New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-10-08

or the whole Nioene time. Anglo Catholicism Their
centures and hopes to unite Chrstendom without
touching the problems that divide IT, But turn again an,
m s q order n Il
unity unit i u the tune Of c,prsn but s pOE we;
q. the o. councils, sSsd Of Of d.
passed because the Church longer could make tbs
s bond Of un The srsSs Of the Pres
byterate 1t vanished on the Continent Win the I've
be cause It was already dead and the lie Of Reform
at lon did not at all depend on or need lts
Anglicanism then proposes to make H. not wnat !. -,
valid witness primitive order. valid INK IN the nis-
torc life OF the past but the artien sans re eoden-
M the dyns ' Ss. q sa
cred the tides Of Eve centuries Of life. has churches
universities social order. beneyoenoe. you are wholly
You have no bishops; 1t sits sereney amidst the sweep
Ing waves Of European thought. floating on its cake
CathOlicy, Universal. PARTICULAR It's the same con,
cept0n OF the kingdom Of God the Chinese has or the
the Celestial Empire in the middle and ali other land,
Always ro@ the Apostolic Fathers to the end Of
Ncene and since then IN the school OF dvines from
Great Britain and Its colonies OF Ceylon. Calcutta Glib
raar Zanzibar and the rest including our own Episco
pal churchcs by ALL by the whole world saving some
millions OF Latins and PrOtestants who both eect H.
aud the whole Engishspeakng world, except half who
dssenters, and several hundred thousands IN ths
But will not linger here. am only anxious to show
you truly catholic principles the errors OF this sys
tenn so dominant at this hour. am anxious to show
you that it is inorganic notion maintain put ire
visible kingdom Of Christ one. continuous. perpetual
No outward organization indeed shut in tho spirit OF
Christ vet not In the visible fold But social abiding
BODY it its abiding landmarks Its unity OF faith
rests on the truth the Incarnae Lord In His Word
ITS unity OF worship lies His sacraments and its unity
OF order In ministry who dispense Word and sacra-
structural sp organic body But il is prln
cipe such body, as 1t obeys the law OF historic me-
sro SstS Ts Word alone remains divine creeds and
sy only Its expositon but Its truth Is always
@s IN the Central truth Of the
ton; the Latin explored with Augustine ana Anseim
the nature OF man. and the problem OF redemption; the
completes it with the deeper truth OF per-
sona faith. No time exhausts this study. put eac9
veres and gathers Ia the winnowed wheat OF
the past and adds its own store learning The faith
IS one; IL lives in the Word. and the living nina OF
Christian but 1t is mere deposit In the hoas
all the rich iturgies the dialects OF CHRIS
tian worship And the ministry Obeys the same law
1t never dies Is shaped by the growing needs or
the Christian state, as apostolate IN It's germ,
age OF municipal, diocesan life q patriaTchate as
the representation OF the federal unity OF It's time
needs prncipe of divine life. demands also a free
historic life. The unity of the Church is not
the repetition perpetuaon of one outward type We
reach thus the only Just conception OF history as con-
nected, harmonious plan OF God with no unbroken
progress with times of growth and decay again OF
revolution and birth yet all are only steps toward
the result 1t is catholic indeed. We receive from
the Greek age the grand symbol of our fah yet was
an age of many superst0ns and can never be the ideal
type OF any after 1t. We In the Latin Communion
he schoomaster OF barbaric Europe and even In the
Papacy the bond OF unity in the feuda world but we
know its alsehOod in claiming the natural superstons
estatsm was he necessity of Christian Europe;
any blind man wonder az the sects tbe rival So
fessiOns that followed it, Ask the pentup lava OF Etna
70 flow softly down It's slopes; ask the storm that clears
the air to respect the roof OF the preaie or the noble
I,nt as the thoughtful Rothe said. "the breaking OF
fpad the nr5t step 10 living luc
5ects Professionalism the theological dscords are not
the normal state OF the Church Yet in the order OF
history It must and will be through the conflict OF
thought. through the gradual convection OF CnFisan
the visible unity. An Evangelical Alliance is only one
faro step. but its worth Is that II he v
current of the body. No machinery Will unite Cnrsten
tom No unity will ever come by this guidance Of
Cod as 1t moves through this orbit OF history
I gather these thoughts, then, in my closing view OF
our position. Ii is affirm the only ground wherein to
rest the Church. since gives US fui ap
probation of those historic features that link It with
the Whole past Yet it not sever t from the living
whole We prize 1t witness and keeper OF al that Is
truly catholic prize its creeds above the aspecia
It's liturgy the golden chain that binds
IT. s f sSe Us Se
But our cathocty is not the contradiction OF our Prot
estants It includes 1t, 1t ntegrates IT, NO notion OF
an authority destroys the supremacy OF God
Word no claim OF an exclusive EpIscOpate bars OUT
our brethren the Church OF Christ We shqn the
TO dreams OF on ErenikO the basis OF Trent with
itin Communion do we look for living UNITY by
alliance with q Russ0-Greek body. which has
slumbered like the Ephesian brothers in its charmed
cavern since Nice and only ruDs It's sleepy eyes
I'M wonder what this Anglican Church NAV be. and
whether it orthodox about the FH,oqne We accept
the historic plan OF a Lutheran Communion, and do not
forget that II elements of rich catholic an
tiquy nosler than Own We find room for the the
oogv OF Gavin the great history OF doctrine and OF
spiritual life We recognize all the Puritan mas done
for freedom the Presbyterian for deeDse OF divine law
against tradition the Methodist for his glowing love to
Chr SIS poor ana Quaker his pure bene vOleuce
We can work with them, far as they work Tor the
common truth and life OF the one Master; ana So Only
40 can we impart whatever have larger than their
systems If feel that are not boastul fragment
of the body part OF that Holy catholic church.
n which and for which We have our being. PARDON
me- II can only say thus briefly wnat needs SO ulucn
~ fuller and careful statement; yet trust nave
not failed in giving you clear outline. Inls was
nv dream hen entered our communion would 10 COO
ers aud Leghtons has other ideas other tenden
ces swept into the frozen sea OF an eccesias
on! tradition, and now we are seeing win our own eyes
what have lost In the power and lire OF such cnurcn
in this divided time. Others around us have grown
sympathy and thrown on their seetaran Ten
encles. We have grown from noble Dody INTO Sect
believe it could only be, the Church OF England and
our own passed through these years or battle tht III
could gam the better truth ; and wnen the Catn0llc
reyiya now setting In its last brilliant rituaistic
sniendOrs has passed away, II will leave truer
knowledge or the principles OF the CDrch OF christ
and OF our reformation larger learning than pa
tradition and unity such time before mas
seen Mean is left for to labor for it, not to
20 out OF our communion lnd perfect church which
vista nowhere abide in it, TO light the goOu ngnC
IF sound scholarship and Christian manhood 10 s.rte
use every effort for the cause OF real unity assured
mar whatever may be the future OF this CominunlOn
we are in the church and kingdom which has His liie
who is yesterday, to-day and forever
CHRISTIAN UNITY.
BY The Rer. E. G. Porter.
IT. Facilitate tho discu ssion Of thp very wide