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hearts, to see that house pure, and perfect, and beautiful ; 
"to repair whatever injury it has sustained; to restore it 
" to its ancient integrity. The house of God belongs to 
" every inhabitant in your parishes — to the poor as much 
" as to the rich ; it belongs to each one of you more en- 
tirely, more lastingly, more unfailingly, than any other 
property can — to you and to your children's children. 
" You will, perhaps, complain of the difficulty of raising 
church-rates, and the dissensions which they breed; but 
" works of this kind, which belong to the decoration of the 
" church, may well be executed by voluntary subscription ; 
" only take care that you yourselves are among the chief 
" subscribers. Do not talk of expense ; make a beginning 
" at least; restore one window this year ; let your successors 
restore another next year. When the good work is once 
" entered upon, the desire of going on will increase rapidly ; 
" for you will take more and more interest in that which 
" hitherto you scarcely thought about ; your eyes will open 
" to discern the beauties of your churches ; your hearts will 
open to rejoice in them. In making alterations, however, 
" care should be taken, on the one hand, that they accord 
" with the general style of the architecture, and, on the 
other hand, that they be suited to the great end and idea 
of the building." 
Shall we, as Protestants, be indifferent to the maintenance 
and reparation of our parish churches ? Can we possibly 
feel lukewarmness upon the subject ? If so, we may find 
aid proceeding from another and a very equivocal quarter. 
Yes, from the Roynan Catholic laity, under the impression 
or at least the hope, that, at no very distant period, these 
venerable structures (for whose retention, for the use of a 
purified church, a Ridley and a Cranmer have suffered 
martyrdom,) will again be placed under the custody of the 
hierarchy and priesthood of Rome. The following extract 
