Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-02

portant to adoptthOse measures which
will insure not only success, but the
most satisfactory results. The means
as well as the end must be legitimate,
appropriate and eXpedient.
1t is the opinion of many of our
best citizens that the monument pro-
posed to be erected should not be in
the form Of a monumental church"
If said church should not belong to
any one denomination, but toall alike,
it would be without a pastor, or mem
bership, or any organization, and con-
sequently the church part ofthe struc-
ture would be a failure, though adding
much to the cost of the building. Nei-
Their is it ~eXpedient or desirable to con-
meet this monument with a church
edihce under the control of any one
denomination. Were a Presbyterian,
or Methodist, or Baptist church Sc
lected for this purpose, either one
would represent a very large men,
bership throughout the South, possess
a wide influence, and command a
generous support; and, besides, open
wide its doors with Christian LIBERAL
ity to other denominations; yet, for
the successful and satisfactory accom-
plishment of the object designed, it
would not be best TO combine with
either of these. The proposition as it
now stands before the public-that is,
to unite the monument with the con-
templated erection of a new house Of
worship for the st. Lazarus Episcopal
Church, has this objection to it, and
even more: In the first place, the
number of communicates in this de-
nomination is comparatively small
when estimated throughout the coun-
try; secondly, its refusal to fellowship
ministers, as such, of other denomi-
nations, or recognize the fact that
there are any other regular
churches at all, places a serious
barrier in the way of the cOntem-
plated enterprise. The members of
other churches will hardly be so
prompt to contribute their money for
the purpose of hallowing a spot in
some sanctuary and inscribing there
on the names Of their loved and lost,
if they have even the appearance of
reason to feel in any wise excluded
from fellowship there, and their de-
parted ones are regarded as having
lived and died outside the pale of the
true church. To any who may think
this objection unfounded, l would say
that its truth and force are sustained
by a recent announcement through
one Of our dailies, Ito say nothing of
anything else,) that the Episcopal |
clergy of the city had been formally
and cordially invited by the Pastors
Association Of Memphis-which rep
resents the other Protestant churches
hereto attend its meetings and par
ticipate in the discussions of the gen
eral interests of the church, and moral
and spiritual well-being of the COM
munity, but said invitation was re-
fused-it may be, because of the COM
pulsiOn of the UNCONVENTIONAL reIa-
tons of the Episcopal church.
The people desire the erection of a
monument to the Confederate dead,
but they prefer to have it in a shane
so as to be the common property of
all. Let the various churches erect
cOmmOdiOus and elegant houses of
worship, and let each one help the
but let not this common cause
be under the control or for the benefit
Of any me church. If it cannot be
located in the Greenwood Cemetery,
our loved Ones sleep, and which
IS the place most sacred and appropri-
ate of all Others, then let a suitable lot
be purchased in the city and used for
This purpose. Our beautiful Court
would be an admirable place
or such a structure, and a monument
this character erected there would
stand as an ornament to our city and a
;reditt to our Southern people.
CONFEDERATE,