_Hamilton Terrace_, _St. John’s Wood_,
January 5, 1841.
NOTE.—“We feel some difficulty in adopting the nomination, not from _any
doubt_ of Mr.—’s moral character, or of his _activity_ in his
_ministerial duty_, but because we do not see that _evidence_ which _we_
desire to receive of the _orthodoxy_ of his preaching:—that _we_ are
deeply convinced that activity in the ministry can only be useful so far
as it is connected with the promulgation of those doctrines which are
taught in Holy Scriptures, and exhibited by the Church as the _prominent_
truths of Divine Revelation. We do not mean to impute to Mr. —
deficiency in this respect, but _we_ wish to be _satisfied_ that his
_instructions_ are such as, under God’s blessing, will promote the _great
end_ for which our Society has been established—the salvation of souls
through the instrumentality of ‘faithful and devoted men.’”
_N.B._ A specimen of the “hide-and-seek phraseology,” from the
Collection of the Church Pastoral-Aid Society, presented by the Rev. Dr.
Molesworth.
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