against here, but there is no distant probability, from recent events in France, and the state of the continental kingdoms generally, that England will have to watch and act against a not unlikely confederacy of Romish allies to destroy the liberties, civil and religious, of all Protestant States, The CHRISTIAN GUARDIAN must, therefore, more than ever, be on the alert to expose, with holy faithfulness, the absurdities and errors of Rome, in its doctrine and ritual, and to watch with vigilance the movements of its partisans at home and abroad, in their working out the ever-shifting political phases of their falsely termed religious system. The later numbers of our Magazine have been occupied, perhaps too largely to suit many readers, with specimens of revised Services; in the future discussion of the subject of revision, it has been determined no longer to give these proposed alterations at length, but to state briefly, and in parallel columns, the very few things which it appears desirable either to omit or alter, For our own part, while we feel no reluctance in admitting articles and correspondence upon a subject which we think must sooner or later be forced upon the consideration of the whole Church, yet we quite agree with a recent valued correspondent, that the present position of clerical parties justifies the Archbishop from now entertaining the question, and that we must first, “endeavour to change the circumstances of the case; the clergy at large must examine, not how much they would wish to be altered in our Liturgy, but how much it is absolutely necessary to reform, and to try to come to some agreement as to the number of points upon which it is indispensable to make a change, and the nature of the changes to be made. Surely, if there be such a thing as the faith once for all delivered to the saints, it ought not to be difficult for those who hold that faith, if they lay aside their own wishes and put on seriousness and moderation, to come to an agreement as to what it is essential to reform, and to be content with that only. Should such a degree of concord be found, and should it embrace a large portion of the clergy and laity, I cannot but think that the united voices of such a company of the faithful would make themselves to be heard and prevail. Such is the end, for the attainment of which I could wish to see a general effort in operation." In now looking forward to the labours of the coming year, the conductors of this Magazine determine, in dependence upon the aid of the God of all power and wisdom, to make their pages the vehicle of imparting and maintaining Christian Truth, and of exposing and combating the various forms of error and superstition which are ever doing their works of mischief. Although sincerely attached to the principles of the Church of England, the Editors are not careful that their “churchmanship" should occasionally be "impugned,” if only they are found faithful to the far deeper truths of the whole Church of Christ, as set forth in the Bible ; to which only standard of truth it is the aim of the conductors of this periodical to bring their own beloved Church into more perfect agreement and consistency. It is trusted that not only are their past labours regarded with approbation, but that their future exertions will receive an increasing measure of support. December, 1851. INDE X. Page Page ADDRESS of the archbishops and Baptismal Service, specimen of a bishops 190 revised 450 Aggression, the papal 240 Barber's, M. A. S., Du Bourg.... 91 Aids for Determining. Rev. W. Bath and Wells, bishop of, and Goode 90 High Church principles 286 Alliance, proposed Protestant 283 Being with Jesus 501 the Evangelical 376 Believer a mystery, the...... 157 the Protestant... 528, 566 Bequests, munificent 585 All-sufficient Saviour, the 149 Best's, Mrs., Casket Rifled 526 Alterations in the Liturgy, impolicy Bible, revision of the....... 135 of 34, 86 Bickersteth, Rev. E, Memoir of, Amos, Lectures on the Book of. by Rev. T. R. Birks ......... 275, 320 Rev. V. W. Ryan.. 464 Birkbeck schools, the 228 Angel, the sealing of the 164 Bishop of Exeter's pastoral letter... 188 Anglican form of Church govern London and Tractarian ment, on the 553 Churches 96 Anglicanism considered in its re Remarks on Dr. • sults. W. Dodsworth. 181, 233, 278 Pusey's letter to... 68 Anniversaries of religious societies. 132 Norwich and Dr. Newman 474 Appointment of ministers, the ....... 418 Nova Scotia, the new 144 Apprentice, the goldsmith and his 161 Tuam and Irish converts ... 377 Apocalypse, Handbook for the ...... 327 Bishopric of Bombay 331 Apocrypha in Germany, the......... 382 Bonar's, Rev. H., Man, his Religion Apocryphal lessons, the 421 and his World 523 Archbishop of Canterbury, address Bond of Union in our Church Conto the..... 142 gregations 17 and episco Bristol, the dean of, and Dr. M`Neile 406 pal orders 429, 477 British and Foreign Bible Society. 236 Archdeacon Manning, secession of. 191 Museum, the Scriptures in Argument with a Romanist 461 the. 289 Argyll's, Duke of, Speech 332 Buonaparte, Louis-Napoleon Arrogancy, Ignatius vindicated from Burial Service, the 423, 550 113, 167 Byrth, Rev. Thomas, 1).D., ReArticles and the Catechism, the 422 mains of, by Rev. G. R. Moncreiff 561 Attila and Napoleon.... 258 Australasian synod, the.............. 334 CANONRY of St. Paul's Canterbury, Address to the ArchbiBABYLON and the Banks of the shop of 142 Euphrates 92 Archbishop of, and episBaptism, a Father's Thoughts on. copal orders .... 429 W. H. Madden 93 Letter to the Archbishop Baptismal Regeneration 557 of. M. D'Aubigné 316 565 ...... 474 Page Page Carlyle's, Thomas, Life of Sterling 519 Conference on Church Reform...... 219 Case of Miss Talbot... 143 401 Casket Rifled, the. Mrs. Best 526 385 Catechism and the Articles, the. 422 Conversations on the Lord's Supper. Catholic Church, Reasons for sub C. Stannard 185 mitting to the. Rev. H. W. Conversion and baptism of a Hindoo Wilberforce 471 youth. 420 Cautions for the Times. 367 Converts to Protestantism, Irish 377 Chalmers, Dr. Thomas, Memoir of, Convocation, on the revival of 314 by Rev. Dr. Hanna 424 Crabb, death of the Rev. James 432 Check to Pride 402 Creative goodness . 445 Children at Church 433 Cumming's, Dr., Voices of the Day 232 Christ Church, Hoxton 225 the Archbishop of Canterbury ... 316 Watson 280 Davies, Rev. C. H., Hints and SugChristendom, present position of gestions 138 299, 350, 403 on oral tradition. 353 Christian children, Fresh Gather on revision of the ings for 329 liturgy 179, 413, 493 firmness 402 Death-bed of a Romanist...... 143 Christian's enjoyment of cutward Death of the King of Hanover... 527 things, the.... 253 Rev. James Crabb 432 Church and its ininistry, the 49 Declaration, the supremacy 378 children at 433 444 283 union in... 17 Diotrephes, query respecting 135 matters in 1641 75 Dodsworth's, W., Anglicanism con- 181, 233, 278 Missionary Society 236 Drummond's, H., Plea for Women 328 of Rome, Dr. Hook's reaDu Bourg. M. A. S. Barber 91 sons for not joining the ......... 74 Dying Thief, the 149 Pastoral-Aid Society 237 reform and revision of the ECCLESIASTICAL Titles Bill 94, 331 Liturgy 330 Ejaculatory prayer 401 Association, the Ply Emmaus, the Saviour's walk to 342 mouth 431 Endowment of Maynooth.... 481 conference on ......... 219 England's Wants 468 illustrated principles English Episcopate, comparative of. 79, 121, 170,215 view of the..... 37 movement, the.... .... 284 Episcopacy, the state of our......... 306 -, the Parliamentary Ses Episcopal orders, the Archbishop of sion of 1851 360 429, 477 services, revision of the. 32, 87 revenues, order in coun- 432 visible, and the Church in Epistle of Ignatius to Polycarp 115 visible, the..... 177 the Ephesians 116 Clinton, Rev. C. J. F., on the Ri Romans... 117 tuals of the Church 30 Eternity 401 -, remarks on Euphrates, Babylon and the Banks Dr. Pusey's letter 68 of the 93 Cobden, Mr., and the worshippers Evangelical alliance, the 376 of mammon .... 46 Exchange, the 310 Colonial Church and School Society 47 Exeter, Bishop of, pastoral letter.. 188 Comment upon the Nestorian Pa synod, the... 239, 283, 379 triarch and the Pope.. 499 Exhibition, the great 191, 237 Communion of saints, the ............ 145 313 revised 503 Family Bible, history of a .......... 526 Comparative view of the English Fisk's, Rev. G., Sevenfold Aspect Episcopate.... 37 of Popery 187 |