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516 LIFK OK ARCHBISHOP TAIT [CH. xvm.
The Rev. F. D. Maurice to the Bislwp of London.
"THE ATHKN.KUM, Oct. 29, 1862.
"Mv DEAR LORD, -I have received from the Bishop of Natal
a strong assurance that the hook which he is about to publish is
not the book from which I drew my inferences. He protests
work till I
strongly against my right to speak of the forthcoming
have read it. I yield to these remonstrances. I shall be exceed
ingly sorry to do anything which would be unjust or unkind to an
old friend.
"
I have, therefore, suspended the issuing of my letter, and
will submit to your Lordship s judgment about the course I
should pursue hereafter. I have the honour to be, my dear Lord,
your very obliged servant,
" MY
F. D. MAURICE."
The Bishop of London to tJie Rev. F. D. Maurice.
"FULHAM PALACE, Oct. 30, 1862.
DEAR MR. MA i RICE, I am most thankful for your note
of yesterday, announcing your attention to suspend the issuing of
your letter to the congregation of St. Peter s, Vere St., and your
willingness to submit to my judgment as to the course you
should pursue hereafter.
"
I believe that the best members of the Church of England
will thank God, as I do, for this resolve. Ever yours sincerely.
"
A. C. LONDON."
On the nomination of Arthur Stanley to the Deanery
of Westminster, in the autumn of 1863, Dr. Christopher
Wordsworth, as Canon in residence, published in pamphlet
form a long and vehement protest against the installation
of one whose opinions, especially on the Old Testament,
were, in his view, so unorthodox. 1 Dr. Stanley, he said,
1 Remarks on the Proposed Admission of the Rev. Dr. Stanley to the place
of Dean, &c. The pamphlet contains the quotations on which the virtual
charge of heresy is based. They are such as these "The history of Israel
is not the history of an inspired book, but of an inspired people."
"Deborah
was enlightened only with a very small portion of that Divine Light which
was to go on ever more brightening to the perfect day."
"The Books of
Moses are probably so-called because he is the chief subject of them."