Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-12-05
CHURCH OF CHRIST.


Elder j. H. Patton will preach next Sunday af
ternOOn at 3O'clock and in the evening at I, In
the brick chapel. Subjects, as usual, VIII be IN
teresting and Instructive To those who have ears
to hear
In connection with the foregoing notice, Ii may
not be smiss TO give abrisf outline OF what the
people who worship In this church believe and
teach, Ihere are some IN our miusL who misun-
derstand our position, and consequently msrep-
resent us, we hope not designedly We would De
10th to think that anyone who claims to be a fol-
Lower oil christ r would RIrPoscy yolSse sne
against thy neighDOr" We are charitable
enough 10 think II is done ignorantly. We viii
state that our faith is positive, not negative
Faith can not be expressed IN negative form.
What man don't believe IL not faith, 1t Is lack
of 1t. Perhaps we believe too much, and IN the
eyes of some this may be our SIN. Bnt we can
| truly say we arc always ready TO express our
| faith in Bible language, and IN doing so there Is
| Il power that no man can galnsay. we Delleve
and teach there is but one true and living Cod
! that lie is Il spirit and those who worship Him
| must do so in spirit and i'm truth, and in harmony
with His declared will. We believe He Is al.
mighty, infinite In love, goodness, mercy ana
| truth. and that He isarewarder OF all VINO dll-
| gently seek Him. We believe In the enlghten-
| ing power of Gods holy spirit, and that through
! the spirit S agency we are led into all truth We
believe i'm the Lord Jesus Christ, that He is the
| Son of God, divine and human, that lie TOOK up,
! on Himself the form ana nature OF man, mat
through suffering lie WAS made perfect, tllat lie
| might lead many sons into glory. we DelleVe lie
| died and rose again, Tor Our luStlncatlOn ana
surety: that He has power 10 save Ia the utter
most, and that all who are or ever VIII be saved
| must receive life and salvation through Chrst;
! for there is no other name given,W Whereby we can
| be saved, but the name OF Jesus. We believe no
| man will ever bu saved IN his sins, but that he
must, in order 20 see God, be made holy ANA IKE
| Him. without spot and blemlSh. We believe
| every one who has done wrong shall receive Tor
| the wrong which he has done, measure for
| measure. We believe In the restitution OF al
| things spoken Of 10y the mouths 0t all the hoy
! prophets since the world began. we DelleNe
Christ went and preached to the spirits In prison,
| spirits who were dsObcdICnt during the time oil
| Noah and who went down ina terrible deStruc-
| ton. We believe the living aud the dead VIII be
Judged by Him, and that the gospel was preached
To the dead ones for this very purpose, that lie
! might be Lord of both the dead and living, and
! that the dead ones might be Judged according 10
| spirit. We believe Christ became the propltla-
ton for our sins, and not for Oul only, but also
! for the sins OF the whole world. We believe al
] die i'm Adam. and that all shall be made alive IN
| Christ and that Christ will reign until all enc
| mics snail be Subdued unto Him. and God. all IN
all We believe IN he'll and that It is very I'M
! desirable place. But We believe also that both
death and he'll will Ice cast INTO lake OF lire and
| DESTROYED. We believe all the Bihlc says ABOUT
! God and Christ In fact We believe ana take the
Bible alone as our guide IN spiritual matters, ana
believe It teaches fully and broadly that CHRIST
! mission 10 the world will be grand and glorious
| that an the lost sons and daughters OF Adam 5
| race will eventually be found and restored ana
| made i'm the image of God. No more death, no
SORROW nor parting. The Lord Cod VIII wipe
CHURCH CLERK.