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238 THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH.
these last were taught their devotion in the Church),
and Heber, and Martyn, and Buchanan, and Thomason,
and Pattison, and, in our own land, of the venerable
White, and of Hobart, and Ravenscroft, and Bedell,
will furnish a sufficient illustration.
We have spoken of religious devotion, as distinct
from religious action; and the distinction is manifest.
Now we contend that the system of worship in the non-
Episcopal churches of our country is not adapted to
foster devotion; and the devotion felt in the hearts of
the members of these churches (and there is much of it,
be it spoken to their praise) is attributable to other
causes not provided in their regular ecclesiastical systems. And the system of the Protestant Episcopal
Church is contradistinguished from these other systems
by the fact that it provides directly for the furtherance
of devotion, and that this result, so far as it has been
accomplished among the Episcopalians of our country,
is owing manifestly to the working of the system, even
in the face of powerful counteracting causes connected
with the history and progress of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. The tendency of
other systems, while they allow religious action, is, in
connection with the spirit of the age, to discourage, or
at least restrain unduly, religious devotion. The system
Devotion,' and Bishop Taylor's ' Holy Living and Holy Dying' ? Very
many other works of a kindred spirit and character, to be found in the
closet and sick-room of almost every Christian, of every name and nation, might be mentioned; but they will readily occur to every pious
reader's mind.
These are indeed the precious fruits of piety, born, nourished, and perfected—so far as anything human can be perfect—in the Episcopal
Cliurch."—Dorr's Churchman's Manual, pp. 278-280.
| 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 | 00000242 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 238 THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH. these last were taught their devotion in the Church), and Heber, and Martyn, and Buchanan, and Thomason, and Pattison, and, in our own land, of the venerable White, and of Hobart, and Ravenscroft, and Bedell, will furnish a sufficient illustration. We have spoken of religious devotion, as distinct from religious action; and the distinction is manifest. Now we contend that the system of worship in the non- Episcopal churches of our country is not adapted to foster devotion; and the devotion felt in the hearts of the members of these churches (and there is much of it, be it spoken to their praise) is attributable to other causes not provided in their regular ecclesiastical systems. And the system of the Protestant Episcopal Church is contradistinguished from these other systems by the fact that it provides directly for the furtherance of devotion, and that this result, so far as it has been accomplished among the Episcopalians of our country, is owing manifestly to the working of the system, even in the face of powerful counteracting causes connected with the history and progress of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. The tendency of other systems, while they allow religious action, is, in connection with the spirit of the age, to discourage, or at least restrain unduly, religious devotion. The system Devotion,' and Bishop Taylor's ' Holy Living and Holy Dying' ? Very many other works of a kindred spirit and character, to be found in the closet and sick-room of almost every Christian, of every name and nation, might be mentioned; but they will readily occur to every pious reader's mind. These are indeed the precious fruits of piety, born, nourished, and perfected—so far as anything human can be perfect—in the Episcopal Cliurch."—Dorr's Churchman's Manual, pp. 278-280. |
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