New-York tribune., 1871-11-20
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AFTER.
PASTORAL LETTER OF TIE REV. Or. STORES
BROOKLYN,

BROOKLYN.
The twcnty-Gfth anniversary OF the pastor
ate Of the Rev Dr. Richard & StOrrs jr conIucIn
grated by CATION Of the Church OF the Piga
Brooklyn, yesterday morning. pastoral letter written
hy the Rev. Dr. Storrs WntzbuIg Bavaria WAS read
to the congre CATION After exchanging pastoral greet
ngs rchcarsng the events of the secular and rec
ous history OF America during the past 10 years he
closes follows:
II any single nation earth in any period Of ts history
march Of Gods purposes and providence ana 4" see ~.
success completely surprising its widest hope ma,
nation ous In the 6 drawing 10 Their end Ana
vt not III our own country only have such dNe Mgc
Cics been ut work, for such or similar hnrcht enccts
and fruitful batte-T,sna OF 1854 time which already
looks distant to usnnd contrast 1t WIFI tht tnrof hht
uow exists, and the change seems sometimes greater
here than il has been our side o the ocean The
temporal power Of the Pope abolished; Italy united and
as open az New York 10 the tracts and the voice. that
publish the Gospe; Germany harinonized ana knlt
vally together under the lead OF irot' ttnni Io"f
ims themselves with deeper eane,tness every month
against French ambition and Ronish dogma for the
peace the welfare the culture OF the continent Aus
ira BUNDLED breaking its long aanc. with the Papacy
irmvcn within it: SPAN free the Bourbon yoke
and growing accustomed t" thu legal nefh3ds of oir
pcrsccuting frenzy ragged hottest aud longest against
earnest followers q" CiI now al free to tmo nT"
bnsed with glcam Of the stalk aud no blood Of
the pro~S4s mo~ rons Witch they have been 40
that Sw Tiya blind .rrr" %.' n" "%s s d.
ways the nations at viii. and which man'- Wisdom
caniot cvadc nor his utmost force rcsis, ar tard!
Meanwhile in England There has been steady
and radical progress Of liberal ideas and popular
because quiet aud gradual Russia has seen The i'm.
mense achievements, lerll"ls al first hn now fnll Of
promise. Of the imperial emancipation of the s'rfS aud
France. passionate and prohisat, as she appears.
overwhelmed a. she now il with tremendous ti~iS-
indeed. brit tending toward better frirrc IcI course
has resemblc oue Of the roads @ shoot d%~ from the
sszss fTm the ice the on n' sn TO" bs t." a,erns"d e sn
sharply between lml-rhism and anarchy, be-
tween personll e"vcTmment ana ia" t>!@,ny Of tht
the other, have heen tr aiuct~ marking HE pT,cI
Ice along Which she has lain hrr dangerous But
il possible to her than 'efoe, anthc legal aud
social when heong To II the reach
changes in Europe have been not csr important and
with us tlrey all point IN direction toward ih,
tended education. the for'ifrd power, rhc rr1 i''a
dopJAipn Of the people, distinguished from M Princes
At this very moment IN Roman Catholic Bavaria
are awartne s old ts,"lic movement, 50 cselE3nn
is not all Protestant in its origin, its conscious
opposed to the Papacy any Professionalism has been.
y stands " tue !ecrceo OF the Connc OF Trent and
connsrIs except the las, AT the Vatican, aud Leaps
measpod contempt upon that u 9 n';s I" II" taholi
Church "as II WAS. Ii dcuounces the G"tin, ~ riGal
lnfaibili;y a dangerous dcsradiit n,,1 nncrs.inn
innovation, and ii faces the excGn'1Nnica,l Rome
without a sver. II set, up its parishes collects IT. adj
hcr"ns, conducts ill., services and is undstubcd hy
the threats uf the hierarchy the cEragcd Jesits
and Bishops with the r"itif himself singing in ilc
air CndouDtcdIy tIs Ht hBs not found its
only true imprgnabr bnse III the Bible distinguished
from the church canons and catechisuis. Undoubtedly
IL retains Ia" much OF R"mansm 10 he wholly
consistent with itself III rejecting the rest aud
IT gives some occasion to the taunt whh h
describes a. admitting that two and tN" make five,
While utterly refusing 10 e persuaded that two
can ever make sx." But III this refusal the force of
the moment and the Of resistance to chose ulti-
inat' reach no limit be set. clrlliui~ like
h" go backward Tie current clears slf ~ II runs
s volume Increases and 1t beats upon the up
l" Oppose II with more Inp"riUu~ amt destroy ing
stroke inc l"Iuir stInpathr> iarx"iN
and a. the discussions to winch IT Its. adymcc and
widen ana nIorc-th"ug III. iurN must l-.
the uinu' pr"in cicc winch il Iussr>scs in the
minds 0i the readers, and the ripturc.s nttrpcted
the of God Ia the iudi-
Nhlual bcCouc them Is 10 their fol.
lowers, tho superior of morality and fitm,u more and
more shall ilI- movement became power IN th, STATE.
mot ,GdIust u" Id.icl alone, but for the u,d
,H-cICncc Of sDan and Tor the Gospel Of the Lo,r