The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-20
RAPID CITY. SOUTH DAKOTA,

the false. the immortal and the NOR
tai. the perfect and the imperfect
Jesus referred to this difference whe1
he said: "Ye must be born again,
or "ye must be born anew" as it i
in the revised version. He also re
ferred to the true man when he said
BE We perfect, even as your Fathe
which is In heaven is perfect" Tha
Is, ye must be borne out of sin ant
imperfection into sinlessness and per
lection. for this is the necessity O
your btrthright as the image ant
likeness of God.
II this Scripture Is to be taken a
Its plain meaning, we have laid the
foundation for further Scripture
which shows Gods power and pur
pose to transform the false into the
true, by the destruction of the false
This is the only real transforma.
ton.
Hear the "sweet singer of Israel
in the 1O3 Psalm:
"Bless the Lord, o my soul, and
forget not all his benefits: Who for.
giveth all thine iniquities; who heal.
eth all thy diseases; who redeemeth
thy life from destruction; who
crowneth thee with loving Kindness
and tender mercies; who satisfieth
thy mouth with good things, so that
thy youth is renewed like the ca
gle's." And listen to the prophet
jeremiah (33): Call unto me, and
| will answer thee, and show thee
great and mighty things which thou
knowest not; Behold l. will bring it
health and cure, and l will cure
them, and will reveal unto them the
abundance of peace and truth"
OF old, as now, those who trusted
to human aid, instead of the Divine,
suffered the consequences of their
lack of faith and understanding. In
l6 Chron. we read: "And Asa in
the thirty and ninth year of his reign
was diseased in his feet, until his
disease was exceeding great; and YET
In his disease he sought not to the
Lord. but to physicians" What was
the result? The record laconically
tells us: And Asa slept with his
fathers. and died in the one and for
tieth year Of his reign" We note
that Asa slept with his fathers, not
his Father. How many since Asa's
time have slept permaturely with
their fathers for a like reason!
Jesus Teaching.
The Old Testament teachings. as
indicated by the few citations made,
furnish an abundant foundation for.
the New Testament doctrine Of heal
ing through the divine law, and espe-
cially the teaching and works of
Jesus. l might quote extensively
from the New Testament did time
permit. but l shall confine the quo
tations to the sayings and precepts
OF the founder Of the Christian re-
ligion. This should be sufficient auth
GRITTY for every protesting Christian.
Jesus sent forth his twelve disci-
pies to preach and to heal the sick.
He gave them a commandment,
called by some Bible commentators
his Great Commission. In Matthew
10th, this commandment is thus re-
corded
Go not into the way Of the Cen
tiles, and into any city of the Sam
aritans enter We not; but go rather
to the lost sheep of the house of Is
rael.
And as ye go preache, saying, The
Kingdom Of heaven is at hand.
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers,
raise the dead. cast out devils; freely
We have received, freely give.
Provide neither gold, nor silver.
neither two coats, neither shoes. MOI
yet slaves; tor the workman is
worthy OF his meat"
This commandment Is a unit. It
Is not two commandments. There
is in this language no warrant for
any attempt to separate the com
mandment by declaring that the part
relating to preaching was to be per-
petuated, but the part relating to
healing the sick was to be put aside.
as having reference only to the time
IN which, and those to whom, 1t was
given. Even II, for the sake of argu-
ment. the kind Of preaching men
toned in the commandment had been
practiced, and a present kingdom Of
heaven had been preached, we yet
maintain that the part relating to
healing sickness ts ag nlain and i'm
perative as that pertaining to preach
Ing. We should thus maintain IL we
rested the question alone upon the
words I have quoted; but we are
not compelled to Dc this. After his
resurrection and Just before h,s as
cension Jesus gave to the same dis
ciples ts whom he gave his first great
commandment (~excepting Judas Is
CARROT who had betrayed himl a final
commandment. This constitutes the
two last verses Of the Book Of Mat
thew
Go 70 therefore. and teach all ma
tons. baptlzlng them In the name Of
the Father, and Of the Son, and Of
the Holy Ghost.
Teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever I have commanded
you: and, 10. / am with you Away.
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