, 1874-04-27

careful md prayortul aosroh' vo roooivo, bceaaao
1t IL tho word Ut God. -.
Dr. Thotnas yentnron piece OF kind ndvce TO
Of tho Confcaslon OF Faith into 1oad.lcttor, or
okpungei 1t altogether. And for what ob{eotS 70
ask. because ho thlnkB TINT, 1t men who doubt
oavinsm, Or who DO not pfe"eha IT, are turned
few would DO loft. This Is only m asn,!mntlon,
s1anderous to tie:prosbytorian ministry. Thoro
Ii no necessity for tho Presbyterian Church to
modify ner standards until th9ae ,t9 gtandafo' ap
want to preach Armtninnia1n they can ilnd .
genial home In tho Methodist Church. II thoy
want to proaoh 8ociniAnisn thoy can find an oo-
cleslasttcal home to .reat In. No matter what q;
man's religious viowB, he can find spot 'shoro
hc can rest III pcaco. But Tint Prosbytorianism
should destroy ill hor old landmarks, mud break
down all her detensoH, That mon Of evcry ecoloe-
astical complexion might dwoll within her terri.
prosbyterians woro to be 10 accommodating hs to;
vino out their orocd, and 1oave mon, without lot
or htndrauoo, to be onrrEoa away by every wlntl
Of doctrine II is quite possible that tho tastes OF
some would lead to further demandb, even to Wipo
out PORTIONS OF tho Bible as mythical and abhurd,
aud unbecomlng tho intelligence OF tile; prosent
thoro ii i yielding to tho popular cry for
ond, and how far tho Church may drift from her
old and eafo mop1inRs. II truth changed, thon
10 might have tomorrow different creod from
WAAk we uhF0 toVuaY. NuL tn0r6 are tu8 0lu eos
pels, the old epiptloa, oyor which tho early Chris
tians. tho Walaouses tho Roformers, bent III boz
coming reverence. They remain unchanged TO-
day. II, like vino, they have not become better
arc Just as trie. ,just as sweet, Just aa uBofu!
now to the soul TINT socks light, and lIfo,. aud
heaven, aa thov were to those who aro now in
Bpotlesa rohes boforo tho Throne.
cauao they. think 1t hampers them in
thott eYortH to bring tho wandering and
weary to- jesus But thoy must 'rnot 10
ads 5sa f e hA hsstSSss Ss,9 in San n' aod x
would do moae good to world lying In atn.
Tint mintster should exorolHe prudence in tho
choice Of religious topics and In the manner Of
presenting them to- thu human mind nono will
dony, but mono should fear to do har1n by de-
solnriug tho whole counsel Of God. Some Of tho
mort popular proaohors OH both sldea OF tho At
7lartio have worn :" tic, dusty, garments Of the
oss bsr as}o yS worR ri of 1esa dag
TO-: We bid our Methodist brethren God speed
whop they proclaim Christ aud Him oruoiaed; We
give them credit for doing good work in tho
speak Of Calvin aud KNOX, ohalmors aud dnth-
rio, Whitoaola aud Sturgeon, 1cott Rnd Newton,
Davies and Edwards, Nilsson and Talmago, we are
sure that our Methodist frionds. will not despise
their labors because Of their Oalvinisn. .Wo
far forget hts dignity; ;as to >nbuBs the religious
principles Of the Methodist Church BY calling
them "dirt compared with Which Uniyersalism
arc goasn tho Sy
because, thoy consider them. soripturai,
and thoy proach them because they
consider that q right practice will not losf
oos ooneasoo ID Vii osaa oyy Sas from % ass pon s
iBoa. Butt while we consider that dogmatto truth
ia something which should he hold fast, and held
FORTH yen, even earnestly contonded for, and
while wo consider that the correction Of an t1n-