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very powerfully upon the Europe even
England there danger the experiment govern
ending failure under the depoc tendencies the Tudor and
stua The close the 18th marked critical time in the
political desne of Europe and of the world If the principle
@ was not soon to perish utterly from the earth the pro-
maintain individual and local freedom and concerted action
needed, and needed imperavely these conditions:
CD vast and virgin territory far enough removed from Europe
be well from enough be
with it and to be for time dependent upon it,
who had strong instinct for freedom with training in the unda
mental a principles Of f. M went ;.,a + e
Englshme with their political instincts and training furnished the
second.
the very the
aton in the New World ola great independent overnn nation
act the whole world the political and religious problem
men the sentiments and conditions which make for nationality
The political problem and the religious problem really but
aspects Of one @ essential 5 problem The vital and moving forces in our
Of the individual and of the nation divine institution
When we consider the two types of English Christianity which
ed the development of national life and institutions may
brood SAY SAY that that 6 the and inf Of the
dom while the characteristic influence the Curcman
development nationality The Churchman did
World religious worldly
diton though this not saying that he worldly than his
Puritan brother He would bring with him. and retain his idea of the
church objective institution Not having any grievance against
influence would tend to
proong that initial period of dependence which for time
period history permanent
colonies dependence the mother
The influence the Episcopal Church during the period made
Independence When the crisis
which eliminated in the Revolutionary War temper
the Puritan rather than of the Churcman that preped
against England But when the the body
paian ready it, Patrick Henry
Jefferson Benjamin Franklin Robert Morris and George Washington
all Churchmen though of them sound
Threefouhs of the clergy the fact that they
England and had taken an oath of allegiance the British
epouse the royal but among the alty there
proportion of Tories than to be found among Conggona
Presbyterians (luakers.
Revolutionary confronted the Indepen
dent States crisis that which resulted in the
independence The period between 1888
critical period American history The winning of independence
achievements; still
Federal Government 1t connection with this
the influence Of the Church and Of Chumen itself
the individual but he believes we'll emphasizing the Importance
the larger social organisms the Church the This
thought led him to look about at if the scattered
% ana wrecks OF his communion could not be brought into
relation another and the ideal Catholic
Church realized ara possible The Chuchman great
While the question of national federation
Churcman had the question of federation settled
the adoption Federal
organized federal basis Within the sphere
this has been the successful made
ed action while the freedom nivid
ua and the the parish and diocese constructive work.
the organizers the Episcopal Church provided the
ea Constitution with object lesson Certain is that the on
aton OF other religious body America corresponds closely
that the Federal Government does that Episcopal
When remember that the minds that engaged
of the Episcopal Church
dence coincidence.
far-reaching providence upon us
work the solution of the political
nal problem of humanity Our task demonstrate world
that human freedom and brotherhood mpaccab ideas
sight well faith being made manifest
the pillar the peoples the
the worlds without the religion
would long this have ended in failure Among the organized forms
English Christianity is privilege Chuchmen that
communion has played nconpcuous in the
achievement of the nations task.