The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-11-22


We bow, but not TO 18th century inter
OF ii,
8. Some people imagine we are not
eligious because we do not use GER
ain religious phraseology that has a
loly sound. We do not say Brother
Blank" and sabbath" and the like,
Well, all thai is passing away. These
things did not make those great and
good men, the Puritans, great and
good, And il We will follow them let
US emulate their moral strength and
manly vigor and not initiate their ma
sal twang or their panctimonious as.
pect or their cant.
A. Some people imagine that the
Episcopal church is not religious, be.
cause it attends 30 closely to its own
business. To thi. say, that our plan
ID systematic, complete and symmstri-
cal, and that experience has taught
us that our business will best be done
by our doing it. My own experience
is, that while much capital is made OF
such exolusiveness, yet the Episcopal
church gets on as we'll with her neigh
bors as any other, has as few quaIrelc
with them, says as few hard things
about them, and sympathizes as much
with them, as any other church and
yet, attends TO its own business. DID
you ever hear an Episcopalian say
that the other churches have nothing
to do with politics or religion? haYt
personal knowledge of thousands, yel
millions, OF dollars that EpiscopalianI
have given away outside OF their owl
church. An Episcopalian endowed |
Methodist college, and, during the las
year, the largest gifts to the Y. MO, A
and the American Bible Society wer
by members of this church. This ma,
not seem as religious as fraternal greet
ings and tears, but it is also not a
cheap,
| 5. But what, you ask, has the Epi'
copal church done to prove its relil
ion? She has given to the world me
Vt lofty character. Her men enjo
life and love it; they may not have tn
unctious demeanor OF others, but the
are just as correct in business, just 6
fair in trade, just as converted i
their pocket-books, just as patriotic
their country, just as loyal to the
God, and just as true to their friend
as any men in the world. Our Wor
en- may be cheerful, they may DIRE
the best they can, they may be eve
gay, but they are just as virtuou
just as charitable, and just
pious as any woman God ev
made. Yes, no church can point
more men who combine with the
greatness, than this church. In pJ
try, she has her Wordsworth and TIE
nyson in literature, her Addison al
Irving; in the forum, Horatio Sc
mour and William Gladstone: in W;
her Wellington, her Washington al
her Lee.
6. The agnostic George Min, recel
}. ly said, that one of the strong-holds
Y christianity was its religious hymn
d And the best hymns, those go
% old hymns that have warmed t
q heart and elevated the piety of t
1t world, are the product Of t
d Episcopal church. The idea
e any man having the audacity to 6
* that that church has nothing to
st with religion which gave him "Ro
n Of Ages" and "Jesus Lover Of !
ia Soul" The ingratitude, to say it
10 the church which gave him. 1T
ir Long Metre Doxology" and "Gre'
" lands Icy Mountains" Sueh1a m
Is ought to beprohibited from singing
s Charge to Keep l Have" and ether,
v a Fountain Filled With Blood" and
Would Not Live Away" and all
.. rest OF the grand old hymns VIII
70 have come from the Episco
"a church.
ii 7. So we might mention the WI
n. that this church is doing today,
n. the study Of Gods work. Any mir
1e ter in Atlanta will tell you that
a. world knows no greater Biblical sch
c. ars than Lightfoot, Ellicott, Westcc
W Hort, Geikie, Farrar and Tren