0 EPISCOPAL BISHOPS, THE SUCCESSORS OF THE APOSTLES. THE SERMON PREACHED IN ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, DETROIT, ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1842, AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REVEREND MONTGOMERY SCHUYLER, TO THE PRIESTHOOD, AND SABIN HOUGH AND EDWARD HODGKIN, TO THE DEACONSHIP. BY THE RIGHT REVEREND SAMUEL ALLEN MCCOSKRY, D. D. PUBLISHED BY REQUEST. DETROIT: MORGAN BATES, PRINTER. 1842. THE following sermon was prepared under the pressure of the many cares and anxieties connected with the Apostolic office, in addition to those incident to the Rectorship of a large parish. The author had not the most remote idea of publishing it, when it was delivered. But at the earnest solicitation of the clergy then present, and many of the Laity of his own parish, and of reputable strangers who witnessed the transfer of a part of the Ministry, which the Great Head of the Church intrusted to His Apostles and their successors, he has consented to give it to the public at large. He has been, so far as possible, most scrupulously careful to avoid using any words calculated to irritate or wound christians who hold different views-but he hopes without any compromise of the truth. The subject is of vital importance, and concerns the eternal welfare of the human race. The author has thus considered it, and most fully believes, if the positions advanced cannot be sustained-CHRIST HAS LEFT NO CHURCH ON THE EARTH AND NO MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION. |