The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-15

dinance ont by this: that every pope aud every car
dnal and every archbishop and every priest Of every
order, ana every commandment that loves the Lord
Jesus Christ in sincerity and In truth and
his life the fruit Of this love and faith, my soul dies to
him aud halls him, before know what speak, as my
Lords child and my brother. lie Is mine. Not by
ordinances not by tho framework mans hand In the
structure o. the Church in physical way-he rs
mine ~ the mighty drawing OF God IN me and
l IN Him. | am IN that Church, and nobody
can keep ice out am in II without IFS popes, and stay
without It's schsm. am in IL without NJ priesthood
! am IN u because II Is good For that great Church
lies Ike tropical continent whose innges are full OF
many things precious and many things dangerous
whose mighty growtts many OF them poisonous
and many OF them useless. but nevertheless full or
riches and iul Of floral beauty aud fun Of rare and ad
mlrable fruits and will not throw them all away
take the liberty OF loving what Is lovabe and letting
the rest alone
Mr. BEgcHER's RELIGION
And al the great that lie outside OF the
mother sect, there none OF them 10 which
do not belong. ] am Episcopal love the sweet
been like The wings Of angels 10 me, and
belong TO her, not by any form OF outward gov
ernncnt but by the holmes that " her-her noble
love- purity from generation to generation, IN holy
households IN sanity ministers and III sanity commu-
nicans Nobody can crest from me Tho fellowship
that ! love-ihe fellowship OF the sou!-with that
Church 10 which we indebted more than ever our
ungraiefu thoughts will be able to II has brought
through stormy times the seed which SOW and think
is ours forgetting that blessed With the tears yea,
and nourished with the blood, OF many OF the men
WHOSE nanes we now derlde oeons 20 .ne .Su rc
win. Calvin 10 mine. Whether he would nave received
me doubt, but think he would great deal sooner
than his bastard children would A great reormer
hc-a that stood the symbol OF the progress
sivc thought of the time Ia which he lived He gave
10 the world that which il much needed Men had no
objective development Of the religious life. and CALVIN
built up system and 10 many respects SO mag
nncent in lis force that men said .ie don't need tho
old here Is our fan there IL the structure that holds
us belong to the shouting Mcthodss and the silent
Quakers, for sometimes shouting and sometimes
am silent. belong TO them because both represent
permanent cxcellenccs | belong TO the Congrega-
tionasts, because this widely dispersed cluster OF
churches, that not streaming through the sky as
connected meteor but scattered broad as the neb-
uir and the Stars separated one from another,
cast INTO the vault common light ! belong 10
them because goodness UNIVERSAL and II You love
goodness you belong all the churches that are good
You love purity you belong to all the churches that
pure II you love self sacrifice and self denial for
your fellow men, II YOU love Christ with flame that
grows brighter and brighter you near the promised
day you belong 70 all the churches you belong TO
Christ, You belong TO all that are HIS
Mr.. Beccher continued in this strain for some time.
cuogizDg the Presbyterian Church in particular for It's
PATRIOTISM during the Revolution. They have among
them said he, sweet souls and Christian households.
Peace be upon all the churches and the blessing OF Al
mighty God. Will seek for no individual union OF the
body. will seek organization that shall DC idcnti
cal with others. These lower things; rise 10 the
top good In all the sects that Chrlsanlikc,
ami honor them aud pray Tor them and for all that
are beneath their sway and care