The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-01-21

tHciF OWL lHulEluudl neiQS OF laOOT. aHu
without suspicion being attached to
their sincerity in the union. Rev. Mr..
Resor, Presbyterian, FOLLOWED, saying
that his view of the subject was the
same as brother Williams but instead
of considering the existence Of the va
rious sects an evil, die thought wise
providence had:designed them for good,
that if there were no sects in the Prot
estant church there would be danger
that some important doctrines would
be neglected altogether, while others
would be undnly prominent; instanced
the doctrine of the actual presence of
the Savior in the elements of the Sacra-
ment, as held in the Catholic church, q
doctrine in a sense true, yet carried so
far In its conclusions as to become false
and idolatrous; while Gin the case of
Protestant churches, all believing SUBJ
stantially the same, one emphasizes
more particularly L and Y, another
draws its mark of emphasis under NJ,
and still another under A, so that these
important doctrines are kept always in
sight, and each receives due attention.
1t is true that some denominations put
italics where we do not see that they are
needed; that others put capitals where
we would only put italics but that is
their affair, not ours and for each one
God has some special work"
Rev. Mr.. Scott, pastor of the Baptist
church, followed at length in excellent
remarks, differing, however, from the
former speakers in thinking that ''if the
Church were truly one as Christ and
the Father are one" "brother Resor
would be a Baptist or ] would be
Presbyterian before tomorrow morn
ing, and that in the millennium there
would be only one church" Rev. Mr..
Marshall, Methodist Presiding Elder of
this district, spoke some minutes, and
spoke eloquently and well, to the effect
that the churches were already one in
object, in spirit and i'll hope that it was
this that made the oneness of Christ and
the Father. Rev. Mr.. Liggett, First
Congregational church, inquired if it
was not true that the Church must be
one in aim and spirit before the condi-
lions of the millennium could be reach
ed :" and Rev. Mr.. Hendricks, of the NJ.
Il. Church, South, followed with ex-
pressions of gratitude for the evidence
of kind and christian feeling shown, and
closed with touching prayer. And
so ended one of the most delightful
meetings it was ever my good fortune
to attend.
In describing the exercises so much
at length (yet doing injustice to the
speakers by abridging their remarks),
do not forget that The News is not
what is generally understood as relig-
ious newspaper, but 1 know that its
readers are chiefly those who are inter-
ested in all things pertaining to the good
of the,State; and there are few, think,
who will not be glad to know of the eff
forts in progress here for the best and
highest good of the city.
Being myself a seeker after the Intin-
lite Truth, mot as having already attain
ed = anxious to know what church or
creed embodies most perfectly the per-
feet Truth that is eternal and invisible,
it was ineXpressibly pleasant to witness
how these "breathren dwell together in
unity" and together labor for the COM
mon interests of humanity, for it salts
fed me that all are alike good and all
adapted to meet the strongest want of
some believing soul and the best is that
which each calls "my church" The
next day, in reading the article in Har-
per upon "Ecumenical Councils in Or
der TO understand as fully as might be
the subject for the days prayer, was
struck at the very beginning with the
fact that no sooner was the pressure OF
persecution withdrawn, no sooner was
the primitive church centralized and in
vested with authority to declare what
should be the universal belief, than dis
sentions, "envyings, strife, every evil
work began in its very midst; began
and the stream of corruption swelled as
the power of the church increased till
the infinite patience of Heaven grew
weary, and dawn broke over the
world at last amid the storms of the
Reformation. Since then sects have
multiplied, knowledge has increased
morality is quickened, and men are saw
ed. May the day be far distant tha
shall see only one Protestant Church!
. VAYLE VERNON.