Excerpt from Report of the Proceedings at the Reunion Conference: Held at Bonn Between the 10th and 16th of August, 1875 It is not, perhaps, surprising that persons warmly interested in the work of promoting unity among Christians should have complained of the unfriendly tones in which the Conferences at Bonn have been frequently criticised by English writers. And yet, surely, there is nothing to be wondered at either in the fact or the terms of such criticism. To begin with, it should be remembered that everybody who talks or writes does not feel a passionate interest in the prosperity of the Christian Church. A man is not likely to wish the Church of Christ to be united and strong, unless he already wishes well to the Truth which the Church embodies and propagates; in other terms, unless he is a religious man. But if, unhappily, his sympathies are hostile to religion, he does not feel bound to say so when criticising a religious movement. Nor, indeed, in these days, does every religious man desire the unity of the Christian Church. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.