, 1870-07-16

services. II WIN be taken from :cne PAT q
Camp Meeting m1y be held and should me
aseoeiation accept a pressing invitation 20 90
to England to hold q camp meetinS thefe,
| they will take the tabernacle along W1tn tneu'
"A Copgegational,st writing to tho thrzs-
iian Standard desires the introduction OF
He says: In the jewish CEurch the whole
congregation Joined in the worship. Judge
they did in the Apostolic Churches, Why
eEGE!d not We? Our church eesvlce, 1t pres.
cnt, il 10 church service at al on the part OF
tie Lily. We sit still to be read to, SING to,
to te preached to, and. Indeed. to bs prayed
to. Would it not be good plsn il we were to
1rad, to sing, to pray, at least little, our
selves?"
Professor Austin Phelps, in tho adcance,
expresses his belief that some Of the phcnom-
ems Of spiritualism are really caused hy extra
co,poreal spiritual agencies. He refers them
to Satan
"A correspondence has passed between two
English Church dignitaries Of high rank, rela~
tiEe to the Church'e duty in the event OF the
infslibillty dogma being promulgated Ine
Archbishop Of Canterbury (who is one Of the
writc1s) thinks ANYTHING in the WY Of protest
would be out Of place and unnecessary, and
that Rome should be left to promulgats OF not,
as to her may seem 1T, dogma affecting aer-
telf only.
The Rev J. Anketell, an Episcopal clergy
mau, whose especial mission it is to prepare
for union WITH the Oriental churches. has
been urgently advocating such revision OF
the Nicene Creed adopted By the Angllcs1 and
American Episcopal Churches as will lesvs out
the 'tfIc97te" clause And leave the doctrine OF
the procession Of the Spirit from the Father
and not also from the Son. This is the doc
fson the Roman addition to III, original Nj
cene Creed. A circular letter seut By 3lr. An
keteu to the American bishops has been an
sweled by seventeen OF them. Six eSpress
themselves in favor Of the amendment, Sic
against il, and five earenon-comnlttal. Blshop
Smith, the presiding bishop, says in bis reply:
4.And oh. how much more profound is my
estonishment and regret that any OF the
mipisters Of Chri.t should be 80 eugrossed
with such questions as this, and such puezii-
ties as yeatmenta and PROFESSIONS to tue ne.
glect Of preaching Christ and Him crueided,'
and more ditgent and faithful caro- for i'm
mortal SOULS" In returning to the Church Of
England, Mr., Ffoulkes, in order to avoid the
necessity Of G17ing assent to the later form OF
the Sicene Creed, was allowed BY the bishop
to repeat it in the original Greek.
The following letter has been addressed by
tho Archbishop Of Canterbury to the Bishop
Of Ohio On the subject Of the Conference Of
Christians Of all nations about to bo held in
New York:
"s1pSE House. ST. PE7ERs,l
t'MY DEAR BISHOP: cannot receive from you
formal statement respecting the proposed Gen
cral Conference Of Christians from all countries
Eoon 10 he held in View York, without begging
You to Inform the President OF the meeting Of rhe
deep interest which I feel In Its proceedings
io9 aIe aware that have never been member
Of the Evangelical Alliance. But 1t IS not possible
for me 70 hold the position God has assigned to me
in that church which has generally been regarded
ne 10 fer GoSs especai M M oessns on al carne5t &
forts 70 spread the great gospel doctrines which
the reformers rtnd1cated. rEnst that the Holy
discussion at New YORK, aud that the solution Of
the great social and religious questions OF which
Eou propose to treat may be advanced b the mu-
them, to regard these questions In different as
poets according 70 the Pecultar1tes Of their sew
era1 countries That God may hasten the time
when The differences which at present tend, too
much, to keep Christians asouder may be removed,
and when ali who love the Lnru jesus Christ IN
slnce5lsy may ~ " sl 70 unite, both outWa5l!Y ana
my dear BISHOP your faithful brother e Y Christ
..To the Right Reverend Bishop Nitystse."
Two Roman Catholic missionaries have
written book descriptive Of China and the
Chinese. In chapter on Duddhts1n they give
expression to their surprise that il 60 cloaely
resembles in 1ituAl and precepts the Elother
church OF Christianity: .'They found large
Which, 60 far as could be judged from its e1-
te1ual aspect, wss precisely that Of the reGg
ious in Europe. T6ey found preaching frius.
plgrimages and modern miracles. They found
temples WHICH at the first glance might be
taken for churches, aud ritual which scan
dalized and frightened them by its similarity to
the ministrations Of the priest before the al
tar. The explanation of these startling phe
nomena which the missionaries gave to them
selves was at once simple and complete. They
said it was the work Of the Devil With the
express object Of preyenting the spread of
R11U tho.IIr o1itt. ty,k khaun
tue Prince Of Evil had the malice to invent q
caricature Of it, and thus to croate an obata-
Gle to its propagation far more difficult to over
come than the most nvinclble ignorance and
tie most obstinate superstition"
Church union on the largest scala is now
being sought for in England. The inaugural
meeting WAS held in London On tho 2oth Of
last month, and was nunerously attended by
clergy and laymen Of both the Anglican aud
Roman Chu1ches, and by prominent noble
men,. Lord Eliot, who presided. said in his
opening speech that it's object was Christian
unity and Christian reunion in the one Catholic
Church. and it's hope that, by bringing the dif-
ferent branches Of that Church into connec-
ton and friendly communication with each
other, the asperities by which they were
tan unity be established. The reaolu-
tions adopted were three in number. a Eo-
man Catholic clergyman, who seconded one
Of them, the Rev, Henry N. O1anham, urged
that, however numbers might preponderate in
the opposite scale. the la1ge.rninded and lib
Church, who were anxious to sec unity ro-
stored in Christendom- we're all upon his side,
quoting i'll succession the recorded opinions of
De Metz, Lamennais, Muller, Montalembort,
LacorslaiIe, Dnpanloup, DaEboy, s:rossmayer.
Crafty, Msret, and Dr., Newman, in favor Of
drawing together the scattered elements Ut
Christendom, instead of driving them back
irto still more hopeless state OF isolation
than ever; and LIE wound up his speech by
urging on MI, whether AugIcaus or members
Of the Eonau Communion, to lose no oppor-
tuiity Of praying aud laboting for the great
end which all who we're present lad SO much
at heart.