A 97811 PRESBYTERIAN CLERGYMAN LOOKING FOR THE CHURCH. By One of Three Bundred. SIXTH AND SEVENTH THOUSAND. New York: GEN. PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION. DEPOSITORY 20 JOHN STREET. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1849, by John W. MITCHELL, (as Treasurer of The General Protestant Episcopal S. S. Union,) in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New-York. PUDNEY & RUSSELL, Printers. The Writer once a Presbyterian Churchmen not proselyters-Change of mind gradual-Uncharitableness-Foundations must be laid deep-Earnest and honest, though slow-The pain involved in the change-Consequent enthu- Mother and Father-Filial obedience-The religion received by tradition not to be lightly changed-Tradition makes up the bulk of our knowledge, secular as well as spiritual-Tradition the very life of all the Sects-Tradition among Quakers, Presbyterians, Methodists, Baptists, &c.-Tradition universal-Pro- viding a Faith for Children-Children baptized in the Church seven years before the Author entered it himself-His change not the result of caprice or blind or sudden impulse-Conscience- The Parent envying his children's Princeton-Church Liturgy had then never been heard within a circuit of thirty miles-Implicit faith-Doubts on Infant Baptism settled-Baptismal Regener- ation-Never saw a line in favor of Episcopacy-The Church regarded with almost silent contempt-Barley-cake in the camp-Episcopacy despatched at Princeton in three days-No intention of reverting to it afterwards-Revivals and Controversies-Honest Ignorance-Reproaches on Churchmen once dis- senters-Bishop De Lancey's statement in regard to Romish perverts-Causes of the dissatisfaction of Converts-Their natural enthusiasm-Advantage of Church training-Defective sectarian training-Rarely remedied-Obstacles to entrance into the Church ministry-"Remain where they are"-The Church should adopt a liberal policy-Caste-Presbyterians inundated by Congrega- tionalists-"Revolutionizing" the Church-Aims and duties of the Church. CHAPTER IV. PRINCETON. First meeting with a Clergyman of the Church, who had come from without-Debut as a Presbyterian preacher-Reliance on the Lecturer's facts-SyllogismNUMBER ONE, Anti-republican-NUMBER TWO, the words Bishop and Presbyter in the New Testament-NUMBER THREE, Apostles but Twelve; miracles, inspiration, &c.-NUMBER FOUR, Hilary, Jerome, Augustine-Traditional Presbyterianism-Depressed state of the Church in America-Colonial hatred of the Church-Obstinate refusal of Bishops to America-Reasons for it-Dr. Murray nominated-Bishop Seabury-" Among the least of the tribes of Israel""Born in a manger, and ought to be kept there"--Churchmen in the Revolution, Washington and White-Power of the Church in England-" Not one word of His creating Bishops"-Comparative estimates of Presbytery and Episcopacy on the Princeton hypotheses-Thunder and lightning-Pulpit exhibitions of learning and loudness-A low-church Episcopal Clergyman balancing among sectarian revivals, and what they thought of him-" Better fire that canon off!" -"Famous Jerome," and the first three centuries. Pp. 40-50. CHAPTER V. ABUSES AND DISUSE OF BAPTISM. Unwarrantable evils coextensive with the system must be radical-Restriction of Baptism-Unwritten tradition stronger than the written-Facts-Baptism of Infants among the Presbyterians, one to twenty-five-In the Church, one to five-Phillips, Spring, Potts, Smith, Boardman-St. George's-Private Baptism of Infants among the Presbyterians-Sister's children-The Song of BabesFit for Heaven, fit for Baptism-Elect Infants-Which is liberal?-Ad captandum-Predestination-The doctrine of the Presbyterian Confession of Faith -Ask bread, and give a stone-Presbyterians becoming Baptists or Churchmen -Parallel between Westminster and Trent-Feed my lambs-Pelagianism thrives in Presbyterian soil-A Presbyterian mother seeing no use in Baptizing her dying infant-Dr. Alexander on Baptismal Regeneration-The Doctrine lost among Presbyterians-Semi-Baptist, already-Baptism without Regeneration, not a Sacrament, and not worth retaining-Presbyterians, Quakers-Spirituality-Presbyterianism in other countries controlled by the State here, free-Universal Redemption-Baptism reason enough for the change from Presbytery to the Church-Two Baptisms-Intention of the Parent essential-Difficulties-Dilemma-Go back to the standards-White Communion and white Baptism-Presbyterian parallel to the Papist. Pp. 51-71. CHAPTER VI. SACRAMENTS. Window behind the Presbyterian pulpit-Oxford men altering the Bible-The four beasts-Presbyterian Elder lamenting over the Oxfordism and Popery in the Westminster Confession-The fidgets-Waiting for an explanation-Departure from old standards-Recollections and remembrances of Baptism |