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The Perplexities of Church Union

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Mar 27, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 13.

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The Perplexities of Church Union

By Editor

THOSE who make their boast of liberality in religion and cry out for union, have received a caution. Dr. Newman, a Methodist, was called as pastor over a Congregational Church. Now the church is divided in an effort to remove him. But how shall it be settled? The Methodists cannot control a Congregationalist Church, and the Congregationalists dare not discipline a Methodist minister! Over this the Monitor makes a great ado. True, the Catholics can never get in such a muddle as that, but that is a small matter compared to what may be found in "the Mother Church."