The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-05-15
THE FERMENT.

The whole country j. excited
over The ecclesiastical troubles of
Chicago and Brooklyn. The Ar
kansas middle does not excite
more attention than the trial of
Prof. Swing for heresy. The ex-
element over the Investigation Of |
Beecher and his church have not
subsidized yet. The Congregational |
and Presbyterian churches Will feel |
the effect of these trials for days, iii
not for years to come. Two such |
bodies cannot be troubled without
exciting the public generally. All
the churches are interested, and the
outside world looks Ola and philos-
ophizes. The religious papers are
all discussing the questions raised
by the trials, and secular Papers are
more or less exercised.
The withdrawal of Bishop Cum
Minis from the Episcopal cturch,
and the Cheny trouble
continue to excite that body; and
the late defiant attitude of DIR. Tying,
Jr., will give a new Impetus to the
reformation going on in that
church.
The deposition OF Rev. Florence
, Mccarthy of the Michigan Avenue
: Baptist church of Chicago, and his
going out 10 build up a new church,
together with the discussion now
S going on among them on the CON-
: munion question, is exciting good
r deal of attention. Church people
,, and outsiders" are expressing
g themselves very freely, generally
If in favor of the ''persecuted" class
y The assembling of the Genera
d Conference of the N. r. Church
:" South. and the discussion in tina
body of the "church property
10 question, so long agitated By th'
y two great Methodist bodies, /
p bound to elicit a great deal of at
20 tention. A probable eff0rtto unit
a. divided Methodism Is creating som
it, excitement. So all together the re
G. ligious world Is in state of fer
no ment. Such a shaking up mas no
y been felt for long .ire. Seldom
- il ever, has the secular world take
CT so much interest III ecclesiastics
matters.
Believing that good will gro'
-. out of the excitement, we look o
-. with quiet interest. Some of ii
religious bodies may suffer fC
% awhile but the world at large wi
" be benefited. We do not believ
" that Jesus intended TO have b
- ch1rch tied up with red tape, {
=, bound by conventionalities an
technicalities. There are SON
o, churchly people who are the bette
of church laws, etc. There al
=" some good people who can not
bound by church codes and system
of doctrine. Bnt the blood of j.
ia sus has brought them all nigh to Il
.st Father, who will have them 10 |
eat saved IL they only believe on Il
,rn Son.
ct These trials may draw the lin
rcd closer about the churchly, but thu
aft will give the "liberal" ones 4 wild
the range of usefulness than they cou
mi have, being burdened with rul
NO and regulations which they p
,.u prone to forget. These discussion
Ice will tend TO disseminate The trut
IN, and lead all christian bodies near
The to the great standpoint OF Pete
THAT God is no respectrr of pc
sons: but in every nation he tn
,od feareth God and worketh righ
ees eousness 10 accepted of him
ear Church membership Is not a
us standard of piety. To fear CT
has and keep his commandments ia q
the whole duty of man. Prof. Swi!
> q may not be a good Presbyterit
to from DIR. Patton's standpoint, al
ter, yet be true christian tried by 4
'his New Testament rule of faith.
gal that is the real status of the case
The separation would benefit both pa
or ties.