The faith of our fathers - Carmel Apologetics

""144 THF FAITH OF OUR FATHERS.not with Me, How scattereth." can you be withChrist, if you are against His Vicar ?The great evil of our times is the unhappy division existing among the professors of Christianity,and from thousands of hearts a yearning cry goesforth for unity of faith and union of churches.It was, no doubt, with this laudable view, thatthe Evangelical Alliance assembled in. New Yorkin the fall of 1873. The representatives of thedifferent religious communions hoped to effect areunion. But they signally and lamentably failed.Indeed, the only result which followed from thealliance, was the creation of a new sect under theauspices of Dr. Cummins. That reverend gentleman, with the characteristic modesty of all religiousReformers, was determined to have a hand in improving the work of Jesus Christ; and, like theother Reformers, he said, witi. those who built thetower of Babel : Let us make our name famouslbefore our dust is scattered to the wind.The Alliance failed, because its members had noThere was no voicecommon platform to stand on.in that assembly that could say with authority :"Thussaith the "Lord."I heartily join in this prayer for Christian unity,and gladly would surrender my life for such a consummation. But I tellyou that Jesus Christ haspointed out the only means by which this unity canbe maintained, viz.: the recognition of Peter andhis successors as the head of the Church. Build upon1Gen. xi. 4.