CHURCH UNION.
TYPES OF CHRISTIANS.
Press Association-B-c Teletrraph-Copvright MELBOURNE, May"l 3.
The Rev. Mr Weir, the new Moderator of the Presbyterian Assembly, in dealing ■with the question of Church Union, said that one of the principal hindrances to union was the existence of two divergent types of Christian life, the emotional and the contemplative. The emotional type dominated the Methodists and the contemplative the Presbyterians, and they could only be fused under considerable pressure. Mr Weir added, "As to the Church of England, we can see no immediate prospect of union with that branch of the Church. As a Church we can scarcely expect that clergy who believe that they have priestly power would join with those who put their cherished tenets on a par with a belief in witchcraft or alchemy." He believed that to obtain even partial union no sacrifice, except that of conscientious principle, was ton great.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13594, 14 May 1908, Page 5
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150CHURCH UNION. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13594, 14 May 1908, Page 5
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