, 1891-12-14
Is FREE.
THE CARDINAL DOCTRINE OF TIE
CHRISTIAN CHURCH..
The Eighth Sermon ON the Subject,
BY Rev. #. Il. Drake, at the
Nh. IL. Church.
Reported for The Tribune by Professor
ferguson.

e. church of this city yesterday morning,
attested the interest the religious public of
Olympia is taking in the series of sermons
Rev. r. B. Drake is preaching, on the
Cardinal Doctrines This was the eighth
sermon Of the series. Text: 1st Timothy,
Sd chapter, 10Th and 10Th verses. eBut if
l tarry long that thou mayest know how
men ought to behave themselves IN the
house of God, which is the church of the
living God, the pillar and ground of the
truth. And without controversy great is
the mystery of godliness; He who is
manifested in the flesh, justified in the
spirit, seen of angels, preached among the
nations, believed ON in the world, received
up in glory"
Paul writes to Timothy concerning the
church, and the necessity Of due indoc-
trlnation. He reviews Christian doctrine.
Paul goes on to say of what it consists,
God so manifested in the flesh, justified
IN the spirit, seen of angels, preached unto
the Gentiles, believed on in the world. re-
celved up into glory. In the statement of
the text, we find complete epitome of the
whole system of Christian doctrine.
God has very great thought for his
church, and for all his disciples. Saint
churches that
HE HAD FOUNDED
and had been instrumental in establish
ing. He had very great concern for them.
He writes unto Timothy as unto SON
Then he writes as to how he should con-
duct himself as the pastor of that church
what he should teach in that church at
Ephesus. Then he goes on to declare what
the character of that church should be,
Llte is represented by some as being
the voyage of discovery. 1t is not
entirely an unwarranted figure There
are many particulars in which life is vow
age. The horizon of every life IS yery linn
tied, exceedingly limited in its early exist
ence, but 1t should constantly extend more
and more. That is, we are born in a val
ley, as 1t were, and can see very little be-
yOnd our own individual selves. and we
reach out but little. | have seen people
who were never out Of the county in which
they were born. We live in very small
space. The horizon Of our thought is very
much clrcumscrlbed, and the more we
learn, the more we know, the more appar-
ent to us will be the
TRUTH OF THIS STATEMENT.
Everything beyond the immediate circle
In Which we live is to us more or less mys-
terious; we know but little about it: our
knowledge is very imperfect at best. This
Is the thought that is III PauI's mind as he
addresses Timothy: Il write not you
my my son TIMOTHY, that thou might'st
know" this fact. What YOU understand
with some measure of accuracy, lis with
out controversy a great mystery to others. y
What We seek IN this life is not conject-
ures. We are never satisfied with coniect-
ufeS: we are seeking conviction; we are
seeking Iol truths that have been estab-
hshed, May use an illustration that oe-
Guited 4ei N elils Guy during the past week.
Vls!6ed lady ana on entering into CONVEX
sato9 with her as to her faith,
Iound her Wiling to tell me what
she dld not believe. [ would ask
II she believed certain truths, but she
would only reply that she did not believe
ile her belief was unbelief. The mind in this
lie is seeking for certainties, that are to be
the pillar and ground of our faith. While
the church IS to be seeking those certainties
and each individual member Of the church
ls Ike responsible Tor his part of the work
WE VERY OFTEN FORGET
the fact and delegate to the cbnrcb tbo+
which we ought to take upon ourselves a1'5
be personally responsible for. We forent root
that we ought to seek those certainties
Every christian here is to grasp certain
truths and these are to be to him az tba
pillar of his faith character hone
and faith. Paul reviews his life and tefIs
what has been his experiences ttT bouo
fought the fight, have kept the faith y AND
declares as a result of this that
"hencefOrth there 10 laid ~, 81 / : oitlV
crown of righteousness. This is the Off nffice
Of the church. To do this we must possess
certain things. First there must be an or-
ganization. That implies officiarv All.
thorlty and formulated faith or creed
Now as we are about to enter nur nrotsac Fl
meeting pretty soon. You are g0ino IL IL
invited TO labor with those who come out
mere TO the altar. You are going to be
ASKED what you believe, and you must be
aole 10 give reason OF the faith that is in
you, L was never more surprised than
once when young lady come out to the
altar ana asking her about her soul, she
asked me the question. What does it
mean TO peleVe on the Lord Jesus? To
DeleVe on Jesus Christ is to enter into
tie Inose Steps q GocCrlne That make up all
til the enflsGlan character don't wonder
ChaI
PAUL WRITES
My son Timothy; take heed to thv doc
trine, that thou mayst save thvsa}f and
those that hear thee;5' So / return IL this
statement that in the VOYAGE IF liscoya7u
we are to reach out in unknown fields II
extend beyond the horizon of our nrasant
experience and thought. The beaItbv nan
is always reaching out for those frntBs and
they become the pillar of his faith and
character. In our text we have ono 1,ro,3
which is kew to the whole sitnationoGod o,o Goiu
illness. Great is the mystery If Godii.
ness.
The term Godliness first relates 10 cbor
acter. what man should be. The cbnrnh
must contain ali that trntb ali tbat '4u1fh t.Ifh
ot character. Everybody admits that.
God expects it. f'0'9SS' Auef'i ollf'faceeI'