New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-08
4 SIGNIFICANT MISSION.


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SIGNIFICANT MISSION.
Tho n,oscncc of n band of English mission
nrcacbers in Ncw-Yorll is a new phase OF
RELIGIONS revival work. The Advent Mission,
soon 70 omen ut ST. Georges, st. MichacIs, the
Church of the Heavenly Rest and other city
chm chcs, is movement OF unusual significance
and Importance. 1t marks an organlzeo eHort
on the nart of q religious communion that mas
heretofore disconntcmanced such agencies 10
adapt them to its own requirements. III Is III
some measure the complement OF the remark
able revival work OF Moody and Sankey Ill
Eogl1nd When those American eNah%ellStS
first appeared in London, Liverpool Edinburgh
and other cities in Great Britain, they app'aie"
mainly 10 the vali0Gs Nonconiornl5t bodies Tor
.vmpa,hy and support Bat there had been in
existence for many years in the English Church
a society for promoting religious activity III
parishes by means of special mission services
This society after thirty years OF active Woih,
during which il has received the sanction Oh
every Archbishop and Bishop ct the Lsiabiished
Church. ha, now sent its superintendent anu
CORDS of workers 10 America for q short tenja-
tive campaign Bishops Potter aud LttIeJohh
have interested themselves in the movement
and the results will be awaited with great
interest by al Christian denominations.
Church unity is one of the stock themes IN
the Episccpil Church. Every clergyman OF
that comwunion considers it his duty to preach
ut least once a year on this subject, and the
Church Congress from year 10 year continues
the discussion On this account it is worthy oil
rcmar, that the adoption of this method OF
quickcnng religious interest by almost the
only prominent denomination in this country
that has set its facc against it tends to boadcn
the common ground Of Christian action in the
churches The Methodist, Presbyterian, Con
crcgaiional. Baptist and other bodies have
greatly extended their power and influence
through these nstrumen'alities. The koman
Catholic Church, moreover. has sanctioned a
CORRESPONDING system OF nilsson services, albeit
with important notifications of method In
nearly every one Of It's leading parishes in cities
missions are conducted from time to time, 1T
which masses are frequent and sermons more
direct and personal than at ordinary seasons.
The EIscopnl Church. consequently, - revert
iug TO methods and agencies which are gcncr-
ally employed in both thr Protestant and
Catholic world The English mission
preachers who are soon to stand in st. George $
and other pulpits in this city are not only tax
ing ND the cyangclistic work of Moody and
Sankcy. and following in the track Of the
Wc,lcys Of the last century, bat they are CO.
laborcrs with the Dominicans and the preaching
hiars of the Middle Ag's. The movement
ahcn regarded with breadth o: view indicates Il
distinct line of Christian unity.
There Is another aspect of this mission work
=. Ia. s.,f.,
ing Christians of every school of Thought. Inc
superintendent of the English society, Mr..
Aiken, ~ he has been preaching night alter
night in one of the Brooklyn churches, with
credentials from every Bishop in the Anglican
Church. and record Of having conducted
hundreds of similar missions in his own
country, attcsts the increasing spirit of tOlcr-
ancc in Christian countries. He Is lLbOrinS
very much rs the Wcslrys dill century ago,
preaching with tcryor, Introducing similar
hymuology, and comforting face TO face in the
aftcr-mccting, with confused or prnitcnt souls
after the maaner of the old-timc cXhorters.
But whereas the followers OF the Wc,cyS were
reluctantly compelled To 20 outside the E>tab-
hShcd Church and To build up a ncw orSlnlzl-
ton the mission preachers are now allowed to
prosecute their labors within the lines of that
communion and to continue them in the con-
scryative Episcopal Church in this country.
The same spirit OF liberation which is now
cvinced would have prevented then what
thoughtful men have Away, dcplorcd H. a most
unfortunate and unnecessary division in the
English Church This marks distinct gain in
Christian charity, and every gain OF that sort
tends to promote the growth of genuine feel.
ing OF catholicity