The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-10-28

ONNtA0CO bAAO OtAlONGSA LnCul ~
be formed upon and in perfect accord
ance with the teachtags of scriptnre
And each priest is asked by the Bish-
op this question when he is ordained
viii you then give your faithful
diligence always so to minister the
+ Doctrine. and Sacraments. and the
Discipline ofChrist, as the Lord hath
commanded. and as this Church h1h
received the same, according TO the
Lonamdndnte1sts Of God; SO that you
may teach the people committed 10
your Cure and Charge with all dill
gence to keep and observe the same?
Anstoer. | will SO do, by the help
Of the Lord. .5. Fst.f7 a
Ecclesiastical system which this
wolf in Sleeps clothing assails,
and with his driveling "cant calls,
or rather says he believes to be
unevangelieal, unspiritual and danger
Gus to the souls committed to our
charge
Why does he not then go some
where seBe2 BVhy, IN tlie Snsmes of
not 60. Qike -Jdaas, 10 Ehis own
DidEG7 IL nc Z II HutA II OEt N44t cal III.
w lat becomes Of the Ghdrth little
could break down her . distinctive
system" The Methodist have
: distinctive system, and he is the
best Methodist who stands most firmly
and cODscientously TO his system.
The Baptist and the Presbyterian
has each his 81" distinctive SYSTEM
or you could not tell them apart, and
he is the respected man who stands
to his principles And here is a man,
a protestant Churchman, protest
ing against all that makes his Church
her " distinctive system" and talk
ing about things . becoming to a great
degree" that has not changed one
iota since the days of his grandfather.
Says this bright evangelical Iumi-
nary, " A narrow, exclusive, and Sec
tartan attitude has been assume,
which has kept large numbers from
the ministry who would have been an
honor to the Church." Illus been
assumed" That is decidedly good,
and indicates brain terribly mud
died, or else one that has been badly
tempered with by the spirit that
caused the downfall of Ahab; [
Kings XXI, 2l:22. Persons inter
ested will please examine the preface
to the Service for the ordination Of
Deacons, in the Prayer Book; also
Section VI. Canon II Title 1, of the
Canons of the General Convention.
Also Section II, Canon 2, Title LIST.
The violation of the time honored
principles Of the Church is rather the
assumption. This writer assumes"
8 Ye take too much upon you We sons
of Levi" Mum. XVI, z.
And then he talks about mems be-
ing an hOncr to the Church. The
Church does not worship men, and
that is not a churchman's talk. She
talks of the service men will be to
her; and the honor" is the other
way. She honors them by admitting
them to her ministrations Moses
was the greatest lawgiver the world !
ever saw, and faithful in Gods ser
vice; but was the Lord honored by
His connection with Moses as His |
minister? For the answer, consider
Numbers, XII, Z, 8, where the sin of
Miriam and Aaron. consisted, not in
speaking against Moses because be |
was such n honor to the Church" 1
bat because he Uds so hOR0red with |
the favor and confidence Of God. as /
His minister, in the Church. No: !
churchmen do not view men 10 that /
way and the language of this assail- /
ant of her principles shows him to be I!
a traitor to her system" utterly un- |
imbued with her love, and utterly /
false to her principles.
Men that come into the Church, |
opposed to her distinctive " princi- |
pie. which are all that make her. are |
there for no good purpose. They |
need not talk about the strain on |
tempting the voice of the sheep every /
time. Selfa0W is all the conscience
they know anything about. Mark
them, says the Apostle, T" that cause
among you. The princl-
pies of the Church are plain, as we
have seen, and in print, and are capa-
Bile of no just mlscOnstructlon, and
the object of such men is clearly to
agitate and cause divisions. But,
thank God, they are dealing with His
Church, and net with merely human
and they cannot divide
the Church. They tried it at the
General Convention, and ignomini-
ously failed, and they may make
bugbears of Ritualism and Puseyism,
just as much as they please, as they
did of the slavery question. Then they
will scare themselves worse than any
body else-will be frightened by their
gloomy predictions, or moved by their
protestations of liberty.
The people of this age are beginning
to look to principles and to men, as
h ~ al. Il