. The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . lare to the Christianworld, that, uninfluenced by any other considerations than tliose of duty asChi-istians, and an earnest desire for the prosperity of pure Christianity, and thefurtherance of our holj religion, they are ready and wiling to unite and form onebody with any religious societ) whicli shall be infl^uenced by the same catholicspirit. And in order that this Christian end may be the more easily effected, theyfurther declare, that all things in which the great essentials of Christianity or thecharacteristic principles of the
. The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . lare to the Christianworld, that, uninfluenced by any other considerations than tliose of duty asChi-istians, and an earnest desire for the prosperity of pure Christianity, and thefurtherance of our holj religion, they are ready and wiling to unite and form onebody with any religious societ) whicli shall be infl^uenced by the same catholicspirit. And in order that this Christian end may be the more easily effected, theyfurther declare, that all things in which the great essentials of Christianity or thecharacteristic principles of their Church are not concerned, they are willing to leaveto future discussion; being ready to alter or modify those points which, in theopinion of the Trotestant Episcopal Church, are subject to human alteration. Andit is hereby recommended to the State Conventions, to adopt such measures or pro-pose such conferences with Christians of other denominations, as to themselves maybe thought most prudent, and report accordingly to the ensuing General SEAL OF BISHOP PEOVOOST. The House of Deputies failed to approve of this scheme of compre-hension. In their view it seemed likely to produce distrust of thestability of the system of the Episcopal Church, without the leastprospect of embracing any other religious body. Leave was there-upon given to the bishops to withdraw their proposition. The Convention at which this eftbrt for unity was rejected recog- CONFLICTING INTERESTS IN THE CHURCH. 127 nized the duty of the newly organized Church to provide for Ihespiritual needs of our own people, and a committee was appointedfor preparing a plan of supporting missionaries to preach the Gospelon the frontiers of the United States. The Act of the General Con-vention, repoited by the committee, provided for an annual missionarysermon and oiiertory, for State treasurers to take care of the fundsthus collected, and for the collection of money from the frontier con-gregations by the mis
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