Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-31

to the receiving OF the blessing. As
matter OF fact our own church has
J always stated in the haptismai office
{ that the candidate shall be Immersed
or sprinkled l. myself, have had i'm.
mersions and Just as soon as the de.
mand is sufficiently strong. baptistry
viii be built In the corner of this
church. loud "Amens" from some OF
the Baptists present1 Such a division
o. Ghristendom may be very tenacious
ly held. but you see II is absolutely
unnecessary
Shortly after the Reformation. some
English folk took n violent dislike TO
bishops ON the ground that they were
unduly loyal to the crown The Epis.
sopacy and the Mondrchy seemed to
them to be inseparable, and Congre.
eationalism the God-given method Of
church organization The Presbyte.
rian church did not separate on the
basis of new form OF government
but adopted the Presbyterian because
the logical Calvin renlized that he
had lost rightly ordained bishops, but
the Congre gational split was one OF
poiity. In 1880 Robert Browne found.
ed The sect of Brownists, or lndepen;i
eutS, and Coneregntionalism became |
permanent division of the Church ot |
Christ II is growing more and more
evident that the excessive freedom of |
Congregationalism Is destructive of |
continuous life through the ages, and
that all the Congregationalism
that church can safely endure Is to
be found in the Episcopal fold. witnI
It's independent local government, vet
all churches united one with another
by means of the authority Of the Epis
copate
With such "A start. independence
grew apace and in 1893 James oKel.
ley of Virginia (who. in spite of his
name. was Methodisi), started
church, in 1900 Abner Jones of Vir.
ginia, Baptist, started another: in
1904 Barton w Stone OF Kentucky, n
Presbyterian, INDUCED In third. In
1872 Alexander Campbell gave unity
to these sporadic movements aud the
Disciples of Christ have become the
christian Church" of the west. The /
literal simplicity OF New Testament /
days was their object, but new di {
vision of Christendom was the result
And, now, how can unity be accom- $
plshed? Only by each religious o
body. giving up the non-ossentIal. even Il
though highly priced; by magnifyine 4
he many things we hold in common r.
and minimizing the few things on l.
which we differ In
And what would this mean TO the p
Episcopal church, n
Twenty years ago the bishops OF the 4
Anglicnn Communion, gathered in 4
.ondon from all parts of the world a
nade the Holy Scriptures of the Old 3
md New Tesiaments, the Apostles b
md Niccne Creed. the two Sacra- c
nents ordained by Christ Himself and y
The Historic Episoopate locally r
idapted In the methods of It's nd | n
to the varying needs ol
he nations the basis for a united @
lhristendom ! take II that we can I,
III ready agree on the first three II
The Historic Episcopatc" produces r,
he rub. Now listen: Is,
Said Dr. MoIlvalne. rector of ci
'avary Episcopal church, Pittsbubrg n
II the one hundredth anniversary of the
Brick Presbyterian church of New n
FORK, last month "The names thai a
eparate us are becoming too small
or US Why should we call ourselves A
Episcopal as If we alone had bishops, II
II this were our only virtue to be /.
,roud OF? To tell the truth, we are
growing a little ashamed of the title I,
md are looking for larger and bet +
er one ii we can find It,"
Said Bishop Keator OF Olympia, at n
recent missionary conference OF the l.
northwest: I'VE must remember that j
the church is not exclusively Episeo {
,al or Baptist, or Methodist. or any I
hing else, save the great Church OF
.hrist. of which we are a part" In
Said Bishop Talbot. at the conse Il
ration of the new bishop Of Wyom
ng in Philadelphia. on May 9Th; The
growing desire on the part of Chris (
ian people 10 recognize as brethren
III who love the Lord and claim Him {
rs Savior emphasizes the hope and z
possibility that all barriers may be h
Such Is our ylsionl
What IL yours7
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