New-York tribune., 1874-11-04

Churches at home and abroad walking In the fear OF
the Lord and in the comfort OF that Holy ono' may "'
Besides this external growth of the Church. We have
reason to believe that there Is higher sense smong
many OF people Of the saintness OF their christian
calling. and yearning after more complete CONFORM.
with much satisfaction the wide circulation Of books by
living psters which treat OF the life OF God In the son
OF una D. and the large demand for the welworn inaD
nals of devotion which have come down to from our
Anglican doctors We may not forget that there is aaa
without these correctyes OF quiet medtatlon aho po
sona % wn .ae stands out the
fact that the supply OF candidates Tor Holy Orders IL
now inadequate to meet the demand created ny tne
organization OF new congregation Ana, inoe ,t,aa un
this. but small proportion OF those VINO are anmtou
candidates selfsuppOrng. We entreat you 10 poh-
der well these pregnant statements The priests onice
is not coveted by the many nay IL Is avoldou oy oo
many OF the ingenious and favored youth OF tue cou
try whose parents able TO give them an uorescteo
choice OF profession. -, l., coo,o,,
It's favorite watchword is Liberty. Noble words
arc these, if them in t0eir true sgnli,
OF the glorions liberty which ye have as covcnanted
children OF God, and TO exhort you that ye nola ~
indeed free to believe oil that is true and nothing that
is false free love all that Is lovely and nothing tnat
wrong free 10 all is noole and nought th Is
vle Such is Christian Liberty, freedom @ MIN h hle
limited those respects only WHEREIN
the absence Of would be but another ior
the true meaning Of the Christian Liberty WHEREOF We
1. The Faith you profess;
O. The Obedience you render and
3. The Love which should animate your service 60,
l. the Liberty Of Christian Flith-HLye faitn IN God
is the first precept OF holy religion. Coniie IN MN
personally, the wise and gracious Ohe, as inpcy h as
Snd Gnrd Hs rn m His warning aud His DrOme
for without such faith it Is impossible 70 pease nun
But belief neither blind creduity nor enforced assent
God has His witnesses in nature and in providence anu
by the mouth OF these many witnesses IL Is proven te
the Lord Ia loving unto every man, ana III mercy Is
over all His works Iua higher sense faith comes Dy
hearing and relies upon that manifestation OF the gn
which Itself to and to conscience Inc
sanctied intellect delights to explore every dep rteut
Of know LEDGE to decpher the strange legenu lpressc
upon the once huld rock, to unro the papyrus 10
anayze the ysterous processes OF human thought ana
But none the less are we rree 10 recog
eternal truths, and unappailed by my setss or
seeming contradictions, to affirm the verify Oh Ine
Christian story, which 1t Is unreasonable TO deny blt
VINO knows not the presence OF an arrogant
which, u view OF our glorious liberty OF believing tnat
God love and that His Son hath dlod points at US tue
finger or derison submitting 10 an inteectuai oonu
age which dares toward the ight Tne Cnurch
seeks not TO put out the eyes or scholars anu IN
vestgators She gladly welcomes all their
TO human knowledge and 10 the wealth OF human
thought But she her children IN the presence OF
these i" little systems" which. have their day ana
cease that they must not enslave themselves 70
the tyranny OF ransn theories and foreg9 their rsnt
mold fast that which IL the same yesterday TO-DAY
and forever tRemember, brethren that the rellglOn
which profess Is a religion OF TACT lac Creed you
recte rehearsal Of events that have happ neu III Inc
olden days, and OF hopes surely founded thereon;
our religion rests upon historical basis as impreg
naDe when st. Paul at Thessalonca Tor three SAD
days reasoned out OF tho Scriptures opening ana
alleging that this Jesus whom preach unto you Is
CHRIST The mere history Of the successive philosophers
which have held sway in the intellectual wofId Is OF
itself laDorlOus study, Jne discovery Ol
tonary facts is constantly demanding the readustment
hypothesis and theory IL Is because the fath Is sure
aud certain that its utterances cannot DC always naqe
to harmonZe with the haifknOwn and tho VARIABLE lt
Is freedom servitude, to hold last the aith once
delivered to the saints The Church has no quarrel
with science. Far from it, she welcomes science
her ally and friend. Her quarrel Is not wth science
but with science falsely SO CAL we warn you asdist
the pretentOus dogmatism. and especially against The
athestic materiasm which under tue name or science
presents not its discoveries aud ITS facts, but crude
theories aud tentative specuatlons The lOngexploded
errors past thus like gnosts rising from their
graves seeking to their cmpire over human
thought and human conduct, tempting men 10 revive
species OF paganism, aud miscail ~ the ADVANCE Vi
a. Tho Liberty Of Christian Dscipline.Almighty God
has been pleased to give Us, not only Faith put scl
Admitted to the General Assembly and Ghurcn OF the
first born Ye are set In autoery and under
and admonshed in turn TO obey them that are over you
the Lord and to submit yourselves to tner just au
the Divine Master is considerae Of our seltrespeGt
He calls u.s. not servants, but friends. He ana His
Church. following his directions, have no secrets 10 niue
from obedient and humble minds no arpitrary rees no
minute prescriptions 10 bind upon the faithful Wnat
friends cease be dutIful Snail we because we ale
under grace rather than law, scant our obedience ana
very Dodness with which may come TO the throne of
grace obges to proounder reverence so the large
nishes the CHEST argument crcumspecton and self
control Our clergy nave large liberty; shall they abuse
the geneness OF Christ and the patience or their mother
by pressing their ances aud seconceits to the ut
most verge of canoncal endurancet snail taey usurp
seek make that Church more Evangelical or more
Catholic her formuaries and Ritual affect to
be When asked John Baptist, VINO art thou ne
answered, effect, that he was nobody; ayoce In the
wilderness, the breath or divine utterance. HOW
glorious is the liberty how high the privilege, OF the
clergy refrain from all selassertion, TO utter that
afford the most signal example OF that obedience
OF faith which obeys law because 1t Is tho law.
3. We would adm0nsh you OF the precious Liberty OF
Love- We under the rule This do or thou shalt
die, Love Is the fulfilling OF the law. We are Tree To
God with all our hearts, aud the more we love Hun
he
sensitive to the love and loves all things in Him
and His sake 1t loves even the dumb creatures He
made because He to be the God OF the
sparrow, considered the cattle tnaS in
Nlneveh Genteness TO the animals who serve u.s. pro-
lection dependent flock which types the chO sen
people OF the Lord, pity for the caiIow brood ln the
fragile nest, lessons which men OF love are not
ashamed to impress upon themselves and upon their
children. Let love the Church and lavish on 1t the
very best have Men may ask in scorn What Is thy
beloved more than another beloved but we know
Christ loved the Cnurch aud gave Himself for It, aud
that His bride and the mother OF His children.
Christ has founded His Church upon love-" Thus
Of Bishops in day OF strife and discOrd
1T is the highest sof CHRISTIAN graces NOW aDldeth
Fah Hope and Charty-these three. but the greatest
OF these Is Charity Charity not mere almsglving
CHRISTIAN Love. commandment
give unto you, that love another And this is
truly not only the new commandment put the summary
OF all the commandments
"The whole Gospel Is redolent with IL, with q broad,
comprehensive, all-embracIng love- appointed, Ike
AarOn's rod, to swallow up all tho other Christian
Christ Church without love! WHAT could you augur
of Church without Faith, Church OF Christ with
out Hopei But Love IS higher grace than either
Faith Hope, and Its absence FROM the Church Is just
the absence OI the very lile-blood from the body"
HIGH COMPLIMENT TO THE TRIBUNE.
To the Editor OF The Tribune.
crp. It ia dua to Won to sav that your careful