Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-12-25

The Methodist Centenary Conference !, Raj.
timore closed on Wednesday
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Inc Methodist Centenary Conference al IA,
umore closed on Wednesday
rHE PASTORAL.
Vi 'he bishops Is addressed 'To The Metbo5,s
people in the United States and Camel. = :
says; Permit Us 10 remind you dear hro,t
ron, while we extend hearty congratulatiou
npvh nesueees Of the past and express IN,
rrsnAan ooaVlctlon that even n1bler ant
klanuer schlevements nv ait rs In tbe fnt,ra
WA The mission given us bv provisanne
s%n,ndaleh. Is not yet accomplished N,
shlI"at YOU, brethren, do mt t,rrn
uat hitherto Methodists have beer
nhsaished by the emphasis they have o;.n,
sssentlal doctrines Of Christianity. In ali m
years CT our h story truths relating 10 GOD. 4
Al petr;~6 soveranient immortality 10 etern.
l~seriouuoni HAYS been saerells main.
.Aned and asserted with great distinct
ness and that We have held in corn.
mon witn all Christian people 10 the insnira-
non ana divine authority OF tho scrintnras ~
mVna origin Of the church, aud the VOC ,tion
VI he ministry, the value of the sacrament
shu Ihulsbensabieness Of the ~strictest moraIi-
y, ascorJing TO the New Testament standard.
Ahu mat beyond all these points. we have maid
conspicuous the Nervousness OF sin. the naces
SHY OF atonement, the universallty of pro-
bounced redemption. freedom OF will AMI
pureness Of grace. Not one of these c.r Ls
discarded or distorted without raeiming lie
cheme of salvation and revealed GOSPEL Rnt
wen these foundations Of truths, however EN-.
pnSSiH'd wall not meet the demands of the
soul never could have prodnced tbe nhaN
aome.a OF Methodist life and history
! TH5RR orHEK DocrnrxTs
% 90 en- phasized, doctrines which "a.
late 70 salvation applied ;Sel, a.
provided, doctrinee which andsrlio tho
experiences OF the soul in it, emergence
out OF the darkness and death OF sin into the
neht ana me OF Righteousness. The other doc
tlnes have been the rallying cry OF Methodism
IN the past, and must be in the future. They
are repentance, faith, justification, adoption,
the witness of the Spirit, sanctifcation and
Chrisuan Perfection. Out of these come al
our experienced, all our joys and hopes, oul
inspiration and zeal; and upon these are bull
All our special forms and means Of grace, our
2harlhes, our beResolenees and our correction
Al institutions These doctrines, above all
others, have given tone and shape and spirit h
our organization and determinedits WORK and
place in history. Take from Methodism Those
doctrines of experience, or even the emphasis
gwen them, or oyerlay them with lifeless forms
ana ceremonies, or mar them by human speeu-
lations concerning the mode of divine pT,nced.
nre IN them, or confuse them by any conceiy-
able departure from their simplicity. go they
snail become only doctrines Of the creed. un.
voiced IN the soul as the very essence OF saliva.
ton, and then our glory is departed forever.
we therefore plead with you, brethren, a. yor
value the purity OF the church aud its power Il
convert the people and spread ScriptuIal holi.
ness, hold fast these doctrines, as they come
from the fathersa7 they appear in ths Script
ures and as theyhaye been attestel by the ex-
periences OF the church in past ages Tho
address urges c maintainance OF family reli.
gion. 'Ihe hottest sanctuary on earti. 4" the
address says, lis the Christian home. Neither
the church nor the Sunday school can do the
work OF the home, or become an adequate sub.
stitute for the influence Of prayer in the house
hold Sec 10 II that your children be all laugh
OF the Lord with sound instruction Let
THE HAND or RESTRAINT
be employed, yet with such firmnessand gentle.
ness az 70 win and keep the children, as we'll
az 10 hold them in subsection to authority. 4"
The address speaks Of the Sabbath as a pillar
81 Christian civilization. "a spiritual church
without the sabbath 10 an impossibility. God
has ca:s3cTatsa ofie-seveuth OF our days 10
rest and worship, The law enioining its OBJ
serysnce Is both positive and moral, Embedded
N the Decaiogne, enforced in the New Tesla
ment, and interpreted and illustrated in the
practice of the primitive church. The grand
march for the conquest Of all lands for Christ
las begun. The voice OF the Lord bids us 20
orward. We dare not accept q secondary
place. With our schools and colleges, with
our wealth and culture, with our social power
md our vast Numbers, we must have q large
share In the worlds eyangelization.S