Arizona republican., 1896-12-01
LESSONS FROM THE PULPIT.
Two Able Sermons Sunday by Phoenix
 Preachers.

TWO ADlo OGGu1OuS Uy I uOOulA
 Preachers.
 Rev. Cal Ogburn of the Christian church, who is delivering a series of historical and doctrinal sermons, preached last Sunday evening on ''The Christian or New Testament Church" He spoke in part as follows:
 The word translated church in the New Testament is "ekklesia," mean ing "called out," and according to Greek usage, denoted primarily an as- sembly of any kind regularly con- vened. Ekklesia is a noun, and in or der to indicate what kind of assembly was meant, a qualifying term was necessary. This the Savior himself supplies in the text-"My Church"
 The whole number of those who had been called out from the world by the proclamation of the gospel were vari- ously designated as the Church of God, the Kingdom of Gods Dear Son, the Kingdom of Christ and of God, the Church of Christ, and the Body of Christ.
 The several congregations of which the church was composed were called Churches of God, Churches of Christ, Churches of the Saints, Churches of the Gentiles, and Churches of Asia, Judea or Macedonia.
 The individual members were desig- mated as disciples, because they were learners; Christians, because they were followers of Christ; believers, because of their faith in Christ; saints, to indicate their consecration to God, as well as their purity of life and pur- pose; brethren, to indicate their rela- tion to each other; elect of God, to show their separation from the world and their attachment to God; the peo- pie of God and the children of God, because of their covenant relation to Him, and they were responsibility called by the Jews, NaZarenes.
 The officers of the church were apostles, prophets, evangelists, elders and deacons.
 Neither the apostles nor prophets were creatures of the church, and both the apostolic and prophetic office ceased after the church was firmly es- tablished. Evangelists were to preach the gospel and establish churches, and visit and strengthen weak ones. It is a perpetual office.
 The elders, who are also called bish- ops, overseers, pastors, shepherds and teachers, were to have the spiritual oversight of the congregations of which they were members. The dea- cons were to have charge of the sec ular affairs of the congregation.
 Their manner of worship was simple. The members met together on the first day of the week, Sunday, and sang, prayed, preached, took the con- tribution, celebrated the Lords sup per.
 There were but two ordinances baptism and the Lords supper. The creed of the church was the Christ the discipline the word of God They had no uninspired standards of doc Urine. The conditions of fellowship in the church were faith, repentance confession of Christ as the Son of God, prayer, baptism and faithful con- tinuance in well doing" The terms of pardon and the conditions of church membership were the same.
 MT Ogburn closed by saying: "The peculiar plea of the Christian church of today is for the restoration of the New Testament church, in it's creed doctrine, ordinances, manner of wor- ship, officers, membership and condi- tions of fellowship that the Savior's prayer as recorded in John xvii, 20, 21 may be speedily answered"
 The sermon next Sunday evening will be on Religious Declensions.'
 Sunday morning at the Presbyterian church the nuartette sang the % thems, "Te Deum" and "Oh, ClaI Your hands," Mrs. l.. A. Sherman who is again able to be in her place played the accompaniment, and MT Andrews sang bass instead of MT Burtis, who was unable to attend.
 "Ye are my friends, if ye do whatso ever I command you" are the word! which formed the text of the morning discourse. After a brief introduction in which the beauty and value of tru, friendship were touched upon, Dr. Mo Kinney spoke particularly of tn, <<<~~<>>~>>$>>< ><<>><<<> ><>