The Newtown bee., 1904-03-18

est difficulty they had to compete with, especially in the foreign missionary field, was this terrible division in ChriStendOm. Then the rector showed plainly that infant baptism, confirm atlon or the laying on of the bishops nands on the laity of the church, was the practice of the church for more than the first 1900 years of the Church's history, and that the three fold order or the ministry, bishops, Presbyters or priests and deacons had existed in the Church for more than the .hrSt 1900 years of the Church's history without anyone finding out that 'theSe things ought not to be- ana that It was not until the year 1873 that someone thought the church ought to be governed by the PreSby- tery. ana not until ten years later that
 ministers ought to be appointed by
 the authority of the congregation."
 Then the speaker said he did not be-
 lieve the world would ever be evangel-
 lZed until we could have Church unity But, he said, objectors say, "Well, if you are so very anxious for Church
 unity why don't you come over to us:" He thought it was very unfair prop- osition to make, but question that
 was easily answered. We reply, the rector said, in the first place, that even II be very hard for us to know which denomina- | tion to go to, as there were so very many; and
 eae s as ,ey % ey church history, but that whenever any Of them were ready 50 return return tS Q the true Home ne receive them. He concluded by saying that he would. for the present; answer only one use of the word catholic" The rector said that perhaps it is natural to some. because we know there are some persons who have been l educated miS2DEFehenSiOn spirit which pervades the Church, and even of the & object Of her ser services % and that few Icy sub sub
 and true position of the Church. In the Apos-
 the holy Catholic Church" ana that in the
 Nicene creed which was adopted by the
 former creed. this confession vas made s siiii Hi
 more strongly. ,,I believe One. Holy. Catholic
 words fin the communion of the Catholic
 Church" are used; Now. he said, to some per,
 the idea of the Church of Rome, because they
 guish the members of that particular body by
 which belongs to them no more than to us, and
 that if such persons would kindly take the
 would find. as its etymology showed. that the
 word was of Greek origin and means as ap-
 n for
 sGd ip the 1sa1y we P..K, Sa. it
 universal Cor Catholic) Tn the right way" l 'The Holy Catholic Church" then. means the Holy Universal Church as existing ir all parts of the world, and in all ages of the world from | the time Christ founded the Church until
 now Then he went on to shoE that this word plOyed in'the New Testament in setting forth | the titles of the Epistles of St James, Peter,
 Jude, and the first Epistle of St John, because instead of being addressed to the Church in a dressed his epistles to the Church in Corinth, or Rome. or Ephesus, these general epistles | were written to the Church throughout the | world. and were intended to be ''universal" " The most liberal translation, therefore, would
 be ''the catholic Epistle of St James, Peter. l Catholic" in the ancient Church designated l those who adhered to the ancient faith, in cOntradiSttnctiOn of those who were named heretics after their most prominent leaders,
 the Corinthians. the Marcionites, the Montan- chians. etc., and it was . fact that the Catho- lie or Universal Church is, as the creeds she | recites set forth, 8 true and answered out growth from the stem of the ''One. Holy,
 Catholic and Apostolic Church" !" and her chill
 their own legitamacy. The growing knowl- edge and serious appreciation of the fact that | they are .bOEn through and nurtured by the
 Bride of Christi is causing . deep and wide
 perception of the value of their Catholic heri-
 tage; and that. as he would show in another lecture, both ministers and people in the
 different Sects were more and moro account
 ing the Church, as in truth. One. Holy, Catho- lie and Apostolic, and thereby perceiying
 more intelligently and feeling more profund-
 late Christians. in life or death. by coming
 back to the Catholic Church. of which Christ
 Head.-[-..