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their henchmen and fiatterers who s
have on all occasions cried out, s
"Great is Diana of Ephesus." The ,
world of mankind is restless. Men
seek the bubble of reputation even
at the cannon's mouth.
III parts allure thee, see how Bacon shned.
The brightest wisest. meanest of mankind
Or raylshed with the whistling of a name,
See Cromwell damned to everlasting fame"
lieputations are sought regardless
of whether they are good or bad.
Hence you ask:
What differ more than crown and cowl?
I'll tell thee, friend, Il wise man and d fool,
For you'll find if once the monarch act the |
monk
Or Cobler. like the parson, will be drunk,
Worth makes the man and want of it the fellow.
The rest is all but leather or prunela"
In religion you want that which is
worth its face value at the Bank of
Heaven. Gold tried in the fire and
purged of dross is the only coin that
will pass the vigilant eye of the Great
Receiver. Greenbacks may pass cur
rent on earth because congress makes
them a legal tender by its almighty
fiat, just as religious denominationai
currency passes among men, but its
mission is purely domestic and will
not pass for the obolus at the tabled
styx, nor admit you into the palace
royal of heaven. Eternal truth bear
ing the stamp of Jesus the Christ is
what the world most needs. The
opinions and speculations of men in
such a crisis as this are utterly
worthless For this reason the Chris
tian church has the highest claims Of
mankind.
1st, 1t discards all creeds and con-
fessions of faith as bonds CT union
: and communion among men. After
the long night of the dark ages it
comes to the front and enthrones
Jesus the Christ as the only true
: law-giver and spiritual legislator in
e all matters of faith and in lieu Of
the musty tones and diminutive
n creeds formulated by human council:
n it sets up the oracles of God as con
Ii tanned in the bible as the supreme
It law in all matters of conscience.
In the second place tie Christian
- church calls upon men everywhere t.
meet them upon the bible and tn
&c bible alone-the only platform O.
~ which the whole protestant world ca
~ ever meet; asks the sects of tn
VI" world to lay aside humanism an
q i" stand upon Gods book, assuring a
- that when that book speaks We wi
;" speak and when it is silent we {
y course will be silent Certainly tn
y is common ground. No one who
le not an infdel can object to this.
IL In the third place the Christia
IL IL church demands of applicants ft
III membership a confession of but Oh
~ proposition, to-wit: "Do you belle,
eo with all the heart that Jesus is Il
Ill Christ, the Son of God" The re
u' son among others for demanding th
i4' confession is that Jesus said, "E
ho that confesses me before men I W
Tic confess him before my Father al
U.s. Us the Holy Angels, and he that deni
NY me before men (and refusal to co
"a fess him is virtual deniaD him W
~ deny before my Father and t
~ Holy Angels
"' In the fourth place the Christi
say church declares that immersion ir
'eii the name of the Father, Son a
~ 'n' Holy Spirit is the only baptism, a
'ne by consent of the learned world
AZ AZ" primary original meaning of the VIC
'n' baptizo is to dip, plunge, immer
'ei The Christian church also mainta
e' that the only proper subject
Z" Christian baptism is believing pc
INV tent; one who can exercise fa
~ predicated upon knowledge or c.
N" N" ception of testimony, and this re
ln ~ for its authority ON the testimony
- ~ the Divine Spirit through John,
ing Apostle, who said: "Many OF
.'i'' signs truly aid Jesus in the prese
'o'' of his disciples, which are not W
AeN' ten in this book, but these are wri,
- that you might believe that Jesu
'""'' the Christ. the Son of God, and
NV believing ye might have life thro
his name,'
''p'i The Christian church also p
tices the weekly communion of
saints and for this practice we ql
. A Acts 20 chapter and Z verse: 8,
'"e upon the first day of the week vs.
..lT the disciples came together to b
'i',e' bread, (evidently referring to
' communion) Paul preached
anu them" Now John Calvin, 1
~ "n' whom a great many people m
u 'ne their notions of religious prac
VI. ', said that "any other than a we
sn communion of the saints was
" eh' evident contrivance Of the de
L. While we think John put the au'
ued a ship of it upon the wrong on
9 and agree with him that it was an
ss in But his followers don't seem to
lubli- improved IN wisdom DY hls teacl