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THE OBJECTS OF CONVOCATION.
10th August 1852.
Sin—Will you permit me, through the medium of your journal, to put two questions to those who are advocating the restoration of synodal meet- ings in the Church. These questions are very simple, and may be answered briefly.
1. What are the express practical objects which they seek in the revival of Convocation ? I ask this question, because the arguments in favour of this apparently galvanizing project have as yet only set forth certain con- tingent advantages which may result from it. Of course, the attainment of -"unity" by the extrusion of minorities is a practical object ; and if that is meant, let that reply be given. To put the question in a still shorter form— what is Convocation to do?
2. Do they believe, or not, that the theory of representation, for represent- ation's sake, is a mischievous and almost exploded discovery of modern poli- ticians? The collateral advantages of the English Parliament, for example, - independent of the necessary political work which it does, are beginning to be questioned as at least problematical. To vary this question also—have the clergy considered whether their hopes and their language are those of a pseudo-philosophical democracy ?
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