The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-04-04

life of faith and harden the hearts of men, No
true and great work of grade can be expected to
commence until they exposed rejected
They array themselves like Judaism against the
gospel. Not they organized system of
persecution, but organized system of false opi-
ions They disguised than Unitarianism
Yet equally denial of mans ruin by the fall, an
equally opposed to the Spirits glory and work"
DR.. Hodge says in his able review of Beman on the
Atonement: I'VE do not believe there is truth
enough in this theory sustain the life of religion
i'll any mans heart" and then proceeds charitaby
to express the opinion that neither DR.. Beman
DR.. Cox, any good man really lives by it. The
New School view of Regeneration is dangerous
and deadly perverson of the gospel doctrines
their view of Atonement and Justification
If there a time in the history the
Southern Presbyterian Church which called for
vigilance and the summons of the old spirit of
staunch adherence to the Old and Covenanted
Greed of the Presbyterian Christians, now that
time. Look and look closely before you leap A
torrent of enthusiasm for external unity seems 10
be sweeping over Christendom. 1t will be realized
in those happier ages of the kingdom when "the
watchmen see eye to eye but never before,
basis but the sacrifice of the Truth. The late
convention in New York gave remarkable
plication of this principles it provided for
side unity, without any creed at ALL One at least
of the roots of this attempt to go ahead of the
Providence and Spirit of Cod in the reunion
between the Old and New School Assemblies of the
Northern Presbyterians All the which
driven out by the heroic struggle 1878, were
deliberately brought back into the Reunited North
em Church, under a formal treaty securing the
right of these errors to live and propagate them
selves throughout the denomination Now the
Southern Presbyterian Church is invited to
that denomination under the same established con-
dftions Let the people of the Southern Church
consider and fairly comprehend what is involved
in this proposal.
L. 1t involves open breach and reputation
their Covenant a church. They came togethe
ucti mt thaSs
Standards We under covenant to teach ce1
tain truth yielded by certain constructions of
Standards as adopted from the Word of God. w,
under covenant to resist all errors opposin
these views The very first effect of Organic
Union will be to break this covenant to pieces.
2. second effect will be to break down the
security of our churches against the influx tn
errors which have been pointed The South
ern Church would not tolerate these errors nov
in her pulpts, in the delverances of her ohurc,
courts, in the literature she disseminates. Brt
Organic Union will throw open her congregation
to the entry of New School men protected by tn,
Treaty of Reunion, and no Southern Presbytery ca
protect their congregations against them. The
will have the right to claim entry into churcl
courts, as well as into congregations; and M
rule of ministerial examination can prevent it.
g. 1t will establish over you the autocratc powe;.
of the Northern General Assembly with the powt
to enforce over any recalcitrant congregation the,
danger of expulsion from all it's property. Organr
Union will establish the Walnut Street Church de
cfsion of the Supreme Court every dollar
worth of our property. A tremendous in
strument of tyranny and oppression cannot be con
ceived.
4. 1t will sacrifice the fundamental principle
doctrinal fdelity-the creed principle of a singl
construction of the Standards. Greed is the def
milton of doctrine and a covenant to maintain
TO allow of different and divergent constructions
to destroy the creed both definition of doctrTn
and covenant to maintain it. Still serious
~, it is to betray the truth itself which God ha
revealed for that truth is single, that it, has bu
one meaning and to allow It to be construed
different ways. is to betray the truth itself