Evangelical Christendom Volume 15 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ...much better condition. The sad and lamentable death of Senor Carrasco is a great loss to the cause of the Gospel in Spain, and now I hear that the Rev. Mr. Moore, of the Irish Presbyterian Church, is about to return home. Many of the natives who were ordained to the pastorate by the Assembly have disappeared from the field; they were men without training, and some proved unworthy of the sacred trust. The jealousy of foreigners, so characteristic of Spaniards, has done much to retard the progress of the Gospel, and to prevent cordial and harmonious co-operation throughout. These and similar causes are contributing largely to discourage and dishearten the few earnest and devoted labourers that remain in Spain. To men of faith and of an earnest spirit this paper will show good cause for fervent, importunate prayer for Spain and its handful of evangelists. A. B. 0. (Sbmtgelial (%isfeittr0m, ASD THE NEWS OF THE CHURCHES. THE MONTH. The vehement opposition of the Ritualists to the progress through Parliament of the Public Worship Regulation Bill is simply natural, and exactly such as was expected. Not the less unreasonable, however, are the chief arguments adduced against the measure; none the less wilful the mis-statements of its scope and probable working, or of the principles upon which it is clearly and definitely based. The various declarations and protests of the Ritualistic clergy, and the language uttered by their leaders at St. James's Hall, proceed on the assumption that the Bill enacts "new Church law," and that such law ought not to be proposed, much less enacted, without the sanction of the clergy. The petition to Parliament, drawn up by Archdeacon Denison, for signature by " priests" alone, repudiates the right of Parliament to m...