The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-06-23
OF the Churches is Growing
Strongly in Favor
Every Day.


EDINBURGH, Scotland. June 20
The report of the Commission on Co
operation and Promotion of Unity
was presented to the Worlds Mission
airy Conference today its chairman.
Andrew H. L. Fraser, X. C. S. l., late
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of Bengal. This
report affects the interests of all the
societies concerned in the work. Its
Ivice-chairman is Silas MiBee. editor
of the Churchman. The other mem
bers representing the United States
include the Rev. Arthur j. Brown,
secretary of the Foreign Missions OF
the Presbyterian church In the U. S.
A., the Rt. Rev. Croswell Doane, Epis-
copal B!shop of Albany, y. Y, Prof.
Henry E. Jacobs, dean of the faculty
of the Lutheran Theological Seminary
in Philadelphia and president of the
Board Of Foreign Missions of the
Joint Council of the Lutheran church,
and the Rev. A, H. Strong. president
of Rochester, On. ", Theological
Seminary.
| The report presents the following
conclusions:
THE facts contained in the preced-
ing chapters of our report show that
throughout the mission field there is
an earnest and growing desire for
closer fellowship, and for the healing
of the broken unity of the Church Of
Christ. We desire to express our
whole-hearted agreement with those
who took part in the great Conference
at Shanghai, in holding that the ideal
object Of missionary work is to plant
lin every non-Chrfstian nation one
united Church of Christ
I'VE may be permitted, however, to
indicate in general way what these
two points of view are. and how they
affect the consideration Of the prob
lem Of unity.
Those who take the one view lay
the chief emphasis ON the things that
are common to all Christians, The
transcending significance of the faith
which is common to all seems to them
the fundamental and determining fact
In the situation.
Those who take this view incline
towards the formation of a type OF
federation of Christian Churches, in
which the federated bodies would re-
tain full liberty to hold and practice
their own systems of doctrine and
Ipolicy, but In which each would recog-
lni7e the ministry. ordinances, and dis
icipline OF others, and members might
be freely transferred from the one to
1.-THE other. Further they would con-
tend that only iby this plan is 1t in any
way possible to secure the unity that
is desired. Corplete uniformity in
the lines OF thought and activity Is
Regarded as an impossible ideal. We
shall never get every one to agree re-
garding any elaborate statement Of
doctrine, or any one form of church
!policy. If we wait for this we must
wait forever. The unity towards
/, which we must strive must be one
which allows the largest possible room
for diversity All that we can hope
to do is to recognize the ESSENTIAL unity
underlying the differences of west
ern Christendom. and TO unite in free
lintercommunion the churches plant
ed by the different Christian bodies,
reserving to each section the right to
adhere to It's own form OF doctrine
land policy
The other view TO which reference
has been made, lays emphasis on the
duty Of the church in the West to
transmit to the church newly planted
in the mission field as rich and full