The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-01-27

'De Gud Aeao, but IS n.ginl- wa d.,
t'nct na'urez lo me peraOn not God
melted into msu, nor msu mrde into
God, hnt man aud God taken into
union together. Therefore, do we truet
in him, IS the Daysman, the Mediator,
S'n # q d, and S of Man. This
Pe's'nis our SaYiur, Priest aud King.
Ihr' ugh II m alone we come TO tie
Father Oar creed need not date
back u council 0f hIshors at Nice,
but TO birth at Bethlehem. Tie
church of the future will be the one
which has the most Christ In her
Spi'i', in her dociri6c, in her worship
In her life, In her otgsnIz alton, in her
mu>ic+ ip her ordinances, in her mission
aud in her giorYing. Tis not science
&c. That is going 10 Conquer the world,
but the cross Of Christ. 1t Is true
that Christ is honored by everv name
by which He s kp ,wu il Scripture,
aud IL Is also true, that if He is hen
ored by those who coDfiua tEeir praise
t" tbe. singing IF Rouses version of
the psalms; He is honored without
being known by The name Jesus. or
Lotd Jesus Christ &c The psalms
Of David were perhaps written to be
sung IN praise to God ard am will
ling TO admit they we're perhaps song
in the Temple service, under the old
dispensarion, and that Christ NAV
have sung them up to the time when
The covenant Of works passed out Of
date. After the covepa6t of grace
or the new dispeusaticn wss lnti oduc,
ed, aud it VAS rot fully introduced
until the day .cf Pentecos,, the whole
ec"' omy OF wo'shIp was changed, :,
and even before this we are told that
Christ and HI4 disciples sung a hymn
at the insti'u ion Of the Supper. I
doubt not, but what fillible men have
preached, acceptable Sermons, offered
acceptsb BILE prayers, and sung accept
able praise, usinr Scriptures as the
text only. All Scriptures is profit
able, but are we simply to read tthe
text, and n offer a word Of explana-
ton. For instance, would it be edi.
tying t. congregation assembled
fm worship, simply to rep at Ezra 10,
| 40.
G.u Can call what | said about
'i"sns, "clap trap" just So often as you
please, but you hai beIlcr note, this
J"'us snid, Il am the truth" and
wiihhnt me We can do nothiu g"
A"ain, Il am the bread of life, ""He
that eateth rae even he shall live by
M" The words tNat | speak unto
y"u they nre spirit, and they are hfe."
Mary washed he fee. # th,s Jesus with
her tears and wiped them with the
hairs f her head. Paul sail, ",rod
twnit tha I.honld glory. cave IN the
cross Of oar Lord Jesu, Christ" Bu,
| forget, this vita our Brother A RP
IL ati",h' mercs, balderdash." This
may he the csasna why he is unwilling
to have these names Included iD his
songs of praise.
J would like just here 70 take up
the Priesthood Of Chris, and note i,
a. length. But space will not permit
FHr The present, would refer the
brethren To the Z, s, 8 aud 10Th chap
ter' of Hebrews, they will there se,
wh-t the former dispensstion was, anG
what the church is now, and is to be
in the future
A X p wishes to know, if G,d ba.
changed. g ID is unchanseable, bu,
the economy of grace has ohan ged
not only changed, but the first dispen.
sation di'sunu-ted; because il was
weak aud unpro o6tabls. and could
make nothing perfect Heb. z, Is, Is
Heb S-6, 7, . Sc. The former dispen,
satioo WAS but "a shadow Of coed
things to c"me.' It's glory has de,
parted, as the stars disc ppear befor,
the rays. Of the noon day SUI. IT.
fnrms Of Worship have all been don,
away. We come now direct to Christ
the Great AntitYpe, through VIII m
alone we Worship the Fstber A,
abs"lut, @ d spar. from the L,r,
Jesus Chiist,cannot save. For Goo
Is a ems min nre.' out. VI Chris,
The Sinser must come to Jesus Christ
or he cannot be saved vet i, is 'bal-
derd'sh" to invite him to come tt
Jesns. To, hul1 mp Jesus Christ il
His office asa Saviour ;and + suppose
| NoYsa than III L,rlaakD A., -;