This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VII. 1863-1874. From the beginning of November 1863 to the resumption of his parliamentary duties in February 1864, Mr. Black was in Edinburgh, with the exception of a night in Glasgow, where he assisted at a social meeting of the Glasgow Congregational Union on 17th December, and delivered an ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VII. 1863-1874. From the beginning of November 1863 to the resumption of his parliamentary duties in February 1864, Mr. Black was in Edinburgh, with the exception of a night in Glasgow, where he assisted at a social meeting of the Glasgow Congregational Union on 17th December, and delivered an excellent speech, full of good sense, of the spirit of toleration, of liberty, and of true Christianity. Speaking of various denominations, Principal Caird had said, ' Whether I travel by the highway of Episcopacy, or by the footpath of Presbyterianism, or by the open common of Independency, if I reach the presence chamber of my Redeemer it will give me little concern;' to which Dr. Begg had taken special objection as a reflection on the authority of Presbyterianism. 'To me, ' said Mr. Black, 'there seems considerable aptness in the parable. In comparing Episcopacy to a highway, he may have alluded to its being the road travelled by the higher classes, but I rather think he must have referred to the wideness of the road as compared with the narrow footpath of Presbyterianism. In the Church of England, although the most discordant doctrines may be taught by her bishops and doctors, yet the highway is sufficiently broad to admit of their all travelling on it without jostling one another. Whether they be High Church, or Low Church, or Broad Church--whether Evangelical, Puseyite, or Rationalistic--there is room and verge enough for them all in the Church of England highway, without any ecclesiastical police being empowered to make them move on in the appointed track, or run the risk of losing their status and stipends. I suspect, however, that it is not so much to the comparison of Episcopacy to a highway as to the comparison of Presbyterianism.
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