West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-03-03

the document is dated Boscawen,
N. H., August 8, 1907. The recent
centennial anniversary of his birth
hss to great extent revived the
interest IN Mr.. Webster, and this
confession OF faith" will undoubtsd-
Iy be read by many people with in
terest.
CONFESSION OF FAITH.
believe in the existence Of Almighty
God, who created and governs tho whole
world, 1 am taught this by tho works
of nature aud tho words of revelation.
believe that God exists In three per-
sons; this learn from revelation alone.
Nor il it any objection to this belief that
/ cannot comprohond how ono can bo
three, or throe one. / hold IL my duty
to beieve, not what | can comprehend,
or account for, but what my Master
teaches me.
l believe tho Scriptures of tho Old AMI
Now Testaments TO be the will and word
of God. l believe jesus Christ 10 be the
Son OF God. Tho miracles which He
wrought establish in my mind His per-
sonal authority. and render it. proper for
me TO believe whateycr lIe asserts.
believe, therefore. al His declarations,
as well when no declares Himself 10 bo
the 500 Of God, as when He declares any
other proposition. And / believe there
is no other way of salvation than through
tho merits of his atononIent.
! believe that things past, present and
to como arc all equally present in tho
mind of Deityi that with Him thore Is no
succession of timo. nor of ideas; that,
therefore tho relative terms, past, pres
ent and future, as used among men, cans
not, with strict proprioty, DO applied to
Deity. 1 believe in the doctrines offoro-
knowledge and predostinatIon as thus
oxpoundod. i 40 not believe In thos
doctrines AZ impairing any necessity on
mons actions, or IN any way infringing
free agency.
believe in the utter inability OF any
human boing 10 work out his own saliva
ton without tho constant aid oftho Spirit
of all grace.
/ believe ia those great poculiarities Of
tho Christian religion, = resurrection
from the doad and a day ofjudgment
believe that the Bible is 10 bo undor.
p God and received in the plain an d obvi-
Gus meaning Of It's pas ,aQos; since ! cam
not persuade myself that a book intend
ed for tho instruction and conversion Of
tho whole world should cover its truo
motning in any such mystery and doubt
that none but critics and philosophers
can discover it..
believe that tho refinemontB and. subs
tlctiss Of human wisdom arc more likely
/ 20 obscure than TO enlighten the revealed
will Of God; and that he ~ the most &c
compIished Christian scholar who hath
/ boon educated at tho feet Of Jesus and in
/ the college Of fishermen.
/ believe that all true religion consists,
in the hoart and tho affections, and that
therefore all croeds and confessions arc
fallible and uncertain evidences ofovau-
golical piety.
Finally, ! believe that Christ has la
posed on all Ills diciglcs a life Of active
boncvolcuco; that ho who rofrsius only
from what ho thinks TO bosinfuI has Der
formed but q part, and a small part. Oh
IBIS duty; that ho is bound TO do good
and to communicate; 10 love bis neigh.
bUr, and To- give food an1 drink 10 his
enemy: and To- ondoavor, rs far as in him
lies, To- prOnOte peace, trIth. piety and
happiness in q wicked aud iorIorn world;
believing that in the great day which is
10 come, thoro will bs no other standard
OF merit, no other criterion of character.
than that which is already established,
"By their fruits 20 shall know tlon.'