A Narrative of Events Connected with the Publication of the Tracts for the Times; With an Introduction and Supplement Extending to the Present Time (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883. Excerpt: ... CONCLUSION. I Have thus briefly attempted an outline of the position of the Church of England, embracing a statement of the circumstances under which the Oxford movement of 1833 commenced, and its progress till the publication of the "Narrative" here reprinted brought the Romanizing movement to a crisis, which terminated in its secession from the Church; also an account of the movement of the whole Church, as of an army with banners, which followed. The whole will have shown the infinite dangers through which the cause of Christianity has passed in this land; perils on all hands, from within and from without; false brethren, weak brethren; a Government sometimes friendly, generally adverse; hosts of enemies, seeking the death of religion; but mightier friends vindicating the truth; and amidst all, a progress unexampled--a Church rising above all opposition, doing the Lord's will more and more effectually--" troubled on every side, yet not distressed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body." And we may hence say, "Her foundations are upon the holy hills. The Lord loveth the gates of Sion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Very excellent things are spoken of thee, thou city of God." Let the Church of England--the chief surviving bulwark and witness of the Gospel in these days--the Church which loves and spreads abroad God's Scriptures; which abstains from idols and the worship of creatures instead of the Creator--a Church flourishing amidst troubles, and contending boldly against Satan: --let that Church take courage and go on perseveringly in its holy work--giving place by subject...