New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-24
TRAINING YOUNG PREsBYTERIANs.
DR. woKpry POINTS OFT THE DUTY OF THE
CHURCH To THE CHILDHEN

DR. woKpEX POINTS OFT THE DUTY OF THE
CHURCH. To THE cHlLDREN
SARATOGA. MAY 23-The rally last evening In
~. interest Of the Board Of Publications ana
sabbath Scho.l Work was largely attended
Poh.rt y Wilson Or. f.. r. Craven. DR. ). II.
Warden. r. T. Sulzcr and Joseph Brown were
,h. sneakers In his address Or. Worden en-
pbasized tho duty OF tho Presbyterian Church
To- give every child in her Sunday schools Fr's-
bvtcrlan training. He said In part:
There are certain Consideration which should
stimulate our great ChIr cb,d ,nUpo"sy 10
First. in ali the truths held In common by IN"
Presbyterian Church and by all eyngec dt nom
no,riant and essential principles Of Christian latin
and upon these the main empiahS " 10 ~ hn pun ,nst
Onr frcsby terian system makes these ue inoS'
PGi.' niir however we should train every child I'm
our in those doctrines OF me 'I1a'
which are historically known as Calvlnistlc ana re
Prrsby ierian Church.
rulLcAL DOCTRINES NECESSARY
,r,.. considerations for performing these oblIga-
tons are briefly these:
First These doctrines are contained IN the ihSprel
Word Of God That Is a sufficient ground In ITSELF
for making them part OF sabbath school instI,S
or because Of fear OF being termed Old .fashonsd
narrow ana 5g2ted %s snHg' 10 avng that we
must teach mans views instead OF the cQihhaiit-
tp,.u
Hlbl. which We must ignore In our teaching OF the
Hiblc that We have a right TO take our penkniVeS,
emf nit OF the Scripture certain doctrines wnlcn are
hrstt. 10 certain forms OF human reasoning IL 70
an,rm that God has placed many things IN MS
Word concerning which II matters not what we pc
I.vc and will soon lead scholars to take the
oson that II matterE little what they believe con-
corning anything In the Scriptures II IL equiVaeht
to saving that have right 10 make up a very
short and weak Bible out OF the BLDG ana 10 ignore
all the rest. ~ ,, ,.t,o, r,,to,olisr,
We believe that 'all Scripture IS given by lnsplra-
lion OF God and IL profitable for doctrine Tor re-
nrnof for correction, for instruction in righteous
moss that the Of God may be perfect thoroughly
furnished unto all good works" After careful study
nf th1t inspired declaration PreSbyterianS Will not
lie very likely ignore any doctrine or Coo Nord
merely because It has been misunders stood or con
troverted. There will be nothing more dangerous
fnr any church or for any individual than hereafter
10 meet a neglected and omitted truth In full ife ana
vigor overtnrowinG humanity devised systems } ne
PRESBYTERIAN Church in spite OF all critics ana or
p,scrs will teach the truth. the wnoIe truth. anu
nothing but the truth, and not mere gene raj ractS,
upnn which all denominations are agreed. but those
great Calv!nstic or Augusnian or Iaulne or 'hIlHt
doctrines. for whose promotion ana defence lld'
church has been set. Ana w! teach these doc
trines in the proportion a. they are taught III 'nr
Scripture. ..- ..-
second-These doctrines hay" been wrought INTO our
soul by Christian experience. The truth uit
the children of believers are in covenant relation
T. Jehovah. and that Christ from the covenant o,
His grace has not blOtted out the ch!ldrens names
is a precious Inheritance TO those children, ana u
still more precious one TO the hearts OF fathers ana
mothers, especially OF the bereaved.
The truth OF the sovereignty OF Cod IN our SAL