, 1875-02-14

member OF the Church in tho character OF
chore-anie. His own brother pTecipit.ted Aha
crisis and now Mr Woods;de is ! fugitive fraxs
public. opinion, and his church closed for ~
pairs" DocroB ByNrAx.
CHURCH" PROGRESS"
NHs. gW1s5HELM's VIEWS on THE CHARGE xHA1
THERE Is TOO MUCH "PRooREss" III B1xcHExa
CHURCH.
70 the EdhoT u The Chicago 7>t6t4ns:
Tho infmitab1s pen-painter Of tho Beecha1
trial for TuE TRIBUNE SAYS tho scandal IL bring
ing large accessions to the Catholic and Eplsco-
palian Churches, because people feel that there Ii
too much progress 10 Beechor's Church. This h
no doubt truo, but the e1pedient il very Like thas
Of tho pea, which concluded tho fryiog-paa NM
too hot, and 30 jumped into tho IRE. There il y
much mere classical way Of expressing this idea,
IN which two long nsmes, which I have quito
forgotten, stand for fEying-pan and fire; but
have never seen either OF the placep know
nothing about them, aud have sean plenty II
frying-pans, plenty Of 1res. aud plenty Of peAa
and poD-corns 60 suddenly from ono to ths
other, without in any way bettering their condi-
don ; aud 50 prefer talking OF things know.
That people who 20 into old conservative
Churches to get Away from scandals
DO ADOPT This PEA PoLloI
must b very pl8ln to any one even modetstafy
conversant with history. One round hundred
Reecher scandals would not equal those of tho
BorSia family, all enacted in the highest places
Of the Mother Church. Then We should <act
thousand more to Offset those OF the religious
houses Of Spain, as they vera exposed By heing
violently broken open. Beecher aud his whole
congregation, if they set about it with ~i could
not in the whole course Of their lives, equal tia
number and atrocity of clerical scandals which
drove the once Catholic Kingdom of England inta
rebellion against the Roman Sec and thero Deyer
has been tin1a, for centuries. when there hava
not boen men, once priests and members in thai
Church, who have not publicly professed TO have
been drivou out Of 1t by the corruptions which
had crcpt in, and who made business OF a1poa-
ing them~
The Eriscopalian, like all other Protestxnk
Churches. owes hor origin, first, to tie prctesta
of men who came ont Of the Catholic Church On
account Of her scandals. and. second, to tina
scandal Of Henry the Eighth divorc1ng blame
less wife that he might marry her waiting maid !;
and, during his llfe 80 Head OF TINT Church, ha
kept up plentiful supply Of sra1ds1s by getdng
nd Of ucarisome wives very much Il people NOW
do Of surplus kittens.
Up to this time, tho Episcopali.n Chn1cb, 1Ikp
tho old mother from which she sprang, has
contributed \ goodly number to tho lust Of
names OF those - who shall walk il vh1te b.
cause they are worthy" and likewise has fur
in m n,ntain;1e that nnrikv of lifo mi ronve1.
sation " becoming tue Gospel" The fox-hant--
ing drinking. l,eentious clergy Of thu Establish
ed Church OF England. to day. aro doing for her
iner did fnr tho Catholic Chnrch .oo1o rentnr;ea
x9o md II !. bnt fa17 ee.r< x,nce :he Is;ahon.
0nderdunk scsnIals rocked that Chnrch 10 IL
centro In this country.
b.a herotofore smed lin el TO nre1ent .c.ud,, in .nx
Chnrrh T,nso connected vith aiethoefist n.
7iv.la and cann-meetincn ara notorions aud in
P1ttsbure. some fTty years aeo. On ground nov
in tha citv iimita thn Prcnbyrari.n. heid !. cann.
meetinc. =: which there WAS ~ creat awaken
mr. Vish ancb Hood of irnma2nt1tv thai ia
denominaton has neyer since held = cau,n-nest-
inr. It ia rarely week passes that the nreas
does not eiyo some sccouot OF crime and M
clea nnpaa in som. orthoiov nra,r1er .n,7 fba
fronhIa ia mt nav Rad he Ens,1es NJ H.
Apostlea to The primitive Churches. and we must
concf1,da tint Ehristfana were worse in thoee
tlays than they are now, and tbs only way in
which Ue can learn To thinx irnicnt1v Of them IN
hr comparing thsrn With other fo1ks'
Bad as vare the nrimitiye Christians. thev
were better than s'shs heathen around about
them. In tha first Chnrch. with ita tveive men,
be.s t1ere WIS., to be eure, one thief: but dooa
hiatory furnish any nc:ount Of AFT other aaso-
c,atioa in uhj. tLera were eleven honest men
10 aVeIY t1lAfs Inc E3flF C1tl8fI41l8 6H4 AL to
struggle With The old habits learned outside iho
Courcb, Roman Ch1i.tianlty was co.ruptet bv
Roman heathouisu1. Episconalianism inherited
he taint Of which ali other Churches got \ fnll
share; but whonce comes tbs public senti-
mept, which arises like q giant refreshed
oy sleep. aud demands purity on tde part
d public teachers? Whence save from tho
general teaching Of those Christian PRINCIPLES
ehich are impartial immutable, Which enli.btsn
,he undetstand1nea and Quicken the conscie,nea
IT men? It is BY the rule OF aIr. Daech9ro
that We try Mr. Beeches,s life and,
Fhile the Liberal - Churches can we'll afford to
Episcopalian Onderdouks, ard Puritan disinos
nmottaIized in .'Hudibra.," Christianity itself
nav weigh her whole collection Of transgressor1
tgauss those Of that Word" whose ch;!dren
:eioice when professor falls, e1ciaimine, "Lo!
10 has become like ono OF us!" What IL
8eecher compared to Fisk? What the BosKiAs
to Caiigu.a7
11an is but conelomerate, an iucop1ruoea