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Excerpt from The Way to Union: Being a Study of the Principles of the Foundation and of the Historic Development of the Christian Church, as Bearing on the Proposed Union of the Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational, Churches in Canada
It would be dificult fox me to explain the many impulses from within and without which have con verged into the great force impelling me to prepare these short studies. One can only fall back on an apology analogous to that by which Martin Luther explained his marriage: Suddenly, while I was occupied with far other thoughts, the Lord has plunged me into matrimony. It has been a source of disappointment to me that both parties in the matter of Union combined to restrict discussion to the committee-room and to the floors of the church courts. Even during the voting of the congregations they have limited the view to the teaching of the New Testament concerning unity, and to the financial and other expediences of the case. Yet the occasion offers an opportunity of far reaching moment in the growth of the mind of the people. It involves principles of vast import to the sentiments of generations to come. I believe the true way to Union lies in somehow bringing these prin ciples home to the mass of the people. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
