LMS 2-No. 850, August 31, 7 p. m., from London.
 
      
 
 
vocation he professed. Here he found the spiritual reinforcement 
      he could not secure elsewhere. Here he found men of God ready 
      and eager to help him on the road he had marked out for himself 
      when he accepted the election of the former colonists to be their 
      first bishop.
 
      
 
 
The event, which this memorial is to mark for posterity, is 
      now beyond debate. We need not concern ourselves today with the 
      merits of the controversy which took place more than a century 
      and a half ago. In this day and age, in any English-speaking 
      nation, it is most unlikely that a similar dispute could arise. 
      The political passions, which formed its background, are ashes, 
      and we all believe they can never again be fanned into flame.
 
      
 
 
Today we can congratulate ourselves on the happy outcome of 
      the debate over Bishop Seabury's consecration. The Scottish bishops 
      who decided, at considerable risk to themselves, to lay their 
      hands on the humble applicant from across the Atlantic, helped 
      to erect a milestone in the history of religious freedom, and 
      we are accordingly grateful to them. They bore testimony to the 
      principle that religion is authorized by one higher even than