Litchfield enquirer., 1869-06-17

occasions. it is brilliantly ill1fainated l lcrowd of persons were kneeIing around ! this place whenlI visited fl. at sunset. on. lisaven1ng lately swasp inpossi6iss not ts tbe, impressed by shssaSrednsss of tlhssspof and the. hour. The tearnest deyotion ao, these poor people 1iftsd shem for aaxtins like the hill upon which th1s consecratad shrips stands. far above ths tasnsil ahs cares, joys and sorrows aof the busy citysss A sss' ss5a
 ap eas4RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE .sMs. EprroR :-T wish merely torsply k your objections to my letter of last iwesk.i
 1st. The Law of the Church. must bs par.
 amount to statute law, with Ohnrchmen
 Esenwhere the two laws conflict with each
 other, which is is6f the ease with nas ethe rule must bs to .-obsy God rather than man. .'athas is. where the church. is seekina to uphold some fun daneutal christian prin .ciple,, The law Of the church rscognisea
 rector, wardsns. and vestrymen n compo' nent parts of parish stanton's Eoclssi- iasticalss Dictionary. Article. = vsstry. T This, however, violates no aSsasnte Flaw. 1t is only, additional to it. The sexton is the agent of the corporation thus seomposed,
 andt for all ecclesiastical purposss the chnrch edifice is, by Law iiof the Church,
 vested, in the rector, who is alnenable, not to public opinion, but to the authorities and laws of the Church. Any minisser.l says Judge Hoffman. 'ir his asIsaw of the church,,'' regularly called By doncnrrsins voice of Bishop and sestry for ii stndseaits period, oficiating regularly. and occupy ing the parsonage is the IASfdl rsctorso oi that si,su sio,sauriisIhlId h eT@nw swunz afuEEaa .rR aaThe Statute law, as sMf Bockingham well says, is .'pssrmissibls. ainat t6sse things. ltprotscas churchmnssnr in their riehts; OCT !1ainly. it never was designed to compel
 men oto' acts incoasistent [ with ths rules iof the religious denomninaation to which they
 belong. The s&dsdts. indeed. permits pas
 tors. to be created by their ysstries Or con.
 i1 assa a s.s
 on man pleasing, but the cbwch makeshimt to be called and ordained by the Bishop, set by the consent of the parish,s sover them in the Lord" Heb. XIII, IT, with the ad.
 monition. that if hes yeta seeks to- please
 mon, he cannotbethe servant JofChrist.
 Gal. I. 10. sAt ss'salsig l'sssesaaA ll4w sss asStasute' or municipal law, ME Editor.
 can never snpersede common law. Common law is really what Anssn have always beliey-
 cd and acted in as right. Laailunisersally rec. Iognized doctrines, and principless This, I
 believe. is tas giss of Blaskstone's defni- ation. Satuts law, therefore, is based upon
 common law. framed out of common law, and can never sapersedeitg 1sdt"as aaas
 hl 2d.n That I have exceeded certain precs- sslsais now and then. Mir. E litors Idreadily admit. But the question that public opin- ion and all such s0sn appointed tribunals is
 to decide, is, whetAer these precedenta
 were in accordance. with law, or against the r.zaa5 a1asvs EiH2tc @ ifa @5A If%fs@N sas@ s H1s3a. When I am convicted, Mr. Editor. oi disturbing the areiig gio1s observances of any
 dehomination,a 1t wilfbs full asims to gar 1nishp me withe the explltives,s s'indecens. un- |charitabIe," &c:.,S &c' It strikes me as the
 most decent and charitable way for all idee iiom,nations, to conduct their own qssrvi.
 ces sa quietly, and suffsr all tho buildings in
 their neighborhood witk which they have
 no q con cernnss to srsmain unmolested. .sss soz3n As4th. Ny non-intsrcourse views are cor itainiy warranted by theO asuominationi to
 which belong. The Divine Founder of the churchgw6ald Recognise ansisher sthe bwotship, nor the psisskhoodof the Gamari- Ftxna- His face was Isoa ssstsadfastly set to-
 wsids Jerusalem" that they refused to re. |ceiss hin into their villages St. Luke. |IKy5 y51. &c51siYe aworship'ss said Hs,ss.ys know not what, but s0s knowa what we wors ship" St. John. s22s Sel Paul says lssshough san' san angel from sHsavsu preach a6y
 other gospel. than tlAt ys have recsivsd tles him be accursed. Gal l. g. A male ldistion isshers tl1featsnednfo sthe slightss vstiSsion from the .'onssfaish.'p rt4 ta And Iren@us. Bishop of Lyons. one of tht Inosshoted of saz4v chfistia1 writers sa5s, "Ths Appstes. and their follower rsrs fe1tremely cautions to have commnnies l tion.s no, not so much .as in discouEss
 with any naad that saddiSerased Che truth, : Ises pr. sWsterlapd's d's Werls, III, 46e . saI lIs 9th Baptism bynoh- -EPiscopA cdil [nsrer rssc6g6izsdiBy tho cHafsch ss con ! IplehasaeFameatua There shall nons bs "a limited to fhe Holy Gommunionsunti ssuel lime as he be coafrwsd,. or be ready ant |saissssi itsofibs to De sconhtns ' Rabsio siss
 hccond ndrmstionaservice. l ret Hs.Vas IT IEisa upo1, ,nohe4of them yioonlg they wsr' fbaptiked ip the name of ths I LorR Jsshz fThen laid .ths7 lhszA pestlasl then hend Ion thsm. and they received the Hol,' IGhos.t. !. - Acts VIII IS .Hnoo .IIss.aaa \ !
 9th. Lsymen may Indesdp perforn ocsr
 ttain services in the church. .ss Butthoss l6J
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