The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-03-20
THE CHURCH OF CHRIST


| l.ast niHht Mir noen spoke At tire
Main Street Christian church on
the hiatory ~ the church tie eaih
that what God docs is perfect aud
that when he established his church
npon the earth il was "A marvellous
power on the first day II its history
/ IL gathered congregation of > 600
| persons. but divisions hogan and
| prosecutions because of bitterness
| OF opinions followed The members
OF the church shed rivers of blood
because heresy- hunters were trying
| To lead Il over the cousciencas and
souls OF men. Victims were burned
at the stake, and this was done In
| the name OF Jesus Christ Parties
fought one another like Wild beasts
and the church went down grade at
| "A terrific rate. The church became
exceedingly corrupt. until the priests
| coined dollars by selling the prisil-
| ege to commit sin and practice lust
But lights began to spring up here
and there along the pathway OF dark
ness Sayonarola lifted his voice for
a pure religion and the priests
burned him at the stake. Wyckliffe
helped to give the bible back to the
people. and after his death the
priests dug up his bones and public
lly burned them casting the ashes
into the stream. Martin Luther was
climb bing the stone steps in Rome,
kissing each step as he went, when
the thought entered his soul that 1t
was not pennance required by human
tyranny, but faith in Jesus Christ
that could save Luther preached
and corrupted church trembled.
Calvin and Wesley led the church
to higher purity and to better SER
vice All these men did a great and
Christ-like work. Still there was
more to do to lead back to where
God had planted his church. The
church was still divided. There were
parties and contentious. Here ana
there men arose who longed for the
union of Gods people. Strangers 10
one another they all studied tne
same Christ and the same thoukn'
was conceived In their hearts--.n'
1 a
~ Iesur Chrint for his follower
when he prayed that they all ma
be one. that the world may believ
THAT thou hast sent mel" In NOrtl
ICarolina was James O'Kelly, {
Methodist minister; In Vermont waf
Abner Jones, Il Baptist minister; in
Kentucky was Barton W. Stone. a
Presbyterian; in Tennessee was
Mulkey, a Methodist; in Pennsylvan-
la Thomas Campbell, a Presbyterian,
and at Oxford University in Scot
land a young man-Alexander
Campbell All these he'd the same
thought-the union of the people of
God. In course of time they became
co-workers and the great movement
for restoration was born. These men
knew that union would never be ac-
complished on humanity made creeds. !
names or on rules of !
faith written by uninspired men. For
a creed they chose that given by God |
to Peter, Jesus is the Christ, the |
Son of the Living God" AS rule of
faith and life they discarded every
thing except the Book of God. For
names they accepted those given in
the New Testament. For baptism
they agreed to practice that which
is admitted by all the world to be
genuine. They never dreamed that
it was at all necessary that all should
entertain the same opinion concern
ing doctrine or hold to the same
practices regarding expedients.
Faith in Christ and obedience 10
him was the only tests of Christian
or of church fellowship. They did
not make a fight on Christians as /
their purpose was not tu estrange
but TO unite. that the world might
be led To accept Jesus Christ
At the close of the sermon four
persons confessed Jesus Christ. |
There have been forty-ttvc additions
TO the church since the meeting be-
gan.
Tonight Mr Ho.u will speak On
The City Of Jerusalem His per
sonal knowledgc of the most thor
oughly celebrated city in the world |
history will guarantee and interest
ed audience