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THE MOVEMENT IN THE CHURCH Whether Lord ...
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TIIK PALACE OV THE PEOPLE. A very memora...
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Army Purchase.—Corrupt Practices. Ai.Tho...
espe c i a ll y of the pecuniary ki n d , is s ingul a rl y fatal to military efficiency . Independently of these baser abuses , however , the system has more serious disadvantages . In other countries it frequently happens that young men make a choice of a temporary service in the army , as a field for manl y training and experience of the world ; a practice which is beneficial in several ways . It returns into the body of the citizens a class of men who have travelled , and who bring home ideas to he sown amongst other
_untravelled friends . It also promotes a ready influx of men more or less fitted to military service , and deposits a class in permanent service whom experience proves to be best suited for it ; the others returning princi p a ll y to civil life . By our plan , th e diffi cu lt y of purchase excluding a very numerous class from ready access to the army , the separation of civilian and soldier is much more marked and widened ; hence the flow and reflux of candidates for military commissions is not so free , and in consequence many a man remains in the army who would rather leave it , if custom afforded the facilities . On the other
hand , disconnected with the Army , civil citizens have but little sympathy w ith their military fellow-countrymen , and throw every impediment in the way of provision , even when it is just , for the well-being of the soldier . The soldier ceases to be national in his relations , and the civilian regards the soldier as an alien . These distinctions are strengthened by the fact , that the system of purchase limits the selection of officers either to those whose families are so strongl y connected with the Army that every pecuniary sacrifice becomes necessary which helps to retain a footing there , or , as happens in the more favoured branches of the service , to families above the
average in point of means . Broadly considered , the distinction between soldier and civilian coincides in a great degree with that between rich and poor . These facts may count , on the one hand , for the unpopularity of the Army ; and on the other , for the overbearing demeanour in soldiers , which is so often the subject of complaint . On the other hand , a Standing Army , alienated
from the people , is an instrument which may l _^ e convenient to the official clique for the time being , but is dangerous to national independence and internal freedom . Nothing could so tend to restore the connexion which ought to subsist between the Army and the nation as a reform in the system of purchase ; and it is to be hoped that the gross abuses which our contemporary points out may expedite that revision .
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The Movement In The Church Whether Lord ...
THE MOVEMENT IN THE CHURCH Whether Lord Derby advise the Queen to grant Convocation a royal licence for the transaction of business or not at the opening of the New Parliament , will havo little practical effect on the grand question . A year , more or less , of delay will only strengthen the earnest _aeivocates of a real Church Parliament in tho strong position they have laboriously Avon , and persovoringly maintained ; and certain it is , that every yearnay , every month—will furnish its quota of dissension , anomaly , anel grievance , demonstrating the necessity and the rightfulness of a revival . The itlea is far too deeply rooted in the minds of
tho active section of churchmen who advocate it , to suffer by delay in its realization . Plans will be matured , convictions fortified , consistency tested , and adherents gained . Honesty anel logic are sure ; to triumph in the long run ; antl tho Church will have to stand or fall by the amount of honesty and logic she can command . Her strife is for unify—unify of belief anel of practice f without unity she is an imposture ; without unity her secular anil religious claims are insolent pretensions ; tho establishment of unity is incumbent on all true believers in her divine ; institution . It is a matter of national
morality as well as individual right . . Nominal concord , anel actual discord , in a body like ; the clergy of the church of England , who wield such a pervading influence , both by teaching antl example , is a . national disease ; . Tht ; mere fact that , they all receive state-pay , while ; they leach Huch discordant doctrines , is of itself sufficient fo demoralize a people . The ; characteristic of fhe ago is , that it flinches from its nominal convictions , mill the : clmr . _iof . eriHtie of the ; Church is , that it llinchos from the rigorous practice of its fundamental principles . While Mr . _(« orham and Dr . _Philpotts minister in tho same diooeNOwhile Mr . Bennett and Dr . Whately arc mem-
The Movement In The Church Whether Lord ...
bers of the same church , wh o i s there th a t do es not see something worse than logical inconsequence , on one side or the other ? In the Church , above all places , should we look for a coincidence of practice and principle ; yet in the Church , above all places , do we find it in the least degree . For this tbere is but one remedy , — Convocation with full powers , embracing l a ity a s well as clergy , and elected by the widest practicable constituency . Hence our interest in its revival , because it is not only an evidence that there are some among the clergy ready to s tand b y their belief and accept its consequences , but because it is a measure essential to the national health .
And the progress made during the past year is immense . We now see the effect of thc provincial and London meetings in favour of diocesan synods , and the exertions of the London and provincial unions in church matters . The Bishop of Oxford has presided over a synod convened to elect proctors . In York , strenuous exertions have been made _,, to take away from Dr . Musgrove all excuse for locking the doors of the convocation-house , and keep ing the keys in his pocket .
At the meeting of the Archdeaconry of Lewes , Dr . Philliniore seemed to imply that real work would be done at the ensuing meeting of convocation . The numbers of the clergy who have attended the electoral meetings is itself si gnifi c a n t of the rising spirit of the _clergy ; and the way in which the proposition for reviving the dormant rights of the church has been received , proves that they are by no means inclined to act upon the worldly maxim Quieta non movere—Don't wake a sleeping dog .
But the most striking symptom is the awakening of the working clergy . We have before pointed out that the present movement in the church is a democratic movement . More than one stipendiary curate has tendered his vote for proctors , and when refused he has registered a protest . Obviously the tendency of convocation would be to restore the church to the people who form the main body of its adherents . The gain would be to the working clergy—the loss to the dignitaries . The church would be less aristocratic , if it survived the ordeal of real representation : and its ministers would be more the
friends and servants of their flocks , and less the slaves of the privileged classes . Meanwhile let us note that the imminence of convocation is shown by the fact that the Times lias thought it worth while to condemn the movement . The Times , like Lord Derb y , agrees that the church is a compromise , a disgraceful fact which we havo all along pointed out Jy and it
thinks the clergy ought to acquiesce m that view . But the question is , not what the Church is in its present state , but what it ought to be , consistently with its fundamental dogmas and momentous claims . A compromise may be convenient for leading " interests ; "' but it never can be convenient either to us who desire : honesty above all things ; or to the mass of believers who trust to their church feir salvation .
Tiik Palace Ov The People. A Very Memora...
TIIK PALACE OV THE PEOPLE . A very memorable day in the annals of civilization was the 1 st of May , 1851 : scarcel y less memorable is tho 5 th of August , 1852 . Ihe former was the solemn and triumphal inauguration of the Crystal Palace—the latter was the more hopeful anel more glorious resurrection of the Palace of the People . The " Crystal Palace" no longer , it springs up again transfigured under a broader anel more enduring title , as befits a broader antl more enduring tutelage . There was something in the former appellative , apart
from tht ; inevitable _eeirruptions of glib or cynical _cahrmm anel _costermongers , which bespoke a sort of hot-house atmosphere of exclusive " protection . " We th ) not for a moment undervalue , still less disparage , the high _influcncos presiding over the ; birth , the ; growth , and tho splendid maturity of that first creation of a distinguished member of the Society of Arts : wo tie ) but remind our readers , that tho Crystal Palace was a nursling of _reiyal favour anel princely patronage , anil from its first to its last hour in Iiy do Park , little better than a tenant at will to a reluctant
_equosfrian tinier . It Ji veil a noble life of usefulness anel beauty , gladdening , elevating , instructing the : souls anel senses of millions by tin ; countless marvels of A shrine ; more marvellous than all that if / contained . But exposed to the caprices of Sibthorpian Ministries , and to the stealthy _jealousiofl
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of Rotten-row—it was from the very accident of its ori gin unable to _prolong the term of an _existence sustained to the last by the enthusiasm of the _coufa . try . Petitions unnumbered , and demob _sti-ations of popular sympathy Unmistakable , could not avert its fate . But its dissolution was hot death —onl y a mi gration of the soul of the place to a tenement more bright and more free . The fabri c is not levelled With the sward of Hyde Park b e f o r e th e fi rs t c olumn is rai s ed at S ydenham - and so to transplant is not to destroy , but to recreateWhatever mav he our volition ) _/)««* : *
. , _„ tud e , oi * our social infirmity , or our p hysical degeneracy , certain it is , that the history of this palace shows that England has stuff in her yet ? that her sp irit i s n o t a ll p a l s ied b y the shop , nor her energy by "double entry ; " that the City does not live by gold alone . For where but in England shall we nnd the enterprise and the boldness of the ten men to whoin we owe thc preservation and revival of the palace ; where shall we find a people capable or ready to respond to th e c a ll , and to share the risk P It is a proud
thou ght , too , that while in other countries great public works are but the monuments of a despotism , with us they are the symbols and the fruits Of freedom—the peop le ' s labour and the peop le ' s inheritance . It was felt by all who were present at the festive ceremonies last Thursday , that this Palace of the People would do more to preserve the peace of the world thaU any peace societies ; more to humanize and to cultivate than all the catechisms
of all the jarring creeds ; more to promote true order than all the bayonets of Austnanism ; more to mak e lib e rt y loyal and contented than any Conservative dogmas . When the banner of " Success to the Palace of the People" was upraised , an d s aluted b y the national anthem , it was felt b y many to be a grand and touching homage to the dignity of Labour , the o nly s our c e of power and wealth . There were in that procession working men , and cap it a list s who had been working men , n o t f o rg e tting the trials of labour in the g lories of the recompence ; there were around that table men who worked with hand or brain ,
but from all alike came one voice of recognition , that Labour is divine . The example of that day , when Labour , and Cap it a l s p r ung from Labour , were met together in a hearty spirit of co-operation , will do more to solve social proble m s th a n any formulas of empirics . May we not hope that in this majestic temple of civilization all
problems shall find their peaceful solution ; for nere science will expand and art refine ; anti quit y will teach reverence , and the " increasing purpose" of the ages humility and hope ; classes and sects will learn patience and mutual forgiveness under the great smile of Heaven , that w ill pour on all its equal rays through the radiant " Palace of the People . "
Louis Napoleon And The Three Northern Po...
LOUIS NAPOLEON AND THE THREE NORTHERN POWERS . It matters little whether tho alleged terms of the treaty between the three great Powers , for the coercion of Louis Napoleon ' s supposed designs be textual : it is certain that they embody more or less exactly the spirit and purpose of tho conferences held at Vienna and Berlin in the course of last spring . In the year 1852 these
crowned and diplomatic Rip Van Winkles are the same as they were in 1815 and in 1791 . They have remembered nothing—forgotten nothing . They still affect to believe in tiio " right divine" of a mythical Henry V . ; they still adhere to the doctrine of a " right divine . ' Yet thqro is not a monarchy iu Europe which has not sprung , at some date or other , more or less distant , from a revolution , or from a successful
usurpation . The fatal mistake of these three Potentates , grown overbold in the insolence of reaction , ib , not to perceive that the ; very cause , of all others , which renders legitimacy impossible in France , is the recollection that it has boon twice thrust upon a reluctant nation hy forciirn bayonets . H
anything could rall y tt ) the cause of Louis Napoleon the great hotly of tho nation , so that all parties anel factions should bo forgotten in the common camp , it would be tho sense of foreign dynastic pressure , by menace or intimidation : Louis Napoleon would onl y havo to declare himself once more son of the Revolution , and champion of tho Democracy of Europe , and to let slip the dogs of war , to tho accompaniment of that Marseillaise Hymn with which , for the sins
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 7, 1852, page 16, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07081852/page/16/
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