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which shall declare o. thar ordliniDg coun-
els ought TO do their duty faithfully; (2)
that il after ordination any man repudiates
any material part Of the Evangelical faith he
n""h' :" --;-@'---- ""d (}) that If he per
sist in teaching such euor~ac ought IN h,
iropred from fellowship.
As showing something Of the courso Z,
outside comment, we copy the following
from editorials in other religious papers
From the Christian Mirror, March 18th
Ir must be apparent that the course ol
inquiry and free thought cannot, at tbs
day, be arrested by votes Of religious bodies,
nor by any ecclesiastical machinery what
ever. We have faith in CUngregatiOnali~in
not because Of its fOrmularies or its councils.
bat because it loves the Bible and IcyiTals
and missions and Christian work to save
souls We believe that these, like the cur
rents and tides of the ocean, will, with the
blessing Of she indwelling Spirit, keep it,
masses pure, both in doctrine and practice
a result which We 90 not think can be
effected by building breakwaters and stir
ring up the muddy waters OF suspicion and
strife.
TFrom the Cougre -ltionali-., Ma.ch lS.h
While We cordially approve of the truth
cnunc;ated in that resolution, we have never
clearly seen the wisdom Of It's presentation
or Of any cGleayor 10 secure such an utter
ance from such body. If pastor Of a
CONGREGATIONAL church were to fall from
grace so far as to preach Uuitarlan'>m,
Uai~cr=all-rn or general rgtiOnulism. and he
so uc~rfv--v--t[ [,---~.s----AI- mi srIrIt,f-.
honesty as to fail TO see and feeI the in-
congruity, impropriety and essential dIshoH-
esty of such a course, no such resolution will
meet his case. COngregationalists learned
or ought to have learned from the move
ment of affairs in the days Of the separation
between Orthodoxy and [ nitarianism in New
England, that vital piet7 is the bcs: aid to
the segregation that needs 30 take place.
And other things often promote that, more
than resolutions of State bodies.
From the New York Ind, ,pendent, May Is
1t appears to US that instead Of passing
the resolution under consideration, which
condemns as no gentleman anybody who re
tains his denOninatiOnal connection attcI
making any substantial departure from that
underlined historic belief, or any more lnde-
Unite 1OTm OF tHe same RESOLUTION, Tut VII
do well to drop the subject entirely, On the
ground that their work i to buili up and
encourage the churches, while it Is the work
of councils, called for the purpose, to decide
on the soundness in the faith of the minis
Try and the churches.'
The discussion in the ChroH!cie practical
ly ended several weeks since-thoush there
have been some scattering shots sinc5--5y th'
announcement by one Of the committee VIII,
have had the resolution in charge, thai oae
member of the committee has been from th1
start firm opposer of it; thatalothcr mem
Der carly reached the conclusion that the re
solution must be materially modified; and
that a new resolution had been prepared t
take tie place Of tue cid one.
What the new resolution i, Is not mad
known. Its presentation will be awaite'
with some curiosity, and the resulting Dis
cussions and action cannot fail to lend his
interest and importance TO the coming se'
sion Of the convention.