The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-11-06
MEMORIAL
UNION Sc lGES
10 az HELD AT CENTRAL cH Ris-
THAN cHuRcH stJNDAY.sAFf Ea--i.s,
NOoM-oTfIER CHURCH
AVfloUNEEMEN

services at sfhe Central Christian
Church; where a great revival is m
progress was announced by Rev. Girls
so. the pastor to be as follows for Sun
! Bible School at $3.50 a. m, saymour
MoIntEre, Supt. II Is expected that
the revival will be greatly manifest
Fin an the classes. Do not miss the
fllustrated talk by Evangelist Sniye.
~. Be on time. ~
Junior Christian Endeayor at 200
D. m. Preaching by the evangelist at
f10:45 a. m. and 1880 p. m.
AT three O'Clock there will be acid
in the church a Union Memorial Ser
vice in honor of the pioneers who laid
the foundations of the religious life OF
the different churches in Fatrmont
There will be a representative speak
er for each church, either pastor or
prominent layman. This will be
especially to all Christians. All the
services Will be held in the church.
corner OF Second street and Walnut
avenue, tomorrow. Go early for a
good seat. Sunday will be a red-let-
ter day in the life Of this congregation.
Many new members will be added
this week. The revival moves on
with ever increasing power. The mus
Tic and sermons get better every day.
Great numbers of men are attending
the services. This is. as it should be,
every man in Fairnlont knows that he
ought to be a Chs istian and can give
no good reason why he should not at
once become one He knows that 1t
would be better for him. mis- family,
his business and his town.
To-day come with reason five for
heing Disciple.
v. The Disciples teach that the or
liginal creed of the church was the
Christ A person not doctrine, AIM
self not something about him, some.
thing he taught nr commanded. TO
accept his sonship, Christhood, divtn-
ifty and confess Fin .publ.cally EMIT
lies the confessor to baptism, to all his
promises and all the privileges OF the
church. The supreme faint was In
the supreme person. for faith can
lonly be in a person, never In thing,
ltrutn or doctine as such. lie saves
tus not faith nor baptism nor both. The
Disciples teach that we must go back
Iof Westminster, back of Augsburg,
/ back of Nice, back of Athanastus, back
Iof the SO called Apostles Greed to the
true apostles creed the Christ. Ev-
Ierytnfng the church teaches, holds, be-
llieves, or practices must be Christie
centric. He is Alpha and Omega.
With the Disciples the New Tesla
'ment Scriptures faithfully translated,
properly interpreted and correctly ap.
ap1ied constitute the only standard OF
faith and doctrine and the only conon
Iof the Christian life. These alone are
Jauthorative and SUFFICIENT, wholly and
always sufficient, for all possible con-
\ tingencies of human life and conduct,
lThen all that is unscriptural, or eX-
ltrascriptural, or ultrascriptural is
either antfscriptural or supurfluods so
1 far: as the needs of the Soul are con:
cerned. The various and divers'fi fed
symbols and creeds based on philos
ophy no longer held true, born out
of issues long since dead, couched
lin terms now meaningless, permeated
Iby principles become obselescent, and
subscribed repudiated for simple soul.
faith in Jesus. In our next reason we
shall speak OF the position Of the Dis
ctples on the church ordinances In
which 1t will be seen that they stand
upon Catholic grounds. holding po-
sitton that has never been in contro.
versy.