DISAFFECTION OF THE RAT F.-PAY E Rs TO THE CHURCH.
IT is indeed high time that the Bishops should c,!asa: to meddle 'with politics, and exert all thuir to comiliate the refractory laity, NV110 SeeIll (1.1)oSNI ill (i!lie ittarters to lay the axe to the .root of the EstaLli-Innent. Tho f011iesing concise :Ititement of facts is worth a folio of arguments in ftvour of Church Reform.
" The-inhabitants are respectfully informed, that in consequence of the Ves- try, held on the 1:;tli ;Led 14th instant. having, both by show of hands and by poll, decided against making a Cluirele rate, and the funds ill hiant for the pur- poses of the Church h .ing nearly exhausted, the Wardens %till, after the l2111 MR S. AUSTIN'S CHARACTERISTICS OF GOETHE.
performance or divine service.
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" wisissu Josil Ins.sr " The example set by the parishioners of Christ Church is likely so
and his flock. Peoph! will no longer willingly submit to be taxed. m
for the support of tho Church, merely because it is the Church. The miserable p m D policy of compelling Dissenters to pay rates and
-taxes for the support or the Essilaishinent, is now apparent. They
unite with what is perhaps very frequently a small minority of the Churchmen, and with their assistance throw the Churchwar- dens overboard, and the church is closed. A Vestry composed
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