, 1874-09-06

THE CHICAGO DA1
liatan patiently to propoeal to withdraw from tht
South but ass,rcd!y not until tten. And then NJ
imagine no one vii wsh US to 1sadssT: Instead a., o
versal protection for all teachers, preachers, ent
men,bers-white and 'colored. Our Church authori
ties ought 1t cnce to appeal to the civil authorities
the States III which outrages have been committed,
aro feared, and demand protection. II this IL no
granted Il moos enl organized bands Of kM-Elu1 A.
body of the Methodist Episcopal Church should will
the support Of sister churches unite in demanding
tho General Government tho roief and protection
which the runaniRn OF the South makes necessary.
HERALD AND rGEsDyrEn-
The editor Of the Herald aud Fresbyter (Pree
byterian), published nt Cincinnati, passed
through Chicago about week ago, aud, in o let
ter to his papor, says:
The Swing trial has done sad work in Chicago, fo
which. In my Judgment both parties arc Responsible
and will suffer. without being abba to sympathzo viii
each other III their trbulaons. My Intercourse witt
brethren both aides confirms the Judgment which
expressed In EDITORIAL about tho c!oso Of tho trial
tat the Is complicated by tho revtEu Of old aaue
fora tho reunion sud i'll tho united Church since.
is local. and ought not to agttate tho whole Church.
Is agreed the questions Of subscription and doc
trine, this cse will be sottod without trouble on ts
marits tho charges are not properly made ane
Rhows unsound doctrine tho decision will be In &C
cordanco with the facts. II Dr. Patton his pape1
to bege interest against tho Presbytery and III bis OWL
favor, tho Synod canno notice it, my way trave
Of tho record. II tho preshyery is slanderousl,
reported as tending to Eationasm, aud ae prosecutor
IL called he1esyhunteT, the upper courts cannot lis
ten to such things, for they not III tho casc- The
only question whether the defendant is guilty Of m
CT the evidence in tho case, his defense, both
present facts to justify require any advice admont
ton, warning, or reproof. These tudteial cases 70
quiSe exact dealing AMI decision, aud those ministers
aud elders who ALLOW outside matters to influence
them unfit TO sit In church court civil court
TIE CHRISTIAN oTEosURE,
an anti-secrot-society paper, calls upon the Int
,.ior to go On the war-path, aa follows:
When Presbyterian Doctors Of Divinity wore whip
ping female slaves With hanl-sa~s before going to
preach, this sort Of people, who get merry over
sectarics, looking Oh in silence while ' impe-
cun1ous rcformers forming societies and hold
ts present time, FREQ Masons are .nonopolziug tho
civil Offices, trampling upon justice and killing out
the Christian Church, The Interfor lneiy contained
an article proving clearly and well that Freo nasonry
was religion without Christ It stated that it
vu1 religion. This Is true. Now, the Intertor know
that there Mssons in Presbyterian churches North
aud South, just Acrp were Shareholders fifteen
yos ago. and would bo now u 1t E1s lawful to hold
sisTes. What doea the Interior propose 70 do
about III
The Interior responds:
women with hand-saws before going preaeh strikes
Us ss certainly Z very sxhi!arating e1ersiEe Tho
main trouble would be that tho Doctor Of Divinity
get exercise than he baTgatned for Still. the
idea is good one. Doctors Of Divinity who arc
troubled with dyspepsia should not hesitate to try It.
with.
BAPTIST CHURCH GOVERNMENT.
Just now the Daptists aro seriously consider
ing the evils which aeem ia souo respects neces-
earily to 1ow from it's ultra-democraio form Of
Church government. Tho Standard. this week,
referring to the recent Council which restored
the hand Of ministerial fellowship to the Rev.
Mr. Mccarthy, SAYS:
council Of recognition being called three churches,
composed OF Foreigners, responded two minus
last named At the recognition aerydce ono OF these
ministers attended and preached, tho other, tho
vas ~ At II ~ ordinary
ing 4p;octnents Of this church now regularly
noartcd among those Baptist churches Ia tho daily
authority reatored" and 80 far Us ~ that kind Of
be be made is still Baptist munster
The Standard urges that in such cases us this,
the question OF recognized ministerial standing
in the denomination does net rest with the do
nomination, the ministry, nor anybody represent
ing the rninistry but it rests NTH any org:ni-
cation that pleases to take upon itself and to ex-
ercse the functions Of Baptist church. Should
s11eh an organization chOp5o to set at detioncp
ncts of Council. or any other expression of the
Judgment in a particular case, to
assert in tho fnce of all such acts or declarations
that anv individual it pleuges to maintain in that
tn ro,tar 10 a R,nt;at Tninirto, IN rao,,Jor ct,nI
@ H., ~ ,,.t 49, ~, IL r. --;o,r. - ~, -
|iiS' tuIu. "n:e -! n:ai W ~ 'to - .ao 4o
nomination OF 1ts ministry Ii LES case, tueJ 1nu6t
recognize him. fellowship him, though With over
30 much Of discrodit to both. Another result
y},;c1, fo}1nws il this sort OF church rroced;1-o
na aIrn;ttoa oa va11 Ia That chnrc, indarc,,1ancv
w M oeAl'tsN ~ ,,. 49, 49, ,::s 80 ~ ..1 =: 49,
MEANS tne apSolu,e ootnlulon u eaco 1nol'tuua!
snuIcH over III o1uo1 cuulcAes, efen III u1atLefs
If common interest.
"Thus it may easily happen that the minis
na1led tn evtond ministerial faI}omshin to \ nor
,n1. tro,,, U1onn .7.ch fal1awah;n hoa haen 9or1n
sutl I1 tto! nuGut eueu r, a..' poen .oa~
4i4S aAI peoatAs ":tnui a"n' tio5 e>l4uotueo ~
nc World, To-Day. IN INC puollsheu sefalct OF
Council, that he 1s no longer BaptlBt minister;
,o-Inorrow tho Association meots, and. because
"a ia paato. nf one of the churches cornnnsinr
tl,t hnIv thec ara oh1ioad IN rocorniza I'm, no
;;taJs,;n III 1890 +Se;r 49, - .r6;ss S a e,
1i!.t'.'soA oSt,'. os'446 .4st4 ~" "1Aae 1uu Suo
n1ttlng AZ tbey 1uay Id iilo uu1nlHatlon. DOCS
:Erlrch 1ndepcndency, then, mean church dos
1otism z"
uSuch nroce0ura fnrther sava the Sfaud- |
oy ordination; for, if ordination mems any
hing, it means that ministerial standing in not
% be determined by the act OF any one church !
n tho denofalnatlon.
,.n,a.,or .1,,;+ad - ,r;,1, .,,o r,,,or+ ~ tha