Meantime these great disturbances are not understood in England; and chiefly on the differences between the two nations as to the language of their several churches and law courts. The process of ordination and induction is totally different under the different ecclesiastical administrations of the two kingdoms. And the church courts of Scotland do not exist in England. We write, therefore, with an express view to the better information of England proper. And, with this purpose, we shall lead the discussion through four capital questions:--
I. _What_ is it that has been done by the moving party?
II. _How_ was it done? By what agencies and influence?
III. What were the _immediate results_ of these acts?
IV. What are the _remote results_ yet to be apprehended?
I. First, then, WHAT _is it that has been done_?
Up to the month of May in 1834, the fathers and brothers of the "Kirk" were in harmony as great as humanity can hope to see. Since May 1834, the church has been a fierce crater of volcanic agencies, throwing out of her bosom one-third of her children; and these children are no sooner born into their earthly atmosphere, than they turn, with unnatural passions, to the destruction of their brethren. What _can_ be the grounds upon which an _acharnement_ so deadly has arisen?