The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-17
BAPTIST DIVINE AT BIBLE INsTI.
TUTE LAST NIGHT, DISCUSSES
TOPIC OF HOUR.
EPISCOPACY THING NOT NEEDED
Quotes Bishop Brown, Admires Cam
on Gore and Stands for the
Unit Plan.

DR.. ]. T. Christian, of Little Rock,
Ark, last night preached the first of
the series of addresses or lectures he
is to deliver each evening during the
Bible Institute, which opened yester-
day morning at the First Baptist
church for an entire week. Rev. E. D.
Solomon, pastor of the Columbia
Street Baptist church, led in prayer.
Rev. l. p Trotter of the First Bap-
tist church, presided, introducing DR..
Christian to the congregation.
The subject of DR.. Christians dis
course was Christian Union the
subject The Church-What is it,"
being scheduled for tonight.
| The speaker told of how Mr.. Cline
of the Christian church, had come to
him CDR. Christian) for an article on
Christian Union. Mr.. Cline had gone
to Bishop Brown of the Episcopal
church in Arkansas, for an article on
the same subject.
The Brown Books.
Bishop Brown" said the speaker,
sis the author of two books on the sub
ject of Christian Union. The first
book is from the standpoint of high
churchmen Episcopalian based on the
subject of the historic Episcopate from
the days of the Apostles. Since then
he has written a second book in an
swer TO the first, known as THE
Level Plan of the Episcopacy," in
which he takes the ground that Or
dained ministers of all denominations
, are upon an equal footing and should
be organized into one great church
with an equal footing with one min
istry.'
Denominational Strife.
Among other things DR.. Christian
, said he believed personally in Gifts
' tian Union as most desirable from
: every standpoint and that denomina-
: tional strife, narrow sectarian bigotry
t is most hurtful to the kingdom of God.
y He declared that he honored Bishop
: Brown for his stand upon the subject
of Christian union, however far he
might differ from the Bishop as to the
means by which it may be brought
!. about, 4,
AS Good Succession.
. DR.. Christian proceeded to the seven
e points of his address, which, sketched
:, briefly, were: First: rs it desirable
8 that shall go to the Episcopal church
for ordination? 1t is not" he ex-
It planned, "for the reason that l have
/ as good a succession as they have IL
that thing is necessary, and certainly
5. l am more in line with the New Testa-
} ment simplicity)
Episcopacy Always Divided.
Second: "The historic Episcopate
, has always divided Christendom and
, has never united it." In support Of
: this statement, DR.. Christian men
: toned "thesQman Catholics, Metho
how many Others,
Which Episcopacy.
Third: "WhIh Episcopate shall
i, we accept?' The ANGLICAN" an
l. swered. the s<eaker, that is as goot
as any and yet it is full of breaks.
am to get salvation direct through
% the smiEsstry OF the apostles, then
should be very sure.
- Episcopate Never United.
- Fourth: ''The Episcopate has neN
= er succeeded in unifying any partic'
lar church that holds ite
In support of this point, the speake
told of the Romanists. divided and {
the Methodists, which has the Nortl
m ern and Southern churches.
IL Fifth: "The Episcopate does nj
unite the churches in doctrine"
Episeopate Unknown.
su- Sixth: "Why choose foundatic
ms for Christian union that Is not me
om toned in the New Testament Scri
by ture
an THE most rigid scholarship holds
ev- the theory that the Episcopate Is u
md known in the New Testament sa
srs, lContipped or