not but cry out reform,-by which term (remarks Dean Milner) not a hair's breadth more ought to be intended than that we should return to the good old way that we should revert to our original principles.'

That the present Dean of Carlisle should have conscientiously imbibed those sentiments of which his writings afford proof, and which his discourses have exemplified more at length, must be matter of sincere pleasure to every thorough-bred disciple of our ecclesiastical establishment; more especially as his religious opinions have, although early formed, been steadily maintained by him, during trying changes, with consistency, ability, and zeal. To him we may look up, indeed, as a light of the Church!

Believing with clearness the Articles of the Church of England, in their plain and literal and grammatical sense,-neither avoiding nor frittering her invaluable doctrines,-of him it may be said, justly applying his own estimate of his excellent brother, that all his sermons are in harmony with that interpretation of Scripture which those articles most theologically contain, and unequivocally express. Scripturally profound, he is, moreover, not less scripturally impressive. Knowing the importance of his charge, he gives it earnestly and boldly. There is nothing hesitating or un

assured in him. He comes-with a 'Thus saith the Lord!'

Wisdom should dwell with learning. Scripture has warned us, nevertheless, that not many wise, according to our mode of judging, however eminently considered, are really the subjects of wisdom. Not so here. Wisdom is here justified of her children.

The greatly wise man is here the wisely great. Armed with the sword of the spirit, as well as. expert in the weapons of the mind, the present venerated champion of our faith,-that faith once delivered to the saints, and to be afterwards kept by them,-never quits the field of divine combat till he has made proof of success. Authority will not obtain, independently, conviction; conviction, nevertheless, always owns his authority.

Let the episcopalians of our day reflect deeply on what he once submitted to them. Pointing out the deficiencies of the establishment, and insisting on the necessity of remedying them, especially as to the dangerous departure from sound doctrine, the times,' continues Dr. Milner, are awful and threatening. The church has determined and inveterate enemies: sects and parties daily increase in number; and the endless divisions and separations from the Establishment afford a most melancholy symptom of the decay

of real religion, and of the ascendancy of loose principles. Any wise provisions made by the State, for the purpose of strengthening and pro- . tecting the Church,' the Dean adds, ought certainly to be received with gratitude by all lovers of piety and good order; but nothing short of a radical reform of the fundamental defects here mentioned, will effectually remove our dangers. What must the Dean of Carlisle think in these times? Sentiments of his guise or sort' seldom acquire the stamp of such high authority.

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Dr. Isaac Milner has superintended a New Edition of the Rev. Joseph Milner's History of the Christian Church, to the first volume of which he prefixed a Vindication from some Remarks made by the Rev. Dr. Haweis; and he has also published a volume of his brother's Sermons, with an Account of his Life.

J. T. BARRETT, M. A.

It is not without mystery,' observed the great Lord Bacon, in one of his Charges, that Christ's coat had no seam; nor no more should the Church, if it were possible. Therefore if any Minister refuse to use the Book of Common-Prayer, or if any person whatever doth scandalize that book, and speak openly and maliciously in derogation of it, such men do but make a rent in the garment, and such are by you to be enquired of.' This charge deserves serious thought. What is looked upon as the uninterrupted possession of the reading desk' is so undesirable a post, that to fill it well, generally, requires some talent, and implies much true zeal for the ordinances and reputation of the church. No longer ago than November 1811, we find a country Magistrate actually instituting a prosecution against a Curate, in Doctors' Commons, upon various charges of altering the Service, and brawling in the Church! Prelates would do well to advert more to this practice on the part of the clergy. Monitions against two great ills of this kind, brawling and

drawling, should have place in all their stated charges. Brawlers or drawlers should alike be censured.

Although the liturgy of our ecclesiastical establishment is not held by us in that superlative importance which seems attached to the devotional formularies of catholic establishments,attending more to sermons than to supplications, -yet it is of essential consequence, that the National Liturgy, wherever introduced, should be read with propriety and devotion. Were it read in this sort, with pious love and pious awe, it would charm all ears, fix all minds, and touch all hearts. Such is the unimpaired excellency of this spiritual composition, that its continual repetition, through a succession of times, has but augmented its impression and incontestably established its worth. The more it is read, the more it is felt. As it spake to our sires, so it speaks to their sons; it comes with ancestorial authority and paternal familiarity to our ears; it strikes on the true chord, it speaks to us as men. We have drawn it with our first breath, and it has grown with our growth. Such force hath its admirable and animating form of sound words!' It is prized now more deeply, because we have used it long.

Proportionably to the beneficial effects result. ing from the just discharge of this part of the