Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-11-01
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Separate tbysef,' 4 pray thee, from me-: If !
thou wilt .ss:e the left hand, then will go to the
rights or II thou depart 10 the right haIa, then !
l will 20 to the left I" So said Abr .:.am 10 I."t
many thousand yeasS ago, when he found tsGt
they could yetugether. in peace j. ami sn, it..
stens,ther Suuthvrn.o Churches. hot pretending TO
be wiser OF b:t.cr than AbrGhani, now saying
gtoGle 't,huTt ,s,oftle Nurth. Abrahaln7and Lot
yOrc Loth righteous men ystiit was bottcr for
tLen tt4t they parted. Tho Churche hetisNprtl,
and South may be righ tenrs ulsoi and IN like
manner, tnay be hctt for Ihom that theyprrt.
ofratber. tlat thvy rMsai:a M paF;el TIE TIE Bshsps;
of the Methodist Eii.c.pal Capreh South ;hink
su, ana have vq;y openly expressed their vieas
TO their people. The sauthsIl B'ptists aish, If
we mistake not, shrink back in unmia,al:abc re:'
Epuguahcc from, saliiting with 4 holy kss tkeIr
brctbrentefthe North. Thogreat tri-ennial Con-
vcn.ion softhc r-otss.ant ErscH pill iGhurci has
very Lately beyr iu.scssi,n in Philadep phia j; snd
this Con, ;niiyn there appeared delesates iteni
but two Ssuthe:p Slat>f, North Carolina and
Texas. The. acts snd br,e Of this Convention
wore very decidedly for the restored unity of the
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lchurches North ana South. But nevertheless,
] the Southern Episcopal Diahops;if We again mis-
tako n.t arc evidently inclined II su5 with Abras
ham :stsSeparste, ,thYselfrfrom me-" The General
Council the :Episcopal Churah South, to be held
in Mobile in the ensuing meath, will fake; autaor
1ftativc action ON the subject. Bishop Davis Of
our own State, has aldrosacd letter to his Clergy
and Lail J, in which he declares the scpordtfon Of
] the Churches as involunfary and orerwh helming
,under.the influence of the political revolution,
and that;itcannot. be rcsgrhed in thoelisht OF
schisn.-s That tho severance was For. the unity
Of heEfcith 3 and that the Southern Church is
tightly constituted, and is an Independent and
INTEGRAL braach Of the Church. Catholic. That
she Is, therefore, sres rcnaia o: she is or ro-
4 turn to her union wifi the North. Biahop Davis
regards the age aspohticalnnd secular, and tend
!, ing to-combinaion, which, he views as securing
{ dominion, but us dangerous to truth ard he is
of opinion that the large exranse of the United
States and the discOrdant elements CT its popula-
ti.n are too vast for tie continued harmony >.
one Church; and for that Church to a:.ain ussufs
: founda.ion for traih and peace. lie is in favor
of an nindspeudertsoqthern Church, but iszwilling
to be- guided by tAeieennsels;o tho, generslbody
which,is soon tos;conyeno. ) Hrs. motto is; "a
Church divine; no humans q Gospel pure and
perfect" The present prospect therefore, is that
the Protestant Churches South will remain sepn-
= rate aud listinct fron, the Protestant Churches
. North. Wo wilinot. undertake to say whotlIe,
= this wilEbcrfor better or for worse. But VIC can
cert.iniy say. With :safety, that this disruption
whether it result for: :geod or evitcomes from tha
rnholy mixing up Of politics and religion which
has alroady worked SO much harm to the cause
of Christ in our country.