THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT — A 

 WORLD-WIDE NECESSITY. 



A NGLICANS, Episcopalians, Roman 

 Catholics, and all branches of the 

 Christian Church which put emphasis 

 upon the episcopate, begin arguments in 

 favor of unity by emphasis upon the doc- 

 trine of the Church; while descendants 

 of the Puritans emphasize the doctrine of 

 the Spirit. Consequently the former favor 

 Church unity, while the latter plead for 

 Christian unity. A few Episcopalians 

 teach that Christian unity must precede 

 Church unity; while some descendants 

 of the Puritans grant that Church unity 

 must precede Christian unity. Into this 

 discussion we are not led by our subject. 

 I pause only to observe that, in the sense 

 in which Paul used it, the saying " first 

 that which is natural, and afterward that 

 which is spiritual" contains a profound 



