The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-02-18
RELIGIOUS.

authority: to teach both rulers and sub
iects the eternal principles of righteous
ness, and to imbue the nation with the
spirit OF Christ.
IS. Q.-What is the duty of the state TO
the Church? A.-To protect all branches
Of the Church and their individual mem
berS in the enjoyment of liberty to Wor-
ship God, and In efforts to promote the
religion of Christ, which do not interfere
with the civil rights of others.
81. Q.-What is a Christian Minister
A Christian minister is one who is
| called of God and the Church ..s be
teacher of the Word and "a pastor of the
| flock of Christ.
40. Q.-How may the validity of such a
| minister be proved? A.-The decisive
proof of a valid ministry is the sanction
of the Divine Head of the Church, mani
tested i'm the conversion of sinners and
| the cdihcation Of the Body of Christ.
| II. Q,-What are the SaCramcnts of the
| Church? A.-Sacred rites instituted by
our Lord Jesus to make more plain by
visible signs the inward benefits of the
Gospel. to assure us of His promised
grace. and when rightly used, to become
| a means to convey it To our hearts.
| AZ. Q.-fIow many SaCramCnts arc
| there? A.-Two only Baptism and the
| Lords Supper
| 49, Q.-What is the visible sign in the
sacrament of Baptism? A.-Watcr
wherein the person is baptized into the
| name of the Father and of the Son and
| of the Holy Spirit.
| A. Q.-What inward benefits does this
| signify? A.-Thc washing away Of sin
! and the new birth wrought by the Holy
| Spirit in all who repent and believe.
| 45 Q.--What are the outward signs in
| the Lords Supper? A-Bread and wine;
which the Lord has commanded to be
given and received for Il perpetual MEM
oral of His death.
| 49, Q.-What is siGnihed by the Bread
and Wine? A-By the Bread is signiiied
| the Body of our Lord Jesus Christ in
| which He lived and died; by the Wine 10
signifed His blood shed once for all upon
| the Cross for the remission of sins.
| Il. Q.--What do they receive who in
| penitence and faith partake of this sacra-
ment? A.-They feed spiritually upon
| Christ as the nourishmcnt of the soul. by
| which they are strengthened ana re-
| freshed for the duties and trials of life.
| 4S. Q.-Why do Christians partake in
| common of the Lords supper? A.--To
| show their oneness in Christ, to confess
openly their faith in Him, and to give one
| another a pledge of brothCrly love.
40. Q-What is Christians chief com
| fort in this life? A.-That in Christ he
belongs to God, Who makes all things
work together for good to them that love
| Him.
| ncCt of death? Ave are well assured
that all who fall asleep in Christ are with
| Him in rest and peace; and that even as
| He rose from the dead, so shall we also
rise and be clothed with gloritied bodies.
| 81. Q.-What has Jesus told us of His
| Second Advent? A.-That at time
| know only to God He shall appear again
| with power, to be glorifled in His saints
and to be the Judge of all mankind; and
that for His appearing we should be al
| ways ready.
| 50. Q.-What is the Christians hope
concerning the future state? Ave look
| for the life everlasting. wherein all who
are saved through Christ shall see God
| and inherit the kingdom prepared for
| them from the foundation of the world.
| 1t is said that business men who are
| Interested in missionary work are con-
sidering the advisability of sending a
| special agent to the various mission.
| airy stations of the world to report on
| their conduct. Innumerable agents
| have travelled from place to place and
| submitted innumerable reports on the
| work in foreign lands. but they have
| always been connected with the mis-
| sionary societies themselves and were
not, strictly speaking, independent in
| vestigators. Some mission stations
| have become self-supporting. The bus
mess men want to find out why Others
have not done so. They make nC
| charges Of incompetency, but merely
think it possible that Christian people
of this country are giving money tC
missions that ought to sustain them
selves after all these years of outside
aid. 1t is to be expected that close
examination into the business prinCi
pies of missionary work will have re-
suits by which all concerned may pro
fit greatly.
According to the latest dispatches
from Toxic, President YokOi and sew
eral directors of the Koshisha univer
sity have resigned. The university
was established in Toxic by American
missionary societies and supported by