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Excerpt from Speeches of His Grace the Duke of Argyll on the Church Patronage (Scotland) Bill: 2d and 10th June 1874
But, my lords, I also became aware that in respect to a substitute for the existing system of patronage there was a great difference of opinion, and I satisfied myself that the time had not come for the abolition of patronage. My advice to the leaders of the Church was this Avoid coming to Parliament for anything if you can help it. However just in itself may be what you desire, or however useful for the Church, avoid coming to Parliament. Why did I give this advice? Because I had arrived at the con elusion that all questions relating to the connection between Church and State were in a state of absolute chaos. I think the most Rev. Prelate (the Archbishop of Canterbury) is now having some experi ence as to the confused state of the public mind on all questions re lating to Church Establishments. Bishops without jurisdiction, clergy without discipline, churches without government, and religion with out theological opinion - these appear to be the devoutest aspirations of some public writers. I hear of propositions being thrust upon the Established Church of Scotland from without which would be fatal to her. I have read of proposals that her ministers should be elected, not by those who adhere to her, but by those who are her avowed enemies. I was afraid that if the Established Church of Scotland came to Parliament she would not get what she really wanted, but would have thrust upon her some measure, in the name of reform, which would prove fatal to her. I was afraid that, for instance, the proposition now talked of in the country would be' made - namely, that her ministers should be elected, not by those who adhere to her, but by those who are her avowed enemies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
