New-York tribune., 1876-03-25


cse ThS entire plan OF proceeding is laid oni out by
DE- Dexter who Was ono Of the olgnators of the move
/, is distinctly stated that the church which nas , ihf
proposition could IN case me Mutual I .. o all The
meiubors !" that suca council world taxi absolute wv
denia6e and unayGidaDe @ IN Which he church
and its pastor could decline OF evade sIch an G
foro II ont OF the Congregational denomination and
tnat outcome OF such council ~ sI!'.iu I;a a
acGut tho pastor ana she church, would be to relieve
tie Conrrsgationa churches OF the contamination OF
that pFesenee" Fortunately there Is no Tir Ti,i,
s1 Ssa yal ap0Ti the %SoyeT Chsch took was the
EtiatoFy step IN prose.s 4i M, niy This Int also
process OF discipline in which one or inc TWO 10
course o tIne. become tho sole udSe t was uns
direct ard papabe infringement OF the liberty Oh tno %
o ovei the ohcrcnes which chaac
tsrizes FresDy trihism and similar ioris o. in
its worst form. for II furnishes meme oi 'e @
against tyranny which even lreSoyteFinlSih Is com %
was r,ec no more quickly dceisively tiin a. onsnl
10 been TITO proposition OF The 4a'le"y toun.i
Se See ;ns sS@pcd sG4tsTt tshscrruy @ai G'S by % M '
CONGnEG ATIOSALIsM NOR A ROPE OF SAND
The critics OF the Advisory Council tell US 1lt II this
vAicn we contend for and which is tho doctrine OF tho
store platforms Is Congrega0nasm, II Is rope OF
sand" and ust hajo something stronger and better
rhls cry that Conre gaicnasm is rope OF sand Is %
Old as its history Every opponent whether within our
communion or outside Of it, who is full of the idea or
strong government JOINS In the eIy A. they ooA upon
onr liberty in connect,oa with fellowship and cannot
comprehend how il survive tho hst shock 20 when
IL nay he exposed, they oil say, Ycur system E rope Of
sand But somehow other, the rope holds. The sys
TEN has stood strong in tho country for more th 700
years and has Infused its principles into other systems
more and more rs the generations have passed onward
!ts energy in tbo laSs quarter OF century, has been
who love the system uDd It's liberty are moi aaf'd We
Ssy to al who demand stronger govcEment be they Who
tteV
onr republican ins;itutions-vhat an eminent pro
IN INV Hoatinc. t. his class: "The advocates OF
monarchy lore.Gr t.kins about ne lhsiaouA end
d.ngor OK tns ,rcan Repubic but II is irnafhao
iact that the Icpbc survived unchaDSeAi nearly
esnCTy. wEDO alnost every government III Etioe h'.s
been r,yoUtouzod three or four times within that le
rod" And urtl the menory o, tho great dsinpor o he
ITesbycI Church has Gicd away VIC shall meet NtD
system nhicl hls never known any such terrible *
Pelenco. Tho gentlemen who 90 hoW Viacoeiais "yC %
yeas as Dr Woods Of Andoyor and others ~ the last
generation feared they arc now FEARING ana de-
!aandrI the stronger sovcrnmontol olcmcn; which they
demanding have aiieady i.,el nHA5. nv n.' @ o
Congre;,,iuna,gI of che carry ra'ncis VII survive M
changed arG il w Dlo:s the generations to come aS u
Las blessed those thar are gone
COSG2RGATICSAl.IsM AND GUILTY M1NislE FRS.
Has Congregltionaism, then, no method oi dealing
vita a minister who IS accused OF crime, provided his
church adhere 10 hint IL has 1t offers indeed, not
only ono method hut thar one. trst 10 points 10
She course indicated The 18th chapter OF MaEeW-the
way pointed out by Christ himself Ii this me'nod had
been adopted in the whicn has Cccasloncu 81 thlS
excitement and If the brethren in the ministry Who were
in doubt or dissatisfied had gone to the pastor OF Ply
month Church before the Council Of 1874 IL the spirit
and following TIE principles oi that divine method ID
stead OF beginning with movement Tor the cahhS ti
council to discipline church, the entire Subsequent his-
tory Of tnaeae might have beun changed II - Cor-
taiy TO be deeply rcgre,t tod that it Was not adopted
When mon axe m doubt Of eseh oher, pr1voje confer
euce, wiz Christian feeling, - better NaV ." I'i.H
saii.s.,tisL than CJlrclis or llGcUoti"., Nui
id. Kgi-.
J Jci , ai eo and its no f,yo-nbS result tousics
-ionaiisn hes two o;ror cour5is which It opens II
aOws definite cbal.ts 10 DO made as"iSt -. h'1'.'
in GEcs Oh before tio association %. mir..'te win
v6it ne js connected aud the charges aro -o'5tan
tiaod ~ clear proof allows ben 90 oXpe hhn rom
ts,ir BODY gty oi crime These ASSOCIATION itct
srs IN 4 sense voluntary their nature anI man may
dismissed from one of them without .Oslh, h eirr
~ minister But II he Ia .cd on i1o;ou, Hl @ n
clearly established e. he ruihc ia,sG as s',e m W am mo
!. thmd InetaOd It gvss AL ether chusch's t"o
who IS ea,ly ahd the cW.oh which ris''a'ha
m and t. eiy pubic declaration OF their Withdrawal
OF a coac called by themselves ~ !ccoriaueo Wt" lie
provisions or tbs platforms. Ia care tio W'h''i|t -
cArrcncs, sac,i oh"ieh E9y ne Nnody eAcluTd rom
,bo Jraoial.lca and any 0ihtl clu chts NnfH wiz
TIioi,c rI'reb TEis il what OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES can
d. with smell = aud sCch - cGurcn IL teS' ""ls'
e,, Ssr Of tlt po@er o. tIe Pope himself this sub
stinIaiy a tJ ANY ecoc.idstci syscu c'n 10. Nn"t
course docs Prof saiu ;se tie &,csuy t1an thnfrn,
rhcn he is triod for hcIcy abd lis own cfurc, rEty
or wholly, rallies around nm ic"l' - erHu
ay Lila 40 matter what h.npens Ito siMIS @nF' cut
vi tde denomination and taE"s his 'A.rcL W.,n iiih
o., forms "A new one ..d the Presbyterian bo,r rcirs
NitharawE rom him. a. n"tLn% m"r', N'"t 1nf'
Le c.Ie, or Wnat diacreHeo does " hflo IA 'S i1'Gu,
except MS ecclesiastical Ic!a IONS u tht -'l or
! ths General Assembly illuminate asainss mn aitrr prs
hy- taken bis leave Of thoIi Sysirmf "hat 'i." ,'
Bishop Cummns lor the solemn Wor", o. NC tssI"i'
Dal Church ~ tey ass, lnbic and formally dcpo'c in
l1l hr Oii.eoi he j. ryond ibrir poNtf ana ,hy ~,
accomplish n,Ltin. They relieve tnemso'c- from 5l'
responsibility Tor hip aLi II" Is olt Oi utT '''NA'
! Aud 80 it Iuay Dc ~ tho Congregational 5y-i'"
Mr.. BRECHER MOI PROVED GUILTY..
But "A gaiiiy Episcopal bishop MAJ bo d"noaei d. Is
said and never hold the ministerial oiieo hir Nhd 20
may . guilty Congregational bishop. M,n 10 Do" ooi-
srog,tionai ministry VINO base fallen mo 6eNous Ni- W
past times have been degraded from tleii ONCE ana
history has shown that stem Is more effective th"h
that of Conresti iOisA for securing the Puriy 90 ne
ministry. But minister in any branch OF the cpHch q"
Christ must proved 70 be guilty before NJ can 10
deposed once establish this fact with rogari 70 The
pastor OF Plyn0uth Church, ana C"ngleg'''"h'-m VII
noe only d itself Of him. but be viii be ooeas' from
ts ministry within two days after the proclamation OF
the proof of his gt But the difficulty 10 the present
case Is one which would be serious obstacle ~ ihe way
O, eccio iasica condemnation in any denomination u
4, this namely, that the pastor OF Plymouth Church mas
not a. vet, been proved guilty. Many lcr1oaa thlhk
Lsat he Is. But equal number OI persons tnnh u1'
| ho is not An that is positively known Is That The oAy
uyc,tigatiOns held In Ia" Cdso thus ldi nave iCSui"i
iyobiy to him, and that the general pEcipio applied
all other men EXCEPT ciergyinen y th't t arc 10
lie trslned to be innocent unul proved To DO gulI'y
How tAcn, snail wc determine the question Of gum OF
nn0ceucoi This j. thc ait,npoftat poiAL Inc ieelns
anon. LARGE numbers VU,sde OF the late tcunc ana oi
aany Council. has been that the pdNi lbsNtls
Mons not aogeuier satisfactory ana sum e, M
Coarci pat aside whacycr diteieces oi opinoh eNleu
among themselves on tho question @o'aI ~ % ,.,
recommended tho Cuch 10 adopt mo plan hI nn Ihvcs @
ds..iing Commission. The members of the tOihei! So
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