, 1877-09-02

posed anu lour or SIX OIL ,ls sr1u -, s.rns rs
out: hut tM1s natteF o, Is az. ~. ,o,nn IT the
nc ','' t,:ia p,tcsinnt Eu;sYi,al Church
Cnutc4 iI1'n ne ~ aTne I'n,rir,n Branch
" .,c tntteu 1S.Is Iso,;i !, ~ ~ The ,nnre ron
~ LUG SuIen 1as r,1;,rrchcns,rc title. urhc
1susen ~. lno!s IT, tie latter is mis-
Cnu!rh III .a!nerea: orS -; ~; n $. f,hurrh !,
.eauluS anu no1" ani ,re t.onc ,1,rrc never will
M eT se ~ .'''ene .o-r .ecta md denominations
DC. lhere arc many @ 49, arar anr vii hc inrd-
i. !nT =; tue ama 49, nnr,, ,,ther III
ihe enuiea ~ :aae ,a;, 10 +hs+ H. En;sco-
4o'Iy anu II. Hts,.r.h T., ~ amnr;co AID ihat is
~ u wy ~, S" '.,,'.ht - 10 f,i.ts1 IN the
te a. n,' ~ h1;r hv this rangc Of name
thurci aou on tnc puo's ~ ss 1as,'oi Observer
~ n'ust nc nan'!ess 10 t.e sh;ftinr Of
that there n2s ofGn tt,hSiuclaos -. nst fiv. or
party lhes II t9 Cturcn aat w III rn. anim',s Of
s,A st.sI uc 1,9e'J ;; .ona1 o,1 thc shis,natic
Iuc seu r,,.,,,rs ,i ,,,xe male Uirh
Caufsnmeh nau.c eHanSe Mar t,Ic th;s frt IT,
men more ehorslv. no" .,1i that st'1 1ha eva,,-
getuer Will i'le consplcu4s onI ,,t,, noti;re Int
gecal scnool er Se nag n,c. meN ,n1 n ,rc NAV
ac1eal Ill taie ,'encfat I'oh.Snl,o., ~ h,~, ,rmv
learn something useful: me LOW r.;.orv =
t'as been Trying TO de1enu too nut. r. - woriI
the same time. IT must concensasJ a;,s =, bave
ever win victory. l1o" I"u4 4eu.4.n .,,.;aa
allies. but won't use them. ~ 10y cotla,a aara that
tn TO Inc snaren on'q, 1rnr o"I ihc av tat the
a unreor%s,, " should abandon the nasc Protest
ant episcopal the he1orMea Epssevpa,tthh i pera In
wo!d ainpt tic namc, anu "ou'a ~ oc19.s I".ert
world as tile same OLD thu1cn tna! tltc5 us,ns;-
eu u atelushls are ucsuc9 tn rhamwa rhc
t'"n $" aos''rt, as tn'5 l'ropos!1'on ,1ont ~
Manic ot tAr Church nere Is =" alsumst. sl"m 80 ,,,a
And yet there are strong ,, as WI ~ 1,apnrs +,
arguments put forth IN Tue c1lu[Gh pnpS's ~ 49,
laYar OF ti!c change OF nalhe' ine s ne,,ea -
Graik. OF hentuSh5, Isesus@ G.n.,,t;ou ~
Deputlcs o1 the last ueuein ~ .nn',nin,l;
poses thc present name oeeause ~ 70 il ~ ~
nus, to" long and awkWaru, anu ".'.e,a tn9
recognition o. us eatho ~; t"a1 ..n,a :. .ashn.
Inc kon'an IhuFen as nF'o1 ~ t":s Dns
!ie, arosloilG cuu1tn, a '". sat,,;tnms a.jvrr.
the 'iarne frotGslant 10 ~ E'.u,.a sa a.,rt;t.a..
.sen;cht " tas apa. t .prntnstant Enisrn1,al
that 1t was before the trotes'an1 3 s',' IL
A!:lti Dr. Crak says tnsste'ao',' nss ,,9 thssa
viIcu Tor more lnan l,ooo fe'ls~ nnu t"tso 80,
uistluctise names out recosn1c a'u rSs nortnr
'arl OF THESE unHalps u.s's,os +hat tne
might have saa ~1h equa1 tlua.l' 1na. tn.,> 80
Church Of God OH elfth mas always rom -
nIst cstanlisn,nent o9en ots'ae. uaro,i;one ~
PtarlsceS. SiuuCes' Essencs, ahu taei oulao9 ~; J.,
the one Mosaic lsop1etN Gnu'tii ~ ~ ota;rhtns1
lestaineEt, ano u "as aSlnsS ~. n4i;a,s,,
sect o, thls one 1usc9 ,et, et,a H. rr,;l is enrav
Wo lAe real ISSUE "len " o'an 10, "a nns,a,,
oring To estabilsh "hcn ne asSsts snI ANoa n,sa
CATHOLIC, the Cnuleh VI ':.,.a Lso' ~
all other 11otestans 1, ~
vcpt Eis own, aud endeavors 10
prove ths Protestant hpiseopao rh 1fen n !. thnH
tells the members oi that Chulch "no u11aI'
from him that they "ialsiy, III common sneec!l
their own solemn PROFESSION III ts,e , cseeu 80 80
that his is the only catht'alc aposLolic cAu1c4 ~
the earth. The Diocesan Consentloi y. u.n. ~,
ginia has denied that position, and It pr1zcs5
episcopacv Is venerable historic io:n "
church government OF ecclesiastical poHtg' IL
does not maintain nor does It hna III tne prayer
hook the exclusive validity Of ep1seopa4 otue's'
This much the Convention nus ueelateu " ieso.
lution- 1t therefore sues no good reason why
the name Of the ChnrG1l snouau " eIan +;,s n
has given its voice aud vote against any TINKER
ing with it. Tie present Lame having oeen r.
taincd for nearly hundred years, ana tlle
chura h2vn %.na snn 1aI bny an pstta
and with far greater l2nucoce tnan any otne1
Christian body with. the SAINT nqmcrlch anu
financial strength, it must oe 1anecrous e1.
pertinent to change ths nauie anu W lctuln No.
once without tue " psGpe t. os'g name more truIy
catholic, but which seems u cast OIL tns'
Protestant character o. the Chusch.
The fact that not one n twenty o. tnc ehu1etl c
people ot the land IS sufficiently 'noostrlned III
distinctive church principles to see any reason
for the change Of name is Of itself sufficient to
make the Convention move very cautiously III
this direction.
But IA Cnurchman " tells tae ChnTch Sohr-
nal that the Roman Catholic Shufch. lnc Glceh
Church, the Church OIL EnGland. anu tne I[ot-
cstant Episcopal Church, are equally branches
Of tie primitive Church. anu thai III ASIA theE
all work side BY side: Tic cant scc' 1nefslnEe,
hGw the change of name TO Inc AhleIlcau 1lel
Church u could tuF1cn any conscience OF ueoar n
other branches Of TIC Churcn IRON oelohsl';S 10
the one great Cathollc ApoStonc Ghusen. lto. r.
fcsscd Christians" 40 mol Always oelo!is ~ tte
Catholic Church-olteu to none az al; II Tue
word "churcll u means mouse OF worship OF
parish or u body oil persons united III common
discipline and doctrine ln which sensc any one
could very properly speak Of tue Presbyterian
Church,, why, asks - a Churchlnan. does
Webster define d churchlnan as one be-
longing simply to the Church OF Eli
gland and not to the Presbyterian
Church, But manffestly Webster llad NJ
idea Of fixing the status of ehnrehcs' ~
church1nan is properly lone VINO belongs TO
church." ard Nebster's dc'i1'1tlon or aily etncE
definition, does not make tue "Church ot In
glandn any more "chureh" ttiafi the
.tChurch Of Scotland" " or the ''Churcll OF Ire
land,'' or Of any other land. ANU when 1t ls
considered that the Protestant Episcopal Ch''rsn
is one of tile smallest sccts Of CHRISTIANS III tue
United States, the absurdi:Y OF its claim to nc
t.the American Church IS Too inuch 10 oe
seriously looked at, According to its latest o.
tica cont all1ed III ITS urectoty
;s c,;siaj'1 ;S It las al also iftynine bishops aud
3.7Tl priests and deacons, or one Bishop for
every 45j7 communicates, and one priest ana