Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-12-26

however, will give Mr.. Lord the credit
I OF passing over Cromwell, that most
fanatical OF all warriors. as quietly as
H possible. How Mr. Lord could eulo-
gise Gustavus Adoiphus and the Duke
of Wellington, in the same breath, Is
mystery TO as. He justifes Gusfavus
on the ground that he fought by d.
II vine commission, in other words, that
he marched into Germany for the pur-
pose of maintaining the liberty Of con-
science which Martin Luther had con
tended for We do not believe that
God has ever commissioned any man TO
sacrifice IL millions Of human beings in
an attempt TO promIlgate the Faith
once delivered to the Apostles and
| when Gustayus conceived such an idea
| ii he ever did, it was by instigation Of
the Devil, for Christ said to His Dis
ciples, Then shall they deliver you
up 10 be afflicted, and shall kill you and
| ye shall be hated Of all nations for my
/ names sake"
Mr.. Lord eulogised Gusiavus IN strong
and glowing terms but he entirely for
\ got to make the slightest allusion to
some of the incidents Of his life which
are anything but credilable TO him
There are two sides TO this picture, as
well as to all the others in relation to
the Reformation and Gustavus occu-
pies the same position as do all the 9TH
er military Reformers, who have at
tempted, at different ages of the world,
to overturn the power Of established
Churches, under the pretence of spread
ing the gIad-lidngs Of the Gospel, and
Fastening on the second coming of Jesus
Christ, by the ireest use of the sword.
In these matters il is necessary TO 90
back to the beginning, and start with
Fl 81 principles. Previous TO the Chris
tian era, the world had become so cor
rupt that no human power could stay the
tide olsn and save the world from eterna
destruction The work was so immense
that not even the loltiest and most glo-
rious Archangel in heaven was equal to
the tremendous task. Col, therefore.
commissioned His own beloved Son. and
sent Him into the world to redeem the
human family and purchase immortal
ty for them by an ignomnious DEATH
Jesus Christ left the throne OF His Faith
er, and came down TO earth IN a human
form. He brought Authority with Him
from the Omnipotent God on His high
Throne in Heaven He did not derive
Authority from the Bible, because, pre-
vious 10 His mission, nothing but the
Old Testamen. had been written, and
that concerned The Jews the New Tes-
lament was written after the birth of
the Savior. BY that Authority which
He brought from Heaven, He personal
ly established a Faith, on that Faith
He reared Creed and to that Creed
He gathered disciples. and from those
disciples He seIec cd His Apostles, and
they, together, won followers, which
formed His Church He did not 1uad
a visible temple Of wood or stone or any
cor-uptible material, but lie establish
ed Church whose foundation was laid
on Faith in God, by the Authority
which Christ brought from God. Christ
stated that there should be one told and
one shepherd-that is, one Church, one
Faith and one Head He said that lie
prayed that all might be one, THAT is
/ that all might have one Faith, and be
members Of one Church He thrice com
manded Peter to feed His sheep He
prayed that Peters Faith might not fail
him. He said unto Peter, thou art
Peter and upon this rock will build
my Church, and the gates Of Hell shall
not prevail against it y and He gave
unto Peter the keys ofthe kingdom of
Heaven, as the ensign Of supreme pow
er and Authority. which He communica-
ted unto him rs His vicegerant on earth,
now that He was about departing from
the world, having accomplished the OBJ
| iects of His mission. as far as il was de-
signed that He should. He did not car
ry that Authority hack with Him to
I Heaven, because file had, His mission
I would have been vain st. Mathew
says that Christ taught as one having
authority ST. John says that the Faith
| er gave authority to the Son St Paul
commanded al. to pray for those in Au-
thority, and asserted that he was ordain-
ed preacher and an apostle, teacher
OF Gentiles in Faith Paul, in his charge
to Titus. commanded him to rebuke with
all authority; and TO hold fast the faith
ful word as he had been tlught that he
might be able by sound doctrine both to
exhort and TO convince the gainsayers.
That Authority has not died, because
Christ promised to send the Holy Ghos,
TO teach His disciples all truth, and that
He Himself would be with them all days
Now arises the grand questions, who
Al. II