Telegram-herald., 1889-12-25


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theories about tapestry. sooat li4c
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kell g-o1s creeds tnat s. taevt-es
about tie le.ty, about the SOU. SDo.-t
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has no creed about any thing Is ne itio'-
lnls scohng against creeas - away
4 gn ~ profound ignorance on 20
palt o. the sloter ior be las hlIse4l
hundred lreeds Ia regard 70 etAer
things IN oue time me beliefs OF
EYangelistlc Churches are under Ia
sIllade Of c4rilatare and misrepresehIs-
zion Men set Up What they cal ortho-
COX faith. and they rake lt Win the
niusketrF or tGe8r deBunclatlon. hes
falslfy what The Christian Church hes be-
lleve They take Evangelical doctrines
and set ibem in harsh and repul-
slge way. and pus them out o. ne
association with other truths. hey
are Il Sc III az auatomist. y hO. desiring
% tell what a An Is, dlssects human
body and hangs up IA one place tho
heart. ana ia another place tho TWO
lungs, ANA 10 another place an ankle
bone, and SAYS that is a man. they
are only fragments OF man ~renched
out OF their appointed places
ApropOs 10 is said that Pastor Tai
mage Who is estimated 10 be worth
siOO, 600, expects 20 clear $50, 600 on his
Life OF Christ which viii Do ready
for publication next spring.
Rev DR. j. A Roche, Of Brooklyn,
(MethodistI. has been the Innocent
cause Of 4 stormy discussion on the
yeXed question Of church attendance
His recent speech In the Methodist
Preachers Meeting n Philadelphia
was interpreted as a frank admission
that Methodism. long the most potent
denomination ia the nlJed states,
was on the decline lie WAS quoted as
saving that the New York churches,
although they had put forth all their
energies and placed the best available
talent ia the pulpl.s, were none OF them
more than halt nIed, ami that all had 10
look 10 the societies for support. This
Rev. Dr. Roche denies and declares
that MethodIsm was never more pros
porous than now. lie explains that The
great trouble encountered by his de-
nomination results from the radical
change IN the character OF population
IN large ciJcs-a trouble which other
churches have avoided by removal,
while the MethodlSts have remained at
their old locations. and struggled on ID
the face of obstacles.
The agitation among Presbyterians
over the creed IS in the direction OF
emendation merely" said Rev. DR..
John r. Paxton, OF the 42nd street
sbyterian Church, New York. I'VE
still retain predestination. but wish to
do away with some Of its hard features.
The portion of the creed teaching this
point does not say that there are non
elect infants, but implies IT, and asserts
so mucn by inference. When Calvin
lived, there we're no republics, and in
contemplation OF the monarchical SOW
ereignity everywhere visible the sub
ject was overlooked. In their view of
God. Ills sterner attributes alone were
considered. Ii three criminals were
drowning, lie might save one to glor-
ify himself; the other two. who were
lost. could not complain, as they de-
served their fate. 10 is desirable 70 so
modify the creed that il viii embody
less exclusively the sovereignty OF
God and more pointedly His love and
mercy Presbyterlans will still be
Calvinists.'
A leading topic among Presby-
terians IS the revision OF their con-
fessiOn, winch must be settled by a
consensus OF all the Presbyterian bodies
through the medium of the lan-Iresby-
tcrian alliance, added Dr Ward.
"CuriouSly enough, in the programme
OF the Evangelical Alliance al Boston,
last week. there was no mention OF tho
status OF colored race in the churches.
The omission was probably intentional,
and caused by desire 70 avoid any dis
cussion of the SUBJECT The Methodist,
Episcopal, congregational. Presby-
tcrianand Baptist Churches arc equally
affected. Bishop John ID. Newman
(Methodistl recently declared that he
had ceased 70 desire union OF tho
Northern and southern Methodist
bod es and hoped 20 sec three general
Conferences. the Northern. the South
ern and tho Colorcd Conferences.
considerable interest is felt in tho
result %. the Evangelical Alliance Con-
ference tn Boston. one OF the princi-
pal topics Of discussion was The Needs
of TIE Rura Districts Last summer
the Alliance made canvass OF forty
townships n New lor.> State. one ve3th
pop .a-.on of 500 and an aver ge at
tendance az - i0 each Of tie two
churches, another with a population OF
:, 300 and IN Average church a tendance
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