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Wordsworth for the first few years of his Wardenship of famed Glenalmond, during which period he had not escaped his share in more than one controversy, we find that in 1851 (on St. Philip and St. James' Day) the consecration of the College Chapel took place, Mr. Wordsworth himself, as Warden, preaching at the second service. In his sermon he pointedly alluded to the grave fears which he entertained of a tendency towards separation of Church and State; having reason to suspect the change which had begun and has since become plainly developed (in the case of the Irish Church), in the mind of Mr. Gladstone, and who was present on both occasions. The scrmon, under the title, "The Church, Home, and School," was afterwards published. This, and similar episodes, however, did not put a stop to the friendly relations existing between the Warden and the distinguished statesman, who, at the request of the former, contributed to the July issue of the Scottish Ecclesiastical Fournal (a publication suggested and planned by Mr. Wordsworth, and, with large assistance from him, ably and successfully edited for some years by Mr. Walker, of Bowland) the Review of "Memoirs of William Wordsworth, Poet Laureate" (p. 151). The learned editor of "Scotichronicon" says that in order to show "how much the mind of Mr. Wordsworth was running at the time upon the great politico-question just referred to may be further discovered, not only from several articles which he contributed to the early numbers of the Scottish Ecclesiastical Journal, but from an elaborate sermon which he delivered in the autumn of the same year, at Kidderminster, on occasion of the Jubilee of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and which his friend the Vicar (Dr. T. L. Claughton, now Bishop of St. Alban's) requested to be allowed to publish at his own expense. It was entitled "National Christianity an Article of the Christian Faith." Mr. Gladstone's historical Letter to the then Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church (Dr. Skinner) was soon after published, in which he argued for the admission of laymen as constituent members of Ecclesiastical Synods. This publication, from the method of its argument, and for other reasons, was thought by the erudite Warden to give public evidence of what the writer's (Mr. Gladstone's) mind must eventually come to in regard to the severance of Church and State. He, with characteristic celerity, lost no time in giving the needful warning against what he considered a very dan

gerous position, and in the following month (February, 1852) appeared his "Letter to the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, on the Doctrine of Religious Liberty, as propounded in his Letter to the Bishop of Aberdeen and Primus." In this pamphlet (allowed by one of its severest critics and impugners to be a "masterly performance") there were remarks which now appear as though they did

"Attain

To something like prophetic strain."

Although there were not many at the time of which we are writing who saw the matter in the same light. There were some, however, amongst them being the beloved Isaac Williams, and the then Dean of Christ Church (the celebrated Dr. Gaisford, Professor of Greek). In the following June Dr. Wordsworth took up the same subject, and his arguments succeeded in stemming all further agitation of the question for some years.

We now come to a new epoch, if we may put it so, in the remarkable career of Dr. Wordsworth. On October 3rd, 1852, Dr. Torry, the Bishop of St. Andrew's, passed from the earthly scene. This prelate had always looked upon Dr. Wordsworth as his probable successor, and considering the attitude taken by the subject of our memoir when Dr. Torry thrust his " Prayer Book" upon the Scottish Episcopal Church, in 1850, his vaticinations were, probably, not of the most pleasant character, although the then Warden of Glenalmond had ever been animated by feelings of the greatest respect for the bishop personally. The Wordsworths, however, would sacrifice all friendships, however close, should principle be at stake through their continuance. (As witness the present Bishop of Lincoln's "Protest" against the installation of Dr. Stanley as Dean of Westminster). Dr. Wordsworth's consecration, however, was not to take place without difficulty, and this from causes which we must now shortly explain. During the whole of his episcopate, Bishop Torry had been compelled to reside at a distance from his diocese. He was Incumbent of Peterhead, North of Aberdeen, and during the latter years of his life he was even unable to come to the meetings of his Diocesan Synod. These circumstances were most unfortunate, primarily, perhaps, because they had given rise to the upgrowth of a more than usual amount of party spirit, and to the formation of opposing

cliques amongst the small body of his clergy (then amounting to but sixteen). This state of things had caused the election of a successor to be looked forward to with more than ordinary interest, indeed, anxiety; and this not only in the diocese, but throughout the Church. Mr. Wordsworth had shown no desire for the post, as was proved by the fact (which came out in evidence before the bishops upon the subsequent " Appeal") that, when, some months. before Bishop Torry's death, he had been applied to by the senior, and one of the most respected, of the Presbyters (Rev. J. C. Lyon, of St. Andrew's) to allow himself to be brought forward when the vacancy, which could not be long distant, should arise—upon the plea that the opposite party amongst the clergy would be sure to be ready with their Candidate he sent no answer to the communication. Afterwards, when the vacancy had occurred, he received a similar application from the Dean of St. Andrew's, the son of the late bishop, and with this he complied, contrary, however, to the wish of his friends in England, who were averse to his settling in Scotland. The historical circumstances connected with the election itself, however, we cannot do better than relate in the words of Dr. Gordon in his "Scotichronicon." He says "When the day of Election (Nov. 10) came on, the votes being 8 and 8, it was manifest that if any settlement was to be arrived at, Mr. Wordsworth, being the 17th Voter, must be placed in the dilemma either of allowing the 8 Clergy whose Candidate he was to be defeated in his person by voting for his opponent (who had, moreover, recently become Bishop of another Diocese), or by giving his vote in his own favour, as they had requested him to do. The Warden (who was not a man to allow any cause in which he was engaged, and about which many others, he knew, felt even more keenly than he did himself, to be worsted, if he could lawfully help it) adopted the latter course. At the same time, he announced that he should request the College of Bishops to cancel his vote if they disapproved of the step he had taken, and he wrote to the Primus to that effect. The next day, however, wishing to give the adverse clergy an opportunity of reconsidering their position, he declined to accept the election as it then stood. Accordingly a mandate was issued for a new election to take place on November 30, St. Andrew's Day. In the interval a remarkable-not to say providential-circumstance occurred which put the

matter in a new light. Dr. Christopher Wordsworth (brother of the Bishop of St. Andrews) who was at that time Canon (and afterwards Archdeacon) of Westminster, in the course of an investigation relating to the affairs of the Abbey Chapter, was led to notice a provision of the Canon Law, by which it is ruled that in case of a Capitular Election, where one of the candidates is a member of the Elective Body and the other is not, if the votes are equal the former is, ipso facto, to have the preference, provided he agree to the election, without giving his own vote-a solution, which, with obvious justice, precisely met the existing difficulty in the St. Andrew's diocese. And, further, it appeared that this principle had been accepted by authorities in England since the Reformation as part of the Ecclesiastical Law. When the day of Election came on a second time, the antagonist party so far relaxed in their determination that they offered to elect Mr. Wordsworth unanimously, provided he would promise at once to resign the Wardenship-thus acknowledging that their opposition was not founded upon any supposed moral or intellectual disqualification. To this proposal he did not feel himself at liberty to give consent, but only replied that if he found, upon experience, the duties of the two offices incompatible, he would do as desired. It should be mentioned that the College Council, most of whom were anxious for his election, had come to a resolution just before, "that the office of Warden is compatible with that of Bishop, and that this opinion be placed on record in their minutes." The answer of Mr. Wordsworth not being deemed satisfactory, another candidate was named, and the voting proceeded-only to arrive at the same result as before. An appeal was taken to the College of Bishops, who, after full hearing, unanimously rejected it; and having before them an opinion of Mr. (afterwards Sir) Roundell Palmer (now Lord Selborne) to the effect that the Canon Law was clearly and unquestionably in Mr. Wordsworth's favour, confirmed his election. The two principal appellants were the Rev. A. Lendrum (who was then at Crieff, but has now left Scotland), and the Rev. G. H. Forbes, since deceased.

The Consecration took place on the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, 1853, at Aberdeen, the Primus being assisted by the Bishops of Edinburgh and Glasgow. The Bishop of St. Andrews received the honorary degree of D.C.L. on June 5th, 1853, from the University of Oxford on

the grand occasion of the Installation of the late Earl of Derby, as Chancellor, together with Mr. D'Israeli, the present Lord Derby, Mr. Walpole and others of the Conservative party.

Perhaps the controversy which will be handed down to posterity, and in which Bishop Wordsworth was bound to take part, ex cathedra, is what is known as the "Eucharistic Controversy," which arose in 1857, in consequence of the late Bishop of Brechin's Charge. Although a High Churchman, Bishop Wordsworth was not at one with Bishop Forbes upon the hyper-Catholic doctrine concerning the real, objective, presence of our Lord's Body, Soul, and Divinity in, or under, the elements.

Amongst other things accomplished by Dr. Wordsworth we may mention that he was the first to move for a General Synod of the Church for the Revision and enlargement of the Canons. This was in the year 1859. A Committee was appointed to revise the existing Code, and having completed their work, a Synod was summoned to meet in 1862. There were altogether three Sessions.

Amongst Dr. Wordsworth's works not before referred to may be mentioned "Shakspeare's Knowledge and use of the Bible" (1864), which speedily passed through several editions; "A Greek Primer"; and innumerable learned tractates, lectures, especially on the subject of "Unity" with Presbyterians, which he has made the great object of the latter peried of his life, i.e., since he became Bishop. Among his more recent publications written mainly with this view, may be mentioned "Outlines of the Christian Ministry, with the view to the reconciliation of existing differences concerning it, especially between Presbyterians and Episcopalians," (Longman) 1872, and "Some Remarks on Bishop Lightfoote's Essay on the Christian Ministry," (Parker, 1879.)

In the Autumn of 1846, while still residing at Winchester, Bishop Wordsworth married his second wife, Katherine Mary, eldest daughter of the Rev. W. B. Barter, by whom he has had a numerous family.

It was the writer's privilege to hear the Bishop of St. Andrew's preach the only four sermons he ever delivered in that historic fabric with which his brother (the Bishop of Lincoln) was associated (1) as Canon, and (2) as Archdeacon, for nearly a quarter of a century-Westminster Abbey. It is invidious to compare two members of the

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