Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-02-14

JV Williams. assignee, VS. NJ L
Bolts, ordered that assignee make
report specifically of all expenses
ordered to pay the costs of court
and F C Bryan, counsel.
H B Tinsley, Kraft Holmes e. Co
VS. NJ NJ Scott ct al, judgment for
defendant, dismissing bill,
ALB Tinsley ct al VS. NJ NJ Scott
ct al, same entry.
Emmett Mcdonald VS. Jno M
Gordon, ad'mn., ct al, same entry.
Sallie Henderson VS. HI G Ander-
son VS. ct al, Judgment for plaintiff.
Blanche Hamilton VS. G & A RR,
dismissed at clerks costs.
d w Hughes VS. c & a Railroad =,
dismissed.
Court adjourned until the fourth
Monday in May, 1889.
Christian Doctrine.
BY Rev. A. A. Wallace.
aye shall know the truth and
the truth shall make you free."
John s: 50.
On the morning of the 3rd. Rev.
A. A. Wallace preached an intro
ductory sermon at the Presbyterian
Church to large audience, of
which the following is u brief
synopsis: In commencing, that gen.
tleman announced his purpose to
deliver a short series of doctrlnal
discourses with practical bearings.
1t was a false idea, continued he,
extensively entertained, that if Il
man lived good life it made no
difference what he believed. The
fact is that no man lives rightly
whose actions are not based on the
knowledge and practice of truth.
Throughout sacred writ this great
relation of dectrlne to practice is
constantly kept in view and in the
epistles, exposition of doctrine ever
proceeds exhortation to duty. A
great proof also, that the relation
of doctrine to duty is that of cause
to effect may be found in the
further fact that obligations spring
from relations and that as these
differ or agree, duties are diverse or
similar. The duties of minister,
for instance, are not those of other
church officers and these latter to
know and perform what is expect
ed of them must have the relations
they sustain unfolded and explain
ed. This great truth runs through
all revelation and applies to all
conditions. of life, to the child as
we'll as the man. Christ is divine.
God is supreme. Ills will is eter-
nal. But before the duties grow
ing out of these great truths can be
rightly discharged, the truths
themselves must be taught and ac-
cepted. Without a full apprecia-
ton of them it will De impossible
to say from the heart, "Not my
will but thine be done" And this
knowledge is part of what doctrine
imparts From such facts as these
comes the broad conclusion that no
Ole can be Il follower of Christ
who knows nothing of his teachings
and is therefore. without reliance on
his atonement and saving faith and
growth in grace. Away then with
the false idea that the doctrines o.
the bible are either useless or su.
PEI iiuous. They afford souls the
sweetest and strongest of nourish.
ment. Away with the empty
twaddle Of living rightly withou
believing rightly. Duty must ever
be understood before it can be dis
charged and doctrine is its -revela
ton. If such be the relation o
doctrine to conduct sail. Mr.. Wal
lace, in concluding, it is apparent i
ought to be taught and studied
| Whoever refuses or neglects to be
come acquainted with truth volun
tarily closes the only avenue t.
knowledge, and he that rejects o.
remains ignorant of the doctrines
of the atonement 50 set forth in th'
bible cannot hope to be numbered
among the saved The road tha
leads to the fulfillment of Gods vii
runs first of all beside the knowl
edge of it and they that fail to wall
IN that way from whatever caus'
will si.ive in vain for conformity
to ii. But not only should doc
trines be taught and studied: the,
should also be laid hold of and EN-
braced. To the law and the testi
mony then. No matter how beau
tiful theories may appear; no mat
ter how attractive their garb o
human adornment, if they be con
trary TO revelation they should b
abandoned. The word of God j
the only source of true doctrine an'
ii theories agree not with 1t, It
because there is no truth in them
But blessed is he who seeks wit
the guidance of the spirit of Go
for truth at the fountain from whlc
it flows. God grant us such an OF
iect and give us such guide.
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