New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-23

church was formed. I concedc 10 them ani to Roman
Catholics the rights: but on the groandof antiquity
we are superior 10 any other denomination Bat do NOS
mistake the extent Of this claim. | sinit that good
Presbyterian, Methodist, member Of any evangelical
denomination, is better than a bad Baptist Oae good
Christian i better than host OF bad Baptts Neither
do saw that all Bspss NUT be sayei fear there
thousands OF among Bapts that are not recorded
in the book of life and | believe there thousands
not 10 the church whose names are written In heaven
God believe has not connected the salvation OF souls
with any church the Bible has made the salvation OF
soul TO depend on is relation TO Ca nor 70 eharca
rereat the Bible makes the salvation Of soul 70 depend
on It's relation 20 Christ the church The aer sad
Sir what shall do to be saved Do Paul say
Come within the pale OF the church AT tnN az wt VAN
that pale shall be saved ?" Not word Off Tie said &
Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shAh De
saved" Ard 50 il j. everywhere IN the Bo'e On
troubled tempest tossed souL fear mol ABOUT my
While is the duty OF every Christian TO unite with
church il is not upon that that yoar salvation depends
But one says what further evidence nave you Inc
thief diving on the or,ss was probably not memoet OF
nv cb5r,b ne was nailed 10 a cross he wicked
man At FIRST he too with the rest reyiled Jesus oat
by by be repenied out OF the church You see there
repenianct end turning bis dying eyes 20 Jesus nc says
Lord remember when oacome't into tay Singdom
Did Jesus say. You have no opportunity OF oeng re-
"momboed you are not in the church yon can not De
remembered % No lie looks on bum with oenignity
and saws This day thou shalt be with in paradise.
Again, Simon Moeus in the church yet Peter says to
him Thou in the gall of bitterness and 10 the bond OF
"niquity and thou hat neither part nor lot in this mst
ter In further illus alton although any more is in
dee d. unnecessary will take two IN the
9th chapter OF Mark John said We saw one casting
"out devils in thy nane and be oloweth not AMI we
"farbade him because he foloweih not But Jesus
said forbid him not for lie that is not against Is for
"me Here Jesus Christ settles The question and shows
that or interest in him does not depend following
any man or number OF Have answered this ques-
ton carddly and fairly say then, do not believe
or communion The apostle says God NJ respecter Of
"persons but in every psace he that a eth God and
"worketh righteou:ness is accepted by him.
To the fourth question
Jof - ~ 81 Of dan
Ny answer is, i. passes Immediately to heaven
or hell AZ proof give, In the hr', pass
Lazarus The rich man died and was IN hslps tor
ment Lazarus lodged in Abrahams b som
Further the thief on the cross was proni.ei par
adise Ito day." Where is paradise IL i before and
around the throne Of God in the Heavensl The word
paradise only three times mentioned in the New Tesla
ment in the tex, quoted again in II C'nnthans
u here Paul says lie caught up into PARADISE
whether in the body, ont Of the body cannot tell
Such knew was caught up TO the third heaven
Tie words US htei ella bly,. never expect to
get higher than the hird heavens there the throne OF
GOD and the Lamb. Again, in RevelatiD H. T. W. read
ITO him oyercomeih viii give to oa Il the tree OF
life which is in the midst of The parad of God These
are the only places where the wor /. mentioned Il
occurs twice in the Septuagut-that Is the Crock
translation Of the Old Testament Now where the tree
of life In Revelation xxi. we read, lie showed me
pure river Of water OF life, clear crystal proceeding
ont of the throne Of God and of the Lamb Ia the midst
of the street of H. and either side oi tho river was
there the tree OF life The river then proceeded out
of the throne of God and in the midst OF the street OF
was the tree life but the tree of life In the midst
of the paradise of Godhat the place of the throne OF
God heaven Further the inspired writer says, And
there shall be more curse; but the throne Of
God and of the Lamb shall be in ii aud hts servants
shall serve him and they shall his face AMI his name
shall be in their ioreheads And there shall be no night
there and they need candle, neither light of the sua
for the Lord God gveh them light aud they shan reign
for ever and ever" II that Is not heaven, know not
what heaven is If eternal light be in heaven and In
paradise then heaven and paradise are the sane place
and when Christ said 10 the thief Thou shalt be TO day
h, uafaa hsf N Aav in
/ heaven Yes" say some, but Christ went 10 the
grave" Only the body OF Christ aud there 1t lay for
thre DAYS his soul heaven and 1t returned TO the
body viii return to bodies at the resure ton
Tie object of purgaory, says the Roman Csthol IS to
for certain sins which do not deserve eternal dem
nation but to send mans soul TO be- punned oy the
fires of purgaOry 10 rob the blood Of Christ of lite eth
cacy Jesus savior of the whole the blood Of
Jesus cleanses from all sin, not the fire Of purgaory from
apart
The last question asks whether when his church
IS in error he should leave it, and unite with another
know there is great reluctance to change IN our
days, TO be called turn coat But, what Is
there 20 bad in it Suppose | got up In the
morning and put on my coat wrong side out,
should for that reason wear il ali the day.
With the wrong side out No; would turn my coat
when turning it only putting right Yes IL you
find yourself in error leave the error and embrace the
truth Ii is not for 10 say you are In error Tor
you to search is for you to ascertain But TO answer
The question, answer Yes Am asked, What 10 your
authority p Igive the authority and practice Of the
apostle Paul He was jew, Pharsee Of the Pharisses
member Of the Jewish Church. He persecued the
church Of Christ unpityingly He his way to Da.
hate to death yet when the truth touched
him he lest his church at once Three thousand the
day of Pentecos became sased thai the Jewish Church
Of errors and then they embraced and joined the
church of Christ Again let say In all kininess THAI
look on the Roman Catholic Church as continuation Of
the Jewish with little mixing OF pagsnism and OF Cnrs
tany he jewish had its high priest the Roman Cath
Ollie has lis Pope that had its chief priests the head OF the
twenty four courses and this has its bishops They had
their ordinary priests, and so have you they had their
laity you have your ordained deacOns And so, all
| down you find mingng Of Judaism Paganism and
Christianity, 10 make it palaable 10 all Como out,
then you persuaded Of nthe language OF the
divine word, Come out from among them be ye seps'
rate and will be father TO you aud you VIII DO my
sons and my daughters, saith the Lord Almighty Lee
US take this precious book for on the last lay we shall
stand fall In accordance, or ~ variance, WIN
H. You are taught TO read the Bible bat Jesus said,
Search the Scriptures, for in them is eternal hfs VI
the Bereans il said In the Acts OF the Apostles thsf they
were noble than those OF Ihessaonca, because
"they searched the Scriptures daily whether toe things
were So Bring hher your faith and your prsctics
try them by this heavenly code and your religion viii
not square with its teachings abandon your religion and
believe aud practice it commands Let this heavenly
platform stand and build on all your superstrucure
your hope Of heaven May God grant Is for bis name
sake. Amen
ERIE MATTIRs-We find the following in Tie CseeLaad
Herald of the 10Th We hope there foundation for
the supposon that President Pierce is about to act in the
premises Many people curious to know whether We
have or have not live Executive;
we have seen a letter from Washington from q gen
tlman having abundant Of inform aton, stating thst
President Pierce has determined act with great pronp
tiiuGe and frmIess toward the mob al Erie He only
awaiting the arrival of papers officially establishing the
fact in the premises Those papers, which complete
and strong, received aud doubtless this the
proper orders have been Issued The result will be i'm
mediate trial Of strength between Erie united with all Of
Pennsylvania that chooses TO engage, and the General
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