ject the terms on which education is of fered to his child. And that a strict ad herence to rule, when the acceptance of it by the other party is voluntary, does not produce the effect of compulsion, is evident from the examples above quoted. "Before I conclude this note, I will take an extreme case, that we may be prepared to act on every emergency. Let us suppose, that a parent really has such objec tions to our doctrines and worship, that he would rather see his child deprived of education altogether, than see him comply with the rule for attendance at Church. And let us further suppose, that the proper remedy in such a case (namely, assist ance from the affluent of his own persuasion, to whom, rather than to Churchmen, belongs the care of his child's education,) is not to be obtained. In this extreme case, the governors will consider whether the call of duty to the Church should not yield to the urgent call of humanity. But if it does yield, it must yield in the silence of discretion. We may overlook what is wrong from motives of compassion; but

on no account must we authorize what is wrong by a positive enactment. And here lies the error of those Churchmen who

make provision by their rules for attendance at other places of worship, whereas such attendance, when permitted by Churchmen, should be merely a matter of connivance. No one will question the right of the Dissenters to provide, if they choose, for education in their own way. But when Churchmen co-operate for that purpose, they surely forget what they owe to the establishment." P. 32.

We do not believe that fifty children (excepting those of Roman Catholic parents,) are excluded from the benefits of the national education, because they are forced to attend the national worship. The fact is directly the reverse. The population of Eng land, notwithstanding the immense pains which have been taken, by the dissenting interest, to bribe them from its pale, are still much attached to the religion of the country. We know many instances where the parents, though they attend the meeting themselves, are desirous that their children should attend the Church. "Schools for all," as they are called, are not, therefore, to be considered as the receptacles for present, but the nurseries for future dissent. Never was a grosser imposition practised upon the public, than the foundation of these Schools, under the pretence of universal toleration. There are not a dozen

children in all of them together, who would not, with the full consent of their parents, attend any place of worship in the established Church. It is not dislike, but indifference to the Church, that is the character of almost all ranks and conditions in the present day. We believe, that the case supposed by his lordship, at the conclusion of his statement, is one of extremely rare occurrence. We certainly never witnessed it ourselves, nor did we ever hear of any one else who had.

At the conclusion of the Charge, the subject of the Bible Society is very briefly, but very temperately andjudiciously touched upon. There is nothing in the following address that can at all betray the of pen a controversalist, or in the least degree infringe upon the dignified calmness of Episcopal authority.

"Another Society, which I earnestly recommend to your attention, is the 'Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. It is the most ancient Bible Society in this kingdom, and was employed in the distribution of Bibles to the poor more than eighty years before any other Bible Society existed among us. Its title is well adapted to its object for Christian knowledge is unquestionably promoted by the circulation of the Bible. But as this Society does not go by the name of a Bible Society, it has been strangely inferred, (whether mistakenly or not, I shall not now inquire,) that they who have supported this Bible Society in preference to any other Bible Society, are enemies to Bible Societies in general; consequently adverse to the distribution of the Bible itself, and therefore infected with popery. Now, as I decidby the means of this Bible Society, to its edly prefer the distribution of the Bible distribution by the means of any other Bible Society, I will briefly state to you the grounds of my preference. Though the use of the Bible makes us Christians, it is the use of the Prayer Book also which makes us Churchmen. The Bible

is the sole authority on which Protestants found their articles of faith; whereas the members of the Church of Rome found their articles of faith on the joint authority ble and tradition, therefore, are the reliof Scripture and tradition. While the Bigion of the Papist, the Bible, and the Bible only, is the religion of the Protestant. But when this maxim, which is true in respect to the authority of the Bible, is applied, as it has been, to the distribution of the Bible, the maxim is totally false. Though the Prayer Book has no authority but what it derives from the Bible, Church

men must attend to its distribution with the Bible. Take away the Prayer Book, and though we remain Christians, we cease to be Churchmen. Christians of every denomination appeal to the Bible in support of their faith and worship, however diversified that faith and worship may be. Our form of faith and worship is that which is prescribed in the Prayer Book; and as we have every reason to believe that the faith and worship there prescribed, is consonant with the tenets of the Bible, we must consistently, as good Churchmen, as good Protestants, (whatever has been said to the contrary,) regard the Prayer Book as a proper companion for the Bible. Now, the Bible Society which I recommend to your attention, is the only Bible Society in this kingdom which distributes the Prayer Book with the Bible. And it is chiefly on this ground that, as a faithful Churchman, I have earnestly laboured in its defence. But there are other reasons which powerfully co-operate on the same side. The Bible Society, which is distinguished by the name of the British and Foreign,' comprises the great body of Dissenters in this kingdom, while the other Bible Society consists entirely of Churchmen. Now a partnership of Churchmen and Dissenters in a Bible Society which distributes the Bible alone, is a partnershi founded on very unequal terms. It is founded on a levelling principle, of which the unavoidable consequence is, that one party must lose what the other gains. This the Dissenters know, if Churchmen do not. They know that a union of Churchmen and Dissenters in such a Society, cannot fail to augment the power of the latter at the expense of the former. We should treat indeed, all who dissent from us with brotherly kindness and charity: they are fellow-men, they are fellow-Christians. But, as their religious interests are, and must be, inimical to the interests of the established Church, it is not our duty to increase their power. Let us be liberal; but not so liberal as to betray our trust."

We shall not enlarge upon the doctrinal part of the Charge, which is chiefly contained in a long note at the conclusion. We trust that, in a future address to his Clergy, the Bishop will so expand his views upon the very important points which, in the present, are but briefly touched upon, as to make them a principal and leading character of the whole.

purpose of forming a Society for promoting the enlargement and building of Churches and Chapels ;

His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Chair:

His Grace having explained the object of the Meeting:

On the motion of the Duke of Northumberland, seconded by Lord Kenyon, it was Resolved unanimously, That the Society be now formed, under the following rules and regulations. (See the Rules subjoined.)

On the motion of the Right Hon. Sir John Nicholl, M.P. seconded by Admiral Lord Radstock, it was

Resolved unanimously, That the following twenty-five lay peers and commoners be requested to accept the office of VicePresidents of the Society. (See the list subjoined.)

On the motion of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bart. M. P. seconded by the Bishop of London, it was

Resolved unanimously, That the following thirty-six laymen and ecclesiastics be appointed the Committee. (See the list subjoined.)

On the motion of George Gipps, Esq. M. P. seconded by John Round; Esq. M. P. it was

Resolved unanimously, That Charles Hoare, Esq. be appointed the Treasurer of the Society.

On the motion of John Bowdler, Esq. seconded by the very Rev. the Dean of Chester, it was

Resolved unanimously, That George Bramwell, Esq. be requested to undertake the office of honorary Secretary to the Society.

On the motion of the Bishop of Landaff, seconded by Wm. Wilberforce, Esq. M. P. it was

Resolved unanimously, That the Address to the public now read be adopted.

And on the motion of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, seconded by Lord Kenyon, it was

Resolved, That in case any of the officers now nominated shall decline to ac

cept the office, it shall be competent for the Committee to fill up the vacancy.

After the Chairman had left the chair, on the motion of the Duke of Northum

berland, seconded by the Hon. Mr. Justice Park, it was

Unanimously resolved, That the thanks of this meeting be given to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, for his able

conduct in the chair.

Patron, his Royal Highness the Duke of York.

President, the Archbishop of Canter

Hardwicke; the Earl of Liverpool; Earl Manvers; the Earl of Harrowby; the Earl of Darnley; Earl Brownlow; Viscount Sidmouth; Viscount Palmerston, M. P. Lord Bagot; Lord Kenyon; Lord Grenville; Lord Rolle; Lord Colchester; the Speaker of the House of Commons; the Chancellor of the Exchequer; the Hon. Mr. Justice Park; the Right Hon. Robert Peel, M. P. Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bart. M. P. Sir James Langham, Bart. William Wilberforce, Esq. M. P. with the whole of the English Episcopal Bench.

Committee Very Rev. Gerard Andrewes, D. D. Dean of Canterbury; Thomas Babington, Esq. M. P. Edmund Pollexfen Bastard, Esq. M. P. Samuel Bosanquet, Esq. John Bowdler, Esq. Francis Burton, Esq. Rev. James Bush; Rev. Archdeacon Cambridge; Nicholas Charrington, Esq. William Cotton, Esq. Rev. Archdeacon Daubeny; Richard Hart Davis, Esq. M. P. William Davis, Esq. Mr. Sergeant Frere; George Gipps, Esq. M. P. Jeremiah Harman, Esq. very Rev. Robert Hodgson, Dean of Chester; Robert Harry Inglis, Esq. Beeston Long, Esq. Right Hon. Sir John Nicholl, M. P. Rev. Heary Handly Norris; Sir Robert Peel, Bart. M. P. Rev. Archdeacon Pott; Adm. Lord Radstock; John Richardson, Esq. John Round, Esq. M. P. Lord Robert Seymour; Lancelot Shadwell, Esq. Charles Hampden Turner, Esq. Rev. William Van Mildert, D. D. Joshua Watson, Esq. Rev. Archdeacon Watson; very Rev. J. C. Woodhouse, D. D. Dean of Lichfield; Rev. Chr. Wordsworth, D. D. Rev. Richard Yates.

Trustees-Lord Kenyon; Sir Robert Peel, Bart. Charles Hoare, Esq. Beeston Long, Esq.

Treasurer, Charles Hoare, Esq. Honorary Secretary, George Bramwell, Esq.

Sub-Secretary, Rev. William Johnson

Rodber.

Address.

The want of church-room, especially for the lower classes, in all the populous parishes which surround the city of London, and in many other parts of this kingdom, has been long felt and deplored; and the fearful consequences thence resulting to the best interests of religion and order, are universally admitted.

Urged by these considerations, a number of respectable individuals presented a memorial to the Noble Lord at the head of His Majesty's councils, soliciting the attention of Government to the necessity of providing additional church-room; and afterwards resolved to attempt the for mation of a Society for promoting this good work.

As it was their duty in the first place to obtain the sanction of the heads both

of the civil and ecclesiastical establishments, and as this could only be done by framing some fundamental rules, and submitting them to the consideration of the persons whose approbation and patronage they solicited, much time unavoidably passed away before their plan could be matured, and a Society arranged which might claim the attention of the nation at large.

Such a Society is now formed; but it comes forward at a moment when its utility may appear to be superseded by the prospect of more adequate and effectual relief being afforded by the Legislature of the country. So far, however, from such relief being likely to render the efforts of the Society unnecessary, its promoters have the best reason to believe that in subserviency to any parliamentary enactments, its operation will prove highly beneficial in many cases, and in some, perhaps, of the greatest urgency, essentially useful for the speedier attainment of the great object in view.

All, therefore, who feel that this great evil calls for redress; all who are justly alarmed at the dreadful consequences which must ensue, if the lower classes of the community continue to be deprived of the means of joining in the public worship of the Established Church, are earnestly entreated to give this Society their liberal and zealous support.

Rules and Regulations.

1. That the Society be named "The Society for Promoting the Enlargement and Building of Churches and Chapels."

2. That the Society be governed by a President, Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, and a Committee of thirty-six Members of which thirty-six, two-thirds shall be Laymen, and one-third Ecclesiactics.

3. That his Royal Highness the Duke of York be the Patron of the Society.

4. That the Archbishop of Canterbury be the President of the Society.

5. That the Archbishop of York, the Bishops of the two Provinces, and twentyfive Lay Peers and Commoners, be the Vice-Presidents of the Society; and that all vacancies in the vice-presidency be filled up by the Committee.

6. That the President, Vice-Presidents, and Treasurer, be ex-officio Members of the Committee; and the Treasurer, and one fourth of the thirty-six elected Members in rotation, shall vacate their offices at the Annual General Meeting, but be capable of immediate re-election.

7. That all persons making a donation of 100 guineas or upwards shall be Governors of this Society, shall be eligible to be Vice-Presidents, and have a double vote at all General Meetings.

8. That all persons who shall contribute 20 guineas in one donation, or two guineas

annually, shall be Members of this Society, have a right to vote at all general meetings, and be eligible to the Committee, provided such annual subscriptions shall not then be in arrear.

9. That all annual subscriptions shall become due on the 1st day of January in each year.

10. That a General Meeting be holden annually on the third Thursday in May, and oftener if the Committee shall think it expedient.

11. That at the Annual Meeting a Report of the Society's proceedings be made by the Committee, together with a statement of its receipts and payments; that three auditors be then appointed for the year ensuing, a Treasurer be elected, and the vacancies in the Committee filled up from a double list prepared by the Presi

dent and Vice-Presidents.

12. That every order to be made and act to be done by the Committee, shall be made or done with the consent of the majority of the Members present at a meeting of the Committee; such meeting to consist of not less than five.

13. That all monies received by the Society in donations, subscriptions, bequests, or otherwise, shall be paid into the Bank of England, in the names of four trustees, to be appointed by the Committee; and that all sums not immediately wanted be invested in Government securities, in the names of such trustees.

14. That no money shall be advanced by the Society towards the enlarging or building of any Church or Chapel in any parish or place, unless the consent of the ordinary, patron, and incumbent of the Church or Chapel already existing therein (if any such there be,) shall first have been obtained to such enlarging or building.

15. That no grant exceeding 500%. shall be made, unless approved by at least twothirds of the members present at á meeting of the Committee, and confirmed by a majority of the members present at a subsequent meeting of the Committee, to be called expressly for that purpose.

16. That assistance shall be given to those parishes and places only which shall advance towards effecting the objects aforesaid, as much money as, in the opinion of the Committee, shall bear a due proportion to their means; and all parishes and places applying for aid shall state the extent of their population, their pecuniary means, and the efforts they have made, or are willing to make, towards accomplish. ing the object.

17. That the Society shall not advance a greater proportion than one-fourth of the estimated expense of the works, unless for some special reason, to be made out to the

satisfaction of the Committee.

18. That the Society will not themselves engage in building or enlarging any

Church or Chapel, but will confine the application of their funds to assisting such parishes or places as shall be desirous of erecting or enlarging Churches or Chapels within their respective limits.

19. That it shall be an object of the Society to obtain and communicate informa- ' tion that may facilitate the enlarging and building of Churches, particularly with respect to economy in building.

20. That it be a condition of every grant, that no expense shall be incurred for ornamental architecture beyond what shall, by the Committee, be deemed essential to give to the buildings to be erected and enlarged with the aid of this Society, the character of Churches or Chapels of the Church of England.

21. That in the aid to be granted by this Society, preference shall be given to such parishes and places as shall propose to afford the greatest extent of free sittings in proportion to the aid granted; such extent to be in no case less than half the additional area and accommodation.

A recent English publication remarks : "Let us congratulate our readers on the better prospects which are opening before

us.

Government, we hope, are at last awake to the absurdity of encouraging all parties to the neglect of sound and active Churchmen. Parliament has voted one million for the building of Churches; and the Society for the Propagation of Christianity abroad, have voted 5000l. to be placed at the disposal (not of a committee of laymen and curates,) of the Bishop of Calcutta, for the purposes of the Society. May their measures be productive of unity and true religion among us. A new ara seems to arise.

more than seem to mock him again. "Why should to-morrow differ from other days? Who ever saw it rain fire? Or whence should that brimstone come? Or if such showers must fall, how shall nothing burn but this valley?" So to carnal men preaching is foolishness, devotion idleness, the Prophets madmen, Paul a babbler: these men's incredulity is as worthy of the fire as the others' uncleanness. "He that believed not, is condemned already." Bp. Hall.

16. while he lingered,] It is observable that Lot, though he fully believed there should be a performance of the things which were told him, yet made not that haste to get out of the city which the case required. How, apt is the sinner to linger and to put off his repentance! How often is God forced, as it were, to arrest him by sickness or some grievous calamity, and so to drag him from perdition! And, O! how merciful is the Lord to that man, whom by any means, however painful and afflicting, he bringeth forth into safety, and setteth him without the city! Let such an one hear the voice of his gracious Deliverer, saying to him in the person of Lot," Escape for thy life; look not behind thee; neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed."Escape, O sinner, for thine eternal life: look not behind thee on the pleasures thou hast left, neither let thine affections stay upon the earth; escape to the holy mountain, lest thou be consumed with the world. Bp. Horne.

[Lot we see lingered; was loath to leave his friends behind, friends so nearly allied, and whom, possibly, he was still interceding for; loath, perhaps, to leave his house, his goods, the place he had chosen for his residence, the fruitful and well-watered plains of Jordan, for a distant and desert mountain. And is not this a lively emblem of our corrupt nature? Is not this the part we all act, and have so often acted, when bidden of God to forsake the Sodom of the world, and the filthy conversation of the wicked; the engagements of unlawful pleasures and

profits, the lusts and corruptions of the flesh?-Have we not still lingered, still prolonged the time to renounce these dangerous and professed enemies of our souls; to forsake all, and to follow Christ?-But the Lord is merciful-in obliging us, by a sweet but secret force, to do that by compulsion, which we ought to do by choice! For what are the afflictions and troubles, the crosses and disappointments, of all good men, but the kind hand of a merciful God, to bring them forth, and set them without the city of destruction ?-O gracious and benign force! happy violence! where the cross is mercy, and the loss gain! Wogan.]

[17. Escape to the mountain,] Like Lot, who was called to leave So dom, we are called to renounce the wicked world, and live; to escape to the mountain; yea, not to look behind, nor stay in all the plain, lest we be consumed.-No security for us but in the Church; this is the mountain we are to flee unto: To stay in the plain, in the midst of affluence and plenty, pleasures and ease, is dangerous to our virtue; and to look back to those sins we had once escaped, and been purged from, shows a greater affection to them, than can be consistent with a state of grace. Lot was conscious of his own inability to ascend to the mountain, and not insensible of the mercy which saved his life; but his faith was weak, and his obedience imperfect. But let the Christian learn, that a true repentance lingers not at the leaving the pomps and vanities of this wicked world, or forsaking the dearest friends we have, to follow Christ; that our faith in him is the victory which overcometh the world; but it must be a faith in the power, as well as the goodness, of divine grace;

that such a faith will plead no infirmities of the flesh, to excuse its ascent to the hill of perfection, being enabled to do all things through him who strengtheneth us;-that a sincere obedience disputes not the will of God; sees no mountains or difficulties in any of his commands; for while we have him for our strength, and his Spirit for our guide and assistance,