Evening journal., 1905-11-27
MANY CHURCHES, RESULTS
FEW, SAYS JOSEPH B. TURNER
Leading Presbyterian Divine Says His Opinion Time Has Come for
UnionFederation Of Churches May be Outcome Of the
Present New York Conference

Dover. De-, Nov 27.-Too many
churches and too few accessions and
/ fewe- results of church fel owsiip and
labor are t-oubling Delaware.
10 rs therefore a matter of deep con
cern to the peop of lower Delaware
especially that some basis Of agree
ment be arrived at by the Fed rat on
or conference Of evangee istic churches
now in session in New York city.
One of the bestknown towns in
/ d. laware conta MS 1S00 souls-men,
women and children and seven chur-
ches divide the VIC. shippers of that
community mot including tho chur-
ches for negro worshippers)
The matter has become of such mo-
ment to many De.awa-eans of late that
thy hailed with delight the conven-
Ing of distinguish. representatives of
the evangelistic churches in New York
cityfor the purpose Of 70. mulating some
has $ of agreement whereby uni-ed and
effective effort could be made for the
advancement of the cause of Christ.
The. Rev Joseph Brown Turner, one
Of the most promin, mt ministers Of the
Presbyterian denomination, will take
up the question or consideration in his
pulpit tomorrow Asked by a represen-
tative Of The Evening Journal for an
tally int resting subject-to both the
abstract of his upon this vital.y nter
estng subjelt--to both the churlhed
and the unchurched-Mr Turner gave
out the first sermon following:
I corinthians 1: 1918. every one OF
you saith. am of Paul, and ! of Apol
los. and I of Cephas, and | of Christ
Is Christ divided? Was Paul crueiiied
for you?'
Disorder prevailed in the church at
Corinth at this time, and the chief
cause of it was the existence of 3 OF
4 parties or factions. There was a fol
lowing which said we are Of Cephas
who insisted on the importance of the
Mosaic ritual. They called themselves
by the name of Pete. because he was
regarded as the chief of the apostles
of the circumcision.
A second faction called themselves b,
the name of Apol,os, who succeedei
Paul in Corinth. They mixed GreciaI
philosophy with the teachings Of Reve
lation. and thus the simplicity of the
Gospel was corrupted.
The Paulins Party.
The Pauline party, composed of the
converts and admirers Of Paul, made
a boast OF their christian liberty, ant
seem to have carried their freedom t'
tho extent Of licence Pau fOunl it nee
essarv to rebuke them for their divi
sions and Their looseness. The fourtl
party. who ca led themselves by the
name of Christ, appear to have beer
those who were neutral. They repu
dated al divisions and party names
and would call no man master but tn
! Master Himself. News of the conten
| tions between these parties was car
Ned to Pau, and he was rot only grie'
] ed, but greatly aston.shcd. He indig
I nantly disclaims any such Leadership
. as was imputed to him. and tells th
g christians of COrnth that they ar
not disciples of any one mere man
but only of Christ, into whose nam
they we.e baptized.
Now IL is to be noticed that thes
factions never proceeded to such al
extent as to cause actual separation il
the church. There were not at Corint
three or four different and differing
/ churches. There was nothing in tn
apastilc church in any wise comparin
to our modern denominatioral div
! sions. There was dissension but no d
{ vision; there was something really al
] preaching scism, but there were n
} sects.
= What, then, would Paul have sal