Froude，orofamanlikeDr。Arnold。Itisamerechance，therefore，whetheritwillgotosupportateacheroftruth，oronewhowilldenouncethattruthasfalsehood。
ThisargumentseemstousatoncetodisposeofallthatpartofMr。Gladstone’sbookwhichrespectsgrantsofpublicmoneytodissentingbodies。Allsuchgrantshecondemns。Butsurely，ifitbewrongtogivethemoneyofthepublicforthesupportofthosewhoteachanyfalsedoctrine，itiswrongtogivethatmoneyforthesupportoftheministersoftheEstablishedChurch。Foritisquitecertainthat，whetherCalvinorArminiusbeintheright，whetherLaudorBurnetbeintheright，agreatdealoffalsedoctrineistaughtbytheministersoftheEstablishedChurch。IfitbesaidthatthepointsonwhichtheclergyoftheChurchofEnglanddifferoughttobepassedover，forthesakeofthemanyimportantpointsonwhichtheyagree，whymaynotthesameargumentbemaintainedwithrespecttotheothersectswhichhold，incommonwiththeChurchofEngland，thefundamentaldoctrinesofChristianity？Theprinciplethatarulerisboundinconsciencetopropagatereligioustruth，andtopropagatenoreligiousdoctrinewhichisuntrue，isabandonedassoonasitisadmittedthatagentlemanofMr。Gladstone’sopinionsmaylawfullyvotethepublicmoneytoachaplainwhoseopinionsarethoseofPaleyorofSimeon。Thewholequestionthenbecomesoneofdegree。Ofcoursenoindividualandnogovernmentcanjustifiablypropagateerrorforthesakeofpropagatingerror。
Butbothindividualsandgovernmentsmustworkwithsuchmachineryastheyhave;andnohumanmachineryistobefoundwhichwillimparttruthwithoutsomealloyoferror。Wehaveshownirrefragably，aswethink，thattheChurchofEnglanddoesnotaffordsuchamachinery。Thequestionthenisthis;withwhatdegreeofimperfectioninourmachinerymustweputup？Andtothisquestionwedonotseehowanygeneralanswercanbegiven。
Wemustbeguidedbycircumstances。Itwould，forexample，beverycriminalinaProtestanttocontributetothesendingofJesuitmissionariesamongaProtestantpopulation。ButwedonotconceivethataProtestantwouldbetoblameforgivingassistancetoJesuitmissionarieswhomightbeengagedinconvertingtheSiamesetoChristianity。Thattaresaremixedwiththewheatismatterofregret;butitisbetterthatwheatandtaresshouldgrowtogetherthanthatthepromiseoftheyearshouldbeblighted。
Mr。Gladstone，weseewithdeepregret，censurestheBritishGovernmentinIndiafordistributingasmallsumamongtheCatholicpriestswhoministertothespiritualwantsofourIrishsoldiers。Now，letusputacasetohim。AProtestantgentlemanisattendedbyaCatholicservant，inapartofthecountrywherethereisnoCatholiccongregationwithinmanymiles。Theservantistakenill，andisgivenover。Hedesires，ingreattroubleofmind，toreceivethelastsacramentsofhisChurch。Hismastersendsoffamessengerinachaiseandfour，withorderstobringaconfessorfromatownataconsiderabledistance。HereaProtestantlaysoutmoneyforthepurposeofcausingreligiousinstructionandconsolationtobegivenbyaCatholicpriest。Hashecommittedasin？HashenotactedlikeagoodmasterandagoodChristian？WouldMr。Gladstoneaccusehimof\"laxityofreligiousprinciple，\"of\"confoundingtruthwithfalsehood，\"of\"consideringthesupportofreligionasaboontoanindividual，notasahomagetotruth？\"Buthowifthisservanthad，forthesakeofhismaster，undertakenajourneywhichremovedhimfromtheplacewherehemighteasilyhaveobtainedreligiousattendance？Howifhisdeathwereoccasionedbyawoundreceivedindefendinghismaster？Shouldwenotthensaythatthemasterhadonlyfulfilledasacredobligationofduty？Now，Mr。