The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-07-15

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dred years in at least three places in the
! Ordlnal. One who complains ought first
to be better informed. Furthermore, we
| should like to know Of such literalist
whether he obeys certain other injuuc-
lions TO be found in the Gospel. Smitten
upon one cheek does he turn the other
alSo?' Does he hate father and mother
and wife and children. and brethren and
SISters? Has he sold all be had and
given to the poor2' -
What is Observation-Disclosures" asks
| the CHRISTIAN Register Unit Of Boston
The question is worth asking, if good
! answer can be found, because one who
manitests living and enthusiastic inter-
est IN bringing others to think and feel
with HIM III matters pertaining to relig-
ION, whatever his motives may be, must
often face the charge of being denomi-
nationalist. There is nothing in the
word itself, TO be sure, which implies a
| very serious OtenSe. But it is spoken
with an lntonation which makes it an ac-
| cusauon, and the type OF mind to which
IL IS then meant 10 apply no doubt LAYS
Itself open to Just TeprOach. But surely
the degree OF tervOr OF ones interest in
The welfare and growth Of that branch of
the church with which his lot is cast can
not be the sin that is aimed at, though
that IS what random shot often strikes.
DenOmlnallOnallSm in a bad sense is for
all practical purposes the same as section
aIlsm III political affairs. That is to say, it
IS selfish ambition 10 see ono's own par
ticular church thrive and grow strong, no
matter what happens TO the Church Uni
yersal. He who does not see that each
DIVISION Of the church has its own pc
cuIlar work TO do, and whose conceit of
the importance of his own sect leads him
TO look with ScOrn or contempt on other
religious tellowships. may be called u de-
M D Nslf E,FnHa 10y
OF sectionalism, there is another weak
ness of which the citizen must beware as
an interference with the wisdom OF DO
lltlcal action. IL is bad if he shall seek
| the prosperity of his own State or city in
reckless disregard OF the good OF the
whole country. But there is sometimes
an absorbing regard Tor national politics
which too much leaves local issues and
opportunities out Of its reckoning. Peo-
pie who eXaggeTate the dangers of the
UNCONVENTIONAL spirit in religion should
be careful not to neglect, or lead others to
neglect, the responsibilities that rest upon
their own household Of faith and which
nobody else can attend to. The prosperity
of the whole depends upon the prosperity
OF all its parts, and for the good Of the
whole no less than for its own glory each
part must faithfully perform the mission
that has been assigned to it,"
The following is from the Interior
(Pres.) of Chicago 1.-THE denominations
are not the church, says Il member of
another church; they are clubs or asso-
Citations Of men who can work together
in harmony Of doctrinal belief for a COM
mon purpose 1t follows that a man
who does not find himself i'll working
harmony with the religious club Into
which he has happened to fall had better
| join some other club with which he is i'll
| harmony; or If he can find none, he
| should flock in a club by himself This
| has come to be the prevailing theory OF
late, and we hear it practically PROFOUND
| ed IN highly orthodox quarters. We
wonder if this new view has silently sun
| planted the old doctrine of the divine aIl-
thorlty of the church organism. 1t verify
| seems So for we hear nothing else said Of
late. OF course, If it be true, then each
religious club, conventionally called a
! church, is law unto itself, and NAV enact
! any laws it pleases, and whoever does not
like them can go elsewhere. We have
never so understood the nature of the
church. We understand it 60 he a divine
institution which can originate no laws
but can only enforce the laws OF its king
and Head-that Christ is the law-Civer
If this be So ana the divine authority
only be enforced, then no man can rebel
without rebelling against Christ We
must admit that this is our view, though
IL does seem to locate us as living III past
age, when the church was held to be the
body Of which Christ is the head. This
is not saying that the church may not
adopt temporary eXpedients to meet the
emergencies and organic necessities OF
the times"
The Papal encyclical on the school
| question, published this week, clears up
two points," says the JVutchman (Bapt.1
| of Boston. Archbishop Satolli is de-
Spri he'd 'Onr daIayotp sov+ I,;tt1o,