194 CHURCH UNITY 



Bulgaria was an alumnus of the same 

 college, you will recognize, I think, not 

 alone what a remarkable door has been 

 opened to some of the best influences of 

 Anglo-Saxon Christianity, but how re- 

 markable would seem to be the adaptation 

 of its whole temper and spirit in the direc- 

 tion of the awakening and unification of 

 Eastern Christendom. 



I can well understand how remote and 

 visionary much of this will sound to one 

 whose conception of Christian unity is 

 that of a compact and symmetrical organi- 

 zation in which all local and national 

 types shall somehow disappear under the 

 super-imposition of hard and fast formulas 

 of dogma and usage. But of the two 

 dreams I do not believe any thoughtful 

 man can be in much doubt as to which 

 is the more likely of fulfilment. The 

 Chicago-Lambeth Articles are destined, 

 I am confident, to survive the acrid criti- 

 cism which is incapable of rising to an 

 intelligent appreciation, whether of their 

 letter or their spirit. More and more will 

 it come to be recognized that they pre- 

 sent not only a sentimental but an organic 

 basis of union. More and more will it 



