Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-06-16

-lAOA-AAkt NAaNN va a#sHafHNH..'H ~
God did five hundred million yclrs
before the small star on which We
live was created. | have had muly
n sound sl""n under sermons about
the dcnr,ro ut Iiud and IN" eternal
generation uE the son aud diScou Ses
showng who Mnlch!>oiuk wasn't, nd
| give a inlr warming tNut If any
minister ever lsgIus "a srra,on on
such a subject ~ my prcsonca |
will pat my head down on
the pew IN front and 50 into The
deepest sIuma.rI rru ra 'lD " .c;ed
waste Of limr, thi, trv'u" 10 scale Inc
mscaluhlr ard '"''lUpt i've unfatl M
able while the nation, Nfrul tho b al
of life all ~ ,nt Yn NJ., rN,g n ret
rd ui their n and 'ln'r <'rrt IS.
Why .A',.ll yoj a.| | prrplcN M,
(, lyu about ia" lvcEa 49,. r nd
sour uaJ Nu.HHps, anil 60. "ul Ike
Hrr. az l' lu lH" crrrUIri at the
u.., 3.ua. .a ya. ow
mllIucc 10 ret along without o. II
e, lr"N ""l rr",'1 GrI nd
br good and useful and get TO heaven,
iWanaWi that lutuIlL " a.lt uu,u,ied
eight hundred quimtl.liOn vi years ago
vii. hinder You a minute. II Is not the
dcrrnc,ul God that dou>auy harm, tits
our own DEGREES of sin and folly. You
need not 20 any further back in history
than about l,>jG years, You see this
is the year ls,a. Christ died about
thirty-thrce years Of age. You sub
| slract % from 1859 and that makes it
only 1856 years. That is as far back
Us you need To 70. Something oc-
CURED on that day under an ecllpsed
sun that sets lis all forever free if with
our whole heart and life we accept b
tremendous proifer. DO not let The
Presbyterian CHURCH or the Methodist
church or the Lutheran church or the
Baptist church or any Of the other
evangelical churheS spend any time
in trying TO fix up old creeds, all of
them imperfect as everything man does
is imperfect. | move a new creed for
all the evangelical churches of Chris
tendon, only three articles m the
creed and no need Of any more. II ]
bad all the c~onsecrated people OF all
denominations OF the earth on one
great plain, and | had voice loud
enough To put il TO a vote that creed
of three articles would be adopted
with a unanimous yotcand athunder-
ing aye that would make the earth
quake and the heavens ring with
hosanna. This i, the creed | propose
for all Christcudom:
A UNIVERSAL CREED.
Article EirSt-"God SO loved the
world that lie gave his only begotten
Son that whatsoever bclieveth IN him
should not perish but have everlasting
life
Article Secoud-"This is a faithful
saying and worthy Of all a~cccPtation
that Christ Jesus came into the world
10 save sinners. even the Chief"
Article Tlird-"NO Stlie Lamb
that was slain 10 receive blessing and
riches and honor and glory aud power,
world without end. Amen.
But you 90 Ia tinkcring up your old
crccds and patching and splicing and
intcrlining and amncXiEg and sub
tracing and adding and explaining
aud you will lose time and make
yourself a target for earth and hell to
shoot at. Let us have crccJs not fash
toned out &C human lugcnuitles but
ont Of scriltIal p~nrlScOlogy, and all
the guns uf Commandment blazing
from all the port holes Of iniidelity
and pcrditiOn will not in a thousand
years knock off the church Of God a
splinter us big us n cambria needle.
What is most needed now is that we
atleralluurtleolog boy
in the Temple, the Celebrations around
the simplicities, and the p~rOfundities
around the clarifies. the uctogena-
riau Of scholastic research around
the unwrinkled check of twelve year
juvenesccnce, Except you become as
a little child you can in no wise enter
the kingdom: andcNccpt you become
as little child you cannot, understand
the Christian religion. The best thing
that Rabbin Simeon and Hillel and
Shammai and the son sOf Betirah yer
did was in the Temple, to bend over
the lad who, first made ruddy of cheek
by the breath Of the Judean hills and
on his way 10 the mechanics shop
where he was soon 10 he the support
Of his bereaved mother, stopped long
enough TO grapple with the venerable
dialecticians of tho Orient both hear
ing them and asking them questions"
Some referring to Christ have ex-
claimed Ecce DeuSl Behold the God.
Others have exclaimed Ecce homoi
Behold the man. But today in con-
clusion Of my subject | cry, Ecce
adolesccns! Behold the Boy.