The toast met with a hearty reception. 
mbhc kind" f 1 ' lE ° NS reSP ° nded: - He said * was n*Ml ^ meetings of this 
L^calUn *" T™ & “ COnnection with the Established Church, 
this of ° lergyman present to respond to it. There had been on 
S, dZta Z f e th° naI d9part " e fr0m that 0rder; and he thou S ht it a 
srxrr? e r“ an — ^ 
hal t i™ t anfa °7 “ a minister of the C}iurch of England, it would 
himself to the h’l t 7 6Xample of Preceding speakers, and limit 
imself to the briefest acknowledgment of their kindness. He should not 
—’l 6 MfiUlng tbe P ur P° se for which he had been asked to rise, if he 
thrisCslr’T • l he , ° b f CtWhiCl1 theyhad in ~s sacred to al 
and ! wo^d b 7 I* 16 Pr0gr6SS ° f ° Ur religi0 “ at home “ d abroad/’ 
H Ltir IftdTt 7 the ^nrthey conferred on him, if he treated 
addfesld 1 ’ t ’ 6 ° CCUpied m ° re ° f their time than those who had 
they had ’ , T‘ ^ them t0 attribute U t0 the ™ture of the task 
hf i3lh° n tV Hle Pr ° greSS ° f Christianit y was “ed with 
“proS w s r We “; bemg ; f humal1 “tui-e 1 and although the term 
P ^ was fre( l ue ^% used in a sense which he should repudiate he 
Z£ S ll : pl “- 
notice ° There were ’tlT ^ l 6 WOldd Wlsb > lf permitted, to urge on their 
an obstacle to h ° Se 7° Tmtured to im ply that Christianity was even 
an obstacle to progress. He would not shrink from meeting their charge 
orctlTc ° 0 h rellgl ° n i They apparen % wished Christianity tolndergo some 
In^ their seme Vth reg 7 ed adherence to existing forms as obstructive. 
process We hate 7? ^ ^ ° Ur <****** was opposed to 
fnto° somethin^ new b 7* °v rellgl0n S0 Pressing as to be changed 
to something new ; but we believe that its advancement in influence will 
and' 6SSlng ° t t le World ’ and wish that its truths may be more fully received 
S ts r p ™ WideI y pra0tised - And ^ a atill further sell 
. .. assert that our religion is essential to all true progress both 
au tS r m 7 b Tlle m ° difiCati0n . S 0f thoaght which a”g on t 
in oolitic ay 6xp 7 my meaiun §- fhis is called an age of progress. Thus 
n pohticg, we are so changing that it is difficult now to recognize the parties 
famdiar to our fathers fifty years ago. A man calls himself 
and TalSTt “Tv T‘ * “ be *> -serve, (*££*, 
wishes to root * a Eadlca1 ’ and T ou Just perceive that he 
He STS? T T but what, it is impossible to tell. (Laughter.) 
for isunnosTw T ’ ^ at a loss to ****** him- 
provress of “ t " e 1 “ ”" e “ liberaIs ’’ The trath *, that the natural 
is goinv on LuTpI IS . UnSet h7 , S all things. And something analogous to this 
quarters half a ce i'™' CbllStlanity of the kind which prevailed in many 
there ha she \ - SmCe ’ scarcel J is to he found in our days. Then 
SS br ° t Ught 7;' public mind, both at home and'abroad a 
K,;‘" Whlcb 7 ds t0 destr °y the very foundations of o’ur 
We watch this course of events with anxiety-not for the sake of 
