The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-26
church, and is properly called Ameri-

church, and is properly called Ameri-
cam.
.For long time it has been evil
dent . says the .'Watchman" (Bapt) OF
Boston. that the extreme High Church
narty have been casting about for
weapons against the American progress
sives like Archbishops Ireland and
Keane Cahensleyism was defeated
largely through the efforts of these two
men, Cardinal Satolli's mission did not
end in a decisive victory for either
marty And now the reactionaries have
succeeded in securing an utterance
from the Pope against the Americana
ism, which minimizes Roman doctrine,
az the Paulist Fathers certainly DO.
The disciples of Father Hecker are os-
tensibly the culprits, but the shot is
directed against Ireland and Keane.
They are whipped over the backs of the
Paulists The Pope, as we have sug-
gested, is exceedingly astute in the way
he comes to the defence of the Ultra
montanes He makes a distinction be-
tween the faith which cannot change,
and the rule of life,' which can ac-
commodate itself to the exigencieS of
various times and places according to
the character and genius of nations
which she embraces The Pope, after
mentioning some other errors which
are evidently introduced in order that
the letter may not bear solely against
the Paulists, reaches the very moderate
conclusion that the attempts of the Of
der to win Professionals by conferences
and addresses outside of churches are
not to be condemned, if these are SUI
D;e1,< tI1o,r~ la
methods are not discredited. OF course
there is nothing in all this which Arch
bishops Ireland and Keane could not at
once accept, and their opponents have
not succeeded in winning the triumph
over them upon which they had conf
IDENTIFY reckoned'
Under these circumstances, what IS
the practical course for the Presbyte-
rian Church to take with its standards
and its traditions?" asks the New York
Evangelist" (Pres.). First, to sim
plify greatly at the earliest possible
day, its doctrinal requirements Of office
bearers, so as to make it possible for a
much larger number of Christ's minis
ters possessed of the needed gifts and
graces in abundant measure, to be-
come ours. Secondly, until this can he
done, to interpret its present doetrinal
requirements with great generosity, in
the spirit of Christian liberty, that their
deterrent force may operate as. little as
possible to keep out those who have a
right to be in Thirdly, to stamp with
emphatic disapproval every attempt to
repeat the blunder of driving out men
of learning, piety and ministerial power,
because of disagreement with some of
fn IA rio IF
divergent opinions, and, as the least
thing possible, to accept a minister's
avowal of loyalty to Christ and to our
branch of his church as his sufficient
protection in all ministerial rights. The
Presbyterian Church is only a branch
it is not the whole church. 1t has no
private revelation, no private author
ity. The more Christians and Christian
ministers it has, the stronger branch
it will be. If it persists in excluding
and expelling, on the ground of differ
ing opinion, men who are loyal to Christ
and efficient in his church, it pro-
nounces our doom. 1t will dwindle and
decay, and the Masters work of re-
claiming the world will be done ty
those who have a larger understanding
of the mind of the Master
ne Danger that threatens the
Lords Day." says the New York
"Churchman" Up. Ed, comes from
those who have no need of subverting
it. from those who set the church fash
ion of seventy-five millions OF people,
and choose to set the fashion of Sunday
dinners and musicales, people who do
not need that day for recreation, and
spend much of every day in amuse-
ment 1t is on Fifth avenue. and not
alone on the Bowery, that there is
great abuse of Sunday. Yet the police
guard that while they frown upon this.
and the recent report of the New York
Sabbath Committee would indicate
that their thoughts had been mainly
bent on checking the recreation of the
toilers rather than the display of idle
leisure. Sunday was not given US for
rest only, for rest for the sake of rest.
any more than life was or than heaven
will be. 1t is not the Hebrew Sabbath
and We have the best authority that 4
was not meant to be- 1t was given us
by the Christian church for recreation.
spiritual. mental, physical; for the re-
creation that the church assumed all
her children would need, because She
felt that every true Christian would re-
gard work as a privilege and a DUTY.
Work is law of healthy being. and
work implies the need of recreation
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