The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-29
THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT.



The pastor of South-street Baptist
Church, Rev. j. A. Knowlton, spoke last
night in reference to the Abrahamic cove
nant and showed the true covenant and
mems relation with the great patriarch.
His text, And think not to say within
yourselves. we have Abraham to our
father; for say unto you, that God Is able
of these stones to raise up children unto
Abraham revealed the nature of Abra-
hams children and the power of God to do
away with natural law by a higher. He
said in part:
1.-The Jews made the great mistake They
supposed themselves safe by association
and birth, but many to-day are relying for
salvation upon similar things. The true
children, or rightful ones, were supposed
to depend for all blessings upon succession.
There used to be a custom with millers.
and it is in vogue where there is now a
mill, of serving the first conner first. That
custom prevails in the stores and also in
various other things. The man who seeks
a berth upon steamer must get in line,
and the nearest TO the purser's window is
served first. There is, besides. law of
succession. The kings eldest son is sue
throne and crown. There is also a success
sion revealed in the workings of God
law. The children succeed TO the things OF
the fathers: Bodies: minds. modes of lie.
of hereiity. There are some things not in
herited. Genius burns itself out in the in
dividual. and the sons of great thinkers
are frequently feeble in mind. Who ever
heard of John Milton, jr.. or a second
Shakespeare? There are some exceptions to
the rule. Julian Hawthorne or Richard
Harding Davis might say the rule Is now
a law.
NO PLACE IN RELIGION.
while succession has large place in
In has rla in
ligion. Our Governor and senator were
greatly surprised to be met by line OF
bayonets the other night as they attempted
to enter the Presidents car. Did they not
have the right on account of position ?
Rank and prestige did not allow them to
pass into the car. Rank and birth canno;
admit TO heaven. The Jew made a ter
rible mistake in relying upon his descent.
GAS another thing the Jew made mis-
take along the lines of theocracy. He
supposed that as God had chosen his
fathers and made them torch-bearers. and
as His promises were TO the patriarch and
His seed the theocracy was a ship to
save them. John said. pointing TO the
stones along the banks of the Jordan or
TO the towering cliffs in Moab. God is able
of these stones to raise up children unto
Abraham. Because the Jews were chosen
TO be torch-bearers 10 dark world they
believed they were chosen to eternal life.
The doctrine of election. so precious TO
the hard-shells and the blue-bloods. grew
out OF this. God did choose people. but
had the Philistines or Amelek. with his
followers, bowed before God they would
have been saved. There is no election ex-
cept upon faith. obedience and a regenera-
ton of the soul. Those things are neces-
sary to admit TO the citizenship Of Israel
and TO the family OF Abraham.
Let us not make the mistake they made.
One mistake shut Moses from the land OF
promise. The Duke OF Orleans was heir
to the throne OF France. He was the son