A SOP FOR PROTESTANTS

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 10, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 57.

A SOP FOR PROTESTANTS.

"CARDINAL GIBBONS," says the Catholic News, "gives great encouragement to those who pray for Christian unity. In a sermon in the Baltimore Cathedral last Sunday (November 11) he said:—

"The conditions of reunion are easier than are generally imagined. Of course there can be no compromise on faith or morals. The doctrine and moral code that Christ has left us must remain unchangeable. But the church can modify her discipline to suit the circumstances of the case. If there are any within the sound of my voice who would wish to share in the inestimable blessings of the reunion, I would affectionately speak to them as to the losses and gains which this union would cause. You lose nothing that is worth possessing. You do not surrender your liberty or independence or moral freedom. The only restraint imposed upon you is the restraint of the moral law. The only yoke put upon you is the yoke of the gospel. To this yoke no reasonable Christian can object. You do not give up one jot or tittle of the positive truths of revelation you already possess."