The record-union., 1898-10-30

the deliberations of the session. The
church must lengthen her cords as we'll
as strengthen her stakes; expansion
must accompany intension. There is
as much disloyalty and death in a fail
ure to recognize the former principle
as there is in failure to recognize the
latter. Depth for her roots and space
for the wide reaches of her branches
the church must have. Other bodies
gain power by concentration and self
Imitation but if any part Of the church
constructs hedge about itself or sets
bounds to its vision. the power that &C
crues is Of this world and not the power
Of Christ and His kingdom. The parish
that does not find large joy in the con-
sciousness of it's ability to establish
kinship with those who dwell in the
uttermost parts of the earth, the diocese
that is lost in self contemplation, the
church that does not see in work for
foreign missions the consummation of
love and service, must pay the bitter
penalty of being ruled out of the van
guard of Gods army, If not altogether
out Of the ranks of His forces"
The New York independent" speak
ing Of differences between Ritualists
and Evangelicals in the Protestant
Episcopal Church, says: When we at
tempt to bring these matters to the
touchstone of revelation we always
come hard against Paul's rule, Him
that is weak in the faith receive ye.
What a comprehensive rule that isl
The weak brother whom Paul bade
the Christian Church receive held to
errors worse than any of those of the
Church of Rome. He held that men
could not be saved, should not be re-
ceived in the Christian Church, except
they were circumcised and kept the
Mosaic ritual law. That was the frnda-
mental error of salvation by works
instead of faith, by form, by ritual,
which Christ opposed by salvation by
heart-love, and Paul by salvation by
faith. And they clung to their funda-
mental error, Notwithstanding that all
Paul's inspiration was against them.
They dared to say, We do not accept
Paul's authority. And yet Paul COM
manded to receive them, and added
that righteousness and peace and Joy
in the Holy Ghost were more fllnda-
mental still than a correct acceptance
Of the doctrine of salvation by faith.
And so. while every fiber Of our in
tellectual being supports the denials
of these Evangelicals in the Anglican
Church, yet our reading of the Bible
compels us to say that the church
should make hospitable room for those
who are far astray in their belief and
practice"
1--WE may predict pretty courageous
ly,'' says the Christian Register"
(unit) Of Boston, chat a very great
movement will surely sweep all the
Protestant churches constantly toward
liberal thought That movement is
now on. 1t has already changed the
tone of the preaching to a consider
BILE extent in thousands of churches.
Where are the men in any enlightened
community who really believe that any
just and friendly neighbor is in danger
of eternal doom for not belonging to
the right kind of church? Where, in
deed, are the women any longer who
lie awake nights praying for the con-
version of good Unitarian or Universal
ist husbands? The Unitarian 1eaven
is the conviction that the good life may
lived, apart from any particular
scheme Of doctrine. The Catholic, the
Quaker, the Baptist, the Buddhist, Mo-
hammedan, or Jew, the earnest ag-.
nostic, may. show forth the good fruits
of the spirit in fidelity, reverence, and
b~ctherly love This leaven is all