THE WEAKNESSES OF CONGREGATIONALISM

THERE has of late been quite a ripple of satisfaction in certain quarters at some secessions from the ranks of Congregationalism. Such events almost always look more important when seen from the outside than from within; still, from whatever point of view they are regarded, they are not to be ignored. Moreover, they do not stand alone as signs of the times. There are few Congregationalists of any large experience who could not tell a rather melancholy tale of the way in which the young, especially young men, drift away from their Nonconformist surroundings.