Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1871-02-11
THE CHRISTIAN MESSENGER.

grounds, Mr.. San. and we are with you
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THE CHRISTIAN MESSENGER.
The Messenger of Feb. 4th has an
answer TO the REPUBLICAN, of Jan.
18th, which we would recommend to all
who have an interest in the subject
matter therein contained, and after full
consideration, tell us who will. what
you think of the reasoning. The Mes
senger says, The REPUBLICAN dashes
off few questions from memory to
show us that Jesus is called God. We
fail to see in any single quotation, or all
of them taken together, that such is the
fact" We are very sorry the Messenger
lis SO skeptieal, aHd immersed in the
fogs Of modern theology, that it canuot
see and believe that Jesus Christ is
called God and 10 order that the edi,
tor may have proof in its character IRE
fragable, we quote: " And he that
seeth me, seeth him that sent me; John
18th, As" Phillip saith unto him,
Lord show us the father and it sufficeth
us. Jesus saith unto him, have been
so long time with you, and yet hast
thou not known me, Philip? he that
hath seen me hath seen the father and
how ssyest thou then, show US the
father? 14th, 8th and 9th" /" | and
my father are one; 10Th, 30th" i" For
unto us O child is born, unto us son il
given, aud the Government shall be
upon his shoulder and bis name shall
be called Wonderful Counsellor,
The mighty God, The everlasting
father, The prince of peace; Isaiah
9th, 9Th" The voice Of him tina,
crieth in the wilderness. prepare ye the
way of the Lord. make straight in the
desert highway for our God; 40th,
3D." "Thus saith the Lord the king
of Israel, and his rcdeemer the Lord OF
hosts; | am the first, and | am the
last and beside me there Is no God
44th, 9th" For thy maker as thine
husband; the Lord OF hosts il his
name and thy redermer the holy one
of Israel: The God of the whole earth
shall he be called 54th, 5th." II
Jesus Christ was not the redeemer
spoken of by the prophets, who should
come into the world and suffer, that
men might be saved, and if he was not
God, who had taken upon himself hu
man nature, and who appeared in the
world in the form of man, in order TO
accom- modate himself to the under
standings of men, so as to accomplish
the plan of salvation and if he was
neither God nor man, tell us who be
was, and what was bis nature and cha
raeter. He must have been being
created at time certain, or his exist
ence must have been CO. extensive with
that of God himself. If created, when
and where If not created, then be
must be self-existent from eternity
and il the latter, then he is God
and il the father spoken Of in the Bible
is another and separate God, then there
are Two Gods instead of one. We come
to these conclusions from our reading
of the Bible. not only as law book
but TO ascertain the way of life and sal
walton. We have in our library three
hundred volumes of law books, promi.
nent among which. and more valuable
than all to MS, is the Bible. There il
another theory contended for in the
Messenger which we cannot ind laid
down il the Bible, and that is this
that water baptism is essential to q
mans salvation, and that immersion
only is baptism. This to us is as alb
surd as that other theory, taught in
christendom, that TO Peter was deliv'
cred the keys of the kingdom, and thai
Peter delivered them to the Pope, who
now holds them, with power to let IL
whomsoever he pleases and to excom
municate whoever offends; and thi'
power, it is claimed, carries with it and
establishes the doctrine of infalllbiiity
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