of a college for men preparing for ordination, and the provision of a body of mission clergy to assist in the East end parishes at the bishop's discretion. Money entrusted to the Bishop Suffragan for East London, will, we can guarantee, be wisely and economically laid out, and those who contribute to the fund will be taking part in one of the grandest works which the Church has done in the metropolis for many a long year, and will be preparing for the utilization of the fabrics which thirty or forty years ago were considered the one thing needful for the evangelization of the masses. Happily for the Church, due organization under a resident bishop is now provided for, and those who have seen what Dr. How has already done by his personal influence and ready co-operation can easily imagine what the result will be if his lordship is properly supported.

Dr. Ryle's consecration as the first Bishop of Liverpool puts another of the new dioceses created under the Act passed by Sir Richard Cross in possession of its spiritual head, and although the new prelate is somewhat needlessly effusive in the continued assurances of his Protestantism, suggesting the question whether he fears it may be difficult to maintain it in his new dignity, there is every reason to hope that he will settle down into a fair and impartial chief pastor.

REVIEWS AND NOTICES OF BOOKS.

Church or Dissent? An Appeal to Holy Scripture. (Addressed to Dissenters.) By T. P. GARNIER, M.A. George Bell & Sons. Second Edition. ALTHOUGH the tendency of modern legislation is to reduce the Church to the level of the sects, and too many so-called Churchmen are constantly striving to minimise the points of difference in faith and discipline which separate us from the Dissenters, the fact remains that the Prayer Book treats schism as a sin, and hence that the true remedy for our unhappy divisions " is the return of the Nonconformist to the Church of his fathers rather than the inculcation of the doctrine that "we all believe the same thing in different ways." There has, in many quarters, been far too general à disposition of late to water down the differences between orthodoxy as accepted by the Church, and what is, if the truth be told, the heterodoxy of the separatist, and it is to this mischievous habit of manifesting a false charity that the maintenance and growth of schism in one form or another is very largely to be attributed. Freedom of religious opinion has been so long sanctioned in England that we are now arriving at a time when, as the Bradlaugh incident proves, a like freedom is being claimed, not only for the maintenance, but for the expression of irreligious opinion, and there is, therefore, no slight need for a clear and forcible enunciation of the view that the Church is the pillar and ground of the truth committed to her by her Divine Founder, and that those who leave her fold or remain alienated from her are in a dangerous position. The movement for Home Reunion does not run in the direction of the danger to which we are referring, for instead of aacentuating points of difference, its leaders strive to show the Dissenter how slight is the barrier which separates him from his brethren; but when we read such debates as those on the Burials Bill, or see clergymen openly inviting sectarian preachers to take their place in the pulpits of our churches, it is idle to deny that there is much danger of condoning schism by glossing over its true character, and ignoring its inherent and radical defects. To prevent any such mistake, and to meet the Nonconformist openly and honestly, is the object of this book, and as it takes for its motto the question, "What saith the Scripture?" it at least possesses the merit of treating the matter at issue from a standpoint common alike

to the Churchman and the Dissenter. The author tells us in the preface that he was led to prepare the work in order to supply a need which he had himself felt in the charge of a parish: "There were not a few Bible-loving Dissenters, leading upright lives, who it was evident had no adequate, if indeed any, conception of the sin of schism. The prevalent idea seemed to be that each one was to judge for himself in matters of faith, and that if his convictions led him to join some sect,' it was open to him to do so, and that he would 'be saved by the law or sect which he professed."" This is, we believe, the platform very commonly taken up even by those who, while making a strict profession of Churchmanship themselves, are strongly averse to treating Dissent in others as anything more than a legitimate difference of opinion. This Mr. Garnier shows to be a fatal mistake, for, as he truly points out, "So long as the Bible is the Church's rule of faith, Dissent can never be accepted as agreeable to the will of of God," while he adds, with a truthfulness which may be unpalatable, but is still most necessary, that "not to look on Dissent as sin (though, doubtless, in most cases a sin of ignorance), would be inconsistent with the petition to be delivered from all heresy and schism."" On the duty of the clergy in reference to the Dissenters in their parishes a duty it is to be feared which is too often conveniently and sometimes wilfully ignored-he adds:-" A clergyman's ordination vows 'to drive away all erroneous and strange doctrines contrary to God's Word by public and private monitions and exhortations,' leave him no choice but to break silence." The question which next forced itself upon Mr. Garnier's mind was as to the best means of discharging his duty in this respect-how should he "break his silence?"--and three ways seemed open to him, either to deal with the subject in the pulpit, or to reason with the dissenting members of his flock in his parochial visits; or thirdlyand to his adoption of this course we owe the present volume-to leave on his own rounds a book on the subject, to be quietly perused in private. Finding no work exactly suited for such a purpose, Mr. Garnier prepared his "Church or Dissent?" and it seems to us very completely to cover the ground which he desired to traverse. Having laid the foundation by defining Dissent, in the Biblical sense of the word, as a separation from the way of faith and worship appointed by God, he turns to the objections commonly urged against the Church, which he disposes of in a remarkably clear and convincing way; and then he deals finally with the apologies for Dissent, the fallacies of which he exposes with much fulness. It will be seen from this brief outline of its argument that the work is eminently calculated to be of service in a large number of cases, and we can give the highest praise to the author's execution of his design,

Shilling ageging

& FAMILYGREFSURY.

CHAPTER XVII.

"Those rich cathedral fanes

(Gothic ill-named) where harmony results
From disunited parts, and shapes minute
At once distinct and blended, boldly form
One vast majestic whole."-Mason.

"A wise physician skill'd our wounds to heal
Is more than armies to the common weal."

Pope's Iliad.

THE next day they all met according to Mr. Lea's appointment, and started for the site of the new church.

"How deceiving ground is," said Florence, "I should have imagined that there was not half space enough for a building of the size which the church appeared to be from the slight glimpse I had of the plan yesterday."

"Wait a minute," said Mr. Lea, "until those men have finished knocking, then we will go to that pole, where the principal door is to stand; you can better comprehend the style of it altogether. You know that it is to be a large structure and in Gothic style; do not be offended, Mr. Mackenzie, but I have quite discarded the village church model, and rather adopted that of a London church, on a small scale."

"I do not see any side-aisles," said Ninian; "why have you crossed them out?"

"Because I am going to dispense with them; so your friend advised me, with whom I was talking the other day, and a very clever young man he is; I expect him down to-day, in fact, I believe he is already here," as a gentleman rode up to the scene of action.

"Ah, Vernon! you have come just at the moment you are wanted," said Ninian. "Miss Evelyn, Mr. Vernon, Miss Dashwood. The rest of the party I think you know."

"I hope you did not expect me yesterday," said the new comer to Mr. Lea; "I found it impossible to be here as I promised."

'It made no difference to me; indeed I am rather glad than otherwise, as now you have arrived you will make this plan more intelligible to all present than if we had to trace it out for ourselves."

“Vernon, what is your crotchet for leaving out side-aisles?" said Ninian.

"That the congregation may be more visible to the clergyman, I suppose," said Fred, " and he can then see who goes to sleep." "There will be the same space used," said Mr. Vernon, "only instead of columns it will form a hall or auditorium, with handsome, open timber roof and windows, the tracery of which will be second pointed or decorated. Is not that what you decided upon, Mr. Lea?"

"Yes, slightly inclined to flamboyant."

"Will there not be any galleries?" said Florence.

Yes, Miss Mackenzie, they will surround the nave, and the organ will stand in the tower, which will open into the church."

"Which you will have to play some day, Miss Florence," said Mr. Lea.

"You are not going to take all my congregation from me," said the vicar smiling, "even my own daughter."

"Certainly," replied Mr. Lea laughing. "Many a truth is spoken in jest, you know; and now, Mr. Vernon, the ladies are in a violent state of excitement to learn what is to done about the principal part of the interior."

"Which part is that?" inquired Ellen; "the pulpit I suppose you mean?"

"No, I do not, Miss Nelly, or you either, but I see that Mr. Vernon does."