Show disestablishment it is 18 not to be wondered that the church party in En england glands as related in the dispatches is entering upon a vigorous campaign against the proposal of the present government to disestablish the anglican church in wales as ae the success of the proposition virtually means the ultimate extinction of the state church As it is ig at present the episcopal charob charch in great britain la is sustained by state taxation whether the taxpayer be a member of thi the dominant church or not he be has baa to contribute to its ita revenue the barisof the agitation against this condition la Is that it Is in unjust to require nonconformists to support a church with which they have oo no affiliation in matters mattera of wor ship hip on the other hand it la Is claimed that a state elate church should derive sun HUB cenance from the state revenue as col lecter by tax on property in dependent of individual ownership and that the abolition of the present state church means a reinstatement of papal influence in britain if the present government policy of establishing disestablishing dis the church in wales should prevail it is not difficult to fore see that the same step must be taken in england and then the anglican church will be in the same relative position to the state finances as am are all the dissenting sects this it is urged and with good reason will mean a practical breaking up of that ob church arch as the lists and high churchmen who now DOW compose a very large part of the organization and are its wealthier members naturally would drift into the roman catholic church while the low churchmen would be left to distribute themselves among various sec seeto thus placing the roman catholic instead of the episcopal as the dominant nant church in greit great britain thus it is easy to see why the anglican or fears disestablishment and will exert all its powers against it but among government leaders leaden there are those who care less for church interest than for political preferment and patronage and though most of the chiefs of the political parties in britain are episcopalians Episcopal ians so no far as church membership members biD to is concerned the result actually rests resin with the voters hence a vigorous camp campaign align is being instituted among these there would be no hope of the state church advocates gaining their point were it not for the fact that the influence of the church is in greatly feared in england for the combined chapel chape goers or nonconformists greatly exceed in number the members of the english church and their votes in conjunction with the catholic element could settle the matter quickly but the anti catholic cry heretofore has held the dissenters back lest they would jump out of the frying pan into the fire by bj having domination even without taxes as a more objectionable tio feature than episcopal domination with taxes for the latter church does not attempt to restrict the religious liberty of the individual there is a large element however including a lair fair proportion of episcopalian members who believe that boutah church domination Is no longer the menace it was once regarded to he be but that with the state church dimes the government would be perfectly stife safe from influences I 1 in D su support aport of tb this is 4 view it if Js ja urged th that at the Britis hers will get along quite as well as an the americans hive have done and that free religion allaround all around will bean be an improvement upon the present condition and abolish the objectionable tax feature if the advocates of disestablishment lish ment can confirm this view la in the winds minds of the voters so far as the church in wales le lc concerned the existence of a state church in great britain is likely soon to be a thing of the past |