, 1874-10-22

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Gan. Staeer, upon assuming tho CHAIR. return
cd thanks for tho honor conferred, and promise,
TO leAse nothing undono to further tho intercst
of tho Society.
Many Of tloGo prosout then cnn,o forward ant
a9ncd tho Constitution and paid tho initiation
After adopting q resolution Of thanhs for tb'
nao Of tho room to tho proprietors Of tho Pal
NOR, tue mocting adjourned.
TIE ALUMNI IN5TITUTE.
Tho Association Of Alumni Of tho Chfcngt
Theological Seminary continued its sittingB, ane
after prarer.mcedng Of deep interoat @. F.
Reod road rovlew Of
nEEcuEn's YALE LECTURES,
which provoked m epidemic Of discussion thai
lad to bo chohed OF by cali for rigid adherence
to tho programme.
After short recoas. J. c. Armstrong read q
paper on
TILE CHURCH D1sc1PL1HE or TIE NEW TEsTA-
MEHT,
showing TINT The ponal as we'll aa the reformatory
| element was constantly iucudad In the admonl-
tions giyen by tho Apostles to the churches
organized by them. Tho subjects of ponsl
daeip,no 10 held woro all Offenders againat
administer punishment was tho Church itself
rather than tha officers ovor tho Church. Tho
manner Of puOtshment WAS to DO MS nearly like
TINT Of private doiinquoncies as possible. Tho
object Of punishment was tho publication Of tho
Church aud tho good Of tho ofonder. Tho idea
WAS manifest that the saving Of men wAa tho
ma,n object Of punishmopt.
Tho epi,is in which ponnlties should be ad-
nliuisterctl was next treated. The sick IN the
church. which was spiritual hospital, vera to
be cared for, nhd wcro moro 1T for physiciau'a
caro- than for cotnetery. All cold formal vieita
wore above oil things to bo rcIigionBly stunned.
It takas warm church and living membership
to deal With IN oirondor. Too many church
members woro not brothers and sisters but
Htrangcrs. Hcp moro than punishment was
NODDED iii our churches.
After rccoss Of five minutes. n discussion on
tho papcr rent upon Deccher'6 Yale lectures fol-
loved.
Prof. T. Y. Hopkinn next gave an admirable
address on the
CAUSES OF ECCLESIASTICAL conEurr1oE,
mud tho methods OF ith reform. Ho najd that
evory, roligen tcnuod toward corruption, and
traced thu history of Xoroasteslsm and Judaism.
Christianity royolutionixed the ethical idea OF
sh" time Of It's origin, and piacnd religion above
tho n p9Ter 81 Tho State, and, being spiritual
stead Of to do. Tho necessity Of human
n,adtatorahip early oront into tho Church,
which as last eliminated In tic Papacy.
Hc Traced tho origin aud spread Of PagauIsnl in
tho 0hristian Church. md 1t was seon in tho
Gnoattc horeBy Of tho second century. Tho alll-
anco Of Christianity with tho Hellenic doctrines,
especially at Alexandria, WAS referred to, Which
attempted to roconciIe Christianity with ph1loso-
pihy, o. fa!sh @ Tith Eesson The result becamo
nststress in tho strife Of opinion. mud many pn-
gan philoso7hio oionHnts became Incorporated
with tho Chrisian systom. Heatllen ceremonies
without number wore introduced into Christian
Worship. "a it was claimed that tho poo
pls wero too ignorant to receive
laueious teaching except through tho Bonacs.
When Constentino saw TINT Christianity was tho
only lndistructihle religion. and the only nond
falling, to riocosa, ho received tue syHtetn in
order that TO might hccomo the head Of tho En-
Fire, aud rule over tho j,oartH Of his sublccts.
The methods that wero used to rid Christianity
the Church and tho other within It's oun fold,-
but as tho nasno ''loroLic" followed those who
seemingly wrought agailsttho Church from With
out. it remained TINT roform must begin without,
u Ut all These reforms were known as
tempt to euro ono OWL hv tho substitution Of
another. The triumph OF tho freedom of con-
science which We enjoyed to-day was tho roHuit
Of tho persistent ncton Of this BODY that finally
peFislied, anu separated utterly from the Chris
tiau Church.
Tho mysticism of tho Middle Agos Was tho
next attempt at reform, and ,as thu forerunner
OF tho great Reformation Of the sixteenth COLI
fury. John Wycllffo and John Fuss wero tho
s1ccoAs0ra pf tho nIy6tlcs, and they gave Tho
Gospel to the people in tho yoruucular. The
reforming Councils Of Plsn, Constance, and
Basic. allowed tliat tho iien was prominent in
tho Church CHAT immediate reform vas tho
necessary Icmody. With disbolical cunning, the
l'opes succeeded in thoir sttifo against Councils,
and future reformation within tho Church bo-
camo Impossible. Every conceivable crimo be-
came iucnrnnte In the person Of the Auccosaor Of
y. petor, aud reform became necessary, and
hscanle possible, not with tho good works of tho |
Church, but with filth III Christ only.
Tho reformed Episcopal Church received de- |
served consideration, and was shown to ba re-
form IL tho proteatant Epiacopal Church Of to-
lay. This latter body, lo showed, was becom- |
ing. yearly more centralized in ils power, sho |
Bishops continually grasping authority aud tah-
ing it AWAY from tho Church, not without rouaon-
srans9 whe PROVED ua7ans All Of tho
tho Church wcro met by no Resistance |
from tho authorities Of tho Church,
provided those new schemes had tendency
Romoward but eevors.ling ovanselically inclined
the new departure Of Bishops Cumlninz and |
Cheney would provo successful because attempt- |
cd outsid, Of tho Church, Wlilo tho struggle OF ]
tAe Old Catholics III Europe would prove anor- |
On account Of tho absence Of Tie lion. q. G. |
Cook In Washington, tho royiow of Literature |
and Dogmn,' BY Matthew Arnold, in paper by |
NJ: W. Heed, OF milwaukee,, waa deferred until
this evening.
As t1ouo meetings aro FREQ to tho public in the |
chapel of tho Seminary Chapel, next south Of |
DR.. lIelmer'e church. the1o will doubtless bo |
crowded houae to lislcn to papel which pro-
ton just held at aIadiHou, Wis.