The record-union., 1893-09-23
Tn RELIGIONS REALM.
Expressions From the Various Re,
igiOus Newspapers
The Religious Thought of the Day O.
Expressed In the Sectarian Press
Some Matters of Interest to Both
Ministers and Laylnen.

-AO -AatLoIS % interest 20 GQI0
Ministers and LayInen.
The Interior Pres.) observes that the
Parliament of Religions, the sessions of
which begin on Monday in Chicago, is
objected to by part of the evangelical
press, and says: "a Parliament is de-
Lucrative body of equals-while Chris
tlanlty is exclusive, and cannot recog-
nlze any other of the great systems ex-
cept as an adversary which attacks saw
ing truth. and with whom it therefore
can have no fellowship. This objection
Is emphasized when the Parliament is
called brotherhood of religions. We
acknowledge and act upon universal hu-
man brotherhood, but there can be no
such thing between Christ and Belial
we can clasp hands with a disciple of
Gautama, and go with him to relieve the
distress OF a disciple of Mohammed; but
II we say that Christ, Gautama and Mo-
manned are brother saviors. we relin-
qulsh our own. All this is so clear that
no one will dispute It, The Buddhist
and the Moham medan will say the same.
Ihey both call US infldelS. and think we
Will all be lost, though the one recog-
nlZes Christ as great teacher, and the
other ranks as a divine prophet-but they
reject our final and highest divine au-
thorlty as we do theirs. 1t is therefore
evident that none Of the parties to this
Parliament regarded the agreement to
assemble together as any concession of
ats own eXcluSiVeness, or of any of the
claims OF the others. 1t is an agreement
n0- ", ~ fny. h
TO each other how the Christian and the
buddhist may go together to help sui
1erIng Mohammedan-tO compare views
and thus see how far the doctrines of the
great Prophet and Teacher II the only
one acknowledged by all-are agreed to
by ALL"
There is always loud cutlery against
sectarianism," says the National Baptist,
and we are constantly told of the wicked
waste involved In half a dozen churches
where the field will only supply one, and
there is presented the beautiful picture
OF village OF a thousand people where
every body goes to the same church. all
uniting in supporting one minister OF
course all this is delightful, but is it also
practicable? Suppose conscientious
Presbyterian residing where there is only
Methodist Church; he hears, it may
be, what he regards as the doctrines of
the Gospel set at naught; he hears, per-
haps, Calvinism denounced. If the case
be reversed, the Al ethodist brother hears
Calvinism, which he regards as a re-
proach to the Creator, preached. The
beautiful ideal Oh one church in one town
will never be realized until it pleases Di-
vine ProvIdencesso to create people that
they shall all sea Salike. A fallacy turks
in the word seBtarianism. Sectarianism
is bad; denominationalism is good and
is
consciousness adherence to our own
views formed after patient and impartial
thought and is fully consistent with love
for all who hold different opinions. Sec
tarianism is narrOW-minded adherence
TO our prejudices, combined with over
weening confidence in our own opinion,
and more or less cOntemptuOuS hatred for
those who differ from US. We abhor sec
tarianism: we do not see how we are to
avoid denominationaIiSm. The way to
true Christian unity lies not in the effort
TO bring all into a single unsectarian
church, but IN a common effort to pro-
mote kind feeling aud cooperation in the
things wherein we are agreed and where
IN we can work harmOnlouSly."
The New York F9eeDaan's Journal (R.
c. refers to a letter published in New
York during the past week as a poor at
tempt to revive the discussion of the
SCuOOA Uu6StlOn u6I6 OH lie OlQ lines,
while insisting on minimizing to abSur-
dity the latitude allowed by the recent
letter of the Holy See to the hierarchy of
this country" ana says: LAS if every one
did not fully understand that where it is
possible for an arrangement between
Church and State that will conserve the
interests OF both, such as that which eX-
lists at EaTibault and Poughkeepsie, it is
perfectly legitimate to make it-and this
without detriment to parOchial schools
and higher academies, supported by
these who are able and prefer to have
them. But even while this self-consti-
tuted dognlatist essays to circumscribe
the actions of the Bishops, right here in
the State of New York one OF them ranges
himself beside Archbishop Ireland and
proposes to introduce the Faribault-
Poughkeepsie plan into his diocese. We
refer to Bishop Ludden of Syracuse,
whose Vicar-General, the Very Rev. j. j.
Kennedy, with his appreciation, has laid
before the Board of Education of Onon-
daga County proposal to turn over to
its jurisdiction the magnificent new st.
Lucy Academy, finished by his congre-
cation at cost of $4,000, with, we are
happy to hear, every prospect of its early
acceptance. And in this Bishop Ludden
and Father Kennedy show their good
common sense. In the near future these
reciprocal propositions will multiply, and
as BD6y DldbQIS 1uJO q J1dCblCaL dlu I6COS-
nized modus Vivendi, lnsuring harmoni-
Gus relations, people will be found Won
dering why a thing so simple and so just
should ever have met with the blind and
unreasoning antagOnism which mas char
acteriZed its advancement from the out
SET"
at is not surprising to those who have
known of the motives actuating the cleri-
cal and lay delegates in Vermont that
Father Hall has been elected by the Yer
mont Episcopalians to be their future
Bishop" says the Outlook. His learn
ing, his zeal, his eloquence and his wide
interest in religious devotion have long
made him a conspicuous figure in the
American Episcopal Church, and if Phil
LBS Brooks had not been overwhelming
Iv popular in Massachusetts, he might
have been the Bishop OF Massachusetts in
his place, He had strong and deter
mined following, and his course III as
sisting in the confirmation OF DIR. Brooks,
though he did not vote for him, was an i'm
portant element in his admission to the
epjscopate. For this service Broad
Churchmen were grateful to him, and
Bishop Brooks fully appreciated the
service which he rendered. That service
cost Father Hall his position as Boston
CLERGYMAN. 1t caused him to be dis
frusfed by the head of his order, and it
led to his break with the extreme ritu-
alists who were bitterly opposed to the
confirmation of Bishop Brooks. His
election as the Bishop of Vermont is an
Endorsement of his course by American
Sbnrchmen who represent neither ex-
IRENE. and who are il search OF an earn
est man who will give ms time ana
ttranoth TO the work OF Bishop in that
Sfata His conversion TO American ideas
has been so well accomplished during his
, -lss in Boston that his episcopate