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THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH. 65
more does the aphorism apply to the several Christian
denominations which hold the main articles of the
Christian faith as contained in the Apostles' Creed.
Each accepts and testifies to some one truth of belief
or of order, which it emphasizes, and in reference to
which it has been established. Thus Presbyterianism
is based upon the idea of the power of presbyters in the
government of the Church. Congregationalism or Independency is constituted upon the power of the laity
in the same. Methodism affirms the liberty of the worshipper in the assemblies of believers. Quakerism gives
its testimony to the essential necessity of the spiritual
and subjective element in genuine religion. Romanism
asserts a compact discipline, and the natural need of an
objective cultus. Unitarianism is an organized protest
against the unjust minutiae and over-particularity of
creeds. The United Presbyterians stand for a purely
Scriptural worship. The Baptists maintain that a personal and conscious confession of Christ is vitally involved in the Christian baptism. Pedobaptists contend that infants and little children are proper subjects
of Christian baptism. Now each one of these several
ideas expresses a great truth. They seem to a careless
observer to be inconsistent with each other, and positively irreconcilable. But they do really harmonize.
They ought, all of them and every one of them, to be
exhibited and combined in the one Church. Why may
not all these denominations slide into one Comprehensive Church, that shall recognize and reconcile them
all—in which each man, while he is indulged with his
own favorite idea, shall allow to his brother a similar
indulgence—in which no man shall sacrifice anything
| Title | The comprehensive church |
| Creator | Vail, Thomas H. (Thomas Hubbard) |
| Publisher | Appleton |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000069 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH. 65 more does the aphorism apply to the several Christian denominations which hold the main articles of the Christian faith as contained in the Apostles' Creed. Each accepts and testifies to some one truth of belief or of order, which it emphasizes, and in reference to which it has been established. Thus Presbyterianism is based upon the idea of the power of presbyters in the government of the Church. Congregationalism or Independency is constituted upon the power of the laity in the same. Methodism affirms the liberty of the worshipper in the assemblies of believers. Quakerism gives its testimony to the essential necessity of the spiritual and subjective element in genuine religion. Romanism asserts a compact discipline, and the natural need of an objective cultus. Unitarianism is an organized protest against the unjust minutiae and over-particularity of creeds. The United Presbyterians stand for a purely Scriptural worship. The Baptists maintain that a personal and conscious confession of Christ is vitally involved in the Christian baptism. Pedobaptists contend that infants and little children are proper subjects of Christian baptism. Now each one of these several ideas expresses a great truth. They seem to a careless observer to be inconsistent with each other, and positively irreconcilable. But they do really harmonize. They ought, all of them and every one of them, to be exhibited and combined in the one Church. Why may not all these denominations slide into one Comprehensive Church, that shall recognize and reconcile them all—in which each man, while he is indulged with his own favorite idea, shall allow to his brother a similar indulgence—in which no man shall sacrifice anything |
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