Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-01
CHRISTIAN UNITY.
What the RItuaEi-fs Desire to
Accomplish.
Eiitors Memphis Appeal

EiiiOrs Memphis Appeal;
Your judieious columns have, during
the past week, brought the subject of the
reunion Of Christendom several times to
the attention OF your readers.
The Encyclical Letter OF His Holiness,
Pope Plus the X, as well as the move
ment among the Episeopalians and Pres-
oyterians, have been brought before US.
As the Church of "the Blessed Pirgin -
aad its corner stone laid "a our Lords
words, "Father grant thai these may be
enc, as thou and / are one" / sm aHx-
iOus that the controversies ln your col
umns during the same week may not be
laid to nay charge, and will ask you to
publish some extracts from letters OF
sympathy sent me, to show that In
seeming 70 resist the Bishops authority,
I am only needing the voice of the
Church and Of a multitude Of Church
men whose noble hearts not only go With
US in the trial through which we are
passing, put are also yearning for that
union which al only come Of T=Uthi
Righteousness and Holiness.
An old Churchman from q neighb0r-
ing city writes as follows:
NASHVILLE, Tenn, October, 1853
My Dear Friend
l need not say how my heart warmed
with fail sympathy in this your hour of
trial, when your soul is called upOn to
undergo the ssverest trials Ia fulfilling
your solemn duty SIS a true and faithful
Priest, through the channel Of an attrsc
tive ritual 50 taught by the ancient land
marks Of our Holy Mother, the Church.
1 am and have besn greatly surprised at
the manner in which the Bishop has
acted toward you, for instead OF uphold
ing and strengthening pour hands, by
ais influence in your endsavOrs to restore
the long hidden tressuresof the Anglican
services land which he is in full sympathy
With, he should thus pandeF TO the Puri-
tanicsl prejudices Of a few, who, no
doubt, with justice think that his course
Of conduct in POUR case is full of incOn-
sistencies. God knows, as does the Bishop
and all Catholie-mlnded men, that the
great sin Of the so-ealled Christians Of
the present day Is TO lower and degrade
the High mysteries Of mans salvation,
instead of manifesting q Holy reverence
and e a for the Sacrament OF the Altar /:
the Body and Blood Of u Savior, which
is verify and indeed taken and received
by the faithful why, therefore, should
we not adorn and beautify Gods altar
with the costiiest gifts /: for He is on the
altar or He Is not. II not, then our ser
vices are a mOckery and q sham but
that He is there, no right-mlnded man or
can doubt, for Christ has Him
self said the amazing words Except
We eat the flesh OF the Son Of Man ye
have 10 life in your
Let the Church continue in her present
lRmentable, lifeless condition for a few
years longer, and snless sOme vigorous
remedy is applied on the part of her
Bishops and Clergy (such as you are o
d jiBg), she will become like the Prophets
lodge IN a garden OF Observation-Disclosures
BY neF true children and ruined by her
clergy, yielding for popularity In the
eyes Of the Church's greatest enemies.
Amidst Misrepresentation and re-
preach, go on in your noble work, leav-
ing the results to Him, who says, my
Kingdom is not q this world"
lam as ever, your friend,
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