Principle of Reverence, in what shewn by Protestants-The XXXIX Articles-Spirit of Free Inquiry-We should try and harmonize Opinions-Christian Remembrancer-Church and State Gazette-Roman Catholics value the Bible-The Apocrypha-Circulation of the Scriptures before the Refor- mation Veneration for the Gospel of St. John-Maitland's Circulation of the Scriptures since the Reformation-Religious Novels " From Oxford to Rome"-Interpretation of the Bible-Doctrine of Christ Crucified-Symbols of the Faith -The Rich and Poor in Churches-The Hospitals-Sisters of Charity-The Eucharistic Sacrifice" Essay on Catholic Communion"-Mr. Goode's Pamphlet-Testimony to Doc- trine of Real Presence by Bishops Ridley, Montague, Laud, Ken-Decree of Council of Trent-St. Alphonsus Liguori - Alleged Corruptions in Ante-Reformation Church- ACTION OF THE CHURCH BEFORE THE REFORMATION. Ancient British Church: its Saints-St. Patrick-St. Alban- Use of Doctrines Rejected - Ante-Reformation Church moulded the Mind-Instances-Sustained Interest for the Poor, kept alive Devotional Habits-Monasteries good Landlords-Henry VII.-His Character-His Munificence -Margaret, Countess of Richmond-Church Reparations in the City of London, &c.-Benefactions of the Prelates- Abbot Islip, Patron of Caxton-Examples of Loving Kind- ness to the Poor-The King's attention to Religious Duties, ACTION OF THE CHURCH SINCE THE REFORMATION. Reign of Elizabeth-Dissolution of Monasteries Regretted- Action of the Church Impaired-The Religious Feeling Al- tered--Richard Hooker-Bernard Gilpin-City of London— Benefactions of the Prelates less, and why — Neglect of the Poor-Public Devotion-Cecil's MSS.-Condition of the People- Rents high-Articles of Consumption dear-La- bourers pinched-Queen Elizabeth and Henry VII. com- ACTION OF THE CHURCH SINCE THE REFORMATION. The Present Time-General Activity of Mind-Chartists, Fault Disunions and Dissensions- "" Dangers of the Church"-" What One Work of Mercy can I do this Lent?"’ -Health of Towns' Bill-Number of Clergy inadequate— Illustration-Remedial Suggestion-" The Church of the Future"-Old Catholic Guilds-" Ages of Faith"-Benefit Misapprehension of Ceremonies in Roman Catholic Churches -The Mass an Action-Explanation of the Mass of the Catechumens -Advantages of a Dead Language Scriptural Texts against speaking in an Unknown Tongue do not apply-The Rubric which regulates the Ceremonies- How Queen Elizabeth understood it-Plummer's servations on the Book of Common-Prayer"-Queen Eliza- beth's Sentiments about the Rood-Precedent for a Queen THE CONCLUSION. THE SURE HOPE OF RECONCILIATION. CHAPTER I. INDEPENDENCE OF EPISCOPATE. In a pamphlet published by me last spring the following passage occurs: "I declare it to be the conviction of my conscience, that the only remedy for our unholy dissensions, the only hope of healing the wounds of distempered Christendom, is Reconciliation with the Roman Church,-I say, advisedly, reconciliation with, not submission to: between these there is a great difference." I have repeated the words, and stand to them; but before any reconciliation can take place, a change must be produced in the tone, habits, and action of the Church of England: the desired change is gradually, yet hopefully, going on, and in unison, it is humbly trusted, with this earnest, longing after peace and unity, these pages have been written. B The unpopularity of a proposition is no argument against its ultimate success, any more than success is necessarily any warrant for truth. The doctrines recommended, more or less distinctly, in this little book, are not new; for nearly ten centuries they held, in connexion with the Papal supremacy, sway over the whole of Western Christendom; and the East, setting the supremacy of the Pope aside, have always received them. They have been loved and valued by high and low, rich and poor, strong and weak, learned and unlearned, men of genius and with none. Out of what we deem purer knowledge there are who have returned to take them as a light to their feet and a lantern to their paths. Not to descend to more recent examples, never to the eye of a Christian observer did the cathedral of Cologne, the glory of the Rhine, appear so glorious as when Schlegel, coming forth from a system less surely based than our own, knelt before the altars of the Church, and, in a childlike spirit, laid the precious offerings of his profound learning and chastened intellect in duteous homage at her feet. As the doctrines are not new, neither can their revival be laid at the writer's door. The world has seen in late years no mean talents and no shallow learning devoted to their exposition and defence; and if the issue has been |