Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-08-17

September next.
For the Lewisburg Chronicle.
WHr TT Gnows.-The New Haven Regis
ter says that the rapid growth of EPiScopacy
in New England is in great degree owing TO
the fact that the church avoids the discussion
of all oxtraneous questions aud is more pro-
verbal for preaching the Gospel according To
~. Pinl thln that Of Kansas and Nebraska.
DINER churches would do well to follow the
example of their Episcopal brethren in Con-
necticut.
The above little paragraph, Which we
cut from the Duly ,T1'rs, has been float
ing about through the newspapers for
some days; ana We giso it to our readers
as a precious gem Of I!uukcrism. 1t will
be read ly many of the great and good OF
our Episcopal brethren with shame and
indignation while here and there, it will
be read hy a fashionable and cxqu;sitcly
diglifel clcrgyman-a Rev. Crcamchecse,
who viii smile with satisfaction that the
trae dignity of his clerical position is at
last appreciated by the press.
So thcr the Episcopalians Of New
England avoid all cxtraneous questions.
The Priest and the Leyite avoided all ex-
trancous questions too. Each followed
his own Reverend and dignifcd nose right
straight ahead, without looking to the
right or to the left; while the poor, mis-
guided, fanatical Samaritan, at the risk Of
his purse, and for aught we know at the
risk OF lis reputation too, and certainly
with no eye to " denominational' pros
pcrity, turned aside to gather up and nurse
the mutilatcd form of him who fell among
the thieves. Those clergymen and lay
men Of any denomination whose highest
aspiration is to make their Church the
wealthy and fashionable one Of the eoun-
try, will perhaps do well to avoid all " ex-
traneous questions" but those who desire
simply to do good to the souls and bodies
of mcn,-.o improve the condition of hu-
man society, should hasten to throw their
Church organizations, and their Church
influence into the very front rank Of every
hest which is contending for Truth and
Right on the worlds great battlefield.
Does the writer Of the above paragraph
mean to tell US that the question of Free
dom or Slavery in Kansas and Nebraska
is one about which the Episcopalians Of
New England care nothing? Then, in
our opinion, he utters SANDER on that
noble body of Christians If imbued
with their own Liturgy, they cannot be
indifferent to the solution of any question
on which depends the welfare or improve
ment of any portion Of the human race.
The true Episcopalion regards every hu-
man being as his fcllow-heir to an immor-
tai destiny. He looks upon the degraded
druukard, the trembling slave, the be-
nightcd heather, and the wrctched beggar,
each as a man aud brother, whom it is
duty and his Joy so far as God shall give
him strength, to bless and to save.
The triling sticklers for sacerdota
robes and Church ornaments, who would
willingly ape POpery, not only in the stu
pidity Of her int9lerant dogmas, but IL
her fummery and show, these are only
the butterflies Of the Church, which have
been Matched into existence by sunshine
Of worldly prosperity. True men battle
for reform wherever reform is needed
while clerical dandies court and some
times win the admiration of fools. Q