| Show RELIGIOUS disintegration THE following graphic yet truthful picture of the present condition of protestant alleged christianity appeared in the chicago herald of april under the head of the church militant pa the church christian appears to be in a cyclone rarely karely have dissensions appeared in so many different precincts precincts simultaneously in chicago sunday gunday morning a minister of the german evangelical church was forcibly ejected from the temple ip in which he was licensed to preach and several of his bis sympathizing brethren were suffered to remain only on condition of abject submission to the majority in joliet the bret br ethien bion of the baptist communion are re opening reopening charges claimed to have been proved against i net a minister of that fold who ma had d secured a call to another charge recently three bishops of still another creed were pronounced guilty of various offenses against morals and law and deposed one of them is running a portion of the church on his own authority aut herity and the adherents of another are going to build nevi new churches for their own accommodation rev dr rylance formerly of the episcopalian body of chicago has just successfully cess fully ended the prosecution which harassed him in milwaukee an ex priest has been ceremoniously dece ved into the episco episcopalian allan or organization a na lo fr as a voluntary deserter from om the roman fold but archbishop ireland follows him up with testimony sho showing ing that he had been unfrocked for dishonesty and immorality dr mcglynn continues to harms harass archbishop corrigan although the latter is touring in the holy land brethren are tormenting rev lyman abbott for various pronouncements of his on a middle state after death all over the country pres bye rians are dividing on revision and when the question bomea for final adjudication unanimity it ft is feared will be impossible or even acquiescence in the preference of a great majority in england churchmen hitherto held orthodox have been delivering unsound opinions opinion a about the immortality of the soul and the faith about it in the he scriptures the church is everywhere militant not fighting the devil but its own mischievous spirits it is time mercy and truth should meet together it is long since righteousness and peace have kissed each other the ungodly derive too much comfort from these scandals scan dale and dissensions it the signs of weakness in the sects we are while lie the strength of the roman catholic church is becoming wider and deeper this la is one of the most significant indications of times |
