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"Why I withdrew from the
Church of my Fathers"

BY

THE REV. JOHN ENRIGHT

Minister of the Presbyterian Church

Formerly Rev. Father Andrew, Passionist Preacher

WITH A PREFACE BY THE REV. W. H. LEWIS,
EX-CHAIRMAN CONGREGATIONAL UNION

LOTHIAN BOOK PUBLISHING CO. PTY. LTD.

MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY

DEDICATION.

I lovingly dedicate this book to the

(a) Glory of God,

(b) The spread of pure Evangelism,

(c) The removal of certain human-erected barriers
between my brethren of the Old Faith and the

New, but especially between my priestly and
my ministerial brethren.

JOHN ENright.

Copyright.
First Edition, November, 1919.

Reprinted in December, 1919.

Reprinted August, 1920.

Reprinted September, 1920,

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A FOREWORD.

IT

T is with unqualified satisfaction that I consent to write an introductory word to this volume. It is, indeed, a privilege of which I am not worthy, and which I owe to the following circumstances:

At the time of "Father Andrew's" secession I was the pastor of the Congregational Church at Subiaco, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, and was also at that year the Chairman of the Congregational Union of that State. When Mr. Enright decided to seek association with our denomination he was, therefore, introduced to me. It was my duty to make the most thorough enquiry in order to advise our Executive in dealing with his application. This investigation was not only not resented, but was welcomed by Mr. Enright, and responded to with the utmost candour.

Several interviews took place, which deepened the first impression-that in Mr. Enright we had not only a genuine convert, who was leaving the Church of his fathers for no pique nor puny reasons, but because of convictions which touched the depths of his religious faith.

Whether as Roman Catholic or Protestant, Mr. Enright has never failed to win the respect and esteem of men because of the nobility of his character. His application for admission to the Congregational Union of Western Australia was supported by men in the highest official positions in the State of South Australia, who had known him during his eight years as parish priest in Adelaide and Missioner in the States during that period and afterwards. And these men were pronounced Protestants.

Four years have passed since then, and wherever he has ministered (and it has been my privilege to introduce him

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