"Nearly the whole church has sanctioned the wisdom of this seemingly apostolic arrangement by imitating it. The refusal of the church in the United States to imitate it, has sanctioned its wisdom in another way, by our comparative failure to do the work of the church in this country." [Footnote 36]
[Footnote 36: Ibid. p. 232.]
The Rev. Dr. Gregory, of Syracuse, writes:
"It is said that the Episcopal Church is the church of the educated and the rich. This is so to a considerable extent, particularly in the cities." [Footnote 37]
[Footnote 37: Memorial Papers, p. 250. ]
Then, speaking of certain remedial measures, he continues:
"It cannot be done, in the present state of feeling—the pride of social distinction is against it; and all the canons and councils in Christendom cannot make a church efficient in which this feeling prevails." [Footnote 38]
[Footnote 38: Ibid. p. 251.]
And again, in concluding, he says: