The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-04-28
Ths Episcopal Church.
BY REV. noBr. L. STEVENS.
XIII

relating to tho Christian miniolry Il
Invaluable. la bis EpistIe to Polycayp,
addressing bis people, IgBatias ~rileJ,
"GiVe ye beed 10 the kishop, that Cod
also may give heed 10 you. Ny goul
be for theirs that ere submissive 70 tho
bishop, and 10 tho presby .erz, aud 10
the dsacons, and may ny portion be
alsng with them in God! Lebsr 70.
gethor with one another, strive ia CON
Pany tsgsthsr; run together; snas. 20
gsther; sleep together; and awake t,-
gsthsr as the stewards and aSocia,cs
and servants Of God"
Polycsrp after tho martyrdom Of his
friend writing 70 tie Philippians, re-
vsAls how highly Ignatias was eatseTn-
ed By the whole Church. (Cbap. 0 }
| sxhort you sll, therefore, to yisld
obedience 70 the word Or righteousuess,
and to exereiEe all Patience suoh AZ Te
have scen sst before your eyes, net only
in the case Of The blessed Igaatius, sud
Tozinus and kGfug. bat alEo in otbers
among yourselves, and in Pani him
self aud The rest Of the Apostles. This
de II the assUrsncs that al tkeSc hgyo
net run IN vain, but in fa.tu AID
righteousness, and that they are aow
in their due place in the prsssncs of the
Lord, with wbsm also they s1n-rei.
For thsy loved not this prsasut world,
bet Him = 40 died for us, and for cur
takss was raisrd again By God from
the dead "
Chap IS. Both YOU and Ignslivs
wrsss 10 me that if any one went ifrom
this place. into Syria, lie shou!d carry
year latter with higl; which rsquess
will s.tsad 70 if dnd Etsisg oyl or
tpnity either personally, q through
some Other acting for no, t5ht you- d.
sire may 10 f1ld.led The epi..ls II
lgnatius written b. him to ~, and |
the reat (Of bis spistisaJ which re have
byu z, We have sent = you As requested.
Tsey AFe sa.j9:nai TO this epistie. asd
bJ them yo n, % greatly prea ed
for theT treat oI faith and ps;icisce,
aud all things ;5st tend to e3i6eatioa in
our Lord.r
Since Polycarp shgs endorses the
lgngtian EPisilss, giving them tbs
weight Of bis authority, iet u~ sec or
what groanes be ought 70 be listened
. TO by Us
IrcEasas, BizAoP of Lyons, who zAw
PolycarP, in his book "Agsins;
Hsresiss" written about lS0 4. ..
, gives this notice about bin: b. III
chap 4. bat Polycarp also wss ROT
only instructed ~ Apostles, and con
versed with many who bad seen Cari7l
|, but was also, by Apostles ia Asis, ~
pointed bishop of the church IN ST., ?
, M, whem | also saTia tuy cary youtr
: for he tarried on earth :s,y loni
ti0e, and, when very OLD s34u, eis,i
!, ously and most nobly suffering raa. y T
dom, departed this life, having slwav
taught the things which he bad learne
, from the Apostles, and which Ii
!. Church has handed down and whic
! alone are true. To these things ali th
!. AsiAtic churches testify, as co ais
!. those who have succeeded PolycaT
!. down 10 the present time, man VIZ
!. was of much greater weight, and
j. more steadfast witness of truth, tha
A Valentinus and Marcion, and tte re'
!, of the heretics. lie it was who, cor
!. ing to Rome in the time of Ahics:s
). caused many to turn awaJ frCnl
:, aforesaid heretics 20 the Church
n Ged, proelaiming that he had receive
4 this one and sole truth from the Apo
:. ties, that Hamoly, which !, hand,
!. Down By the church. Thel are q.
=, those who heard from him that Joi
the disciple ef the Lord, going
bathA at Ephesus, and percciying G.
inthus within, rushed cut Of the bs
house without bathing, exelaimin
"Let US fly, lest even the bath hou
:" fall down, because CorinEkus the sner
We Of truth, is within" And Polycs
ne himself replied to Marcion, VINO n
hu him on one occasion, and said, I'D,
DIV thou know me2' 81 do know lhee, {
1d' FIRST born of Satan" Such uas I
o! horror which the Apostles aad th
fSs disciples had against holding evan
oi verbal communication with ANY c
rupters Of the truth; as Pau also sa
Is ga man that is Rn hereto after
INC frst and second sdmonition rgJe
neS knowing that be that is snoh is 81
vsrtod, and sinne IA, being condemn
NJ of himself.
'hU "There is also q very powerful epis
ler' of Polycarp written to the Philippia
'gs' from which those who choose 10 do
'uE- and are anxious about their Salvatit
.''s can learn the character Of his faits, :
lrS. the preaching of the truth. III
e, eai again, the church in Ephesus, fuunC
ne by Paul, and having JShE ramAini
rvs among them permanently until the til
mp Of Treiau. is true witness Of the
'sw dition of the Apostles" chap.
nay "sinse therefore we have such pro
i"s it is not necessary to seek the tr
among others which it is easy 30
nSs tain from the church; since the al
ohs ties, like rich man depositing
su' money in a baak, lodged in her ha
pes. most copiously all things pertaining
l0h. W the truth; so that every man., VIII
!" ever will; can draw from her the W
'aes of life. For she is the entrance to
anu all ethers are thieves and robbers.
lsse this Account are we bound to s.
'Vsr' them, but to make choice of the th
but pertaining to the church with the
most diligence, and to lay hold of
tradition Of the truth. For how ct;
the case ? Suppose thsra arise n
im- pute relative to some Important a
rnty tion among MS, should we not
,llsh recourse TO the ucst sscicnt chur
lille with which the apostles held cons
1 for intercourse and learn from them ,