The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-09


In the books 81 Inspiration We mean to say this
that as God has giveo us . revelation, bouud
TO believe revelation We mean not certainly the words
Of revelation but strct and well defined and precise
truths and doctrines 81 revelation: We mean further
mere to that nasuuch God has revealed this TO
MS we are bound 70 believe IT, and We have his own ~
tmony which tells that without faith II Is impossible
70 be svsd-'hst without aith 1t Is mpossibs to please
God Now, then, God coula not oblige reasonable
ature either to believe in tie fast Of rvestion to
believe in any truhs of revelation, without having
given him sucisn and all convincing evidence Of th
fact and OF what these special and precise truths are
bis jnsice-hsving given q revelation TO man. and
beirg oh ICED 70 accept and TO believe Ito have
furnished Them with ths means whereby They should
arrive certain knowledge Vhs. that revelation
Now, then If have nothing but my own opinion, my
own epDen caDnot be faith; have nothing but my
ture nor SPECULATION can b. faith II have nothing but
my even human and high probabilities my probs.
must te some means whereby shall ascertain and
know certainly and without doubt what that revelation
is. Now then, If the authority which i. to teach me
liberty to doubt, then am not bound to belisve.
II I am not bound TO believe, then faith h
guide TO direct and teach me, am not bound
tn believe and faith s not ind cAunot be sary
But without dwelling at length this particular point,
pats to Arother and say that not only necessary
that this infalhbity should reside and exist In the
church, hut that Goo has actually and specially com
mvDcated to his church. for when he chose hi, apos
ties and appointed them 10 go .orth and teach all
tons, he told them that a power given to him In
heaven and earth, that hta Eatter had cent
him. alec be them, with the command that they
sh uld teach ell rations tar.kng them In the OF
the Father and Of the sen ana Of The holy Ghost and that
he would he with them all LAWS n 10 the
anon OF time The commission .hcn G., md
teach al pstions, Tor 10 With you am wth you
Irepeat command--I am with You, TO preserve until
The of tine the integrity OF this schrg committed
t. you; ana am with on, . that your word is my
woro and your tsanhg my tea hrg SO that be that
hears hears and he that oespiseh you piseth
me. The commission, then, to teach, and there
accomT 90, ing This commission the promise This
r.VptSA Ia Eeusc
extensive with the commissioned exs ting with
The commission The commission not for one coun-
try or for nation, but for all nations. 1t not
FOR time, but for all ages, until the end of
lime and the promise was then to BE- with It
the end follows thsrsiors that e tss o %nnc
mission still exists and that therefore thsre is still
in the world body Of teachers inherug that commits
sion and wherever Is that body that
zion they inherit that PROMISE and that promise Is
upon the troth and the yeraciy Of Jesus Christ
himself, tia he would be with that body of teachers
guiding and assisting them enightening them in all
times md in all sges, even until the consumation Of
and il was praced he Apostles vent 70, tn TO teach
they taught With haltirg hestatng tongue they
spoke BY snshor,y they bore testimony of what they
hao received. and con frmed and proved their testimony
by Miracles and when dispute arose. they assembled In
council az jerusalem they deliberated decision
troverey was ut end They appointed ministers 10 60
forth and teach, and they, too. taught, not giving
theories simply declaring what they had received
simply testifyng the fact that such and such were
the truths revesed Of God and taught by his Apostles,
doubts, disputes arose, they tco assembled in
council to take the testimony Of the preatss Of the
had gbeen the universal teaching and what had bean
the universal testimony to these disputed nngy
disputed dopb fal points and the united testimony
Of those mbed bishops either in their council or
it were necessary dispersed throughout the church,
was the evidence Of truth, and the controversy
ing you still at liberty TO deuot-this is
our opinion; but nathems to him who dsbeleyes.
her Of that prerogave that she fe herself to
be nfable in her teaching that from the very rst
well when the light science dused lis ustre over
the world, rs when in of Psganism il seemed for
time to base been entirely eclpsed As well
in Asia as in Italy and in Gau well in her coun
ellis of Nice and Of at Trent but even
in her later but st limited of Baltimore
Il you will, and of New York-she has preserved
the right and he's maintained the authority
tfy to what the truths which we are bound to
believe. And notwithstanding the multitude Of de-
crees which she has issued in countries The most re
mots ore from the other under crcunnstances the
most vari under affairs or conditions of society
the most diverse, under circumstances which would
tecm To make clear and united decision impossible
still there has been any hating stammering or
has there sstepcy or iocoherence or false
hood that wide the intervals that may have
The to Believe
single point multiplied even, it would SEEM by the pas
sions nhich were brought into play st from her rst
united and harmonious WHOLE all declaring and profess
ing their relief in the doctrines and all procaimpg
magnificent symbol Of faith in the holy Cath
Roman ard Apostolic church. Thus has her unity been
preserved thus has charity in the hearts her children
been preserved thus has she ourished and riumrhed
Now, then beloved ore,hren permit me in conclusion
Qor must hit stem to it, not to detAiu you too ong)
one more reflection, and II IL thsf this prerogatvs
m ost arrogant pretepsiou-then it il most impious
basphemy; than ID that true Of the church herseK
ne na s1ss her to w
Bile she has usurped tn, dominion Of God and il she il
not nfslibe abe claims to herself that only which be-
proclammg herself to be his only church. out Of which
there was salvation, while all the while she could
only be the church which there was nothing bu dam
nation Now take the case. That church thus declared
to be fallen into this dreadful apostacy thus to have
been guilty Of this impious blasphemy, thus asserting
the dominion Of God himself has carried the light OF
Christianity throughout the world that wherever it
spread forth from her. and If that light was
christianity could by any possibility have made its way
the gloom and darkness Of the world for she
line and hs Ss os
fourteen hundred years nations converted to the
faith, glorious churches were bnilt up among every
land. Multudes Of martyrs even shed their blood to
bear testimony to those truths, basphemous they
might which she professsd, AMI which she pro
claimed Holy confessors and doctors defended them by
their learning; hoy men and women gave up
lives in holiness, devoted to the service of their
bthrsD Of the suffering poor and all through the teach
that, In word during the years Of her apostacy
christianity had been preached and the true religion
the religion Of Christ mad been established in beauty
and In purity throughout the world And then we are
TO suppose that when the truly glorious day came and
light dAwned upon nkind at the time OF the called
glorious reformation then, strange to say, with it
discord, and divisions, and dissensions and dsunons
and strife the traits of holiness seemed longer to
abound the spirit Of charity wholly broken and
the light continued to grow stronger and stronger
and to diuse ITSELF ~ lis said, now in this enlght
ened nineteenth century, these divisions and this
disunion. this dissensicn and this discord and
strife, have only been multiplied and prolonged
and deepened among and oh, will be told that
all this harmony il Of hell and al this diseord is Of
heaven WIN We be told that, even We see Il nov,
tina God yet permits this church to oyershsiow
the world and beneath her protecting arm st to and
unity faith and purity Of morals and holiness Of de
Light and heroic self sacrificing and ndomitable zea
while beneath another shadow everything that grows
to have but momentsry life and to w,ther
and dieT Oh no, beloved BRETHREN no; believe, and
nd danfh s,r hat halt a of