...... the Bishop, or Corah? Which? 446 Colonial, in Upper Canada, 335, Clergy of the Church of England, the, 436. Clerical inconsistencies, 349. Coincident Royal Fatality, 219. Companion to the Book of Common Prayer, 370. Compilers of the English Liturgy, 111. Complete Refutation of Astrology, 446. Confirmation of Prince George of Hanover, Conservative Journal and Church of Eng- of a Carmelite Friar, 200. Records of Victoria the First, 284 Correspondence, 26-29, 66-70, 101, 102, 138. D Degeneracy of the present times, 247. Dismissal of Parish Clerks, 451. Dissent, 12, 27, 28, 29, 68, 81, 90, 100, 102, Dum vivimus, vivamus, 219. E Earl of Eldon, the, 75. Ecclesiastical Commission, 111. Election of Ministers by the people, 35. Evidences of God's favour to the Church, 53. Exhortation to the belief and practice of vi- Extract from a Sermon, 181. F Family and Parochial Sermons, 216. Fine preaching, 208. Firmness of the Church, 395. Floating Chapels on the Thames, 397. Formalism not dependent on forms, 93. Friar (Carmelite), conversion of, 200. G. Gathercole, Rev. M. A. 147, 337, 448. Geraldine, 445. Gray, Rev. Robt. 108. I commencing a new, enlarged, and improved Series of THE CHURCHMAN, the first duty we have to perform is that of returning our unfeigned thanks to our readers for the distinguished patronage with which we have been hitherto favoured. Notwithstanding the almost unparalleled opposition against which it has had to contend, THE CHURCHMAN has enjoyed, ever since its commencement, a circulation surpassed by only one, we believe, of the many Magazines published in defence of the Church of England. But this would be of but trifling importance if we had not also the happiness of adding, that we have received abundant evidence of its having proved extensively serviceable to the noble cause of which it has been the humble, but firm and zealous advocate. Many instances have come to our knowledge, of its having been, under the blessing of the Holy Ghost, the means, not only of confirming and building up many Churchmen in some of the important and holy principles of the Church, but also of convincing some dissenters of the erroneous nature of their dissenting principles and conduct, and of removing their prejudices, and of inducing them to embrace the distinguishing principles of the Church of Christ, and of ultimately becoming consistent and devoted members of her heavenly communion. : Of all this, we repeat, we have received ample proof, and therefrom great encouragement in the prosecution of our labours. Our success has, of course, been attended with a corresponding amount of opposition from the enemies of the Church and THE CHURCHMAN has been denounced, by name, from the pulpits of dissenting meeting-houses, and attacked in magazines, pamphlets, tracts, placards, and newspapers, in almost every part of the country. This was, to our minds, additional evidence of the good it was accomplishing, and spurred us on to increased exertion in support of the Scriptural and unchangeable principles which have been prominently and constantly brought forward in the pages of THE CHURCHMAN. And to those who believe these great principles to be founded upon the Rock of Eternal Ages, and are desirous of seeing them generally VOL. IV.B |