New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-08-29
RELIGIOUS JOTTINGS.
NOTES OF THE CHURCHEs-SAYINGS AND
DOINGS HERE AND THERE.

Wmcn they would regard as Illuminating Dut tne
very remarkable memorial to the coming General
Convention which appears in " The Churchman" OF
last week. shows that such desire exists and Is
making itself heard The memorial Is az follows:
We. the ersgned. Chdrch clergymen, do hereby
respectfully present our petition 70 the General
Convention requesting that body to take such action
as it may. in ts wisdom, deem txptdent to further
the organic unity OF Christians in this land. thlt
fastening the uldlment of the prayer OF our blessed
Lord that His followers all may be one lSt John
xvii; ~; e..
such action in the following ways
l. In this land the divisions among Christian
people Of various names have not crystallized into
the hardness found in older nations who might. how
ever, II time be affected by action here.
2. The desire for unity is growing stronger among
" those who profess and call themselves Christians
Those outside of our pale show lively interest ia the
work of the Church, evioced IN the late Mis-
sons in Newlork On the other hand Churchmen
are more ready TO acknowledge the vast amount OF
truth which other Christian bodies hold in common
with them. is forcbly shown 10y the strong declara
ton which the Bishop of Lincoln has lately made on
that subject
3. The vanishing Of party lines within the Church.
and the readiness of Churchmen humbly to welcome
new light in dealing with their Christian brethren
without.
H. The tendency in the religious world to deprecate
3. The seeking for historic truth by those who
looking toward the ancient Church for guidance
6. The growing desire for liturgc worship and the
keeping OF the days of the Christian year by those for
meTly unaccustomed to them, aud practical accom-
mediation OF sort OF epi5copacy 10 their needs
various bodies who thus acknowledge felt want.
7. discomfort with the long and metaphysical
forms of the Confessions now in use among some reig
ous bodies. and wish 10 return to the simple ana
Scriptura statements of the creeds of the primitive
Church
). The action on this subject by the Canadian
Church and by several diOceses within the United
States.
o. The response by the practical common Of to-
day to the forgotten voices OF the past.
ID The eydeu welcome given by the Christian con-
scOusness of the present to the practical movement 10
ward unity in the recent meetings at Hartford
and Cleveland
In publishing this memorial " The Churchman
says:
In compliance with the request OF those who have
prepared the al owe memorial we most cheertuly in
sert it, and invite c!ergymen who sympathze with 1t
10 send their to this office that they may De
subscribed to it. The memorial will be engrossed.
and with the names subscribed, presented at the next
! General Convention
This memorial and the probable attempt of some
High Churchmen change the of the Church TO
the American Catholic Church" represent two strong
counter tendencies now at work in the Episcopal
Church Each tendency represents passionate beliefs
and convictions anu each in its own way IL the express
sion OF certain amount of truth. The play and IN
terpay of these tendencies upon each other IN the
Episcopal Church during the next few years Will be
noted with great interest by the student OF religion
One would naturally suppose that the exhaustive
book OF the site of Solomons Temple by Professor
Timothy Otis Paine would strongly commend itself to
such paper as The Sunday School Times y; but
tits is not so. "The Times" appears to have a very
poor opinion Of it, possibly because Professor Paines
researches upset old traditional Sunday school
lesson myths
SAYS a writer in The Northern Christian Advo-
cate":
The most disagreeable and utterly despicable per-
son had the ill-tortune to co re into acquant-
auce with was member ot Christian church ;.
Then the question of universal salvation was reached,
when one of questioned the prOpriety OF making
room in Heaven for the entire population OF all the
| worlds and were on the verge OF a doctrlnal de-
! bate. just here our unOvable friend already mem
toned volunteered expression of opinion and wish
that put all to silence and ended the conversation
1t expression fraugnt with all the ranknesS OF
the West for our friend fresh that mOrnin, from
the town OF Big Swift, OF the thrifty Territories
Have Won any idea" she exclaimed with a touch of
scorn In her voice that have got TO mix mp with
all those borid people that we read about for one
want to have anything to do with old Abraham
Isaac and Jacob with such pokey men IA Paul and
DIR. Watts I'd want to keep million miles IRON
them at least and not be considered IN their set:
| When questioned to the limit that she would Tx
for her society above sue said she would IKE 10 nave
her father her mother her husband and her whist
! club which was CONF osed Of members OF her church
and was considered sort of church auxiliary
Aside from these she didn't care particularly about
the future of Kind. She supposed 1t was all right
have large Heaven. but II she could nave her way
there would be closed doors and strong locks.
That always delightful mouoogist, Spectator"
of The Christian Unon" tells this little story Illus
trative of certain kind of noisy religonism that Is
very common "a crowd from camp meeting
poured into our train at - said the Deacon, and
made the rest Of the journey with me- 1t was a
| regiously boisterons crowd; happy good-natured,
having good time but as devoid of reverence as 80
| many chauerug magpies, and without much regard
for the possible and probable wishes and comfort OF
their fellow Passengers Their piety ana theu Jes.s
were min led about equal proportions they were
decidedly loud aud they sang Safe IN the Arms OF
Jesus and All Hail the Power OF Jesus Name, with
about the apparent spirit as the crowd OF college
bows whom three or four weeks before, had heard
singing under sJnllar circumstances, Landlord MI
the flowing bowl. At last one OF the party started
| on a missionary tour through the car. She was
| bright pretty lady well dressed, not without some
air of refinement she felt more hesitation III
talking about love to utter strangers thau drummer
would feel in talking about his dry goods. and she
offered salvation mach after the fashion in which
a newsboy offers the last novel sac began TO
catechse each passenger IN turn beginning with the
ouestion DO YOU love Jesus r. Her purpose
doubtless was good butt onlJ wished she had come
to me for had my answer ready
What was il asked the Spectator, with some
interest
a.It was replied the Deacon, that loved Him
altogether too we'll to hear His name uttered with
such evty and irreverence as had heard tnat after
noon And the Spectator really regretted that the
Deacon had not had the opportunity gwen 10 MIN
Dr. Woodrow has been acquitted OF heresy by the
Augusta Presbytery. but the case has been appealed
TO the SYNOD which meets in Sparta, Ga, IN the
autumn DR. WoodrO~ was accused OF believing Ia
Evolution and denying the literal truthlulness Oh inc
story of the creation IN Genesis.
The Rev. W. j. E. Bennett Of FrOne-Selwood,
England, whose death has been announced, was an
influential leader among the extreme Ritualists,
chiefly through his books, which breathe spirit OF
uncompromsng hostility to the Protestant features OF
the Anglican Church. Personally he was man OF
pure and exemplary life. and he will be mourned by
a large circle CT friends and followers.
sThe Guardian Of London. argues against
evening communons because tho practice would
tend to widen the breach already existing between
the Roman anc Greek churches and the English
Church and make harder to bring them together In
the future The Guardian appears to be sleeping.
AS things look there is not the retnoest pro0a-
bility of these three great commnnons ever uniting
and no one expects to see them united except few
enthusiasts in the Anglican communion
DISCOTERIES ABOUT THE SPHINX.