increased tenfold. It is curious and encouraging to contrast the present state of the City of London Branch with its former condition. For years and years it contained only some twenty or thirty names, and could hardly be said to have any organization at all. Now it has considerably more than 200 Members, and is one of the most active in the metropolis. No doubt there are many other Branches the condition of which, if compared with what it might easily be, if only somebody would take a little trouble with them, is extremely unsatisfactory, and we trust that they will engage the speedy attention of the Organizing Secretary. Probably the reason why they do not prosper would generally be found to be the lukewarm feeling of Incumbents from whom one would have expected more zeal. But if the clergy are too short-sighted to see the advantages of supporting the E. C. U., that very fact should supply the laity with an additional incentive to exertion. "A very important element in the succes of the Union namely, the Parochial Association-bas as yet been very little developed. Some Branches, indeed, have a very large number of Parochial Associates. Thus, to take one or two instances at random, we find that St. Thomas's, Oxford, has 93; Knowle. 39; Winterbourne Down, 34; Frampton Cotterell, 30; Miles Platting. 44; Searby, 41; and St. Peter's, London Docks, 40. On the other hand, large and important Branches in London can scarcely be said to have any at all. Here, again, an effort should at once be made to bring the Parochial Associations to at least the level which has been actually attained in localities of the same character. If the matter were only taken up in an earnest spirit, there is no reason why the Union should not have 100,000 adherents. With that view, it is most desirable that each Branch, and especially each Parochial Association, should charge itself with some definite work that might serve to keep it together. The fact is, it is only now and then that the Members of the Union are wanted to do anything in that capacity. and it is a very hard task to maintain in efficient working order a machine which there is only an occasional opportunity of using. "It may, perhaps, be asked, what is the use of all this organizing, especially as it is allowed that the Catholic movement has oed a great deal to the absence of party discipline? If we may borrow an illustration from the art of war, we must remind our readers that the close formation which was of such enormous value when battles were decided at the point of the bayonet has become useless and even pernicious since the development of projectiles has reached its present perfection. The great thing now-a-days is not to form square, but to seek cover. And so with us. We can do the enemy no such service as to form ourselves into small bands which can be mowed down the moment he gets the range of them. But then, however loose the formation, the whole force must be well in hand. What we want is a formation so loose that no shot can ever bring down more than one champion at once; and yet so compact that every man may feel sure of support from the whole body. This formation is admirably provided by the E. C. U. Nobody can possibly object to it unless he is prepared to deny the right of association altogether, and yet whenever dignitaries in Church or State have persuaded themselves by conversation with their toadies and creatures that everybody thinks with them, the E. C. U. suddenly comes forward and makes it clear that the revolutionary projects which they contemplate cannot be compassed without a revolution. We need not dwell on the important services which the Union has over and over performed; but we do say that if its numbers were ten times greater its power for good would be proportionately increased, and we do not see how under any conceivable circumstances it could do barm." THE ADVERTISEMENTS. The following passages bearing on the so-called Advertisements of Queen Elizabeth, which are supposed to override the Ornaments Rubric, have been extracted for us by a friend from the "History of Puritans, or Puritan Nonconformists, from Reformation to Death of Queen Elizabeth. By Daniel Neal, M.A. 2nd Edition. MDCCXXXII. London: Printed for Richard Kett at the Bible and Crown, in the Poultry." "But here the Commissioners surely broke through the Act of Submission by which they are obliged never to make or execute any Canons or Constitutions without the royal assent. But the Bishops presumed upon their interest with her Majesty. They knew her mind, though she rejused, forpolitical reasons, to ratify their Advertisements, telling them that the oath of Canonical Obedience was sufficient to bind the inferior clergy to their duty without the interposition of the Crown. Parker therefore went on," &c. (page 204). "While the case of these Oxford Divines was under consideration, his Grace was consulting how to reduce the London Puritans; he was afraid to press them with the Advertisements because the Queen could not be prerailed with to put her seal to them. He therefore sent them again to the Secretary, with a letter to the Queen praying that if not all yet at least those Articles that related to the apparel might be returned with some authority. But the Queen was firm to her former resolution: she would give no authority to the Advertisements; but to support her Commissioners issued out habits, upon pain of prohibition from preaching and depriva. a proclamation peremptorily requiring uniformity in the tion" (page 210). SCOTTISH CHURCH UNION. We have received from Lord Forbes, the President of the S. C. U., the Annual Statement of Accounts of the "Altar Decoration Fund" of the Scottish Church Union, which we have great pleasure in bringing before the notice of our Members: ALTAR DECORATION FUND, 1877. The Donations to this Fund for the present year are £37 12s. 6d., which, with the sum of £2 7s. 6d., the balance from the previous year, amounts to £10. The Expenditure is as follows: were sent to aid this work for the following year. Donations Castle Forbes, Aberdeenshire, October, 1877. - "It has been in existence for six years, and has during this period been instrumental in providing a good many Churches in different parts of Scotland with Altar Crosses, Candlesticks, Cruets, Vases, Linen, &c. It is under the direction of the Council of the S. C. U., though practically I do not the application of the funds has been left to me. myself seek out Churches which may need assistance, but wait for the Incumbents of our Churches in Scotland to make their own appeals for whatever their Churches may be in need of in connection with the Altar. I need not say that I shall be most thankful for any Contributions which Members or Associates of the E. C. U. may be disposed to send me." We will only add that we have looked carefully through the Annual Statements of Accounts for the last six years sent us by Lord Forbes, and are struck with the amount of good which has been effected by the comparatively small sums placed at the disposal of the Council of the S. Ć. U. THE PRINCIPLE OF SACERDOTALISM: ITS We commend to our readers the following account, which we take from the Guardian of January 30, of "The fiftyfirst Islington Clerical Meeting," held in January in the "Bishop Wilson Memorial Hall," the Vicar of Islington, Rev. D. Wilson, in the Chair. 66 would be generally admitted that the Plymouth Brethren, when "BISHOP RYAN and others gave illustrations of Plymouthism. "REV. G. T. Fox, of Durham, said no one could dislike it more than be did, but he thought that in these days his Evangelical brethren ought to be on their guard lest they should unconsciously become too Churchy." FUSSY OFFICIALS. We reprint the following "Word in Season" from the Free and Open Church Advocate. It is a pity that a good cause should be hindered by little mistakes of this kind, which cause perhaps a disproportionate amount of annoyance, and are treasured up and reproduced afterwards as "Objections to Ritualism": : A correspondent tells us he was lately at a Church in the West End of London where a practice appears to prevail of preventing people leaving before the Service is ended. He mentions an instance of two men, evidently strangers and unaccustomed to the usages of the Church in question, whom he saw quietly leaving some few minutes before the Service was concluded; they had proceeded almost to the west door when their further progress was barred by a zealous churchwarden and his assistant sidesman, who whispered mysteriously, and the result was that the two individuals remained standing where they were, the observed of all observers, until the end of the Service. We thoroughly sympathise with our friend when he adds, "that this sort of thing does more harm to the spread of Free and Open Church principles than all the arguments of pew-upholders," and we will add our own opinion that the uncontrolled action of over-zealous churchwardens and fussy sidesmen is a real and growing evil in many a Free Church. While on this subject we may call attention to a custom at some Churches It will be seen (1) that Rev. F. F. Goe lays great stress on the necessity of insisting on the fact that by our Blessed Lord's appointment His Church is governed by men, as His Ministers, and not directly by Himself without any human interposition; (2) that to those Nonconformists who, like the Plymouth Brethren, under the pretence of the "all-sufficiency of the Name of Jesus," repudiate a human Ministry," Mr. Goe is content to reply that "from the beginning it was not so," in other words he appeals to "Catholic Tradition; (3) that he has to deplore a great many Secessions from the of locking the doors during the Celebration of the Holy Comranks of the Evangelical Party to Plymouth Brethrenism,' in consequence, as it must be supposed, of a defect in their teaching on this vitally important question of Sacerdotalism. We will now leave the Report as it appears in the Guardian to speak for itself: "The leading subject for discussion was 'The Validity of the Ministry itself with reference to the Theories of Plymouth Brethren,' and it was opened in an able Paper by the REV. FIELD FLOWERS GOE, Rector of St. George's, Bloomsbury. After a minute examination of the Scriptural authorities on the subject, Mr. Goe summed up his arguments by observing that the Plymouth Brethren said, 'Jesus is all-sufficient; we can trust Him to keep order in His house.' But, as a matter of fact, He appointed Apostles to preside over the newly-formed Church, giving them the power of exercising discipline in the words, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in Heaven.' This power was soon called into exercise in the case of Ananias and Sapphira. Again, the possession of this power was claimed for St. Paul, when rebuking the conduct of the Church in Corinth. There was ample evidence that while the Apostles lived Christian Societies were governed by men. And when we were told that the Name of Jesus ought to be all-sufficient in Christian Assemblies, in such a sense as to supersede a human Ministry, he replied without hesitation, that from the beginning it was not so.' If he attempted to offer any suggestion towards a strengthening of their defences it was with considerable hesitation, and a consciousness of treading on delicate ground. It munion, and at others during the Confession and Absolution in but vergers "who love upon their knees To linger when their prayers are said, In duteous prayer for quick and dead;" NAMES OF CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION AS MEMBERS OR ASSOCIATE-MEMBERS. (TO BE SUBMITTED FOR ELECTION AT THE END OF FEBRUARY.) *prefixed to the Name of any person signifies that he is Nominated as an Associate-Member. † prefixed signifies that the person IS ALREADY an Associate-Member of the Union, and desires now to be elected as a Member. NAME. Adam, Rev. H. T. Baker, Rev. Charles Arthur +Bent, Rev. F. C. H. Brodribb, Rev. W. Kennedy *Burton, W. J. *Cox, Henry *Cox, Samuel Fox, Charles James Glover, Ven. Archdeacon Heath, Alfred S. Hope, R. E. Jackson, Rev. E. B. Johnson, John *Lunn, George (jun.) Roberts, Thomas O. +Sharpe, John A. Morton Buckhurst, Double Bay, Sydney, N. S. W. Rev. Frederick Tooth 116, Clifton-st., Finsbury-square, E.C. 74, Guildhall-street, Bury St. Edmund's 8, Somerset-place, Cathay, Bristol 7, Princes-street, Tunbridge Wells 30, Barlow-street, London-road, Derby 4, Church-street, Barton-hill, Bristol 6, Highfield-view, Stoneycroft, Liverpool 2, Townwall-street, Dover 93, Winstow-road, Stoke Newington Christ Church, Wolverhampton Dennis Park, Amblecote, Stourbridge 22, Benyon-street, Shrewsbury R. H. Frost SECONDER. Rev. T. H. Simpkin H. D. Hammond Rev. Arthur F. Northcote J. W. B. Riddell H. G. Millar Rev. F. W. Greenstreet W. Lunn J. Johnstone Bevan W. Lunn Rev. G. C. Ommanney Rev. A. C. Abdy Rev. J. Nelson Burrows Rev. T. C. Lewis P. R. Wall Rev. H. S. Alison A. T. H. Perkins W. P. Brandon 266, Amhurst-road, Stoke Newington, N. A. J. Sinclair 15, Devonshire-square, E.C. Eldo House, Bury St. Edmund's 9, Ridden-street, Old Hill, Dudley 6, S. Domingo-grove, Everton, Liverpool King's Lynn 98, Lenthall-road, Dalston E. S. Chad's Vicarage, Haggerstone, E. +Sharpe, Rev. W. R. (jun.) Henley-on-Thames Rev. George Morris Rev. A. H. Mackonochie E. Liddon (M.D.) W. J. Mortimer Rev. E. J. Tompson R. E. Childley Rev. H. S. Iredell Rev. Newdigate Poyntz Rev. G. C. Ommanney Rev. Walter Scott Rev. R. J. Ives E. B. Turner Rev. A. T. Chapman W. H. Widdicombe Rev. J. Nelson Burrows J. W. B. Riddell Rev. Frederick Jackson Rev. J. Nelson Burrows NAMES OF CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION (continued). NAME. *Sherson, J. D. Nowell *Thorne, William J. Wigram, Rev. S. R. Williams, Samuel John ADDRESS. The Lindens, Twickenham, S.W. 8, King William-street, Strand, W.C. 27, S. Paul's-churchyard, E.C. 3, Ferndale-road, Clapham, S.W. *Yarborough, J. Jas. Cooke 3, S. Anne's-villas, Notting-hill, W. 71 Women-Associates were elected by the President and Council during the past month, in addition to the 30 Members and Associates whose names appeared in C. U. G. for January. LONDON FREE AND OPEN CHURCH ASSOCIATION, 25, NORFOLK-STREET, STRAND, W.C. Treasurer: EDWARD M. COURTNEY, Esq. Objects-The Abolition of Pew Rents and of Seat Appropriation, the General Adoption of the Weekly Offertory, and the Opening of Churches Daily for Private Prayer. The Free and Open Church Advocate, the monthly record of the Movement, price td., or by post 1s. 6d. annually. The support of Churchmen is earnestly asked for on behalf of this Society, since a general adoption of its principles would greatly extend the influence of the Church of England. HURCH OF ENGLAND WORKING MEN'S SOCIETY, for Securing Freedom of Worship and the preservation of her Rights and Liberties on the basis of the Book of Common Prayer. The Society is governed by a President, three Vice-Presidents, and a An urgent APPEAL is made by the Council for Annual Subscriptions and DR. J. COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORODYNE. THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY GENUINE. A DVICE TO INVALIDS.-If you wish to obtain quiet refreshing sleep, free from headache, relief from pain and anguish, to calm and assuage the weary achings of protracted disease, invigorate the nervous media, and regulate the circulating system of the body, you will provide yourself with that marvellous remedy discovered by Dr. J. COLLIS BROWNE, Member of the College of Physicians, London, to which he gave the name of CHLORODYNE. And which is admitted by the Profession to be the most wonderful and valuable remedy ever discovered. CHLORODYNE is the best remedy known for Coughs, Consumption, Bronchitis, Asthma. From Lord Francis Conyngham. Mount Charles, Donegal, December 11, 1868. Lord Francis Conyngham, who at this time last year bought some of Dr. J. Collis Browne's Chlorodyne from Mr. Davenport, and has found it a most wonderful medicine, will be glad to have half-a-dozen bottles sent at once to the above address. Earl Russell communicated to the College of Physicians that he had received a despatch from Her Majesty's Consul at Manilla, to the effect that Cholera had been raging fearfully, and that the ONLY remedy of any service was CHLORODYNE.-See Lancet, December 31, 1864. From the Rev. R. J. M'Ghee, Huntingdon. A poor woman who had ague sent to me for some medicines. I sent some, they failed. I then sent quinine in wine, that failed also. She could not get sleep or rest. I sent her Chlorodyne. She had NO AGUE FIT THE NEXT DAY, though that was the day for a Tertian. I sent her some more the next three nights, 25 drops, and she is now quite well. Never had ague since. From the Rev. C.. Aitken, Cornwall. ir, I have used Chlorodyne in a great variety of cases of illness amongst my poorer neighbours, throughout May and the whole of last summer, and found it invariably more or less efficient. In Diarrhoea it has never failed in one single instance to effect a cure. CAUTION.-BEWARE OF PIRACY AND IMITATION. CAUTION.-Vice-Chancellor Sir W. Page Wood stated that Dr. J. Collis Browne was, undoubtedly, the Inventor of Chlorodyne; that the story of the defendant, Freeman, was deliberately untrue, which, he regretted to say, had been sworn to.-See Times, July 13, 1864. Sold in Bottles at 1s. 1d., 25. 9d., and 4s. 6d. None genuine without the words "DR. J. COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORODYNE" on the Government Stamp. Overwhelming Medical Testimony accompanies each bottle. Sole Manufacturer-J. T. DAVENPORT, 13, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, London. Printed and Published for the Proprietors by the CHURCH PRINTING COMPANY, 11, Burleign-street, Strand, W.C |