The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-10-15
Union of Churches.


The Adcance, a religious paper publish
ed in Chicago, contained an article last week
under the head of Cuisines an Religion 4.
which is worry of attention The .Aduancsi
cites the extravagant expenditures for
churches in the large cities, and the com
paratiyely limited accommodations furn
ished by them. We copy that portion of
of the article which applies to the con
dition of affairs in the smaller cities and
villages.
'There are in your village Eve hundred
Evangelical Christians. Instead OF sinkir :
your denominational differences and unit
ling in one church TO work for Christ, thus
supporting handsomely one faithful minis
tier, and presenting bold, aggressive
front to all the powers of surroundl G
evil, you split up into five bodies of di
ferent and antagonistic purposes, builc
five editices, and employ at poor dying,
rate five ministers, who are forced to s
Dor, not so much to make Christians as
manufacture Baptists, Congregational
Episcopalians, Methodists, Presbyterian
No wonder that the number of thinkll-
IChristlan men who will not knowing.e
lgive money to encourage such state q
things is every day Increasing
1 But it is objected, the union OF al
in one church, under such Circumstance
lis impracticable" 1t is impracticabl5
Iamong those who love sectarianism more
than Christianity; among no others. Tins
practicability of uniting Christians Of
every name 90 work for Christ is abund
antly demonstrated by the success OF the
Young Mems Christian Association IN al
lour large cities 1t is moreover demos.
strated in actual church organizations. 4
Oberlin, for twenty years or more, there
was but one church, embracing live lovine
Christians of almost every name.
erected, in 1874, an edifce that seated 2,
600 persons, and in that church were wit
messed more revivaisand more conversion
than probably ever blessed any other Amer
: lean church in the same time
The churches of all evangelical demon
nations have been losing aggressive pow
er for the last quarter OF a century Con
gre gationalists have lost much of The
self-absorption in holy cause that dis
: tinguished their Puritan ancestors Epls
copalians cannot now sit on plain boar6
$ seat as did Washington in Christ Church
+ Philadelphia, eighty years ago, and just
S in proportion as Methodists build fashion
able churches they descend from theil
chariots of fire and come down to very
5 numbering vehicles Because the mod
ern churches are losing CHER aggressive
power and failing to do the work tina
properly belongs to them, Young Men
Christian Associations are sprlnging NJ
to supplant their short comings; and i
they do not wish to be stranded high anc
l dry, and left as useless hunks, they mus
: return to their work with renewed conse
Grafton and not only put more religion in
to their business, but more business int
their religion ' iih'a
There are many other considerations
which urge in favor of the suggestion
contained in the above A union of effor
and of action of the kind spoken of, woult
enable the securement of a higher orde
of pulpit talent better church edifces
better church furnishments, and at tn
same time lessen the pecuniary burden
for merely home church purposes. Mucl
of the money which is now expended il
sustaining so many separate religious OF
CARNATIONS in the same locality, might b
saved, and appropriated to benevolen
purposes and objects of christian charity