, 1875-12-18

plo that the Interpretation of Inv is tho law
which thoy mako unto themselves. by rejecting
primitive testimony, and interpreting the scrip
turca eacf, after his own mind, !ave no rn.tietl
rulo Of Judgment, sycr varying In their inter-
truth. More and more theJ divide, until Chris
tiansty, ~ soctai organization instituted OF
uod, i utterly broken down, aud every man,
like Xxx, "a bis own crcea-msker, minister,
and Church.
While XIX and his friends represent the
fathers As worthy Of but little credit, and their
testimony ~ " unirs1stHolthy tradition fu all
controversies With the churct,, yet tho denomi-
nations appeal to shia vary testimony in support
Sevsnth-DAy Dapttsts. They employ ttoao
bhnao falhers In making ont tho Canon Of Bcrlp-
tnEo. They hurl thstn At tic Hapsists. vhon
thpy would provo Infant Baptism. We leave
OF dIsparastng the characsos Of these
witnenses when va Adduce their tos-
timony In our favor, and 4. the Rhmo timo
appealng to thom sa credible witnesses On thelr'
s1de Of 1uoas!ons With other bod!es, II Credible
WitncRsoa As to tho Canon OF Scripture and tho
Lords Day, common Ren8o teAches That they are
credible Witneases ~ to tho Christian Church
and the ministry. What would bs tho only
Quotations asked Of witnesses In ono Ut our
courls2 Arc thoy honest aud competent
Tholr honesty aud competency being unim-
poaelod, their testimony would be received.
Having received Tho distractions OF onr Lord
before, and for forty days sftor. His reau1reo-
to Hi4 Kingdom and also having the Holy sIirit
10 bring to their minda whatsoever lle 1la1 told
Thorn, lilo Apostles n,,lst havs known the mind
of Christ concerning Ills doctrines And cnncern-
tic tieroforo, rocoiYing both those from tho ApoB.
tlca directly, or by two or three retnovea. Will,
their several explanations nnd defenheB Of tho
truth mud Exposures OF error. must llhvo known
with certainty what thoso doctrines ueso. and
What the ordor and ministry Of ch1ist'a Church,
aud tho true moaning OF the New Tostatnont
concerning those sublectn As It's sogesal uooka
wore written And 1slivored to the Church.
Thua they were the beBt and mDat competent
witnesses to nattcrs Of truth aud fact concern
ing tho Faith md tho Church OF the Now Toata-
1nont.
Edwards "sai,bAth Manual published by tho
American Tract Society tp. 1is), Bnya:
A. tho Apostlss weso scerettod Ambassadors Ut
viii, nnl esabllsl, th,ngs according TO ii il the Nov
Testament Church. we hssc in this tho sanction Of
sny sh nsy T
to faw hui 70 iii christ.n countries ,iepee tl,a
tehtimonJ Of 1Enatius, Donysius. Teophl!as. Glenn
ont, Tertullan, and othen which ne hsso noticed,
and Ill within 100 years Of tho death Of tho APOSTLES
uos, who nuat hare known, with infalblo certainty
whist vern thcir teaching and rractes In this matter
Just 80. They must have knorn with infalll-
bio certainty what was tho true Faith aud Church
Of tbs Apostles, and the right understanding Of
Scripture.
Eusebue Hired IN tho third century, w.s man Of
INST reading sna - we'll acquainted with tho bis
tory Of tho Church frou, the days Of tho Apoaca
years old, he ived In great intimacy With tho martyr
panrhilius, learned and p!ous Of Cpsarsa, aid
had conataut aeceas, liz was learned and accurate
histor1an- eud had The MD Of tho btht helps for
9ulr1nR iniormston upon al subjects connected with
tAe Chraathn Church.
Leslle says: "Eusobiua aman OF an integrity
universally acknowledged. ssauFea If thhs he
drew his information from the documents Of
antiquity, which hs found In tho library Al
CtnHAron."
Your correspondent appears to have sou1o
new patont by Which ho eau determine what ia
Win he comnunicats III viii ho toll @ u whether
tho tWelvo whole Books sud two psrts Of Books
contained tn the Crock translation. called tho
Haptuagint, have or hAye nos IN authority equal
to thtt Of the unquesttoned Hebrnw Scriptures
Whore wore tho Faith and tho Church Itself
botoro tho Now Testament or my part Of 1t WAS
written Did they or not sxiat ? Does Xxx
Books now known conjoiutly under the name of
The Now Testament, thfos centuries had trans
pired ? Ono Church had oua Of tho -Four Cos
polls another lotteI Writton to It by one Of the
Apostes,i third, tho Acts Of the. Apostles.
But was thero no common Faith aud no catab-
lished Church Docs Xxx not know thut
there vere worry many other books tn circulation
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