Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-12-25
Contributed to the Jus,ArA srs11srL.

Contributed to the JUslATA SESIISFL-
The sectional hull surrounding a she'll
bark is illustrative of sections In Christian
ity The LAST verse OF the LIST chapter Of
Revelations resds concerning the seven
churches of Asia and their seven angels, and
this indicates sections. After frost the hull
of shellbsrks can he plncked of in sections
or some~ bat Ike people will divide the
peeling of an ora nge W III a knife so nature
gives divided sections TO the sbeiibsrk
covering. Each section of the hull
is of the same substance, and in ike
manner churches have the same Chi ist, de-
rive their doctrines from one Bible, and
also most al VI ihvrn believe in Grd the
Father, "a u The Son, and God the Holy
Ghost the Trinity 10 one, and are accord
ingly of the faith OF Christ The Church il
made up in St tctions like the body Like the
body is one body 50 in a niger sense is the
church one church although the churches
respectively have angels The shellhark
shell aad kernels within are better than the
ball, yet the hnii goes TO make up the she'll
bark, SO people drawn to Jesus, and be
of his own good will, mercy and pleasure
deems them and they make up his Kingdom
with tbs ditfercnce that they are
of God, and Christ is their sselder brother,
and Great High Priest entered INTO Heaven
and the ..Holy of Hollies'' thereof, having
purged away their sins by his own precious
blood. Therefore they that come to God
through Christ ars not cast away like the
shelIbark huils a. are tho wicked cs.t away
into a worse stale The hull of the she'll
bark protects the shellbsrk shell, however
on the other hand Jesus CHRIST (the kern
oD or as be calls himself 1.-The Bread of
Life" around which Christianity is gath
cred in denominational sections, alt hough
a unit in the belief of the Saviour,
who is sush for true, repentant believers
gathered into the various denominations
and who is a protector to the soul. of such
believers against the laws of death and hell,
having conquered these, or rather IN the
present life is a deliuerer from '.the world,
the flesh and DEVIL for those that will
to be delivered w no soever will let him
come and take of the waters OF life"
Verses further read OF Jesus who says 81
am the bread of Life" thus IL am the liv-
ing bread which came down from heaven"
''If any man eat of this bread be shall live
forever" Accordingly they that cat OF the
body OF Chri.t by faith and drink by faith
Of his blood in the Lord's Supper shall i've
forever " hiIe he that ..eateth aud drinketh
unworthily eateth and dnuketh damnation
to himself not discerning the Lords body"
LET a man examine himself'' concerning K his
belief There is one faith and one Jap
ii,m, although various opinions TO
the Way baptism should be administered,
y neither by immersion, sprinkling or pouring
Of water, and whether infants shouldn't or
in baptism. verse reads .'For by one
Spirit ara We all baptized into one body
v neither We be Jews "r Gentiles, whether
We be bond or Tree" Christians according
10 this are bapt zed into the b ody Of Jesus.
.Bow shall We that are dead ~ sin live auy
longer therein Know ye not that SO many
1f Us as we've baptized into Jesus Christ
we're baptized into his death. Therefore
We sre buried with hIm III baptism into
ieaIh. That like as CHRIST Vas raised up
rom the dead Oy the glory OF God the
Father, even so We also should walk in new
less OF life," are the reading OF several
'erscs. Although Christianity is sectional
IN baptism yet all use the name of the three
'ersOns Of God in the administration of
baptism, whether they baptize adults only
,r cbristen infants and those not arrived at
he years OF accountability
AKRON