“ 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 1. LONDON : KENT AND CO., PATERNOSTER ROW. Per llige at INDEX. 270 es............. TUSCON ....... ..... 255 128 PAGE Gospels ................................ 283 59, 84, 114, 151 Ministration of ......................... 250 Christian Religion..................... 341 Bible Only, the Great Charter of Practice ............................... 372 311 ... 376 gelical Ministers of, and Romish Rites and Forms ..................... 273 ...... 329 Ashbourne ................................ 64 64 160 380 328 272 272 356 271 300 64 240 Contributions, &c. (continued). PAGE 127 272 272 355 64 300 96 ale....................... 127, 127, 272 380 380 272 160, 95 300 240 Yarmouth ....... Agricola ................ ................. ................................. 187 293 117, 159, 188 of the .................................... 193 vantages secured by the ............ 226 133 240 187 vers ................ ..................... 11 ......... 182 320 258 PAGE Reports (continued). PAGE ........157, 320 119 Spa-fields Chapel Schools............ Monumental Memorial to 129, 161, 353 vices in ...... ..... Todmorden.. Tottington Worcester Coming Wonders expected between 1867 and 1875. Daily Walk with Jesus, The ...... 291, 308, 346 Glass Houses and Stone-throwing: About ............ Gospel Magazine, The .............. Contempory Review on.............. Public Worship......... cords of ............ ........... Six Short Sermons on Sin ......... 187 Rich, Dying ........... Ritual Commission, The, Remarks Wood, Rev. John ..................... 71 Ritualism, its Teaching and Tenden- cies ...................................... 140 377 Ritualism, Rise and Rapid Spread of 3 Ritualism, The Bishop of Iowa on... 333 Rome, No Peace with ; a Reply to 75, 110, 149, 234, 268, 298, 324 280 of ........... 227 Saved ? Are there Few that shall be. 136 Sierra Leone, Preachers' Plan of the 126. 240 Free Churches in ..................... Sinaitic MS. (Codex Sinaiticus), Dis. covery of ........... Spurgeon's, Rev. C. H., Conversion 134 TALE :- The Orphan ...... 22, 57, 87, 152, 183 175 They don't speak to each other...... 39 The Only Way ......... Tottington, near Bury, Free Church of England at ..... Tractarianism, The Character and Tendency of ............... 286, 314, 343 297 ...... 167 220 165 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. |