The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-10-04

from England was q hope that many
would return with the assurance tha'
something had been done to draw Ii
closer the union Of the Churches O
America and England, and all other Chris
tian Churches. Wasit not time that they
should be sick Of denominationalism
And the word is not found in the scrip
tures from Genesis TO Revelations. II st.
Paul was at their meeting las
night he would hvve been puzzled
at the variety Of denominations there
Would he not say, Brethren, this 10 not
the state OF things l left In the Christian
Church. What mean you by these de-
nominations? When they begun to form
denominations In Corinth under the namt
Of Paul, and Peter, and Apollo, he wa
not gratifed at being made the founder
Of a party, but he asked, "Is Christ de-
niedf Were you baptised In the name O
Apollo?" II hold" said the speaker
"that the great cause which introduced
these denominations into the church |.
the needless multiplication Of articles ol
faith. [Applsuse Every truth Is mol
article Of faith or test Of admission to
the church. Applause, When go te
scriptures I find but one name, above al
names, Jesus always; and that is the ont
bond Of union and the test of admission
to the church of our Lord Jesus. Ap-
plause.l Let our motto be that on your
American banner, "E Plurlbus Unum.h
Then we can sing the glorious heavenly
anthem, "Glory to God on earth, peace
to men Of good will" [Applause.
Rev. Mr.. Weldon, OF London, being
called upon TO address the Conference,
expla ned his idea Of christian unity. He
said he would give as motto, "E Pluribua
Unum," which he would translate, .uni.
ty in variety" (Applause) As States
have their own laws, and there Is q su-
preme Legislature over all, so let all
christian denominations retain their tech
nical differences, and form unity in vari.
ty. External differences in church keep
the thoughtless away from the divine
truth by combination Ii essentials.
Christians would give an outspoken note
that whatever might be their
technical !. or mechanical differences
there Is no real difference between. men
bound by one spirit and one eternal Lord.
A hymn was then sung, and the Dean Of
Canterbury then addressed the Confer
ence. He thought that II denomination.
alitics ceased tho result would be stag.
nation. 1t was thing to be regretted,
but 1t would continue. We should re-.
gard 1t, however, as being concerned with
very small things. While we differ on
the government Of churches and even on
many Of the. passages Of scripture,
we could show the world that we
are agreed on essential things. We
bring to much bitterness into our
differences Of opinion. We are
hard upon the Pope for being infalli-
BILE, but we are bitter against others lor
differing from US, iorgetiul OF our imper-
feet State, and that we are but seekers Of.
ter truth. The progress toward truth Is
made by differences Of opinion, fault is In
bitterness Of controversy. II we followed
christian charity we should not carry on
these debates to silence the other party,
but as our contributions to the truth. The
things we dispute about after all are
not matters that concern our daily lie,
but arc 10 great extent matters OF spec.
ulation. Remembering this we should
feel that though we are divided into fam
lilies, we are but one household In Christ
as in the United States, though the many
form but one Empire. 3
A paper BY; the late Prof. Daulsignee,
Of Geneva, transmitted by his widow 10
DR.. Schatf, was then read by Rev. DR..
Aiken.
The proceedings were closed with the
singing Of the doxology and benediction
by Rev. DR.. Day. s "a
NEW YORK, Oct 8. .--Assocla Hall
was crowded tonight, one sectionI Of the
Evangelical Alliance being in session
there.
Rev. A. De Cappett, Of Paris, was in.
troduced and said that Professionalism In
In France was comparatively weak. The
organization holds Its own, but has not
sensibly increased. Before the late war
there were about 1000, 900 Protestants in
France. Notwithstanding the smallness
,of the numbers, Evangelization in France
was no vain word. tag
DR.. Fish, of Paris, said that there were
three classes Of Protestants in France,
Baptists, Methodlsts and the Free
Church. The Baptists already had one
fine church in Paris which II was only
Just to say had been built largely by the
contributions Of Americans. The Meth
odists IN France number about 2 900, and
are confined chiefly to the South. The
Free Chnrch OF France has about twenty.
six houses Of worship. The salary Of q
country pastor, on which he and his
family have TO live, is only $3.50 year.
Many OF the congregations are composed
OF converted Roman Catholics. A pas
tor Of one Of the free churches Is an hon.
ored member Of the National Assembly,
where his voice is heard in defence Of
political liberty, as in the pulpit In defence
Of religious freedom. Let the Republic
stand five years more, and he believed
that they should have q complete separa.
tion oil the Church and State, as in this
country.
Alter other addresses the Conference
adjourned.
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