Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-29
ITS TENTH EDITION BISHOP BROWNS TREATISE ON EPISCOPAL DOCTRINE
 A REMARKABLE BOOK CHURCH FOR AMERICANS.
He Gives a Succinct and Detailed History of the Church From
 / Its Earliest Days.
Arkansas Democrat.

ne hlEnI heV. Wtn. montgomery Brown, D. D., bishop of Arkansas, has just issued from the press ef Thomas Whitaker, New York, the tenth edition of his remarkable book, "The Church for Americans. Libertas, writing in the Fort Smith Times, says that it is remarkable not so much for its great populari- ty, which is evidenced by the. nuns- Der of editions through which it has run, as far as it's broad-minded spir- it. liherality and entire freedom from invective, rdicule or harsh criticism in discussing a subject which ordinarily contains more lat eat heat than any other-that of eliSion-whereiu too often our ad- vocates of peculiar cult
 Prove their doctrine orthodox
 By apostolic blows and knocks
 The spirit of the work may be de- termined from the following para graphs of the introduction:
 Ut was impossible to cover the ground marked out for this book without ihstituting comparisons between the Episcopal Church and other bodies of Christians. Where we are fouDu to differ radically in matters of doc Urine and government an uncompromising effort has been made to justify our position. But the uniform endeaYor has been to speak the truth as Episcopalians understand it i'll spirit of love and fairness, and it is hoped that we have now here been so unfortunate in our expressions as to wound the feelings of any who differ from us or to leave the impression that we are SO narrow and bigoted as not to perceive that the various denomina- tions of churches have done and are doing a great amount of good. We believe that countless millions will be in heaven sho followed Dot with us.
 But though we are aware of the Christian graees, the good works, and the bright heavenly prospects of tens of thousands of the represen- tatives of the Roman church and Dissenting Protestants, yet this glad conviction does not justify us in forgetting our prolonged, cause less, hurtful and therefore awful di- versions and the consequent ohliga- ton to do what we can to restore the visible organic unity of the pIim- itive church. We are all iourneying toward the promised land, but how much better it would he for us and for the world if we were goAg to- gether in the straight and narrow way of Gods appointment"
 Bishop Bro WITS arguments are based upon the following bre ad tenets:
 "Q) Christ founded a visible, or ganzed church, and has laid upon us the cblixation to ally ourselves with if. (21 The way to that church is not through the gates of Rome. (3) Nor by way of Method ism, Presby terianism, etc., but (4) Through the Episcopal Church.
 The writer. follows the history of the church in detail from the time ir was planted in Britian in apostolic
  times, probably by St. Paul himself, through all it's struggles with papa cy, ana gives a graphic account of the ft.undi1g of the church in Amer ica. His reviewer closes by com mending "Ghurch for Americans" to every fair-seeker after knowledge, as one of the cleFerest, wisest and most logical and least dogmatic presentation of Episcopal doctrine than can come to his hourds. 1t will eradicate from the minds of n ally of us very mistaken impress