New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-12
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

the Rev. w. j. hION-IIltI", OF NuH'b'rt -?
invitation OF representative cltrgymen o. all
denominations except Episc0palians aud Roman
Catholics delivered an address on l'ItuaiISm IN
Boston last Monday. The Rev. Or. Duiye"
presided, and in presenting Tho speaker said MS
claims mon the attention OF the audencc were
warranted by his reputation. ~ was que
proper however, that those VINO had inVlleh
him to speak should explain their motives i0r
doing it, Every new or trcsh fcllGlou7 H'"'o,
ment Was of interest to the student OF the blola'
and sniritual nature OF mankind. II move
ment VAS feeble and mOngnIary 1t was SIMPLY
a matter of curiosity; II II had power ~ H. anu
engaged profound, earnest, SELL sacIIhcInE,
suffering men, aud accompi shed III nllcst ana
abiding good, II was n matter for sober ana ear
nest inquiry. That which was called llLnalisin
was such a movement. Nj. knOX-Litt's adj
dress was delivered before large audience.
At the Outset he reminded them that he was not
begging tho question about the Engllsh Nhhfch
being right III doctrine, but was SIMPLY asking
them to consider. heT doctrines beng what they
WERE whether tie Rltulists o. Catholics were
consistent actors ont of the doctrines. The BOOK
of Common PRAYER was distinct on the doctrine
of the Trinity. Ii asserted that there were thrre
persons or substances IN one divine substance;
the truth of the incarnation or the second person
of the trinity TINT the Chulch was Ills living
body that admission To communion Win the
Lord Jesus was by the sacrament or DapIism ~
a real means whereby, as by an Instrument
God gave especial glace To q soul that III the
holy communion there was a real, but spu-
iiual presence Of the body and blood OF the
Lord Jesus Christ that the rIte OF communion
was the central ute or CHRISTIAN worship, mat IL
was, strictly speaking, euchariStlc sacriHc
that Christ ordained three orders IN Ills ChiiIcl
by direct succession from the Apostles, Gale
now bishops and priests and dcacOns; thaV 20
share the gilt OF apostolic power required apOs-
tolic odd nation that the priests have power 10
consecrate the eucharist and declare and pro-
nOunce 10 the penitent abSOiucOn OF fOrglVtne
of sin In the name OF the Lord. The prayer
book asserted other things, but the speaker was
content with these premises. Now, either TIE
teaching Of the English prayCr-bOOk vas false
or it was tue. If false it should be denounced
and altered but il true IL should he acted upon
with honesty, assurance and cOpslSrency. AS
loyal sons OF the Church of England, believing
the prayer book To be true, because they DE-
licved it to be true they set about 10 acG ac'
cOrdingly. The Catholic movement saii To the
High Churrhmcn that the pray er-bOOk stated
the truth, buI it added that that truth must be
lived and acted and taught To souls; 10 me
evangelical il SAID it would be spIrlru.irhte, and
chat spiritual life. for Church of England men,
must spring ont Of the doctrines of the Church
# England if there was any vitality OF the spirit
of God in thai Church az all. lie thought that
rhe spirit OF God had witnessed tlat there was
that vitality.
A CLASH or DOCrRINE.-T Methodist
preachers OF ST. Loul5 had an animated discus
sion last Monday The proceedings We're
the Rev. DR.. Hughey, entitled Does Dr.
Thomas agree with the Methodist Church on
the subject OF atOnement + Ine speaker an
sweTed the question IN the negative, ana gave
The following ~ Il summary OF The views OF the
Chicago divine: " l. Dr. Thomas denies com
petev the second article of the Methodist
faith, and affirms that Christ died only to recon-
Gle man to God. g He plainly teaches that
man Is atOned 10 Goa, not God TO man. 8.
He expressly denies that the law of God de-
mands the death OF the sinner, or the death OF
Christ as his substitute, as a condition OF par
don, denOUnces this ~ the butcher theory, and
declares that II Is unreasonable ana UNJUST, ana
makes God tyrant rather than Il loving
Father f. He expressly declares that he ac-
cepts and ruSts in the moral view of aenement
as advocated by DR.. Bushnell. .. In explaining
this moral view, he aliirms that the whole d.
vine nature, Father son. and Holy GhOnt, Jus
tice and mercy suffered In the same sense, and
10 the SAME extent for sinners as Christ did,
ana that this was not suffering either penalty, or
a. substitute, but suffering III love TO Dilng the
sinner to God. 6. He holds that as soon as the
sinner ceases to SIN he ceases To suffer penalty.
whether in this world or the world 10 come
Dr.. Hughey asserted that the avOwais just re-
cited showed that DR.. Thomas WAS entirely ont
OF harmony with tne Methodist Church, and ne
could NOT see how anybody could hold the con
trary. WhcreupOn Dr. FELTON, stated that DR..
Thomas was not oar of harmony with the
Methodist Church. He had brought forward
quotations from Dr. Th0mass published ser
mons which bstantiated this view. but gentle
men still might differ about the matter. Dr.
Hugheys paper, from beg inning TO end, WAS .
m MISREPRESENTATION of the views ANA the position
held by DIR. Thomas Ii did not interpret the
language nor represent 1t fairly, because the
language was taken OUT OF the connection
IN which it was spoken. The Methodist Church
has never taught that Jesus Christ 81 ttefed pun
ishment for the slRs of the world. Inc Church
has declared that the vlcarious sutfeunSs OF
Jesus Christ Were an atOnement tor sin as
49,. V,ni+ lntf TON
closed by stating that he had never heard a
PAPER that presented 80 obscure and illogical a
view OF the atOnrment a. the one read by DR..
Hughey and the effect upon tue speaker had
been such that he could not now answer under
oath what DR.. Hughey did believe about the
atOnement.
SEEN AND UNsEEN.-The following are ex-
tracts from Bishop Clark's lecture at TIemOnt
Temple last Monday, as reported by The
Irdrciier The Seen is the type and symbol
OF the Unseen, and that winch Is seen Is tenn
poral while the things when are unseen are
eternal. Nothing can be seen but forms, and
these are in their very nature transient and
changeable. The substance OF these forms Is |
inde>tructIDl". We live III two worlds-one
temporal and the other etcrnal-the world OF
forms and the world of realities. With the one I
we come into communication by our senses;
with the Other, we come lnO communication by
the soul. Material things are the symbols OF |
spiritual things, aud We are able to express the
latter only through the medium OF the former |
The next stage Of existence will BE- simply the |
unfolding or Development Of this primary stage |
OF being. There is no arbitrary line Separating |
the temporal from the eternal the one passes |
over into the other by natural, Orueriy law. |
The change induced by death cannot IN any |
way attecr our personal identity. We mus, re-
tain memory of the past and the conscious
ness OF possessing the same mental ana moral |
qualities by which we are lndlvidnallzed here |
on earth. And, it we are to retain our personal |
identity without which immortality would not |
be "A gltt worth taking-thOso whom we have t
known and loved here, we must know and love !
hereafter. 1t would be a dIcary thing if we |
thought that we we've going To a land Of /
strangers. Is il to be supposed that the emo
A. & L.. bod