New-York tribune., 1873-12-15
JOINT COMMUNION.
RrJoINpER BY HIsTORlCUs TO DIR.
,t' DRUMM.


20 me EdiLor % The Tribune.
GIN. The long silence of my opponent led
,,o 10 suppose that be had beaten retreat, having
tound mis- position uRteuable iriend placed in BAY
hands a eopy Of The Backs County Ga7e,e in which
,srcelyed chat Dr. Dyumm having retrcated across he
Delaware hRd planted his batteries and discharged
st long range six nnely printed columns. Whether
any damage has been done shall now show. have
read norton bearing somewhat the point at ss0e
and my life IS spared sufficiently long shall give atten
tlen 10 the remainder Since then two mere articles
have anpcareon your columns in which this writer pr
fesscs 20 have closed the discussion He ADVERTISED
morcoycr IA Te CaTeh Journal that hs lucuhrations
will be published IN small book, to be procured on ap
Ilcation.
But Dr. DrurnUn is disappointed II he supposes that
the I-uhiic are 80 easily Hoodwinked by an array OF
names and dates and criticisms This is net his first ap
pearance rs coutroversialst before the public His
treatmont OF DIR. GOode is not forgotten Cathohens"
singular with respect te he impression OF NoX
Eceiesi&" The manner and substance of tho argument
were compel the Rev. Dr Ho of MARYLAND in
s"yolce Of the Martyrs" when noticing ~ Ecce-
Ma" TO say:
surp-s expressed no. Ss, This
.@e1 s iseat ey ho thinks severe enough 70
s, tec himself would without nece'y enter is.C G,lss,s S ,
srNust such charges b truth sn gsset are goo @ sns
abn Geh ' II bishops sSs o,se 90 .S 9S hce Se rsp 70 ms
srcs' MS PP.nep and o, sT,ps ~ W VoI R
Ne "a ,s lS.SS 10 & t,ks in one The points he
,san " : Pesfaps by a0d b. We may near Oh '
81 Tie ret being gwen w. -,
unu1easapt 10 refer 20 such things hut the public
ran understand why Bishop Cummins should decline
meeting an antagonist OF the peculiar style OF Df
Drurnrn, when he presents himself as champion ~
Will see also why l, have assumed a "nom deiplume
while undertaking the work OF defending plain historic
truth. The pubhe understands that Bshop Cnm-
minis has had on hard a work OF moro importance than
cor
hs own way may style it silly and sinful attempt 20
fonnd Sect" but Is work which viii require some
ching beside harsh epthets sptefu expressions sue
cessfully to oppose.
The,attenpt TO impose the unchurchng and exclusive
dogma of Archbishop Laud, with its cognate errors
npon the Episcopal Church. has rendered necessary
further Reformation 70 bring the church back again 10
the Protestant platform OF Cranmer, Ridley and Jewel
from which has so sadly departed IL is pity that
the learning of Or. Drumm should be employed in SIS
taung the pernoious theories Of that unfortunate pre-
late My antagonist befogs this question so much by
lis singular style Of argument that must again stare
the case Standard writer's Protestant and Romish.
clerical and lay have. with an exception, sus
tanned Bishop Cummins's deelaraton-that men not
Episcopally ordained held lvugs in the Church OF In
gland down to the Act Of Uniformity in 1862.
For instance Bishop Hail. who lived during most OF
period referred to- states positively, vol X p Sh
know those than lone, that by virtue OF that
ordination which they have brought with them from
other Reformed churches have enjoyed spiritual promo
lions and bvugs without any exceptions against the
laYfulness Of Their cangs" Bishop Cosin another CO.
temporary says OF theisane;iac: have known some
OF them have done of late, and can instance many
Others before my time" e. to receive public charge
cure OF souls among in the Church of England"
Even Keble High Churchman is forced 10 aeknowl-
edge Nearly up to the time that Hooker wrote u59D,
numbers had been admitted to the ministry OF the
Church Of England, with no better than Presbyerian
ordination" Aud Hallam, among the most candid OF
writer's says "I had not been unusual from the very
beginning OF the Reformation TO admit ministers or
dained In foreign churches TO benehces In England"
This is only sample OF the authorities which
have been given 10 the same effect And yet
Dr. Drumn comes forward and denies the fact, and
refuses TO accept 1t, because these writers have
not presented the of persons who had held
uyncs under these circumstances. The difficulty hero
that living twas then found ito deny the fact
and these writer's suppOsing that any one IN the f
ture would have the haTdTuUod to take exception to
their statements took pains TO specify cases. But
still they are incidentally gwen To convince DR..
Drumm II that were possible presented one OF re
rnarKaDle significance.
DIR Drumm meets the argument by saying that /
omitted part OF the license Of the aud moreover
that the clergyman mentioned might have been an
Epseopalian ordained by some imaginary 6s hop am
me ought brought this voluminous controversy
10 close But inasnuch rs Dr. Dr1n aeaih cans upon upon
me 10 retrac and again 10 send forth book snail
try again make plain this matter even TO l' sausIhc
non / give therefore the OF john Morrison az
presented by the Rev. Richard b. Hone, NJ A. wear OF
HaIos owen in his memoir OF Archbishop Grinddl Lives
OF Eminent Christians, vol. iv, p. l51 ,.-.
churches to that Of England s,hoago .l c.
,ob on PeshyieiGn platform He is certainly open 20
Ic oet perou for recognising the ministry o. the foreign
sste Presbyterian giving hrs license 10 scotch minister
preh throughout kngnd probably for r5ueIhg mo benches
veu be tqae IA e reiassi % 70 act not IN
os bul sbere appears 70 have been no SaeSl in
s @. " brs -f rese1e5 e order. other Prot's,sn
s I'm ~ e,,rse Their rniziiry in ours submitting
tiplps An3 subscribing her doctrine.
Hone then presents the of Cevalerius and Cor
fTHIs *e ~n satSstc.d ta, many French Pb,tsan minister.
.It .an 10 So 91og' Of G s.sd esly ore ssoaG oP
The Scots nav be FssaIsa a. tS G t 90 Ses s
sboye al suspicion ali doubt must DO reH0ed By reference
rsS could never have been passed
-Se vould apply ise Aet po'ees It We % Is
Lo by Of other form Of institution
r.gn Of King Edsard or shall presence The
sbop to all the Article. Of Religion
only confession o. The true Christian lh and The
soctnDe % he sAetAnens eompIs. u ~, ne = 0 & y; e., w @ m
Ssa1 stS'cD nat sps II Aa9a. vol II go Is~.,1as ~.
valid bos who had oar orr were made The same
Nov ~ woald seem strange that Strvpe, who the
lives Cranmer Parker. Grndal, Whitsifl. as wen as
MS yoluunOus Anuas OF the Reformation, should be
mistaken about such public matter as this Yet Dr.
DrumIn who presents stIype continually as an author
ity derives from mmlmost OF ms facts wlii moi be
lie
nuy man convince bimf Truly, ~ man who consents
against bls WILL is OF the opinion still" But to
show how grOundess the objections OF Dr. Drnmm 10
the case Of John Morrison give the license ia full from
The translation in Homes volume:
Nuhsm Asbey Doctor Of Law legally eiere dng the or ~
enl Of Chief FuEconary Of the ArhJh
sc beloved IN CHRIST John MORRISON, ID AZ
OF scotland. eternal heath IN The Lord
have hetu eredb testimony that yoa The AFORESAID
Sssns Ss o SS sSo s s &ros s seoa we're ard
dsned ocr the BY the imposition Of
hands ls8abe rite Of the Reformed Church Of
toe said congregation Of that County OF Lothian
th sud religion received And
established this realm Of EngaA We there
fore approving rsifng hes and by neht