The Newtown bee., 1895-08-23
CORNWALL BRIDGE.
ORDINATION OF EVAN EVANS AT ELLs-
 WORTH.

ORDINATION OF EVAN EVANS AT ELLs-
 WORTH.
 Before an Ecclesiastical council con- vened for the purpose, Evan Evans was examined as candidate for the Gospel ministry. The examination having been satisfactorily sustained, and declara- tion so framed, the ordination service proceeded. Rev John Pierpont of West Cornwall, the moderator, preached the sermon. His text, ably treated, John 8:11. Rev Edward O. Dyer of Sharon delivered masterly and helpful address of fellowship. MT Dyer is one of the most stimulating speakers in the state. Rev John c. Goddard offered the ordain- ing prayer. The exercises were we'll at- tended by appreciative friends. MT Evans is a Yale alamnus. His state- ment of belief, here appended, will in- terest THE BEES readers:
 Brethren and Christian Friends believe the Bible to be the DivineIy inspired word of God, that to subject it to rules of criticism by which modern authors are reviewed, is to
 
 sign. Its setting is essentially Jewish. it's science, tradition. history, symbolism, par. ables, proverbs, constitute the outward clothing of spiritual revelation. Our op- >ponents attack a shadow when they take the word of God tor natural book. "Ths flesh profits nothing" In it we get the knowledge ot God, the relations between Him and man 1; the nature, the moral condition, and the des tiny of man; to be attained no other way. From Genesis to Revelation regard it as a consistent, harmonious whole, replete with the life and light of Heaven. Its spirit is the seamless garment of God, even if its letter is often confusing. believe that true and pro- gressive science nlunlines the sacred page.
 believe God is the one, eternal, sell. exist ent, omniscent, omnipresent, infinitely, wise and loving. Being the Creator, upholder and moral Governor of the universe. That His being has been made manifest or apprehensi ble to our intellect, heart and will in our Lord and Redeemer, Jesus Christ, the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, who is, was and is to come, the Almighty and in whom dwel1eth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. My God is the Lord in whom is the whole of Deity who is oyer all, God blessed forever. Jesus said, q and my Father are one. He that hath seen me hath seen the tather." And after His resurrection, he breathed on them, and said, receive ye the Holy Ghost. Therefore, Jesus Christ is the tri une God, in whom dwell Father, Son and Holy Ghost, the Divine trinity.
 Gods name is love. He possesses the in- finite attributes Of holiness, truth, and jrs- tice. believe His providence ever has in end righteousness and happiness. believe the doctrine of Scripture regarding God har- monizes with our constitution as sentient rational and moral beings, and with the con stitution as the universe, the output of his love and reason. regard man as originally created in the likeness and image of God, but that he perverted his nature by sin, that God our Savior, in his words, tYe must be born again. declared the impossibility of orderly and constant happiness with man such as he is by nature. believe that society as it ex- ists, is the outbirth of the minds which com pose 1t, that if those minds were transported to another world, they would produce all the tangled maze of order and disorder, joy and sorrow, care and negligence, success and failure. health and sickness, wealth and pov erty which mark society now. believe that man is eternally damned who is not saved here by the Lord Jesus Christ. Man is a free and accountable being. I believe thst Jesus Christ came into the world to reconcile the world unto God, to open up new and loving way unto the Holy Place for fallen man. through His mediating humanity. He did not suffer that he might change a frowning Fathers face into relenting gracIousness he came to save us from sin and death; the change must be in us. God is always love. Thy mission as Gods servant is to proclaim the luminous truth that Gods redemption means recovery to spiritual health. The glorious prescription was fastened to the cross. Jesus took the medicine he prescribed for his children ssTake up thy cross and fol- low me; love, honor and live the twin com- Of love; believe in mo, and you shall have eternal peace and rest in your souls." The provisions of grace are of uni. yersal extent. believe the Holy Ghost prompts us all Godward. believe this pre- paratory life on earth for the eternal future is our only probationary period.
 Those who die before the age of intelligent moral choices, I cheerfully leave in the hands ,f the Judge of all the earth who never doeth wrong. Ibelieve we build here for eternity. do not believe hell is state of remorse. rave been taught that remorse is always q ,retty good sign of recovery from hurtful onrse. expunge from my creed such arbi- rary nonesense. as that God locks up in hell lis weeping repenting child of error I be- ieve hell is the state of the spiritually apa- hetic. the spiritually dead. Punishment isI