The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-10-16

three Christian settlements Of the quarters Of che
then known world That the Apostles had delegated
ercsed we find proof in their proceeding at Peters
suggestion to fill up the apostolic college BY the election
conservation Of Matthias who thus shared with the
eleven the plentude Of the apostolic character We
81 Paul doing homage to Peters headshp by going up
TO Jerusalem to confer with him and submit the doc
rine he preached TO his Judgment est he had run or
should run in van; placing Timothy at Ephesus Titus
at Crete, with power communicated by the imposition
Of hands 70 orda lain priests faithful men capable o.
were wanting We see Peter and John going down TO
Samaria confirm the Neophytes whom Philip, an in.
Of the angels Of the churches bishops Of ASIA the
seven golden candlescks communicating to others the
was in the midst Of them, the FIRST and the last, the
Alpha and Omega, who had the keys Of life
and death There was, then, hierarchy, grada,
this by the ordinance Of God As mountain and valley,
stream and river continent and ocean, bay and head
beauty the landscape 50 in the church. there diver
sty of rank and station there IL subordinaon and har
mony and in the SOCIAL state AND " the human body
fitted together and connected by what every Joint sup
plieh in the church all grow together in Him who
church was understood the close the first and in the
second century, we have remarkable evidence in the
writings Of the Apostolic fathers The martyr Ignatius
of Peter In the Of Antioch writing the
church OF Ephesus, says:-"whcn ! was with
yycc., cried out ana spoke win ioua voice, Al.
here to the bishop, 70 the college Of presbyters and
whose sake he in bonds that the holy Ghost pro-
claimed these words TO him:-Do nothing without the
bishop" In his letter to the Ephcsians he exhorts
them to do all things In cody peace aud concord their
bishops presiding In the place OF God the priests the
priests the apostolic senate and the deacons the
ministers Of Christ. To the Church Of Smyrna he
writes:-"Let no man do anything which regards the
Church without the bishop Let that eucharist be
counted valid which is consecraed by the bishop or by
one whom he hath appointed; shun schisms the
source Of evil obey the bishop Jesus Christ did tho
Father, and the priesthood as the apostles Where
Mil tp t1apo LOT fIn n.rattx,r lna
where Christ is there is the Church. The dis
trbution Of bishops throughout the world he
counses the priests DO to their bishops what the
chords TO the harp heneus the martyr Bishop OF
Lyons-a disciple Of poycarp-enumerates the bishops
ordained by the apostles for the churches which they
mad founded, and TO whom they had with their Sees
transmitted their authority and doctrine 1t Clement,
contemporary OF St. Peter and his third successor in the
see OF Rome in his first epise to the Corinthians,
posed eloquent words the sin Of dsobedience to the
authority by God established, and commemorate the
dread fate of the early schsmacs who opposed Moses
and Aaron when at the prayer OF his servant God de-
scended into the midst Of the hosts Of Israeli and lar
rights OF man made by Core, Dathan and Abiron
the near kinsmen OF Moses, the contrary
caused the yawning earth and IRE 70 minis
The force OF the Ponti reasoning cannot appreciate
unless hear the plea set up by the rebels and the
answer Of the jewish the insrd legislator Iet it be
enough for you,n said the s,asmaiics TO Moses and
Aaron 'that all the multitude consiseth OF holy ones
and the Lord is among them Why IL. up yourselves
Core and his adherents who Ievcs priests
SIS small thing unto you that the God OF Israel hath
Himself that you should Him the service of the
tabernacle and should stand before the congregation Of
the people, and should minister 70 HIM Did He there
ienge TO yourselves the priesthood alsoa" Mum
bers, chapter xvi The Jewish leg sator knew,
as il be had read il in advance, what st.
Paul teaches Heb, ch v a, 5, o. that every man is
not Lcvile nor every Levite priest. nor every priest
high priest that take any OF these h0nors
to himself much less the highest but no who is called to
il Of God Aaron was; and that even Christ, man,
who said to him, sThou art my son. to-day have bcaot
ten thee As he saith also in another place. Thou art
a priest forever, according 70 the order Of Mechise
dec Clement had learned from 81. John list Ep,
CHI. O. p that the antChrst, the oppugner OF the
doctrines OF Christ and Of the authority which he
longer to abide in what they had heard from the begin
ning.n He had learned from st. Paul Thess., I'd chg
that the mystery Of niquy was already working
proud minded who thought themselves wiser and
better than the appointed ministers Of Christ and dis
iissisas LSus which he addressed TO the distracted
church OF Cornth which knew that was TO the chief
q and 1o 70 o. v sss sii SsnoGs
the year o6that they appeal for an authoritative
and final decision Of the questions that had disturbed
them Tertullan In tho second century advers to the
fact Of the universal establishment Of bishops descend
ing in direct line from the apostles and asserts their
odsss IN Bishops be
by priests and deacons but not without the bishops
The length Of this days ceremonial for
bids cite the testimony OF Orgen, Cyprian Fuse
bIus and other Fathers. But ] cannot omit the
rebuke OF AROSE. Saints Augustine and Epphanus for
70 that Of In lie The Atm
Psalm, the great bishop writes:-"lnstead OF thy
fathcr the apostles sons that s the bishops, are born
10 thee-the Church. Thou shalt make them princes
over all the earth The apostles could not remain always
present Was the church then TO perish when
they diedf God forbid Their sons took their The
their aucce the places of their
theirs p How can II be,' asks Epipbnnus that he
priest who has no right 70 the laying on Of
handsf or how presbyter be said TO be equal TO
blshopsn Ischyas, who had the bardhood TO style him
self priest because the priest Coilrchns had laid his
hands on him was declared mere ,ac py synod o.
church, vndicating Episcopal pre- emnence was every
where received in the primitive ages as OF Divine nst
luon and the contrary teaching branded as hercsy.
Contrasted with this belief and practice OF oil antiquity,
characterize the recent action Of the Episco
OF % wms %
ranoncal and scismaiica;, whereas II s known thai
they and their predecessors the Anglican bishops have
grace or the character OF bishops than the Rev. Mr. Will
mer received from the Southern bishops, or they re-
,eyed by the hands o. King Henry VIII Queen Eilza
were said TO have received orders from men dcsti.
lutte OF the episcopal character were compelled 10 re-
turn TO the condition Of rather 10 abide In H.
Even Charles Wesley not ignorant Of this well at
tested fact for he rdcucd tho prensons Of his brother
John TO ordain presbyters:-
But who laid hands on him'
No human power, DO Il that Of Emperor, Knse,
Queens, Princes, Senates, Legislatures Nations can
make n religion Were they able TO make q heaven
and new EARTH would not profess thor creed bow
10 their Cod We hear Of national churches. and 1t is
pretended that the spiritual aspirations OF different
PEOPLES need die faith. God did not think for
He His Apostles TO teach all nations the one only,
true holy and saving religion He knew and he adapted
He commanded and He prayed that all may DO one.
There innde theory that there have been various
centres OF creation; white men here, req men there,
in one country molcs and rabbits In another This the
ory about rational and true az that there are differ
cnt religions needed for different localities. No; God
did not say TO Peter, preach Romanism in Rome TO
Paul preach Anglcism In EngIand 70 Andrew, Presby
tcranism In Scotland 10 Bonface, Lutheranism In Ger
many He did not tell one 10 be Baptist, another q
Methodist third a Campbellte, fourth a Mormon.
He commanded them TO preach only what he had 70.
more less, otherwise He placed
admirable summary OF his doctrine In the Apostles
Creed and sad-for he had right TO say it-"He that
-. Al &c In