The Reserve Question, Or a Word for the Church, by One of Its Clergy (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Reserve Question, Or a Word for the Church, by One of Its Clergy (Classic Reprint) written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Reserve Question, or a Word for the Church, by One of Its Clergy The writer of the following pages Ought perhaps to apologize for the warlike turn which has been given to some few parts of his address. But while some of the terms are military and the imagery occasionally assumes a martial air, he must beg that his readers will not misunderstand him. For the warfare of which he speaks and the unflinching contest to which he in vites the Clergy of his Church, is not that of sanguinary encounter, or of fierce and malignant feeling; but that of strenuous and persevering exertion for the undisturbed possession of their important rights and privileges. He hopes he is no bigot. He is not aware that he feels the least enmity against any sect or denomination in the Province: nor is he disposed to assert with arro gancy of assumption that iris is the only Church to the exclusion of all others. He claims indeed the right of preference: and strong are the convictions which have led to and which cause him still to cherish this his preference. But he still concedes to others the right of choice. And were he and his Church only left to themselves as he would leave others - to proceed quietly and undisturbedly in the peaceful discharge of their respective duties, - not a line on the present subject would ever have been sent by him to the press. But when such hosts of assailants have gathered around his revered and hon ored Church and when they rapaciously, and as it seems to him, iniquitous ly talk of severing from her, or altogether alienating her exclusive endowments and when in order more fully to secure their aim, they do not scruple either ignorantly or maliciously, to malign her - under such circumstances, be felt it his bounden duty to speak out; and while he has endeavoured to do this with manly christian courage, he is not conscious of having cherished against any one, the least bitterness of feeling. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.