A New Religious Movement.
A SINGULAR religious movement was begun in England a few weeks ago. It is proposed to unite the members of the English, Roman Catholic and Greek churches in friendly communion, and the public journals report that three hundred churches in England have assented to the measure. From a statement made by Rev. F. G. Hall, formerly of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, we gather the following indications of the character and purpose of the movement: "An institution has been formed under the title of 'The Association for the Promotion of the Unity of Christendom,' to unite in a bond of intercessory prayer members both of the clergy and laity of the Roman Catholic, Greek and Anglican communions. 'To all,' it is said, 'who, while they lament the divisions amongst the Christians, look forward for their healing mainly to a corporate reunion of those three great bodies which claim for themselves the inheritance of the priesthood and the name of Catholic, an appeal is made. They207are not asked to compromise any principle which they, rightly or wrongly, hold dear; they are simply asked to unite for the promotion of a high and holy end.'" The names of members are to be kept strictly private, and the only obligation imposed upon those who join the Association is the daily use of a short form of prayer, to which is added, in the case of priests, the offering, at least once in three months, of the Holy Sacrifice.