The Commission of the United Free Church Assembly, which also
met on Wednesday, was addressed by Principal Rainy in a speech in which he maintained that the decision of the Law Lords amounted to a refusal of toleration to his Church,—surely an exaggerated view. Dr. Rainy did not make any substantive proposals, but we are glad to see that he repudiated any slavery to formularies. We are convinced that this is the true policy of any Church ; but as it is the precise policy which the victorious Church rejects as almost, if not quite, heretical, its statement on such an occasion will not facili- tate compromise. Our impression is that the feeling of the majority of Scotsmen is growing hotter, and that in the end, if Parliament fails to interfere, a desperate effort will be made to obtain by subscription a new material frame work for the United Free Church.
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