The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1870-02-16

of years events, no circumstances alliances.
no symbols, are unimportant, which in fact stand
forth as badges Of .fliGtiOa and paternity, and
which may be appealed to as such, in some mo-
ment of ecclesiastical conflict
A day may cOnfe-and such'a day seems to be
at hand-wherein the church of England Will be
dealt with-nOt according to its intrinsic and an
clent merits; but according to ats badgeS-accord'
ing to the cOtOrS It l1edrS-accordlng TO It's oeSl
Die dI7aOriaI distractions. And 1t may be thus
dealt with-6rst by its declared opponents, VINO
will snatch an incalculable advantage IN thus de-
nouncing the Episcopal Church as body deco
rated with the scarlet frnges and the meretrlelous
ribbons of polytheism. Secondly, 1t may thus be
dealt with by the mass of the people, whose rude
Impressions will be confirmed, while they listened
at once to the denunclatOnS OF Its adyerSareS
and to the plausible pretexts OF ROmlsh seducerS.
"And next it may be thus dealt with by states
men. who, finding the church resolved not to reln-
quish its symbols and bearings, will promptly act
on the assumption that this pertnacty is not with
out an tlll0ard NOTICE and reason; and that,
therefore, the Church of England ought, In legal
sense, to be regarded as mainly one with the East
ern and ROnliSR churches
Z" Yet this is not all for moment may come
when He who lOOketh down from the high heav-
ems and who deals with public bodies according TO
their UiSibIe merits, even HE who, in preparation
for day of terror sends his angel to seal the
faithful few in their foreheads, that they may be
known as his in the tumult-it may be that lie
will deal with the Church of England according to
Its badges Of ecclesiastical allianeel
"And what are these badges? The are those
of the idOlatrieS Of an apostolic chur very
same names, names recommended
known even to, this apoState DC
memOratiOnS which, through loe
have been the occasion Of wick
lRtInlOuS cOrTUptiORS-theSe nan
memorationS-these unholy holida
Gals of Satanr-these annivers
these Haunting impieties
thing truy sacred Is hung
names, cOmmemOratiOns-ies
been rejected JypUrer REFORMED.
are retained by the ROmiSb, the the
Episcopal English, stand in the vie Arth and
of heaven, as broad notifications Of pdrty-they
are watchwordS held ready for mastering host
they are symbols on banners, which may be des
CRIED and followed, amid the confusion of that last
Armageddon-hed, whereon are yet to be gathered
all the antagonist forces OF the world. "-Aacleat
| Christianity, Supplement, vol. L., PIP. 99-lOl.
| We gave last week some extracts expressing the
views of this author about the contrast between
the elemental Popery of Cyprian and the Protes-
tantsm of Luther. We now add another, which is
marvellously applicable to the present conflict not
only in the Church Of England but to that also OF
the Episcopal Church in this country.
at is at this moment, Cyprian and Luther are
wrestling amain for mastery in the English Church;
and the one or the other of these spirits must be DIS
lodged A season of apathy may again come upon
the Church, and so the struggle may stand over
to some other day. but at its next revival the Eng
lish Church will either go over Internationally to
antiquity, erasing from its formularies whatever
in them is Protestant and will expel all who adj
here to Scriptura doctrine; or it will recover its
lost ground, and become consistently Protestant
and biblical Ancient Christianity, Vol. 3, page
ITO. This was written in 1882
Surely some incompetent substitute must have
looked carelessly through TaylOrs Aacieat Chris
tianity for our brother of the Southern Churchmar
and has (undesignedy) misled him. We do not
think it possible he can any longer adhere to the
statement he has made concerning the opinions Of
this distinguished Episcopal author.
When Taylor defends the Established Church a:
Protestant, in the main, we can endorse all he
says, and have never maintained anything to the
contrary. But when at the same time he declares
with such sOlemnity and energy his conviction that
there are deadly elements of POpery left there by
an embarrassed and imperfect Reformation in the
Prayer Book, he is on precisely the ground which
the Central Presbyterian has taken.
1t is respectfully submitted whether our cotem.
porary at Alexandria does not owe it to Isaac Tay,
lOr and others to make some public confession,