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Show CIIHIS1IAN 1I1.SU.MIIN. THE tulject of tectarlaultm, or the dlvltlonof Chrhtendom Into a multitude multi-tude of contending aecte It bong dlt-cutiedln dlt-cutiedln nianyiiarter. Theovlldf It It being belter appreciated than haa been common In tbo at. J'.florta to ettabllih Chrlillan unity are niimer-out, niimer-out, but any practical iuccvm cannot yet U chronicled. In the 7uml'tfw Jltileia for March, Illtbop A. Cleveland Cleve-land C'oxe, of tho i:pltropal Church, hit an article on thli quentlsn from which we make the annexed extract: "What ll C'hrltlUnlly doing, with Ita Imnienofl reiourcev and gigantic energies, to alay thla plague of national docllne? Altai ChrlKllanlly liailf It partlyxnl by mtarUll dldtlona an I by tbo tplrlt that cherlabre tholn, repugnant at II la to tho precept of lu Dlvlno Au'bor Chrl.t nevtr autliorlzod a divided hotiatboM, nor Ilia dlKfrilullon of what bo gavetia 'fitly Joined logither and coiupAttod by tint wblth etery olnt auppll'itli.' Where lainy promlae of triumph over the world eto only lotbe Church In Ita uuttyandlntfgrllv Yot theaodllaton are kept up not only vtbere cardlual principle! aro lurolveil, they aro aup-ported aup-ported by waaleful expenditure, and even by plautlbta argument auiotig tbmo who prllin that ibey dllleronlyln-'imti-ewciillala.' If m, why IIITer at all, at tba aa!rllti of that otitullal unity which li a primary pri cept of the Uoipelf I'm a thoughtful I'hrlatlan delight In a popular Chrlatliully 'which abape bai none, dlatliigiilibabl! In tnemberjolot or limb!' Compared M Itli the riiurrh lu lie lutrtyr igta, au aro all aa dead men our habitation li a wlley of dry bonea. 'Come from the four wluda, O Spirit, and brtalhuron thoee alaln.' e e - "t bold that the Ural thing li tho iplrlt to deplore and htto aeitarliu dlvlalousi aud further, I hold that when thli aplrll lurm Into general rarer and auppllru lion, tbo Holy Spirit la able tudolba reit, and to reillre the Medlitor'a will, tliat they all may be one.-1 l'.wntlally one, be It obierved. Not aeiitlmelitully ao, but practlrullr, vitally, euenlUllyi I ir tbl highlit pattern In the nnheraK, tlia caacntUl unity of Ihn holy and nil. divided Trinity, Mere coiii romlaoa fall abort of tbo mirk, and elfivl nothing but falluro and fona'quent dlicmirietliillit. Of thla una may lllid an example and a warning In the viell meant elfurt of I'rederlik William III to ealabltlh u lltllled l'rotualantlaul In l'ninli. ll wit entirely tuaed on com. pronilie, and baa lallallM nobody. The unity ol mere cfltnproiillaealuiatoaellle eMTythtngby altlatire, and to draw up icbctuee for ratlfiiatluu by protocol aud treaty, Ibey muatulwa)a rovealior-lite. rovealior-lite. Nottucli l tlio 'way of Hod." foil-tinced foil-tinced of thla, profuuuilly oontlnctHl that tero mint be rool.pr!nelpte to or gunta unity, out of w bleb It gruwa uud la 'notitrtlnod.'lboblihopa nl our Augll-lau Augll-lau communion hate act lorth, f.r the ooml litrallou of their ftllow-Chrlatlaui, not tholr own vltaa of the root-ptincl-plea, but the t lew i ol tbo uneleilt t hurrh Calhollo of ChrUt. Such were the principle! prin-ciple! cherlihcl by all when the t'huri.h wti huU-ol it unity with It-elf,' mid whlih were neterfollultAllllllhe Human pentltr preacrtboil another and a not el orl crlon, by forco of whlrh Ihe Ittlua woniaiorul thoiuiilvea Irom tlio grand root and trunk of rhrlitmdoiii, tlio mi ternal chlircbe! of tbe i-nitt thucblircbva amid which the laat of the Apoalloa lingered lin-gered till Ibey hid all retelved tbe Joint! unit baitda ot unity, and a uuttcraul pullly ttlikh i rovided 'ilut tin ro ihuu!d ha no Kbliiu In tliilHidy,biittlultlie member! iboutd hivo tbe ktlnl caro one for auotber.'" Thli li vuitly dltreront from that tort of argument which apotoglzri fcr dltunloti aud goet to far ni to nulntalli that Uli a lent lit InMuiJofau evil, 'tho remedy for thla dlvlilou cau oul) comofrom Ihueu "root prluclplea" from which ;nng the primitive C'hrlillau Church, and can only tu etlectlve uutoug thoio who ilncerely detlre the truth In reference to private vlewiand penonal Interetti. And tvbllo men, however Jearmd and however plour, teek for thote "root principle!" ln the moldor larlhly tyati rot thry will fall tognip whit they nee J. The ancient Church of Chrltt hav Inglongilnce dlaapearnl, ll It bnly hy a re-lontlon of It In IU original furni and.) lilt, that a baall fur true Chrlillaiilly can be laid. That reatore-tlon reatore-tlon mutt come from a divine luatead of a human lourtc. Hut at long a Ihe uilnlaleri aud immtri of tbo modern churobea teruio to believe lit preaeut revelalloli M 1 will reject anylhlcg that claim lo hare come from (ltd lu Ihe lilnlteenth century, the cvlli couif lalned i f will ooullnue And Inctetie an I modern ChllttMilom will remain a tcoJeru Ilabtl. |
