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Show WESLEY AND CHRISTIAN UNITY. Hslpsd to Lessen Bitterness and Draw Good Ms" Nearer Together. It would bs iin.iiK-t to Ipnnro what John Wealcy did fi.r Cliritlan unity. Ili-llclous dllferonroa wcr,. nmro mil-riiriiua mil-riiriiua In hl !y II nn In num. Mnc-aulny Mnc-aulny often pvagecrnti-a, tint hn did nt imi!Prnlo In di-sc -rllils-K tho old-time country squlro wli "anlinoilili-s were nutnerous ami bluer. He Imt.-d I'rcni-hmon and lin'lnn., Si nn Inn. n nnd Irlxhnipn, Pnid.ts nn.l I'i. i,i,. rlnlis. InilcpeO'l'titK nnd llnptirta, tjunkcrs and Jews" It did t ni n- trlro much provucrnion f, r a ind to pull down a dlito-nllt't cmpi-i or ilncm stones at a Roman Cnili .lie tirl.-st. In thin world of fli'lee ileien,. inlli n inov ed n Bi-linlar who sc 1 is 1 1 v n. kn.n 1. ( hi Indtditi'dneas In ..! in. 11 ,it widely wide-ly different tenets Wealey hnd leiirn- il a food deal from tin. -nrly fnthi-ra, he had road the great dlihicn of the Church of Knglfttid. wune of Iitr Rnim t-nl frlenils were Murnt limn, he itdiulr-ixi itdiulr-ixi the. saintly characters of iho k. man and of th Mvliled ( 'ntlml u- church, hla sympathies, tsut 11 1 it 1 ly qulrk. hnd Imn-ii ludndered hv rending. rend-ing. Since He .Minnie nnrn.-il tin. n,, man church nut to foruot tlm clnltus of her Anglican sinter, since ilo- i:vun-gelli i:vun-gelli ala gnve se tone to the Church of Knitlnnd. sll.co the Oxford divines made dry bones live, ninny lessons havo boon learned. An Increasing number num-ber of pcmotis Is gradually nnnKoiiliig lo the difference lietwien the faith onco delivered lo Iho snltita and the opinions which tin rely dine from Au-gimtlne Au-gimtlne or Culvln. John Wosiev was In advance of hla time. Should orrnnla unity come v.lthln a century or two. he will hn counted among I huso who helped to loam n hltlerncas, and to draw good men nearer together. Ths Living Church (P. K ). |