magistri,'-I do not pledge myself by this dedication to support all the opinions which you have, in your writings, advanced; but I know the piety of your heart, and your devotion to the cause of Christ and His Church, and I shall ever feel it to be an honour, through evil report and good report, to be permitted to subscribe myself, my dear sir, your affectionate friend, "W. F. HOOK." 3. "My Dear Pusey,-I hope that you will permit the dedication of the following pages to you, as a tribute of respect to one now suffering under a sentence which, in the absence of any alleged ground to justify it, may reasonably be expected to be speedily removed."-Hon. and Rev. A. P. Perceval. "The censure pronounced against Dr. Pusey is, apparently, pronounced against St. Chrysostom, St. Augustine, St. Jerome, St. Cyprian, and other Fathers of the Church, with whose praise the Homilies teem, and whose language upon this very subject they hold up to the highest commendation."-Ibid. 4. "Dr. Pusey has not been preaching any new doctrine, but only that same earnest believing view of the benefits which we receive by partaking in the Lord's Supper, which has sustained the faith and inflamed the devotion of the greatest lights of the Church Catholic in all ages."-English Churchman. 5. "Before the publication of this Sermon, many who, like myself, living at a distance from Oxford, had not an opportunity of hearing it delivered, when they saw an announcement that it had been condemned and its author suspended, were compelled to believe that there were some grounds for the proceeding; and that, however harsh and severe the sentence, men in the solemn and responsible office of judges, and deliberating on a subject so entirely falling within their own profession, would at least have been able to produce some grounds on which they had convicted. It was thought, for example, not impossible that Dr. Pusey might not have been sufficiently mindful of the important principle laid down in the well-known tracts on Reserve, and that, however orthodox himself, he might, even in putting forward Divine truth, have had not sufficient regard to the capacity of his hearers to receive it, emerging as we are from the miserable laxity and ignorance on doctrinal matters which characterized the last and commencement of the present century; so that, in urging some long-forgotten truth, he had offended against the principle, so observable in Scripture, and so incumbent on the Minister of Christ, of suiting the degree and strength of knowledge to the spiritual capacity of the recipient. And I am willing to admit that such an objection would form a valid ground for the negative act of withholding an appointment as preacher, one, for example, resting solely with the discretion of the Vice-Chancellor, unconnected with any legal rights or official duties, and the withholding of which consequently involved no censure on the hundreds from whom it must necessarily be withheld. But this is essentially different from a positive overt act amounting to a bill of pains and penalties like the present, and involving the suspension from prescriptive rights and the most sacred legal duties. Neither am I prepared to say that this Sermon would not have offended against the principle here spoken of, had it been addressed by a stranger to some ixed congregation, who had taken their religious tone, and adopted their views of doctrine, from the lax system and low notions on ecclesiastical and doctrinal matters which prevail so extensively among us : (though for any mischief which may on this same principle arise from the present publication of the Sermon, and its consequent circulation among numbers in no way prepared for the more advanced stages and higher views of the Eucharist here set forth, those persons clearly are responsible who have driven the author to this step.) But what is the real state of the case? The audience in the present instance was the University, whom Dr. Pusey had been for years accustomed to address from the pulpit in his official turn-a congregation not only familiar with his writings, (more freely canvassed than those of any living author,) but, which is particularly to be observed, one which might fairly be presumed to have heard the earlier sermons of the series of which this one formed a part. "And what is the main purport of the Sermon ? The assertion of a great fundamental truth-one much lost sight of indeed in a lax and profane age-but one,-not only recognised and taught in the English Church, but set forth prominently in every Formulary and Office relating to the subject. And it is also to be particularly observed, that this has been done, not as setting forth a dogma of the Church, in a way calculated to provoke a spirit of controversy, with no practical bearing, but purely as a practical question, pointing out its blessedness and value in its practical relation, as a source of comfort to the penitent, in the forgiveness of sins and the increase of spiritual life. "To the astonishment of all, these Six Doctors have pronounced this doctrine unorthodox; and if they have not actually condemned, have at least circumscribed within the limits of sectarian interpretation, the English Church, her Homilies, Liturgy, Catechism, Offices. Men, too, of names the most illustrious in the annals of our Church, men who suffered persecution, some even unto death, for maintaining this very truth-to whom we have ever been taught to look up as our standard Divines-whose works form our standard English Divinity, and are recommended by our Bishops to candidates for Holy Orders -Archbishops Wake, Sharp, Laud, Bramhall; Bishops Ridley, Bilson, Overall, Morton, Andrewes, Cosin, Sparrow, Fell, Jeremy Taylor, Ken, Hackett, Beveridge, Bull, Wilson; Deans Jackson and Comber; together with Sutton, Mede, Herbert, Hammond, Thorndike, Leslie, Wheatley, Grabe, and many others,-all these have been condemned, and virtually branded with the charge of heresy by the Vice-Chancellor and his coadjutors."-Rev. H. A. Woodgate. So much for maintenance of the Truth. II. 1. In March, 1841, Mr. Newman discontinued the "Tracts for the Times," at the suggestion of the bishop to whom he was subject, with the view of giving none occasion of offence. 2. In September, 1843, Mr. Newman resigned the living of St. Mary the Virgin, in Oxford, because his preaching created opposition and cavil among a certain party in that place. 3. In the following month the editorship of the British Critic was relinquished, at Mr. Newman's particular request, by his brotherin-law, out of respect to the prejudices of a large number of persons in the Church. So much for love of Peace. 490 78 252 600 5233 (357 647 152 699 996 699 39539 104 204 369 312 Allen, H............. Patcham .................... Chichester.. Lord Chancellor.......... £110 ...... ......... St. David's, Denbigh, P.C. Worcester.. Mrs. Baker Jones, E. L. C...... Llangerniew, R........... St. Asaph... Bishop of St. Asaph Lockhart, S. J. I... Hurstborne Prior, v. ... Winchester Bishop of Winchester... (St. Thomas, Winches-} Winchester Bishop of Winchester... 145 1986 Steele, F. C......... Caerwent, V................ Llandaff.... D. & C. of Llandaff...... Trinity Church, Swan- St. David's. sea, P.C........... Williams, L......... Matherne, R............. Llandaff.... Bishop of Llandaff...... PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. INCORPORATED SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE ENLARGEMENT, BUILDING, AND REPAIRING OF CHURCHES AND CHAPELS. A MEETING of this Society was held at their chambers, in St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square, on Monday, Nov. 20, for the general business of the institution. The Lord Bishop of London was in the chair. There were also present the Ven. Archdeacon Lonsdale, Sir R. H. Inglis, Bart., the Revs. Drs. Shepherd, H. H. Norris, and B. Harrison; Messrs. W. Cotton, N. Connop, W. Davis, H. J. Barchand, B. Harrison, S. B. Brooke, A. Powell, J. Cocks, &c. The Secretary read the reports of the sub-committees, after which the meeting, having examined the cases referred to their consideration, voted grants of money towards building additional churches or chapels at the following places: viz. Alltygryg, in the parish of Llanguick, Glamorganshire; at Kensalgreen, in the parish of Chelsea, Middlesex; at Wood-green, in the parish of Tottenham, Middlesex; in the district parish of St. George, Leeds; at Robert Town, in the township of Liversedge, near Leeds; at Cowhill, in the parish of Oldham, Lancashire; at Plymouth; and at Trawden, in the parochial chapelry of Colne, Lancashire. Also towards enlarging, by rebuilding, the church at Bovington, Herts; enlarging the church at Owston, Lincolnshire; reseating, or otherwise increasing the accommodation in the churches at Batcombe, Somerset ; Burton, Westmoreland; Stoke Golding, Leicestershire; Tavistock, Devon; and Wanborough, Wilts. The population of the above fifteen parishes is 213,614 persons, and the accommodation provided for them, in 37 churches and chapels, is 29,411 seats, being less than one-seventh of the whole number, whilst the free sittings are only 9,672, or one free seat for 22 persons. To this insufficient provision of church room, 5,753 seats will be added when the works above referred to (which include the erection of eight additional churches) have been completed, and 3,788 of those seats will be free and unappropriated for ever. Among the parishes now assisted are-one which contains 60,000 inhabitants, with church accommodation for less than one-tenth; another with upwards of 40,000, and church room for less than one-eleventh; another with 30,000, and accommodation for one-sixth; another with 23,000, and church room for less than one-fifth; another with 20,000 inhabitants, of whom only one-seventh can be accommodated; of 12,000 persons resident in another, there is not church room for one-eighth; whilst another, with a population of 6,000, can only afford sittings for 1,000 of them. In one of these parishes, seven miles in length and six in breadth, with a population of above 3,00 with church sittings for only one-tenth of that number-a church is about to be built in a district containing 1,500 inhabitants, five miles distant from the nearest place of worship connected with the Church Establishment. The Society then examined the certificates of completion of the works in ten parishes. These were approved, and the board issued orders to the treasurer for the payment of the grant voted in each case; the population in these parishes is 36,727 persons, and to the former provision of church room therein (3,909 sittings, including 1,507 free) have now been added 2,300 seats, and of these 1,861 are free and unappropriated. In addition to the cases now enumerated, the Society has received notices since their last meeting that applications for aid are about to be made towards building churches; one at the Swindon station of the Great Western Railway; another at Norland, in the parish of Kensington; one at Coventry; another at St. Lawrence, near Ramsgate; another at Thorp Acre, near Loughborough; one at Seasalter, near Whitstable; another at Lynn, in Norfolk; and one at Nenthead, in the parish of Alston, Cumberland; also assistance to enlarge or otherwise increase the church accommodation in fourteen existing places of worship. COLONIAL BISHOPRICS.-BISHOPRIC OF NEW BRUNSWICK. THE Committee appointed to promote the endowment of a Bishopric in the Province of New Brunswick, earnestly request attention to the following ex tracts from the Second Report of the Brunswick, equal in extent to one half of England, and rapidly increasing in population, has been too long without a resident Chief Pastor. The time, how.. ever, seems at length to have arrived for the supply of a deficiency so generally felt and acknowledged; and as a proof of the interest excited in New Brunswick, by the proposal of forming that province into a separate bishopric, it may be stated that the Governor, Sir William Colebrooke, has officially expressed his opinion in favour of such a measure, while the Chief Justice, the Solicitor-General, and other leading persons in the colony, are exerting themselves to raise a fund towards the endowment. "The Special Committee, to whom was entrusted the duty of soliciting subscriptions on the same behalf in this country, have estimated the necessary income at 1,2001.; but though we are far from regarding such a provision as too great, we shall be prepared to recommend to her Majesty's Government the appointment of a Bishop, as soon as a clear revenue of 1,000l. a-year has been permanently secured. "A capital sum, therefore, of 30,000, will be required. The contributions, which had only commenced in New Brunswick, amounted, at the date of our last despatches, to 2,1507., but a much larger sum was expected; and the Bishop of Nova Scotia had addressed a pastoral letter to the Clergy and Lay Members of the Church,' recommending a collection in aid of the endowment fund, in every parish and mission of his diocese. After noticing the wants of other Colonies, the Report of the Archbishops and Bishops proceeds as follows: "We propose, first of all, to recommend to her Majesty's Government, as soon as the adequate endowment has been secured, the erection of a separate Bishopric for the Province of New Brunswick." The foregoing extracts abundantly testify the great importance which the heads of the Church attach to the erection of a Bishopric in New Brunswick. Nothing is now wanting for the accomplishment of this excellent design, but the comparatively small sum requisite to complete the moderate endowment which the Bishops consider necessary. The object proposed, and now almost within reach, is the planting of another branch of the Church of England among a population of British origin, which is every year increasing by the influx of emigrants from the mother-country. That the Colonists themselves anxiously desire to have a chief Pastor of the Church resident among them, is evident from the contributions which they have supplied from their own very limited means for the due support of the Bishopric. It would be sad to think that these should prove unavailing for want of a brotherly co-operation at home. The Committee, therefore, confidently appeal to all who feel an interest in the welfare of the Colonies, and especially to every true-hearted member of the Church, for such liberal assistance as may at once remove the only existing obstacle to the appointment of a Bishop of New Brunswick. (Signed by Cominittee,) V. KNOX CHILD, Hon. Sec. 79, Pall Mall, Nov. 28, 1843. Besides the 20,000l. appropriated to this endowment by the Colonial Bishoprics Fund, about 30007, have been contributed in the colony, and 16004. at home. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have received a communication from the Author of "The Rector in Search of a Curate," reviewed in our last number. This gentleman and he is one, and we have taken some pains to ascertain his credibility and complete highmindedness, inquiries in which he himself volunteered every facility-assures us that he has never read Bernard Leslie-that he never heard of Mr. Bernard Smith, the late Rector of Leadenham, and was not aware of the existence of such a parishand that he did not intend the slightest allusion to the Bishop of London in his fictitious editor of Eschylus. He admits that, with our knowledge, we had the most ample justification for our charge of personality-he allows, also, that such an "extraordinary coincidence" never occurred in the annals of literature before-he is perfectly aware that he can expect but few to give credit to his disclaimer-and yet he feels bound, in justice to himself, to make it: and we feel bound, in justice to the Author of "The Rector in Search of a Curate," to make our readers acquainted with his statement. We perceive that he does not deny that Dr. M'Caul was intended in his Dr. M'Cloud. |