Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-03-13
Why Churches FAN


this worid-Une the proSe S!ye, III,
other the conservative. Churches at,
Just a. much under the influence -
these great tendencies Is are iHdIyidu
ais. This being 50, propose t. speas
OF the dangers which beset individual
churches under tins great general law
/ Churches, ordinarily, have humble be
cummings, irst a lew come together
usually men Ol feeling, emotional men
imaginative men, aui IA a uclGhhorhOod
| not favorable 10 the building Up Dl q
church. When church is Tree vi debt
u begins t. die While they are WORK,
/ lng To- establish it every one Is lUil OF en-.
crgy and works hard, but 80 soon a.
| they have got their building finished
I and established then their energy goes
I out The moment church begins o.
take care Ui itself then the devil has got
10. They say, NON, Nc ATE going To vu,
I JOy ourselves Then what? 4 more
| fashionable preacher il wanted. They
begin o. be ashamed ii the poor Who
have been attending When they have
got fashionable preacher aul fashion
lblu people, 1t Is said. There, that
. church is established" Now, tod for,
bid that should -y that such
. churches DO not 30 any good; they DO a
great deal Oi good. But they are not
types ui ChrlSt's chUuh The church
begins t. SAY that 1t hJ, exact and or
I thuiux views There - an impression
] that We ought 10 get the church % -
/ like u clock and strike AT the appointed
I hour every time AMI at no other time.
/ Men have au impression that there Won
have model church, IEi / SAY that
there YOU have a dead church, an organ
lied dead church EutIs ~rWYr iiJ
>uHiIy
The Word Evangelical
The demand lot the formulation %, a
new creed or confession OF EuiH Tor ia"
Congregational churches comes, ,ay,
the hpf,p.wtyt from the d.-irr o. Tx
the definition oi ,hy word evangelical
The worI has q general s,usy that d
understood, bat which Is as iilirhUcd
AS the edges Of a cipui 80 tar as We
have noticed, the purpose pI Tue a-jJJ
tors Tor the ncw creed la, been to ca
rluiu from fellowship certain persons
who regard themselves as evangelical.
but whose belief m the nature ui the
atuuemcut autIn the condition ui souls
Ia the next wurli D, not regarded u.s. SIT
i-iIrtury These a.,i,1tur, iur new
creed arr very sensitive, bccIU," some
PrrshytcriIuS, perhaps tJuut them with
the charge Il u prevalence Ut hvr,-y
among Cuu.rCg1 aui they are
anxious 10 rrpci the charge. u D, not
o. mako CuugrrgatiuuIii,W seem more
reasonable Co skvptlCs, but 90 max" d;
seem more orthodox 90 PTysuyiDriIuF,
that they desire o. have erect iprmU-
lItyi which shall autuOrItatIyyIy TypTr-
sent the belief ui tLcIr rhuryhy,. Ii the
creed should not be- very clear IA assert
ius the cNplIt1ry character Di the atone
m,ut aud the endless mI>ryy Of all those
WHO lie impculIrut, they would have
none ut %. tar own hsGul Is heartily
that II Dr. Bacon. that 10 would D." nI
no Advantage 10 have tue national yuUu-
yli adopt such Crvyi We ,JU wn.l
enough trust the living, 'IuytsJs eating
AMI progressing faith ut the yu.ICur-.
They believe IN GDtSthry byH.yr 90
Christ and his revelation. AMI they can
be- trusted IL they cannot, no creed
will biul them,
Noucoui0rmi;y
4 series ui lectures uU The Rise II
Evangelical Nuucuul1rmity Is lu pro
,rrs, At London Congregational chap
cI JON Bright. Who i, Of Quaker AL
try,Icuts, presided at one Of Them the
other day, ani by the Nay OF mtruiuc.
ton SAID Il have a spc.in interest m
thus great question. ipr since my boy
hood have been accustomed % r1usii-
rr 10, and | am myself SUi am no;
1T Il, Sprung l.5m tar martyr,
1t two centuries a.p MI busuI lie
Hurl Conformity that Is, religion IS
tlh.ishrd by law As "A system built not
On the foundation band los prophets aUi
apostles. but on ilUuiIuuu laid iIy
political purposes, mainly 10y WUuaJyus
and statesmen. system 'Uuiyr
which all the religious profession oi d
country might De vuUsrutius aui silent
Nh,,r the greatest guilt aud the greatest
crimes ric triumphant iu the state.
'.~.eu asy>t,m.a said Lv. "iy4i~ tu tor
Ynr. uumbnvSs aud death Nrucuu-
iufuriJy d, that which declines Co. aytypt
such a system Alter drawing u-,,
yjyIi picture I'd the iidyTucy> between
uHuruuipJmI,y lu France ami iagtui
,ru.g 1lU wears 49, where lU the for
WuT % WaS ".rUsurli ugt and truiiyU
down. AMI u ,ur latte. 10 thuyyi AMI
duuJJshyi Uu,yg persecution. uy sail.
"Nuucuuiurml,,s u England have been
AMI are now ;Hv Sryat Advancing aud
rri,rmiuS ilrs, ia English lp,4. al
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