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to explain Luther's doctrine Of the Lords
Supper: and says that Or. De Ao;en Is,ther t,e@
Let US sec how they compare In the lensn a..a
Articeo OF his (Ausgburg) Confession Luther sa55,
t'Concerning tho Holy Supper OF tue toro II -
taught that the true body and blood OF lnas1 and
wine, and are there administered and recelTe1
In his speech il the General Convention ";
Dc Koven said: u I believe IN the rem; aceuaa n
presence Of our Lord. under the form o. oleaa
IN nj The Eucharist, after the conservation Of the
elemcnts by tho power Of the holy Ghost, the
very body and blood of Christ arc present N me
elements" That is to say, Or. De Aosen pe.
s7es that Christ IL the the
aitor" cannot refer to the bread and
wine. which all can see to DO present. so Inat II
would be supcrfuous to aseert this 1act. but ne
lccalizes Christ upon tug altar ana n1s poas at hn
I Irecollcct expressed himself quite 50 strongly,
and certainly docs not in tie words Of the Augs-
burg Confession which have just quoted. AZ
to Calvin, his doctrine Of Christ's presence Is o.
an entirely different order from that OF either
Luther OF DR.. DeKo7on,. as all familiar with the
enhfect are aware, and it needs not to be here
discussed. But, asks ".Fair-Play,'" with great
gravity. tWoull those who rnil at Dr. De hovan
Shut out Luther and Calvin from tue trotes'ant an
y
Do Koyon's views who would shut out Luther 1c
and Calvin ssfrom the Protestant Church :"
but DR.. Dekoyen and his party, who,
With DR.. Ever, deny TINT Professionalism has any
place in tue "one; holy, apostolic and CATHOLIC
It is, therefore, very absurd for Dr.. De Kovens
friends to endeavor to shelter hum under the
authority of Luther, whilst Or. De 4. utterly ra-
nounces all sympathy, with the great German Ter 11
| Roformer Nc have too much respect for Dr.
De Koyen@ to bcieya that he would resort to any
such subterfuge. What, then, does he mean ~
employing language 80 much like TINT Of Luthef:
| As there can bc no view intermediate between
that Of Luther and the Church OF Rome, taRe
snbstantiation, however awkwardly he may :;. ex.
press it. And L an confirmed in this
view, by the fact that DR.: De koven. il
identified with the Eitualist!c party, ana
Rit1ialisu,, al is acknowledged ~ All
reIiecting minds, can have no other Significance
thai, that Of the Romish Mass. 1ts symbols aud
| ceremonies derive oil their significance from
this, and all tend to, and cunnate in, the sacrl-
N:H Bnt. II. e savs Dr. De Koyen's defender "Fair-
PLAY. i you will read his other speech IN the
:: Geucral Convention, you will find that ho modl-
fics limseH, it is ouly real presence, but no1
Of q material, but spirited (spirituai p kind:
haro read that speech, and. have heard mm lll
# i. that anl not nbe to reconcile what appears
to mo as simply Illogical statements and sell;
: contradictions. should indeed think myself
an enemy or the Episcopal Church II aided
in making such man Bishop o. Mlsconsl3:
DAVID SWING AND TIE FOURTH phEspY1Eh1Ass sl IA.
To tie Editor Of The Chicago 111bune: 80
Sin: In: the Issue OF the Times OF Jan. 10
"Ve1itas." attempting to.quotc, or rather mis-
quote from my article in the Sunday 11n1es 'o1
ian. Il, would have it appear that " Fret
Chl;rchn charged the officers and Deacons Of the
with pjlrDOEetT. ant
!, with malice sforethought; dealt bio" &C
Christianity" No such language appeared IN th'
! article. md nouo other than pre1udtced O.
careless reader could have read or inferred St
XIV article of JAM II accredited the officer
and Deacoi.s OF the Fourth Church with an un
i! limited amount Of virtue, integrity, noolnty
I ! nurpose, etc. and classcd them among the bual
ness men Of this city, who BY reason OF tnos
: very qualities have become rs famed TOT phlau
thropy as for commercial standing and success.
0 Hence at the very outset, "Fentas has aa
7 serted what Junius terms 4 false fact, specie
! Of fact which taints everything IN common "lt
: ~ Free Church deplorod then, and profound
T. " deplores now, that any unavoidable caus
ehouid have contributed to the removing OF Pto1
: Swing from McVicIers to- place hardly ~ &C
. cessi6ie and oertainly not nearly "a. ample
!, co1nrrodious-
9 Prof. Swing had become to the writer (thongh
lesslr pcrta os) and to many others, the new an
!; needed teacher of d city,-hs place OF: worshl
g Tns from ali points accessible to all people.
: The ward in which the services We1o 80 SUI
= cesefullv held is above all others that whie
most needs power and influence such as the Pr
feseor could WELD The First VI ard is fairly doos
i ed with that unfortunate hut worthy cia'
8 OF Eoung business homeless men, who, unlei
Is the ohufch Is near or the sermon super1ative
:. good. tud it hardly convenient to attempt
E1ile's walk or two, and risk a sermon OF aVerae
j. proge. served up with the inevitable condlmen
u Of Judgment day" and an eternity OF exeesba'
q heat. -,
n man !; saw in tho Word Of God, as preached
le lirn some new hope and drealized from his teac
II ings TINT truer, talrer gospel, which taughs th
n faith counted for much, and that good cee'
10 counted for something at least
g. This man OF puiseant brnin, simple heart, al
n new thought. relying neither on modulat'
e voice, poise Of body, or grace OF gesture, ha
J. for q year or 30, been the potent, 1nteuectu.
and spiritual magne attEas.nE EToG 15Gm e1
d. HDend Heads, but whom q solicltous Christis
at man. might with prop1iety term Dead Sohle
at This proacher, Ssbbath after Sabbath, NJ
Or gradually, with the assistance Of the SpIls g.
. vahizing into some sort OF spiritual NE ana !
it. | terest hundreds, who, weary OF drinking Of T.
rs fountain Of intiexible orthodoxy. were beglnnt
r. to realize and rejoice that there we're really mo
o ways than one to the Temple.
re But, unmindful Of all this, u Ve1ltas tai
~ QulF the mETCEual4 WOW " LILO s+A 80
is rerturbed as the poor ghcst IN Hamlet, becaut
th forsooth, the audiences which we're q ngro~! o".
larger continually " we're too much Of tho gen
ot Dead Head" q term most admirably adop1
to to tho circus-tent, but wholly out of place wh
dB referring to the Temple, in which God is 81
'te cially invoked. g.:
II. had preached mainly on Christ and Faith. +
remained he might for eennn sermon of Or IT,
}e- ,rr;ty that E1nnra4S 1T all tho =
9i~ tues, and then, perhaps, even Verltas n,s
it. have rcjoiced that his spiritual Dead Head
re- were not really ungratefal recipients OF 1T
na Goapel." , .....,
This very term. which "Yeritas" go emp!
no sizes, stamps him at least as considering IT
~ Gospel " much III the same light that Shylt
ID proportionea tha loes Of Jcssca. his jewols,
~ lis ducats. The knife-sharpenlng Jew lamen
ne his Jessica, but he mourned and rayed Tor
~ ducats. ),
ite He regrets that he has bid a long farewell
Il McVickers with its space, Its galleries, and
ne foot-hghts but he abounds in JOY that q d
is .on. o,,o ,f am cr 41{) who from Sunday to Isl