ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY 



of England views on the subject ' ot sacramental confession. The in- 

 dignation of the dean of Carlisle found vent in a series of comminations 

 which are read with astonishment at the present day. It was a passing 

 excitement and soon cooled down. When a pastoral staff was presented 

 to Bishop Goodwin in 1884, on the occasion of the visit of the Church 

 Congress to Carlisle, ' in grateful recognition of his faithful and unwearied 

 efforts during the past fourteen years in tending the flock of God com- 

 mitted to his charge,' the memories of past controversies had been 

 forgotten, and the unanimity among clergy and laity in selecting this 

 form of gift marked the arrival of a new and better state of things. 



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