The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-18

thought that they were doing God ser
 vice. but the results did not accord with
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 always carries with t a curse: this is thu teaching of the Word of God. The curse
 may only directly touch upon your tenn.
 pcrai POT interests !. as in the ,. sad history oi
 spiritual growth as in the case of the Galatians when they yielded up the doc
 trines of grace for a dead tituaiism: or fl
 may blight your prospects of eternal life
 that they might be damned, but in every case, and at all times, the error Is fol- lowed by it's curse. If the curse varies t Is because the errors are different in kind or in degree. In the human body there are some parts vital, and some non-vital: so in the whole body of truth may be drawn the same distinctions. If you de- stroy a vital part of the body. you die: loss And 50 in relation to the teachings of the Bible. if you reject those teachings which relate to your souls deliyerance from sin and death. you must perish; but those precepts which relate to outward ohservances. you will be as the servant. who knew his Lords will and did 1t not and be beaten with many stripes, but you |, If If. Tn This s is ii the % teaching S of f common sense. If believe that carbolic acid is harmless, and drink 1t, my sincerity will not avert It's fatal effects. Just in pro- portion as am honest in & the dsiusicn ..,r. of the railroad switchman, who Is color
 blind and hoists the wrong signal does not prevent the awful loss of life which
 follows If the officers 2 Ssh. ship s,, should lc ignorance, or by false figures In their ta- bles, or misplaced mark upon the quad rant, whether by their own fault or the fault of others whom they irnocently they are In the right course will not save them or the crew from the consequences of having deviated into . wrong course. The member of an Odd Fellows the .Masons are also secret organi-
 zation he therefore has q right to enter
 into thelr meetings, but If he should try
 it. he would find out his mistake. MT.
 difference to a man if he thought that q
 triangle was as good as circular wheel
 in machineryf"N In response to the
 quality of substances, forms of sub
 stances, combination of substances, and
 nature of motive powers does success de-
 pend on sincere believing. or on right be-
 iieving. Should man think 1t makes
 no difference what he believes SO long as
 he Is sincere. and say, Il wish to raise
 corn. but have no seed corn. I believe
 good as another therefore I will plant
 grass seed and have as good a crop of
 corn as any one else. Now would he
 have a crop of corn? what would his
 he was, the worse off he would be, for If
 he was not sincere he might slip off and
 get a little corn and plant that A man
 Is bound to believe not only sincerely hut
 sorreety.| It Is true ,,tn in every day hs. life,
 latitudinarians declare that they are anx-
 ious to secure the highest type of char
 acter, and that in consequence they are
 indifferent to what man believes but 'tis just here that the inherent weakness
 of their position shows itself. for there
 Is hardly anything more evident than
 the dependence of character and conduct
 on what the mind regards to be true.
 ''As man thinketh in his heart so is abominable deeds in the name of con- science, because they believed that they were right Conscience Is the creature of education and therefore may make us Is good or that sin is virtue; if we reject the doctrine of the Divine right to control all our actions. and regard God as a cruel tyrant; If one day Is the same as any other for purposes or aInusenent or or gain; then 1t will be impossible for us to steadily obey the moral law. or yield the worship which is due to Jehovah. or the reverence which Is due to His Holy day. We will not pray unless we believe in prayer--we will not be holy unless we 
 is determined to great extent by our belief If we are sceptical, if we doubt this inspired word. then we can not nr1-
 joy the comfort which Is afforded by the conviction. that we can ascertain the truth, and that 1t assures not only of the Fatierhood of God. but Of the immor- tality of the soul. The advocates of liberalism proclaim their gospel In tho progress Why should we maintain the Bible as our guide if there were no real necessity for correct belief. All history proves that unless we desire the bloody progress of the French Revolution. or or the days of the Commune, the authority of the Scriptures must not be weakened.
 'EnRiAnd's Bible," said England's Queen. lis the source of England's great ness" Those who would obscure It's claims are the apostles of religious stag its mischievous workings do not stop here they operate fatally in the sphere of morality. If 1t is all one what man be. lieves so long as he, is sincere, then 1t will not prove prejudicial to a community should citizen believe that lying, fraud, murder, arson, and adultery are right and Innocent. If 1t is all one, then what be- comes of the open saloon, of fragrant Sab forms of vice, which they who practice may honestly believe there is no harm in, without any respect to what does the word of God say? Is this the progress of the new gospel? We have always thought that these vices retarded the on- ward march of humanity, and that any sentiment which encouraged them was a crime against the race. And, thank God, I believe so still. Not only, would there be the practical destruction of morality, but it would overthrow the influence of the church of Christ. It creates feeling of license and lawnessness everywhere: If this saying be true, then 1t Is small matter whether men respect the author ity of Christ or not. It tends to insu- bordiiation. I charge upon 1t the irrev- erence which so largely prevails toward things. and the indisposition to obey the Lord Jesus Christ as he has commanded, which mars the profession of too many of his disciples. It Is the cause of the Ordinances of Baptism and of the Lords Supper being neglected; of prayer forsaken; of discipline ignored. It Is corrupting the church; it is injuring the community. It is the paralysis of progress Why have men toiled and sac- ersed deserts. endured cruel mockings, and suffered the loss of ali things2 For the truth they have labored and we havo entered into their labors. For truth they l have denied themselves. and shall we | deny the truth? They thought that the l worlds best interest were so vitally con- nected with the truth, that they laid down | their lives for 1t, shall we esteem 1t as B plaything to be tossed from us if we | will? If 1t be true that 1t makes no dif- | ference what a man believes so long as Ter and die, and there Is no difference be- .ween sin and holiness, truth and false- hood; then these martyrs for the truth ire deserving of no more honor than