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baptism of the spirit of love is given are 

 of no use. 



8. Those churches which stand aloof 

 from other churches on grounds not sup- 

 ported by the Word of God are guilty of 

 schism. This applies to the Roman and 

 to the Episcopal churches. 



9. There will be at length a pouring out 

 of the Holy Spirit in a measure never 

 known since Pentecost, which will prepare 

 the world for a consummation devoutly to 

 be wished, — the formal and real union of 

 all Christians. 1 



It remains to speak of irenic movements 

 in smaller sections of the Church. 



There was first the effort to bring to- 

 gether the Presbyterian or moderate party 

 in the Church of England and the Congre- 

 gationalists. Baxter was one of a noble 

 band who saw that underneath all differ- 

 ences there was a real unity. 



" There is no such difference," said 

 Thomas Hill, a Presbyterian, in 1645, 

 " for aught I know, between the sober 

 Independents and moderate Presbyterians, 

 but if things were wisely managed, both 



1 See Princeton Essays, 2d Series, N. Y., 1847, 

 pp. 236-258. 



