, 1876-05-29

Tlir variations Of srrt nrr lIelwc unavoidable,
because, with 'nly basc.l1nt given, dozen III
ferent directions, IN fancy Ira,s., ~ III. New
Testament lai'i down ou1y single lHsr-tnc of
worship, It wnR easy for different engineers tn
tnovc cut ui,un The fara Of thu Religious culiti-
work iorthward and n,"p mt r1,rIt nh country,
Que might rt'itt Ills ca1npass sotithwar1 and
give us the Episcopal n'aI1 and yrt frs'tn tii'.
glr basc-itno inny they off hare nlpych Out oi
rs gonl NJ tie I'D, int y II 1rten: tho rn!ne.
Not lang e!rco q Htgh-Ch,lrch Epf>enpa!fnn
rlcasanty s2il: How young ,you nrcl Your
established hy Christ Ili,nselfu' And yrt VIC
WIN snret here in this RUM meet fn tho na,no
of all tie venerable truths nf religion. All the
years nf earth nre o1l ,'s a''i around s 60 Tar rs
arc indeed lost Of which Jnl,n md James AH1
Paul drank the communion: the little "uppcr
rnom wfcro Christ Himself sat hhs fallen into
dccny. We hc1evc tint even tho highest order
Of Episcopacy does not pretend 10 possrss Tint
The couch Is gone upon which the beloved Dis
ciple rccIncsl, Tins there Is much Of the past
which We do not my longer posses. But la foE
tho cotnnution,, that passing, OF the bread nnl
Mister, TINT right VIC llarc In just exactly such
f,llncss Of ycnrs Ms rrrtRins to the same sup
per IN the Ep[scopal u rapal precincts,
] The pools OF watnr In which Holm baptized We
NAVY 1HE hOTlliiaI ttlhkta ITO
he'd, md now thrre Is green grass perhaps, or
M olive tree thousand ycayA old, n.i the spot
| where the Baptist onco went down Into the Jor-
| Ian, W. hAyo not tho exact baptism af nh
llend IA The name Of The Trtune t}'N nd this
Is ns old In this church III the one where st.
Chrysostom preached or ST. a'g'lstne wrote
| down tic doctrine. u thc new religion. The
thousand times, anA II thousand times have
! fallen elsewhere, au,l new Wateys which once
were In st A1ssl:sirp! hayc tlllr.l mp tue Jordan
breos and thus slc Episcopal priests layr come
no., ot the Apostolic succession, is rs valuclcss
for the purposes Of religion as the succession If
water om Lebanon and llcrlnon arc
y3luelsss 's for ss l"m;rsio" or sri"kins
from 'nS es eT won ei the We oa aSf ih S fun n IN
tho water tlrat typ!acs the washing white Of the
soul, bilt VIC shal never look around for tho
old lands That oucc led the convert slown into
sianIsy Of valuable doctrines, not the antiquity
OF garment, rnbe, or OF q name. The cross
We Believe IN Is 1,S0O years old; the cunvel%,-
tton w all hold essential Is as anctrns as our
era, dating buck to tic Damascus Gate; tho
vl.arly We teach sates back to the tlutc of Mosca
when he commanded soi1,t sAtaves, and suinc
grapes, n,l,l snrnc iEga to be left for the widow
and The fnthcrless; thu faith BY. whtcl, We NIL
by At unruEcn succession loirr than . lie ron
tinAtty Of the priesthood. 1ie began that I'LL
,n;n experience t.llr. trust in uul obedience nt
(i'al With was destined to rim through nli
rouiIng times as thc power that should bind
| IN all the paths Of virtue and usefulness, and
hopeful IN NIL days uf clon,l anil pain. Indeed,
| thu "olt" of the treasuro comes to
US clothed with peyul!ar. sweetness und
and favorable witness Of nil who have lived
on earth. Antiquity is very ,lear IN It's truths
Instead Of in"vlnE away frnin II let us stand
I by ite Varied eSccllcl,crs. The soil which We
ten thousand yours MD. We I'LL knnw wlMt
ruins, nnd frs,sts, and ahrasfbts, and cfarmfait
| nrtions tAvc been necessary to transform vol
cnnlc rock into tic covering of nnr 1cil. Wo
nsk no tlew sul. It IL Tic old VIC love. So ns To
nntiaulty, W. perceive what precious hleas Of
relirlo,, II las discovered, or received, Or tried,
aud cherished fur lis. w perceive tho fnsrfra..
tlon Of our fathess, and the crllc ats.l cross Of
our sayiur, hut here amttl these. deep, funtia-
mcnta, Ideas our devotion to tho past ends.
The n.e O{ church organization, the antiquity
Of n Knn,nn Church, or Russian Church, hhs
IN itself cllarn, either to charm ur to offend.
Tho Mollam1netlnn Church is old, Tie Chinese
worship IL rerhnps older still, the 0oyeruinent
Of Chii,a Ii older than the mouarchy Of EnglnnA
or The democracy Ut our tiwn land; but NIL this
antiquity Of Chlircl, or STATE is mere hnuhlc
compared With the value of the fundamental
truth. tlut hAye come to liz frOm old revelation
a.nl old labor, aud old experience uf Joy aud
BORROW.
Tho ,r1et vu1Nohtn nu1nu ri Tim 0ln ind thu
Srw Is ti,at w;,nr,i,, ~. zoo m.wintrr,,r","tn,
or or mv,!ii;catIsn ul tic ane,rnt ioetrinc. No
branch vf thought llas c!pscd its arroMnt with
nni,,ra teens m II r1iunin,7 uara,!,,t viii So,
rtety o,ul tlIsr uro u,a.is tay new eutrtcs ard
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