Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-06-06

methods and conditions of salvation, which he iDstt
to Christi ms must be The means Of putting our
minds In direct communication with the mind OF
Christ, that in listening to 1t sure We are
.'H- tn t heareth you hesre,h me - Without sys-
tenn Of this nature revelation Ii Of no beneht to us.
Far more, it would be simple mockery of misery
unrelieved and unbelievable, to tell US God spoke
long ago words of salvation, unless these woris are
made to re-echo In our ears. This revelation. too,
mutt come to US in its fulness. If we receive but
Fragments who will assure US that most important
fragments not kept away and, like all forces,
citation will not produce lis full result unless its full
euergy il applied to US. 1t must come to us with
certainty. A doubtful priucipe has no power over
man, and do you suppose that In Gods appointment
there could be doubt left u.On our minds in the
transmission Of these eternal principles, which he
wills us to grasp SO trmy that they will console US
in all our trials, and strengthen IN all the DIRE
temptations with which our souls are beset in the
warfare OF life. -tte
Such should system of religion be, when we pre-
sume it to be Christs appointment for salvation
Is Professionalism this system? It's means of con-
veying information to us condemns of necessity its
disciples to do bt and ignorance volume
IL put into yonr hands-the treatment is the same
whoever you are, child or adult peasant or scholar
Woodworking, imepressed mechanic. or leisurebest
philosopher. and from this volume you are to farm
your creed. 1t was written long ago In languages
now dead. On few scholars you must deL end for
your knowledge that they have colated carefully
o den manuscripts, as to bring to you the original
word. and they themselves candidy tell you thst In
numerous instances all they do is to put before
you several readfhss from which you will select your
self. You must depend on the same few scholars
for the translation Of the books from Hebrew and
Greek into your vernacuar and the scholars in their
preface to the revision with laud liable
know full well that defects must have their place in
work so long and SO arduous as this which has now
come to an end. Biemishes and imperfections there
are ia the noble Translation, which We have been
called upon to revise; blemshes and imperfectons
will assuredly be found IN own revision. All en-
beavers to translate the holy scriptures into another
tongue must fall short of tn r ann, when the obga-
ton is imposed OF producing version th,t shs be
alike literal and diomatc faithful to each thought Of
the original and yet in the expression of it, harmo-
NOUS and Free" This volume treats of high mys-
teres; Its dogmas and precepts are scattered from
Genesis to Revelations. If you are mistaken, the
volume will not correct you, If you are in doubt. it
will not enGghten you. The volume itself will be of no
subjective conviction OF its meaning be beacon of
savation to you, unless your apprehension of it's
meaning ia conformed to the meaning which the holy
spirit himself intended to convey. when the several
parts of the volume were penLed Who will say that
the means Of Professionalism for teaching us Christs
revelation give to us with certainty the full
ness of The divine word?
The fruits of The Protestant rule Of faith are be-
fore your eyes. Look around you. Sects there are
beyond computation and in each sect each individ-
al member forms yet sect to himself. Nor there
be end PUT to divisions. The essential prin
ciple of Professionalism authorizes each to confde
in his understanding of the bible and to be law
to himself. Synods and conferences will write down
creeds and formuar1es But synods aud conferen-
have authority to teach and their creeds aud
formularies ut once torn into shreds. Ministers
will sum up for their congregations the vital truths
of Christianity to the exclusion, as they say, Of NIL
n dogmas 1hese ministers give merely their OWN
individual opinions and their minor dogmss may be
thought by their hearers to be
vital ones, their vital dogmas to
be minor ones, and the hearers will at their pleas
ure add to or subtract from their ministers summa
ries 1t has come to pass that there is no one dog
ma left Of all Christ's revelations, upon which
all Protestants agree. One or two points may
said they do agree. They agree on them
TO long as there is mere question Of the par
like repetition Of words, but venture to define the
words, and you viii see what comes of your fancied
unity of faith We have had Protestant councils,
Pan-Anglicanism and Pan-rresby terianism. No doc
rrinal point was mooted in the meetings. In the
that the standards should not be discussed,
and lately read in some psper that it
is proposed 10 hold Pan .Methodistic council,
i'll which, however, the paper added, no
ly, modern Protesta tism is mere system of moral
philosophy. Read the Sunday sermons Of its mins-
ters, and you will how carefully they eschew doc
trine.
NO doubt among Protestants, there are deep
" imbedded in minds, precious Christian truths,
through the Influence OF which germinate in hearts
generous Christian vhtaes I gladly ao-
k owledge all the good mere is among Professionals,
nor would have the rishuess to prescribe for it
narrow limits. But these truths and these virtues
among Professionals not the fruits of Protestant
in favor of Professionalism Christian truths extant
among Professionals are fragments torn away from the
churchs treasury at the time of the sOcaed ref Jr-
nation, aud which since have renamed among frot-
estants so to speak, floating in the air, but thout
cement uniting them together, without foundation
to sustain them, without revelation to complete
them. No ono truth came to Professionals from the
Protestant rule Of fai h. and these fragmentary
truths OF which have spoken, have subsisted in
spite of Protestant print iples They are not at
home Prote tautism, and exotic pants in their
land Of exile they gradually decline and perish, and
as things are moving, the time is not far distsnt
when individual Professionalism will be what official
Professionalism has long bten, nOminis unabTa.
q name and nothing more
In the midst of all these divisions and doubling
the individual Protestant bible in hand, faithful to
Protestant pri cipes will never advance teyond q
perhaps audi good Savior, is this all that thou hast
e us-a perhaps to guide US in our wander1ngs,
to streng then Us in our Dattlings?
Professionalism is mere protest. legation: 1t
denies Catholic dogma, a.d it gives nothing
itself You have named It well Mr..
Smith, 1t is 'tan inquiry, q historic study and
nothing MORE But in 80 naming i you have put
upon it thu seal of gos.el condemnation Christ in
stituted of faith surrey Professionalism is not
that rule. "GoDg ve therefore,. said he to the apos-
ties, "teach ali nations, teaching them all thugs
whatsoever have said I. . and behold am with you
al days. even unto the contamination Of the word -
"Tea all nations" Is this Professionalism? Its
ministers abdcate the Office Of teaching. Protest.
autism is not born to teach. st is not d. gmattsm
it is iuquiry, historic story. "Tesch all things
Whatsoever I have said. He that believeth not
shall be coodemned.' Prot@s antism. far from
teaching all things, teaches nothing. Its disciples
far from believing inquire, study 1t is an inquiry,
historic study. 81. Paul aln ost in similar words ap
plies Mr.. Smiths definitions to sects and hereses
In his day. "Ever learning" he says "and nevertat-
tanning to the knowledge Of the truth. " Did st.
P1ui have before his prophetic eye Mr.. Smiths Prot
estantism2 And Of toe sects ever learning and
never attaining to knowledge Of the truth, he
adds. "They resist the truth; men corrupted in
mind, reprobate concerning the faith; their folly
shall be manifest TO all men,"
Professionalism is an inquiry, study for truth
well enough to enquire aid to study, II thereby
we are to arrive at the fruition Of truth. Ever at
sea, and never touching the harbor; ever hupgerng
and never finding food this Is Professionalism. Upon
our compliance tn Christ's will depends our saliva
ton yet seeking out his will Is to be our lifelong
occupation. and death approaching, are still study
ing, etM inquirlng. Whom will Professionalism sat-
isfy?
PROTESTANT is nothing. What remains? The
faith of fathers, the faith against which Luther
prot. sted A. 1917, towards which we must turn il
We wJuld fill our souls wi Chris.'s truths, and
whose powerful founda.ious in history no hostile
hand can shake because they have been established
by the divine ma.trr himself. HE hath established
her, and she shall not be moved
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