New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-06

torekuowledge and the aomprehending vision o. Tu
90, Sn 3, an infant even oy IS conscious act
OF taking Christ as his God and SAVIOR ms sti.3
the Holy Ghost who dwes without measure in Christ.
and Ia communicated TO all his peopie anu Is tne la,
Church lust as the soul one, because " has COM
mon nfe and as the human oVuy IL Que because an
mated nv one and the soul, my hearers, really
an one case as in the other Christ the right hand OF God
and His scattered people on earth are body myst
cal, mysterious real, true, VITAL ana eternal
From this two things follow the first Is that
believer no matter who what he Is in the church,
is member Of Christs mystical body lust as dear to
Christ as our hand is TO us. tApplausel The other
great truth that all the normal, legitimate. proper
Hardly, are due to the indweling OF the Holy Spirit
Now my hearers what have said IS simply plain,
everyday gospel truth; but oh, what TRUTH We seem
like isolated beings here, many distinct personalities
We have brethren all over the world bat we are al one
AS the Spirit OF God dwels In every man ana is gwen
60 every believer, and is given to every believer as
teacher, then according TO the Language OF our bsseu
Lord an who come 10 him are taught Of God, ana as
Apostle Paul said believers have an JUNCTION WIN
the Holy Spirit who eacheth them in all things:
There is more common reprOach against CnflSlaIS
than that they divided so much in their belief lne
i some truth in this bit my hearers we we s beeVe IN
God the father, in Jesus CHRIST ms own SON S
gyeness of SINS the resurrection OF tne OoS au h
life eternal All Christians believe IN tae d9ct VI ne
Trinity the perfect manhood Of our LORD ana savior
Jesus Christ Where is the CHRISTIAN thsV 1oes NOT
bow his knee to Christi In peheEmE, C.rIso Is
ne saved ms by his blood, bearing sins
in his body the and there Is no salvation In any
Gbost We believe thafwithOut His sanctiying power
men are dead in trespasses and SIN Are We not one,
NV brethren IN faithi Cres OF "fes, yes" from the
andicnee Perfect unity implies perfect knowledge. So
long "a we an know in part we cannot all pre-
@ but from the cBS Gsf Of hsse IRONY s @
of conflict and stands clearer IN the sight OF Heaven
In the second place. are not only one In faith but
we are one-I hardly know how adequately clearly to
qnnnn IN on inv al InfQ an ana IN
mist place his upon the breast OF man, white or
black or red and be hears the pusatons the reverbera
tons the mystic murmurs all the same; let any
place TO any Christians heart be he whom he
may or whore he may he will ind that that heart beats
10 God the adOring gratitude. Christian expert
ence is just the same. Where do we ind hitting
Know what David wrote. His pentential psalms are
language Of broken heart The CONSCIOUSNESS
seem TO be two they recognize each other
must however. turn to the other aspect Of this sub
iect IL is the relation OF a social being which
leads 10 organization into the various different forms
So IL inevitable from the very influence Of the Chris
tan life that Christians should organize together Tor
nTrnoses of worship and mutual watch and care. will
only saw without dwelling these TOPICS that the re-
@ 90 ~ 1e ratons Of Individual believers They are
inwardy united constitute one body outwardy
united so as to make one communion. Inc terms OF
ShristiaD Communion have been described by Christ.
No church has a right TO demand more for Christian
uuOn and communion than Christ demands 10 enter
neayan iAoplauseJ Ths is the reason. my dear
brethrep WIN we are one communion. / could also say
that the visible church IS one from being subject 10 the
same trbunal-that IS the Wotu OF Coo ana theIe rs
M course natural that those believers VINO speak
H sans should be no more intimately united
than those afar of who speak different tongues There
E no reproach mystical unity that there should De an
EnSconal Church In Great Britain and in this
fTv though partially Independent FROM each other But
on account OF the mperfecti0n OF our knowledge ana
snch diversity Of opinion between believers, 1t is
Wnossibe that all Christians should be united in the
same organization 1t is better, therefore, tha they
5nnId SEPARATE and constitute different denominaOnal
tha hat
acfinR mass OF men and not a church.
what h the duty Of these denOmnationa churches OF
The church, Just recognition. tApplausel II we are
buund to recognize Chris Christians we are bound 10
recognize the Church as church; aud as we cannot
alter the dehnition OF Christian TO exclude any
who really that no one has the right to
SISanHed body Of Christians whose persons
dweIls The Christian IS man united with Christ by
rho ind of Holy Spirit. The Church is body
OF such men, really such, and by credible profession
such, who organized for the worship OF CHRIST anu
see how you alter that IL seems TO be the Scpura
of the Church and therefore wherever there is an
organized body Of credible, processing CHRISTIANS or
ganzed Church purposes there they have right to
Church. There is involved IN TINS lnteLcOmhu-
mon, lapplausel, as IN the Apostolic Church,
n %no T ws' memSer Of the 6hnrcR Of
Antioch and OF Rome. Aud then 1t is involved in the
recognition Of denomiDatonal churches; the one and
the other of them should regard as Yad the acramens
and orders Of the other lAppauseI II the valid
man who administers them, then valid but
those who have this supernatural power TO render them
Cbris demands under the authority of the Church
with the sincere intention OF obeylng the command of
Christ then the sacramento OF the Churc1 are Vad ana
sbond lie valid IN the eyes OF another. Applause. So
for ordination II 1t be Rome has IT, the confirmation
by supernatural power then no man is really ordained
Xcepf bv those have the exclusive Of giving
this II ordination be analogous to an appointment to
office, king president appoints man, then no
minister who has not DeeI lSsiOhed Dy due
authority. But II as we Protestants believe tnnk
i may safely say all Professionals do believe that the
call OF the minister the Holy Ghost and no Church
can make minister any more than IL can make ems
.top sroIors
Church As simply TO authenticate ana TESTIFY 10
rms divine call given by God. know that there Is
theory the Church very different from this II makes
the form everything but II nothing external be
fia for man be Christian then nothing external is
essential to the being OF the Church.
each other The OF the Church
is the whole world IL is great enough They have no
right to interfere with each other Lastly tne duty OF
such churches cooperation, Joining each other as
brethren Christ in promoting Chlsts cause ana KING
dom in the world. tApplause.I . -
IN these principles be correct 10 is OF the last import
ance that they Should be carried into practice. II We
are All of one mystical body in we don't yet I'M
derstand If all local bodies constitute visible Church
of Christ on earth II all these bodies are bound TO recog
nze each other churches, and their saeraments and
orders valid and 70 avoid interference ana 10 e1er
else cooperation then instead OF conflict we should have
harmony: We should have mutual respect and c0nh-
deuce and the whole Evangelical Church throughout
fbe world OF every name ana denomination would APP
pear sight of man, as 1t does In the sght OF GOd
a. one great sacramental host, marching in different
CORPS ali under great head and all devoted 10 one
great object
Upon the conclusion of Dr. Hodges address the
President introduced President Ehphalet Mott
Potter, d. d., of Union College, n. Y, who read q
paper entitled on the programme The Communion
Of Saints-Modes of its Promotion and Manifesto
tom 1t is gwen below in full.
CONNUrNION OF SAINTS