The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-11-14

sermon hy Elder :. NJ. Martin, upon
the subject, "Can a Man be Saved
Outside the Church,"
\ TUDDY, damp and d,sagreeable
MI as the weather was the large
VI tabernacle was filed To over
flowing Saturday night. ''Can
Man be saved outside of the Church?n
was Rev. Martin $ theme.
The lesson of the evening was read
from the 9TH chapter of Gencsis--teXt,
1st verse, ''COme thou and all thy
house into the ark: for these have
seen righteous before me in this gcner
atom
The evangelist said: "Things which
are equal to the same thing are equal
to each other | shall now make
two quotations and then ask YOU all Il
question. "Ile that belicvcth and is
baptized shall be saved" and "EXcept
Il man be born of water and of the
Spirit, he can not enter the kingdom
of God" John iii. 3, Question: Is
TO BELIEVE and BE Ratified the same
as to be BORN OF WATER and of THE
SPIRIT? Timothy Dwight, the presl-
dent OF Yale college and the greatest
Rabbi of Presbyterianism that Ameri-
ca has ever produced, says: Volume l.,
pages 800 and 3Ol, ssro be born of
water is to be baptized He adds on
page 302-''lIc who, understanding
the nature of this institution, refuses
to De baptized will never enter into the
visible or invisible Kingdom of God. =
John Wesley says: "By water as Il
means, the water of baptism, we are
regenerated or born again" Qrc-
servative, p. 1907 Bishop White says
degeneration, as detached from bap-
tism, never entered into any creed be-
fore the seventeenth century" Whitby.
on John iii. ), says. "That our Lord
here speaks of baptismal regeneration
the whole Christian church from il
earliest times has invariably taught.
Gcoge Whitfield, writing on John iii !,
says, .'Does not this verse urge the
absolute necessity of water baptism
Yes, when it may be had -
| now leave this matter with YOU tC
think over.
The person, Offices and work o
Christ were not only predicted by tn,
prophets but were shadowcd forth by
Il variety of striking types. \ type l.
II figure or representation of sonnet hing
to come; n token; Il sign: Il symbol
correlative of antitypc (Webstcr). Th,
old testament contains no less than
twenty types of Christ-theSc are o
four classes: lst, HIsToRICAL, such n
Joseph, David, Isaac, Josiah ant
Noah; I'd, OFFICIAL, such rs Moses
Aaron and Melchizedck; Sd, Ger
EMoNIAL, such as The Scapc-goat, Th,
Dove, The Red-IIeifer; 4th, SYMBOL
CAL, such as Bread, Rock, Vine
Water, etc.
For Scripture answer to the qucs
ton of the cvcning-(Can Il man b,
saved outside of the church? ?)--w,
shall look AT Noah as an historical
type of Jesus Christ.
/. He was type in name. Noal
means comfort or rest. Gen. V. %
"This same shall comfort us conccrnin.
our work and the toll of our hands.
Christ is the consolation of Spiritua
lsrael, "a very present help'-..th
rest of the heavy burden, "Com
unto me all We that labor and ar
heavy laden and | will give You resi-.
=. Noah was type of Christ IN hi
Holy LIFE. "Noah was n just man
and perfect in his generation, an
Noah walked with God" Gen. vi. 9
Jesus is the '.Just One" PLATE said
~ find no fault in him mt all" No
has anybody else ever found actua
fault in him.
, g. Noah was type of Christ III hi
PUBLIC MINISTRY. He was Il prcachc
of righteousness. =. Peter ii. 5, an
through his preaching the Spirit G
God strOve with those mtc-deluvan
to win them back to God.
lie prophesied destruction to tn
disobedient, and salvation to tn
obedient. He was Knocked and rid
culed by the very people he sought t
save. So Jesus came to his own an
his own received him not. He tol
them that the unbclievcr should h
damned, while the obcdient believe
should be saved; and thus the spirit {
. God strove with those wicked Jew
through the teaching of Christ, an
thus il is striving with us to-day.
4. Noah prepared an ark by til
direction of God, in which all migl
be saved. This ark has its anti-lyr
i'll the Church, the Ark of Safety, iii
: "Old Ship of Zion
Noah's ark was for the temper;
, safety and deliverancc of those VIII
believed his preaching and acted IL
cordingly, by going into the ark.
Christ's Kingdom, or Church, is fc
the eternal spiritual drlivcramcc
those who believe in Him, and ~
!, accordingly by going into the "Oi
Ship of Zion, sailing under the har
ner of Prince Emmanuel! Those VIII
enter this Ship will be saved. but sha
|, any others be saved? We have but
: look at the type for the answer. Wei
any saved who did not enter Noah
ark? Then those who are out OF Chri
are lost. "Neithcr is there salyatio
in any other: for there is none 9th,
name under heaven givcn among mel
. whereby we must bc saved. " ActsIv. /:
: In Christ, in the Church, In IL
: Kingdom, in the Body, are all ii
: same thing differently expressed, an
whatever brings us into one, bring. I
i into all. Th" Bible says we are bal
tizcd into Christ, hence we are hal
TIED into the Church, into the kinl
Z dom, into the Body.
: No salvation out of tie ark, no sa
L vation ont of Christ. WHY did n,
e more 90 into Noah's ark? They Il
> not believe his preaching. They Il