-Protestant 
 Church. He remarked, also that a great crisis had arrived — 
 that the eyes of Britain, nay, of the universe, w'ere staringly ■ 
 fixed upon that Conference. — that the Church expected every 
 bishop in the Establishment to do his duty, and if any bishop 
 was not disposed that duty to do, let him retire, let him go, let 
 him depart ! [Sensation.] He observed some signs of dissent from 
 a quarter whence no orthodox mind could expect anything else, 
 but he fearlessly repeated, let such a bishop depart from their 
 midst I I am thankful, continued Dr. Blazes, that I am not like 
 some other people. I name no names, but 1 am thankful that I 
 have always avoided dogmatizing, which has ravaged the 
 Establishment like a ravenous wolf forth issuing from the Alas- 
 kan wilds. I repeat it, — forth issuing from Alaskan wilds ! 
 (Further sensation.] 1 have always made it a rule to carefully 
 abstain fiom waking ill-tempered, somnolent canines. I have 
 resolutely shut my eyes against any arguments for or against the 
 Thirty-nine Articles. Had it pleased Parliament to submit for 
 
 
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 :irtiolf's, it would havo Ixm'h all one lor m^. My duty 1 roiusi- 
 <l('rod was to siini)Iy <los»' my eyes, and firmly swallow the dosp, 
 wh»'th«'r lari^f or small. Who am I that I should set myself up 
 in opposition to veiierabh; Acts oi' Parliaments, tnirient I'rocla- 
 luations. Jioyal spee«hes, }>riefs of eonlistalioii, and other lori 
 //«^(y/r>g-/a of Ani»li('an Proti'stant theolojjty ! 1 am thankful thai 
 1 have no ho))))y — no mission— no particular * all and inspiration 
 to ov«^rturn the })eautiful ediliee of this IJritish Establishment 
 of ours in which lioweth milk and honoy — tithes an<l cum- 
 min and anise — jdeasant pastures and the fatness (»f the lan<l. 
 J vow to Jove! exilaimed J)r. Bla/es, when 1 think of ouj Cran- 
 mers, Uidleys, Latimers : our Lauds. Chillin^worths and l?urnets, 
 and all the other valiant, holy and evanireliral wights who hav«' 
 shed lustre upon relig-ion by their oonsistent devotion, 8«^lf-denial 
 and stern upholdinii' of (rospel primiples, I am heartily ashamed 
 of this pii^my, chatteriiux, refining- aiie, when little men are 
 striving to fill high offices, and the square absurdly imagines 
 it can fit the circle! [Consternation.] 
 
 But, lest you may be anxious, I shall forthwith rc;ul unto 
 you, my Brothers, the Bill aforesaid : 
 
 PLAN FOR PUTTIXO DOWN TOXFESSIOX ]N 'rilE I>R<T-AN«;. 
 
 (4IUUCH. 
 
 Whereas, divers irresponsible free-lances, not having the fear of 
 Ijord Penzance before their eyes, encourage the practice of 
 confession ; and 
 
 Whereas, others and sundry dare to hear the confessions of 
 over-confident dis« iples ; and 
 
 Whereas, those confessions have redounded to the vandal of 
 Christendom, considering the abomina]>le cats which, in un- 
 guarded moments, those confessing clergymen let out of the 
 bag into the ears of the wives of their bosom, whi< h weakness 
 may result in damage to the good repute of the penitent, esp«^ 
 cially when we contemplate the unguardedness of the female 
 tongue — [Groans ! ] — and their fondness for < urious news, usu- 
 ally yclept Gossip ; and 
 
 W^hereas, Confession makes men uncomfortable, and clips the 
 winors of that liberty by which we soar above dogmas and 
 auti.ority, and brings us face to face with our own consciences, 
 which is unlawful, for shall man judge consciences ; and 
 
 Whereas, we know that confession is a false, vain thing, for is 
 it not horribl • lepugnant to human nature? and 
 
 Whereas, Such a practice is an infringement upon the liberty 
 of the subject, and, therefore, insulting to British subjects. 
 
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 who always have, and always \\ ill n^fiisc. to lu- slaves ; th»'n»- 
 fore, be it 
 Resolved, That Confession must be put down in the Prot-Anali- 
 can Communion, and, ii' possible, throuixhout the world. 
 [Cheers.] 
 
 His Grace of Cantkubury. — I an? sure it is refrt'shing to hear 
 our good brother, Dr. Blazes, expatiate upon this tremendous 
 question of confession. Let me tell him that he does not 
 stand alone in his horror of that dreadful ordeal. I, too. have a 
 horror of it ; indeed, I never think of such a thing without a 
 chill perspiration, darling through my very }»ores. I would 
 not mind this doctrine of confession if <onhned to poor, com- 
 mon folk ; they are always telling something or otiier, but that 
 ladies and gentlemen of wealth, education and position should 
 be expected to so far forget what is due to society and them- 
 selves as to confess, is — is an — an anomaly ! Why, to ask such 
 to confess, is an implicit — ah — insinuation thut the upper 
 classes are addicted to the — aw — to th»* sins ol common fel- 
 lows ! v/hen all the world knows that the nobility and gentry 
 ot the land are models and paragons of virtue, by — inheritance. 
 In no doctrine of Rome do we find more clearly expressed 
 hei levelling policy. King and beggar tread upon one another's 
 heels at the door of the confessional ; nor will the haughty 
 church mt'^'o any allowance for the cultured class, nor modify 
 her moral canons to s'xit the peculiar requirements of wealth and 
 power Is there worldly wisdom in this ' 1 say deliberately, 
 there is not ! [Applause.] 
 
 Unfortunately, the force of evil is more prompt than influ- 
 ence of good example. Some, proli I piulor ! who are nominally 
 within the pale of the Protestant-Anglican Establishment, have 
 allowed themselves to be fascinated by this illusion of confession. 
 Why, I cannot comprehend. 
 Dr. Ritualist. — ik'g i^ardon, your Grai-e, but is not confession 
 
 recommended in the Book of Common Trayer .' 
 lilt? Grace ok C. — I am glad you have put that question, Dr. 
 Ritualist, because it enables me to explain the presence of tht* 
 injunction of confession in the Book of Common I'rayer. Tro- 
 testants of our times must recollect that in Edward Yl 's reign, 
 the change from Catholicity to Protest was quite recent, and 
 rnen's minds were Catholic, though their conduct was not. 
 The Catholic Church had existed for ilfteen hundred years when 
 Luther furnished the world with his own conception of reli- 
 gion, whit^h England accepted with some slight modilications. 
 Now, my brothers, it was not easy for Englishmen to divest 
 themselves of the traditional spirit of the old church, lie 
 
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 liv«'(l, mov«^d, luul had his bL*in<«' in a Catholic utiiiospht n'. and 
 1 <i'ri«nt' to say. the ylorioiis sun of Anglitau l're«* dogmas has 
 never bt^en abl«» to entiivly <lispers(» that Popish atmosphere 
 Irom England. This land resembles Westminster Abbey. You 
 may br«'ak the erueitixes — deface the pictures of the saints — 
 desecrate the ancient shrines, but one lu'comes consciously 
 Catholic the moment one enters that edifice. [Murmurs.] I 
 regivt it, but I think no one » an safely contradict me. \o\v, 
 ihe presence of confession in the liook of ^'ommon Prayer was 
 
 a concession to this J'opish spirit " 
 
 Dh. Bulbous. — If it was a toncession, why did the Anglican 
 
 Protestant communion reject the practice ;* 
 1 i IS Grace OK C. — Our church rejected it in practice, because, 
 from the beg;inning. it never meant anything bu.t a bit ot 
 evangelical diplomacy — a joke, in fact. 
 Du. Bulhot;s. — Then it was simply a Lie, yoi\r Grace. 
 Ills Grace OF C. — Well. Brother Bulbous, I would not exactly 
 call it by so harsh a name, but it was something- verv like a — 
 aw — a mental reservation. 
 ])H. Bulbous. — Exactly. Well, now, will your Grace explain to 
 me how it happened that the framers of the Book of I'onimon 
 Prayer solemnly claimed that the Holy Spirit guided their 
 labors with his itnerring inspiration * Did the Holy Ghost 
 ratify a Lie ? 
 J lis Grace ok C— Ahem I The— aw— the questiou is a dilHcult 
 one, if we approach it in a critical or cavilling spirit. What ^ 
 Shall we strain at gnats and swallow camels r Where would 
 controversy end. if we subjected everything to the crucible of 
 narrow interpretation f Sulhcient for us that Parliament en- 
 dorsed the Book of Common Prayer. Let us avoid that minute 
 — that — aw — scholastic impertinence which t|uenches the 
 noble expansiveness of evangelical liberty. 
 
 The fathers unanimously agreed that a more admirable 
 answer to an untimely question was never iiiven sin«e the hal- 
 cyon days ot the worthy and j>ious Cranmer. And they siiihed 
 lo think hov some men — they mentioned no names, allowed 
 themselves to be carried away by a hyi)ocritical and cavilling- 
 spirit, as his Crrace had so well observed. Thus encouraged, his 
 Grace contijiued : 
 
 "Another reason why confession was left in the ministration 
 (»l' the sick was this. Conspiracies against His Majesty the King, 
 the Parliament, the godly bishops, and pious J'rotestants. were 
 rife iji those tur})ulent days. How wise, then, to use the rite of 
 confession in order to discover those wicked attempts ! A penitent 
 would confess his crime : he would name his accom]>lices : the 
 loyal minister would 11 y to the Star Cham)»er. and inform His or 
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 ll»!r Majk'sty's advisors, and behold I villainy nippod in tht; hud 
 iind high treason exposed to the laws ! 
 
 Dr. Ritualist. — liut should not confession be held as n ^;a(•red 
 confidence, even it" not considered a sacrament ? What does 
 the world think of a man who betrays confidence ? Is he not 
 driven from the society of all honest men. treated as worse 
 than any other moral pariah, and scourged into obscurity l)y 
 the scorn and contempt of mankind ? What kind of a gospel 
 is that which betrays the last secrets of a dying man. and 
 iibuses his confidence for the destruction of his friends ? Shanit^ 
 on the men who creep to the death-bed, pretending to repre- 
 sent Christ, but in reality spies and informers who betray the 
 poor sinner with a kiss I 
 l)n. IjLAZKS. — I think our worthy brother is wasting his sympa- 
 thies on the air. Call to mind what the Anglican Protestant 
 Church really is. She is a great vState agent, rising and falling 
 with the times. The law demands her first service, and no 
 man can possibly be a true Anglican Protestant who refuses 
 to obey the State befor.' all things. [Applause.] Four or five 
 times the British Parliament commanded our church to change 
 her doctrines, and four or five times she humbly obeyed. Our 
 chief organic princij^le is the reje(4ion of Kome's authority for 
 that of the State. We voluntarily a<'<'ei)ted all the conse- 
 quentes of such a step, and it is t(w absurd for an Anglican 
 Protestant preiat*' to stand up and strive to ki<k the foundation 
 over upon which our church ;s erected. [Hear I hear !] If the 
 State says to me: ' (ro and hear that mans confession, and 
 then come and reveal his secrets to me !" my duty is plain — 
 simply to obey. That is the very essence of Protestantism in 
 all lands; it has no existence independ«'nt of the State. We 
 cannot rejei^t authority, and jmssess authority at the same time, 
 lii't those who are enamored of divine luthority go over to 
 Kome: she claims it ; we don't I [Cheers,] 
 
 Dr. Farrago do lioshon was very sorry indeed that the fathers 
 of Anglican Protestantism had left the conlession ' lauso in the 
 Book of Common Prayer. He was grieved, but not surprised. It 
 had other contradictions, such as abstaining from meat on all the 
 Fridays of the year, and t wo huiidred sainJs" days in the Calendar 
 remained staring Protestantism out of cc-untenaiice. lie strongly 
 .suspected that the early champions of Keform in England were 
 more anxious for a biu- share of the spoils than for an accurate 
 exposition of what tliey Ix-lieved. [( )rder ! and No! Nol] It was 
 a happy thinL' that in the Pnited States Episcopalians, and. 
 indeed, all ibims of Protestantism, completely ignored l>ooks of 
 any kind or formubis of bi>lief', being satisfied if the sermon 
 suited their vi«'vvs. We in the great Ii»'pul)lic, he averred, change 
 
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 Kn\r bolit'l" when wo chauiio ouv minisitT. II»^ mustsay the plan 
 works most harmoniously, and he would fsu!]'^08t a similar course 
 in the mother country. 
 
 Hereupon, the prelates plunged into an animated discussion 
 
 ys to the advisability ot settling dogmatii; and congregationa) 
 
 disputes on the American })lan. But the general sense of the 
 
 Council Mas auainst such a consummation, inasmuch as the 
 
 liohemian. i)eripatetic kind of preacher was unknown in the 
 
 respecta})le I'higlish I'iStablishment. Where there are rich bene- 
 
 iices men will cling to irremovability. The American custom 
 
 was quite objectionable. — in tact, as Dr. MacGriggs facetiously 
 
 remarked, it was very t<h(u/ij;hrane^qne in every respect. 
 
 Dr. PRKTTYM.A.N did not understand why Angli<;an Protestants 
 
 should make such an ado about confession. A few disobedient, 
 
 rebellious, too literal theori/ers favored the practii'e, but the 
 
 vast majority was thoroughly opposed to such a Popish iifno- 
 
 vation. For his part, if he felt inclined to confess his sins, he 
 
 would much i)refer to go to a Catholic priest than to a 
 
 liitualistic clergyman, tor he had his doubts as to the prudence 
 
 and reticence of the latter gentleman. Some time ago he read 
 
 of a Kitualist minister who was sharply reprimanding a lady 
 
 ])enitent for some grave olfence, "This is the third time," said 
 
 he," O no, sir; this is my first confession to you!" she ropliou, " 
 
 " Ah ! beg pardon," quoth he, " I see now my mistake ; it was 
 
 t/our sister. " fClreat Merriment.] If that was the idea Ritualistic 
 
 confessors formed of their obligations, he would rather be 
 
 excused from trusting them with his conscience. 
 
 Dr. MacCrriggs thought that they were affrighting them- 
 . selves with shadows. There was no fear that confession would 
 over become popular in the English Establishment. C\)nfession 
 involves many unpleasant consequences, which his right reverend 
 brothers seemed to overlook. Just think of our merchants, our 
 nobility, our middle class, being obliged to make restitution, to 
 pay their debts, and to act justly tow^ards all men. Think of the 
 terrible yoke rejecting mere thoughts of evil ! Think of the 
 stern code which obliges man and woman to avoid sinful occa- 
 sions. Why. l)rothers. our theatres would be eiupiy, oiu amatory 
 novelists would be driven to the irarret, andouv modern ;scieiili-!ts 
 would speak to empty benches. There are too many human 
 interests opposed to confession to justify a Iciir of its ever being 
 accepted by ihose classes who support the i!]stablishmi'nt. 1 am 
 sure his Koyal Highness the Prince of Wales would steer cau- 
 tiously to w indward of coiif*'ssion. There is, happily, no morti- 
 licaiion in the blood of the (leorges. Why, consider a moment ! 
 I'jVeii the ('hur<'h of Komc is obliged to menace excommunication 
 against many i>f her own followers, who m^glect lo approach 
 
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 the sacrament at Easter! And lae are alVaid that (onfession, ant! 
 the mortihcation.s it iniplievs may invade th.^ i)leasant pastures ol 
 faith-aloneness ! Take coiirat^-e, brothers, the danger is a mere 
 speck in the distance ; we shall never be compelled to choose 
 between confession and our benefices ! [Cirreat applause] 
 
 Dr. Misoneger said that the negT0«\s j^ractised confession, 
 also the Methodists. The stool of repentance was a modification 
 of the Popish tribunal. It had one advantage, however, ovei: its 
 lioman ])rototype in that the (jonscience-stricken h^ubject merely 
 confessed those sins which were known to his or her neighbors, 
 and thus condoned their shortcomings in the cy^vs of ih*^ ])ublic, 
 by treating them to a coat of ])ious varnish. [Smiles] There 
 are some people, my brothers, who' answer lludibras' d«'scrip- 
 tioji by 
 
 " Coiuloiiiiig Kins tlit'v arc itK liu.-d to 
 
 By »ltunniiij( tlniKc tli< V liavv no mind ti>." 
 
 [Order! ] But 1 will not preaih ; I know too well where 1 am; 
 
 this is no place for homilies. 
 
 What a pity it is, said Dr. Distinguo. that a trick of tenth 
 
 century priestcraft should have enslaved men to such an extent 
 
 that they are ready to lay open to a man the most hidden recesses 
 
 of their consciences. But the tenth was a very, very dark cen- 
 tury, and that accounts for it. 
 
 Di-'. IliTUALiHT.— Accounts lor what ;' 
 
 Dr. DiSTlNonu. — Why, for the devising and iatroduction of con- 
 fession to be sure. I am surprised at such a question. 
 
 Dr. Ritualist. — May 1 ask, my })rother, where was the mira- 
 culous individual who prevailed upon his fellow-men to con- 
 fess their sins to him ? Please liive us the name of that 
 thaumatnrgus — that wonder-worker of the tenth century. 
 
 Dr. DiSTlNciiio. — Mathematical exactness is not to be sought for 
 in matters of this kind. The name I cannot give 
 
 Dh. MacGrkuis. — Beg ])ardon ; })erhaps it was John Smith. 
 (Signs of disgust.] 
 
 Dr. Di>jtiN(.uu. — It was not Johri Smith, sir, nor Thomas Kobin- 
 son, tior yet Creorge lirown, nor Samuel MacGriggs either ! 
 [Cheers.] As 1 was saying, the name I cannot give, })Ut the 
 fact I read of in a little evangelical work, i>rinted by the 
 Society lor the Promotion of Christian luiiorance. — eh — I 
 mean, Knowledge. It is now, I believe, out of print. But it 
 was a v«'ry pious work, indeed, and worthy of Foxe or d'Aubi- 
 \^n^. He was a monk, of course, and was an adept at mes- 
 merism. When the j)eople had become habituated to the act, 
 it was no longer necessary to mesmerize them. 
 
 Du Ritualist.— But how will you exi)lain the fa^-t that liere in 
 
till 
 
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 "Riiglaiid, ill till' st'Vt'iith ct'iitu ;, V'ciicrtihlo l»'do, an I'Jio'ish- 
 maii, published a book ralh'd the PciiitAMitiai, uhich i^pjaks 
 of secret auricidar cont'ession as a matter of course? 
 
 1)R. i)lsTlN'<}Un.— Ah ! let me see! The tenth century '—the tenth 
 century! why. wh^t am I thinking about ? I should have 
 said the sixth century. I have such a wretched memory, you 
 know ! 
 
 Dr. KlTT\\M.'iT. — lUit Top." [/'o, in the fifth century, in his letter 
 13G, addressed to Theodore, savs : " E.r. a/tostolica ren'uln aujficere 
 ronfe.<M'oftem upcreldtn, in qua remeilia offerenlw penUentihus.'' " Ac- 
 cording to the apostolic rule, secret confession, which affords 
 a remedy to penitents, suffices." 
 
 Dr. DistiN(VU(). — Did I not say, my good brother, that I had a 
 wretched memory ,' I am nevertheless amazed at my forget - 
 fulness. Let me say. once lor all, that the fact occurred in the 
 fourth century, towards the end, — no, about the middle. — 
 stop ; now 1 come to rellecf about the matter, it was at the 
 })eginning. Yes, at the ))eginning of the fourth century, 
 confession was established, as narrated in the aforesaid pious 
 book. I hope my good friend is satisfied. 
 
 Di!. KiTT'ALlsi. — Very sorry, I am sure, but in thi' third century, 
 Origen says: •' Dfleri jiecnitu si roH/r/earis nun tnntum Deo, Sf.(f 
 iis (jiii /tos.'iifnt mederi rnhifribtfs.'' " Your sins are wiped out, if" 
 you confess, not only to (rod. but to those who can cure your 
 wounds." Ami in his homily, 2nd in Leviticus, he adds : 
 'i//ns es.<p smrrf/otes D^/,"' that is : "and those (who can cure 
 your wounds) are the priests of ( lod." Cyprien cries out : 
 " L'M each one confess his sins, my brethren, and w hile satis- 
 faction and the remission, made by the priests, is pleasing to 
 (rod ! " '• Con fi (pan fur ^sini^-nli iineso vos, fnilrei, dtlicium suum, dum 
 ad.linc — mtist'i'rfio et ronissio, farfa per s'arerdotes, Deum i2;rat(i est.'' 
 De Lapsis, No. 2l>. What do you say to that, my brother ^ 
 
 Dr. Dl.STlN(HJO [very red and confused] — Well, it was in the 
 book! — it was in the book' It may have occurred in the 
 second century, and really — really — why, I declare it most 
 taiuly did 1 
 IvlTrr'vLIST.- 
 whic^'h the Primitive Church existed in all its original splen- 
 dor, according to tiu* unanimous consent of all Anglican- 
 Protestant divines 
 
 1)r. DisTiNcrC'o. — Suidl we fall back upon Popish aurhorities to 
 strengthen an argument or make a point? Shall we set up 
 your Cyprians, your Leos, your Augustines, your Origens, your 
 Tertullians against the express words of a book, a pious book, 
 an evangelical book, printed, too, by the Society for the Pro- 
 motion of Christian Knowledge ? [Cheers.] Shall we forget 
 
 ( ertaiuly did happen in the second- 
 1)R. IvlTtr.VLlsT. — Hut. that was one of the ceuMiries during 
 
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 that gospel liberty which the glorious Reformation guaranteed 
 to us a.M, and shall we stoop to this and that authority ^ Shall 
 
 we, I siy " 
 
 Dr. Kituallst. — Very tempestuous, my good brother, and slightly 
 ad aiptandum. lias venerable antiquity no weight with you .' 
 Dr. DlSTlNiiUO. — Let me distinguish, sir; let m»' distinguish ' 
 When Koman antiquity is brought forward, I shall never 
 allow it to influence me one iota. If it were Protestant anti- 
 quity, now, I wovild " 
 
 Dr. KiTUALiST. — But Protestantism has no antiquity. 
 Dr. MacGrkkjs. — Yes, but it has, brother Kitualist. Every 
 (3entury, from the first to the sixteenth, had its good, sound 
 Protestants, who protested against Popery. The Xicolaites. 
 the Arians, Pelagians, Donatists, and Nestorians. what were 
 th(^y, I'd like to know, but true blue Protestants I Pooh I pooh ' 
 — we've got antiquity as well as the Papists. 
 The discussion had now arrived at such a point that th<! 
 assembh'd lathers, uneasy and disgusted, were much delighted 
 when his Grace of Canterbury arose and spake thus : 
 
 '• Far })e it from me to iminite motives, or to yield to uncha- 
 ritable suspicions and surmises, yet I cannot allow this occasion 
 to pass without putting upon record my formal and solemn pro- 
 test against the very objectionable course which ^Jr. Kitualist 
 has seen fit to pursue in this discussion. The pious book, which 
 contained the fact referred to by our much-esteemed co-laborer 
 in the vineyard. Dr. Distinguo, whose erudition, impartiality, 
 piety and clear discrimination between truth and absurdity are 
 patent to all, the pious book, I repeat, is in my library, and that 
 fact is plainly recorded therein ! [Great cheering.] V.'hat, then, 
 becomes of Dr. Ritualist's labored quotations, which, to w/y mind, 
 were exceedingly weak and obscure I I sincerely trust that no 
 prelate here present will allow Dr. Ritualist's puerilities to 
 disturb his mind, but rather be more confirmed in his belief in 
 the little pious book issued by the Society for the Promotion of 
 Christian Knowledge, which informs us that conies-sion wa.s 
 introduced by a lazy, cunning monk in the — in the — wlkat cen- 
 tury, did you say, Dr. Distinguo V \ 
 Dr. Distinguo. — I beg to drop the discussion, y^our Gractl. My 
 I'eelings have been too deeply lacerated by the over-peraislent 
 and most ungenerous onslaught which I have }>een obliged te 
 sutler from my late antagonist. I have done with polemics. 
 Dr. RiTU.ALisT. — A most wise conclusion! 
 
 Here his CJrace of Canterbury, forgetting his question aa to 
 the century, suddenly remembered that the whole matter had 
 been brought to a most satisiactory cojiclusion, and ended the 
 day's labors by imploring his brethren to manifest on all occa- 
 
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 sioiis tho spirit of uiuininiily and conoord which shoiio upon 
 those coiil\'roii('es like a briuht luminary in the depths ol' the 
 firmament. For, what are \v«», he further remarked, but worms 
 <»f the earth wormy !* And what was man's true lii^ht. il" not 
 that pre-eminent blaze of private judirmeiit which illuminated 
 the church, independent of that grubbinff amonir the past cen- 
 turies for makeshifts to prop up oppressive doctrines withal ■ 
 For his part, he was free to say, he did not like antiquity He 
 never entered those obscure reo-ions that he did not return with 
 a blush upon his face, so inconceivable was the weakness of our 
 boasted reason iu allowinij itself to be enslaved, petrified, de- 
 stroyed by the hoary Church of Rome. He strongly depre<ated 
 IJrother llitualists borrovvinu' of texts from the advt'rsary, and 
 sympathized deeply with Dr. Distinguo's atilictingand wretched 
 memory. He had heard that port wine stimulant was an excel- 
 lent tonic in such ca-vs. 
 
 And so ended tie- aH'air. 
 
 rONFKRENCE VII. 
 
 IN WUICII \ PERSONAL DEVIL IS INTKoDUCEI) V.ND IIELI. 
 
 DI.SCUSSEI). 
 " ItLir ud O'fum,"— (Jiouf to the Dfvil. 
 
 To estuldish the existence of hell and a per.sonal devil is of 
 much interest to all l'rotestant.s, more especially Protestants of 
 the Anulican tSchool. To become properly acquainted with the 
 subject in this world, may spare us a surj>rise in the next, where, 
 though the louic may perhaps be on our side, the devil may be 
 (•n the other. It is an ext-eedingly repulsive matter to approach, 
 this business of a personal devil and hell, nevertheless, as men's 
 minds are disturbed at the ]>resent day by diverse argunnMit> 
 //^(» and ((iti.iin (Ecumenical Lambeth Conference would be want- 
 ing to itself and to mankind, if it did not attem})t to settle the 
 diihculty to the satisfaction of disp\itants of every color and hue 
 of human belief It is pleasing to the Evangelical mind t<» 
 conteinj)lat«' the great interest which men of ad valued ideas are 
 takiiiir in the devil and his abode. Even those who d*'ny the 
 existence ol the evil spirit, prove, by their laboii'd elibrts in that 
 direition. that they are somewhat troubled about the mattir. 
 This is very encc»uraging. 
 
 It is an historical fact that Christendom, previous to the 
 
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 sixt^vntli rontury, was ju'vor aju^itatod \\ ith r(>ntrov«>rsit\s touch- 
 ing tho t'xistoncf^ of thp dovil and a i>laoo of punishment in the 
 next worhl. I am afraid our leading I'rotestant doctrine of 
 private judgment is much to bhimefor the wide-spread skepticism 
 of our time. It was never intended to be allowed to be tiie 
 privilege of the masses, nor even, of the enlightened amonii' the 
 laity. Protestantism w ished simply to cut a bottomless chasm 
 between popish authority and the supporters of reform, but. 
 unfortunately, the pro fan urn rul*rux, the common herd in abandon- 
 ing Rome turned their backs on religion, morality and (rod. and 
 are now dragging their leaders, the clerffv, down into the same 
 abyss. His (J race of Canterbury very properly disavowed any 
 pretension on our part of withstanding inlidelitv, because, it is 
 an ill bird that Ibuls its own nest. Voltaire was. as a logical 
 Protestant, a century ahead of his co-reliaionists. His greatest 
 practical exponent was the JJeign of Terror. Very stranj>e 
 indications of a <oming convulsion — a bouleversement of the 
 foundations of civilizarion — are furnished us on all sides. Some 
 are of opinion that we are on the eve of another practical 
 exposition of the logical results of private judnment. I have 
 always held that private Judgment should have been an exclusive 
 priviieae of the clergy. l>ut, then, on the other haiul. I am 
 <loubtful of my position w hen I see I'rotestant clergymen push- 
 ing their private judgment into the realm of candles and 
 chasubles. There must be something wanting in a principle 
 which involves a continual series of patent condradictions. [ 
 am afraid the fathers of reform were badly guided when they 
 enunciated this excessively demo'ratic^. doctrine, for. anything 
 like unity of belief is utterly impossible if one once admit the 
 logical conclusions to which it inevitably carries us. For in- 
 stance : a minister ot our church preaches that there is no God. 
 The flock are horrified, and appeal to the bishop. The bishop 
 issues a commonition. The clergyman falls back upon his 
 ]>rivilege of private judgment, and — there w^e are I What is the 
 bishop going to do about it ?' Either he condemns the cleric or 
 does not. If he condemn him, what becomes of private judg- 
 m nt ; If he condemn him not, then atheism is a part and parcel 
 of the Protestant system ! A terrible conclusion, and yet. I see 
 no way out of it. I wish that the Lambeth Conference had 
 settled this question as satisfactorily as it did the other matters 
 discussed. It would have been a boon to many a perplexed mind. 
 The morning of the sixth and last Conference was beautiful 
 and balmy as a Westminster Abbey sermon. The little birds, 
 like an infant Band of Hope, burdened the trees with melodious 
 praise. The odor of hawthorne flowers, nature's sweet incense, 
 soothed Evangelical olfactories with perennial delight. A lazy 
 
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 liffht lay winkinii" slcopily upon tho chiirmiim' meadows, daisy- 
 spanuh'd and venlant. I lore and there large-eyed, timid deer 
 t^nirt'ed the moninii' air with head erect and majestic pos»'. Little 
 silken rabbits peeped cautiously from clumps of tern, with ears 
 alert, pretty example to those obtuse Christians who turn a deal' 
 ear to the pious expounders of a Sabbath hour. All was serene, 
 peacel'ul, calm, little betokening the horrid, strident clamor over 
 hell and the devil which was to shake Protestant orthodoxy to 
 its deepest foundations. 
 
 As the prelates, portentous as to visage, and as to oyo 
 IVaught with the fury of intellectual warlight, filed 'along, two 
 and two, they interchanged mutual congratulations over the fine 
 weather. Full of enthusiasm, piety and breakfast, one would 
 hardly dream that presently dreadful contention would set the 
 reverend fathers by the ears in the full tide and whistling rush 
 of polemics! Dr. Distinguo ventured the observation that it was 
 " a fine morning." Dr. liulbous, after eyeing the speaker for an 
 i is';ant, as if to discover some covert allusion to the forthcoming 
 debate, coincided with a modified expression that it was '• rather 
 a fine day." Then he threw another searching glance at Dr. 
 Distinguo, and seemed satisfied with the inspection, for his stern 
 visage broke into a genial grin. Dr. Ritualist thought that the 
 morning was hardly orthodox. Dr. Blazes asked why ? Dr. 
 Ritualist unto this replied that nature had put on variegated 
 vestments w hile ministerini>- at the grand altar of mother earth. 
 Dr. Blazes said he wrote verses before he had arrived at the years 
 of discretion, but never » ould abide it since. Dr. Ritualist insi- 
 nuated that some wrote both in verse and prose before they had 
 arrived ai years of dis( retion, and yet, strange to say. three score 
 and ten had been inscribed on their tombstones, which informa- 
 tion Dr. Blazes received anythinu" but gratefully. On the contrary 
 the reverend prelate developed alarming indications of high but 
 carefully suppressed dudgeon. Dr. Misoneirer volunteered the 
 pleasant remark that only one feature was wanting to mak«» the 
 morning scene perfect. Dr. IJoaneruvs inquired what that might 
 be V Whereupon Dr. Misoneuer. to the great surprise of all, 
 responded; "A few riuht smart alligators!" J)r. lioanerges 
 shuddered perceptibly and moved quickly away from his 
 ( ynical companion. Dr. Pn^ttyman, who was of a highly poetic 
 temperament, urevv idyllic and pastoral — a beautiful mingling of 
 '(rospel and (reorgi<'s — and exclaimed: "How lovely is Flora 
 sleeping in the sunlight, while attendant birds — musical nymphs 
 
 — chant her epithalamium ! How ! " the reverend palate 
 
 had been moving backward, like a Druid high priest, gracelully 
 jiivsticulating the while, but a sudden stumble sent him down 
 Jipon his back into the bounds of an artfully concealed duck- 
 
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 pond. 1I«' was lishod out in dismal ))li^lii, and wliilo he stood 
 rui'lully o})s<Mvant of his humid canonicals, }K)istfrous merriment, 
 shook the aTumcnicul party to its very midriff, until some 
 one, must«'rin«i- up his uood ])reedin•^^ i^rateliilly requested the 
 moist prtdate to continue his ha])py vein of i)oesy. This excited 
 the reverend man to somcthini;' likearecalcitration ol'the ancient 
 Adam, so that further improvising- was not forthcominij,', which 
 was stranu^c, under the circumstances. However, it wascharmini> 
 to hear Brother I'rettyman that day discuss human fate and the 
 strikinii" examples of suhlime patience in the midst of extreme 
 crises displayed by various good Christians thoroughly imbued 
 with (fospel i)rincij)les in all ages since the foundation of the 
 Anglican Protestant Chureh. And all the time. und«'r the rose. 
 — though, perchance, he may not have suspected the truth — the 
 much tried g-eutleman was i)reaching- himself. And it is just in 
 this that he and T*aul differed, and, moreovtn-, I opine Dr. I'retty- 
 man stands not unique and alone in the world. Dr. Philonegcr 
 -he was from the vicinity of Boston, U. f^., and therefore, sup- 
 posed to know all doctrines and sciences much better than those 
 wno held and taught them, — quoted Milton's fine lines, *' Sweet 
 is the breath of morn, its rising' sweet " «S:c., greatly to the sur- 
 prise of the English doctors, who had l)een of opinion that 
 Milton had not as yet crossed the Atlantic ocean. To which I 
 beg leave humbly to answer that several less famous, but no 
 more atrabilious Puritan ever immigrated to the New^ World. 
 For some reason or other, — such ismans frailty, — Dr. Prettyman 
 colisidered the question pergonal, and forthwith proceeded to 
 rebuke Dr. I'hilonegvr in very common pro.se. An alter*'ation 
 was imminent, but they had now reached the sacred precincts 
 of ConfereiuH' Hall, and mundane things spread their motley 
 wings and flitted silently away. 
 
 His Graie of Canterbury looked more grave than usual as 
 he took his seat, and the shuffling' in of the other a'cumenicals 
 was suggestive of an important crisis. When each prelate had 
 breathed a short i)rayer, according to his own views of such 
 matters, and had taken his seat, his (Irace arose witli such 
 majesty, that several whispered to their neiglibors. •• What a fine 
 Pope he would make ! "" 
 
 '• It is with no ordiiuiry sense of the vast importance of the 
 occasion that I ari.se, my })rolhers. to address you Kevolutionarv 
 opinions ar«> abroad, and men scan the religious skies with an- 
 xiously foreboding glance. Dire motives, not to speak of coverts, 
 are A^'scried in the empyrean depths, while disorder howls along- 
 its eccentric i)ath. A scoffing and unbelieving generation sur- 
 rounds us on all sides, and ])ure orthodoxy seems to have- 
 gathered up its skirts and fled to parts unknown. 
 
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 the ofiasioii ! The oy«^s of England and America are upon us ! 
 
 Nay, I verily believe that the Pope is, as this moment, haunting" 
 
 the telegraph ofiices ol" liome. anxiously awaiting news of this 
 
 discussion. Keepinu' th<*.se hicts helore our mind's eye. should 
 
 we not excite ourselves to extra efibrt^ in ordi^r that pure Angli- 
 
 « an Protestant oi)inion may shine, may })laze, in the iace oi' her 
 
 Ibes i [Applause.] 
 
 ''The questions for discu.ssion at this Conference are two- 
 
 I'old : lo Does a personal devil exist ? and '2o. Is there a hell :* 
 
 As to the first question, I think no man can deny the existenoi^ 
 
 (»f the devil ; for if he did not t'xist what use would tlien* be ol 
 
 preachers :* "' 
 
 Dli. Ik'iJ5oi's. — That is a most extraordinary argument, if I may 
 be permitted to say .so. Then the devil must bt^ the })rime 
 motive of orthodoxy teaching. I am amazed at su( h an asser- 
 tion in the mouth of a church dignitary ! Whv. inlidels say 
 that. 
 
 Dh. MlSDNEdER. — Accordiiii,'" to the Fetich svstem. the remark of 
 his grace is souiul, for, take the devil out of that doctrine, and 
 its preachers would want inspiration. 
 
 Dh. Uulhous. — What we want is some solid argument, if not 
 convincing at least plausible, showing the. existence of ix 
 personal devil. 
 
 His Grack ok C. — I am coming at that, if Dr. Bulbous will per- 
 mit me to speak. 1 shall not use any scriptural argument 
 because man will never agree upon the right interpretation of 
 a siiijjile text of the bible. Such quotation would end in 
 nothing but loss of time. But I shall treat the subject histori- 
 cally, traditionally 
 
 Dk. IJuLBous. — Tradition! [Murmurs.] 
 
 Ills Grace of C. — There is no harm in using tradition to prove 
 the existence of the devil. As to sacrements and such things, 
 it wouid be very dillert'iit. 
 
 Dr. TvITUALIst. — lUit sacremints do not belong to tradition. 
 
 His Grace of C. — The argument must be coniined to the devil ; 
 let us keep to the point. I say historically, traditionally and 
 rationally the ])root of the devil's existence i,^ overwhelming. 
 
 Dr. liuLUous. — I'd like to hear that proven I 
 
 Ills Grace of C. — It is the easiest thing in the world, wh(Mi you 
 come to think of it. to ]>rove the existence of the devil. 
 
 Dr. Bitlrous. — We are waiting, your Crrace. 
 
 His Grace of G. — Dear me I don't treat this question as of 
 paramount im])()rtance over everything else ! 1 am getting 
 qtiite nervous, atl'ected, I suppo.se, l)y the solemn visages that, 
 surround me. Come, my brothers, let us be more cheerful in. 
 
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 Tnlkinn' aUout tlit* dt'vil. Lft us iinaiiiin' w i' iin- fryinuf to 
 provf ♦equinoctial jm'c^'ssions, or tran.sits, or somothiiiff ol" that 
 kind. I do not seo why we shouhl «vou ni'Mition the dt»nion 's 
 nann'. Now. I hav»» a suiys^estion to niakc. Thf l*]squiniiiux 
 aboriirint's call tho devil ToUNRAllK Now. h't us call him, or 
 it, by the same name, , It will he pleasanter lor the nerves, 
 and souikI le.ss like profihiity. 
 |)ii. HrMiHors. — Let us have no compromise, no quibble ! This 
 
 di.scussion is about the (h'vil, and nothinu' else. 
 Dr. IJo.WKUOKS. — I am under the impression that the question 
 getting considerably confused. This is not sentiment ; this is 
 a simple scientiKc enquiry. Is there a devil or not ^ that's the 
 subject ibr investigation. As to the suuyestion of your Grace 
 that we should use the I*]squimaux, or more properly, the 
 Itmuit expression, Tornrark, I beg h'ave to observe that such 
 a course would be indiscreet. We should iirst know th«Mnean- 
 ing those people attach to the. word Tornrark, for it may not 
 mean the devil at all. It may simply describe a kind of genius 
 or djinn of the Oriental species, whi<h is not a devil, but a 
 rather malicious spirit, with some good points in him. Now. 
 
 it is clear, there are no good points in our ilevil "' 
 
 Pi{. liT'Li{(jTT.'^. — I deny that ! if the devil is, there is something- 
 good in him. ilis being, for instance. 
 \)\\. I5(i\NKR(iK.><. — My irood brother, the discnission is whether a 
 devil exists or not. So, your argument is fallacious. Let us 
 be logical 
 Dr. KiTiTAMST. — lUit how can we be logical whoi; ^he scriptural 
 j>roof is ruh'd out ? Now, I came here to-day with a formida- 
 ble array of texts proving the existence of the devihr Wliy 
 cannot so satisfactory a course be left open, in order to curtail 
 lengthy discussion ? 
 His (track ok C. — Lengthy di.scussion curtailed! Why, my 
 brother, have you arrived at your present dignity without 
 knowing the terrible results which a text produces whenever 
 Protestants meet to argue a point ? One text w ould be bad 
 enough, but a ''formidable array" would keep us here tor 
 twelve calendar months, at least ! 
 
 One would have imagined to witness the reluctance with 
 which each revt^rend doctor approached the thesis, that the 
 '[uestion conc^erning the devil involved something very personal. 
 Dr. Cowrieshell remarked that ethnological arguments in general 
 were vain as explicative of the religious intelligence of peoples : 
 nevertheless he was bound to say that the faithful in his African 
 Diocese, believed a good deal more in the devil than they did in 
 himself, though preach he ever so well. The doctrine of those 
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 «'d l)roth('rs. thfy worship the evil Ix'ins*' with many liiott'scjur 
 rik*8. As to th«' r«al meaning' of those rites tlicy understand us 
 little as do our i^ood l»rothers the Ritualists th(»se liuhts and 
 chasnhles of whieh they make so unorthodox a parade. Ih-re 
 iJr. Kitualist interrupted the speaker, delicately insinuatini:- that 
 if Dr. Oowrieshell knew as much a})oiit the jiospei as the KiiiUil- 
 ists did of vestments and the meanint»* thereof, that his dusky 
 Hock would not he worshippini*' the devil after twenty years (.f 
 his powerful ministration. [Shame.) \)r. C'ovrieshell thankfd 
 iioodness there was no i)opery about him. and that if he could 
 not make his Hock ardent anglicans, he was d«'termined he 
 would not make them papists. [C'heers.j He would sooJier 
 leave them as they were than to })e so far wantinii in his duty 
 as that. J)r MacCiri<it^s said — and tlie fathers always trembled 
 when he arose to speak — that if his uodly friends continued the 
 discussion in stub a pronounced strain, they wc»uld rai.'^e the devil 
 and thus happily end the controversy, by an o( ular demon- 
 stration evident to all. iJr. Landi»rab was ol <n>inion that the 
 New Zealanders believ«'d in an evil spirit and were, indeed, ac- 
 tuated l)y him ; for well did he remember on a certain occasion 
 when he oHered a beautiful Ihble as a i)ious eijuivalent for live 
 hundred acres of good arable land, the chie] luo.st interested told 
 him to '• go to the devil!" Which sacrile«j,ious objuri^ation ex- 
 < ited roars of laugliter amonn' the Maoris pr»'.s<'nt. [A whisper: 
 '• What the dear, lieroic missionaries have to sutler I ) Jt was 
 at this i)oint that Dr. Misoneger so far forv(»t hims«'lfas to in- 
 dulge in the gi'ossest levity whi<h was almost unanimously 
 repudiated by the lathers. He asked Dr. Landgrab if he had 
 ever been eaten by the New Zealanders! Dr. Land^raW insist'il 
 lor a time that the words should be tak»'n down, but, after a 
 heated controversy, the matter was allowed to drop. 
 
 Dr. Philoneuer asked his brothers how they intended to 
 approach the subject under dis»-ussion. In boston, for instanct. 
 they were very well acipuiinled with diabolical subjects ; in 
 lact they had reduced them to a scientili*- form. They rathfi 
 evoked the existence of a devil from their own conciousness than 
 sous^ht exterior proofs th<'re(.|. Any man who walks tin- stre.is 
 of our irreat cities, whose curiositv may h'ad him to a lias-liLtht 
 investigation of towns, need not waste muth time in speculation 
 as to the existence of the evil one. The devil stares him the (ace 
 ;:t every corner. 
 Dk. BuLHors. — The (juestion is about a i)ersonal devil, and not 
 
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 riunp-iiK'ctiiiu: uintirniio^ ;iu<l. I do asMiif you. t ln' riowd lUMMlcd 
 no sp«'(i:d iiruiiiiK'iit to ♦'sti«l>lisii llic fxisU'iirc <d thf devil 
 They not only Ix'licvcd in the devil : tlit v saw him I 
 Ills (Jj{A<K nK ('. — »Sa\v hiiu, lirother Misonener :* 
 Dk', Misonkoku — Saw hiui, as sure as v<>«i are tliere And, il' 
 I'm not very much mistaken. I saw liim niyselt. [Dreadlui 
 sensation and some uroanincr} 
 Skvkual FATUKlis. — What — what, brother, Wi>s he like? 
 Dr. MisoNKdiiR. — As lar as ! could make out. lie was a rather 
 intelliiient. polite looking sliape. (►!" dark c(»mi)lexion, and 
 siu^nilicant eyes. It may hav«' i»een imauination. hut he seemed 
 to wear lawn sleeves, an apron ami a shovel hat, and h»dd what 
 appeared to he a r>il)le in his riiiht claw, lor I conceived him 
 to have claws, and not hands, {('omnudion and loud cri«»« of 
 '•.Shame!'! Blame me not, my hrotluMs. 1 relate the vision 
 as it did address mino «iyes. It the devil was i»uilty ol a 
 Koleoism and a personality, he thedislionor on him not on me I T() 
 make sure, 1 i n vest i •fated several ancient darkies (»!' both sexes, 
 who unanimously agreed that they. too. had seen his Satanic 
 Majesty iTi the garb to which I have referred. Pam n(<t credu- 
 lous, but certainly it was a very suiigestive and strikin*.:^ appa- 
 rition. In conclusion, allow me to observe that I know of no 
 place where the devil would be more apt to put in an appear- 
 ance than at a cam|)-meetina", whether black or white. 
 I)R. Ii().\NER<}ES. — i*ooh : pooh ! a Methodist orgy in the woods, I 
 
 presume. 
 Dr. MisoNKdKR. — But the Methodists are Protestants, are thov 
 
 not 'f 
 Dr. r»().\NKl{UK.«<.--\o. sir, they are not I They are Dissenters! 
 I)R. MlS()NK(}Kl{. — And, pray, brother, what are Anglican I'ro- 
 t ants but Dissenters from Ivome ? We are all di.ssenters, no 
 matter by what name we are known. lUit let us stick to the 
 
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 D'* r>la/,es here interj>osed with a solmn ]»i<)tesi. He was 
 <leei)ly urieyed .it the turn this very important discussion had 
 taken. ( )n»' would imagine that this was a (^onventi<le of non- 
 conformists, instead of a Lambeth Conference whose o'cumenicity 
 )i() sane anglican doulited. It was to be deejily rciiretted that 
 Koine fathers — h»' named no names — should allow the old Adam 
 lo usurp the stage and play siu'h fantastic tricks as to nuike the 
 Itomans howl with glet-. There is a shockinu' familiarity when 
 upeaking <d satan, esj)t'cially when we rellect that that tlesperate 
 spirit may, at this moment, be sniggering and rejoicing at our 
 very elbows' [Several |)relates glaiKc timidly over their 
 shoulders.) There is a covert sneer in Dr. Misoiieger's reminis- 
 cence w hich bodes ill for the future orthodoxy of the Southern 
 
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 •(loul)t my I'l'spt'ricd hrothcr is ((irrci t as ti> tin- si ifiitilic- 
 knowlt'dii"*' (if Satan which Uostoii possesses. I'or. I liavr never 
 reatl. in aii» ieni or modern liistory. of a i)e()j)le who tlieoreti- 
 eiilly and |>ract ieally i)rove that a (h-vil )intr<f exist, as strikinirly 
 as my hrotlieis townsmen. 
 
 \)\i. Pllil.o.NKCKi: — Wliat about London ^ 
 
 DiJ. IUtlhot's. — Sir, wlien we approach Lon<h)n. criticism must, 
 c«'use. This is l*jn<,',land. vou must know. This is th«» focus 
 of enliiihtennitMit and the headquarters of morality. This is 
 .\('adia, where primal innocence prevails, and iiuman nature 
 walks the earth, a lanih in oenlleness, a lion in couraire. and 
 a Sphinx in discretion. This is the htjuie of John Hull and 
 t ommon sense The present morality of IJoston is. I doubt 
 not, a judgment upon her for initiatinu' a wicked, a lawless, 
 an iin alled-for rebtdlion. l*rovincialism is always immoral ; 
 we are sublimely Cosmopolitan! do to (Irosvenor Scpiare — 
 traverse Rotten Jiow — si roll alonij; Ke'^eiLt Street — visit the 
 lofty mansions of our far de.se« '.ded aristocracy — peep into St. 
 I'aul's — ascend the Monument — study the Museum — see the 
 Tower — and then, if you can. breathe the faintest hint of 
 immorality against us. I do not contend for th" lower classes. 
 
 , 1 thank my stars I never was bnmght into contact with that 
 species of humanity. I admit thiMO may besomethinL" \vantinj4' 
 to the perfection cd" their virtues; we cannot expect in;'.ch 
 from that class jbit as to the aristocracy, sir. then^ is a 
 nob'lity — a relincnnMit about the lew vices inherent in tint 
 small portion of human nature which a title fails to cover, 
 which attracts more tjian it repels Look for the devil where 
 you i)|ease, but V'tU v\ ill search for him in vain in those palact»s, 
 wluM'e <>'ilde<l plush an.>vv«r- the (h>or bell. "Tis I'asy amonijfst 
 a (h'mocracy. j i»raiil v«*u. be< ause a tattered cat ill-conceals 
 the devil, and an eniply purse is a poor passport to evanf^'elical 
 san<'tity. I vovv and declare that if theie be a d"\ il, he loses 
 his most rei)ulsi\e leai-iVc when adorned with a title, a ribbon 
 or a featlu'r and trair. Sir. if the devil spe-iKs l<]ni^lish, lui 
 speaks it with a u sal twaiiu', ami never drops his " h's." 
 I Si uch merriment ami applause] 
 
 IM.'. Mlso.\i.:(iKK. — 1 believe t'lat the devil i> just as much an 
 arisiocral as a democrat. l"'or m\' own j)ari. liowever, 1 <lon't 
 see the )i.'cessity of lia\iim' a devil, for the world is cominu' b^ 
 that pass that men are rapidly dc\ t'lo|>iii<i- ti {-"'rfection of dtwil- 
 try unicpic and peculiar Just loolv ai, our socuU cojiditiouH 
 everywhere. Why, the devil's in "eiU, sure, for all seem to be 
 rusliinu* down t'le iirecij)ice old -struct ion, like the swine 
 mentioned in the Hible. The old seri)ent is rakinii* 'em in. I 
 fan tell you I remember some years ago 1 vvas at a nii^e-,.r 
 
so 
 
 iState.s of Aint'iita. It was hiul tMiouuh to s •.' th»' (l»'vii. })ut to 
 <lolh«' him ill «'i)is('oj)al nariii'iils was. I }it'i<'(l('<la>'t'. a lour .s(»'p 
 Ih'VoikI thf worst iiialii't' ol' the Pai)ists. I hav»' h«*ard oT sulaii 
 rhaiiiiinu' hiinst'lf into an ;Mii>t'l of liuht, ]»ut w lio t'V«*r h»'ai<). ol 
 liini fhani;inii- liinist'Il' into an .mulican hislioji ;* l)r. Kitiuili>t 
 whispered that the dt'vil had nio'c taste than to wear an apr>>ii 
 and a siiovel hat, or coal-seiUtl '. hut no on-- i»aid any attenti.-n 
 to such atrocious ph-asantry. 
 
 Dli. Fah1{A(,() Di-: IJositoN. — As the AiiL'li' an-l'rotestant-Lutheran- 
 < alvinistie )>isliop of Western N«.'w York, I tliink the <]ue.stii»n 
 liiiiiht K'e sinq)iili«*d if we turn to the propci- sdureesid' sanlani< 
 inlorniation. Tiie Mauiehii'ans made ihed'\il a vast •)eini>" 
 
 ])u. BuLHDis. — The Maniejitems did n<»thi)iij!- (»!' the kind, sir ' 
 i ijrotost aiiainst su<h an assumption. Tiiose Seetari^'s advo- 
 eated the existenee of an evil jn'ineiple. hut that is <[uite 
 ililierent I'rom the meaninii' whieh irr attach to the word 
 "devil." A«'( ordinu' to then/ there was hut one evil principle ; 
 hut we hold that there are legions of devils. Let us be accu- 
 rate ahove all thinus ! 
 
 After a sl.oi't silence his j^race of ('iiiit< rhury asked brother 
 l^urauo de licsh )n to proceed. luU that hriitht and shini)i|nr liiiht 
 had evidently l.teen squidched, for he maniiested much irritation 
 and preserved a ri^id, portentous silence. And no wonder. To; 
 I lieared afterwards that he had sat up the jtrccedinL'" niuht 
 crammini.!,' himself with Maniclni'an Ion-, and had come to the 
 conf«'rence proioundly iotivinced that alici- lie had delivered 
 himstdl' of his burden of erudition the Anulican Protestant 
 world would l(»ok upon him, until the eiul ol time, as an un- 
 rivalled authority on the devil. And }>ehold ' at the very tliies- 
 hold of his speech i)lunues in Dr. lUilbctus with liis protect and 
 corroetioi>, and thus toi)i)les over the ;-ho7t-lived hopes <»f tiie 
 iSuii of York I The aL^'L'rieved prelate ass.-tverated afterwards 
 that his conliilence in episcopal human nature had received a 
 blow from which he feared it would ne\-,-'r re«(»v«'r. Jl^iurtlur 
 observed that the al)sence ot authority militated against the 
 U'^efuhiess of the ('oun*il, because imperlin«^nt interruptions 
 went on without let or hindrance, lie even weiit s(» far as to 
 hint that it would have been no harm to ha\ .• horrowed an idea 
 fi<jm Kome in this ri'sp«'ct. All (»f wiii* h noes t(> show the 
 urievous disapi>oint ment ol' the holy man and the persistence 
 with which he ndused to be c (nniorted. 
 
 J)r. r»oanerii-es was of opinion that the lacl that even heathen 
 nations believed in the existence of a <lc\ il was a stroni«-e\'idenc»' 
 lliat he did exist, for. doubtless, such ira<litions were derived 
 from priijieval revelation. IMulo was kin:; of the infernal regions, 
 
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 and T liold that Pluto moant the d«'vil. All pools aro full of th(» 
 di'vil and. in our iiifat Knylish epic, the devil moves the hero 
 of llie sonif. If there he no such heina;, \vh«Mice came the idcji, 
 <d' a devil :• You don't suppose that a man first invented :he 
 <le\ iK and then prevailed on others to helieve in him ' if \vh 
 Avei'e united with K'ome. several very i)o\v«'rful ari>-uments min"ht 
 )»e used, which Anirlican l*rot»'stant consistency compels us to 
 iii;nore. K'ome is so delinile, v<ni know, she leaves not hinu* cloiidv 
 or confused. 1 wish we could learn her secret ol" aut horitatixe 
 det i>ion. Truth compels me to admit that such discussicnis its 
 the |)iesrnt helonii" \\ h(dlv to l)ost-]^'l'ormation times. It W(»uld 
 ha\e heen a y,reat Ixton if the first individulal who (piestioned 
 the exislcnce of the devil, ha<l l>een delen-ated to the JieXl Wol'ld 
 loriiiwiih. that he miu'ht test the orthodoxy of his doctrine. 
 Luther hein-ved in a devil ; in fact, I am sorry to say the devil 
 \\ a> iic\ er out ol' his moiuh. lleadmils that llir(Ic\il tauLi'hi 
 him some doctriiu's aniauonistic to the teachinii" of Ivome. Now. 
 thciiLth 1 viject the i\oman dou'mas involved, I sti'ctniily suspect 
 the uj ih(.»(loxy of t he dial)oli«al ailvocnie. ajnl 1 ht-re ejiter my 
 solemn protest ayainst seekinn' for lii^ht liom the Prince ol' 
 Daikness. 
 
 J)Jl. PllKTTYMAN. — AVould it he unorth(»dox. now. to consider the 
 
 devil a myth:' Could I preach such a doctrine wit h impunity, 
 
 fo) i istance ^ 
 
 I)K'. '.( \ ,Kl{(H:s. — I should he miK'h i>ained to hear of any An- 
 
 j^lican Protestant j)relate preachini*' sm h a theory. Hut e\;in- 
 
 ocljcnl liherty is :i sa-red thiiiu" which we must n<»t hasiiK 
 
 iiiicifi'/c with, if vou could conscientiously })rinii' yourself to 
 
 the conviction thai ihedcvil wasji myth. I see not how yoii 
 
 could he reached There is no auihority in our .Aiiulic;in I'l'o- 
 
 teslaiit system that could interfere with you. So, I think, all 
 
 liiinu's corisidered. you miuht safely h(tld, and even teach, that 
 
 the de\ il is a myth. — a mei-c po]>ular delusion, like the^d'opi>h 
 
 argument au'ains! the I'iviiie K'iiiht of Kinus, lor insi:ii;ce, 
 
 A\ «' must he exc-cdiniily c;i:etid m uuardinii auainst any in- 
 
 liiiiL'ciiieiit ujion our "lorious privilen-c of I'liv ate .ludLrnieiit ! 
 
 J)h. Kill .vlist. — Then, where is our uuide in doctrine :* 
 
 J)i{, H()Am:U(H:s. — The ilihle. Itrotiier; the jlihle ::, our LTuicle ' 
 
 J)li. lili lAl.lsT. — Hut we all dill'er dreadfully m our interpreiaiioii 
 
 of the I'.ihle. Now. who shall decide which is rii>ht ^ Where 
 
 tliere iiie esf^entiiil di\ er^'ellces, sonU' musi he wrotiy. 
 
 i)U. H<>am:1!(1i:s. -Those matters will he settled satisfactorilv in 
 
 tile next worhl. 
 J)H. KlTiAI.lsT. — I)Ul, suppose, we ht»ld and tea( h ura\e error ^ 
 will it not he to late to remedy the defect in ihe next world .' 
 J)K IldANKlKJKS. — h Jther, those are mere speculative (questions. 
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 Let us cleave to our convictions and defy popery. Then all 
 Avill l)e — ah — will be — .satisfactory in the next world. 1 am 
 scrry to see estimable men permit their ideas to wander like 
 aoslinas across a common, — in every direction. We abuse, 
 scholasticism — we expatiate about our superiority over the"Dark 
 Ages" — we sing' pceans over our slightest etiort, louder and 
 more senseless than the cacklings ol' a hen over an egg. 
 Nevertheless, when it comes to such an argument as the ex- 
 istence oi' a devil, we fall to g'roping in the dark after him, 
 instead of llourishing about his brimstone l)eard, our evangeli- 
 cal clubs and making the welkin ring with comely orthodox 
 reasons, i)oints, retorqveoi., Ncovs and Tmuseals after the good 
 old kScholastic method. The world has never had a clear idea 
 of anything since ^Scholasticism was thrown overboard. Some 
 of those ancient monks of Paris, I'adua or Oxlbrd would have 
 settled this business in half an hour. I'jveiything the 
 " KefornuMs ■" did was too vigorously done. If you give me__a 
 lift over a hedgt! I thank vou : If vou lu'stow me such a furious 
 shove as not only sends me across the hedge but into an adjacent 
 ditch, I thank you not. If I d«'sire you to draw a tooth, I do 
 not want vou to extract my jawbone also. It's poor policy, 
 methinks. to amputate your toes in order to (>ure your corns. 
 AVe are completely muddled by this question. Some very 
 good theorems are based upon a sui)position. Let us discreetly 
 suppose the existence of a devil and droj) him forthwith. 
 [Applause.] 
 
 ills Crrace of Canterbury was hiii'hly satisfii'd with the result 
 of their deliberations upon this subjeel. He thought that the 
 world would be struck by th(* contrast between their leaving 
 evervthing an open question and the horrid tyranny of liome, 
 which conchuled every dispute with a cruel, heartless adaman- 
 live (iNdfheina, that, curln'd the i)leas5int liiuht of the imagination 
 and deprived man of his right to subject all things to the «riicible 
 of reason. The world would see on which side was liberty. An 
 lo Dr. IJoanerges' reference to Scholasticism, he must say he 
 he ditl'ered widely from his esteemed friend. The Scholastic 
 method admittt'd of no versatility ; it left no place for evangelical 
 ingenuity; if cornered, one had no t'scajx'. The modern plan 
 was the )>etter by far. ()n«' could soar into the illimitable if 
 hard pressed and from ones i-yrie dei'y the </istiN<rN()s and Tninsenfs 
 of Topery. I5esides, the Scholastic sty h' demanded more profound 
 sttidies than we, in this age. can i)ossibly allord. This is the era 
 of books not thought ; men must have their reasoning on any 
 su))ject ready made for them. In this respect we are no nnitch 
 for the Scholastics. 1 should hesitate before I rom})ared any 
 man here present to Scoius, Bonaventure or Thomas A<iuinas. 
 
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 Of course, wo h.avo somo Divinos just as loarnod and profound, 
 but, unfortunatoly, thoy lu'ii-loct to furnish tho w<m-1<1 ■'villi som»' 
 outward and visible siun of tho ovnius within thoni. 1 attribut.' 
 this to a mistakt^n humility, and I sincortdy trust that Dr. 
 l^oanornvs or Dr. liulboujs may yet oomposo — in moments snatch- 
 ed from more important duties — a complete, eateirorical refuta- 
 tion of Th(mias Aquinas' Stnnnid. It will. I stronixly suspect. 
 immortalize the author and uplift vital Christianity most 
 wonderfully. I hope the hint thrown out will result in th.- 
 auspicious feat of overwhelminuf the learned Dominican. It. will 
 <reate a marvellous sensation and iill Uome with consuming 
 rasre. Dear me, the *^hinir <an easily be accomplished if we only 
 commenc«'. and I am much surprised that none of our prelates 
 thought of the matter bd'ore. 
 
 Dr. Ititualist remarked that St. Thomas had utilized I he 
 philosophy of Aristotle. Would the Anglican Protestant cham- 
 l>ion also borrow from the (rreck ! To this his (rrac-e of Canter- 
 bury answered. No (Jreek! Timeo Dti/iaos, ike. Ilis own oj)inion 
 was that the jdiilosophy (d ('onfuciiis wouhl be just the thinir. 
 as, ho believed, the teaching of the Saife of Cathay was the very 
 antipodes ol' ]\oman doctrine, and, therefore, most suited to our 
 evansi'elical school ol' thouirht J)r. Boanerg«'s thanked his (Jrace 
 .♦'or his implied comi>liment. and said he would think about it, 
 w}ii<'h lilled the assembly with delight. Dr. Ihilbous also returned 
 thanks, but gratefully declined the task of annihilating .^(piinas 
 observing that to do so would nec«'ssitate the j)erusal of that 
 author's works, ami thus exp(»sc his Anu'lican orthodoxy to 
 <lanii'er. Dr. Mac(iriu'L'"s. with sti'an«re levitv. as usual insinu- 
 ated that Dr. Ihilbous nec<l liave no apprehension on that score. 
 because it was necessary to understaiid .Afjuinas before oneV 
 orthodoxy could be je<)j)ardized. wliich ollensive remark caused 
 some lauu'hter, but \ cry general marks of reprobation. 
 His (ri;A("K <<K </. — There yet remains the .subject of "lleir't(» 
 be discuMsed. Shitll we take it u}) now, or poslj)oneit .</Nf Uif '. 
 Dlt. KiTUAMST. — Your (Jrace. as we have droi>ped tin* Wlevil," J 
 think we may safely leave " Hell " in abeyance Some here 
 present l)elieve there is a hell : others hold it is temporal ; 
 while a numlK-r accej»t without modilication its eternal dura- 
 tion. A temporal hell is not hing more nor less than the l»onian 
 l)Uriratory. Are there anv prelates hen' jirepared to ii'o as i'ar 
 ;is i>uru'at\)ry :* |Loud <ries of " No ! No ! " and ap])lause.] Then. 
 my dear brothers, let us content oiirsehes: with the old 
 fashioned hell. There is n«t more com iortinii ih<mL''ht than the 
 idl<'rnative of hea^■en or liell Those entirely de\-oid ol sin no 
 to heavt'U : those who die alter having stained their lives with 
 stealing- an apple, for instance, go to hell. I think the men 
 
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 ^vho rcjcctcMl pnrurntory \vt'i'(» aii'jr<'ls disLiuist'd in fl»'sli. (or. 
 otherwise. I cMiinof coiifcivt' liow nuTt' mcii rf>///// flfiiy tln' 
 rxislfiut' ol |)iu'iiiil(»rv. So. we siiould rrjoirc tliat the Ulcsscd 
 Iit'htriii li;i(l su<h •■•>l('stiai iiiid pfrl't'ct n'uid.'s. ])hil()soi)ht'rs iind 
 rriciids. [(iii'iit .'ippliiusc.] \Vh:i! clt'viiiiiiu' iiispiralion niusl 
 lluTc not have btH'ii in Witt<'uln'ru- ln-cr and wanton rr/i:j,if'"<i' ' 
 
 And n(t\v, alas' tlir lioiir luf j>arHnii' lia<l rfnnc ! With hearls 
 nili(l wiili iiintit U(h' ;ind joy lor ilu> hiiunphint triniinatio ol' 
 ilicir hi'iculi'iin hd)ors, the prrhitcs sci/cd caclj ollirr's han<ls. 
 with \\iilt'ry ryes, and intfrchanu't'd conuri'lnhuions nwv the 
 it'snli. A nnaninious call w;is inadf u|'on his (liarc of Caiitcr- 
 Kmy i(» aihlii'ss a lew laii'\',rll inuinks to ihi' disj>fi'siii<_;- diuni- 
 l;irirs. liisinu' slow ly and soK'innK I'roiu his fhair. he spoU** 
 thus : 
 
 • l>(';illv l)cl()\('d rli;im|»i(»iis ol' tin' AllLrlitan l'l(Mrsl:int 
 (MiiiiTh as \}\ hiw t'stahlisht'd ! I urccl Vf Wfll ' The LanilM'tii 
 ('oli--(oii -[ht'i'c lie sohhcd] ('oiilrii'iicf is ciKh'd. ami tin- \ ;il — 
 vat-— [^ol^^| -V'jitiiMii is :in— -iii — hi-"hi — |sol>] — hitt-d I Hear 
 
 with )nt', Itui !i.y Ict'linu': "" [licit' i ln' w hole ;isM-ud>ly hurst. 
 
 into tcais, and set to uioppiiiu' its «'\('s hvsli'rically. -oxn'pi Dr. 
 M;i( (S viuL'-. who is. j uiusi sny. mi :inonialy!| Such hcautilul 
 unanimity 1 Surh hrofhcrly loxc' Such an iini'<[ui\ ()«!>1 display 
 ol swt'ci cvaiiucli. ill peace' Su<h s;itisl'actor\ iliscussions ! ( )h I 
 the nicii> /ly (»r this u;'l(»ri(»us triiun|)h <an never he cH'aced from 
 niy niiiul 1 [('hccis | Ah ! Po[tc!v 1 how must you irciahlcihis 
 iii'_!ht in your u'looiiiy duiiLTciiiis ol' error! Do vou in)t see ihe 
 liaiidw I'll iiiu' on the \\ a 1 1 ' The Medcs and Dersians, — in other 
 woi'd>, ou;•selve^. — liave deprived \(iu (»r euipire. aiuh Irom this 
 latal hour, you will l>eu-in to ireiiiMe, loiici, t(»i>pleover and Tail ' 
 [ I'iUlhusiast ic a|)plause.| The \\<»rldis moved to its loundations: 
 I he roar of Mpphiiidiiio- \ ojces noes up like the sound (»r many 
 wiiers! Distaiil heaiheui>m is mute and idolatry eries out: — 
 *' Why do y.»u torment me. ( ) Lamheth I '" The Isles ol' the Sea — 
 the ( 'oas..> ol' .-Vlrica— the mountains v\' .lai)an — T'ho iroldcn l)aiiks 
 
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 of th«' (r;int>'t»s— th(* wilds \vh(MV furious Arctic storms rt'Vrl and 
 liowl — all, all stretch iorth their arms and rejoicing- sing; — 
 
 " \w\ slinll \vr Imi^ 111' lit't to roam 
 l''iir troMi iHir izinlly (i(is|ifl linini' ; 
 All! iin! Iiir 111 I uur liriirts njnici'. 
 'I'd linii' ui'i'iit l.iimlirlh s ulmidiis voicr! 
 
 'I'lltlr is iilir linliir nf iH'i|\'rlll\ CIISC 
 
 1.1 I l'll|iists sii\— iili I — ullflt tllr\ |ilciisr. " 
 
 [Tronicndous ch«M'rs.| () thricc-to-lK'-hlessed asscmhlau'c which 
 has lurnishcd the \vhole earth witli dejinite ideas aiul sober 
 s))e(iihitioiisI And sliall I say that ^'vdid it '. Away with such 
 presumption I AVhere. then, shall I look ior the chii'l" agency in 
 ihis result '. Here — here — is the a<:ent I [Holds up the jJihie 
 amid cheers.] llei-e is the se<ret oi' I'hiiiland's suc«ess I ( )ur hiuh 
 standard ol'moi'ality — the conspicuous virtues which' adorn the 
 top and bottom oi" (Uir social ladder — the absence ol' pauperism 
 and our ireedom IVom red-tape — the beniu'n spirit of humanitv 
 which j)ervades our hvws — the lovely sunshine of pi'os[)erity 
 which Hoods t his lan<l— the marvellous absence of ciinu' — the 
 unity, piccision and deiiniteiiess of our relio-jous formulas — in 
 shoit. the admiialde favors we have bi-en ))lessed with, wlii* h 
 make us a briLtht and shininu' example to all the nations of the 
 earth — all these tliiim's are due to our versatility of oi>inion and 
 our noble \arict y in intei-pret iim- tiiis ])ook I [Cheers,] Can 
 Kome show us anythini:' like it :* She claims authority: wc 
 don't I The slioimest pi'oofoi'our union is that we are not united 
 at all. We lie all as one in oui- determination to hold to tlie 
 privilege of JM'ix ate .luduiiient. and, in this fact, T 's. as 1 ha\'e 
 said before, our ulorious luianimity of dissent. 
 
 •'Let us. thei't'fore. one and all. make strenuous elibi'ls to fan to 
 lieicc)- llame the lil'e of eiit husiasm which the wondei'lul success 
 oi this i.,ambeth Conlerence has eid^indled in our bosoms ! The 
 ey«'sol'all mankind are upon us. Millions, in the darkness of 
 
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 op»'ry, are avvaitmi;' with prayeriul aiixit 
 
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 our work. Must we not rejoice that the hour ol their (h'livt'raiice 
 is at hand :* AVe must. — we must I 
 
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 1 shall not detain you further than to wish yon all the bles>inus 
 thai your lieioic eijoiis de.se r\e. The last farewell I shall speak 
 aftt '■ dinnei', which, for the benelit (f oui' Tians-At hint ic bro- 
 thers. 1 announce, has been appointed for se\-en o'clock i»reciM'ly. 
 'i'lKtse riuht revereml prelates who lun'e brought their wives 
 with them to the Council, will please invite them to dinner. 
 The lair sex, you know, the fair sex must be recou'nized in church 
 as well as in State. [Cheers and godly laughter.] 
 
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 "Hov. Balaam ITowlor. D.D., oiio of mv privah^ S.^cr.'tari.'s 
 will lunnsh an oxact a<«oiiiit ol" this Couik'H ol" Lamb.'tii. whirli 
 IS hiMvhy closed ^itie ///>." [(^roat <h«'('niii»-.] 
 
 And thus ended this important CVmlerenee, to the satislar- 
 tion of all eoneerned, and to the eternal eonl'usion ol' IJome and 
 her benighted myrmidons I 
 
 Let me quote a lew words ol" Cicero, lor I know that ]V)pisJi 
 emissaries will attempt to destroy me : '• Ne lumiines srelerahc ar 
 vrlaiUc mihi nocenn/, vestnnn est i,rom<h'ir\" Take you can- that 
 rascals may not give me a taste ol' the blackthorn f 
 
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