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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5319, 13 April 1878, Page 2 (Supplement)

Dr. Ellicott, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol (says the Pall Mall Gazette of January 10) is issuing an address to the clergy and laity of, his diocese on “ Diocesan Work,” with “ Remarks on Bresent Church Questions.” Speaking of the toleration of different schools of thought, the bishop says it is good in itself, but' it may shade off into immoral supinenoss and disloyalty.r This: tendency* to bring about the gradual effacemeut of distinctions is one of the evils; connected with the existence of the extreme party in the Church. “ But there is, another cause of anxiety and another source of danger arising Worn the continued presence in the Ohui’ch of England of these aliens to her true system and principles. They suggestythe inquiry whether a system which tolerates such men, not only,in her communion but her benefices, is one that is ultimately worth the trouble; of .maintaining in its present relations to the State. / There is certaiply some'fear, if . matters go om much longer, that the whole mind;of the country may become changed in its estimate of the desirableness c£ an established church. A few

more such revelations as that which startled the whole country last summer would go far to make many real friends of the Church of England very’ lukewarm and half-hearted in their defence of a system that could permit the introduction of such corruptions of all truth and purity, and would certainly turn all doubtful adherents into positive and avowed enemies.”