, 1875-10-23

CHURCH UNITY,
n The ki'ltor NJ Ih< Chic,f9, Trispn.:
Cutcaan. Oct, a2.-I mi tnuc1, ntcrop,o1 IN
fin n-+i.rou II, vo,r ,,,,or ~. rhr,,u. .,;.., H.,
H.; ~ 'o"a ,,,, p".s1 ~ .'"'en "'o "y
nt,seopa.'a''s inousn "onla efca',y fo1olco
| to aeo tendency towards i'non, wish to show
why II IL impossible at trcscnt, aud for a long
tiuo 10 como. II not forcyor. This IN pImn1v
fran nrcyo;lin, sont;n,o,, II, ia t,r,isoan,,
T,',..a,> ~, ph aot''ne"' II" wv 4'',eeopa'
e1u1el' tha' las heon growing hhd strenRthenlhE
for 3F'o years, afd bids fur TO Increase Instead Of
! tlimsuis.hr and which proyants that Churc}.
fran coming IN In jtg ox, nr,uc1ntas II, nractico
IN tho direction nj union, To SHOW t,,at Apnak
! without prejudice | WILL say TINT I
| not only bslloso in. but ain warmly
nttaccd bot1, 10 tho Office nnG personnel Of onr
Eplscopnto. mn equally attached to tl,o liturgy
auF frfxlo of wfrs,n ~ tl,D Episf0rnl Church.
i And still am obliged 10 leave that churcl, he
cauRo iss prevailing 1cntimout mti riot allon It
I to 1.-Two up to ttB principles.
| Now for tic proot: 'Evury wpli informed Epis-
copaIian knows that q liturgy, however, good, il
not al tho csprucs OF ttlo Church, md the wi1oio
| liturgy might bo a!,o!Iatled md ncv ono a(lopt-
ell Or exsemrura,loous worrhlp 10 substituted
and still tho Church would bn intact. Indeed.
tho time was ;Yuon tho Church Of England Lad
nonrly baif. .a..loxc.. dtfforen: llturses. No
Protestant. .Tpiecopnlsap would think Of ref,1aine
| iuter-coinmu,iion, or perhaus even union, with
nty Other Epncopal Church. haying tho Apostolic
succession, simply eocnuao tLoy uaol tlircront
faith ind practice. Now for Tho inconsistency
Tho Protestant Er5Hcopal Church, III ,,raetit:o,
| gorcrs u aclfsn for d variation Of single
whrd, and that not affecting tile faitlt.
pllascs aro clearly within tic comprehension OF
| ik,n church. One tlectriue Ia that Regeneration
il effected by tlo IInly spirit in baptism only
tho other that regeneration Ia ofreeted by tho
| md iB not continoa 10 baptism. Small as tic
difrc,e IL, It IL uanifest that tho honest be-
levers IN ct.4or the Que or the o.l,or cannot DO
forced To protest. tho opposite boliof.
witch feasop, 10. conscience, anu and liborty
must revolt and Yat on 30 small
difference, not Affecting tho iait!, a.t clearly
within tlo toteratiou Of THU Church, 10 far us
oil anotlor part boca,,Bo ths latter cannot pro-
! fesY tue opposite oG their het.of
Now, / an ono who cuunot, will. tho ntelli-
Ecnce Tint Gpt ,1as given mo- beiieye TINT 10.
generation IL suBoparablo from Lartsm. md
Titlou. profcssin|; sl1ch belief / catlnot On Joy
I tho ordinances Ut this Church. / am cort4o~
| n,3ctltly comnol!ol to- Leave that, too, wlqu
,ielthnr tho oct trit.o 1or tho liturgy which cou-
! tains this Ioctru.e is csscrt.sl In tho Judgment
Of tho Church.
vhisS hoidinE W s.ronely to be!cf in tho Arostoc
succossiot, md To te toilof Tint tov n1escsa II
ntill hy tic dccaion of ti,o highest authorttios
decline to YVES ANY Judgment upon Tho &C.
Ev ihcir avn ur;nc3n1es tlcreforc. tI,o Fnsrnnai
Church In nat lound 10 diafoows,n iii o:Ior
l,rotcalnnt ultrcbrs. and yet thtu Utlurcl. both
! by its cuuoun atlI nractjce, not onIy re-
| ftison ali such Fellowship. but ,oxnrcssiy
| prohlbitH Mi ri itB clergy from nny &C.
closlastlcal intercourse witt or rocognition OF
| othnr ,rote.annt churchra. ANY cforrvnnn of
thin Church yioIatin,t ti,oso caf;s wond ho dja
cipIiuod and. if l,o stould porstgt, l.o wpuld bo
| exuojlet1. Nnw, cnu ind sanction neither ii
nv head. nv heart, por NV conac.escc for ie
| uorinr other c!,.lrthos which l bclioye 10
! ho u,fnetl uud blest Of God, An | have
shown, tho protestant Enigconal Church
might now .1ue md othors to act In
| ih,n mattor uccorl]inc To- our nwn conyin.
| tinns nud urefernnrna without nnv yfoiatinn
nf lar nr;nc;nlcs. but hac cnunas sud Ier ou.
fnrcon,aut nj them arc peromntory. If thia
ti'nr.h r"nnn. maka ronm fnr har avn trim anJ
fogai mon,hars. low cu,s .sl,o exnoct to ma,ts
rcnm fnr nthcrs rnurat thia Aentmnut nnd
the fnrm ~ its ;oye,onno,,t hit + do mnt ox,,cc
sh;s T,, i, tn nltar its rxwrne for te
lat;on NJ n fcy nr cve,, iarso nntubcr nf Il,
n;omhern, i haye no fcolings Of hos,ility to.
,yc t,u iii. fhurch Int on TIM rnntrnry tE,n mr., a
aart, 'o ood' ',,,i, r. ,navr hsr ,snm,, ~,
T., a. s,st}' = tnnnt nr n t1r nt ratn"r wth
no,aJ,s,tan l." sy ] - 3""'' - ''''''' punTrsg.sr
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ar GOD HAD BEEN ,MPoRTunEo."