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Uo. 6. JUNE, 1864. Peice 2d. Third Paper. THE second difficulty in the way of the formation of English Churches in connection with our body still remains to be con¬ sidered. This difficulty appears to many quite an insuperable one; and at first sight it certainly does seem as one not easily to be over¬ come. We refer to the matter of funds. This matter always tells with force upon those who, whilst heartily engaged in an enterprize, have no funds at'command; and it tells with almost greater force upon those who have funds at command but have no heart to part with any thereof. The latter class are frightened at the mere suggestion of a contribution being requisite, and a host of excuses are ready at hand why the enterprize should not be undertaken: but whilst the scarcity of funds causes grief to the former, it drives them to their wits' ends, and calls forth their utmost energies for the attainment of their fond purpose. In the present case, we labour, it is true, under many disadvantages, but they are not such as should put a stop to what is possible for us to do. We are not a wealthy people; we are not, beyond Wales, a numerous people; we cannot well afford to divide our strength in the places where English Churches should be formed: we have not sufficient funds at command for the total supporting of new churches in a way anything like creditable, and in such a way that we can hope that they will be successful after being established; neither have we sufficient funds at command for the mere helping them to hold forth a respectable outward character, which they must hold in towns, if we wish them to be successful. In view of all this, what