Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-05-02

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Henceiorth there II -. ur thee
Love, Joy and immortality
Ammo Ho'Yoks HoUdni, On -h,rch Union.
THE TEACHING OF THE APOSTLES. |
The following is the full text of what |
is known rs She Teachings of the !
Twelve Apostles" which, at the pres |
eat time, Is occupying much thought in |
the Christian world. The trans!a,ors
and editors of tho ancient document are
Russell u. Hitchcock and Francis |
Brown, of the Union Theological Sem-
mary. The manuscript was found in
1875, by Bishop Bryennios, in the
library of a monastery in the Greek
Quarter of Constantinople. Tue manu-
script Is dated A. ID. 1866. and the
work is supposed TO have been conf
posed between the years 120 and loo
A. ID. 1t con sists of one huud ed and
twenty pages, and besides the Teach
ing OF the Apostles" contains Chrysos-
toms SYNOPSIS of the Old and New
Testaments, the epistle of Barnabas,
two cpl tiles of Clement, eight epistles
OF Ignatius, aud the ep sile OF Mary of
Cassobelse. There is little doubt that
tho work is one of the first documents
va tho SAkiotiou
CHAPTER I.
Two ways there are, one OF life and one OF
death, but there Is great diherencc between
First, thou shslt love tie God who made thee;
secondly, tiny neigbbor ~ thyselr; and all
things whatsoever thou wouldst not have be.
fall thee, thou, too. do not 10 another. No OF
these words the teaching Is this: Bless thcm
that curse you, and pray for your enemies.
and fast ,h for them that perse. ne you;
that love you? DO not tho natio. a 20
the same? But love them that hate you aud
fieshly and wor dy lusts If any one ri ~ thee
blow on the right cheek. turn TO hi a the
other Also, and thou shalt 10 perfect; /. any
two; Il any one take thy cloak, give him tiny
tunic also: IL any one take from thee wat Is
thine. ask II not BACK, for: indeed, thou canst
not To every one that askot1 thee give and
ask not back; for to all the Father desires to
give Of His own gIaci us gifts. Blessed 10 he
thar giyeth according TO the commandment,
for II, indeed, One taketh who hath need, no
shall be guiltless; but he who hath no need
shall give account. why he TOOK and for what
purpose. and coming under arrest snail be OK.
amined concerning what he did aud shall not
60 out thence until he pay the last farthing.
But IL hath Also been said concerning this
matter: Let thine aims sweat In thy hands,
until thoi knowest TO whom thou shouldst
give.
Now the second commandments of the teach
ing Is: Thou shalt not Kill, thou shalt not
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thou shalt not Commit fornication. thou SHAFT
not steal, thou shalt not PRACTICE magic, thou
shalt not use sorcery, thou shalt not elay a
thou d,.sIroy Thou shalt uut Inst after the
thiurs of thy uciuhpor tho,, shaIt mt forswear
myself. thou shalt not bear false witness thou
shalt not revie, thou shalt not b ar maliC
tongued; for a snare of death "a double
tonRued Thy speech shalt moi bc false nor
empty, but filed with doing. Thou shalt not
be coyetous nor rapaciouS nor n hy,r cril n
nor malicious. nor arrogant Thou shalt not
shalt hate no man, but some thou shat re-
prove and for some thou shalt pray and some
thou shalt love above thy life. ~ '"'
NV child fee from every evil thing and
from everything like IL. lie NOT Inclined TO
anger for anger Ieadeth IN murder: nor
Jealous nor contentious. nor pas s;onate Tor
of ali these murders a g begot,en. NV child.
become not lustfui, lori lust lea ieth to fornica,
ton: nor foul-mC utbed' nor LOFTY eyed: for Of
all these things adulteries are 6esotton. NV
child become nor an omen wa,cbsr' since 4
an astrooTer. nor 4 purifer. nor he vii ing nS To
look upon these things; for of all these things
| idolatry is beeotten. My child, become not a
liar since living leads to theft: nor ayaricious
| nor yainrlorious for of n these things thief.
| are berotten NV child become MOI n mur-
murer, SINCE 1t leads to biasphemy; nor pre-
sumptuous, nor evil-minded, Tor OF al these
| things blasphemies are begotten. But be
| meek. since the meek shall inherit the earth
| Become long-suliering, aud pttiful. and
| guilcIcss. and gentle. and good. and trcmble
| Continually at The words which thou hast
heard. Thou shalt not exalt myself, nor
shall not cIeave to the high, but with tho
righteous and lowly thou shalt dwell. The
things that h fall thee accept as well
| wrought, knowing that without God nothing
occurs.
| CHAPTER Nv.
of God remember night and day. and thon
shalt honor him as the Lord, for where that
which pertaineth to the Lord is spoken there
the Lori Is. And thou shalt seek out daily
the faces OF the saints that thou mayest be re-
| 1reshed by their words. Thou shalt not desire
division. but shalt make peace between those
shalt not respect persons in convicting for
| transgressions Thou shalt not hesitate
wnether.t shall be or not Become not one
| for giving draws them in; IL thou hast any
| thing, by thy hands thou shalt give a ransom
for thy sins. Thou shat not hosi ate to give,
thou shalt know who is the Go Dis
penser OF the recompense. Thou shalt not
turn away the needy. but shalt shsre ali
things with thy brother, aud chat not say
they are thine own: for II We are mariners Ia
that which is imperishabe, how muck more in
ter, but from youth tJou shalt teach them the
in thy bitterness SUI UPON S the slave or Sandma.d
who hope in the same God lest they per
chance shall not fear the God who is over you
| both; for He comcln not to ca | men accord
ing TO the appearance, but to those whom the
spirit hath made ready Aud yc, slaves, We
shall be subiect to your lords. as TO Gods i'm
age In mOdesty ana fear. Thou a. alt hate
Eve y, Hyp9crlssy ana a wha1eycr Is no. pleas
NV 70 me ,oru: Inou snal. Dy no means lot
sake 'ne Loru commandments nut shalt
Sus =, wn r '1 ,, na't roSsSed nm r sdi-
| ing 70 it nor taxing from ~ In 10 chirch
thou sDait CONFESS tny transgress ions, a1d
snaI. noI come Ior"nTo I,r ,ny prayer witi
an eSil conscience Ihle Is the way " life.
CHAPTER v.
Now the way OF death Is this: First Of ell
II is evil and full or curse; murders. Gfut
teries, lusts, fornications. thefts, iioia cs
magic arts, sorceries, robberics, false (, stu
mouieS nypoctisics, oupichy. Craft, AFRO
tAnce, vice, presump,uousness, greed, lou
speecn, Jeaousy, overDoIiness, lottiness, pre-
tense. Persecutots OF me good, hating TRUE
.ovlus laisenoou knowlng not me reward .i
IIxn,eousness. not clcaving 10 tnat wnicn u
Eno1 nor 70 r,gnCeous yuoRnent: on me watcn
not TOT Goou put TOT evil: Tar from wnom are
meekness aud humility, loving vantics, pur-
suing revenge, not plying poor man, not
iaoorlns TOT the distressed, not knowing Him