"The Bible-I say the Bible only-is the Religion of Protestants." CHILLINGWORTH. EDITED BY THE REV. T. E. THORESBY, MINISTER OF SPA FIELDS CHAPEL, LONDON. VOLUME I. LONDON: KENT AND CO., PATERNOSTER ROW. Pierpoint, W. H., Esq. 219 Priddy, Mrs., of Sierra Leone...... 321 Wood, Rev. John 71 POETRY: The Bell-Bird The Better Country The Presence of Jesus Prayer Meetings, United.. 348 Preaching, The Late Rev. W. Jay, of Bath, on......... 145 Psalmody 33 Puget, J. H., Esq., of Totteridge, Funeral Sermon for 167 Rawling, Joseph, Biographical Re Six Short Sermons on Sin Ritual Commission, The, Remarks Ritualism and Rationalism Ritualism Here and Elsewhere Ritualism, its Teaching and Tenden- of....... Sinaitic MS. (Codex Sinaiticus), Dis Spurgeon's, Rev. C. H., Conversion 134 They don't Speak to each Other...... 39 175 Tottington, near Bury, Free Church Tractarianism, The Character and Wise Men, How to Walk with Them 105 63 187 69 301 41 6 280 227 220 97 22, 57, 87, 152, 183 40 165 286, 314, 343 THE FREE CHURCH OF ENGLAND MAGAZINE. THE FREE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. "Essentially one with the Church of England, of which we regard ourselves as living members."-DR. HAWEIS, Rector of Aldwinckle. "The Basis of the Religious Doctrine and Tenets to be professed and subscribed by the members of the Free Church of England is the Bible.”—DEED POLL OF THE FREE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.* The first quotation above will show the character of the religious association which was gathered by the clergy of the Church of England, and other faithful ministers, under the auspices of the Countess Dowager of Huntingdon, in the remarkable revival of religion during the last century. The second quotation will show what the Free Church of England is, which has grown out of that association. Further information may be obtained in the two circulars, which have been printed for the public, showing the history and constitution of the Free Church. Let us mention at once in what respects we are Free. We are free from State control. This may, or may not, be an advantage, according to the opinion of the reader. No theory on this subject is required to be believed or professed among us, we merely state it as a fact. We are, therefore, free to use the Book of Common Prayer revised and freed from those phrases which are appealed to by some as countenancing priestly power and sacramental grace. Priestly pretension, founded upon the fiction of the Apostolic succession, is increasing in the land, and it is high time it were rebuked by the public voice of the country. The great Dissenting communities have been treated with opprobious contempt and contumely; their ministers have been denounced as unauthorized teachers, their congregations have been stigmatized as sects and schismatics, and their places of * For full quotations see end of article. B |