CHAPTER XVII. 

 THE CHRISTIAN WORLD AS IT IS TO-DAY. 



DIVISION — POINTS OF AGREEMENT — POSITION OF THE 



EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 



Our studies in Church History, thus far, have 

 prepared us to look over the world, and to see 

 the followers of Christ divided into many divisions, 

 and calling themselves by various names. It 

 would be a much more agreeable survey if we 

 could behold a solid, united Church, steadily 

 progressing, and preparing the way for the coming 

 of the Lord. But we must not forget that we are 

 living only in one stage of the Church's history. 

 There may be brighter chapters by and bye. 

 Already, indeed, the yearning for unity has taken 

 strong hold of Christians of every name. It may 

 please God, in times which are to come, to bring 

 the dismembered fragments of Christendom into 

 greater harmony, to the glory of His holy name. > 



There are some considerations which will tend 

 to make this subdivision of the followers of Christ 

 appear less startling. 



