Telegram-herald., 1891-02-09

cf HaM ~Ae Is nox protecting snd
guiding iAe church winch Ae founded
ut,on the fk.ok, Peter; the chusca which
he declared the EAies of he'll should
not prevail AGAINST Could these stu
peadeoas claims he fairy supported. IL
wauld he we'll lof us al IA become
Catholics 80 cease thinking Tor oursei-
YES and like lutte chlldien ieoelss the
mslk aud the meal which the great
mother ehnfch should Zee IL under a.
vine guidance 10 give as.
Unfortunately. however. Tor her
claims, aud for auf des,res foI intsllee-
taal rest. aud sp.aifn4l peace, tho very
facts which renaeI nugstoiy the dog
naailsgn of Professionalism anxalluate The
claims of Catholicism. The ofiginai
deeds are last. and there ls . great sap
la the clam vi title. thus leaving the
human SOIL a tree right - Ille lis claim
10 tie original snheritance, AID "a 70 IA
and possess the land.
Mnen Jesus announced HIS divine
commission: Tine eplrg 81 the l.ara s
upo.l me. because tie annalnlesl me 10
pfeaun good gldlngs TO she poais lie
hath sent nse 10 proclaim release u tue
eapises. and recovering of slght % the
bind. 20 set at liberty. thom thai are
bruised. 10 proclaim the acceptable
year of the Land J, a. seems clear irola
the context ia the Prophets, and from
the effect upon the hearers IA the syna-
gogur, that the RELEASE, the sft1ng al
Liberty tnst hc referred 10, Was the de-
llseranee from the spiritual and priest
IL domination % the great raiihedrim.
Ia Matt -, 4, he SAYS OF thems .'iaey
blnd heavy burdens and cTleFous % to
borne. aud lay lileal on nlens saoul-
defs, but they themselves VII not
move them with Their flnger." Jesus
WAS noi priest add lie delivered lis
disciples from plaesicraft. Whenever
any OF the laws ascrbed 10 Moses
came Ia conflict with the rights and
welfare OF msn he brushed them away
as II they were SO many coOwoiis. Paul
catching his kplllf throws OF "the yoke
which neither we nor our fathers we've
abie TO bear" and says: Brethren. Ne
have been called unto liberty" Slowly
| the early Cvflstlan Church cast on
Juda sm and lecame free. sad 10 SAY,
however. bat a few generations passed
before tie Old slavery Was again inaU-
gurased and had fuli sway over the
souls OF lnen. until Luther arose, and
| Professionalism essayed, with bat vary
ing success. 10 again become Christian.
We, IN our day, call oursel YES Christ
ians; yet we are AFRAID 10 do the very
things which made Jesus the Christ.
viz: 10 trust tie voice of God ln our
own souls. There is nothing about the
character OF Jesus that seems more ad-
| mirable than his entire Independence
of the traditions Of hls fathers. and las
entire dependence upon has conviction
that God has sent him 20 set up new
order os things. The only authority He
| recognized was the authority OF tae
voice of The Divine within Him. A
glorious hereto lie was indeed, But
FOR him we should douStless still bo
| grovelllng in spiritual bondage, and be
groping IN the thick darkness OF super
/ s,Ition.
Ii Christianity was once embosomed
in the soul of one man, and was entire
ly independent of church, or hook or
| priest. or ceremony, why may not His
true followers today find their Christ
ianity as Jesus did, in the sacred re-
cesses OF their own souls2 III the Dlxsps
once dwelt IN a temple not made with
hands. why may be not DO so again ii
Jesus iicasd the voice of God by listen
ing carefully at the door of the tenn
ple-the temple of the Holy Ghost
why MAY We not DO SOP Have Christ
ians entirely forgotten the promise.
"When He, the spirlt OF truth Is come,
He VIII lead you into oil the TRUTH
God is still IN his world; and as ready
10 bless waiting souls with HIS Divine
presence, as he was our Elder Brother.
And vet so-cailed Christians stand
trembling lest some puny man with his
microscope. or his scalpol, or hIs retort.
shall be be able 20 banish the Divine
Spirit from the souls OF men.
Feb, :. 1891. CHARsEs X. GtBsos.