The Conflict of Ideals in the English Church (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Conflict of Ideals in the English Church Some months ago a wellknown Congregational Minister, Dr. Horton, of Hampstead, London, was summoned for libel, because he happened to say in the Daily News that a certain weekly paper was used in the interests of Roman Catholicism. Dr. Horton was summoned for libel for making out that paper to be Roman Catholic when it was not. The Doctor founded his opinion upon the statement of a regular contributor, and when he read it he took it for granted that the paper must be Roman Catholic. He was proved to be erroneous, that it only represented the extreme men of the English Church. Dr. Horton was not fined, he was techni cally in the wrong, but was awarded the case. Well, now, this was the part of the paper on which Dr. Horton founded hi judgment. This is the article, or part of the article 'by the regular contributor: I cursed the Protestant Reformation then with heart and soul, and stilldoicurseitandhateitanddetestitwithallitsworhand inauitsabominableopentionainternalandexternal. I loathe it, abhor it, as the most hideous blasphemy, the greatest woe, the most monstrous horror which has fallen upon the haple race of mortals since the foundation of the world. When the editor was asked in Court about it, he said he did not regard it as offen sive. I would ask you to consider whether you think it was not pretty natural that Dr. Horton should assume that it came from Rome. I am'not surprised that 'e made a mistake. I should have thought that a man who all -l himself to say those words wasprettyfargoneintheroman.irection, butheclaimedtobe a member of the Church of England. That shows the extent of the con¿ict of ideals on the subject. I have in'my possession a manual called A Book for the Children of God, a little book of instruo tion for young people, and they are taught ahnost in thus very words: The Holy Ghost makes his home in the. Catholic Church, He does not make His home with dissenters, He may visit them from time to time, but they never know when He is coming. It is a serious fact, gentlemen, that this is being taught to scores andhundreds and thousands of young children in the Church of Eng land May, and no wonder people are saying it impo-ible for both High. Churehmen and Evangelicals to be right. 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.