The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-30

Another sermon that Will Cause .
Sensation I'm the Religious world.

Another Sermon that Will Cause
Sensation I'm tlsc Religious World.
New York telegram: The Rev. DIR.
Heber Newton OF All Souls (EpIscopaI)
church preached sermon \ yesterday
which is calculated TO evoke much dis
cussion In religious circles He made
o siiccinct statement OF bis much
mooted views. His text was: Hold
fast TO the foi m OF sacred words."
The reverend entleman said In sub
stance it had leen said OF the Nicene
creed that 1t was fit only TO be sung.
On the other hand, IL would be hard TO
ret the Westminster creed TO music.
The Nicene creed Is the umpii flea ton
Of the apostles creed.
Scarcely u doctrine which is In dis
pute ih the churches round about us
cun furnish proper ground for dis
pute in our roomy church," he seid.
1.-The only affirmation in the Ncene
creed is the large. elastic declaration !:
i believe in one catholic md apostolic
church. We can thus judge OF the
catholic SIN which would rule out the
foremost man in the church for the
bisl,opric because OF his opinion con-
corning the 81 iscopate.
what must we believe concerning
the Bib e! Nothing beyond the simple
deciatation OF the Nicene creed--who
to tile plenary inspiration OF the scrip
lures aud believe every word dictated
by the Almighty, or you may hold that
large and reasonable view which 10
spreading through our church so
rapidly with equal loyalty to our only
authority, the creed.
.What does the church bid us be-
lieve concerning the story OF the Gre
niionY You are equally free to read
the story In Genesis as history or para
BILE. What does the church command
us 10 believe concerning the origin OF
evil, the fall OF mann Nothing what
ever. Concerning the atonement?
Nothing except The language or the
creed, who for us men and for our
salvation came down from heaven
Con, erning future punishment? Moth
ing not contained in the language of
the creed, HE shall come again with
glory to judge both the quick and the
dead All theories OF The character
and duration OF the punishment are
extr., -credals. The first form Of the
articles contained an article on future
punishment and that article was after
ward withdrawn.
w llb Oh tU6 TtSuTFeCJlOuI 1ndt
the dead are 10 rise into life immortal,
clothed I bodily form, understand to
be the teaching Of our great creeds.
The nature OF the resurrected body is
not affirmed. You are free to believe
this in the literal sense OF the body laid
in the grave or in the larger sense in
which most men read II.
"Our great creed" concluded the
speaker, ''is the reconciliation OF
Christianity with itself. Christendom
is torn and dsmembered before our
eyes. 1t j. paralyzed with doubt.
The strife Of creeds is seen on every
side. Man cannot find IL shelter under
the reformation confessions OF faith,
with their long-drawn metaphysics.
Concerning the sacrament and the
Lords supper we are free to believe al
most anything that commends itself
to Christian consciousness. On all
these themes on which the creeds are
silent it is natural that men should
think. Opinions must be formed and
held, and the Christian, layman or
clergyman, is left free to form his own
opinion.
.The Nicene creed Is a charter of
liberty. 1t frees us from nine-tenths
OF the burning questions with which
professionalism II on iiie to-day.
He who reads the signs of the times
sees the alternative to throw overheard
the creeds or 10 simplify them. To-
day could our protestant churches be
content to part with their reformation
confessions OF faith and adopt that
great catholic creed which has come
down through the centuries there
would he an end OF strife and conten-
ton. DR.. Bridgeman would not have
to leave his church for his views on
the questions OF future punis hm ent and
DR.. Briggs could excite no con-
tention in his church on the ques-
tion OF inspiration. Our great
creed is the reconciliation OF Christian
faith and modern thought, OF theology
and science"