The Resolutions are preceded by a preamble, in which the
Bishops first give hearty thanks for being thus brought together,—a thankfulness which some of them felt in a very questionable form ; secondly, express deep sorrow at the divided condition of the flock of Christ ; and, thirdly, their conviction that unity will be most effectually promoted by maintaining the faith in its purity and integrity "as taught in the holy Scriptures, held by the primitive Church, summed up in the Creeds, and affirmed by the undisputed General Councils,"—and further by prayer, intercession, and "a love for the Lord's appearing," whatever that may be ; which means, we suppose, that the Bishops agree with Archdeacon Denison that the Church must not even discuss any proposal to modify its own formulas, must meet every such invitation as the Pope meets invitations to surrender the secular power, by a nun- possums.
