. The Church of England pulpit, and ecclesiastical review. owes not only anew wing, but its beautiful chapel, and Swanscombethe restoration of its church some eleven years ago. jHis last appearance in public before his death, full ofyears and honours, was at a Church ceremony ; and jthough the general public are likely to remember him jbest as the man whose public spirit brought Cleo- jpatras Needle to London, after the State, whose pro- ;perty it had been since 1809, had let it lie neglectedon the sands at Alexandria, his title to our gratefulrespect rest on a surer basis.—Church Ti?nes. j NO


. The Church of England pulpit, and ecclesiastical review. owes not only anew wing, but its beautiful chapel, and Swanscombethe restoration of its church some eleven years ago. jHis last appearance in public before his death, full ofyears and honours, was at a Church ceremony ; and jthough the general public are likely to remember him jbest as the man whose public spirit brought Cleo- jpatras Needle to London, after the State, whose pro- ;perty it had been since 1809, had let it lie neglectedon the sands at Alexandria, his title to our gratefulrespect rest on a surer basis.—Church Ti?nes. j NOTICES. All communication respecting the Literary portion of thepaper shouldbe addressed to the Editor Business communications of every kind should be addressed to Gibbon, at the Church of England Pulpit Office, 160, FleetStreet? London, , to whom cheques and Post-office orders forsubscriptions (in advance), three months, 2s. od., six months, twelve months, 10s. rod., are to be made Casesfor binding Vol. XVII. are now For Health and Immortality. SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1884. INFIDELITY. AT the present time prominence is being givento the burning questions of the day,especially at Church Congresses and DiocesanConferences ; and one of the most important is,—What shall we do to counteract the Infidelity andscepticism of the present day ? The religiousworld has been startled by the appearance of theBitter Cry of Outcast Londoti, and strenuous effortsare being made to make the Churchs influencemore felt upon the lives of the inhabitants of theslums of London, —and we trust not only in themetropolis, but in the courts and alleys of otherlarge manufacturing towns. And yet the livingagency, valuable and all-powerful as it is in allmission wrork, must be helped and supplementedin other ways, it we are to cope with the Infidelitywhich exists. For some years the Christian Evi-dence Society has been at work in sending outable lecturers, and distributi


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