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Excerpt from The Letters of S. G. O, Vol. 2 of 2: A Series of Letters on Public Affairs Written by the Rev. Lord Sidney Godolphin Osborne and Published in 'the Times', 1844-1888
We are urged to ask for more bishops, I would humbly suggest that there can scarcely be greater folly than to seek to increase the number of overseers who either can't see or won't see, or, seeing, won't guide. To regard the bishops as our official protectors against the false doctrines and illegal practices of the clergy, we must have some faith in their own creed as to the value of the property they protect. I may be told that certain bishops are speaking out,' have before this spoken out, against the practices and doctrines of the ritualists. It is a poor house dog that growls at a burglar, and does no more; I think we should hang the dog who watches the thieves entering our house and only begins to bark when our goods are effectually spoiled. I admit a burglar may visit our premises in disguise and pet our watch-dog with pleasant food, and smooth his hostility with caressing words if we found it out, I don't think we should keep that dog to watch our premises.
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