The Newtown bee., 1899-12-08

enant. In the fulneBs OF time the pre-
dictive OK typical significance OF.
the temple and the priesthood,
and the sacrifices, and the She
Gilman, over the mercy seat, were
disclosed by the appearing of the great
high priest, the sole mediator between
God and man, who by the sacrifice OF
himself made Precipitation for sin, end
paid the price Of redemption, and enter
ed into the holy places not made with
hands, and made 1t possible for all men
In every portion OF the globe to approach
into the holy presence Of the Deity and
to render him true, spiritual and aes
ceptable worship In the name OF his son.
Then came the destruction of Jerusalem
and the utter disappearance OF the sacred
shrine and diseontinuance OF the tenn
pie service these 1900 years. Did this
annulment OF the Mosaic economy aeoun-
teract the spread OF the true worship Of
the true God among his human children
By 40 means. On the contrary the
truth and love and gracious purposes Of
Jehovah toward mankind were then
shown In eeumenica1 proportions and re-
suits The apostles and publishers of
the new covenant were instructed 10
tarry at Jerusalem until they were cloth
ed with power from on high and then to
go and make disciples OF all nations and
baptize themeaud teach them. n And they
gave the intelligence they had received
from the Son OF Man and OF God fsrst to
their countrymen dispersed In foreign
lands and then to other peoples Of the
various languages and races. The result
was that In 300 years, the
CHRISTIAN RELIGION HAD OVER
sHADowED
or displaced every other throughout the
limits OF the Roman empire-a revolution
In religious institutions such Oh the world
had never seen before. Ths mountain OF
the Lords hoaae was established In the
top OF the mountains and was, exalted
above the hills 10 iE never had been In
the palmiest days of the local worship ct
Jerusalem. Christian churches consist.
Ing OF jews and ,0entiles were. planted
everywhere throughout oil tine lands
Nor has Christianity since, however over
Laid With error, wholly lost iss Light OF
become defuncs. The planting and main
tepance OF churches throughout Europe
has moulded tha character OF ltd peoples,
lts sarss iss Institutions, ita civilization
and sits nohlesty and eostaaese structures
are thoaedavoted to religious use.
Under ehe Jewish dispensasion it came
% Dass that the people Of many nations
went mp 90 the noumesin OF the Lord, to
the house ct the God Of Jacob. But at
the most they wentsup bat thrice q year.
But edificea devoted to Christian worsnip
and Instruction. and enterprise are now
found on all the continents and isIanas,
and they are resorted TO, not thrice only,
bat perhaps hundreds OF times every
year. The estimated value OF the church
property VI including parsonages, OF the
New YORK East Conference of the Metho.
dist chuseh-whose territory embraces
the western bali OF Connecticut, the
southern part OF Westchesser county, N.
Y, the eastern half OF New York CITY
and Long Islands nearly eight millions
| Of dollars. And the Mathsaistg ahare
this territory with Congregationalists
Episcopalians, Baptists, Presbyterlans,
Dutch Reformed and Roman Catholic
churches and okaera.
L In ssThe Rely Trinisy'' case, which was
decided In the United States Supreme
Court, February 20, 1899, Mr Justice
Brewer said the other Justices concur-
ring, No purpose OF action against re.
ligi0n can be- anpatsd-te any Legislation.
state or national, because this ID % re-
ligions people. Every state
constitution contains language which
directly Or BY clear Implication, recoe-
nizesa q profound reverence for religion
and 81 assumpaionI that its influence In
al human afSairs liz essential TO the well
being OF the community. = In support OF
this statement be adauces citations and
Hprooeedss There issga unIversaI Ian
guage spervading them All. having one
meaning: They affirm snd reafisrn that
this u i religious people. u. y IL
We pass Go view Of American life, ID
expressed BY Leo laws, ifa business, its
customs and iss sociaky We ina eyerv-
where p clear recognition Or thaassrne
srnths Among other things noss ehe
following Thessorm Or oath universal
~ prevailing concludes with An appeal
% ths Alnigheys tlss suasom of;opanlng