# Lehre und Wehre_St. Louis Missouri_April 1908_S188
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

188 Kirchlich-Zeitgeschichtliches.

arminianischen Lehre der Methodisten vergleiche man die Lehre und Argu⸗
mentationsweise der Generalsynodisten, Ohioer und Jowaer. F. B.

Das papistische Blatt The New World schreibt dem Lutherun Witness
zufolge über Religionsfreiheit: The church attitude toward the question
of liberty of thought is perfectly clear. She has never limited free inquiry
outside the religious domain. She condemns and always has condemned
the principle of liberty of worship. In the case of a nation that unani-
mously professes the true religion, she repudiates liberty of worship; in
the case of a people divided in their religious affiliations, she sadly recog-
nizes its necessity.“ F. B.

„For pastors Wwho forage in other men's pastures.“ Unter dieser über⸗
schrift teilt die Lutneran World folgende beiden Stellen mit aus dem metho⸗
distischen AM⁰οαοεe: Bishop Charles T. Olmstead, Bishop of the Protestant
Episcopal Diocese of Central New Vork, gives notice to clergymen of his
church that he expects that they will confine their ministrations to their
own parishes, unless invited to officiate elsewhere byBthe regularly con-
stituted officers of the church.“ He afflrms that complaints have reached
him of the intrusion of clergymen into the parishes of others, and de-
nounces the injustice of the intrusion in the case of performing marriage
ceremonies, when the intruding minister not only has the honor attached
to the service, but also pockets the fee.“ The bishop declares that during
the summer just past there have been inexcusable breaches of the canon
in this manner of a very flagrant character, and it has come to such pass
that the bishop of the diocese has determined to give notice to elergymen,
both within and without the diocese, that he will take steps to have men
who offend in this way brought to trial for misconduct.“ He makes an
appeal also to the laity to consider this matter and to refrain from asking
clergymen to do things that will bring tbem into trouble.“ Many gross
violations of the prineiple of comity and amity have oceurred in the
Methodist Episcopal Church. Aminister died à few vears ago Who haunted
all the churches of which he had been pastor. It was his habit to say to
voung girls something like this: Now, Jennie, when you are married you
must remember me,' and he was continually visiting the societies, bap⸗
tizing the children, and marrying. At last his reputation for doing this
caused him to be almost ostracized by his brethren.“ J. Wesley erklärte
bekanntlich: The world is my parish.“ Dazu scheint sich der Advocate
jetzt nicht mehr zu bekennen. Aber nun soll er auch konsequent sein und nicht
bloß Eingriffe in das Amt methodistischer, sondern auch in das Amt lutheri⸗
scher und anderer Pastoren verurteilen. F. B.

II. Ausland.

Vom Generalkonzil rühmt D. Nicum (2) in der „A. E. L. K.“: „In
den vierzig Jahren seines Bestandes war das Generalkonzil ein treuer,
unerschrockener Zeuge gegen das sogenannte amerikanische Luthertum. Es
verwarf den Kanzelaustausch mit Nichtlutheranern. Zum heiligen Abend⸗
mahl sollen nur Lutheraner zugelassen werden. Das Konzil zeugte gegen
die Unsitte, die sich Mitte des vorigen Jahrhunderts im Osten fast allgemein
eingebürgert hatte, daß nach der Predigt alle Anwesenden, so sie den HErrn
IEsum lieb haben“, aufgefordert wurden, mit der Gemeinde zu kommuni⸗