A Rational Christianity.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 488, 2 August 1890, Page 3

A Rational Christianity.

[to the editor.] Sir, —I remember some time ago attending a conversazione held at the Anglican Literary Society. Bishop Stuart was present and gave an interesting account of the great Convocation (I think that is what he called it) which he had attended when in London. He dwelt at length on the big change that was coming over the Christian w’orld, and expressed the fervent hope that before many years had passed, all Christians would be united on one plaiform, against the common foe of all. He used fthe very same phrase made use of by the Rev. Mr Munro —that the points of difference between the sects are infinitesimally small and the points of agree ment infinitely great. Some correspondence followed through your columns. If I re member rightly one writer took the inference that the Bishop meant that his own Church must be the standard under which the o’ber sects should flock, but thia was replied to by a letter stating that the inference was an erroneous one. Now, I would &sk, where were the Anglican clergyman when the ceremony of laying the Wesleyan Church foundation stones was being performed and when the tea meeting was on ? The question I only ask by the way, and my object in writing thia is more to express my hearty commendation of the opinions given by Mr Munro. I don’t know how much sermonising it would take to impress one as that happy meeting did on Tuesday evening. There was none of that stiff-necked religion which offers such a weak point to freethinkers, bat there was an unexplainable something,that innocent happiness, that savors of the higher and brighter life. Though the surplice does not make the man, what more joyful sight could there be than to observe the Revs. Munro and laitt and the Anglican Archbishop joining hand in hand and forgetting those petty sectarian differences that make a mockery of religion.—l am, etc., Anglican.