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namely. the immense preponderance OF mon
oyerwomen. Moreover. tho gravity and tenn
pcrsnco Of The Nussulman are doubtless con-
genial to tho dignity ana simplicity OF Oriental
life. In these respects both Western and East
ern Christianity. though gaining more. have
lost much" Finally. Dean Stanley soos rre-
served in the Mussulman tho truest and most
literal likeness OF that ancient Jewish faith
which is expressed in the word Islam. that
Is to say. resignation Co tie win Of God.
However distorted II may be into fatalism
and arathy. yct 1t is stili powerful
motive both In action md In suffering. God Is
present to tho Moslem In sense in which He Is
rarply prcsont to us amid tho hurry and con-
fusion uf the wost" Dr. Stanley concludes
his lecture with expressing the conviction that
the ouslities Of the depsut Moharnnedan.
being Semitic. and Ia the bost sense OF tho
word. Jewish. no Christian can regard them
without reverence. oven in their humblest
form: nor can he abandon tho hope that. II
ever the time should come for the gathering Of
the followers of Mohammed within the Chris
tian fold. gifts like theirs need not DO alto
cether lost to tho world and the Church in the
process of that transition"
In nn interesting parallel Dean Stanley shows
us how the history Of tho Church Of Russia
presents In miniature n counterpart OF the his
tory OF tho whole field of ecclesiastical history
in the Wost. Tile conversion OF tho Slayonic
races was to the Church Of Constantinople what
the conversion OF the Teutonic races was to the
Church OF Rome. The Papacy and the empire
OF Gharlema&ne had their dim reflection on tho
throne OF Moscow. Russia. as well as Europe.
had its middle ages. though. rs might be ex-
pected from its later start in the OF civili
zation. they extended for longer period. The
Church Of Russia. as vol rs tho Church OF Eu-
rope has had its Reformation. nlipost its royo-
luticn. its internal parties. and its countless
sects." II is to be distinctly kept in view that.
although since the conversion OF Grand Duke
Vladimir "A. d. $50 by Greek missionary.
and his marriage to tho daughter OF the En-
peror Basil tho jurisdiction oil the Patriarch
OF Constantinople has been gradually relaxed
in proportion to the increasing power Of tho
Russian hierarchy and nation. yet the outward
bond between the two churches has never been
broken. The Nletropolitnis OF Russia were for
fve centuries either Byzaatines OF closely
| allied to Byzantines." Dean Stanley pro-
ceeds to point out what is by no
means commonly understood. viz. that
every successive change in their condition
since has been confirmed by tho Church of Con-
stanunope. The trnnsference OF tho SEQ from
Kieff to Moscow. the elevation Of tho primacy
| into q patriarchate. and finally the transferna-
tion OF the patriarchate into synod have all
been recognized by the Eastern patriarchs
themselves. and whatever inward jealousy they
may have Of their powerful neighbor there is
no ground for the popular Westera notion that
the Church Of Russia is in II state Of antago-
! nism to the other churches Of the East"
The relation of the Car to the Russian
| Church should be no mystery. for in theory it
| IS exactly analogous and in practice 1t closely
| corresponds to that occupied by the successors
Of Constantine tothe Latin Church in the West
ern Roman Empire until in that part OF the
| world the imperial system fell into allegiance.
A. d. 47G) and to the relation maintained al
most u thousand years longer by tho byzantine
| Emperors to tho Eastern Church. 1t is only
| because the attompt to resuscitate this rela-
| ton made by Chariemagne and some OF the
more powerful German Emperors failed SO
completely in the West that we find it hard to
comprehend the attitude OF Christian
ity in the orthodox empire toward the
Muscovite Caesar. Indeed, the veneration
felt in the middle ages for tho Gar. regarded
in his ecclesiastical capacity. rs the father OF
the whole aatriarchh community. was a fal
deeper more fervent. and universal sentiment
| than had ever been entertained by the subjects
| OF byzantine soyereigns. Tho line of Grecar
| Emperors. SO 1t WAS said even by Orentals
hnd been stained with heresy and iconocasm
| never the line Of tho orthodox Cars OF Mus
| covy." Even Ivan w.. tho most detestable and
| loathsomo monster in the black list Of despots
was not. and is not now. regarded by his coun
trymen with unininGed horror. The epithe
which we render Terrible expresses In the
original rather the idea OF Awful the feeling
with which the AtheniHns would have regarded
not Periander or Dionysius. but the Eumen
ides His memory still lives among the peas
ants as OF one who was Car indeed"