The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-06-05

NEW YoRK, May 3l.-The interest fslt
in the series Of discourses on creeds b.
ling delivered BY Rev. r. Heber Newtoo,
was sttosted to-day By the presence Of :
congregation which filled All Souls
Church 20 the limit Of its capacity. NJ.
Newton's sermon was entitled sH0W 70
read the creed, = and based on tho toxe
s'Understandest thou what thou rad.
est" Acts viii. 30. He said:
"Let me try to help you 20 Z rOoognl-
tion Of simple principles By which W
are to interpret our form Of faith and
read Alright our creed. A creed b % -
read % understanding its true authority.
No creed rests upon the suthosity of
Christ himself. Creeds do rest oppae.
emily on authority Of councils Whlck ~
sued them. But this & not I'll that
might be desired. 4 universal couuell
is not . synonym for The Almighty.
Creeds are not transcripts Of some hssv-
enly mauuecrIpt cot up from copy
brought down By little angela Consl61.
tine indeed eommandod The assembled
bishops 70 receive The decroeo Or IL
council Of Nice = dictates of ~ holy
spirit but then Conotonlloo = opoo -
THE suspicion Of not bolng . expert q
sthings Of spirit 1ho oGogy 0f nnaoy
|of The oouncils 4 tale 81 Violent ond
acrimonious disputoo. q me;sphy Slool
bair.spIitting and theological jogglesy,
OF political intrigue and ecclesiastical
mungery, Of bittsr passIons breaking
forth into W0rde Of execrnt;ou, With
anathemas instead Of bcucdictionA :
scene Of clenched 6sts ana drawn
swords, Of soldier keeping bishops from
each others throats, Of bloody massaoeoo
and stoalthy aoeoseiuations.
The DEGREES Of such councils ogo
plainly not matters Of pIenary inspir1-
ton BY any spirit whose dominating
characteristic b holiness One thing g
thus prOvidentIally clear, that the truth
OF creed rests not On the authority Of The
body setting it forth, but on its own Iu-
trins;C truthlulness, it, Interpretation of
Christian consciousness. lls authority
will lest % long, sod only % long, - e
70 express the Christian con-
ecious0ess and % interpret satisfactorily
the problems Of nature and man % Tho
light Of the spirit Of Jesus Christ.
"A creed ID read aright q d % con.
tiuually carried back % its oource. The
Ntceno creed Was an attempt 20 state loG.
ically and phIlosophicaIly the teachingo
or The New TestamoDe i can only Coz
tinue to stand - Il II seen 70 rest nm
mistakably on this foundation. This
forces on The church the continual duty
OF showing that every Affirmation %
Greed can b proven from Scripture
and Of stretching her authority genorsIly
whenever there is any question On this
point. The Scriptures ere not the bed.
rock OF the foundation Of faith. Reason
and conscience tested them and stamped
them q divine. A creed must Be ever
brought back 20 this mint OF man for -
saying. Il must BE- shown not to have
deprecated. No creed can long stand
which does not square with faith, which
does not rest on the granite rock or roa-
SON. which does not stand plumb with
the line Of eternal Righteousness.
"A creed to be read Alright must b
read In the light Of larger life or faith
ont Of which il springs, Of which it u =
part. Az you see the truth ID your
neighbors' creed you will better see The
truth In your own creed. To know the
creeds Of other religions u 10 gain many
> clue to the meaning Of ouF christian
creeds. What is the prospect for "a %.
telIecual understanding or its great
crecds, IL . church practically reissues
that edict Of tie fourth council Of Chr.
lhage, mo bishop shall red : gentle
book A creed 10 20 b reod q dealing
with them and trsnscending all hunaa
thought. and, therefore, its a0lrmotiouo
Aro not TO b road q exact statements
The themes with which . creed deals
ne the profoundest problems which can
tax : mans mind, the most massive mys-
teries which fascInate bic intellect. the
riddles over which successive genera
lions have puzzled themselvosr
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