The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-10-11

a"unu .h.m' nef dniDcn1S OF praises To
God have assembled TO Heaven, from their
dying lips.
We with pleasure view the exertions
made by Other societies for the spread of
the redeemer's kingdom-we modest them
not--we are happy and contentcd within
/ The pale III our own church, blessed as we
are, " with ministry OF divine aud apps
tohe origin, derived through an nninterrup-
ted succession from Christ the head. with
formulary worship, pure in its doctrines,
and admirably fitted as d manual of deyo-
ton, Tor the house of God, for the family,
aud for the closet, with the initiatory
aud renosating pledges of the gospel, bap-
iism aud Lord supper, free from all hu-
man cofruptlons or interpretations, with the
knoNledse Of our duty 10 God and man,
set forti' IN the plaiuest manner assuring
/ us, that If we are duly Influenced by this
knowledge, and the means of grace. We
shall derive much profit To ourselves in this
Wofld-be supported in the hour of death,
ana receive crown of life in the kingdom
oil glory .-Reiiectlons Of this nature cause
AS 10 prize these distinguished privileges
make US feel truly grateful to the giser of
all good things, and heartily desire that all
me members OF the human family, and .s-
pcciaiiy OF the church in our own diocese,
may be IN the full endowment ofthese exal-
TED blessings We fondly trust. the Pc
rod has passed by, when the feelings of
true christians are TO be cirrungcribed with
IN the bounds of sectarism. The time has
peen, ia which, to satisfy the ayarcous
minded and bigot, or TO satiate the lmboun-
ded cravings OF an ambitious and pampered
p1esteratt, deluded wretches have march
ed forth, armed with sword and torch, and
IN Their progress have laid the lairest cotn-
tries and Kingdoms prostratc--sct the laws
OF God and man at defiance, and whose
laws, instead ofbeing established under the
mid preeepts Of holy Jeeis, have been
wHttenln the blood of theirfellow creatures.
Tue scene, however, has changed, the sun
| OF righteousness has arisen, ami the clouds
OF darkness and ignorance arc fast feceding
rom before Its light, and sinking into
ann perspective all denominations are
l0nlng hand IN hand to send the bible TO
distant parts of the world and dilluse its
sublime truths in every quarter of the globe
Those, whose views of christianity centre
so strongly. in one particular church or
- ~ hfiAtti liltlIjotINGS, llldl IilfN are
Tue only christians; that theirs is the only
true and acceptable worship in the sight Of
uod that they are the only true elect, and
thrust all others, who will not subscribe to
all Their articles Of faith, out Of the pale of
the church, as heretcks and upbclievers,
should examine We'll into the motives which
prompt them, thus to condemn their breth-
ren, lest, IN their zeal to extend their own
doctrines, they lose sight ofthe Zone thing
needtnl,' and at last find themselves in that
state, wherein they long since had consgn-
ed those, who perchance met their displea-
| sure Tor not agreeing with them ON some
lew non-essentlals.
We now pass to the 3rd charge against
| EplscotalIans, which is the grosscst msre-
presentation of the articles Of their faith,
that have ever met with.-He SAYS, {" f.
piscoPallans.-ln the Eucharist, the Cath
| Ones believe III Observation-Disclosures or the re-
| al presence. English and American Epis-
copalians believe in consubstantiation." u
would ask Momus what his motives are for
assoclaiing Episcopalians with the Catho-
hes Surely he cannot be 50 ignorant of
Their doctrines as to suppose they have
| any relation 10 each othtr,-It is known To
every one who is at all consersant in theO-
| logical alfllrs, that there never have been
two churches more violently opposed to
each other than they have been from the
| first days Of the reformation.---It is with
pam We see III this enlightened day, those
so lost II sense of propriety, as to come
| forward with IA desire 10 rake ND those
charges against the church, which were in
| t1n p1n,tfh Of L..
about the period of the American reyolu-
| ton, and which more than once te minated
in thor shame and confusion.-ln those
| days, 1t Was, that the Episcopal church was
erred down as being " child of Popery'-
her rltes aud ordinances, her worship and
| her government as being but step remov-
ed from the corruptions OF the church of
Rome.-Then it was, that the attempt was
made TO PROSTATE her by crying her down
/" as child Of royalty as craving throne,
and of dangerous influence that She pos.
aessed neither plety or virtue, and that her
worshlpwas a dry Formally But thanks
be To God, these subteriuges have proven
| as Intellectual as Their motives were base
who raised then-sbe has surmOunted their
sordid assaults--she is fast emerging from
! her dllapdated state and assuming her
| stand IN society; hermemhersa are collecting
| themselves together, and are calling to her
rom the east TO the west, and from the
north to the south, to comeoyer l. help
US" We must, however, proceed to the
chargein question, that, Episcopaliau8 be-
| lievein consubstantiation." Had Menus ia
ken the trouble tohave lookedinto thechurch
prayer book, he might have saved his time
IN pennng this article for his vocabulary of
"Pecullarlties. In the 2Gth article he will
find the Lords Supper defined at large
TO save him the trouble of Hunting il up, az
perhaps he has not one of her books, wewill
transcrbe 1t for his use, and for others, who
are SO fond Of railing against her. Mifhnnt