Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-11-10

q Erin and deyost Papiss. ~Shure
theg j. bat one thr9e lhraIk an al
fhe rest are rotten branches ohropt
Of" II IL striking smile that prov
g rothing. There Is a tree IA India
u hese branches reach down and take
root. They live on after the original
truak - dead, So the church 10 per-
rs,tuated, that j.. its history, the runk
may die u corruption aud the branch
perpelgate the lie oi the tree in mal-
,ip.e. MIR. Egaa inaulges in the famn-
lar aliusoa 10 the differences among
Pro1es<ants- His form OF argument
would prove that all who Co not
wear the came Kind O. clothes are not
men. His errcr consists Ia conioGndr
ing Incidental differences with fanda-
menIa.s. THIS may be more than a
fault with hsn-it may be defect
IL requires cert ain breadth OF eapae-
ity TO disc inmate upon essential pfin-
e:ples- The fact that twenty and over
branches u Me,hodists could meet IL
eeumlnieal assembly should demon
sgrate 10 Mr. ESan that they agree In
fundamental religion and differ only
Incidentally, just as the numerous Ro-
manisA seeis dliior and agree. The
Evangelical Alliance which inelud-
es the Protestant church OF the world
is a declaration OF the same spirit OF
agreement in fundamental religion
In none OF his addresses 70 far Us
have read, did Mr.. Egan meet the
Issue as 20 the differences between Pro-
,estantism and Romanism- Tho break
between them II fundamental. DR..
Esan showed amazing temerity when
he asserted that ''in another century
Professionalism will cut no figure In the
hisso ry OF America That assertion
was simply the gush o. excited fhet-
oric, and for the moment the speak
err W ~ sub.imely Obvious 10 the TACT
,hatA great gulphs' OF fundamental
errors divide them asunder- They ar,
not agreed upon the authority o.
scriptures, or upon the method OF sal
walton, the sacraments, the essentials
OF worship: the Protestant repudiates
marioiatry, prayers TO saints, purga-
.ory. the mass. Observation-Disclosures.
image worship, the Withholding OF the
cup, Latinity, alteration OF relics, n
class priesthood, the supremacy ahu
lr.al.ibility OF the Pope. An ordinar!
mind will perceive that these Things
are each o! them fundamental ana
whatever slight differences d'viue
hem Professionals are agreed In re-
uounc.ny each and all OF these things
as Parish errors. There are cognate
points OF difference rs the political gu
nremncy OF the Popes. the coerclve
eower OF the church, etc, which MAKE
ii impo.sib,e for Protestants ana 10
'mauists to come together ana make
Dr. Egan's prophecy Of ultimate union
false.
In his address upon THE Papa.
Church the Safeguard OF Society MI
Eyan makes large claims for his de-
nomination. No one will deny thar
tbere have not always been Chris
tiaus even in the Romish church. Men
and women who have been devoul III
lspite OF errors and corruptions. nous
nnds "who bowed not to Baal. but
che fact stands thai modern CIVIL
ization with its liberal institutions
its model educational and philanth-
ronh;c movements dates from the time
when the shirt OF Christianity In the
Papacy broke away from the env'r-
orments of Romanism and became
Professionalism. A comparison o. Eng
| land and Italy, Scotland and spian'
the United States and Mexico, Prusaio
and Austria, viii show ut a glance
.hat the Protestant countries are III
the van, and the Roman Catholic
countries are still IN the swaddiins
bands OF medieval effete, ard dormant
civilization. s