Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-01-11
4 Modern Bull.

arose to answer the card published
in Mondays EXPERIMENT BY the pas
tors OF the several churches, con.
demnlng the recen. blasphemous let
ter, bearing the " forged name OF Je-
sus Christ. Mr.. Ludlow assumed
the whole responsibility of its publ
cation, and endeavore;! 10 Justify his
course 10y recsnt uttcrauccS of DIR.
Dean Clark ON the vicariDus atuie-
ment. He regretted that his broth
or ministers disagreed with him.
lie believed he was rght III the
means adopt ed and the name assumed
to combat dangerous herosv.
, Mr.. Ludlow can doubtless find am
/ pie justification from his own harrow
standpoint, but pious people will re-
Joice that the anomaly is seldom pre-
scented of mankind claimingan equal
lty with deity. Those who are total!
~ consecIated, are doubtless quite
as " infallible" as the Pope, hut the
dogma never has :uet with much ia.
vor outside t.r 4 ,mish Church.
Civilized l.' re slow 10 admit
that prc"t., VI priest can, per So,
do no wrong nor suffer any evil.
They do not concede that everything
IS to be viewed from the fine point of
observation erected by these Chris.
tian perfectionists and that Judgment
must be rendered only through the
inexorable rules of their severe logic.
They do not admit that 1.-THE world is
theirs by divine heritage, and they are
masters of all living things and abso-
Lutte possessors of inanimate nature.
They are disposed to question the as
sumption that fire, air, earth and wa
ter are, under all circumstances nat
ural gifts. They do not believe that
the act OF the Savior in plucking the
ears of corn is to be accepted as an
affirmation of the special privileges
of modern disciples.
We annex the printed circular (tho
authorship of which Mr.. Ludlow as
sumes) as there is a very general de-
sire among tho non-elect" to know
how far blasphemy may be excused
by inordinate zeal:
Bel OWED IN JESUS:
AS members Of the cone body, Rom.
XNi;5, we are impelled by the Holy Spirit
10 scatter this true love letter of exhortq-
ton. He6.N;25.
" The enemy, has come in as flood.
Surely the Lords Spirit is not weakened,
that He may not " lift up Il standard
against him." Islix;19. An unconsecrat-
ed pulpit presents, and press* publishes,
the boldest iniidelity, and hitterest bias
and fii2pant leer, the wicked, as OF old,
thy ,God?",. joel iil7. The Word of our
God is ridiculed as an "old fable" Our
Christ is denied-His cross derded-Ills
blood trampled on. With poisonous SER
pent pang, the unbelievers strike at the
fltals OF all Christianity, and with France
under Robespierre deity reason, in seek
ing 10 dethrone God. The moral atmo-
sphere is tainted-death is in its inasn,a
Profanity and obscenity are rolled as
sweet morse Is upon the tongues of lisping
children and youth in our streets. Gods
day-Gods law-God's word-God's invi-
tatlon-Gods warning-Gods heaven
Gods holland even Gods existence
are openly challenged and shamclessly
condemned! But we forbear.
Oh blood-bought child OF God! can we
remain unstartlcd. while this procession
of our kindred and neighbors clasp hands
i'll unbelief and march mirthfully on
ward to death and hell? The time in
which we live-this secthing maelstrom of
godlessuess, whose circling waters boil
N around our homes-cries nightly
to each OF us to awake. "Who is on the
Lords side g.: .Consecrate yourselves
today to the Lord every man upon lis son
and upon his brother, that he may bestow
upon you blessing this day. "ErXXxil;26,
Awake awake, put on thy strength, 0
Zion, put on thy beautiful garments, o
Jerusalem, the holy city! shake thyself
from the Dust" IS.lii;32. BLOW We a
trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm
In my holy mountain. Turn ye to ME
with all your hearts, and with fasting and
with weeping and with mourning. Blow
the trumpet in Zion; sanc!iiy fast; call
solemn assembly; gather the people; sane
try the compensation; assemble the cid
suck the breasts; let the priests, the min
listers of the Lord, weep between the
porch and the altar, and let them say,
Spare thy people, Q Lord, and give not
thy heritage to rcproach, that the nations
should use Il hy-word against them.
Wherefore should they say among the
people, Where is their Godr"Joa ii.
" Bring yc all the tithes into the store
house. and prove me now herewith,
saith the Lord of hosts, if will not pour
you out Il blessing" Nal ii;l0.
Beloved we beseech you, in the name of
our holy Christ, and with strong plead.
ings and cryings, that you join us in
making this present, personal, closet mat
ter, and st parate you from whatever inter
rupts, and consecrate You TO whatever God
presents for the immediate defence OF his
church and the supreme glory of his holy
name. Read Rom. xii; l, 2.
g lie that is OF God heareth Gods word"
JnO. viii:45.
And because we so love you in the Lord
that we would have you attend To our
words only because they are his we bold
ly subscribe ourselves with the name of
our spiritual Husband in whose name we
are commanded to do everything both IN
word and deed, (Coi. iii:l7J. the Corning
One t3cts i;lD, who is God over all blessed