Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . s the greatest orator of histime, and by Carlyle as the freest, brotherlicst, bravest himiansoul mine ever came in contact with, he came to the convictionthat the phenomena connected with the descent of the HolyS])irit at Pentecost might, if men had faith, be repeated in ourown time, and the miraculous gifts of the primitive Churchrenewed. A new church, necessitated by his great popularity,had been built for
Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . s the greatest orator of histime, and by Carlyle as the freest, brotherlicst, bravest himiansoul mine ever came in contact with, he came to the convictionthat the phenomena connected with the descent of the HolyS])irit at Pentecost might, if men had faith, be repeated in ourown time, and the miraculous gifts of the primitive Churchrenewed. A new church, necessitated by his great popularity,had been built for him and opened by Dr. Chalmers in 1829, andin 1831 strange scenes were witnessed and supernatural voicessupposed to be heard. In 1833 he was excommunicated by thePresbyterian Church, of which he was a minister, and on hisreturn to London he officiated as an ansfel in the congregation ofthe Catholic Apostolic Church. This Church, which was theoutcome of Irvings peculiar views, laid great stress on theEcumenical Creeds of Christendom, and held to the belief in ourLords Second Coming before the Millennium. It was mainlydistinguished by its fourfold ministry of apostle, prophet, evan-. 206 THE NEW SPIRIT AND THE NEW PATHS. The PljTnouth Brethren. gelist, and pastor, the apostle taking precedence of tlie rest,claiming to confer the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands,to communicate to the Church mysteries revealed to himself,and to decide matters of discipline and order. There were alsodeacons to manage temporal affixirs, while the payment of tithesor tenths of property was the source of church revenue. Thesystem grew to be as churehly in its way as the churches of theEast and West, and as asthetic in its ritual. Seven congrega-tions were commenced in Londonmade up of gathered converts,one of these taking high rank inlater years Avithin the walls ofthe ornate cathedral built in(lordon Square. The most dis-tinguished of their adherents wasHenry Drummond, , a manof bold individu
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