On Prince Edward Island is by no means made up of any members of in¬ sulated or mere independent sects or voluntary as¬ sociations, but that it constitutes on the contrary a thoroughly connected—compacted—and in the very highest degree as closely united a society as can be constructed—and as such essentially sub¬ sisting of itself, distinct from all other societies whatsoever—founded too on a charter no less per¬ manent and inviolable than that of the eternal cove¬ nant of God himself, which is well ordered in all things and sure; having also certain special incor¬ porate laws peculiar to itself, and all of which laws moreover must only be administered under the gov¬ ernment of certain regularly qualified officers who are invested with full power to execute these laws, and yet only so in the way and manner prescribed by the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, the Divine Founder, the Sole Proprietor, and the Supreme and ever living, the invisible Ruler of this His own chosen—spiritual and personal household. That this church of Christ is primarily and pre-eminently a spiritual society, distinct from every other society, having a government and laws, ordinances and dis¬ cipline, and penalties of a spiritual nature, alto¬ gether peculiar to itself or distinct from and inde¬ pendent of all human laws, is perfectly clear from the whole current of Scripture language having any bearing on the subject, and particularly from many of the names by which it is described and many of the things to which it is compared in the word of God . Thus, for instance, it is called the "Kingdom 18s