Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-20

sin; unto us. He has revealed the
Father, by His word and spiri. making
known the perfect will of God; for us
He fulfilled all righteousness and sat
isfied eternal justice, offering Himself
a perfect sacrifice upon the cross to
take away the sin of the world; for us
He rose from the dead and assembled
into Heaven, where He ever intercedes
for US; in our hearts, Joined to Him by
faith, He abides forever as the in
dwelling Christ; over US, and over all
for us, He rules; wherefore, unto Him
we render love, obedience and adora.
ticn as our Prophet, Priest and King
forever.
Article Ix.-of Faith and Repentance
1--WE believe that God pardons oul
sins and accepts us as righteous, sole.
ly on the ground of the perfect obedi-
ence and sacrifices of Christ, received
by faith alone; and that this saving
faith is always accompanied by re-
pentance, wherein we confess and for
sake our sins with full purpose of and
endeavor after a new obedience to
God
Article x.-of the Holy Spirit.
1--WE believe in the Holy Spirit, the
Lord and Giver of Life, who moves ev-
erywhere upon the hearts of men, to
restrain them from evil and to incite
them unto good, and whom the Father
is ever willing to give unto all who
ask Him. We believe that he has
spoken by holy men of God in making
known his truth to men for their sal.
walton; that, through our Exalted Saw
Tor, He was sent forth in power to con-
vict the world of sin, to enlighten
mems minds in the knowledge of
Christ, and to persuade and enable
them to obey the call of the gospel
and that He abides with the church.
dwelling in every believer as the spirit
of truth, of holiness and of comfort.
Article M.-New Birth and New Life.
1--WE believe that the Holy Spirit on
ly is the author and source of the new
birth; we rejoice in the new life
wherein he is given unto us as the
seal of sonship in Christ, and keeps
loving fellowship with us, helps us in
our infirmities, purges us from our
faults and ever continues His trans
forming work until we are perfected in
the likeness of Christ, in the glory of
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the life to come.
Article xll.-of the Resurrection.
I'VE believe that in the life to come
the spirits of the just, at death made
free from sin, enjoy immediate COM
munion with God and the vision of His
glory; and we confidently look for the
general resurrection in the last day,
when the bodies of those who sleep in
! Christ shall be fashioned in the like
ness of the glorious body of their
Lord, with whom they shall live and
reign forever.
Article xIlI.-o9 tile Law of God.
I'VE believe that the law of God, re-
Ivcaled in the Ter Commandments and
more clearly disclosed in the works OF
Christ, is forever established in truth
and equity, SO that no human work
shall abide except II be built on this
foundation. We believe that God re
lquires of every man to do justly, to
love mercy, and to walk humbly with
his God, and that Only through this
harmony with the will of God shall b.
fulfilled that brotherhood of man
wherein the kingdom of God is to be
made manifest.
Article xlv.-church and Sacraments
1--WE believe in the holy cathoi,
church, of which Christ is the only
head. We believe that the church in
Visible consists of all theredeemed, anc
that the church visible embraces al
who profess the true religion, together
with their children. We receive to on,
communion all who confess and obey
Christ as their divine Lord and Savior
and we hold fellowship with all believ
ers in Him.
I'VE receive the sacraments of Dap
tism and the Lords Supper, alone Ill
vinely established and committed Il
the church, together with the word, as
means of grace, made effectual only BY
the Holy Spirit and always to be useG
by Christians with prayer and praise
to God.
Article >>I.-of the Last Judgment.
ave believe that the Lord Jesus
Christ will come again in glorious ma
jesty to judge the world and to make
a final separation between the right
eous and the wicked. The wicke:
shall receive the eternal award of the,l
sins, and the Lord will manifest the
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His people and their entrance upon thu
full enjoyment of eternal life.
Article xVi.-Christian Service.
1--WE believe that it is our duty, 81
servants and friends of Christ, to q,
3 good unto all men, to maintain the pub
lie and private worship of God, to hal
low the Lords day, to preserve thu
sanctlty of the family, to uphold tn,
just authority of the state, and so t,
live in all honesty, purity and charit!
that our lives shall testify of Christ
We joyfully receive the word of Christ
bidding His people go unto all tn,
world and make disciples of all ma
tons. and declare unto them that Coz
was in Christ reconciling the worl,
unto Himself, and that He will have al
men to be saved and to come to tn,
knowledge of the truth. We confident
4 ly trust that by His power and grac,
all His enemies and ours shall be final
/ ly overcome, and the kingdoms of thi
world shall be made the kingdom o
our God and of His Christ. In rhi
/. foifh we abide. in fhic cory;oa W. 4,