You allude approvingly to the Concordate drawn up and signed by Bishop Seabury on the one part and his consecrators on the other, which was, in the language of its framers, to serve as a "bond of union between the Catholic remainder of the ancient Church of Scotland and the now rising Church in the State of Connecticut," and you assure us that it "shall continue to be maintained and cherished by you, as it has been by your fathers."
We have heard with gratification that the desire to be closely allied in the matter of similarity of offices with our own Church, which has prevailed in your diocese ever since the American liturgy was, under your first Bishop's influence, enriched by some of the most valuable of its present features, is still strongly felt by you.
That for all time to come we may be all of one heart and of one soul, united in one holy bond of truth and peace, of faith and charity, and may with one mind and one mouth glorify the one and only God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, is our hearty prayer and our confident hope.
To His love and blessing we commend you.
CHARLES WORDSWORTH, Bishop of St. Andrews, Dunkeld, and Dunblane;
HENRY COTTERILL, Bishop of Edinburgh;
WM. S. WILSON, Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway;
HUGH W. JERMYN, Bishop of Brechin;
ARTHUR G. DOUGLAS, Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney;
J. R. A. CHINNERY-HALDANE, Bishop of Argyll and the Isles;