The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-03-10

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name h rock. and this II ne rurk Of TIE
fesndstton- Peter fpetFOel bo1ss<s. -
nsascnline. uhile rock fp<trsl - feminine
I,iffesiax IN grader, they could NOT b ne
same. Petsos means . ssoue- piece o.
rock Pesra means rock. eiiHs ie1er-
Psas quotes prophecy 10 prove the fonss<ss-
tsen: Behold. lay IN zisu stone O
stumbling and . rock Of cessase; and ne
that beiieveth on him shall not Be paf 70
sIAsue' There the fonpdstsoa - DE-
eisrea 70 Be person on whom re oesseve.
Thss 10 Chri@s, not Peter.
What IL the creed Of this church Inefs
II sousetAsag shst muss be believed In ofssf
20 belong 70 this church We DO Eos CO.
Iect % hay!nx creed. in fact, the church
Tanst hare : creed but re DO object 70 .
human. written creed. They are the source
Of q great deal Of disoerd and STRIFE IN the
work Of The Master. II shey take the.
from the Bibix. - oil ciaiu 70 do. there
can be no contradiction xn JET al sssulif
that there are many contradictions ia them
IL they would al place stsem baek where
they got shem and taks the Scriptures sney
would al have the Same creed and no room
for division.
aFssui tells rs In III Tim. iiisi5f7. that all
ssriysase given by inspiration Of God. ~
profitable for slocsrsas. for reproof. for cor
rrcssou, for abstraction In righteousness.
that the man OF God snay Dc perfect,
thoroughly furnished INTO all good sorks.
What rsore does man need than tn.sf
We have no sntimat.on ths; candidates Tor
admission into ths church Of Christ were
asked the Eve points of CsiysnisIn. Nor
uera penifent sinners askedif they believed
tLe.s sins were pardoned before they rem
dsred obedience. nor bow they feif, nof
we're they asked 20 relate 3 Christian ex-
psrieuce before they were Christians. They
were simply required 10 believe In The Lord
Jesus Christ. When one believes with the
whole heart that Jesus Is the Christ be be-
Issves What Christ says. lie therefore be-
issyes the whole OF the New Testament. ms
Christ il its aath9r. He also believes the
Jewish scriptures because Christ indorsed
them. The confession that Peter made,
shsrefoys. Is comprehensive and Is really
the creed OF the church Thou art the
chrlst. tbs son OF the living God.
since the Bible recognizes bat one church
how does IL happen that we have 20 many
churches with different names. forms OF
government aud conditions OF member
shl1sy The world has right 70 ask Of as
the cause One viii say that these different
denominations are simply branches. IL
the.n denominations are branches. where
IN the trunk from which they draw their
strength aud from what were they taken 10
he grated into this trunk They came
not from the world. for they came from the
world as individuals. not a. organizations.
III you take stream and ffs tributaries Tor
the figure ike difficulty arises. Where is
the great stream into which these tribu-
taries fiosf And where are the fountains
from whence they Gomez Ii they ali come
from Christ. the fountain OF living water.
there will De but one continuous stream
without tributaries. Christ says: 4 am
the vine, ye are the branches Each
disciple 10 . branch grated into Christ. &C.
cording 70 Paul's formula in Rom. IL.
The fruit that he bears 10 Christianity.
ssThe Church Of Christ remained one
united body for over three hundred years.
The followers Of Christ were simply disci-
pies or Christians. There were no denomina-
tons, and sectarianism was not respected.
One corruption followed another In their
refusing 10 take the Bibis as their guide,
until the church was led away into the
dark night Of captivity. Thus for nearly
twelve hundred years the Bible was q
sealed book, just ~ the Church Of Rome
would have IL today.
I'm the sixteenth century Martin Luther
undertook 20 reform the Church OF Rome,
and rave 10 man the Bible 10 read and
study for himself Eternity alone can tell
the good this grand man OF God has done
for the cause Of Christ. In the eighteenth
al f-<.s1
who undertook 10 reform the Church Of
Ensisnd ~ Martin Luther tried 10 reform
the Church OF Rome. but failed. This was
John Wesley, who lived and died . mem
Der OF the Church of England. His efforts
resulted in building up another dsnomina-
ton, characterized largely by those prin-
cipIes which he tried 10 Infuse into the
Church Of England.
About the first Of the second quarter OF
the nineteenth century the Carnpbells and
their eo-laborers resolved to go hack over
the dark pages OF the church's history. dis.
| regarding the authority of man. until the
| golden age Of her virgin purity was found
| and restore her TO the world In ell the
| divine perfection that charac terized hei
| when che ernanatcd from him who said
| On this rock viii huiid my church
III vas simply purpose then TO 90 bach
| to the beginning and. taking the church o,
| II Is revealed 10 rs N all Its char actcrissic,
| IN the New Testament. restore IL to ths
| world precisely a. IL was at first One n
| inssration win serve cur purpose perhaps
/ at this point. Let all the ministers of ths
city hold meeting together. Teach thu
| people where they stana-shst they are n
| SIN ana lost and need TO be saved. Show
| them that Jesus IL their Only savior
Teach them how TO come to Christ a. n,
apostles taught them. whcn the meeting
| closes there may be sop or go additions
What are iheyg Before the preachers di
| vide the number let as md ont what they
are. They belseye In Christ and oheyec
,he gospel. and hence are simply Chris
/ sians and belong "a the church OF Christ
1 They belong 10 40 sect or denomination
/ Suppose that instead of following the
/ preachers they remain together and con.
| ,inue steaatsst,y in the apostles doctrine
ard fellowship and in breaking al bread
and In PRAYER. thev never vould belong Il
any -ect ct denomination
/ The church thus restored enables al
| s;esi' 5 people 80 unite on the ground OF
! which the hrst Christians were united
| This alone can furnish the basis Of Carts
| sssn union now The unios ef all al God.
| peogle. ali Christians. on the Eihle a. on,
| ofssy authority in religion. wa the ugsi
| mat object ct the restoration az ths
| ehnrea. such grand object should thru
! every suut II Is fart acknowledged hy
all eocd people THAI sectsrsanism j. ahso
iutssv wrong IL IL sin. All should
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