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tioch. The author oflract 2l4 has not simply made the discovery hmself but he would make us believe that writer of our own Church says that Theophi- lus was ordained pastor of the Church at Antioch- Simpson says lreneus made bishop of Lyons, in France, A. D. IFS. But the writer of tract No. 2l4, though he uses the other facts m the tence, omlis this and then tells he the an- guage of Simpson. And this is the tract that Is thrust into the houses of opalans-this is the tract that Episcopaans called upon to assist in circu- latng This Is the tract for the not circulating of which they are declared to be wanting in christian zeal, in charity, in love their Redeemer and in de- sires to extend hls spiritual kingdom; anI are demned and mathematical, from one end of the continent to the other But this is not all. There seems to be settled purpose of producing entire change in the language lecclesiastica history; and instead of giving to the saints of other days the names and titles by which they were then desgna- ted, and have been still known through all succeed ing ages, till the bursting forth ofthe light 1.-the nne eenth century; we now to hear ofthese worthies only under such names and titles adapted 10 the modern heretca notions of the institution of Christ church. In any other department of let ers, these inroads would not be tolerated for sin gle day. Suppose some political enthusiast should take fancy that the king of England limited as his power is by the British constitution, no more than president in the this word is used in civil government; and should write history of England altering the present style in the exam ple DelOW:

 Edward VI crowned King Edward VI. inaugurated of England, A. D. l5+7 President of Great Britain, A.

 ID. l547.

 Such a change in civil history would neither be justified nor allowed yet it is precisely such change as Is attempted to be made in ecclesiastical history.

 "Theophilus made Bi-, "1heophius was ordained shop of Antioch, A. D. 6S pastor of the Church -StmpSOn. iioch, A. D. l6s."-Tract.

 Nor is this attempt confined to a few individuals. An immense society, actually embracing some ofthe largest denominations in this country, and professing to embrace all, possessing means to an indefinite ex- tent and issuing some millions of pages in tracts, which are distributed through every part ofthe try from Maine to Florida, and from the Atlantic to the Mississippi with zeal as persevering and un- tring as ever distinguished the Jesus ofthe Roman church-has given its sanction to this perversion of language for party purposes, and lent its aid 10 en, deavort to promote change ofopinion impor- tant ecclesiastical question by such means. Episco- palians should learn a lesson from experience- They should hereafter guard against the i'll timed and unjust intrusons of others and defend with awakened energy the church of the Living God Gospel Messenger.