THE

PAROCHIAL SYSTEM,

AN APPEAL

то

ENGLISH CHURCHMEN.

BY

HENRY WILLIAM WILBERFORCE, M.A.

OF ORIEL COLLEGE, OXFORD,

CURATE OF BRANSGORE, HANTS.

Thus saith the Lord of Hosts; Consider your ways. Go up to the
mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure
in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.-HAGGAI, i. 7, 8.

The God of Heaven, He will prosper us; therefore we His servants will
arise and build.-NEHEMIAH ii. 20.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR J. G. & F. RIVINGTON,

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD,

AND WATERLOO PLACE, PALL MALL.

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то

THE RIGHT REVEREND

CHARLES RICHARD,

LORD BISHOP OF WINCHESTER,

ETC. ETC.

THESE PAGES

ARE MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,

IN THE

CHEERFUL HOPE AND EARNEST PRAYER,

THAT HE MAY SEE THE FRUIT OF HIS LABOURS,

IN THE PROVISION

OF A CHURCH AND A PASTOR

FOR EVERY INHABITANT OF HIS DIOCESE.