The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-01-27
and strife.

the different denominations hold union
meetings, study the same ssries Of lea
sons, and send Representatives 70 an
Evangelical Alliance. Is il q true
unityl Is it not simply deception in
the nsms Of unity The Alliance can
Eos teach doctrine nor enforcs dissi-
pline among Its comPonsnt dsaomina-
IionS. They can recommend wssk Of
prayer, and topics to be considered bat
it is simplya accommodation which
may or may not be followed IS each
sect chooses. The sects then do not
merge their differences 50 that the
Alliance becomes a united Church.
South Carolina held she had joined
confederation Of States, and that
when she chose she might Withdraw
from the Union. This principle if al
lowed would have broken up The
country, the war tested it and tLo
union Of the states as one country was
saved. From the Evangelical Alliance
any denomination can withdraw when
it pIs1sc:; It's existence Is not IN the
least imperilled; it is az much Charch
out of the Alliance as in it. The ALI
ance is confederation not unioa.
Such attempts a. union only bring
out in = more clear light the differences
and unhappy divisions. II the mem
bers Of any sect feel hurt, thsy with
draw, and hold their own EerTics they
most jealousIy divide the dstiss. and,
any extra zeal is looked upon rs an at
tempt to prosslyte. When different
members in the country unite to erect
church Building, BY what tricks and
lodges worthy Of the corrupt politician;
does it become the property Of one sect
whose members perhaps have contribu-
ted least TO its construction In small
country town like our ozn, with hard
ly thres hundred members Of all de-
nominations, there are eight or nine
organizations struggling for an exist
ence, which instead Of showing what
the Apostolic Church did on the day Of
Pentecost, q congregation united with
one accord and in one place have eight
diffsrsnt houses Of Worship. livery
Sunday which shoald be day Of Pen
tscos. sees them divided. sons siazisg
hymns with instrumental music, others
locking upon AZ organ ss an aboEainz-
tion in he sanctuary, and osher d.ffsy-
enees Ia U1ttsrs far msrs impSrtsat,
make it sadly evident, that the Chsis-
tian Cbursh does no: present 70 the
iaGdsl world picsErs Of brstkern
endeAvsring - keep the unity Of faith
in the bond Of peace.
Wore the Blessed Spirit % sand q
direct message 10 ths c4Fissisas Of shis
community Il beseesh you, brethrCn,
by the name OF oa= Lord Jesus Christ
taat ye I'll sDs4k tas s4ns thing ess..
hew could il be reserved and o5sysd
The incongruity Of sbs exa0 t.tioa
with existing circamstaacss, AL she
difficulty of putting il iuto sxssasioa
would stagger the mos. zesioDs. Yes
this direction was dictated TO ST. Paul
by the Sp irit to all who love Christ to-
day as wsll as In the times that are
: past. Why should IL not be followed
out I Is there such a total lack OF
Charity that this message mast Be
|, sighted It is with the hope Of Do
ing something towards betteriaz this
unhappy state Of things that ths writer
has undertaken his task THsss asti-
clss are not designed 20 provoke can
,roysrsy, but are written In all charity
d to those who honestly difFsr 9moRs
themselves. ST. Johns exhortatioE
'Little Children love oae another" car
only ba carried out by those who arr
striving to heal the wounds of tori
. and divided church
r The writer claims that the Episcopal
y Church or Church of England oughs to
1 be heard in this matter, ani IA viii
. close by stating few reasons why Ah
. is entitled to fair and unpre;u Ice
attenseon
"a Ths Holy Scriptures az real by ia,
l. vast majority of Christians in thi
% land have been handed to az by th
,r Church of Eagland Il was her sehOl
Re ars who translated it, aud her cenYoes
le :ioa of clergy who adopted it as th'
d Bible of all English speaking psopls
:" IL any particular sect has attempted I
h revise it, they have accepted It's word
ii in tho main even if they nave changes
ls such words as''baptiss" into s'immerasl
a to exhibit their peculiar dscsrinss.
T. Her scholars have always sto0
Or among the first both f1r learning al
sa piety. Their works ara studied :
at, standards In all Protestant Tneslegic
nd seninaries and they are accorded
u: hearing by all intelligsns people
er whatever nationality. The late Revi
NJ ion of the Nsw testament aud is il
he mense circulation was asrk unde
ss- taken under their auspices Viii
ep American scholars aided Ia the gres
of undertaking, their combination VII
the scholars of the Eaglish Caursl
ith shows in what high estimation 4
lat latter are hsl among the % ,st fsarne
Sc. American teachers representing Il
'ed widely different sects Ia this land.
INA The writer, ian Amerieaa by Dir
til and feeling WHOSE ancestors fong
,ep against England during the Rsyo.
hes ton, while they held to the Eagl;
re Church. proposes to advance ro u
md opinions ef bis own. The arsuneS
ted are old but as they wore a>heedeJ. ia
t a will be new to those who hsve nes
Of given this mater thorough atteatio
mes Almsst every divisisa zneng Chr
nd tians hAs taken place when Iasa we
e.s heated by political strife or Sslf cpl
ast len or designing men have taken !
vantage Of that characteristics Of ma
for people as we'll as of the Athenisnz
the old, desire to hear somsthias rs
nh whom the old was better