Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America; when the Bishop put to him the questions in the office for the "Ordering of Priests," and then, taking him by the right hand, received him to the office and work of a Priest in the Church of God, and invited him to a seat in the chancel. Mr. Koch is a scholar, and gentleman of unblemished reputation, who enters the Church with high testimonials from various quarters. He has long resided in Weston, in that Diocese, where he has ministered to a large German congregation, who are strongly attached to him.

PENNSYLVANIA.-PARISH BOUNDARIES: DIVISION OF THE

DIOCESE.

The recent Convention of this Diocese, took the following action on both those important points.

The first regulation being read, it was adopted, as follows:

It is hereby declared, in accordance with the 2d paragraph of the 2d section of the Canon of the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, that the sanction or veto of the formation of a new parish, or the establishment of a new church, or congregation, in any part of this Diocese, shall be vested in the Bishop of the Diocese, or, in case of his absence or inability, in the Assistant Bishop, if there be one, acting by and with the advice of the Standing Committee, and in case of there being no Bishop in the ecclesiastical authority: Provided, that an appeal may be taken therefrom at the next Diocesan Convention, whose decision shall be final: Provided, also, that nothing in this resolution shall affect the legal and vested rights of any parish.

Rev. Dr. Wilmer, from the Committee to whom was referred the subject of the division of the Diocese, made the following report:

Whereas, In the present disturbed condition of our country, it is not probable that any portion of the present Diocese of Pennsylvania will be in a condition to form a new and independent Diocese, therefore,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Division of the Diocese be continued, with power to report at a future period upon the subject committed to their attention. The report was adopted.

In respect to Parish boundaries, there was an attempt made to pass a Resolution, which would have opened the way for all sorts of intermeddling, but it was promptly put down by the strong conservative vote of 80 to 41 of the Clergy. The Lay vote was not taken.

CHURCH RELATIONS IN THE CONFEDERATE STATES.

Bishop Gregg, of Texas, has issued a Pastoral Letter, from which we make the following extracts. "I have very recently received from the Right Rev. Leonidas Polk, D. D., Bishop of Louisiana, and the Right Rev. Stephen Elliott, Jr., D. D., Bishop of Georgia, a communication, which they have been induced to make as the Senior Bishops in the Confederate States, proposing a Convention at Montgomery, Alabama, on the 3d of July next, to be composed of the Bishops of the said dioceses, and of three Clerical and three Lay Deputies, from each, to be appointed by their respective Diocesan Conventions. The object of this Convention will be, to consult upon such matters as may have arisen out of the changes in our civil affairs; and,

especially, as touching the relations of the dioceses within the Confederate States to the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States.

'It is thought better,' in the language of the said communication 'that these relations should be arranged by the common consent of all the Dioceses within the Confederate States, than by the independent action of each Diocese. The one will probably lead to harmonious action, the other might produce inconvenient diversity.' If there are elements of change which cannot be overruled or controlled, a fraternal interchange of views and harmonious action will, doubtless, give to these changes a right direction.

If again the general sentiment of the Church, North and South, should ultimately be found to tend to the expediency of a severence of the ecclesiastical unity, heretofore existing, then friendly consultation on our part, as preparatory to the final action of the General Convention, would be every way desirable.

Or, if there may be ecclesiastically a union, as there is, unquestionably, in doctrine and feeling, a unity of the Church Catholic, which is above all nationalities-the course here suggested, under the peculiar circumstances in which we are placed, will be most likely to lead to its recognition.

And if, in accordance with this latter view, (though our present ecclesiastical organization should have to give way to the force of circumstances,) another should be established, providing, as a bond of Union, for a General Council of the Church in all the States, to meet once in six years, or at longer intervals of time—and legislate on matters affecting the Church in its Catholicity, as its Liturgy and Faith -with Provincial Synods, composed of Dioceses contiguous and naturally falling together, meeting once in three years, to take charge of their missionary and other local work-the Annual Diocesan Convention assembling, of course, as heretofore -an end would have been attained, most important in the consequences resulting from the spectacle of such a union, for the Church and the world, as well as in the happy effects directly upon the great body of the faithful-an end, for which the mind of the Church seems to have been gradually preparing, and which many earnest hearts have longed to bring about.

May every change be directed aright, and the course of this world so peaceably ordered by God's governance, that His Church may joyfully serve Him in all godly quietness, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

You will perceive, from the foregoing, the reasons for this movement at the present time.

Before the last of June, the Conventions of all the Dioceses within the Confederate States will have met.

And it was foreseen that, unless joint action, as in the proposed Convention at Montgomery, should be agreed upon, there would be independent Diocesan action, leading to inconvenient diversity, and to a severance, moreover, of those bonds, which have united us so long and so happily with our Northern brethren.

What the result of this general consultation will be, cannot be foreseen. Whatever action may be taken, will be marked by calmness, moderation, and a spirit of peace and love.

If it can be made to appear that some bond of union may continue to exist, as suggested in my address, it will be ground of rejoicing.

The thought of a violent rending of the Church, or of a separation, if such must needs be, otherwise than as brethren and friends, is not for a moment to be enter

tained.

We bless God for the spectacle of union, and of unity, which the Protestant Episcopal Church in this country has ever presented to the world.

And, whatever its future history may be, we feel assured it will be only such as we would desire to see written.

Peace on earth, and good will towards men, will be, as of old, the message proclaimed.

You will join me, I know, in fervent prayers to God, that His good Spirit may be with us in our counsels, and that His Church may be one; evermore preserving the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace.

Austin, April 15, 1861.

ALEXANDER GREGG, BISHOP OF TEXAS.

Deputies to the proposed Convention have been appointed by all (we believe) of the Conventions of the Confederate States. We had proposed to give, in this No. of the Review, a paper from one of the soundest and ablest Canonists of our Church. on the question of Church Unity as affected by our present political relations. It seems better however to await the action of the Convention at Montgomery. The whole subject will however, we trust, be met by the entire Church, both North and South, in that fraternal and that Catholic spirit which is due to so grave a matter. Especially do we hope that hasty legislation will be avoided on all sides.

SUMMARY OF FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

CONSECRATION OF THE BISHOP OF WORCESTER.

The Rev. Dr. HENRY PHILPOTT was consecrated to the See of Worcester, on Monday, March 25th, at Lambeth Palace. The officiating Prelates were, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Bishops of London and Llandaff. The Sermon upon the occasion was by the Rev. E. H. Browne, Norrisian Professor of Divinity, of Cambridge, in which he advocated, strongly, an increase of the Episcopate in England. Rev. Dr. Henry Philpott, entered St. Catherine College, Cambridge, (then called Catherine Hall,) in 1825, and in 1829 took his first degree of Bachelor of Arts, when he was first class in classics, and the senior wrangler of his year, the present Duke of Devonshire being second wrangler. In the contest for "Smith's Prizeman," Mr. Philpott stood second, the present Duke of Devonshire ranking first. On the death of Dr. Proctor, 1845, Mr. Philpott, who was then a Fellow, was elected to the Mastership of St. Catherine College, and succeeded to the Canonry Residentiary in Norwich Cathedral, which is attached to the mastership. Twe years afterwards, he proceeded to the degree of Doctor in Divinity, and more recently became chaplain to Prince Albert. Dr. Philpott has been three times ViceChancellor, and is one of the most popular men in the University.

CONSECRATION OF THE BISHOP OF CENTRAL AFRICA.

The Rt. Rev. F. C. MACKENZIE, Missionary Bishop to the Native tribes of Southern Africa, was consecrated in the Cathedral at Cape Town, Jan. 1, 1861, Feast of

the Circumcision, by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Grey, Metropolitan, and the Bishops of Natal, (Colenso,) and of St. Helena, (Claughton.) The following was the Oath of Obedience to the Metropolitan Bishop: "In the name of God, Amen. I, Charles Frederick Mackenzie, chosen Bishop of the Mission to the tribes dwelling in the neighborhood of the Lake Nyassa and River Shire, do profess and promise all due reverence and obedience to the Metropolitan Bishop and Metropolitan Church of Capetown, and to their successors. So help me God, through Jesus Christ." The Dean of Capetown preached a strong Sermon. The Heathen population, among whom the Bishop is to labor, number about 170,000. The sons of two of the most powerful Chiefs, are about to complete their education at St. Augustine's College, Canterbury, England.

CONSECRATION OF A MISSIONARY BISHOP OF THE WESTERN IS

LANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

On St. Matthias Day, Feb. 24, 1861, the Rev. J. C. PATESON was consecrated "Missionary Bishop of the Western Islands of the Pacific Ocean," in St. Paul's Church, Auckland, by the Bishop of New Zealand, (Selwyn,) assisted by the Bishop of Wellington, (Charles,) and the Bishop of Nelson, (Hobhouse.) Bishop Pateson has, for many years, been a successful Missionary to the Heathen among the Islands of the Pacific. An English writer says: "no more important event has occurred in the English Church since the Reformation. The certificate of consecration sets forth, that the ceremony was performed according to the rites of the Church of England, except the Queen's mandate, which was not required, the Bishop not having any jurisdiction within her Majesty's dominions.

DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF MADRAS.

The Rt. Rev. THOMAS DEALTRY, D. D., Bishop of Madras, died March 4, 1861. He was the son of James Dealtry, Esq., descended from the ancient family of Dealtry of Lofthouse Hall, near Wakefield, Yorkshire. He was born at Nottingley, near Pontefract, 1795; married first, 1819, daughter of H. Stovin Maw, Esq., of Belle Vue, Doncaster; secondly, 1824, daughter of John Sedger, Esq., of London; educated at Catharine Hall, Cambridge, where he graduated LL. B. in 1828, and was in the first class of the law tripos; created Archdeacon of Calcutta by Bishop Wilson, in 1835, and held that office, until consecrated Bishop of Madras in 1849, on the resignation of Bishop Spencer. He has published sermons on various occasions.

The Queen has approved the appointment of the Rev. Frederick Gell, B. D.. (Fellow and late Tutor of Christ's College, Cambridge, and Domestic Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of London,) to the Bishopric of Madras, which was rendered vacant by the death of the late Rev. Dr. Dealtry. Mr. Gell is the younger son of the Rev. Philip Gell, of Derby. He was educated at Rugby School, under Dr. Arnold, and, having obtained the first Exhibition in 1839, he entered at Trinity College, Cambridge. The Times says Mr. Gell has been warmly recommended both by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London.

NOTE. We are again unexpectedly compelled to omit a full summary of Foreign Intelligence.

ART. I. THE ANTE-NICENE DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY. The Church of the first three centuries: or, Notices of the lives and opinions of some of the early Fathers, with special reference to the Doctrine of the Trinity; illustrating its late origin and gradual formation. By ALVAN LAMSON, D. D. Boston: Walker, Wise & Co. 1860.

A QUARTER of a century ago, few advocates of Unitarianism would have dreamed of troubling themselves about the views or testimony of the early Church. They might, indeed, have just alluded to them, touched on them carelessly and in passing, with the feeling, that it was all very well if they harmonized with the Unitarian scheme, but a matter of no possible moment if they did not, and there the matter would have ended. The current feeling was expressed in a saying, which we well remember to have heard in our youth: "We stand on the shoulders of the Apostles and Fathers, and can see more than they did."

Of late, however, quite another line seems to have been adopted, and the testimony of the early centuries is made, to some extent, a standard of appeal. This involves, of course, a great change of position, and the adoption of modes and methods of argument, the results of which cannot, as yet, be 34

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