The record-union., 1893-09-02

succeeded in giving the Propaganda a
more thorough idea Of the necessity for
his presence here, as well as of the inca
paclty OF those who lent themselves to
lhose representations for wisely dominat-
ing the policy of the church here. That
poIlcy is now settled for the generations
TO come. 1t can never be one Of antagon-
Ism TO the institutions OF this country, for
ia that splendid paraphrase of the Papal
Delegate, IN answer TO the address Of the
citizens OF ST. Paul: My mission, You
say, has been in accord with the spirit
ana institutions OF your country. Allow
me to put 1t otherwise-G our institutions
are in accord with the essential spirit of
the church and her constitution
Abiding to the hospitality recently ex-
tended by a Baptist Church in Long
Island City to a Roman Catholic congre-
gatlon, the New York Examiner ,Bapt.)
remarks: "Baptists entertain no supersti-
uous reverence for the house in which
they worship. They do not think it des-
ecrated by any reVerent religious service
which may be conducted in it, And al
though the service of the mass is as wide
apart from the worship OF a Baptist
Church as could well be, and no Baptist
can have the smallest atom Of sympathy
with the unscripturai and illogical
thought that underlies it, the building
VIII be no whit the worse for its celebra-
ton there, while the spirit which prompt
cd the offer, being of christ, will not fail
OF It's effect. This exhibition of Christian
hospitality is all the more impressive
from the fact that it cannot be recipro-
Gated in kind. Should Pastor Grillin's
nIeeung-house burn down after Father
AlcGuIre'S Is built, would Father Me
CURE send Christian greeting and invi-
Iatlon to Pastor Griffin? Alas! no: he
could not, however willing in spirit. The
1TTarr s..ft r,f hi I
that has existed exists still in full force
IN the church OF which he is a pastor.
80 Baptist would be pernitted - con-
Duct service from the 'conGecrated altar
IL the 'consecrated church, There is not,
thon, so much meaning in this pleasant
AlLIe incident as some have assumed.
We should not have referred to it but for
the pother made about it as remarkable
instance of the increasing Hberality of the
day. 1t is simply fresh exhibition, in a
somewhat unusual form, OF the broad
Ilberality toward ali who differ from
them which has marked the spirit of the
Baptists from Roger Williams down. 1t
Is not sIgnlticant-it is merely character
istic."
Regarding the proposal to change the
name OF the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church the Cumberland Presbyterian of
Nashville, Tenn, observes: The words
CuLi D6IIdHu 9TeSDy terrain nave come to
stand for the history Of the great revival
OF lSO0, and the revolt in the Presbyte-
ran Church in the West against the
rigid doctrines of high Calvanism, for a
belief in a universal atonement and the
aIl-embracing and impartial agency OF
the Holy Spirit, Joined in a belief in the
eternal condemnation and punishment
TO the finally impenitent and the final
perseverance OF the saints. No other
word-neither 'Evangelical,' nor Free
nor American nor New SCHOOL, could
so well symbolic this history and doe
trne as the name Cumberland. OF course
every pastor is often ask ed how Cumber-
land Presbyterians differ from other
PresDyterians. But this should not be
thought hardship but rather an oppor-
tunlty. The same question would be
asked if we should call ourselves Lib
eraP or Free or il, as one brother sug-
gests, we should put Cumberland in pa
renthesis after 'Presbyterian,' or adopt
the still more awkward title suggested
! by another brother, The Presbyterian
Church revised standards).' Whatever
new name we might adopt the name
/ Cumberland, and the history and doe
trine for which it stands, would come up
| for explanation. We are therefore una
bic to see what would be gained by the
chanp0.D