Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-17

Whitfield in his love for the salvation of
souls. He was a noble reformer, and yet
as humble as child. He sacrificed world
ly emolument for the truth of God toiled
till the silver locks adorned, as crown of
glory, the righteous massive brow, then
meekly gathering his trophies he laid them
at the feet of that divine Lord whom he
loved to serve. Like The Apostle to the
Gentiles we may say to him: He fought
good fight; he kept the faith, and without
a doubt has been crowned with the eternal
crown. He, and his father. Thomas Camp
DELL, have done a noble work for
humanity. Alexander was born at
Shaw's Castle, Ireland, June, 1856, and
died in Bethany, West Virginia, March,
1866. Was educated in the University of
Glasgow; arrived in the United States in
1909. In 1910 he founded Bethany College
and became its first President. His pub
lished works number fifty-two. He was
man of remarkable intellectual and moral
powers, and a cultivated scholar Because
both father and son refused to accept
any human creed they were compelled to
stand aloof. In 1864 there had gathered
around them 35O, 600 members; in 1880,
100000; to-day nearly 100000 widely
and favorably known in the United States,
the United Kingdom and the isles of the
sea. In Australia 60 religious body is
proSpering more than this body. In place
of making a new creed they broke the
power of creeds. In place OF building q new
religious party, they called men back to
The old paths which had been obliter-
ated by theological rub bish. They restored
the simple gospel which had been distorted
by theological systems, hair splitting dis
tlnctions, superstitioEs and traditions.
They worked zealously against division,
the multiplication of human creeds and
the building of sectarian bodies.
NJ Campbell restored the ancient order
of things. He called Bible things by Bible
names, accepting the Christian scriptures
as the only authoritative rule of faith and
practice. The educational institutions of
these people have attracted young men
thirsting for Bible knowledge, from all
quarters. The East, where Paul travelled
and preached, has met many noble students
who have carried back the gospel and to-
day. IN their native land, are publishing
the glad tidings. Sunny Australia has sent
her sons, and their voices, clear and manly,
are heard calling that progressive land back
to the simplicity that is in Christ. Mission
aries educated within these sacred walls
are to-day pleading for the gospel in its
purity in England, Japan, China India,
Jamaica, Turkey, the Sunny South, the
great West.
Bethany College, Kentucky, Drake and
Garfield Universities are historical institu-
tons, anfin conjunction with numerous
colleges and seminaries are completing the
great work. The good accomplished by
these institutions can be computed only
when the books are opened In them
the Bible is used as text book and sys-
tematically studied. l have never seen
'Campbellite,' either in the form of an in.
dividual or church, and l have travelled
considerably both in this and other lands.
You ask where that name came from,
can only answer presume from the imag-
ination of someone. 1t exists only in that
realm. Never have I heard of anyone be-
ing baptized in the name of Mr.. Campbell,
aud he certainly was never crucifed for us;
hence how impossible it is for US to wear
"Mr. Campbell taught that the people Of
God ought to wear Bible names. That
they ought to accept the word of God and
it only. That Christ should rule his fol-
lowers as prophet, priest and king, seeing
that he died for our sins, according to the
Scriptures; that he was buried and rose
again the third day, according to the Scrip
lures Il Cor. XIV, 81 He taught that
party names and creeds were derisive and
hence weakening and injurious. Not one
of Mr.. Campbelfs books is used as a con.
fession OF faith or discipline. He never
wrote creed, but accepted with all his
heart the divine creed expressed by Peter:
Thou art the Christ, the son of the living
God
He pleaded for Bible names and prac.
tees. His religious discussions with Owen
Purcell, Rice and others are monuments to
his ability as defender and expounder of
the truth. Methinks if he were to rise to-
day he would say, in Luther's language
1 pray you leave my name alone. Who is
Luther? Call not yourselves Lutherans
but Christians. | have not been crucified
for anyone. st. Paul would not that any
should call himself of Paul. nor of Peter
but of Christ. How then does it fit me, a
miserable bag of dust and ashes. to give
my name to the children of Christ? Cease.
my dear friends, to cling to these party
names and distinctions; away with them
all +! and let US call ourselves only Chris
tians after Him from whom our doctrine
comes
"A man cannot loyalty wear a religious
name OF merely human origin. The words
of Luther are a just rebuke to such party
distinctions. If a man is Christian he
need no other name.
The church teaches that a man is not
saved by grace alone, or faith alone, or re.
pentance or baptism alone, but BY all of
these. That after baptism man must live
fruitful, pious, prayerful life. In word,
to express the thought in scriptural Ian
guage, Blessed are they that keep his COM
msndment, that they may have right to
the tree of life, and may enter through the
gates into the city.'-Rev. xxi, IA.
They believe that Christian union can
only be accomplished by wearing the Di-
vine name, and by teaching the one faith.
That all of Gods protested followers ought
to toll for this end, thus Fastening the day
when Christs prayer may be answered
That they all may be one, even as thou
Father art in me and in thee; that they
all may be one in US; that the world
may believe that thou didst send me-
John xvii, 81.
The weakest point about Christianity
arises from division; party names, and not
the broad catholic name Christian, are too
often gloried in. The acceptance of the
Bible and it only would lead TO Christian
union. The truth as it is 10 Jesus, pro-
claimed from every pulpit, would soon
silence blatant infideity and convert the
world to the reign of the King of Kings"