CHURCH UNION

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13936, 15 July 1919, Page 1

CHURCH UNION

RELIGION AS THE MAIN STAY. Im a letter ftoi the Londoni Times, ! the tutor of Hertford Coillegc, Ox- ! ford, writes:, "There is ml all tihe ; churches a, risingl tide of enrtihiusia&m | for both reunioni amid reforms Rome, of course, and pTO-RomianiS elsewhere, •still stand 'aloof from all others an prdinciiple- But the resit. of British! GHxristajam-iifcty h'ais been, practicing 1 ooramicmi acitikm already, under a> growing sewse of oo'rnitniomi id&alsi and danjgieffis.... Noftihiiigfj I believe,, woiuld dot mors■■to sipided uipi raip|)iiiodieirnieinit and isica- |a l p'Hed tap©_tib.oin:;a: feaiiik rfei■•cogimiitaioini % the Stiate' thatti relagiotdi is the miaAjvsrtlaiy of cdviilisatdon,, aaiid ato aipipeaill tb.. all <r CSiri'stliiains 1, •wiithwi ; thie dhjurcihie® o* iai- rebelliotm agiaiiinigifj' . them, to stuspiend thedir discussion's amid oomae tw tihe resiau^. It /would alsto give miaoiiy 'rebels' an exciuae ■fof. regoiiiniiing tlheir , uniitis. ■to help in the ciaimtpadgtn). Afc pres«n!ti beitiWeesn; vis dmifeirttLlaise alnd oibtstttriucitSonx wftliin aiid blind indifference .without!, there is litttlfe to enbotu^agie! a bold bulb' the framk'caH of ooiuinitay womild ; change all that." , ' Writing also toi The Times on Chirdßttdani reuniibin, Pean Welldoa •ay*: "la itnoiti tdi'ne thatrthe Church,' s otf Eimglaaid should show, aai the free , churches haive 100® shown, a readii ness for siu©h reoipriocal acitiom as i-.tbis? (An- interchange: of piuipits.) It ) mo* bo, oomanoin,; it should be • guiaa-ded, in the Church of Englan.d -by Episooptal and, a«-fair as possible I by doilecitiive episcopal aiuithloirity; it > shioiuld 'take place, T thank, only, when 3 clergymen' oa* ministers', and. their coiu- » gi'iegatiopß genea-'ally desire itj it r woiuld not infringe upon: any theoi:T 1 of thel ; amid I cannot lielp i feeling that! it should no lonigjer bs. > on- be - held to be jUegial or undori--1 stitotdoniai', but. should be formally r recognised 1 as a 1 rataonal ender.ee, oti Christian, ohairifay-. .Nothing less tihai *' some stucih oivettib eocannpie of Miltier--3 oommunioni wil]i satisfy the -woa-lc J that the cihiiTciheig of Owiiiat are porao ' tiicially onei body dni Him."