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40 laboured upon another principle;—they thought little of the clustered pillar, the storied window, or the springing arch, till they had made sure of the foundation on which they were to stand and endure for centuries. Hence it is that we in our distant generation inherit and rejoice in their glorious productions. I hope the time will never come when the Church of England will consent to rest her moral structure on any less certain foundation. Depend upon it, if we yield the Creeds and Formularies of the Church to the plausible theories of a shallow age, though the fabric should seem fair and imposing for awhile, the time will come, and that perhaps very shortly, when the rain shall descend and the floods come, and the winds blow, and beat upon that house, and great will be the fall of it. Sir, I second with all my heart and soul the proposition of my honourable friend.

The motion having been put from the Chair, an amendment was moved by the Rev., and seconded by the Rev. , which after some remarks from Archdeacon , was negatived by consent, and the motion of Mr. was carried with one dissentient voice.

JOSEPH MASTERS AND SON, PRINTERS, ALDERSGATE STREET.