, 1865-04-15
Anew Religious Moyenent-ProPos
EptUn Of church Secsss
fErnr, tha New Ynfk Tfnes,t

4 New RELIGIOUS Movement Proposed
EntOn Of church Secss.
- tFrom the New York Times.i
Quite an interesting meeting Was held on
Thursday evening ut Rey. DR.. Hut!Sn's c6urch
(Du ch kffoymt d in University Fiace. NeW
bility Of movement for the organi: unity OF
the ra.ious Christian evangelical dsnomina-
tons. Atler tie reading OF q letter written
some tfmcsQgo by Bishop Mcliv7ine, cpntatu-
ing general t1pn ssiVns IN favor Of closer
communion among the churchts, Rev: John
Gotten Smith FEplseopalian] spoke: E. Re.
fe1ed to the evils caused W fns existence Of
60 many denominations, al Of which are es.
sent1aliy a&gzesd upon lhe doct,lnat basis Of
the N1ccne creed. Small villages and towns
that could unitedly support one church well,
endeayortd to support turee or four. and sue
ceeded but poorly. In the city tile evils arc
hardly less. Each denomination has Its mis-
son schools, md establishes them without
regard TO the fact that The same ground is
often efficiently canvassed and wrought oger
by some other denomination, Is 1t not: true
that mission teachers often think they are do
Ing d good thing Ii they induce children to-
leape the schools Of anotherr denomination
and come to their own: Organic unity IS
needed. He could not, Of ~c0arse, commit
the Protestant Episcopal Church BY anything
be should say, but he would express his as-
6ured opinion that that chutch, In inviting
union, does not mean ~ ask others to stand
upon its platform to the abandonment Of
thtir OVID. They are not So much to consider
what they are to abandon tor the sake Of
union as what they can all bring for the CON-
non advantage. There Is nothing in the
rules Of Episcopal Church government that
forDids the use Of extern poraneons prayer In
church, aud on The other hand there ale some
tIatu1es vf utu. gical worship that perhaps
may well BIZ adopted b. other denominations.
Ia mt r>pSe5hte havn in
ders? hhiIe the Episcopal Church has ad-
LIZ. d 10 its own system u ord nation it has
never thought OF questioning the validity OF
the orders Of the prcsbJtcry: There will he
no s9cradce Of Principle on the p1rt of any
one to the Episcu pal Chu' ch If they accept
epi6copacy so jar as ordination is considered.
II al1 were 10 consider the snbject in tair,
candid spirit, some approach towards uuity
would be EAiued.
Rev. Dr.. Bowling {Bap:ist) said there is
the church OF Christ than We haye believed.
But he thought th,ir object should not b. SO
much the blending OF oil denominations into
one, as the fostering Of that spiritual unity
| which should exist amopg -atl evangelical
| Christians. For they may not dcmana thu
abandonment OF any doc, 11nal truths held by
any denomination, ur the rejection Of any
| piety ; AID yet these ore not to be regarded
| as barriers to true spiritual unity.
Rev. Dr. 'Schafl uutheran) was evidently
] even less sauguine Than 'he preceding speak
er o6the prarlicabiuty Of forganlc unity. He had
no scheme 10 propose, nor, with al due de
ference, had he any faith IN any scheme he
lad get heard proposed. So fir, each church
proposes union on the basis Of its own demon
ina ion aud doctrines. Church union caonot
be brought about By any planning ofschemes
but 1t must he born from On high, u God's
own time. All attempts, as Jet made, have
fallcd. The followers Of what was called tht
Ursecfar.an church, which WAS inteudnd t
denomination, have become even more iltb
c1al and select than any others; and, there
tore, iustead Of dcinc away with sccts,' hay.
merely added one to Their number.