Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-01-26
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So too, the Church is one, because ev-
cry eye is turned to the one King,
who sits upon the one Mediaotrial
throne, and every knee bows in ale
glance to the one crown that blazes
and sparkles upon his brow. Our de-
nominations are each but a province
of his one Kingdom.
Neither hath our King his capital
in one of his provinces, but he dwells
alike in all. have stood among the
sacramental hosts Of various denomi-
nations i'll the day when they joined
the battle in hand t. hand conflict
with the powers of darkness. have
seen and rejoiced to see, the banner
of hell trailed in the dust before their
charging host and l have seen them
returning from the battle with
their hands full of spells, and
multitudes won from sin, crowding
to their affairs, joyfulIy swearing al.
lagiance to King Jesus. In that day
the eye of my faith hath caught the
vision of him who stitch upon the
white horse, and hath upon his vest
ure and upon his thigh a name writ
ten, King of Kings and Lord Of Lords,
riding ut the head Of these his sacra-
mental hosts, with blazing eye and
flaming sword, bringing unto them
victory. And in that day my tongue
hath reioioed to join in singing that
grand old Coronation hymn:
All hail the power of Jesus name,
Let angels PROSTATE fall,
Bring forth the royal diadem
And crown him Lord Of all
Yes, sirs, it is one Lord.
II. One Faith. Here and now,
amid all these apparent differences,
it is one faith. Does any man sup
pose that the faith of a denomination
is written and bound up in their
creed? These are statements of our
conceptions of the doctrines of Gods
word, and are important in helping
to a clear knowledge of the word; in
furnishing each protest against what
we think error; in furnishing the
outward bonds of union by which we
agree to walk together in our denomi.
national life, and the principles. by
which we are to be governed. But
faith-the faith of Gods people is q
living part of themselves that you
can no more take out Of them and
\ put into book than you can take
the living soul out of a mans body
and put it into a book. Would yor
know, would you feel the touch O
this faith of the Church, then mus
you read and study these living
epistles, written by the finger of the
ever present Spirit of God, written tC
be known and read of all men. The
inner experience of Gods people; thu
lessons taught them directly by tn,
) Holy Ghost dwelling in their hearts
, is second only to the written word il
} authority in matters OF faith anC
practice. Only it must be an expert
ence verified by the word an eXpe
rience belonging to Gods people uni
versally; and an experience bearin!
upon it the fruits of godliness.
Now, sirs, let us go down in thi
inner experience of Gods people ant
listen to the voice of this living faith
and nc matter whether it finds its eX
preston in the sobbing, heart-yearn
/ ing, penitent prayers of the people, o
in the singing triumphant songs O
the Church, it comes forth from tn
3 bosom of every sect and denomina
J ton on earth absolutely one. l def,
} any man to 60 into an assembly G
, Christians drawn from various sect
r and denominations, and distinguish
/ one from the other by the prayer
} they pray. Because there before Go,
g they are giving expression to tina
faith which the ever present Spirit
: teaching to them in the living want;
e experiences and hopes of their souls
t and that faith is one. Let our heart
f get all agl0w with love and our soul
full of joy under the touch of tn
: Savior's love shed abroad in on
, hearts, and our tongues break fort
), into singing in the same grand oil
t hymns.
4 In those olden times when contrC
r versy was bitter in the Church, an oil
r Arminian hero got happy one Ola
4 and began to sing. And as he sun
G the whole church gathered round t
!. listen, and as they listened, othC
? hearts got all aglOw, and othC
! tongues began to sing, until tn
a church universal joined old Charlie
i Wesley in the singing Of that gran