Show A FOR FOB UNITY religious papers contain a an address issued by clergymen of several denominations baptist congregational episcopal dutch and german re be formed lutheran bad and methodist urging unity lo in the christian world the signers of the appeal state that la 10 view of the acknowledged evil of a divided and io in view also aleo of the growing desire for church unity they ite so a league for the promotion of catholic unity noisy they do ff from am the chU tobes to which toey they b be e long or of their to thereto oreto but accept 18 worthy af 0 sh abe most moat thought ill consideration the be four of church unity pro coed by the tb bishal 8 s of the me PAI church at chicago in ISK amended by the lambeth confer enoe iu fu 1888 am aa iol lowb the abe holy scriptures of the old and new containing all things to 10 sIv salvation aWu 11 and as being the rile rule and suimate standard ot of faith rhe apostles creed as the Bap damal symbol and the nicene greed creed as the statement of the christian faith the two sacraments ordained by christ himself baptism and the supper of the lord ministered wah unfailing use of words of institution and of the el elements ments ordained by him the historic locally adapt ed in the methods of its administration to the varying needs of the nations and peoples called of god into the unity of hla his church I 1 I 1 believe ah that upa the b does do es 0 bete ye uri taie taw poor he son eau loudly piously and steadily wit without but any a hid S wik atan darda of at faith or rp P the chief importance of this movement ine a IS in the acknowledgment shall baar pu in the field ft kajm mali evl whom the oo 00 ofa drw evangelical made their appearance the ibe schisms schlowe they sought to heal hea were quite generally defended as aa one ot at the diviak plant plans for bringloe bringing out a of at truth which won waa supposed to be impossible through ope united charob common people may have viewed the sit aetna oa tion differently but a kinget without exception clung t to 0 their established forms forma with remark able tenacity predicting dire disasters should bould she he idea ot of an alliance gain ground the formation ot of this league of at cat catholic bolle or universal un ivena unity la Is undoubtedly an indication that the fences between the churches are gradually decaying and that very little material 1 to la s at hand band wherewith to keep them la in repair the consequence is aba wor are coming together in a spirit of tolerance as aa never before the ultimate result of this thia is ia ure sure to be the discarding of old creeds and whether the process will atop at the four articles artic leaor of the lambeth platform to la doubtful the first fint of theae articles arti olea pronounces the the be rule and ultimate standard atao dard of faith but how bow can that declaration promote the desired unity long as an not a only 1 I I 1 every church but each individual claims the right to furnish hi bi s own interpretation the apostles creed and the nicene creed mentioned as sufficient clent statements of the faith falta will hardly help the matter since every denomination has baa found it necessary to define its ita position in new creeda dij al cl claiming to be true rue interpretations of the ancient of 01 faith to units unite on the two sacr amente la Is presumably also alao im possible if inferences may be drawn from the teachings ot at ecclesiastical history and it is ia beyond a lon that the historic bist orlo episcopate most be dropped from the platform unless the lot intention inte ution aution la Is to lead protestants Protea Prote tanta stanta back to arno the process of unification toon then in its if natural bourse course as aa it is rolls rolla on and g athers from now new sources m mua us break down all barthers barbera bar bart Hera lers as aa a ark am flowing over its boundaries it will necessarily destroy much that la Is buiu on ahr th loose sand and the rubbish in man mena s oreeda and worship will be bb throw u about mercilessly after wat atiat u unification li cation is ia possible poa aible ou a new plat Lim M the spirit prompting ibm movement for unity auit must people keople jui oreate i in lure re bikk aliu us will count or om cui meo dable alvn it atio ul adopted give of but little iii iiii into fie be real nee afi a ot of a badly bruker up 1 ouight to u be clear to r oil go ume tuse aerio that on only ly I 1 la a I 1 tie grat ma t tol of com gnu a I 1 miu wil bod reveis tiou mo H in the early days daya of the church cau there be salva salvation tiou ou or of tue funds iu tas estal tl Irio cadee iLiJ or the nw new ria beut on lur litis tuk ui joi t i tuat Apo eilf telley panet vau 1 pailor pi ilor tora HUH auja are stiven kiven fix fir the ne ottov of ir tie the eia iut until we all autum iu ic tie waits ot ond this k ot ol too taeok of 1 it ji 01 0 1 dot oo 00 merely bord slat url llan wonlu ute |