New-York tribune., 1870-09-22
dress achieved great success rvalng perhaps In PUBIC
favor, the distinguished Murray himself

dress achieved great success rivang perhaps In pubic
favor, the distinguished Murray himself
WINCHESTER PROFESSION.
In 1875 tho General Convention Of Universasts, the
body here sitting, organized at Oxford Mass, ana
tho Winchester Profession was adopted by the conVeh
on at It's session in Winchester in 1909 Made necessary
then brought il has pToydentay saved us from all the
evils Of Ongdrawn creed, and yet mas ancnofeu uS W
the word OF God Repeated attacks OF n1deity within
our own ranks have been successfully repeed and
manifest that amount OF EVASION or suDterIuge
can give reflector OF Christian authority protraoted m
fluence with any Of parishes or public bodies Lke
nation that has added to It's external cOhquess tno
subjugation Of civil rebellion we have cohPerou oui
Thirty years from the beginning Of Mr. Marrays abors
Of Unycrsalism in all our land dozen years laer-ls9
there 40 Coming down ~ years, 70 lsiO apout
half way time. there (our hundred and sif
Nree. Now there are probably sir hundred and Glty,
with than OOO parishes Nor does TINS increase III me
number OF our clergy show our real increase IN srehg
Our lists atterly, have been more closely pruned;
our parishes have been greatly strengthened our bases
Of oe rations have been fortified clergy have made
great advance "deysng liberal thngs and our aity,
possessing far greater wealth, and holding far higher
social pOsitOns than formerly respond more nOby, ana
with greater alacrty to the far-sighted demands now
frequently made upon them IIere are scores Oh our
parishes in the various sections OF our Zon any one OF
which be moved to greater work, for worthy
object outside of its interests, than could our whole
Church, rs years ago.
EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS.
At that time we had no Colleges no DIVINITY schools
no well endowed Academies. WestbrOOk Seminary IN
Maine incorporated in $780, Clinton Liberal institute IN
Central New-York founded in 1882 with the Orleans LID
era Insttntc at Glover vt and the Green Mountain In
stue nj south Woodstock, VT which, severally, were
but feeebly If at all, endorsed, were all the hsntons
was projected and in the three or four foOwng yeas
Committees enjoned to raise the sum OF sooO 70
carry the project into effect Nothing, however was a
comnlished Various other enterprises from tlne 10
time were meditated, but were either never staIteu'
almost simultaneously East and West, there were put
forth well considered efforts for the rounding OF cr
much toll were Lombard University in the West, and
Tufts College in the East, both but Heagery endowed
A now iiupulse. however, seemed, almost at once,
TO move our whole church, and ts fruits nave Dee most
happy. ST. Lawrence University WIN Its TWO pLo1TS p
sionaI schools in Northern New York; Dean Acadeny'
with its magnificent endowment, III Mas'at
ferson Institute with its elegant ednee IN MScohsiH
Green Mountain Central Institute, with MS most sOhd
and comnodious structure, in Vermont SmithSon COZ
Iege handsomely begun In Indiana Buchte 1oegg' i %
Ohio; and the strengthening every way OF lhstu'oD1 %
previously established are the rem9ter c5uSc
Now we number not less than seven Acadenh,si
five colleges, established and estaDhshhg three Po P
siona schooiswo OF divinity and one OF aw-pOssGsng
an aggregate property OF not less thah % S1VVV ~ ~ -
years ago. whole Church stood Sppalleu W @ S pc %
nositOn raise 5000 for educational purposes no" ",
have s. 100000 invested and employed 10 te SINE enc %
Twenty years ago some me- u d U We cond rsse slo 900 for
the founding of a college MOI only was tlS a'ouIn
nsbed bnt there has been contributed for the same
general nurpOse an average of 100000 year ever sci
and in our centenary period alone, we are PIoPo'e "
In the domain Of religious literature there are issued
i'm the interests OF church six weekly neWSpaperS'
two semimonhly three monthly publications, one quar-
umes devoted theological ana bDhcal uaCunslOll'
Five of the peroicals and than 100 stereotyped
volumes, including commentaries on the eh'lS p om
Testament are from publishing mouse, bo5.on' ,'
whose assets are not less than $4,000 EXcuslyeg
nnbIc Interest as soon its rapidly diminishing deDI
extingished its profits, already amountihg 10 In
the meantime the learning and ability Of our Do9k ISSUE
aud the elevated tone OF our peT9dcss upon the
country are exerng most sautary influence upon 'o
progress of our cause.
THEOLOGICAL CHANGES.
With such instrumcntaties in hand, look abroad upon
vour field of labor How changed the race OF the theo-
logical world century ago, it night. Now, the sun
Of Righteousness shines from the heavens. century
ago innocent women trembled az the very ihougH.t on
& rS u W pferIoI dreams Now timdity itself looks
hopefully into heaven, aud the tender youth deghss IN
FatheTs love Who to-day believes that the SIN OF the
first par corrupted the whole realm OF nature not only
making human obedience without miracle lmp9s-l9e'
lieyes that gave birth TO the claws, the teet the
gastric juices, and the corresponding instcS Oh me
is the cause OF the thunderbolt, the earthquake.
the tornado the pestilental wind, and the gen,
that it primal source of the physical deaths which
these OCCASION or Of the waste OF which death Is Dnt me
consummatoni Who now believes that our reeup pj "a
tive energies which repair this waste, by the appIopla
tiOn OF nutrmen that the adjustment OF the heaven
ly bodies, necessary to the changing seasons ana tS
Autumnal hargests aiiOrIing this nutrment though
manesty parts OF the same great scheme were oeeas
iOned by Adams sin Contessedy, Gfeat - tiie mts-
terry OF GOdines but faith in these doctrines is happily
Original sin no longer means the sin Of having parents,
hut the evils which attend the blessings Of hereditary
laws Total depravity that darling creation Of Angus
tine In the fourth century and the very cornerstone or
Cayinistc theology in the siGteent-WhOut which the
doctrines Of particular election, sovereign grace, ana
miraculous regeneration could have no pact-no longer
inability to do good deed,speak good word,
or think good thought" but merely more less iuper-
fectiOn in all that do. Indeed the Give points OF Cal
ynsn they used 10 be called have sunk below the
known TO the present generation as are the cycles ana
epicyces Of the PtOemaic system OF astronomy.
A
swept away, however the conclusion may remain The
fundamental principles of the darker thcoogcs have
yielded the light OF science and the force OF Just crt
cms but vague forebodngs in regard to the destiny OF
the race have not wholly lost their power wonderful
advance however has been made during the last CEN
tury home and abroad the literal rcs so long main
taed by the church, burn low and conscience is more
widely recognized as the divine aveuger, in whatever
world reributon Is experienced In like manner f9lth
in the fornates of fixed and literal judgment day,
when overt and eXtraneous condemnation shall be
visited upon the guilty soul is giving way to the doe
trine both biblical and philosophical, OF perpetual
judgment day, here and now, IN which the uniform
action Of the moral sense awards approDaton to me
good and condemnation 10 the bad Nor can TINS expos
tiOn OF the Divine judgments be overturned. except
upon the hypothesis Of an utter denial OF retrbuon IN
this world II there he retribution here there must be
preceding arraignment. trial. determination of guilt and
Condemnation here aud these, however affected by the
Nov" SAYS Christ" "is the Judgment Of this
world We shall look aWSSt RS % III asSY VAN tbe to1y C
rent retrbutons OF life II is perhaps, among the more
time, that they illustrate aud emphasize those spiritual
laws being which involve here and now onr chief
good and which give Significance and value TO all other
good. Importance of this element in the controversy
is beginning to be keenly felt will not deny that some
philosophers wary and seek to turn aside the issue
while others broadly recognize IT. Jouiray the dis
tinguished French ethCist, is OF the latter class.
He says, every being has his own peculiar natUre
and this nature destnes him to certain end; - and
fully acquainted with the nature OF being,
might then infer his destiny. - From the moment
when organized being begins to exist its nature
tends end for which il Is destined As author
goes on he represents reason as cOmprehening these
principles and through such comprehension, aided by
conscience, involving Of course, all the complexities of
moral experience, tending to the realization OF mans
highest good.
JOHN STUART MILL.