Des Arc citizen., 1859-08-17


 A NEW RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS THE BRoAp CHURcH. --Dr. Bellows, a distinguished Unitarian Minister of New York city, has recently broached scheme which will produce not little sensation in the sectarian circles of the present gen. eration. According to the New York and Boston papers, Dr. Bellows scheme is neither more or less than to found new Catholic Church, differing from the old Catholic Church, which in this country acknowledges Archbishop Hughes as it's Metropolitan head, by the omission oI what is termed certain obsolete, erroneous or needless doctrines, but preserving the fascinating features, rituals, imaginative symbols, sacred festivals, &c., which aid so materially in giving the Roman Catho. lie Church its popular and universal char. aoter. Speaking of this new religious movement, the .New York Times says:
 The name of the proposed organization is the Broad Church. In this magnificent scheme we understand that Dr. Bellows, enjoys the cooperation of Dr. Osgood and the Rev. MT Frothingham, the other Unitarian clergyman of this city. He will also have Seminary to propagate the new doctrine in Antioch Col iege, Aourishing institution at the West, ol which he has been most efficient friend Dr. Osgood is reported to have prepared lit urgy, to be submitted to the consideration ol American Unitarians, who, with one or tive other sects, would form the nucleus of the new denomination. Dr. Bellows, as will be seen by his discourse delivered before the Alumni oi the Divinity School at Cambridge, and by his Boston address of last year, which we fnc quoted with qualified approval in an article in the North British (Presbyterian) Review maintains that modern Professionalism is mere. ty negative, barren and behind the times, and in short. is, to some extent, failure. "His- torical Unitarianism," says he Sis fast becom- ing local peculiarity, Boston notions This assertion, it is affirmed, is sustained by figures and statistics, relating to the history of the sect. Hence the project of "broad church," and return to the rites and cere. monial heretofore discarded by majority ol modern Protestants.
 Touching this "blending of odds and ends," in religious, or rather sectariar point of view, the .NeW Orleans Della says
 We take it that Dr. Bellows aims to blend the best ements of Teutonic and Celtic Chris tianty into harmonious whole. He asserts the failure of the Protestant sects;he charges Romanism with failure also, but in less de- gree; and he concludes that ''the development of a new Catholic Church' out of the essen tial Christian principles of all of them, is the only means of saving religion from utterly dying out in the world. But to create tho mechanism of the project, to put together its skeleton, is one thing, and to give it flesh, anc blood, and muscle, and bounding pulse ant heart, is quite different thing. What is tc give it vitality not possessed by the effett sects and creeds outworn which it is designed to supersede? Under Heaven, what, indeed But Dr. Bellows hints that it may be yivifec by new revelation corresponding with the s'wants of this weary unchurched era" Ht says: gro articulate, or even try to articn late, the dumb wants of this weary unchurchet era, is at least one step to the new Catholic Charch--it is cry for help, which God vii hear and will answer by some NEW WORT FROM THE HoLY GHosT, when humanity i able and willing to bear it."
 A ,elegraphic dispatch from New York dated July 30th, to the St. Louis Repub hcan, states as follows:
 In relation to the New Church Scheme, re ported to be favored by prominent Unitarian ministers, the Rev. Mir. Osgood makes posi- tive refutation of the Evening Posts story concerning his connection herewith, in spi- cy and sarcastic letter. He also explains tht discourse of MT. Bellows, which gave rise tt the report, his meaning having been misappre hended from his using the word Catholic in the philosophic instead of the ritual sense, anC nothing having been said by him to justify the statement that he favors any new Episc0- pacy or any revival of the old pageantry. II conclusion, MT. Osgood says he shall be very glad to see new Catholic Church of the tru' stamp arise.
 So we go The conclusion of M-. Os good leaves the public to judge for them selves as to "the New Church Scheme. In attempting to correct the previous i'm pressions as to himself and MT. Bellows he proclaims himself in favor of ia new Catholic Church of the true stamp"
 The New York Herald gets of the fol lowing;
 THE BROAD CHuRcH-The style and title Ui Dtodu 1uulCd, lN lS pul pOstu " give to the New Catholic Church, without . Pope, as projected by Dr. Bellows $ Co.,, it i' suggested is ''an unfortunate name," and tha it would be ''unwise to give the scoffer such 8 handle as the name suggests" But as w have already ''high church" and ''low church," why not ''broad church?" Int name, perhaps, would be strengthened by changing it to ''the Broad Guage Church.' 'sRroad" is good word, and ''long" is good word; but we commend the ''broad guage' to Dr. Bellows. In spite of Shakespeare, there is much in name.
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 WILL THE ITALIAN CONFEDERATION WoRKs-The Hon. Caleb Cushing has an able and ingenius article to the Boston Traveiier under this head, from which the follnWino, are extracts: