New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-08

The raptI.t anryerarc. that have lu.t 'cor held IN
Chicago c attention 10 The important part which She
Itut..t. hove PLAYED in the religions lt- ~ tbs
country Haze PLAYED did / say Let me atd. ara
tlatlfg al.,. for the baptist denomination -ho"s 10
-.c,s 81 waning influence. Evc-cy sch''ihoy mpolo-
r.c, 20 Nacauiay knows hos Roger Williams ana
DIS sturdy bard u Baptist follower, u the Providence
Plantations stood or religion, l'crty and i"cTa'I"h
AZ a time when these tUo i1ta. were NOT always
clearly understood 10 Imply each other. TIL" story "f
how the Baptist, have grown in number, and In
fncuce always bearing the imprc-, OF their early
history. IL a most interesting one. and Is closely
hound MP with tine history 81 orr country. For many
,.,rs Il hr. been o. disputed question whether there
arr. NOR, Baptist, N"'hol,t> n the Inli"d State
ANA not going to venture an opinion on that de'"o
o,,tion except so far "a, 10 Bay that the difference
Ia numbers between the two denominations docs not
amount to moro than a hundred thou-n and.
distinguished BAPTIST editor complained To me tho
other day that the secular journal, do NOT pay a.
much attention 10 Eapti-tS as they DO io otter dc"W
ina,ions When We hold our anniversaries he
said the daily papers dismiss them with paragraph or
two but when the Methodlsts or PresbyterAns hoh q
General Conference a General Assembly the papers
rive almost verbatim report OF INC pfoeosShe''
This couplnnt is not well founded because there Is
great difference ia the gatherings REFERRED TO- Inc
BAPTIST Anniversaries ac purely voluntary oreNh
cations, 10 which Baptists may may not belong
and which they may or may not support. 'h u"
other hand the General Assembly Of the FIrau! 'c''H
Church uithortativcly represents the Chlfch IT'D l'''
It is the Church speaking In It's legislative ''P""
OF course therefore what u and docs is oil e~
inter-. a. being the voice Of Prc,bytcFlai'H ihc'
is no such body 10 speak for the Bapust 'hu''"o'
Az a matter Of fact these churches arc more purely
Cor gregntOnA than the Congregational chufheS "o"
selves. Each congregation fornulat"s IT, own ee' =
and tiough a, "A matter Of fact. there j. genera"
e,,n,rtv in these creeds there need lot necessarily
he And while there are Baptist Unions III 'ho
large cities. there l. nothing &" compel -" '"' I"P'O
chnrchc, 10 Join such unions IheN arc P"'oS
voluntary associations. This then /, WY the u""I'
Of the BAPTIST, do not get moro space ID inc u''l'
papers. Great and important a. the ""'" o' '"'
pautst churches IT, It j. the work Of vast h"n'o'r
~ independent congregations, and not OF cat &C.
clesia steal machine
"The Christian Inquirer good naturedly rapp'i
cI Moderator Roberts over the knucl's oc''''o =
hi, opening sermon before the Prcsbvterm "c'''"'
,..,r,,y he manned ont such comprehensive pro-
crarnmc # work for the Prcsbytcrihn 'hui'" q, ~
leave nothing for the other churches 10 oo. '''
IL the brilliant * Moderator did this, he onlY dd "i'
is usual on such occasions In al the on
am always amused a; the spirit Of boi'""s "i'N' y
with buncornbc which pcrNadc' al e''ic''"''' %
gatherings. The speakers ae'm u t'lhN u'il Wv ~,
10 their Church demand oi them, hi't' 'l'l '''' ~
endow 1t with all the virtues, ana >''"n'N '"'' "
,u tc,or. IN. fact that any other Christian body 3
doing anything b. evangclzc the world some u'i
when IN, churches gain a larger outlook ana uhde'
stand better the character and scope OF ChrStsh'y III
the aggregate this bit OF ranism VIII disappear
| have been reldiny Dr. Jessopp's charming doom
ON the trials OF an English country par'on anu II '
set me t. wondering why some American ole'sS "i'''
doesn't tell Us about the trials 81 an American ''','
parson Not In a whining, complaining way o"'
with the good natured bonhonlic and sunny optHs"
which make Dr. Jcssopps book so readable MANY %
the things however. that the English country pAlrp'
considers trials not possible III ms country NV
American parson doesn't have to contemplate i'i'
| long tepurr Of one parish on the contrary. II nc
happens 10 get pretty good church. one Oh ~" In IT,
is the thought that he may not be aoe 10 "a
lie doesn't have 10 encounter thai dense Ssou,
Characterize Of the English peasant MT wi, rom
bv all those unpleasant features th.t IcSuIa
state Church. lie is neither pulled up WIZ HSa+nnal
pride in the thought that he is all ohicIaI Vi