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preme directory in every moral and religious duty. My grey hairs admonish me that I may soon be called to give an account of my stewardship. And I have no fear of the sentence which he will pronounce upon an honest though humble effort to sustain the authority of His Word, in just alliance with the Constitution, the peace, and the public welfare of my country. Another Church Division. In Louisiana the Protestant Episcopal Church secedes with the State. A pastoral letter from Bishop Polk, of that diocese, contains this passage: Our separation from our brethren of the "Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States" has been effected, because we must follow our nationality. Not because there has been any difference of opinion as to Christian doctrine or Catholic usage. Upon these points we are still one. With us it is a separation, not division — certainly not alienation. And there is no reason why, if we should find the union of our diocese under our national C