New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-21
CHRISTIAN UNION A CRAZE.
DIR. DIX COMPARES IT TO GREENBACKS AND
FREE SILVER COINAGE.
PLAIN WORDS AGAINST AN INTERCHANGE OF
PULPITS-THANKIN TIE LORD FOR

THE MACoUEARY VERDICT.

THE MACoUEARY VERDICT.
A large audience greeted the Rev DR.. Morgan DIX
in Trinity Chapel last evening at his closing Lentch
lecture. His topic Tie outlook for CHRISTIAN
Unity in This Country and at the Present Hour He
fore lie finished his address he had made II plain that
the outlook was not fatsrIng He made n careful
distinction between catholic unity and Christian unlol
The former has long been prayer and drcaHl-a
prayer Of faith and dream Of the visionary IL
has been little than dream and a prayer A
step toward realizing Christian union was taken al
Chicago in I,sG when the House Of Bishops OF TIM
Protestant Episcopal Church adopted four articles on
a ba,i, Of union with other denominations Two years
later these articles were adopted without material
change b. the Lambeth Conference. The basis, as
set forth by this Conference. i a. follows:
|. The Holy S,rptrrc> Of tr Old aud New Testaments
As containing all tang, necessary to saNaton" ana az
hing IN, rule ana ultimate standard Of faith
= The Apostles creed tn balti'nAl symbol and
the Nic,ne Creed as sufficient statement OF the Chris
,isn attn. ~
T. >,r, and tho supper II Lord-mlnsered with IN
falling u,c Of Chr,t- words OF institution and OF The
clements ordained by Him
t. The Historic ul,copatc. locally adapted in the meth
DDS Of II, administration the varying needs OF The
nations and peoples called Of cod INTO the unity OF HIS
Church.
Dr. Dix aft reading these Cur articles, gave view
Of what non Episcopal clcrgymcn think Of them From
a volume containing the opinions of twenty men rep
rc,cntng Prcsbyerian> Cougrcgatonast', hethi>ts'
Dapt,t> Luthcrans and Reformed (Dutch he had taken
abstracts showing that against every ono OF the four
articles strong objections has been raised The writers
included President Hastings and Professor Briggs oil
Union seminary Professor Snyth. OF AndoVcr' ffo-
f>sor Croal Of Drew Professor Wolf Of the Lutheran
seminary at Getty sburg President McCosh OF Prince
ton and Dr. K. :. Macarthur, Thomas Armtagc' Will
lam NJ TAYLOR, Howard Crosby, John Hall. Henry NJ
Dexter. f. h. Coe Lyman Abbott. IL. j. Van Dyke
and James NJ Buckley.
Tho writer's were all respectful and courteous, said
Dr. Dix but when they to the proposals there
was a rccoil all along the line Dr. Taylor sad that
he question of Christian reunion had not very great
Interest for him at the present tme lie dld not re-
gard IL ~ practical great aggregation ~ the
different branches Of the visible Church. on any basis
a, very desirable DR.. Crosby did not think external
1 union undcr one government desirable. DR.. Mac
Arthur thought il neither feasible nor desirable" Inc
Council Of Nice, held In such vcneation by the Eps
copal Church. was considered by some a. disgr'eiui
meeting held IN corrupt age. Against the iohr'h
article the protest il practically unanimous. judged
v the opinion, Of these representative clcrgymen tho
pealcr concluded that the net was spread IN vain IN
| the sight Of any bird lie had never seen palmer
illustration Of the prlcking Of a bubble than this
reference WIS made TO the answers to these crit
ci>ms by Bishop Coke, Bishop Doane, BISHOP ferfy
| bishop seymour aud several clergymcn. lho'auoh
| from In, paper ~ Bishop Coke was read appro'l'TY
| "
the Historic Ep!-cupatc the ancient CONDITIONS o
unity They are the only imaginable conditions ioi
! H. rc.toraton- There WI, ninchinS from thC
! priuciple by any the Episcopal clergy, ana a
| comuari,On Of the view set forth by th'
two side, ha, led the speaker to believe tha'
| christian or Catholic unity has received serious eet
back. not thinning today 20 pia'tdy a. ln[S
aid tn,r year, au. whrr the House OF BISHOPS l''ucn
| their la~i, OF union. Fears ar" beginning 10 DC -
messed lest grrt mistake has been maze IN LHlne
| ~ ,,r Member, of the Episcopal ministry, uhu!tl
! lco,i, have not been content to leave the matter
vnrrc The bishops did, and have sought 10 rcan"c mn
dream of visible union by violent and irregular ace
y their III advised haste thcy have done huc 10 St
| mn resentment and 20 provoke disgust, ana thuS u
/ bring d,cIcdt on the cause. =, .,. =. ,r,,
! ur DlN In calling - mind the fact that II wa
urIty and not union that desired, >ald uiat vi,
rntIc5l for unity not prOpltlpus. mon "linpu
uriiy is a craze resembling the nat money craze aio
mo free >Ilvcr.cu coinage craze. gNolDa'h u WI ui
L. uur-, IL represent, dullar ~ CON, ana a. mn
r.t none, craze, die Out ~ the Hat union GRAZ WI
,Cnn di, ont The speaker vao Out,pON,h III ms US
.nurnyo of the Interchange Of pulplt- bHt maze III
r''t.rcuc, by name - the non Epl'c0pM Clcrsf HcI
rLn are delivering lecture, in ST. George 'hnEyH.
IL closing Dr. Div referred to The shadow "t hri'
,.,ch had uaSscd over the Church dul1ng tht p,N III
cunu season. \ priest had revived an ancient latSc
t,.t =, hcrosy low. gross and carnal, lHlpuSHHs tH
trc'rtv ~ Mary the mother OF Jesus h"Ie'N VIM,
lad irru denounced and rcpudlatcd throughout tu'
vnrd IW the verdict just rendered me hlircn IN
Icon delivered from awful, unlttcraOle ulss'@'c
Snr which all should give thanks 70 too