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136 THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH.
The longer we have lived, and the more deeply and
prayerfully we have thought upon this subject, the
more thoroughly are we convinced that the rule here
exhibited is the true one. As the redemption of Christ
is effectual for all who turn to Him, as the Holy Spirit
works in holiness upon all hearts that open themselves
to Him, independently of all intellectual tests or asso-
ciational conditions, so let the two only sacraments of
the Church be open to all His sincere followers who
accept the great facts of the Gospel, and who, confessing the Saviour, love Him truly and are led by His
Spirit.
It is in our heart to enlarge much upon the subject
of this section, and to defend more elaborately these
regulations of the Protestant Episcopal Church; but we
must leave them to the decision of the reader upon his
own investigation of their merits.
The theory of the Protestant Episcopal Church is,
that the sacraments of our Lord are as free to all His
true disciples as are the benefits of His precious blood.
And sin is upon the man, or the Church, that dares to
put any bar between the sacraments and the true disciple of our Lord. But, alas! how often in our Protestant
land do they " teach for doctrines the commandments
of men," and substitute mere human traditions in place
of the commandments of God! We hold that the
Church may not reject any whom Christ has admitted
to His love, and whom Christ will not reject at the last.
If the Church of Rome has erred in withholding the
cup from the laity, what shall we say of those Protestant Churches which perseveringly withhold both the
bread and the wine from all, even true disciples of
| 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 | 00000140 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 136 THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH. The longer we have lived, and the more deeply and prayerfully we have thought upon this subject, the more thoroughly are we convinced that the rule here exhibited is the true one. As the redemption of Christ is effectual for all who turn to Him, as the Holy Spirit works in holiness upon all hearts that open themselves to Him, independently of all intellectual tests or asso- ciational conditions, so let the two only sacraments of the Church be open to all His sincere followers who accept the great facts of the Gospel, and who, confessing the Saviour, love Him truly and are led by His Spirit. It is in our heart to enlarge much upon the subject of this section, and to defend more elaborately these regulations of the Protestant Episcopal Church; but we must leave them to the decision of the reader upon his own investigation of their merits. The theory of the Protestant Episcopal Church is, that the sacraments of our Lord are as free to all His true disciples as are the benefits of His precious blood. And sin is upon the man, or the Church, that dares to put any bar between the sacraments and the true disciple of our Lord. But, alas! how often in our Protestant land do they " teach for doctrines the commandments of men," and substitute mere human traditions in place of the commandments of God! We hold that the Church may not reject any whom Christ has admitted to His love, and whom Christ will not reject at the last. If the Church of Rome has erred in withholding the cup from the laity, what shall we say of those Protestant Churches which perseveringly withhold both the bread and the wine from all, even true disciples of |
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