Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-10

as ChrIsts represent atives they will not
fail. AT their worst, Ohrist's say ings of an
other dispersat;on will apply to them.
'Fhey have aitten Gu tho chair of Moses. All
talngs therefore, whatsoever they shall say
to you observe and do; but according 10
their works do ye not.'' The human Gle
men5 In the church is all which depends on
the Tree cooperation OF the individual will
IN men with Gods work. There will he
| both among the subjects and the rulers
ihose who will not conform their acts to
| the teachings OF the church; they are not
reformed. There will be those who will con-
| form their acts to their teachings;
| trey are reformed. Until the
master cometh there will be IN the church
! the Jass and the sinner. The fares will occupy
the ground side by side with the wheat
| good and bad fishes will fill the net as il
Will BIS cast out from Peters ship. But the
work OF the church in each succeeding age
shaii be TO use all eudeaVors to reduce the
tares, to diminish the mum.
ber of useless fishes, to convert and
reform sinners.
Bat you perceive the mods in which re-
formation must proceed. The human in
the church needs to be reformed, not the
oiVine, The plan Of the Divine Reformer
must 30 preserved md followed. Upon
his teachings re-schosd by the church
the hearts OF men must be remod-
led. To attempt to reform the divine In
the church is to destroy what God has set
up, and Furthermore to render forever i'm
possible all true reformation, since the
ideal ls removed from sight. the mariners
compass is cast into the waves.
LUTHnR's FATAL MISTAKE.
The fatal mistake in Luther's rsfo- a.
tion becomes apparent. 1t wa. ..vo,ntion
not reformation. He sc.shs to overturn
the chursh hsrssltf, dacying the divine ele-
zsnt in tna church. His attempts at
reform We're aimed at Gods own works.
had Luther come from his monastery
With heart brimful of indignation against
vice, ana in laundering tones denounced
sin and abuses of all kinds in places high
and low. and provoked q grand uprisin e
OF the soldiers Of Israel against the shrines
the church would have ranked him among
generations. Bat this was not Luthsr's
warfare. He declared war against the
church herself, called upon men ia
ob0AOOA AVxs &eAAv0 LICK dAbuSx1ay ~ SoReD
denounced her es corrupt, soAsht he,
distraction.
Lathsr made himself asrstis and q
sshisnatis. St. Paul taught that they
vhs are guilty of sests and schisms shal
net sates the kingdom Of God; he WEI
.sAdy 10 pronounce anathema xgainst the
angel from heaven who weuld teach other
wise than tho apostalate had taught.
| herok:C ka io
being condemned by his own Judgment
FasPs sentence falls upon Luther. Tit
apostle never tolerated separation from
the church. The great sacrilsge, the sill
against the Holy Ghost, in the eyes of tn,
early fathers and doctors, was tearing
assnder the sesmless garment of Christ
the church's oneness. They should hav
ranked Luther with Arius, Eutyches, Mes
terius.
Luther in rejecting the church as tbs sol
and efficient manifestation OF christianity
blo5tsa out all historic christianity. NJ
other christianity had existed Or had beer
thought of outside the scattering ranks O
heretlcs but the church. The fact tina
Christ al all appeared as g teacher was ;
fact known from history, aud on tn
wings OF the came history the church hat
| ONAAO 0O"A eiihSGSsA hEO5 as CGfl5LldD
lty, holding possession whenever an Cd
posing claim was presented, and chalIeng
ing all foes to disprove her rights TO tn,
inheritance of the new dispensation
Luther in asserting that error and super
stition had taken the place in the cburcl
of the truths of Christ's gospel, denied tb,
promises of Christ to the church, asserted
as loudly as words could, that the gates O
| hell had nrsupiIa5 L
himself had not remained with her al
days, and that his commission to the apos
Ties had not been fulfilled.
Such was Luther's position before Chris
tendom when he inaugurated his rebellion
and from this position are We to Judge al
Rrotsstantism. History has well nance
Lsther's reformation - Professionalism
protest against the church
This IL was and nothing else. The pro
se5t meant the denial Of Christ's pronisez
and when the protest was made, thers 70
Ii aims nothing. The Bible outsida tn,
ssursh was devoid OF foundation. Tn,
purs religion which Luther is said to have
srougks back upon earth was ''tobuzo
rasG," pure negation.
AMxaE PROTEST.
Blu. it is the very protest that attracts tc
LHshsr oday wide spread admiration. h,
Is hailsd as the Hberator of religion,
thought. BECAUSE he opposed lths church
Why, we may be allowed to ask, this deer
seated hatred OF the church? 1t is because
she olalEas u.hority to teach and deman
obsdisnce. Msa are restless under au-
shoflty, and rebellion against it is always
welcome news TO our untutored pride.
But Is this innate opposition to authority
ID religion acc riding to reason? Religion
is Gods lag, sad ths giving of the law and
the Interpretation of the law must be
above the individual subject. We cannos
claim the right TO choose our own religion,
to beside ourselves what honor we will give
to God, What Laws ne shall impose on us.
Rebellion againss church appointed to
announce and interpret tbs law, is on the
same level as rebellion against the author
ity OF Christ who proclaimed the law.
against all authority of God over as.
The p. % amation of free religious thoueht
oy the hxssenth e~"- istinn, leads
70 the email of all religion. Nor does
the church demand any ."--, CONTRARY to
right reason. She submits her credentials
to reason, proving to it from history, that
Christ founded her, as he himself submit
ted his credentials to human reason per-
forming miracles in proof Of his mis-
non. But his mission established,