The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-06-28

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elimination of the doctrine Of election.
for il IS taught in Gods word. though
some Objectionable phrases used in rc.
| lation to 1t may be left out. II will be
/ shorter and more mtG.lse.
But In our search for creed we
need not 90 to any formulated state.
mcnt made by ecclesiastical councils.
Why not go directly to the original
source. and find II creed for oursclvpsy
The Bible is open to all. and Jesus
! Christ promised the Holy Spirit ~
guide into all truth. If you believe the
Bible. IT is easy to find what 1t teaches
on the great essentials If you do not
believe the Bible, you have no basis
for Biblical creed. and the honest
course is to have nothing to say or do
with the creed-making business.
You will find Il good creed in the two
ordinances of the Church The Lords
| Supper Is n creed I'm symbol II speaks
of the blood that cleanses from all sin.
| Jesus said, "rhis cup Is the New Testa-
ment in My blood" In every church II
| proclaims that Jesus died on Calvary.
and without shedding of blood there
is no remission" We read in II mans
| justification sanctification and grorl-
fication through the blood of Christ.
| Baptism is also a creed. II proclaims
the resurrection of Jesus. and our re-
surrection to newness of life In the
Lords Supper and baptism we have a
creed Of the death and resurrection Of
! (Nhrfat L. tyha ha1fatra- d., h..
Of Calvary and Christ cannot go
far wrong on other things. But when
a man goes wrong as to tho atoning
merit of Jesus Christ, and as to the
resurrection of our Lord. he Is apt to
go wrong on everything else. He has
learned his alphabet wrong aud how
can he speak or read Alright. much less
make or master IL literature? The
blood OF Christ, like the scarlet thread
in the cordagc of the British Navy, runs
through all the Bible and Christian
experience. And If this scarlet thread
| be drawn out of the cordaga Of creed
1t falls to pieces as a Biblical structure.
! The resurrection of Jesus Is the crown
of glory on the brow of grace and
] lIulDs u ItlllONt II IL 10 HIlfIOMn
Christian doctrine and make it com
monplace The cross is the glory of
! love. The resurrection Is the glory Of
| power. The two ordinances of the
church. therefore, give us a glorious
creed of love and power.
But if you ask me for creed that
we need | would state 1t in the words
of Jesus in the text: God so loved the
world, that He gave His only brgotten
Son. that whosoevcr bclieveth in Him
should not perish. but have everlasting
| life"
We have here: |. \ Great Person
ality. 2. a Great Fact. 3. A Great
Result. 4. a Great Purpose.
A GREAT GOD.
The need of the day Is II creed with
Il God in it great enough to worship.
! The Bible in its first verse reveals such
God. "In the beginning God created
the heaven and the earth" Measure
infinite space, and weigh millions Of
worlds that float in It, Study the laws
of the universe and the planetary sys-
tens Survey the oceans, noun
tans and valleys of earth. Imag-
inc, if you can, the power that called
all these things into being, and placed
them in order, making them the will.
! ing subjects of His law. You have now
only a glimpse of our God. We meet
people who have a god on Level with
themselves. They will not admit that
he can do more than they can. They
have really made Il god in their own
image, and the worship they render is
selfworship. They regard God as
working only in the usual way. They
deny the supernatural. When they dis
cover II new force, like electricity or
the Xray, they promote their god by
admitting that he can work through
these new forces. but they refuse to
admit that their god can work in ways
beyond their comprehension. Theirs
is god Gagged and confined within the
room of their little brains. He who
made their brains they try to capture
and imprison within the walls of His
own handiwork. They would press the
ocean into Il thlmble. They try to hold
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His hands all the worlds. They pity
the heather, who manufacture gods
and sell them at so much apiece. for
getting that they are themselves in
the god misunderstanding business. Some
of the heathen have the advantage of
them. | would rather be pagan wor-
Shipping the sun than ,an American wor-
Shipping an American. For an Amer
lean worshiping n god who can
do only what Americans can do is
really worshiplng himself. The sun,
as king of day, filling space with light
and beauty, is nobler object than II
conceited American, Initiating himself
with the idea that there is no being in
the universe greater than he.
A few days ago addressed an audi
ence of freethnkers, by special invita-.
tion, on the subject of "Christ and Him
Crucfed" In his comments on the
address one of the speakers asserted
that personal god was II myth, and
that principle or law is all the god
there is in the universe. When
twitted them with the fact that they
were Il fine lot of pharlsees, with very
high estimate of themselves, and low
estimate of God, they assented to the
rharpp Rut when they NVprp told thnt