The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-04-12
THE a1MPLICaxY OF THE Kew
TESTAMENT CREEDs
Synopsis OF the Dsseonrss DeIlyarsd on
That snA5eee Last Evening by
Rev. Henry 1Eackay, ef Sc

That s1A5eet Last Evening by
Rev. Henry 1zaekays ef Sc
Andrew ctaurell-
Below We give n synopsis OF sermon
delivered Sunday evening by the Rev.
81. Mackay, in St Andrews church, to
which large congregation gave close
attention.
After laying down certain positions
To explain and protect the main points
of his subject, he quoted the following
Scriptures, or New Testament cFeeds.
namely: The FIRST was that of Martha.
Lord, believe that thou art the Son
Of God, who was II come Intr the
world" ST. Peters was: .Thou art the
Christ, the Son of the living God. !"
And the creed of the Apostles in gener-
al was: ave know and believe that
thou art Christ, the Son of the living
God" Then he gave our Lords creed !:
"This Is life eternal. that they know thee.
the only true God, and Jesus Christ,
whom thou hast sent" Still another of
the Christ,s is: 81 am the resurrection
and the life; he that believeth on me,
though he were dead, ct shall he live,
and he that liveth and belieyeth in me
shall never die" And to emphasize
what He said to Martha, He asked her
if she believed what He said. Another
New Testament creed is found in the
words: "For this IS The word which we
preach, namely, if you with the mouth
confess Jesus 10 be the Lord. and believe
10 y..uI heart tnat God raised him from
the dead. you shall be saved" Still an
other is: ..I made known unto you the
gospel > : In which ye stand, and
by which ye are saved" &c.
The speaker then asked tue peo-
pie to compare these creeds with the
Nicene and Athanasian creeds, and with
the Westminster confession of faith the
great foundation stone of the creeds of
the Presbyterian and Congregational
churches. He showed that IS credits.
in itself, but words. and lifeless. it can
not impart life. And that instead OF
creeds being healthily helpful they are
proving to be hinderers-. He support
ed his positions also, by numerous quo
tstiOns from eminent men OF all church
es. Among them John Wesley and the
Rev. DR. Gardiner Spring, late Of New
York. It was shown that the Christ
Imposed no such terms on the people as
the churches now require. He pro,
nounced all unreasonable creeds
as untrue and I'M ChrIstly. He quoted
from Calvin's Institutes these words to
show the wrong of some mems dolngG
in putting themselves in the Scriptures
and casting the spirit of God out o.
them. Calvin says: "What monstrous
absurdities will not fanatics be able t.
elicit from the Scripture if they are per
mitted to aIlege every detached and ill
understood word and syllable in confir
nation of their notions John Wesley
says: "The first and great mark OF ont
who corrupts the Word OF God, is intro
ducing into It human mixtures; eeithe
the errors of others, or the fancies of hi
own brain" And Lord Bacon says
"The more you recede from the Scrip
lures by differences and consequences
the more weak and dilute are your posi-
tions." And another great and goot
man, Sir Thomas Browne says
"All mysteries in the world are who'll!
supported by hard and unintelligibl
terms" Hew applicable these opinion
are to the subject in hand may be readi
ly seen. DR.. Gardiner Spring in speak
ing of rigidlY literal Interpretation says
at is preversion of language and al
outrage on common sense and com
mon honesty, where the passages ar
professedly contained IN the most sym
bolical books of the Scriptures" sc
The lecture lasted thirty minutes AM
cannot be properly gwen in synopsis
He concluded by telling the people t
take the Bible and live its life and love
: and that all would be we'll.