to which they wished to give a fair chance of success. It must be remembered that they desired to see steps taken 'either towards corporate reunion or towards such relation as may prepare for fuller organic unity hereafter.' I imagine that the latter of these alternatives was chiefly before their minds, as more likely to be practicable, and that they had the idea of a kind of Federation of Congregations of the Non-Episcopal Bodies-if any proposal for Reunion was acceptedretaining their own present Ministers under Episcopal recognition, with the understanding that in the hereafter there should be Episcopal Ordination for their successors. Probably also some consecration to the Episcopate per saltum was contemplated in the case of leading Ministers of any of these Communions. But these ideas were not, and could not be, embodied in the Resolution.

A subsequent question arose, whether this Resolution should be simply left in the Report as the opinion of the Committee, or submitted to the Conference for consideration and adoption by them. On this there was again difference of opinion; but it was decided to take the latter course as most straightforward and explicit.

Bishop Wordsworth attended the final meeting of the Committee, and signified his cordial adhesion to the Resolution. I remember his saying, 'If this is carried, I may sing my Nunc Dimittis.' I do not think that he took any part in the discussion of it in the Conference.

Before the Report was presented, this final Resolution-by what I must hold to have been a serious breach of the law of the Conference -was published in the Times without the explanation which led up to it in the Report itself. The publication produced strong excitement, and in some degree, I think, prejudiced the discussion which afterwards took place upon it in the Conference itself.

It became my duty, as chairman of the Committee, to lay the Report before the Conference and move the Resolutions appended to it. The motion was, I remember, seconded by a leading Bishop of the American Church. A prolonged and most earnest discussion followed, in which many of the leading members of the Conference took part. I may remark that a report (which I saw in one of the papers), that Bishop Lightfoot led the opposition to it, was absolutely erroneous. He did not, so far as I remember, speak on the matter at all, and he voted for a modification of the Resolution in question, which was proposed as an amendment. But it is sufficient to note the result of the discussion, which was, that the Report was referred back to the Committee with a virtual instruction to omit all the last section and the Resolution based upon it. This was, of course, done, and the Report, brought up nearly in its present form, was accepted, and the Resolutions based upon it were carried, with some modifications of detail, as they now stand in the Report of the Conference.

How far the proposed Conferences with the representatives of Non-Conformist Communions were held I hardly know. For I was

obliged, for private and personal reasons, to resign almost immediately my position as Primate of Australia, which would have enabled me to initiate them there. But certainly no substantial results appear to have followed from them. The question was no nearer solution when the next Lambeth Conference met in 1897; and the Committee on the subject, presided over by the Archbishop of Armagh, only recommended one further practical step (which was adopted by the Conference), by requesting the authorities of our Church to take a more distinct initiative in regard to the Conferences with other Communions, and to lay reports on the subject before the next Lambeth Conference. But it was profoundly significant that the Conference, on the recommendation of the Committee, passed an emphatic Resolution declaring visible unity among Christians to be an element of the Divine Revelation, without, of course, defining the form which such unity should assume; and, indeed, in all its Resolutions referring to the great subject of unity in all its various aspects it showed a marked desire to endeavour, so far as might be, to prepare for some realisation of this fundamental principle.

As yet it remains simply an ideal and an aspiration. But, even so, it must call out serious thought and suggest earnest prayer. From these we may trust that in God's good time there may follow practical advance towards some measure of Reunion, to remove or soften our unhappy divisions now splintering up the Christianity which ought to be one.

APPENDIX VII

LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL PRINTED WRITINGS OF CHARLES WORDSWORTH IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

[The size given is as far as possible taken from the signature of the sheets. In case of pamphlets of unusual gatherings they have been noted as 'sm. 8vo' when they were not obviously of smaller size.] 1827 (May).* Mexica, Poema Cancellarii praemio donatum et in Theatro Sheldoniano recitatum sext.cal. Jun. MDCCCXXVII. Excudebat G. King, Oxonii. [Oxford Prize Poem on Mexico, signed Charles Wordsworth, Ch. Ch.'] Pp. 18 + fly-leaf, 8vo. 1831 (May).* Oratio Cancellarii praemio donata et in Theatro Sheldoniano habita, die Iunii XVto A.D. MDCCCXXXI. Oxford. Published by D. A. Talboys. Title Quaenam fuerit Oratorum Atticorum apud populum Auctoritas. Signed Carolus Wordsworth ex Æde Christi.' [Oxford Latin Prize Essay.] Pp. 41, 8vo. Oxford, Talboys. Reprinted in Annals, i. 363-392. 1835? (no date). [Notes on the Life of Horace] headed: Upon the Basis of the following Notes and Questions, chiefly formed

from a chronological arrangement of passages to be found in the poet's own works, compose A MEMOIR OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HORACE, &c.' Apparently for school use at WinPp. 12, 8vo. No printer's name.

chester. 1839 (January).

Græcæ Grammatica Rudimenta. In usum Scholarum. [The Latin preface is signed 'C. W.,' Ventæ Belgarum, Mens. Jan. 1839. At the end of preface the author refers to fratri meo Joanni Wordsworth, M.A. Collegii SS. Trin. apud Cant. Socio.'] Pp. vi + 116, 12mo. Londini, apud Joannem Murray.

1840 (12 July). A Sermon on 1 John v. 18, preached in Winchester College Chapel. Pp. 15, 8vo.

1841 (11 November). Evangelical Repentance: A Sermon preached in Winchester Cathedral for S.P.C.K. and S.P.G. Pp. xvi + 70, 8vo. Oxford, J. H. Parker; London, Rivingtons.

1842 Appendix to a Sermon on Evangelical Repentance, &c. Pp. vi + 138, 8vo. Oxford, J. H. Parker; London, Rivingtons. 1842 Catechetical questions; including heads of lectures preparatory to Confirmation. With imprint Winchester College': see 1844. [In possession of C. W. Holgate.]

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1843 (?). [English translation of the Winchester School song Domum in J. Hullah's Part-music]. Reprinted in The College of St. Mary Winton, pp. 33, 35, and Annals, i. 394–5. (See 1848.) 1843 Communion in Prayer, or the Duty of the Congregation in Public Worship. Three Sermons preached in the College Chapel, Winchester. [Stamp, College Arms, designed by H. G. Liddell.] Pp. [vi] +88, sm. 8vo. London, James Burns, 17 Portman Street; Oxford, J. H. Parker.

[1843 ?] Syntaxis et Prosodia. At the end of the third edition of the Greek Grammar (pp. xii + 187, London, John Murray, 1841) is this note Lectori. Syntaxim et Prosodiam, quæ mox prelo subjicientur, separatim licebit emere.' A copy of the

fourth edition of the Greek Grammar has not been obtainable for the purpose of this bibliography, and, therefore, presumably the fifth edition, 1844 (the first printed at Oxford) was the first which contained the Syntax. Presumably, however, it was at first printed as a separate work (though no copy of it is now forthcoming), for, in the publisher's prefatory note to an edition of the Eton Greek Grammar, published in 1845, it is stated that the Syntax used at Winchester has been adopted at Eton, and will continue to be used instead of the second part of the old Eton Greek Grammar.' See Bishop Charles Wordsworth's Annals, vol. i. pp. 177-196. [Note by C. W. H.] 1844 Græca Grammaticæ Rudimenta. In usum Scholarum. [First edition published by the Oxford University Press. The Syn

taxis here occupies pp. 163-218, but is not mentioned in the Index. There is no new preface, but the prefaces to the first three editions are included.] Editio quinta, Oxonii: e typographeo academico, mdcccxliv., pp. xii + 258, 8vo. [C. W. H.] 1844 Catechetical questions. [See 1842.] Pp. 88, 12mo. Second edition. London, F. and J. Rivington.

1845 (Whitsunday). A Lecture to the Communicants of Winchester College, preparatory to the Holy Communion. Pp. 27, 8vo. 1845 Family Prayers designed especially for the use of a Household observing in one or more of its members Daily attendance upon the Services of the Church. Pp. ii + 76, 12mo. London, F. and J. Rivington.

1845 (December). [Bp. Ken's Morning, Evening, and Midnight hymns in English and Latin.] Tres Hymni ad usum scholarium Wiccamicorum olim Anglice compositi nunc Latine redditi. Wintoniae veneunt apud D. Nutt, Collegii Bibliopolam. College arms on cover. Dedication to Wykehamists signed

C. W. Pp. 29 +3, 8vo.

1845 [Keble's Morning and Evening Hymns in English and Latin.] Dies oriens et occidens Christianus sive duo carmina libro, qui "Annus Christianus" inscribitur, praemissa, Latine reddita. Wintoniae: veneunt apud D. Nutt, Collegii bibliopolam. College arms on cover. Dedication to J. Keble 'Auctori interpres' &c. Pp. 24, 8vo.

1845 Rejoicing a Privilege of Watchful Christians. No. 8 in Alex. Watson's Sermons for Sundays, Festivals and Fasts. 1st series. 8vo. London, Masters &c.

1846 The Blessings of Purity. No. 19 in 2nd series of ditto, vol. i. 1846 (Quinquagesima Sunday). The better gifts and the more excellent way. A Farewell Sermon in Winchester College Chapel. Pp. 20, 8vo. London, Rivington; Winchester, D. Nutt. 1846 (27 March). Christian Boyhood at a Public School: a collection of Sermons and Lectures delivered at Winchester College. Two vols. 8vo. Dedicated to Dr. Moberly. Vol. I. Duties and Ordinances. (Pp. xiv + 504.) Vol. II. (Pp. x + 459.) Graces and Examples. London, F. and J. Rivington; Winchester, D. Nutt. 1846 (13 August). The true charter of education for all classes in a Christian land. A Sermon preached at Whitwick in behalf of the parochial schools, and a Supplement [on Diocesan organisation for Education]. Pp. 67, 8vo. London (n. p.) 1846 Address at Stone Laying of Trinity College, Glenalmond. 4to. [B. M. 1220 f. 24.]

1847 (29 August). Two Sermons by the Lord Bishop of Oxford and the Warden of Trinity College, Glenalmond, at the consecration

of St. Andrew's Chapel, Fasque. Pp. viii+ 41, 8vo. Montrose, Smith & Co., &c.

1848 The College of St. Mary, Winton, near Winchester. [No author's name on title. Four elegiacs beginning 'Terra tulit flores,' signed C. W. on p. [iii.]] Pp. [vi] + 136, sm. 4to. Oxford and London, J. H. Parker; Winchester, D. Nutt. (Printed by J. Shrimpton, Oxford.)

1849 (27 March).

An Address read at the meeting of the Special Synod of the United Diocese of St. Andrews, Dunkeld, and Dunblane. [Wm. Palmer's appeal; passive communion; confession and absolution.] Pp. 19, 8vo. Printed by order of the Synod. 1849 (5 May). A Letter to Rev. W. Skinner, D.D., Bishop of Aberdeen and Primus, respecting the further prosecution of the question of passive Communion. Pp. 28, 8vo. For private circulation only.

1849 Catechesis; or, Christian Instruction preparatory to Confirmation and first Communion. Pp. iv + 212, 8vo. First edition. London, F. and J. Rivington. See 1842 and 1844. 1850 (26 July). A Letter to the Right Rev. Patrick Torry, Bishop of the United Diocese of St. Andrews, &c. [On the Prayerbook authorised by him.] Pp. 16, 8vo. Edinburgh, Grant; London and Oxford, J. H. Parker.

1850 (July and August). Seven Letters to the 'Guardian' on the Report of the Proceedings of the Synod of St. Andrews, &c., published in that paper, with appendix and postscript. [Also on Bishop Torry's Prayer-book.] Pp. 72, 8vo. Edinburgh, R. Grant and Son; London and Oxford, J. H. Parker.

1850 (September). A Sermon on occasion of the Offertory directed to be made in Scotland on behalf of Trinity College, Glenalmond. Pp. 42, sm. 8vo. Edinburgh, R. Grant and Son, R. Lendrum and Co.; London, F. and J. Rivington; Oxford, J. H. Parker.

1850 Catechesis (see 1849). Second edition. Pp. [iv] + 228, 12mo. London, F. and J. Rivington.

1851 (February). National Repentance. Scottish Eccl. Journal. 1851 (March). Religious Toleration. S. E. J.

1851 (May). Separation of Church and State. S. E. J.

1851 (June 19). Protestant Religion and the Catholic Faith. S. E. J. 1851 (July). On the present distress in the Church of England. S. E. J. 1851 (17 April, 21 August). Diocesan Episcopacy proved from the New Testament. (In two parts.) S. E. J.

1851 (10 September). National Christianity, an article of the Christian Faith. A sermon preached in the Parish Church, Kidderminster, for jubilee of S.P.G., on St. Matthew xxviii. 18-20,

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