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Asian one of tho constant readers
Of the News, and carefully scrutinize
every article that appears in its columns
and feeling proud that we have such
periodical in our land and country, |
and because its columns are always !
open and full of delightful reading
from all over our land and country
feel that / would like to have little
say in its columns, il you deem my chat
worthy OF space.
I have been very much delighted in
reading and bordering over the 'spats'
that have been passing from the pens
of some Of our correspondents, especial
ly those OF Uncle Joe, ST. John and I'M
Gle Amos Griffith. And now comes one
from Hayron's Chapel under the name
of just One" who asks some very i'm
portant neutrality-suspicious. that are
calculated to lead to some thing good, If
| they are properly considered.
hone ST. John, Uncle Joe, or some
| one else that is fully competant will
! take up the questions, and answer just
! One fully and satisfactorily.
II is not out OF place and you will
! hear with me a little | will endeavor TO
notice some of his very important ques-
tions. lam no st. John or Saint, nor
other apostle of Christ, and do not
claim that | am inspired by an over
supply OF Gods divine powers OF the
HOLY Ghost to answer those very i'm
portant questions infallibly, but | do
believe that have enough of the thus
sayeth the Lord" before me to give him
some divine light on the questions.
The first question he prOpounds is
what IS religion
In answer to this | will refer him the
first chapter of the Apostle James, and
9th verse. 1t reads thus: Pure rellg-
ion and undetiled before God and the
Father is this: TO visit the fatherless
and widows In their affection, and to
keep himself unspotted from the world
Now, Just One, what can be palmer
than this? Is not this an answer to
YOUR question as plain as can be stately
Read the Goth and 27th verses inclusive
and see If your questions are not fully
and satisfactorily answered. Oh, we'll,
soms smart Alec says that James meant
this is only the fruits of religion. Well
1
wrote and spoke as he was moved by
the spirit of God or by the Holy Ghost,
and | do not think the divine pen in
she hand of one of the Lords fully quail
fed Apostles, would write one thing
and mean something else. take il
that if he had meant fruits he would
have said fruits, but not ono word il
mentioned about fruits of any kind.
Now, just One, turn to ST. Matt %
read from 31st to 40th verse inclusive
and see if our Saviour said anything
about fruits in this. Do you see any
fruits about it? No. indeed. He says
For these doings ye shall have hap
py entrance into the joys OF our Lord
just Ones second question is sor
of funny question to me. lie says
What sort of man does it take t.
make christian"
Well l don't know much about thos
"men made Christians" l suppose
Christian that any sort of a man made
would be a very poor specimen of
Christian.
If he had asked which l take it h
meant) what kind of life would
man have to live to live a Christia
Z life / might have better understood til
proposition.
4 If he meant it as he asked it l vii
Y have to leave the question for som
man who has made what they ca
Christians, to answer. think | vi
u derstand Gods plan OF making Chri
d tians but know nothing of mans nal
y ing them. | expect that the trOub
J with our religious world today is tn;
we have too many imam made" Chri
tians. The latter part Of this questic
I is very appropriate and easy to unde
stand. What does he have to do to b
come Christian? We will let diviI
inspiration answer this question.
Paul speaking to our class OF peop
says, "But God be thanked that ye we
the servants of sin but ye have obey
from the heart that form Of doctril
which was delivered unto you, bell
then made free from sin ye became u
servants of righteousness See Rom.
II, Is. Now what made them free
servants Of righteousness. 1t was
beying from the heart that form of DE-
81 trine which hau been delivered to the
@ Is not this plain and simple enoug
AZ Just One" think it is.
His next question is when we
81 come Christians how must we bo ba
V tised? This question seems a lit
II
understand Christian to mean
believer in Christ" not"a believer
~ Christ. The apostle Paul says to be
81 Christ is to be new creature and IL
"A we are baptised into Christ. See Gal
81; consequently we are old (sinne
out of Christ and new (Christiansl
, Christ, so to become new we have to
"baptised into Christ to make
Christians.
} He further wants to know if we
to be baptlsed like Christ. | shol
think he would be poor leader to
an example for people and not exp
them to follow it. He would not hj
went down into the river Jordan q
been baptised if it had not been Deco
u ing to the will of the Father, and
. standing or kneeling on the bank ;
having little water sprinkled or pc
ed on his head had been according
the will Of the Father he, most assur
. ly would have done it that way, but
Record says be went up straightwaY
of the water See Matt, 3: l6 and NJ
1910 and determine for yourself
he was baptised and then so and
7 likewise.
Just One wonts to know if q
dies in sin is there any chance for
hereafter.
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