Telegram-herald., 1890-01-08
THE YEAR IN cHgfcsEs.
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Warksa By sa9sE4ntI.! SEsEfsss - sASSs-
s-4sElezl sasirs
5usL nss shs BzDtlsts are eoAsioef-
ABLY Agitatea ever tie sdEcs1Snsi IA
teEssts Of ne denemtnztlsa AOeut
year aga. tlrogEh iaciSiouAl sr0Fts.
three heN seminary schools, oEs IN
hosLgn another Ia Kansas cry, sne
thlgl IN Minneapolis we're sstA ollshed
f9F ths zy0~e4 Purposs OF AcoralnE
short cu.~ - tie ea4cati0n % cAasi-
1ates % ne mlLlstry. a "loe- stsS-a
saa spirited ePpssltloa % It's cSAtiAa-
sucs Or these D sOs-s las aFlssA, Aaa
b-ptlsts throughout tie country -fa
discussing the pFoPristy Of main taieihs
these abridgsd theolsslcsl ssnsssrIes.
All OF tho asnsmtns nsuOnAl payers. ana
especially the Examiner Of New
York. are elshsr opposed - these
schools or ara content TO ee non-som-
initial re journal has svOwedly under
taken their defense Tue discussion
Is particularly warm N Boston, where
tAs weekly ministers meetings for ssv-
eral weea SSst have given their eccls-
siEs sttsntien 10 this ssotsot
The theOry upon which the schools
were estsbltshea was this: Many who
felt themselves called apos 10 labor In
the Christian hsld wore. from ass OF
other causes. unsbls 70 compie.s the
6scribed csurse OF study In tie thee
logical schools. Soms preparation ~ss
fell - bo necessary - nt them for their
choseA work. aud the shortcut" pro
cess was exactly what they reesiTed.
The purposs ot these schools was 20
provide workers somewhat similar 10
the sxhorters ana lay-preachers Of the
Methodist Church.
The past year in all the churches.
said Rev DR.. Schaufreil, OF the New
YORK City Mission. has been period
OF extraordinary activity aud success.
The work IS on decidedly rising scale
and there never was 50 much being done
az anY previous time. Our Efforts arc
especially successful la tho smaller
cities like Elmira, Binghsmpton. Utica.
Syracuse, Rochester, and 81 Paul. In
the west, however, the success IS less
marked, a. the new towns in .hat .eo-
tioR are still. 80 10 speak. on e-ft-
wheels. Towns which have but enc
railroad are by the construction Of a
new line, moved bodily TO a more ad
vaDtageocs location. People who are
always going and coming do not readily
affiliate with any church. As time goes
on, and the west becomes more and
more settled. the churches maze
greater hesdway. We ars gaining
ground constantly, and the feOd of in-
migration alens prevents greater
progress.
Reverend Or. g. r. Van De Water
Rector of St Andrews Church, New
York City. has attracted good deal of
attention by an eHphatio declaration
OF the dogma sancrIcning the prayers
for the dead, accompanying the state
ment with a remark, that There Is no
clergyman OF the Protestant Episcopai
Church who can possibly deny tho
doctrine, though there are many who
never proclaimed their acceptance
OF IT."
Rev. DR.. Morgan Dix, OF Trinity
/ Church, speaking yesterday upon this
subject, said:
The doctrine respecting the relation
between the faithful departed and
those whs remain behind In this world
+ is one upon which "a should speak.with
extreme caution. AL that We knew
about the dead is what faith accepts.
/ No yoics OF ours gees through or across
/ 10 them, nor can they speak unto us
/ We live as though whatever the dead
/ may once have been 10 Us they are
/ nothing nowhere names and shadows
scarce more than myths, persons with
I whom we once had 20 do, but are now
! extinct If they we're now annlhiiated,
/ or the present separation were TO be
eeernsl, We could not act otherwise
than We do in naming them no more
/ and dropping them from our prayers.
/ This practica separation between us
and the dead is one OF the mistortuues
and calamitios Of our times; IL would
be hard TO estimsts what We must he
losing spiritually every day We live
/ in consequence. For thousands of
years prayers for the dead have
been part of the service
OF the Church. Thsy were in use among
the ancient Isrsel.tes, and formed part
OF the Synagogue and Temple worship
in which Jesus and His Apostles took
part. They are IN every liturgy Of tho
ancient Christian church known 20 as
al this hour. They were retained in
the first Reformed Prayer Book o. the
Church Of England. through reverence
OF the ancient usages OF Christianity
Z The communion between the living
saints and the dead Was felt TO be =
reality. The living asked OF God rest.
light and refreshmsnt for the souls Of
tbe departed a custom which made tAs
dead seem very near TO them, and not
pale. dim ghosts hOverin. afar and
waving with feeble hands long and
hopeless farewell Inc rejection Of
the doctrine OF the Communion o;
saints was the work OF those, who.
flying from enc series OF errors. fell
in'o another They protested against
ths Roman Catholic doctrine OF Pargs-
tory with its oorollsries Of n asses for tbs
delivery OF suffering souls, ana indul-
gences OF time - 20 speRt n tha'
ace OF woe In casting ssid these
later inventions. they went toe Tar. and
tame gear 20 utterly silsnoing tbs
voice Of the Churlh on this sub.
Belief IN tas ProprietJ Of prayers
for tia dead, sad Rev. Or G.
Deems i confined 20 ths Profesian'
Fcisco0al and Roman ca athslic churches
To. majority OF lie Protsstants "a
iect j.. and tliak there are consid
ersl p - Der Of scopalisns wbO al
not accept H."
TIE rsnzisus vsrk which has ie'
sous years been going sn 10 ths vsFi
Gus colleges Ia nowhere zors eernes
al srccossfal than - = a. An n orst
system Of dep tstssn wCrx - en-
rloysi. aas tbis caasists al bodies .
tva. tbrse. Sr four stGdsst vslButseFi
sivtnE each >aa1sT - fhs surEeHh "a n
villages anS there holding SsndsY
school p-svsr meeting or ? his-clss
IA dwelling oT scheoi seBse Thss'
services are eVoitlaF widesprssd inier
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