The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-28

is not easily provoked, thinketh not evil, re-
joiceth not in iniquity, bat rejoiceth in the
truth" The poet has said,
"Love is the golden chain that binds
The happy souls above,
And he's An heir of heaven that finds
His bosom glow with Love-"
In the adjudicatiou of every controverted
scriptual qaestion our appeal is ITO the Law
and 10 the Testimony" shall therefore en-
quire what did the Apostles of Jesus Christ re-
quire the people to believe. Evidently what.
ever was preached, no more, no less. The
Apostles were commanded to preach the Cos
pei, Mark 10, 49, and the people were re-
quired to believe Il. Paul the renowned cham
pion Of the cfose, said, "For l Am not ashamed
Of the gospel If Christ, for it is the power of
Ron. ], 16.) And to the Corinthians says,
Il Coz. l, ~ "Moreover, brethren, l declare
unto The gospel which l preached unto you,
which alDo you have received, and wherever ye
stand; BY which also re are saved if ye keep in
memory Whist | preached unto you, unless We
have believed IN vain. For l delivered unto
you FIRST Of al, that which ! also received, how
that Christ died for our sins according to the
scriptures, and that be was buried, and that he
rose again the third day according to the
scriptures"
IT we canlearn what the Apostles did preach
we can know what the people were to believe,
and this will be the exact measure of faith re-
quired. In the second chapter of Acts we have
a record of the first sermon preached under the
Great Commission. In that sermon Peter
preached substantially the same thing as con-
tanned in the confession be had formerly made,
MAT. 16, 49, He preached Christ-tho Cos.
pel-told the simple story of the cross, that
Jesus had died for our sins, according to the
scriptures, was buried, and rose again, and that
God had constituted him ''both Lord aud
Christ" This great central truth OF Christi
anity pierced the hearts Of three thousand souls,
(Acts, ~ Again, "Philip went down into the
city OF Samaris and preached Christ unto
them" And 70 the Ethiopian Eunueh he
preached unto him Jesus,"I(Acts S, 8, 10
Did these inspired men preach the truth2 Ii
they presented error for the people to believe,
the bible is a fable. Truth is of God, error
is from man. Truth is eternal, while error
will perish. The sentiment, though trite, is
just, that
Truth crushed to earth, will rise again,
The eternal years of God are hers;
Whine error, wounded, writhes in pain,
And dies amid her ~worshipers."
"Better have In the church . peaceful error
than . troublesome truth, |" said the learned and
temporsing Erasmus 10 Luther. "Pesce indeed.
hpossible, but Truth At L HAZARDS" Was
the prompt reply Of the Intrepid Saxon
Reformer. We have the boldness to affirm
that concerning faith there is no ground
for division except into belief or un-
belief. In harmony with this view the New
Testament divides all men into believers and un-
believers. The followers of Jesus then either
have the faith Of the Gospel, or no faith tall.
Faith was bewildered much by men who meant
To make it clear, so simple in itself
A thOu0hf m rudimputaI and On u1aiu.
That none by comment could it palmer make,
All faith was one. In object, not in kind
The difference lay. The faith that saved q soul,
And that which in the common truth believed
In essence were the same. Hear then what faith,
True Christian faith, which brought salvation
Belief in all that God revealed to man,
In all He promised, threatened, commanded,
said, without exception, and without = doubt"
Pollock.
We have found what the Apostles were TO
~prIeach-what they did preach-what The peo-
pie were required to believe as in the case of
the EuDuch, (Acts 8, 37.) / conclude by re-
guessing your correspondent (if he is a preach
or to examine with care the solemn charge of
Paul to his son Timothy in the Gospel faith: 81
Charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord
Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick (living)
and the dead, and at his appearing and his
kingdom, preach the word.h' q Tim. 4, ~
And to the Galatians he said, "If any man
preach any other gospel unto you than that ye
have received, let him be accursed." The be.
loved John said, "For / testify unto every man
that heareth the words of the prophesy Of this
book, if any man shall add unto these things,
God shall add unto him the plaques that are
written in this book; and if any man shall take
away from the words of the book of this proph-
ecy, God shall take away his part out Of the book
Of life, and out Of the holy city, and from the
things which are written in this book" Res
pectfully, NJ.