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statement Of the Reform Faith" IN lieu
Of the Westminster Confession IN n
recent statement Row carter paid, US
published IN the Nov York Worlds
~ In important To rid the church
of u bad uood, but sllll more impot-
! amt 10 dmpol from the liyoA ~ men the
| gloomy ldo1a Of religion which 40 with
| ne old Drppds, ana most OF all the
! dtcpdlul dogma " endless torment
which has caused u'h ntonso suffcr-
ing
"rho Westminster Confession Pre-.
stntH for the worship ana allegiance Of
man "a God who according 90 the good
| pleasure NJ Ills VIII assigned the mill
| Hons NJ lno human race 20 endless tor.
wcnt before thty were born or had done
| good or ill ~ this number large
| company died In infancy and committed
| no personal truusgresHlon The whole
! hcnthuu world forms another large
company by the teaching OF the Con.
ftrsion Homer ana Virgil Plato and
Socrates, cato and Anloninue Con-
fuciug ana lNutnma, are ~ this mo.
| mont roasting In The literal flames of
he'll IRE ana shall 20 burn Tor ever ana
ever
"Tho Westminster Confession In fact
| says that God NJ a monsters modern
theology says that he IN not, In this
| 10 nirnco Hes the Whole glat Of the cone
| feAslOn, | ENory nbrp ~ my bee
| Ink rlRee UP AK inst this uod.d lsh0nors
Ink theology win the utmost forvor
of my soul | reject this god OF the
Confession, ana 40 fully nv ! reject his
god, 10 gladly DO I receive the God
ol the Gospel Of Jesus Christ.
Nov why should there be any zeal
| Ihlu nuIIualan UlIl lIu nod IbuI
! many reject with such adherence Why
should II be ~ cherished and main
| tnned2 As Elijah said 10 Israel ~
| the Lord be God follow Him; brt n
| Haal then follow him. No can II be
said 10 the General Assembly II the
| dod Of the Gospel be tlod follow lllmi
| but II The God Of the Confession be God,
follow him. They cannot keep the one
God Tor their creed ana theological
HemInunos ana the other for their pull
pts ana common talk
The gentleman donouncos In most
Vigorous terms the hypocrisy Of the
clorgy Of his church, solcmnly Nhrm.
Ing In the act Of their ordination that
thoy nocopt the Westmlnstor Confess
sion. when IN their hearts they ropudi-
ate much Of II, ana 40 admit IN conyor-
sation, lie argues that this bad creed
should be got rid OF" and that 1T Ia
more seriously important than sending
missionaries to china, for there IL No
uso Of sending the truth abroad II wo
Eve he At home
In view Of these dcnunclations by a
noted minister ~ the Presbyterian
church II N useless for Hpologlgls and
shlcdcrs Of the present creed TO pretend
that the Westminster Confession, ~ II
stands. does not convey the dogma NJ
the eternal torment Of non.oloct per.
sons, including infants and others not
ordained before they were born unto
eternal He, ana oomprchondms all the
ilelthcn world and every individual
who has not saying pith IN christ ere.
otcd In him boy the grace Of God with.
out effort Of his own,
| .-,------
The modification Of modern theology
among the various sects of chrlslcn.
dom II undoubtedly due IN large de.
gree, to the PRONUNCIATION Of the prO.
cIplos received by dlvlnc revelation
through the great Prophet OF the Nine
tccnth century IN n revelation given
In September $780, i Is dcclarcdi
"But behold say unto YOU that IT.
Tie children are redeemed from the
foundation NJ the world through mine
only licgoltcn" Doe ana COW ?, IA.
The following paragraphs are from
the Book Of Mormon poges 6lO, 6li,
"Bohold / say unto YOU that this
| thing Hhall yo teach, repentance ana
baptism unto those who are account
able and capable ~ committing sim
yon teach parents that they must re-
pcnt aud be- baptized and humble
themselves me- their little children, ana
they shall all be saved with their little
children
"And their little children need no re.
pcntunce, neither baptism, Behold,
baptism In unto repentance 10 the ful'
nlllng Of the commandments unto the
remission Of sins,
"lut little children are alive In christ
| even from the foundation of the world,
"Iittlo children cannot repent. whore'
fore II " awful wiokodnoeN to deny the
pure mprciog of Clod unto thom, for they
are an alive In Him bccnuec Of Ills
| mercy
The hUptpm commanded by christ
IL 10 be- preceded by faith and reponl'
uucc, but infants, being Incapable Of
roth ana repentance ana having no
sins Of their own to repent Of or bo
rcmlllcd, their baptism In any form
~ needless and wrong lut aa CHRIST
blessed little children whom hc wae on
earth ana declared that "of such ia the
kingdom Of hcnyon,' no In these days
Ills servants have been authorized To
bless and give them namo IN n
revelation given In April 1890 the Lord
said,
"Eypry member Of the church NJ
christ having yhidroh Ia 10 bring ihcm
unto the Elders before the Church who
are a. lay their hands upon them In
The namo uf Jesus christ ANA bloW
thom IN hg uumc' Doe ana cow
page 2lA,
As To tho hoolhcn nations and an
pcoplo who have not had the opporuml'
~ of hoarmg aud receiving en- rcieot'
mg the Gospel of christ while in tho
noph the onror OF redemption lR to be
mndo 10 them after death I'm the spirit
po that AN the race Of Adam may hcor
ana lo Judged by the everlasting Cos.
pcl tho one divine plan OF salvation.
And AN are free 10 receive or reject
n ON their own agency NF Nnu ordained
before the foundation OF tho world,
Election, proclamation ana toro'or.
dunlm are correct principles. In 80 Car
op hoy relate 10 particular culhngs ana
appointments In lhlS Me- for special
works mud purposes 10 ohoct the de-"