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

things therefore, whatsoever they shall say
to you observe and do; but according 10
their works do ye not" The human ele-
ment ia the church is all which depends on
the free cooperation of the individual will
il men with GODS work. There will be
both among tho subjects and tbs rulers
these Who Will not conform their acts to
the teachings OF the church; they ere not
reformed. There will be those xho will con-
form their acts to their teachings;
they are reformed. Until the
master cometh there will be in the church
the just and the sinner. The tares will occupy
the ground side by side with the wheat
good and bad fishes viii fill the net as it
will be cast out from Peters ship. But the
work OF the church in each succeeding age
shall be to use all eudeavors to reduce the
tares, to diminish ths nun.
Der of useless fishes, to convert and
reform sinners.
Bat you perceive tbs mode in which re-
formation must proceed. The human in
the church needs to be reformed, not the
divine. The plan of the Divine Reformer
must be preserved and followed. Upon
his teachings re-schoed by the church
the hearts of men must be remod-
led. 20 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 ia removed from sight. the mariners
compass is cast into the waves.
LuTHER's FATAL MISTAKE.
The fatal mistake in Luther's rsforma-
ten becomes apparent. It was revolution,
not reformation. He sought to ovsrturn
the church herself, denying the divine sle-
Hsnt in the church. His attempts at
reform were aimed at Gods own works.
Had Luther come from his monastery
With heart brimful of indignation against
vice, and in laundering tones denounced
sin aHd abuses Of all kinds in places high
and low. and provoked 4 grand uprising
OF the soldiers Of Israel agsinst the shrizss
which disloyal hands had ersc.sd to Baal,
The church would have ranked him anonR
her heroes and konorsd his nans for
gsAsratieas. Bat this was not Luthsr's
warfare. Es declared war against the
church herself, called upoa men to
abandon her, denied her authority TO tsash,
denounced her as corrupt, sought her
destruction.
L1thsr made himself hereto and o
sehismatie. st. Paul taught that they
vhs are guilty of seets and sohisms shall
net enter the kingdem Of God; he vas
Hesdy to pronounce anathema against the
aagel from heaven who weald teach other
wise than the apossalate had taught. A
hereto, he said, is slbvsrtsd and sinnsth,
being condemned by his own Judgment
Paups sentence falls upon Luther. The
apostle never tolerated separation from
the church. The great sacrilege, the sin
against tbs Holy Ghost, in the eyes of the
early fathers and doctors, was tearing
asuader ths seamless garment Of Christ,
the church's oneness. They should havs
ranked Luther with Arius, Eutyches, Nes-
torius.
Luther in rejecting the church IS the sole
and efficient manifestation of christianity.
blottea on. all historic christianity. No
other christianity had existed or had been
thought of outside the scattering ranks of
hsretics but the church. The fact that
Christ al all appeared as teacher was a
fact known FROM history, aud on the
rings Of the same history the church had
come down through ages as christian
ity, holding possession whenever an op-
posing claim was presented, and ohalleng-
ing all foes to disprove her rights 10 the
Inheritance of the new dispensation.
Luther in asserting that error end super
stition had taken the place in the church
of the truths of Christ's gospel, denied the
promises of Christ to the church, asserted
as loudly as words could, that the gates of
hell had prevailed against her, that he
himself had not remained with her all
days, and that his commission to the apos-
ties had not been fulfilled.
SUNh WINS T,uth p,o no.iI;o,, Lafo,a Dh,;z
tendon when he inaugurated his rebellion,
and from this position are We to judge ell
Protsssantisn. History has well named
Lathefs reformation - Professionalism,
PROTEST against the church.
This is vas and nothing else. The pro-
70 meant the denial of Christ's promises
and when the protest was made, there re-
e aims nothing. The Bible outside the
sauEed YES devoid OF foundation. The
pure religion which Luther is said to have
brought back nron earth was a "tabugn
rdsa," pure negation.
MERE PROTEST.
Bu. i. is the very protest that attracts to
Ls!hsr TO day wide spread admiration. He
ID haiisd as the Hberetor of religious
thought, beca1se hs opposed the church.
Why. We may bs allowed to ask, this deep
seated hatred of tie church? tits because
she olaims authority to teach and demands
obs6isnce. Aan are restless under au-
shorty, and 2 Fsbe!iion against it is always
wslcol1s ns~s to our uututored pride.
But is this innate opposition to authority
in religion acc riding to reason? Religion
is Gods Law. aud tas giving of the law and
the Interpretation of the law must bs
above ths individual subject. We cannot
claim ths rifh5 10 choose our own religion,
to decide oursalvss what honor we will give
to God, vhsi lass he shall impose on us.
Rebellion ssainst church appointed to
announce and interpret the Law, is on the
same level as rebellion against the author
ity Of Christ who proclaimed the law,
against all authority Of God over Us.
The p: 90 amation OF frse religious thought
by the sixt zenith ennin~- lion. leads
TO the d email Of all religion Nor does
the chaEch demand aayini-s .oasr&ry to
right reason. 6he submits her credentials
to reason, proving to it from history, that
Christ founded her, ss he himself submit
ted his credentials to human reason per
forming miracles in proof of his mis-
sion. But his mission established,
he demanded to be believed, and with
ell due regard for reason, belief could
not be refused to him. The ohurca's
dealings with reason are exactly those of
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