Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-28

and his pu' ~ tto,ssrI Itni1srsitv Ilr, Nan.
wv. inatsIistIon, for which his people have
ossn a. Anil me obuTeb sdiase wifi he dcdI.
s, .Is, y, a. Ike sams line
-,..,. Tn aI niLs or nAsrIsN ,.., no,o
TO- md sysoina NJ y.st tbtopgs OF psopIe,
adhered 10 wiisess the sdmInIstSstion Of the
I,e - os ~. my sS iI meIsnGIa IN, N.
syesmore south Of the Wsshinat1n inonu-
psnt Here Az tbs mjd., Of issriuily hesTy
'uer.Sd in IN. Ps's'n 20 by Rsv. NJ Bdrfows,
nast,,- nj the N,nlh..lrset eoiofed Baptist
church
bout { O'Clock Yesterday afternoon very
n.Is and ~ naioP,,se ahlei AZ the foot Of
seventh street, where Rec Heavy bailey,
pastor OF the colored baptist church, on r
street, between twelfth snd Thlrteeath, I'D
ninIslered the rite 10 thirty persons, one
b,f OF whom were femaiea The ceremony
,sas sondustel WIN thn stfisiesi dseOfu "a aud
NAKED solsmnliy
FosTroNEb
The anniversary Of the Youths MlssiorAry
Society connected with the E.siIest Baptist
ehufeh iast ryenina, and at which Senators
WSrisn aud POmcTby and a native Burman
youth were Aunnuased to spsNk, was post
weather
uNITGaiAs oHUaoa-sEsNoN nv nav. n. W.
,,pELLows. 49,, O..
whose name IA impeftshNbty associated with
the most gigantic add successful charity Of
Uo@nI.sioS' prsashed yssisrdsy 10 the Uai.
tartan church. A large audience Aasembled At
the evening serTiee, and were addressed from
extfast from Petef's speech At what had been
called the nrnt general council OF the Christian
world. 10 the early ages Of the church there
we're from time to tine whatw oAll Eeumen-
zeal eounelis, the object Of which vas to setiie
matters Of faith aud policy ia regard to the
religion Of CHRIST and itS Standardization 10
the church, They were not Lutely clerical,
feIsors Of Law ADD philosophy, learned lay.
nee, and q representation Of whatever was
wise Ani experienced ADD able, to add dlEnity
TO their deeisionG.
II wAl only q tendtnE into olassieh terms Of
the classics maxim ror p,pulf poE Del, strain
ing out OF that which IL purely l0oh and Acel.
dental To get at the unlvefsGl opinions Of
men Ia regard to matters Of general Interest,
Justice, prudence, TASTE, And approach nearer
to that eternal con mon sense, that underlyinE
wisdom which IL Ia truth the divine word, be.
cause II Is our common nature, as God made
II, speAkins without private prejudice, loetl
| may be construed into the voice or 0oI Com.
mon sense L not the IsnGe which iG eommon,
| but the sense which Is Insoiimon. Not what
any body can SAY, but what, Whea It 10 said,
| any BODY can rsooKuIEe As Inat and true
lie need not say that the Oounoll OF Rome
does not conform to the original model II 10
| . OouaoIl Ia witch only Catholic bishops are
1 represented. No stAteamen, no phliOsophers
and msn Of affalfs are accepted az advisers
aad sOunsellofs. 1t u purely an eoclesiastloAl
Council ct ali, as IL 10 not assembled for free
debate, II IL merely an esolesiastieal eaueu,
In the Interests OF ioregono CONCLUSIONS and
purely Romlsh PFeI Ice and II allan Interests
He aid not AlIuds to the Uouuoil for the sake
OF any intereat inst attaches To u. But u
pressais an opportualty to see how religious
truth should be studied and AdYAnoed BY all
Ohtlstian, In our owu day. II 70 no LOGGER to
be hoped that Oounoll could be held on the
anelent plani where eeoleslaatiou, praeiieal,
tLeoreheal, and eSpefimsntAl Interests were
usIioetately discussed. ,,
The church IL too large, too diverse, aud the
greater interests OF OUT day do not talk LNun,
nor have they any common language sun
general counsel may be enjoyed n a general
oounol u ~ not be held, And every lover OF 70
lglous turin who knows the oOnditlon under
| which u may be studied, endeaEora Ia our day
| TO hJld general council In HE own mind.
| He studies all the councils Of the past, ali the
| various developments oI ChriauAnity whether
called truth or error, assuming that no voice
Of humanity IL without signiheation.