Ellsworth American., 1903-09-02

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The unity Of the Christian church
fe1 all practical purposes at Ieast. such
- the extension OK Chrisfs kingdom
and the overthrow Of erfl. Is Indeed
- -coBssmzaasssa ae~essly 70 Be
wished" Organic unity. as men are
% differently constituted, IL a dream
fnpos.fble Of realization. but unBsy L.
spirit, in sympathy and In service for
Christ and against evil Is a possibility,
and should speedily become a reality
In spite Of all our differences the
Christian church Is essentially ore
church. The tendency in the past has
been to emphasize the differences and
% minimize the things upon which we
agree. and the time has come to reverse
the order The church should eEnpEa-
e.ze to the world that IL is essentially
one church % II believes in one God
as manifested In Father. Son and Holy
Ghost t2l IL has one faitb-not one
creed. though all denominations could
accept the Apostles Greed. but one
fxith - Christian faith. as distinctive
from other religious faiths. o. Ii has
essentially the same ordinances-bsp-
61Gn and the Lords supper. The forms
Il administration are not always the
ame. but the ordinances are. a. II
has one Bible. o. II has the same
forms Of worship. These are praise,
prayer. Scripture reading and preach
ting. Whether rendered en- elaborate
settings or in the simplest the forms
are essentially the same. Our hynl-
nology beautifully illustrates our essen
ttal oneness. Wesley. a Methodist.
wrote Jesus. Lover Of Ny Soul Top
lady. an EpiseopaIian. Rock Of Ages.
Cleft For Me- Fawcetr. Baptist,
"Biest BE the Tie That Binds Bow
r4ng. Unitarian. @In the Cross Of Christ
I Glory" and Cardinal Newman. wso
sfterward became a Catholic Lead.
Kindly Light" Yet these hymns are
sung in all our churches 90 The
church has one fellowship. The com
mon tie that binds us to Christ binds
Us to one another. and we should aoS
only sing. but practice
gIeSt be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love
The Scripture constantly emphasizes
the fact that the church is and should
be united church Christ in His in
tercessary prayer prayed for the unity
Of the church. that they may all be
one, as Thou, Father. art IN Ne and /
In Thee; that they may also be one in
rs: that the world may believe that
Thou hast sent Ne" And what Christ
prayed for Paul argued for. To the
divided Christians al Corinth he wrote.
Now. beseech you, brethren. by the
name Of the Lord Jesus Christ. that
re speak the same thing. that there be
NO divisions among you. Every
one of you saith, I am Of Paul. and !
Of ApoiIos, and I of Cephas. and Of
Christ Is Christ divided. was Paul
crucifed for you, or even ye baptized
In the name Of PaulT And wha.
Christ prayed for and Paul argued for
we should earnestly labor for. TIE
Christian church as one army. though
divided into regiments and companir
should present united front to the
world that the world may know the
Christ was sent Of God and that the
forces Of evil may be overcome and the
forces OF righteousness may prevail.
BTELE EEADTsGs,
John z, &c; Acts Il. 4147. Rom. x;i,
1-5; XIV, 5. G; Ps. cxxxiiI; Cor. <. 16, II;
Gal ifi, 2T-29; Eph. /, 7-12; Phil. l. q
M. Phil 4f IL