, 1877-07-21

ErpAt wave like thts a,.,l stop it by changing
rutrs* in New Enalan1: and wr hal that
law from lrit /" lti~S. II was the ruIr hat only
Church mc'ntsr' Should e'c eligible +" uf'isc,
covenant. But long alter TINT. thnt halfway
COVENANT kept nD, In spite Of the changes nf
laws ,,nstcr William md Mary. Therefore It Is
not surprising at oE that III li04--cun.ing .lown
lind sto,tdarl, of Northampton, claiming Tint
men should be admitted to tic ton.,nnnios-
service rs converting or.llna''re. Whether
converted or not, they should come to the coll-
,lnnnton servfrr, and should he recognized as IN
komc se.,sc church tnen,bers. AMI Anally
StOdtlarl went 81 far as to
DEFEND An CScuxrER1ED MINISTRY.
Nlitcfcld writes IN his Inrnal that "atotI~
tlar,l j. to bc atic'l fur maintaining TINT man
NAV be at efficient minister although nut co,'-
vcrtcd." VI SEQ lt'w this roltIt-i stratn year
after year Aa,l rsltIstA Massachusetts to drift
away ffuu, Ilrr anchorage near Plymouth Eoek,
and how, little by little, tl,c had come into
witch 1clong III every democratic ngc to stuso
Churches. Masssuhuecttshn has had State Church,
nnd her seetl)ar,zaton had bccoHIc such IN the
time OF Edward. tlial he underwent persecution
sas wave 't's of scejsrssiion int Ind h been a' rs
ing. ever sine 1871. lie opposed tho
halfway covenant. nntl WINS sent into
the wilderness as all exile bertllso he ilatl 0t-
posed u. ses.arl2ation e t;fd'e house: Why
daughters atuf his wife, cunrclIcd 10 live TN
charity frotn Scotland tor awllllr Gecansc hu
had opntsc1 thu halfway covenant. ! know
whcro III Massachusetts, 10 put my i.nnil on l!ttlo
with Elwarls' writing, and tho books were
ma,lc from clippings Of tho paper 1se,l in the
fans manufactured l,y Ills wffu anil daughters
and sold to obtain tluLr tlni1y hrcatf. Ttcro arc
be tanne,l with as tl,nsc thnt Edwards' dat,gfl-
iers uni wife mntlc and sold for food.
MASSACHUSETTS STARVED nlM, AND SCOTLAND
FED HIM.
think Gotls but tl!ero wcrc In this experience
Of Edwards only the natural results Of 4 long
course Of tcen!artzatiun. Hut Edwards and
Whltchcld stopped the chief norton uf the
wave, 30 far as that halfway covenant was
abandoned, the Churches Of Eastern AtnssnclM
sc.ta bernmo evangelical. 30 fur rs II was re-
'iracy'a I" "fttsturv Of the tarcAt Awakcntng.'
and you will find statement That no hin9le
Church that cont fnueI to retain THO halfway
covenant up to 'he present time, whether con.
is commonly supposed that tic cTors Of CaiyiH-
Ism accotlnt for the risc Of Unitntianlsm.
but men must remember tl!c errors
ot church government; tho scc,ilarEzation
tho general o,,trome Of this halfway covenant
Which Edwards md WhttcticlA successfully re-
sisted. Men must iottcr tt,af tho charrhes that
dropped thut kystc,n Mcanio evangelical. anil
the cHl1sGnes tliat KEPT II l1F eonllhueN 70 nc
say that the political were far moro important
!ilnn INC dheos"sical causes o. vn!taflaalsm:
Undoubtedly gentlemen here who hnVe opposed
mary ot ttioae crToss Wuieh II tH tho uct'gat ol
mosicrn Catyinlttlc scholars to ogrose-many
VI them statements tor whfeh tals1u was nut
Responsible: things tackled upon hta system tat
did not hcl9nR to the roso q tf.-nndoubsct!ly,
mat,y gcutlene,l here will hardly rtro the
emphasis do' alter long study OF
ytIa fhnr,o n fhts c11ft iu1 t@rf.tH tr,1
that lay On Massacnusetts To ssc't'arlzo hcf
chttfctcs. nNt, stan1in9 nero nnu rce1tlslH tHe
history oil New LnV!nnt!. l 10 not feel nny
nsean OF root tllat tho covenant a'sa tllls
political pressure out VI Which 1t arose. were
tho ...-.-.
PRINCIPAL cAusRs or THE DISQUALIFICATION
or ORTHODOXY
" Eastern New ENGLAND. aud that tlemoralsza-
ts"n tsc rh!ei cas'sc Of tue tlay.s!1', OF t'oa'a
unsvanVrl1en!*
To tie brief, therefore. let mo say that hold
III NY !An'l brlct e92y 81 record nla1e 4s late
Us - IN tue Official books ot church IN West
may may 5 a at oer fsiia sispa ss ass'
upAtd down trom the Merrl'nack to tho Con,eet!-
cut M aIynE scott, and every now and then
eha.cc to nltet talkatsvc document IKE tli!.;
-, AZ Church meetimg hidden ~ Wcstheld,
communion may have liberty u gtvc an ncsollnt
at Q work of saving tunYcrs!of, or rot. II El,a!!
be regarded rs matter OF lndltfcrenrs." VIII
ullevahgrllrhl oplnioiis arse III cHnfch nah-
hSSeu III laat 8tylH' lou may concluue what-
ever why you please aGeonilng 20 theory. !
cttlclntlr according to tilc tast OF history that
where that cilrcll-nsactlce exists, ~ Il Jid nll
over Eastern slassa"hisetts s'liIcSanEcllcal op'n'
Ions l1at:irn'Iy ar!ac.
Out OF tic p2lit!en! pressure when rrcrcacu
tue A:erss!nn OF william 1nd Mary came TIC
hRlf -way covenant; out ot the halfway core.
nAuL came thc sccuIaIlzatlon q! tHe luutcN
!Mne.a99sts!ip Me,I ~ Ine Sonsfssalsona. 0oay N
a." s.aahas ~ " pus ..,. 9. Wy" ~ ~
S.atc Ganie h.atai.re ~ s.as"ans IMnisn u. u n.c
nore, tin'inf ;ii " sne .,essis ~ ".u.n q o.ats
EnuIeh Nv III I,n1uPv t's"5. -tnu tneIn y
aeu1y nsossc a'at sWeena nsEs nostoi tlat
a"s aS % ~. cor .s9 " vns Sn ~, ~ t, NV. ny.
ahu tHas nssc; mau a"y ss1t II lne'1 to Ksecp
nsnl as .xn,,i'. ,",, ,,,,,, 1" n sp1an
nv ~. ] n..9 ..''' ~. !. ~, I i 1u Nv 9pJiaasN
~ ~! th.,", ~ 49, ~ ''' nst,s 49, Nv .a1.oh
W ny Ws.n ~, ~ , sG" Ia ,,. h,t rsn.,on .i
NV .1 a!i . .su es ,,s y .nn y 1,, sosenant
as tu'ty Mn "sI M" M"v .' ns.t w,sl tmc"tJ-
i've t'e xnsty :.. Se' 'i 4' sI lncsIato aan acts.
, ~" " ".sm ,',, "n I,"; ~ H.. ,h,ss, 1Soes Te'
yDsg ,aSS Man sedn y uiIaa'"m ~ '.as: t aLn
a 70 lnn1 VI irns, atL f,!u.M ao"sgr ~ speit
lns t'i!sivu, NY! sois. ''ee9uso Itsa,T ttu.
tlllt law iHt ~ tIo n'Iopttnn " tHa 'atl'~Ay