Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-08-06

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~ y. ,ne ro'estah. churches OF America
p.,,, ours oy people VINO believed In an entire
.. ue pulpit now may preach some
e. sospl, ou. J. Is a heterodo1 gun on an
y, ~ ,tuoaoA carriage. Inc foundations OF all
.ae cnurcnes That are OF very great use in
,nis "orid To-Day were laid by men who be
ne'eo 'ne D'oie from iid 10 lid, and II can
not take u IN That way will not take 1t at
an just as IL received a letter that pre-
senoea 70 come from friend, and part Of it
was MS and part somebody elses, and the
otner part somebody elses, and it was a sort
OF literary mongrelism, would throw the
gsroiea sneets INTO the waste basket
NO church OF very great influence today
out was pulit by those who believed in an
entire bioie' Neither will a church last long
ouiit on part OF the Bible. You have
noeiced' suppose, that as soon as a man be |
gins TO give up the Bible he is apt to preach |
In some nall, and he has an audience while he |
lives, and when he dies the church dies. II l |
Thought that my church in Brooklyn was
built on quarter OF Bible, or q half |
Bible, or thiee-quarters of a Bible or ninety |
nine one-hrndredths Of a Bible, | would |
expect it to die when die; but when know |
it Is built on the entire Word Of God, know |
1t will last two hundred years after YOU and |
l sleep the last sleep. Oh, the splendors of |
an orthodoxy which with ten thousand hands |
and ten thousand pulpits and ten thousand |
Christian churches, is trying to save the |
world!
In Music hall, Boston, for many years |
stood Theodore Parker battling orthodoxy, |
giving II, as some suppos d at that time, its
deatn wound lie was the most fascinating |
man ever neara or ever expected to hear,
ana came out from hearing him thinking. |
IN my ooyhood way: We'll that's the death |
OF the church. IN that same street, and
not far from oeing opposite stood Park Con-
greSationai church. called by its enemies
hell FIRE eorner. theodore Parker died
ana ms cnurch died with him. or, If it is in
existence Is SO small you cannot see it
win the NAKED eye. fark Congregational
cnurcn sun stahds on Hell Fire CorIer,s
numbering away the magnificent truths OF
TINS glorious or.hodoxy Just as though Theo
aore raIker nad never hved All that Bos-
ton' or BROOKLYN or New YORK, or the world
ever got tnat Is worth having came through
the VIDE aqneduct OF orthodoxy from the
throne OF Iod
nehoio the spiendors OF character built up
oy orthodoxy. Who had the greatest hu-
man inteneeS tne world ever ever knewi
raul In pnysicai stature insignificant; in
mhd' mead ana shoulders above all tho
giants OF the age. orthodox from scalp to
heei' VINO was the greatest poet the ages
ever saw, acknowiedged TO he SO both by in
ndeis and Christiansi John Milton, seeing
more without eyes than anybody else ever
'aw with eyes orthodox from scalp to heel
Who was the greatest reformer the world
aas ever seen, SO acknowledged by infidels as
we'll as by christlansf Martin Luther. DR.
'h,dox from scalp to heel
Then look at the certitudes. o man, be
ieving in an entire Bible, where did you
'ome FRONT Answer: Il descended from
perfect parentage In Paradise, and Jehovah
,reathed into my riostrils tho breath OF life.
am son of God" D man, believing in
.af and half Bible, believing In Bicie in
pots, where did you come FRONT Answer:
st is all uncertain; in my ancestral line
way back there was an ourang- -outang and
! tadpole and pollywog, and it took mill
ons of years to get me evoluted" man,
'elisving in Bible in spots, where
re you going to when you quit
his worldi Answer: "Going into a
md then shall pass through ON into the
,rest anywhere. and shall probably arrive
n the nowhere That is where tbonobt
.ou would fatch up. man. believino in an
ntire Bible. and believing with aII vopr
cart, where are YOU Going to when Won
cave this world, Answer. az am go;r9 20
py fathers house. am going into tbe co,n-
,anionship of INV loved ones who have oo,a
,efore. am po;po 10 leave all INV sins ond
ann going to be with God and like Co, for
yer and forever Oh. tine plorious ,erti-
udas ~ o-tbodorv,