The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-02-19

The Subject not, yet characteristic
Another Article on the Episcopal
Question.
Editors Of the Intelligeneer:
1t Is evident that Layman Is one Of
those High Churchmen who deplore the
Reformation Of the 10th century, who
speak oil the Protestant Episcopal Church
as The church, and other denominations as
"sects," and who believe that they arc
justified by the sacraments, If admins
tered by one in the apostolic line of suc-
cession. Such chnrchmen commend all
those poor mortals called Methodists
Presbyterians, etc, TO the mercy Of God
But Lsyman makes some assertions
which are certainly not borne out lby
the truth, and which some OF our Metho--
dist or Presbyterian brethren might con
descend 10 notice.
|. "All EvangeliCals believe in the Real
Presence"
This I emphatically deny. What IL
meant by "Keal PresenceF" Why the
real spiritual presence Of Christ In The
elements, bread and wine. And this OBJ.
jective presence Of Christ we are to wor-
ship. Now what Layrnan understands
by Evangelicals, l infer from his reference
to English Luthersns, Presbyterlans and
Methodists. l presume he would plRct
under this head Low Church Eplsco-
palianss |. In regard to the Lutherans
/ do not regard his quotation from the
Augsburg Confession, Art. Y, excepting
that of itself 1t might lead 10 A false
conclusion as TO The. Lutheran view
OF the efficacy OF the Sacrament, which
Is, That 1t resides not in the
signs, but in the word Of God connected
with them, and that It Is operative only
when there is true faith IN the receiver,
1t however, lays stress upon the virtue 81
the literal body and blood Of Christ, as
present inswith, and under, the bread and
wine, This body and blood being physi-
cally received by the believer and unbe-
lever, but being Of gracious avail only
in the case Of the unbeliever." Luthera
small Cat, part s. Dr.. Hodge's outlines
Of the Evangelicals Of to-day do not gen,
orally hold this doctrine. Layman adds:
NTo say that our Lutheran 'htdt dc
not adore It whenever seen by iaitfi, Is to
insult not only their belief but their intel.
ligence." There Is q little soft soap about
this. Our exclusive High Church Brother
condescends, allofa'sudden, to eau rLu-
therans brothers, and says that they do
thatWhiche every true worshipper of Christ
does u e., adore Him wherever seen By
fait6.S Wonderons strange z NoteRhSi
he says In reference to the Presbyterians.
He quotes sections vii. and viii. Of article
20 OF confession of faith as proof that the
Presbyterian Church believes IN the real
presence OF Ghrst In the element, I. q
the local presence as DR.. De Rowan and
he hold it. But ! certainly fail 10 SEQ the
proof and ] deny that the Presbyterians
hold 1t In this sense. Do they insist on
the literal rendering Of is In "This is my
body"l No, but Dr.. De Rowan does,
And ask Is there not a radical difference
hereH Feeding spiritually On the body
and blood Of Christ, does not necessarily
imply his objective presence Ein
the elements. Rev. DR.. Hodge on
the Lord'sg Supper, sayS that the Re
formed Christians agrees: /. That the
presence Of Christ's body and blood in the
sacrament "a not physical, nor loeal, nor
70 our bodily senses, but only by !its gra-
cloas influence to the mind and by the
power Of the Holy Ghost,i Ia - ~
.. That feeding upon the BODY and
blood OF Christ, first, was not with me
mouth in any manner; second, IL was cnlv
BY the soul that they were received.
{ 8. TWAS by faith, which % declared n
be the hand and mouth Of the soul, 'isS
But this receiving of Christs bodv !,
not confined to the Lords Supper; 1t take
place whenever faith On him d exercised
Hodges outlines Of Theology. There Is {
remarkable inconsistency In "Layman'a'
article. Under the head, Proper Hold
ing Of the Faith" he says: "For who
can doubt that the absence Of this, thC
non.co1tnuance Of the three orders ofthI
ministry, viz: Bishops, Priests and Dea-
cons, and other and incidental essentials
OF the true faith outwardly, was the cause
OF the degeneracy Of the rigid and hiet
recommendation systems Of Luther aIt
calvin by successive steps, through indie
pendency, indifterentiSm and positive I'M
belief, as illustrated by Presbyterianisn
IN all rs phases, Of Lutheran, Calyanist
Afminian, Zuingltan, Independent, Con.
gregatlonal, Methodist, Baptist, Trinitas
rist, Unitarian, Uhiversaitst a orn,isS
down to lower grades Of belief and pnsi
tive soothing at all religion.H AID Al
ter using such language a, tht
above, and in the same article IN
calls The. Lutherans brothers. Sn3- q
the Presbytefians he says: "Now 10 a
seEt that our dsTout Presbyterian breth