Bisbee daily review., 1903-11-01
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1ion oi ali matter. Such Is true Oi an interior anlmal, for it has but q limited dime 10 reacn HIS perIection and ae- rompiish its end. It's powers are man. He has not answered his end. His powers are only beginning to oe- seiop. lie learns more and mole 0f the boundlessness of his powers and the range for which he was ere ated- To the beast, the past Is O blank, so is the future. IL lives in the present; past and future lite make no impression upon its present lie. Man lives in the future. He looks back over the past, and the future becomes infinitely dear to Sim. The thought of reason, will ana conscience being plotted out, or lhe divine energy being crushed, anni- hiiates that vital principle which God has registered in the soul.
 So far as the human eye can see, we are the highest forms of created beings. yet it would be childish reason Tor us to infer that this infant life is The highest mode of existence. But even in this infant state of being. we can see enough of our God and our future life to i'll us with effectual ad- nniration. In the contemplation Of ihis vast theme we can feel our own |. powers expand within us, and We fec and know that this expansion is but the foretaste of the future reality.
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 am q Disciple because believe in urging the word of God against human 1reeds, faith in Christ instead Of faith Sn systems of theology, obedience to Christ rather than obedience to creed 'zuthority, the name Christ instead of any human name and Biblical promise 5n preference to human evidence or pardon. We believe in urging Bibh- ral names for Biblical teaching as Unbiblical names not only confuse hut often convey unbiblical ideas. This movement is not a reformation -4s some believe but a restoration. ii is a restoration of the pure primi- live Gospel of Jesus Christ as it was ence for all delivered unto the saints. We purpose simply "a return in letter and in spirit" in principle and in practice" to the original basis Of doc Urine and fellowship. We know that all human creeds are incomplete if They contain anything less than tne whole Bible, unworthy of credit if kbey contain anything more than the Bible. and being injurious to Christian growth should be indiscriminately re- yudiated ard the Bible itself, and more especially the New Testament ss containing the clear development .sf the religion of Jesus Christ. should
 as in the days of the Apostles, the Christ the creed, the confession and {he guide of all
 Unlike the various sects or denomi- aations which are founded upon hu- 1an creeis and confessions, and which are by virtue of their very con- siitution forbfoden to get beyond he '-nperfect knowledge, or to differ from .ne en wno fs'S92, 3Sa2 .ne,g ,osaase a9r@a, . load and free exp3. .e of divine rev. 'riation. unrestricteb the narrow Boundaries of parties or sects and un- Haunted by human animadversion, .o seek the pearls and treasures Of 7Eyine truth.
 We have no theory in regard to conversion, it is simply the natural -WGer of cause and effect. The Holy Spirit through the divine Oracle is conceived to produce the faith of the Gospel; this faith leading to repent snce, to reformation and finally obe- Esnce to the commands of the Savior This obedience insures us the pa don Af past sins, and the immediate eu- Ryment of the Spirits personal bless 5ngs which is the evidence of sopship. and is the spiritual and glorious in- '+eritance of the sons of Goo.
 Again. am a Disciple, as Jesus t4hose to call his followers who were afterwards called Christians at Anti =e,ch, because do not believe in ad- .ferinp 10 any human name. have zothing to say derogatory of Luther, SSsivin or Wesley. These men were sSeat mea, and men who deserve m ceasing homage for rejecting many --T the superstitions of pagan Catholi- -Ssn- Yet they were no peter ---i