Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1895-06-21

any other truths as basis for the church
OF God. That the gospel Of the Son of
God Ia revealed as the one religion for
the one race Of man ia indelibly written
upon every page of the Bible. From the
fret promise Of redemption in the gar
den OF Eden TO the close of revelations,
Jesus is declared 10 be the Alpha and
Omega, the beginning and the end, the
first and the last" that He will not &C.
cept any addition or subtraction from
tnis divine truth 90 basis upon which
TO organize the visible church Of God.
Does the Godhood Of Jesus, with his re-
demptiye work on the cross and CONSUME
mated in his resurrection, appear too
narrow and exclusive rs foundation
upon which to organize the visible
church OF God?
What is broader than divinity, who fl
eth all things? And who is stronger
than Jesus, to whom is committed all
power and authority in heaven and on
earth? All the iullness OF the Godhead
dwells in the Son Of God. His divine
personality can not be compressed into
one nationality. Though a child Of Abra.
ham he ia the son OF Adam Ss we'll. In
his veins courses the blood Of all nation
aitics. Truly be is the son of man, the
brother OF every man and in whom all
human wants for this life and the life 10
come may be forever supplied. II the
unity Of God involves the brotherh God
OF man, then does the unity OF the re-
demptiye work OF Christ involve one
brotherhood Of all the children OF God.
Every attempt to broaden this divine
foundation by the addition OF formula.
ted statements, whether true or false. but
detracts from the glory OF the Christ by
e1alting speculative dognas to al equal
ity with himself and his redrmptive
work. Let Jesus alone, remains the only
foundation OF the church, and the con-
iession Of true faith in him With all the
heart, entit.e each ponitent coniessor, TO
the holy ordinance OF baptism ordained
by Jesus Christ as a pledge and aasur-
ance Of pardon and Of the holy spirit.
In the history Of the church of God,
the very means. the wisdom Of men has
employed by which to preserve the pur-
ity OF the church, have become the
means OF dividing and corrupting the
church. These divisions Of the children
OF God are visible exempllications OF the
domination Of carnali.y. that they are
walking as men" Of this world and not
as the spiritual citizens of the kingdom
OF God.
A UNCONVENTIONAL Christianity is di :
cord in the circumcised ear aud a him
drance to the successful movements Of
the soldiers Of the cross in the fulfill
ment Of their mission in conquering the
world for Christ. 4 Christian whose
spiritual nature in it's aspirations is lin.
tied by any denominational boundary
NAV be quite loyal to sectarianism, but
is utterly disloyal to Jesus Christ. But
to enable US to understand and properly
appreciate the value OF the undenomina-
tional religion of Jesus Christ, we may
place 10y its side and in contradistinction
10 IL. the very best forms OF a denomina.
tional religion. What then are the fac.
tors OF denominationsl religion? They
are Christ and his redemptiye work pluss
an uninspired and Grant human creed.
the product of human wisdom. But il
is the human creed factor alone, that i'm.
parts 10 it, its UNCONVENTIONAL character.
The essential factors of any given de.
nomination are such "a ditIerentiate that
denomination from all others. We are
now dealing with the rationale OF any
< ven denomination, That which ell d.
nominations hold in common ia unde
nomiuational, such truths as the diyini.
ty OF Christ, his death for sins, his res
direction from the dead, the future life.
&c. These and other truths held in com.
mon by all Christians, do not enter into
the basis of any given denomination, are
no part of the rationale of their exist
ence. Each denomination, as such, has
for its foundation such articles of
faith as are held by it and by
none other. That which diferen-
tiatts one denomination from 9th
ers is only rational foundation upon
which it has been organized. Should de-
structive error enter the church like a
flood, the battles of truth and right are
to be fought upon the divine foundation
of the church, upon which it was build
Ell by inspired apostles and not by with
drawing from the church and organizing
upon some new plea, having no relation
to the divinity of the Son OF God.
Concluded in next issue.
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