, 1880-07-25

i OF. the truth. =. . 1885. =:
What lad sneh men aS tneSe chief priest
sustain, to do with the authority" in wlicl
! Jesus acted? "We cannot but speak tn
things which we have seen and heard" salt
| the Apostles Peter and John. Thee truti
ea hs tru axsfs o9s waess hs seen end
has no right to hold his tongue. God send
every such. man.. And who is able to recog
/ nize and know such . ones authority
Who can be informed ABOUT it? Where ar
ease No aas H BODY can make N m1 t
see and hear truth divine; and therefore
there is no use Of any mans pointing to sucf
2 body, saying, '.There L my authority
For the same reason Z wraften aM M license, or. az
valid 'sauthority" fer truth; it may nay fo1 os
Presbyteriallisln, or Nethodls1n, or any sor1
| Of sectisM. Some mel may ask long and
loud, "1Vhere is your anthority?, Show us
your authority" uni! never De able to even
discern that authority, nel never. SO gen.
| required even Of a Jesus, ana yet never dis,
covered: - I also will. ask you one thing:
Are you Of single intention, and by no means
! double-mindetl ?": ,..xo - ;.!,:
But all honest, brave, unselfsh sincere
loyal to it, Will soon discover the tau
| 'thority - and perceive the credentials. Jesus
! plainly says SO in this passage: "To this
| end was born, and tor TINS cause came !
into the world, that should bear witness
truth ilearetll my voice" # man is truly
helped, and encouraged, and his path lighted
np, lie knows that 1t IS tne truth Of God that
has done it,, My eyes nave been opened,' ~
he says, whereas was bllnd, now see''
and nothng Gan drve ste teoHyston ont Of
it is that the proof OF y Tshlful authority is
internal, and can be received BY such us are
qualified by truly honest mind, and by none
other. For like reasons A u IS useless to claim
it, md every right-1ninded man will certainly
accord Il to nm; anu otlets 90 not, it is
be s true, be honest, cleanse yoar hands from from
al WrongaGilng a s;neq G5uekednfES OF acon
The Judgment Of whit: is right God has
put upon your own salf. fon may some
times think that you would like to be re-
!ieveu from tl,e respQlslplilty. But that is
impossible The q!les1tlon 1s IS always thrust
some external sign Of some ones 'authori-
ty:''', II also will ask yo'l one thing"
Where, them lies the authority necessary to
attest the truth to any man? It lies III the
men himself Ihls ngens Tasng to see
WAS WAS sfsa s1ssed befoTe @ Houses aSef ef
Bishops, written ereeds! and confessions Of
faith, Synods and PresDyteries, Conferences
and Associations cannot any longer be looked
to as criterions to settle the faitll and belief
Of individual men. We are beginning to see
that Abraham is the true father ~ Of such
as have faith. He was taken "out Of - all
his surroundings, Ati, kin, and country, that
they might no longer dictate to him, and SO
learned to walk alone with God, which is
much the same as to say to keep company
with his own Individual conscience, Gods
earthly residence
Jesus taught the great lesson that It Is not
not to others great, worthy, ana wise, but to
W .s.I,,,t - fraa1,n,n fh;s ;aI pmt ,n,,ot
,acuans;,,;i;t.. - ,sIoone 11nor =, ~ ~ t =
md ho1,estl And vet It sets us free frnrn
all men, and still Keeps us lowly-Minded.
Not IN our stars, but IN ourselves, our des-
l1ligs w. 1Ie, h,,o toor ,f,s;d +o +h;,,- for o,,
seIves and tlis fear hns ;heen i,nhihed Win
our mothers milk. It Ibis done us no good
to have others think for us. We may think
Tor ourselves WITHOUT at all being DutlBu uU.