lived two hundred years before.

[28] It need hardly be said that it is a great mistake to use the term
"Catholic" as if it were the exclusive right of the members of the
Church of Rome. On the contrary, they have no standing-ground in
England at all; and fall into the number of schismatics here, because
they refuse to hold communion with the branch of the Holy Catholic
Church in this land.

[29] The Holy Catholic Church may be considered to be
divided--speaking generally--into three great divisions. The Eastern,
or Greek-speaking Church; the Roman, or Latin-speaking Church; the
Anglican, or English-speaking Church. And now, by the Providence of
God, we can see that a mighty responsibility has been laid upon our
own branch of "The Kingdom of Heaven." We feel sure that with the
marvellous spread of the English nation, the Church of Christ ought to
have spread with equal rapidity; and past neglect, especially with
respect to the great colonies founded in past generations in America,
brings us much to answer for. Yet we may take courage when we think
how the English-speaking branch of the Holy Catholic Church has spread
in recent times. North America, Canada, and the West Indies;
Australia, New Zealand, and many islands of the sea; South Africa;
India, China, and Japan, all bear witness that the good news of the
Kingdom has been scattered, far and wide, by English-speaking agents
of the great King. And our Archbishop of Canterbury is the
acknowledged centre of as wide a sphere of spiritual energy as the
Pope himself.

CHAPTER X.

THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS.

"The Saints on earth, and those above,
But one communion make;
Joined to their Lord in bonds of love,
All of His grace partake."

The history of the extension of the Church of Christ from one land to
another, and of the successive victories won by the Cross over heathen
races from age to age, gives by itself a very imperfect idea of the
meaning of the words "The Holy Catholic Church." Because, with the
outward extension of the Church, its influence upon the inner man
needs always to be considered. For when our Lord described the
extension of "The Kingdom of Heaven," He not only likened it to the
spread of a tree branching out on every side, but He also declared
that it would work as leaven, secretly, by changing the hearts of men.

This truth may be said to be kept prominently before Christians by
the term "Holy" being applied to the