New-York tribune., 1897-08-30
DR DE COSTA PREDICTS tNloN.
THE ROMAN. GREEK AND ANGLICAN CHI Oh'hf''
HE SAYS WILL IN TIME BE ONE

TUT DOMAIN GREEK AND ANGLICAN CHURCHES
NE SAYS. WILL IN TIME BE ONE
MI. po,. Dr BENJAMIN F. De Costa. of the Church
=. Ioh, tho EVANGELIST preached a sermon yes
.rao,, roorning on "Christanity. In the course Oh
/, he prophesed union of the Anehcah "i'
and Roman churches within nuhdtou !'''
the outset Of his sermon he referred 10 'he INNS
tionity Of some members OF the c"u'c"''' anu
,o,nared +, TO the morality of some Of the agnos-
tics lie paid a tribute 10 the morality OF Coione'
Irorsou who he said lacked only Christianity.
coroa mon in the churches hadn't any better OhiS-
tianitv than he and could not well De trusted Oh an
other mans premises, the preacher declai'" -"''
ern Christianity he said further On. must merge
oither nto the historic Church or into agnoslclsm
t{e analyzed the ,hree "apostolc' church'S Inc
Roman he said had a magnificent organization.
on The lines OF. the old Roman empire. II sought 10
ruo the religious world the empire had zone tle
pol,tical world. 1t had only strong man "Hio'-
lou in this But It could never force It's RUE uPo"
the other churches Ii must look to peaceful union
with them The Greek Church. while holding to the
old fai,n. was dreamy and inclined to snpeFsu'
ton for i, to be the leader Of the world IL religious
matters.
The three churches have the same Fundamental!
urnciples" he continued. "All believe in tne same
creed lie, the Roman and the Greek churches onl!
drop their sunerfuous beliefs. Let them put ava!
thcir eXcusiveness, and union OF the chur'
Validity O. the Roman orders and Of thc RoC.dn
sacrnr3er.s There viii always be- se': differ
in the ru ais In the ma ter oi on-esseHt'dia
an influence from the Anglican Chuich by lhc m
nOvaIi0n OF popular services ana the slnelhS oi
HYMNS in inl English tongue Il now stands IN"
mos, forward IN maintaining inviolape me truth
Of the entire ElDC while. on tn" other nand emil
nent Professionals stand up Sunday after Sund3y
and b.ittie and sneor AZ Gods Hoy Word.
In Speaking OF the evidences Of approaching unity
between the Anglican and the Eastern chufchrT'
pr DE Costa r ierred to the work II Anglican mis-
siOns IN SYRIA under the auspices oi ~" ArcnDshOp
of Canterbury in which the ignorant tnfls ilaNS OF
,he Eastern church were BENG caAEAlc ed In the
doctrines Of their own Church lne n4l -i.A OF the
Anglican Church and the par; Il WC1d play III a
light TO the Roman and Greek churches. getting IN
return the advantages Of the magnificent OrsaniZa-
flon Of Rome and the weight Of orthodoxy oi the
Greek ChGrcn. Or. De Costa spoke OF the work
done by the non-episcopal missionaries in the same
region as one OF GisintcgratiOn. "HdvlnS no MS
Tory Of their own" ne said ihey try 10 tear do"n
man-nIado Church for the one that mas apostolic
authority
The Engsh-speaking race, he said. would m
mate In 'igion does in temporal matters. and
the head of the church would be an Eng ishman.
not an Italian
As to he part that non-epscopal bodies would
take in the future Church. DR.. De Costa said that
they could bring into il many sterling qualities
But the best that these good people Wi. BE- able TO
bring" he declared lis what VIII be the hardest
for Them 70 brne-obcdicncc: ii Will be their best
ism he said was toward disintegration. "Wijh
Rome's magnificent organizatiOn.' he continued
and which places It's strongest men IN III, weakest
part OF the battle line, tn" Episcopal Church could
have some OF it's strongest men downtown In This
lily and not following the money uptown.
Will see dcnOmnaU alism dead. Modern Chris
ianitv must merge into the historic Church or Into
agnosticism. They will hnd a powerful syndicate
based on Christianity IL which there will be 10