, 1876-02-07

of which If In any sense committed 10 its handa
a. a ChnrcE.
Enl lie aim Of the true or ideal Church will
ho always thteefo'd First, It. aim Will bc to
promote the highest and most enduring good
not the mere pleasure or entertainment, but tho
hlKllcat and moHt enduring good Of all tta MON.
bere; It will stsivs to make itself in tho largest
s'l1 beht hcnso an association for mutual help
ioF mutual encouragement, church sympathy
-opeIation truclr Tratcrual band, that tins
IT. mt mhets. standing side by side and rupport-
be alone; aud each doing vhat no csn 10 bloss
others. may himself tc blerBed As oshorNieo ho
coHll not bo,
Secondly, iss oim will be. not only to promote
bcrr. but also to 20 etcp further and e1tcn,l u,
fHF ~ Possible tho litaits OF thai membership.
Tho true Church II 10 closed clrcic. Its ranks
ase always opcn. and It's hand always extended
With jta objects. II would not te true Church
II 1t mnde it is conditions Of membership hard.
For thus 1t would shut out people WHO, mott OF |
sl1. neod 10 bo In. OF courro bad men, who arc |
making little or no effort to 10 gocd should not
DO received into 1t, because tiun 1t Houd aoon
tccomo corrupt and loBe It's btgh Objects, and
become nero worthless thiDE-ablc to accom-.
pllsh nc, good for anybody, Hot bad Eon-1
to that point where they earnestly desire to ro-
form, then ! think tho Ideal Church will always
gladly receive them.
And. ns 10 tho matter OF closing tho doo!n Of
~ ret th,rk thn,n - o'.sn % ~ nnrpons IN In
world n,oro siucerciy " tn % be pympothized with
than tLoso who tind It hardest to Lcl,oyo in re-
liglon aud spiritual thiue1. / am disposed to
IN III, ca,,ntEr I Vii ri, ~ ro,ei A. 4ho Ch1st;an
Church In almost nlI nEen haa done, but will
JoyfuI)y and lovingly Welcome the earnest
doubtes-she one VINO Ia feeling for the trrth
! tho iruo Church viii ferl lint ruch ner1nt1
has great claims UPON Ii. and 10 sucb It csu
do r,oro good tbsn to almost any other BY
and fall ' about hm o ,S,uk II tne oc Cbupcs
bea been cruel, not s,uply uucbrstian. tut uoai-
tfvn1v rruni #, tAn Wv II hns trnntnd s,rcrrn
ioubt in the t,ast. and Ia tha xay It ID onr too
generally treating II now. As II tho eorrow OF :
mana being couonc1iet} bv ita own houess tb.pk.
inc aud ipyeaticatun to differ from others whcm
bo RESPECTS aid has believed 10 harmony With
and TO find hisueclf drifting away from unchors
nhicl cn,,t;,se ,< nni,i ntl,crawnn II iha aorrow
| Of this. eay. wero not eoourl without tho
Ch,,rci, t1,rnnc IT, lack l,non lin in Ills bis
| time Of f1cepest dntkncsa and eo-e.t pced. For
vh' ,I,e IDEAL church' h' eo fnr from mat,nr
/ a;frerenrn nf hel}cf from tina mniorIty of IN
mcmbers a pround Of rejection from 1ta mem
| herrtIn. viii Hhen Il e<tnes. opcn its arms to
nest 5nnhters M,nd do mt ssv 10 ouihhIera or
of scoircss. nr ,,cIsnna Vim nrii]o themselTns in
their llnbclief: there hsye no more place in q
| Christian Chn,cb thsn Lsye onon adultercrs aud
| Iara rnd nTofancra If eerrcd thinrs Dut hon.
ns. jonhlsr, men Vh1 nro innt11Iinc honestly
~ tfe ,rotE sinnorc,r ,,saiTous ~ ersbrsc,nr 4
mt 60 Ia and roo,; m thew can ind it OUT
ihese. no ruatter IN What direction their p1osent
heiefs. N fsr AZ thrr hsya formed Lotjefs. nov
| innt, tr1iryn thu jdca1 chnrch Viii reeeirn ten.
I scrlv and forfnIr n .,ch ienrths Of change
from vbst has iran do 1 think the ChristIsn
Church must advance beto,o it does tho work ip
mrdcrn soriety Which it ongbt to do.
AMI II Il ouebt 10 RI m 6rr rs that thcn surc1Y
| smaller donias md 5iiffc:cncea OF belief. 4. lie.
1wntn Chrntisn aect and chri,ti,u eect' 70 fsr
f.otn kcerinr pcreuns out al tho Church. shouid
scarcely moro bo taken into tho account iu nuch
| n connection than thn cut OF thoir coats To let
snr .nch Thing 1Icisr ,,cr.ons iron, admission 10
| a Christian Church. Il thoso rcrsonn ale gcnu-
inc!y 10 ayn.pstl,y with tho general obtccsB md
work OK tho Clutch, it seems 10 me il utterly 10
| miAtnAc
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