The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-01

eign missions. The statement that the
money subscribed die not r,ach the mis-
sionaries he denounced as an utter false.
hood. As to the allegation .hat missions
were failure. he cited the monors paid
by the government of sndis en- his death
to William Carey, the irst missionary to
that country. Yet when Carey 6rst went
to India, the authorities had refused to
let him land, saying that If he taught
those people the Bible shey vould not DO
able to govern them. Speskng on mis-
sionaries he said that there were more
ministers in New York city than in all
India. In that country there was one
missionary to every 100000 persons. He
showed q large railroad fnap Of India,
with mission stations in white, showing
an almost solid BLACK acksfound where
the Bible had never been. He closed with
a strong appeal for IL issio:. aid and the
quotation of the texE. 'Inssmuch as ye
have done it unto the Least. & these, ye
have done 1t unto me-
PROGRESS 10 CMaIsTSAN UNITY.
Mr.. Garrett Shows aow II Goes on
Dogma the Ubstssse.
At st. Marks church laat evening the
rector, Rev. D. C. Garrett. preached on
''Christian Unity" from this text: Psalms
xv:112: Lord, who email dwell in Thy
tabernacle or who shsIl ress upon Thy
holy hillf Even he that lsa,ieth an un.
corrupt life and doeth that wnich is right
and speaketh the truth frfsEa his heart"
Mr.. Garrett said:
One of the leading issues ia the religious
thought Of the day is the question of
Christian unity. Tha comiRg parliament
of the worlds religions in connection with
the Columbian exposition i. she greatest
of many recent manifestat: ons Of . desire
to unity the religious beliefs IT mankind.
Within tho bounds OF Christianity the ten
dency towards unity is Iaost marked.
How pleasant 1t was IT, see :he represents
tives of so many different Christian bodies
Of this city united liz the great Sunday
school rally q week ego. We seem to be
approaching . crisis ar this question. A
gradual process of unsfcation is at work,
and One greater than snan y the guiding
power. At times We grDw impatient
over the slow pace at which the churches
are moving in this direction. Great
bodies move slowly. Wnls many in
dividuals are far in advance. reaching
ont their hands to form . fe!lowship, the
different denominations trey belong to
fnd it difficult to make sne same rapid
Roadway. 1t is always so IN all true prog
ress. 1t takes years FOR wha, seems after
wards to be the simplest rele Of right to
gain anything like general acknowledge
ment Over 800 years ella, ,ssd before the
world would understand that the great
Founder of the church mee az that slavery
was inconsistent with Christianity. Many
centuries were consumed III learning that
-
ator Of the truth. Indeed, the lesson can
hardly be said to have yet been fully APP
preciated. The progress in mind and soul
are not always correlatise. Some men
very able intellectually appear to have
very little soul. And on tie other hand,
before the mind has form'slated any ab-
stract basis of action, the good issues Of
the heart will 60 on directing one to do
those very things that the lalnd Is so anx-
ious to learn how to do. Jtst is precisely
the situation of the religious world on the
question of unity. 'ine vesy inconsisten-
cies shown by church conventions prove
tn at the soul is in advance nj the mind in
solving this weighty problem.
A the time of the general convention Of
the Protestant Episcopal church in Chi
cago in 1856 reso!utiosa of brotherIy
y
ties 70 the house OF BISHOPS for approval
and went back to the lower house with
the message in substance this, the bishops
fully concurred in the spir~: Of the resolu-
ton, but as they were giving . great deal
of time to the whole subject O. unity. it
would be Just as well 20 withhold this par.
ticular act OF civility until ihe intellectual
process had finally eieterIisired the right
method of general procedure. 1t was like
q man neglecting 10 bow In a friend in
passing, and excus'ag himself on the
ground that he was a that very time on
his way home to rreparA an elaborate
treatise on the duty 81 unise,sal courtesy.
Here the heart seems to be behind the in
,ellect. But the soui sooa forges ahead.
1t can't help it, if the re is Sry soul there.
In a few DAYS q message ossrsses from this
same house Of bishops rthich contains,
among other good shinra. several para
graphs so full of tie spirit of Christi
anity that. in spit~ of shs former dis
courtesy, one can hardly be!p believing IN
the apostolic succession.
How comprehensive the statement, 1--WE
believe that all who nave tssen duly bap-
tized with water In the naine of the Fa-
Their. and of the Sea, ard OF the Holy
Ghost, are members of the holy catholic
church." How char able tae concession
that 'in all things 81 human ordering or
human choice relatlng to the modes OF
worship and OF i 50 plins, or TO tradi-
tional customs, this churc3 - ready, IN the
spirit OF love and kamilstF, TO forego all
preferences of her o,s n" How fair-mind-
eli the declaration & At "t;i$s church does
not seek 10 absorb .aj}.er c6Tstmun.ons, but
rather cooperation " it'll tSt N on the ba-
sis Of common faith, II order 20 dis
continue schism, 10 heal she wounds OF
tile body of Christ, and ~ promote the
charity which is the ,'hie: - the Christian
graces and the vss.0-e rsaaifestation OF
Chris; TO the world The surest tokens
OF Christian unity sse 20 - found in the
activity of service FER C-sgst- Then IL is
that distinctions Of cTeeA are forgotten,
dogma is lost sight c. IN cAn blessed doc
trlne of love. and the " hC1s momentum OF
humanity carries men i:rward hand in
hand, heart 10 hear. n Atse one irresiss-
ibie desire 10 do the thiDE which is right.
Ii il is impuriiy dat mast be attacked.