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crrrnstances which led to the settlement of Mr . M'Cance in the congregation of Water ford , and called upon the people to declare * in the presence of tbe Synod , whether Mr . M'Cance was the object of ihe \ r free and unbiassed choice . The congregation having testified their *\» nfemmou $ choice , by holding up their right hands ,
Mr . Armstrong then required of Mr . M- 'Cance to explain his views on entering the Christian ministry , and undertaking the pastoral charge of that people . This was done by Mr . M'Cance in a brief but very forcible and animated address , to tbe fall satisfaction of the Synod .
He was then solemnly ordained , or " set apart for the work of the ministry , by prayer and the laying on of the hands of the Presbytery , according to the primitive form used by the apostles . In this part of the service the Synod was
Joined by the Rev . John M « Cance , of the Synod df Ulster . The ordination prayer was pronounced by the Rev . John PinkertOn , of Limerick ; at tbe conclusion of Which each member of the Synod presented the right hand of fellowship to the newly ordained minister . A most
impressive charge was then delivered by the Rev . Dr . Drummond , of Strand Street , Dublin , who , in a strain of fervid and impassioned eloquence , pointed out to the minister and congregation their peculiar and relative duties ; and concluded the whole service with prayer and benediction .
The particulars of this ordination ai * e detailed minutely , because it is refreshing , in the present exacerbation of religions sentiment and party , to witness a cereinony pervaded throughout by a powerful advocacy of Christian chanty , of
religious freedom , and of universal love . The simplicity and solemnity of the whole service , and . particularly of the mode of ordination , were deeply affecting , and have left an impression on the minds of the andieuce that will not be readily effaced .
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** Cftureft-of-England Petition for Reform in her Temporalities , c [ communicated . ] " To the Knights , Burgesses , # 6 \ , in Parliament assembled . u Petition of the undersigned Members of the Chureti of £ n . eland
" Humbly Siieweth—That your peti - tioners are members of the Church of England as by law established , giving to the Thirty-nine Articles that interpretation which is commonly called Evangelical , and conscientiously believing such to be the
true understanding of said Articles , which also is more consistent with the pure Protestantism of King Edward VI ., than the Popish Arminian Chwrch-of-Ew gland - km , which it is pretended by some that the said Articles teach .
< c Let not yo « r Honourable House lay the guilt of schism to our charge , because of the want of unity implied by the Church being : divided into two parties , as we can give evidence that ministers oI
all classes , whose conformity to the pure Church of England was unquestioned and unquestionable , have taught our understanding of the faith of the Church , as that of the Orthodox , Catholic and Episcopal Church of England ,
* The subject on which your petition * ers address your Honourable House , h the very inefficient , unequal and oppressive manner in which the clergy are paid , and by which the other expenses of the
Church are levied . This grievance , while it is a source of deep regret to every wellwisher of the Church , and a wall of separation between the ministers and the people , is an odious injustice in the eyes of Dissenters and Roman Catholics ;
while to the enemies of the Christian religion only , it affords triumph , by the contempt and anger which it brings upon a most prominent division of the Christian community . " Far from wisbiug to infringe oil the
privileges , dignity or power of the Establishment , and equally disinclined to interfere by legal enactments with her discipline or doctrine , we respectfully but earnestly implore the Legislature for the sake of the purity of the *" Church—in aid of the zealous administration of her
ministers , and to support the character , -perhaps the existence , of the Katablwhmerit , promptly and peremptorily to reform her Temporalities . " The only method in our opinion to reform the Church is by paying her cter * gy , Quantum Meruit ; a voluntary contribution from the people to the laboww > whoiB worthy of his hire , would promote useful - entejitioi * * adrantageous and ho-
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502 fntelligence * — - £ vtwgeli £ al Clergy Petition .
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Evangelical Clergy Petition U * Parliament for Reformation in Church Revenues . TiiiR following curious document i « from the Cork Southern Reporter (
obligingly sent us by aw Irish # orrespondent ) of July p : whether it be a real petition or a tfceplagacal Jeu tf esprit we will not undertake to d@termiti £ : if the letter , such trilfafl , like straws thrown « j > iatio the air , shew whirh way tfat wind -blown .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1826, page 502, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2551/page/58/
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