, 1875-12-18

Independent find tl,at no slccosaioD or minis
torn ~aa Intended BY our Iaw1 In tl,c Bible. ac-
cofaiug to his Interpretation. And tie N.ptiat
that Infants arm not to ba baptlzed2 In
tho Hblc, according to hs Interpretation.
And tho Swiss Calyiuist learn to roject the
Atnnonlant? And tho qnAker 70 sojoct the BAG
inal Hin In = 1uers tnrnnslon Of tnan7 And tho
aucinian that our Lord "a not Very God2 And
tho 1tomsn Catholic the doctrine OF Pusgasory
anil tho Invocation Of Haints, and the unction
Of tho nickf In tho BiLlo, according to ]a inter-
prntatlon Of II. Aud hnvo not All iii equal right
to Intnrprct2 Ia 1t not n,onstrons for oue do
nomination to assert that It Ilas superior piety
and understanding and a epooial iuapiraion1
The question Ut tho day In not what does
XIX think. or what aocs any man think, dr
any church think, Int what IL tho definite nnd
interchangeable wystom of faith Which tin Dible
las revealed for our salvation. and which has
tho Testimony of God thu. your Interpretation
of Hin revelation is authorized and e,iytuo7 Tho
vhr,ons regioH l,otltoB bellovp upon their ttt,i-
sdual Interpretation; and tho Church of Homo
Ia 20 testot. for it giyes what only ono individ-
uaL believes, tho 1'ope.
Now, what arc "l'ho Apoas1as Crne1," and
"}'oria IN ExccaiB,' tho u 'I.itAny." etc.7 Tho
private interpretations Of doctors and rnform-
o.s7 No. The decisions Of Epincopt. s,ynotls
No.. Merely the opnona Of 11umenical Conn-
ctln7 M. They ate tic everlasting records of
God e1sling before tho Diblo hAl bnen COL
lected tngot!er, and before aorne Of Il was writ
ten, and which would remain II tic IAblo we're
destroyed. Not mainly the Interpretations OF
the primitive Church, hut Witnesses md monu-
nents Of TINT Church and ui her general coun.
cia, incorporated into tho history OF tho woylti,
im1nntable anti Interchangeable for1nulares Of
.she faith" They ore not tho inheritance OF
The Episcopal. but Of tho whole Catholic
wxs one, boforo the divisions Of 1eomo or Geneva,
at.estlng ~ much tho divinity Of tho faith a.
tltlo-doeda attoHt tho reallty Of rightfu poases-
Ron to proPerIJ-yea, moro: they arc tho ever
Bpenking and everything monuments Of [iod
HimBolf. Thus dependent on primitive testimony
md Bul,sequcnt witnesses for tho very Bible
tontifying that those Books which n1e now re-
coivcd had alwaya evorywllere. aud by all
cbnEclos, boom received % tho Word Of God,
We must perceive that this principle which haa
made the Christian world 1t ono AZ to the Bho
would tnake II At ono AZ TO Artlcloa OF Faith.
40 also a. TO the ministry and the Church and al
tho quentiopR which now divide Clsisteudon1.
Wo need but this ono principle to 10 understood
and raale the basis for action, together with
loyo Of trrth and Unity, to rcatorc perfect
unity to distracted and divided Christianity.
Rome no more 10 bo against G1oeco, and Qreoce
against Rome; Homo againat protestants, Aud
protoatantB .gatnst Rome. and b1U Becta against
all these and acainat oacll other. Xxx will thon
no moro toll TIL that be does not believo in
"ecrohnB," and does not believe Ia DolIngerb
conferences" and doea not ba!levo In '.Bchol-
astfo theology" and does not beliove in Il Eu-
Eastern position" and does not balioye In
"lighted candles" and doeB not be!levc In sge1a-
u1cctlous." He wtfl no moro mako it manifest
that ho believes in ' mo lpHuul," hut that ha be-
llevcs In tho ''faith onco delivered TO- tho
HAints." a, n