, 1874-03-27
THE BROOKLYN INQulstTI0N.


read and apnroyeti' ''e 'S'0 '''
b. nun1soross rrmAuus.
niuotoo ypary Of lis mfuIntry in ihoIr nl,,rol''
there Ind noyor boon ANYTHING a,,nroxinntinT to
| the cnan of rvnnnth G5mroi' IT, ta1 ufta, ~
upket ita nonbora to moet linn falrly and hon.
Ind had roooivod M iittlo in fonly M In 4' Tit
They hnd presented thoir caye to lin Counoii'
And asked t],em To fnko nciion nnf1 oivo IloiIvar
aico. "ulyo IN yo,lr po,so Of tho act,o,' Will,
want to know is. were to prionaa 0'3 on nit mn W.
wo nctod tho same aB you would have aocep, al
The Reverend Doctor aso sroko Of tic nGtio,, If
Plymouth Church M bcing notno olo for tho bicker.
ing fits words. " beg you, ho satd, ''whntovor
YOU thiuk Of tho protoAt, give us your decision
upon tho question that aloso before tho lottor-
| nlfsniva wan mutle. Act az candidly toward tbe
inviting churches as tho churches avo acted 10
you. Give docalon which plymouth Chuch
con understand without difficulty.
| FURTHER REMARKS BY Dr sronns.
Tho l,ey. DR.. StorrB then roso to speak. but,
was interrupted by a momhor who wished to
ask sonio questions. 4 discussion took plaoe as
to- whether 1t would 10 bottcr to hear Dr. Htorrs
flral, Or allow him 10 answer tic qestions. Dr..
storrs auggeaod TINT all questions which menu
beiB Of tho Council deulrcu to nsk should be giy-
en- to hltn before opening hia romarks, I'd ho
might !gSh 10 able to covor chen, in TINT cauo.
Touching. his personal liiIo.onco with Mr.
Doechor ho Bai,i ho Lad mono With lin concern.
lug this subject
n'oml!er here hoped that Or. storrs would
ing to tho Scripture, DR.. storrs should hnvo
! gone to Lib brotlio1 and told him that he had
orred.
Tho Moderator ruled that t!oy were not hero
70 nvest,gate g tue personal relations Of Or.
htorrs and hlr; boechsr, but inoro'y tho corre-
hpondenco which had passca botweon tho in.
! vitlnE churches.
! - Or; storfs thon resumed Hs said that h1r
| beechGr Waa Bishop i'll lits own chutcl. Tho
COUNCIL mlght laYe observed, yestorday, in the
address, That ho addressed tfo pastors Of tho
! congregation aa " Reverend and Dcar Fathers
III dod: Now' this, ho eaid, waa only uBed be-
tweon Bishops OF tho Episcopal Church. Tue
sFcator doncrloeu the manner OF calling the
moeting6 Of his church. They were called after
piaYeL-meetines, bht the meetings. of Plymouth
| Cburoh were held ut prayer-meetngs, when they
would appoint delogates TO any Council. When
we sent the letter to Plymouth Church why WIS II
not read Heca1se1t was not mado public ; but it
was Intended to be :rivate, therefore 1t WaB not
fe9u III tue church meetings.. u.it had boon
phollsheo oV IN IN lt8 full text II would not lave
| poon letter to Plymouth Church, but chal-
was approved and siguod by tho Committees
| from the church. md teut on itB mission. The
authorities OF Plymouth Church had the letter
three weeks or moro before readiug it.. II we
had made any m1etako Wo corrected it In tho let
terB TINT 80 sent after it. Why did not we sond
note? Brethren, Plymouth Church was pow
| orful chulcli. and = notc would seem as an au
t11n'n le9f dropped i'll tho brook. i should be
| iotter long ononeh to bfing about tho desired
! result. We did tho best wo could in tho
fear OF GOD md in tho hope that our
ehurches should nave tho burden removed
from them, With tho COUNSEL ot the
| "iBost men that We could got. This lotter was
| kept by thom for three weeks, aud was then
read, and al' answer adopted, It was then read
| in our ohurch-mecting and unanimously ap-
proved. church may orr by appointing doacou-
nossos, but when 1t attempts to touch upon tho
doctrines of faith We had q right to lntorposo.
| It waa not light mnttcr that they had to con-
| elder. Horo was diAorgaNtxinX power lot loose
in tho Church 1twas for this Council to subduo
it. It was corporate principle in Plymouth
| Chul ch, Which waa dangerous If now. Wo wished
thar church cvery SUCCESS. but with The doctrines
! OF the chulch wo could not hold. nor be IN fel-,
lowship with it. II our noighbor Insists in
keoping bombs and gronadcB in his cellar, and
persists In firing ono on now and thon, no insist
tlat he must strengthen the walls between uB.
Draw tho line, brethren, and tel1us how tho rule
Of fellowship begins. We were in the pluce