The Kenosha telegraph and tribune. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1859-1860, 1859-12-01
From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
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we happened, fortunately, to be present ot
Epiphany Church, yesterday morning and 80
Interested much beyond our expectations, soma
time since, it appears, that number of orr nrnr,
lnent cergymen of different denominations
signed paper which was published in all The
religious and some of the daily journals the
bearing of which was that they were deepIy
concerned at the divisions among Christians
They proposed that there should be concert Of
prayer tor Catholic Unity, on the first Monday
| in October
The Rev. j, W. Cracraft offered the Epipbanv
Church, Fifteenth and Chestnut streets for y
meenng OF ministers at nine O'clock When we
| arrived at the church, at perhaps twenty min
utes after nine, we found it crowded in almost
every part, with an audience of ladies' and nen-
tlemen. This, of ITSELF at so early an hour on
week day was exciting. LOOKING aronnd
we saw, every where, clergymen of ali denomi-
nations and we have been told since that 150
Were present. Mr.. Cracraft presided. the nm
listers of the churches crowding about him in
and around the chanel "
1ne heV Dr' Boardman, of the PRESBYTERIAN
Church, ". ;. )opened the meeting with nravnr.
Mr.. Cracratt read from the Scriptures He then
READ letter from Bishop McIvine, of Ohio cor.
oIally approving the object of the meeting, Dr.
Nott' Iof nan century President of Union
| college, Schenectady, NJ of the PTeshvtaYi.
an Church, 90. S. then rose, with some assi sis
lance from DIR. jenkins, and DR.. Dufield Of
Detrolt-an exceedingly venerable figure, with
snoW-whlte hair-and leaninr on his staff. for bc
feels the weight offour score wears he address.
ed to the assemblage a few words breathing the
spirit OF Christian Union The chairman then
calied upon the venerable DR.. Humphrey, of the
Congregational Church, late President of the
Amherst College, Mass, vino responded in n
similar strain, marked with much modesty az
well as Christian fervor. ~
The hev. W. i. Stevens, d. D., of the EMS.
eopal Church, who, as we understand from his
remarks drafted by the original paper, then ad-
dressed the meeting, stating that he had not
imagined, when be wrote it in his stndv that
such consequences were to grow out of so sim.
PIE ana unobtruslve movement. He was fol
lowed by the Rev. Albert Barnes, opa Of fine
slgners OF the paper, who carried forward the
meeting IN the same spirit. Prayer and sing.
ing were lnterspersed at intervals. DR.. Jenkins
u INC calvary Cchurch, Presbyterian, IN. So
maze very earnest speech as to the necessity,
OF the manifestations Of the Unity which really
exists among Christian, stating, among other
thlngs, that there is cure for all existing diyis.
| ions.
The most interesting incident of the meeting
occurred at this point, an incident so far as We
Know unparalleled in the history of Protestant-
ISM. DR.. Nevin OF the Presbyterian Church.
(O.s'') rose and stated that the Apostles Creed
was one OF the symbols of his branch Of the
chufch, and it might be of all the churches rep
resented, and proposed that Mr.. Cracaraft sho' Id
repeat 1t as the creed Of the meeting, all stand
ing ana joining IN it. Instantly every individ
T Tal OF the vast assemblage sprang to his feet
The Chairman began. II believe in God +b
Father Almighty, maker Of heaven and earth y
Every voice Joined him. Nearly two thousand
| People-EplScopalian Presbyterians, Old and
New school, Seceders, Covenanters Dutch re.
formed, German reformed, Baptists Methodlsts,
Lutherans, Moravians, Congregationalists, In.
Gepehqents-aH repeated with the simplicity of
IiIlIe chllore this grand old formula, which has
Goihe GOWN to us on the stream of ages-.sI he.
heFe IN God, the Father Almighty F. Even n
CAIN spectator, not easily excited and STANDING
aooi from any enthusiasm of the moment coul3
not PM be moved, As the g Apostles Greed .
SO Called IS the only uninspired summary Of
Shilsllan doctrine u which all these churches
beheVo, 1t seemed like an Act of Union of the
Church Universal 1t brought startlingly, and
Judging from the appearance of the congrega-
tlon' a1ectngly, TO every individual, the idea.
SO much lost sight of, that in all that is essen
tlai t9oSe Christians, cut up into what are now
called sects, re in fact one.
ADDRESSES and prayers followed from Rev
~ ~, newton, OF the Episcopal Church, the ven
eraol9 Mr. kennafd of the Baptist Cbuych Mr.
Alfred Goodman, Of the Methodist, and MIR. Tav.
lor OF the Reformed Dutch Mr.. CooI,rnsn
mad the excellent remark that the points in which
the Evangelical Churches agree are facts, while
those on which they differ are, for the most part
theories and the latter made touching allu-
SION TO the funeral Of the Rev. Dudley A Tying
me tne former rector OF Epiphany church. The
last speaker was a Mr.. Wilder, a missionary
from India who dwelt upon the interest which
would be taken iii this scene by the missiona-
RES all over the world The large ass emily
was then dismissed with the benediction pro
nounced by the Rev. John Chambers, the meet
ing, instead of lasting an hour, having been
prolonged to nearly two hours and half
meeting in pursuance Of the sa me circular.
was held at Jaynes Hall at 4PM. At this
ali were invited to take part the meeting BEING
especially for clergymen, though others were
l INV 10 be present The afternoon meeting
was immense. It can only be numbered hv
thousands. The floor, platform, boxes, and cal.
LEI GEes were nearly everywhere filled with people
Inc exercises in their general tone, were SINH.
lar to those in the morning.