San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-03-09

W nat u tuo mcoutu8 VI suts Uscs
tiplyiug of divisions, sharp, crisp bit>
inxs, among sincere believers OF the
house Of God2 II beseeoh you, breth-
reu, BY the name Of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that ye all speak the same
thing. and that there be no divisioos
among you; but that 70 be perfectly
Joined together in the same mind and
10 the same judgment. First Cor, il.
10. ID argument necessary TO convince
any sensible mind that . great, trag'
meuting enemy (inherited from the
mother church) 10 commiug:sd with
the teachings OF orthodox protestant
ism. avsning the whole body2 Can the
advanced thinker harmonize your
fundamental teachings with Gods
word and created surroundings? The
mass of men say not. These are the
questions that arc to-day stirring up
the muddy depths Of the houses Of
false teachers. Tha day is
gladly at hand for revolution and
cleansing, to the burning out OF error.
The human family IS nowhere promi:-
ed any further modification OF Gods
covenant with Abraham. When L.
rael rebelled in the wilderness, God
proposed to Moses to blot them out,
and make new covenant with him and
his house, but Moses interceded for
them, and procured an amendment TO
the fractured Abraha mic covenant.
NJ ore Fundamentally with David, and
the church in the captivity, giving the
Kingdom of Heaven in the body OF
Jesus Christ as the last browning offer'
ing to the human family. There are
no further promises to men that God
will modify his mode of government to
suit changeable men. The people may
corrupt themselves and the manner OF
Interpretation vf the great doctrinal
teachings from heaven. but be assured
of one fact, God will not hold the
changers and corruptors of this guide
to men, nor those who teach them, for
Gods word is guiltless. / claim to
have attained to nothing but what
Others can easily comprehend aud
make much palmer l propose to take
hold of the substance of Gods teach
iups, and handle them nationally, SER
iously, with carnestness and gody
fear of error. and constant eye to
present aud future retribution. seek
no fame nor worldly gain. wish to
pour the substance Of forty years in
cessant. prayerful deductions, as a ser
want OF Christ and the bible, into the
lnp of my struggling. searching breth-
rem. for right against wrong; peradven-
ture it may aid Gods representatives
On earth to purge to cleanliness what
errors and murkiness christian he.
levers are thlottled and hindered
from looking into the perfect liberty OF
the Saviour, to their great gain spirit
ually. "Great men are uot always
wise ; therefore, hearkea to me; | also
will show NINE opinion. job. 81: 9
10. | design graphing directly with
this serious trouble to christians by IN
covering to view the confusing cis
turber. and point him ont by the
plaiuest teachings of Gods word, hop
iug Gods Representatives OF the
churches will then make clean ex
pu CATION of Gods house. | now
speak with the most accurate theologi-
cal precision, with God S whole teach
ings before my mind. knowing | am
responsible for every word uttered,
written, or act done. that the sacriilg-
ious Roman hands, in diapolical wicked
sci IL shness, for worldly aggrandlzementt
and power, conceived ami perpetrated
the rash change OF the original inter
pretation and true meaning Of the texts
Of the serpent in the Garden Of Eden.
changing the real origin aud natural
reality OF the serpent into an unnatural
mysterious wrong,a lie, and by 50 doing
tingiug to ugliness, derisioO and weak
ness. the great body Of truths. enun'
ciated from heaven for meos' comfort
and guide. iearlessly assert that the
true serpent was elected, made mani
fest by the multifarious functions OF
the human organism, being so framed,
compounded and diversified IN lts
mec ,auism, or m,keup. requiring Only
. stimulus (which G,d alone can give)
to arouse it into active manifesto ons,
which is capable OF ofeliciting two oppos
ite, contending natures-the spiritual
and carnal natures. If the spirit or
superadded principle can cont; oil the
debating mastery, aud force the har'
mony and sameness OF directions OF the
whole organism into the practice of
obedience to right against wrong (as is
the spirits want in all things and keep
thi. mastery, q good man is the result
But if the spirit fails to control the
org,nism, the baser feelings getting the
mastery, and retaining it. . wicked
beastly serpent is the result. Every
man is tempted when he is drawn
away Of his own lusts and enticed. v
Jas. 1: IA. "What they know nstur'
ally as brute beasts, in those things
they corrupt themselves. Jude. 10.
The patural man receiveth not the
things Of the spirit Of God. for they
are foolishness unto Him; neither can