The Cairo bulletin., 1907-11-04
"HYPocRlTEs I'M CHURCH"
Many Good Men and Women Guilty Of
Wrong Doing Through Human
Weakness.

i Rev. Chas. H. Armstrong Of the
Lutheran church took for his subject
yesterday morning so Many Hypo
crits IN the Church. He spoke IN
rart as follows
| In John 2l:22. last clause Christ
makes rse OF the following words,
What is that TO thee? Follow thou
me We deem this response of his
in reply to a trivial question by one
Of his disciples. fitting answer to
these who magnify the number Of
hypocries supposed to be in the
church.
The InfaIIibie Basis.
In dying Christ eonsummated the
4plan oil salvation" becoming the
cornerstone" Of the Church In this
institution, hoary with age and Ct
Divine origin. there is one way OF sal
vation recognized: viz, through faith
III Jesus Christ, To whom every knee
shall bow, every tongue confess He
himself. says Il am the way the
truth. the life. no man cometh to the
father but by me- The Church was
nercilesslv assailed by unconyerted
Jew and Pagan Rome, but within
three centuries after the chureh's In-
ception the Gods of the Pantheon
paled into mist and legend. and
throughout the great empire the new
faith--that OF Christ-began to be
dominating one The Church still ex-
lists, a Divine institution, numbering
among her standard bearers the faith
fui followers of Christ. found in every
denomination in the world Men diff
fel in religion. politics. sociology. 1t
could not be expected for unanimity
to be found in the Church regarding
much Of detail doctrine and poity.
Amy fair-minded. sane individual Will
admit his fallibility. that his think
ing so" doel not always make 1t so.
Christians today are divided into
those who recognize an infallibleI
Church and the ones adhering to an
infallibe revelation from God through
a book, the Bible Comment Is I'M
necessary as to the right and
wrong" of these camps. Instead Of
the different denomination" being
an element OF weakness" as is some
times alleged, we believe them to be
0 source OF power, An element OF
strength True. in the years gone by
much time was spent and animosity |
.neendered-far from Christian |
5birit-in profitless debates" aud I'M /
-alled-for strife among the leaders in /
he different branches Of the Church;
tut happily. those DAYS are over, and
while differences" exist now as then,
-eason dictates that those who see"
slike doctrinally should associate
themselves together for concerted ae-
ion not against brethren Of oppo-
lite. or different faiths" but against
Evil, More and more with each pass
NJ year the slogan OF the Church is
In essentials unity, in non
essentials liberty. and in all things
harity"
Harmony in Choice.
Each one of us should identity him
elf With the Church. with that branch ,
his opinion-interprets re- ,
called Truth in harmony with his
Jews especially so II he shall have ,
made careful. prayerful. ccsscien-
ious effort to find OFT what body of
ne Church holds TO the truth as he
an honestly see IT, The Church is ,
he way into Gods kingdom. To All 4,
rho are out OF the Church. We would
ay. Cease to do evil learn to do +,
ood amt -actively-with some ,
ranch OF the Church whore YOU can
n at home thereby working hoping
nd praying for Gods will TO be done
n earth as in heaven.
To this advice some viii reply. but ,
there are so many hypocrites in the
.hurch." II by "hypocrites" YOU
lean those who are not yet perfect.
tho commit sins. make mistakes.