The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-22
CHRISTIAN UNITY.
Important Movement Among
Protestant C%1ergYmen of
all Denominations.
CIRCULAR LETTER DRAFTED
object to Promote Unity Among
Christian Sects-Distinguished
Divines in Sympathy.

Christian Sects-DistinguiShed
Divines in Sympathy.
A significant move towards establish
ing catholic unity took pla a
lays ago in Grace House, New York
| City, by seven leading Protestant de-
nominations. Rev. Prof. c. w. Shields
of Princeton was elected president and
Rev. DR.. VIM. c. Langdon of Providence
| secretary and treasurer of the organiza-
ton to be known as The League OF
Catholic Unity" AS the name implies,
the society's object IS to promote Chris
tian unity. The members present at
Grace House drafted this letter which
will be circulated throughout all denomi-
nations;-.
.In view of the acknowledged evils of
a divided C~hristendom, and in view also
of the growing desire for Church unity,
we, whose names are subscribed, de-
| voGtly seek M ~ las in euida and
blessing, hereby associate ourselves as
a league FOR the promor.on of catholic
unity. Without detaching ouselves from
| the Christian bodies to which we sever
ally belong. or intending to compromise
our relations thereto. or seeking to in
| terfere with other efforts Tor Christian
unity, we accept, as worthy of the most
thoughtful consideration. the four prin-
ciples of Church unity proposed by the
| Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal
| Church at Chicago in 1886, and amended
by the Lambeth Conference of 1888. as
followss-
PRINCIPLES OF UNITY.
ST. The Holy Scriptures of the Old
| and New Testaments, as containing all
things necessary to salvation and as
| being the rule and ultimate standard of
faith.
"II. The Apostles Greed, as the bap-
t:smal symbol, and the Nicene Creed. as
the sufficient statement of the Christian
faith.
eth. The two Sacraments ordained
by Christ Himself: Baptism and the
Supper of the Lord, ninistered with UNI
failing use of Chr;st's words of insti-
tuition, and of the elements ordained by
"Iy. The Historic Episeopate, locally
adapted in the methods of Its admins
t@ration to the varying needs Of the ma
tons and peoples called of God into the
| Unity of His Church.
"We believe that upon the basis OF
these four principles as articles or
agreement the uflHcaCOn Oh the CHTiS-
tan denominations of this country may
| proceed, cautiously and steadily. without
any alteration of their existing stand
which might not reasonably be made in
a spirit of brotherly love and harmony,
for the sake Of unity and for the fur
| Church of Christ on earth. This win
| appear, the more closely Zach of these
articles IN question Is examined.
BIBLE THE FAITH.
tarhn Holy SprlntnrlS are already 01lr
| accepted rule of faith. howsoever we
may differ among ourselves concerning
| the mode Of Their inspiration and inter-
h Apostles and N:cene Creeds,
being in accordance with the Holy
Scriptures, DO already sufiieiently es-
Guiding the more particular confessions
to which we are. severally attached;
such as the Augsburg ConfeSsion, the
Articles, the Westminster Confession,
and other symbols or formularies not
inconsistent with these two cathoic
The Sacraments of Baptism and the
Lords Supper, as instituted by Christ
Himself, and administered with HIS own
appointed words and elements, are al
ready recognized among US as the
badges and media of Church member
ship and communion, although we 90 not
their administration or special qualif-
| cations for their reception, or ever
| theories of their efficacy.
The Historic EpIscUpate in various
t% Inrms atrt the Christian aSanit world sE's ana, as
connected with the Scriptures, the creed,
tan denominations by completing their
CONGREGATIONAL. Presbyterian CT Episco-
them normally in one Holy Catholic and
Apos' villa IPu IS RECOMMENDED.
HTn order to m Catholic unity We
recommend. as proposed by the Lambeth
Conference. that these articles, be care
thoritatiye standards Of doctrine. wor-
ship and government adopted by the diff
tsfe1 Eng pIafes oa fi Faces are RE- div WitdItd 4;
and to this end we reverently and lov,
ingly invoke the countenance and aid of
c tas sIsh and Of Ct t al other oafho heiS slshl
ops and Christian ministers of every
order and name. $3.50,
with the prevalent .ntereession of our
assembled Lord that we shall all become
o fsnS Eat Him Hin fd for tb the r6 slSSry IF T H,I Hi cn Ereb-
and for the redemption Of the world!
aoongrsssg ! sti9 N aE, B Bsnsh can An,
Samuel E: Herrick. Edward c. Moore.
phsn Epss ;: mIegai abbott. william
B. DuBose, william r. Huntington. VIII
liam Chauncey Langdon. Randolph NJ.
McKim, Henry x. satterlee, George Will
P sbyteriai Thomas G. Apple,
Charles, a.. Briggs. Edward Coe,
]. B. Remensnyder. Charles W. Shields
OTHERS IN SYMPATHY.
Attached to the letter is a list of min
4 listers of these denominations: Congre-
gational, Protestant Episcopal Presby-
terrain, Baptist, Methodist Episcopal.
Lutheran, Reformed. The names are as
Rev. DR.. E. B. Andrews. President of
Brown University, Baptist: the Rev. DR..
George Dana Rnardman of Philadelphia,
Beach of Cambridge, the Rev. DR.. Am
DR.. Samuel E. Herrick of Boston. the
Rev. DR.. Edward c. Moore Of Providence,
and the Rev. DR.. Philip s. Moxom, Con-
gregational; the Rev. DR.. George vii
Hanson Smith. President of Trinity Col.
lege, Hartford; the Rev. DR.. Edward
Abbott Of Cambridge; the Rev. William
r. Huntington, this city; the Rev. DR.
William Chauncey Langdon- Providence
There is more Catarrh in this section Of
the country than all other diseases put
together, and until the last few years
was supposed to be i%ncurable. For j, q
great many years doctors. pronounced II
a local disc ase, and prescribed local rem