against here, but there is no distant probability, from recent events in France, and the state of the continental kingdoms generally, that England will have to watch and act against a not unlikely confederacy of Romish allies to destroy the liberties, civil and religious, of all Protestant States, The CHRISTIAN GUARDIAN must, therefore, more than ever, be on the alert to expose, with holy faithfulness, the absurdities and errors of Rome, in its doctrine and ritual, and to watch with vigilance the movements of its partisans at home and abroad, in their working out the ever-shifting political phases of their falsely termed religious system. The later numbers of our Magazine have been occupied, perhaps too largely to suit many readers, with specimens of revised Services; in the future discussion of the subject of revision, it has been determined no longer to give these proposed alterations at length, but to state briefly, and in parallel columns, the very few things which it appears desirable either to omit or alter, For our own part, while we feel no reluctance in admitting articles and correspondence upon a subject which we think must sooner or later be forced upon the consideration of the whole Church, yet we quite agree with a recent valued correspondent, that the present position of clerical parties justifies the Archbishop from now entertaining the question, and that we must first, “endeavour to change the circumstances of the case; the clergy at large must examine, not how much they would wish to be altered in our Liturgy, but how much it is absolutely necessary to reform, and to try to come to some agreement as to the number of points upon which it is indispensable to make a change, and the nature of the changes to be made. Surely, if there be such a thing as the faith once for all delivered to the saints, it ought not to be difficult for those who hold that faith, if they lay aside their own wishes and put on seriousness and moderation, to come to an agreement as to what it is essential to reform, and to be content with that only. Should such a degree of concord be found, and should it embrace a large portion of the clergy and laity, I cannot but think that the united voices of such a company of the faithful would make themselves to be heard and prevail. Such is the end, for the attainment of which I could wish to see a general effort in operation." In now looking forward to the labours of the coming year, the conductors of this Magazine determine, in dependence upon the aid of the God of all power and wisdom, to make their pages the vehicle of imparting and maintaining Christian Truth, and of exposing and combating the various forms of error and superstition which are ever doing their works of mischief. Although sincerely attached to the principles of the Church of England, the Editors are not careful that their “churchmanship" should occasionally be "impugned,” if only they are found faithful to the far deeper truths of the whole Church of Christ, as set forth in the Bible ; to which only standard of truth it is the aim of the conductors of this periodical to bring their own beloved Church into more perfect agreement and consistency. It is trusted that not only are their past labours regarded with approbation, but that their future exertions will receive an increasing measure of support. December, 1851. INDEX. Page 91 157 144 Page Address of the archbishops and Baptismal Service, specimen of a bishops 190 revised 450 Aggression, the papal 240 Barber's, M. A. S., Du Bourg.. Aids for Determining. Rev. W. Bath and Wells, bishop of, and Goode 90 High Church principles 286 Alliance, proposed Protestant 283 Being with Jesus 501 the Evangelical 376 Believer a mystery, the.. 528, 566 585 All-sufficient Saviour, the 149 526 Alterations in the Liturgy, impolicy Bible, revision of the...... 135 of 34, 86 Bickersteth, Rev. E, Memoir of, Amos, Lectures on the Book of. by Rev. T. R. Birks ... 275, 320 Rev. V. W. Ryan. 464 Birkbeck schools, the 228 Angel, the sealing of the .. 164 Bishop of Exeter's pastoral letter... 188 Anglican form of Church goveru London and Tractarian ment, on the 553 Churches 96 Anglicanism considered in its re Remarks on Dr. • sults. W. Dodsworth. 181, 233, 278 Pusey's letter to... 68 Anniversaries of religious societies. 132 Norwich and Dr. Newman 474 Appointment of ministers, the ....... 418 Nova Scotia, the new Apprentice, the goldsmith and his 161 Tuam and Irish converts ... 377 Apocalypse, Handbook for the ...... 327 | Bishopric of Bombay 331 Apocrypha in Germany, the..... 382 Bonar’s, Rev. H., Man, his Religion A pocryphal lessons, the 421 and his World 523 Archbishop of Canterbury, address Bond of Union in our Church Conto the... 142 gregations 17 and episco- Bristol, the dean of, and Dr. M‘Neile 406 pal orders 429, 477 British and Foreign Bible Society. 236 Archdeacon Manning, secession of. 191 Museum, the Scriptures in Argument with a Romanist . 461 the 289 Argyll's, Duke of, Speech 332 Buonaparte, Louis-Napoleon Arrogancy, Ignatius vindicated from Burial Service, the 423, 550 113, 167 | Byrth, Rev. Thomas, 1).D., ReArticles and the Catechism, the 422 mains of, by Rev. G. R. Moncreiff 561 Attila and Napoleon..... 258 Australasian synod, the.... 334 CANONRY of St. Paul's 474 Canterbury, Address to the ArchbiBABYLON and the Banks of the shop of 142 Euphrates 92 -, Archbishop of, and episBaptism, a Father's Thoughts on. copal orders 429 W. H. Madden 93 Letter to the Archbishop Baptismal Regeneration 557 of. M. D'Aubigné 316 565 471 ings for 49 Page Page 143 401 strong 385 C. Stannard 185 Conversion and baptism of a Hindoo youth 420 367 Converts to Protestantism, Irish 377 424 Crabb, death of the Rev. James 432 445 433 Cumming's, Dr., Voices of the Day 232 225 the Archbishop of Canterbury · 316 280 Davies, Rev. C. H., Hints and Sug- gestions 138 -, on oral tradition. 353 on revision of the 179, 413, 493 143 253 Rev. James Crabb 432 Declaration, the supremacy 378 444 283 17 Diotrephes, query respecting 135 75 | Dodsworth's, W., Anglicanism con- 181, 233, 278 236 Drummond's, H., Plea for Women 328 Du Bourg. M. A. S. Barber .... 91 149 reform and revision of the ECCLESIASTICAL Titles Bill ... 94, 331 401 342 431 Endowment of Maynooth ......... 481 468 37 -,the Parliamentary Ses- Episcopal orders, the Archbishop of 429, 477 revenues, order in coun- 432 Epistle of Ignatius to Polycarp 115 177 the Ephesians 116 Romans... 117 401 Euphrates, Babylon and the Banks 93 310 synod, the..... 239, 283, 379 191, 237 313 503 Family Bible, history of a .......... 526 187 376 |