. Old New England churches and their children. rson have given for his action? Mr. Van Ness is discussing the happening of into the Second Church from the es-sentially theological viewpoint, as we should ex-pect him to do, but even the unregenerate is in-clined to enter into this God-logic with Mr. VanNess, when he thinks of Emerson, the great, freesoul! Mr. Van Ness points out that the reasonfor the severance of the relations between Emer-son and the Second Church was not a differenceof opinion as to how the Lords Supper should becelebrated but a conflict between formalism andfreed
. Old New England churches and their children. rson have given for his action? Mr. Van Ness is discussing the happening of into the Second Church from the es-sentially theological viewpoint, as we should ex-pect him to do, but even the unregenerate is in-clined to enter into this God-logic with Mr. VanNess, when he thinks of Emerson, the great, freesoul! Mr. Van Ness points out that the reasonfor the severance of the relations between Emer-son and the Second Church was not a differenceof opinion as to how the Lords Supper should becelebrated but a conflict between formalism andfreedom: I thought to carry them with me,Emerson acknowledged in after years in speakingof his views, I thought to carry them with me. Commenting on this Van Ness writes: Ah, Emerson would have known better had hebeen forty-nine instead of twenty-nine. Youthdoes not and cannot appreciate at its full worththe power of memories, of sentiment, of was this power which defeated him when thevote was taken, not the radicalism of his THE MINISTERS WINDOW, SECOND CHURCH, BOSTON Old North Church, Boston, Mass. 45 The Second Church never stood for creedor dogma. It has never had in its pulpit thefounder of any logical system of theology. A Jonathan Edwards, aBushnell, a Dr. Palfry,even a Channing could not well have been devel-oped in its atmosphere. The initial impulseof the church, as was said before, was not theo-logical, but practical. The organisation crystal-lised around a contract or covenant, not arounda creed or statement of faith. The Second Churchis now classified as Unitarian, yet its originalcovenant has never been altered or erased fromthe membership book. Just when the changein thought took place, no one can determine —and no one cares to determine who is blindedby the flash of history illumined by the SecondChurch. KINGS CHAPEL, BOSTON, MASS. CHAPTER IIIKings Chapel, Boston, Massachusetts KINGS CHAPEL was the first Episcopalianchurch in New England. Unl
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