Daily Republican., 1878-11-21
For the Republican.
Coeh0Dle u More Amen.

kOf tne Repunitcen.
Caeh0DSe q More AW0n.
MxssRs. RDlroRs :--'Mors Anon" In
your issue Of the 10Th inst, says: ~
must object at this outset to the Bishops
assnmption that the Holy Catholic and
the Roman Catholic Churches are one
and the same thing. | must also in
si.t that Jesus Christ never organised
q Church OH ths earth, in the days Of
His incarnation. in any true sense Of
those words, but built up the Church
that was organized IN the family Of
Abrahain-His ewn. The only true
Church, in fact, that God ever had, OF
will have among men," To the first oI
these two sentences will attend later
In this article. | will nrst attend 70 the
second one, and I congratulate IN. A."
on having so accurate a, view Of Divine
religion, ~ N believe In It's oneness,
from III. bsginning 10 the end Of the
world. This Is the only correct way to
view religion. As God IL the Author
Of religion, aud God Is unshsngsable,
His religion must be Interchangeable.
Such ~ Il came from God In the begin
ming, such Il will continue 10 the end.
Whom God designed 70 make man, He
designed Ia give him religion which
should teach him the end ard object Of
his creation.
Let us then bring before our minds
4 picture Of God, when about to create
man. With God there Ia no past, Z
future. All times With Him are one ster
nal now. At the moment Of creation
He hsd present to Him His whole course
towards man, and mans whole course
towards Him. Nothing whatever has
happened since, that he did no, sse
then happening before Him, in the nat.
ural course Of events, a. they have hap
p-ned since, and will continue TO hap
pen until the end Of time. He saw then
msn crsated Ia innocence, endowed
with free will to do good or evil. II.
saw man abusing his free will, forfeit.
Ing his innocence by his disobedisnce
iie saw Himself out OF mercy to fallen
mans offspring, promising a Redesmer
He saw that "the wicke mess Of man wa,
great on the EARTH" and He had to de
stroy him by 4 dsluge, and though II,
'saw all flesh had corrupted his way up
on the earth" He had Himself, In ordrl
10 keep His promise Of q R-deem-r, Il
spare al least one family, througl
which the human race would be con
tinusd and His promise kept. H.
saw His own care in preserving
an,eng men the remembrance Of lii,
promise, carried by Angels from patri'
arch to patriarch--inanif-sting NOR,
clearly, al time, with men rolled on, tn,
greatness OF the Redeeiner and Of tn,
church, "His own" He was pr-parin.
for the world. He saw this churcl
"built up,p as ''Mor. Anon" admits
In the family Of Abraham; made reg
ularly organized church by Moses
with priests regularly ordained and Il
have perpetual suec-ssion, with care
fully prescribed ritual, &c. God sav
this church visi bic, not an imag ginar,
church thus organized carrying cut
Notwithstanding the wicksdness O
mombsrs, His designs, until the world
was prepared for the appearance o
the promised Redeemer. Different at
t.mpts had been made by the Schis,n
Of Core aud Jeroboam to divide thi
religion but God rendered the attempts
abortiv-. Al this time, four thousan'
years with nsn, but only as one hou
or rather less with God, passed withOu
any break or change In the plans q
God. Man abusing his free will di'
many things to thwart the plans @
God. But Gods plans were made will
a full view of all tie obstacles arisin,
from the p.rversity Of wicked men ant
Possessed Of all the strength TO sscur n
final triumph. .. j.
The r-deensr cam. into the world
member horn in this visible organize
church. He grew up in it, attendr
the rites and ceremonies in it. He con
d"lnned nothing in this church unles
the vices Of its members. He recoe
nized the authority OF the priests, tell
ing those whom he cured of leprosy, t
20 and show themselves to the priest
and offur, &c Luke, S. Ia He r-coe
nized the teaching Of this church a
sound, saying; "The scribes and Phar
isees have sitten in the chair of Moses
| All therefore whatsoever they shall sa
to you, observe and do" Matth. %, 2
The last of the high priests though pei
sonally wicked "prophesied. st. Joh
IL, 81, SAYS Caiphas being the hig'
priest Of that ysar proph.sied, tina
Jesus should die for the nation.
presume now that my readers, wit
More Anon, will admit that thus ia
there was no break IN the chain Of r.,
ligiOn; that God who b-gan 1t watche
over it and preserved / until now win.
His eternal Son, according to His plan
appeared on earth in the flesh to brin;
to perfection this religion, for Guidin
and saving man. He was God as 81
John says: lc., w., and "the Wor'
was God" aud l4v., ''ths Word wa
made flesh" God made himself visibl
TO us in the form of man. As soon a