The Red Cloud chief., 1890-03-07


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Sect-1et ~ put he Old osoed ssepeotfall,
aside End got . brand new me. Il u In
possible that people who lived hundred
Of yesrs ago should fashion On sppso
pirate creed for our tinsA John Csivii
wes . grest and good man, but hs diet
- .ysars ago. The best centuries o
Bible study hsvs nome since then sst
explcrers hsvs doae their work, and .,
you might - we'll have the world 4
beck end stick 70 whst Robert Fultos
knew sb0ut steamboats, end roiect The
subsequent improvement IN nsvigstioni
and 20 back 10 John Outteuberg, the In
vontor Of the sst Of printing. and reject
oil modern newspapsr presses, and "a
back 10 the time whom tslegraphy wen
The e~levatins Of signals or the burning
OF bcahres on the hilltops and reject
the magnetic wire. which 10 the tongue
OF nstiona, % 70 ignore oil the exegetea
and tho philolog,sts and tho theologtsna
OF the laes 90 ycsrs and put your own
hcad under The sleeve Of the gown Of q
sixteenth osntury doctor. I could cell
thc names Of twenty living Presbyterian
ministers of religion who could make .
better cresd than John Calvin. The
nincteenth century ought not 10 be
called 70 ~ % tho feet Of the sixteenth.
"BuI" you say, 'Ht 10 the ssms old
Bible and John Calvin he'd that ~ we'll
- the present student Of Scriptures"
Yes; 20 IL 10 the Same old sun in the
tho heavens, but IN q time II has gone
70 making dagucrrcotypcs and photo
graphs. II 10 the same old water. but
In our century II hss gone 70 running
steam cngineA Il II tho same old
electricity, but In our time II hss become
. lightning.footcd GRAND boy. 80 IL In
the old Bible, but with now applications,
new uses, now Interpretations. You must
remember that during the last 800 years
words have changed their meaning and
some Of them now mean more and some
lcss. do not think that John Calvin
believed, ~ some say he did, In the
damnatiOn Of infants, although some Of
tho recent hot disputes would seem 70
imply that there In such . thing a. the
dsmnati0n Of Infants.
A man who believes In tho dsmnation
Of infants himself deserves 70 iose
Heaven. do not think any good man
could admit such . possib, lily. What
Christ will do with oil tho babies In the
next world I conclude from what He did
with the babies In Palestine whom Ito
Rugged and kissed them. When some
Of you grown people 20 out Of this world
your doubtful destiny will be an cmbar-
rsssmcnt 10 ministers officiating at your
obsoquies who will have TO BE- cautious
10 - not 70 hurt surviving friends. hut
when the darling children 70 there are
NO 'ffs' Or ''buts" or ''guesseA"
The defect In some Of tho crceds Ii
that they try ~ toll 40 oil about the de-.
crces Of God. Now tho only human bc-
Ing that wss cver competent TO handle
that aubteCt was Paul and no would not
have boon competent had no not beon
inspired. bolieve. In the sovereignty
Of God and I believe In mans FREQ sgcn.
cy. but nc one can harmonic the two.
A man who heartily accepts Christ isa
Christlsn and the man who does not
accept him II not aud that 10 oil thcre IL
Of II Hs need not believe In election
or rcprobation. He nced not believe In
tho eternal generation Of the hon. IL.
need not believeU In everlasting punish.
mont He need not believe In infant
baptism. He nsed not believe In plsnsry
inspiration. Faith In Christ 10 the
criterion, 10 the pivot, 10 tho ~indispcnsa.
Bile. Hut there are those who would add
unto the tests rather than subtract from
them. Thcrc arc thousands who would
not acccpt persons into church member.
ship II thcy drink wine or II they smoke
cigars or II they attend tho theater or II
thcy play cards or II they drive . fast
horse. Now, I DO not drink vino or
smoke OF attend the theatcr, never
played . gAuac Of Carda and do not drive
. fast horss, although ] would u I owned
But do not substitute tests which
the Blble doss MOI establish. Thors 10
one passage OF Scripture wide enough
70 lot all IN who ought 70 enter and 20
kecp out oil who ought 70 be kept out:
"I,cliove In the Lord Jesus Chrias snd
thou shalt b. saved"
AgAiA. there are Chsiatiaus Who arc
under snpulche~l ahsdows and hindsrvd
and hopplsA BY doubts and fears aud
sins long go repeated ot. Whist thsy
need 10 70 understand Tho liberty Of tbs
sona Of Cod. They spend moro time uu.
der the shadow Of Sinai than 1t tho bass
OF Calvary. They have been sina,nR
tho only poor hymn that Newton ever
wrote:
Tie . point I long I know.
ON 10 cAunos Anx Ou~sthought-
% ~ W the Lori or no,
Am ] Tile or am I moth
Long TO know. do you? Why do o
not ind outr TO n work for God, and
you vii, very o o ind put The man
who II oil the timc feeling Of his pulse
and looking at his tongue 10 sse wheth.
Or II II COATED, 10 morbid and can not he
physically we'll. The Doctor will cay:
'tao out into the frcsh air and into at.
I've lifc and stop thinking Of yourself
and you will got vol and strong" No
. arr people who arc watching their
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