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holy, holy, molly, is the Lord God,
the Almighty, who was II is to

Holy is also applied to persons and
things dedicated to the service of
God.
AT the Burning Bush in INDIAN,
God said to Moses: draw not nigh
hither. Tut off they shoes from off
thy feet, for the place whereon thou
standest is holy ground" One spot
of sand was no better than any ether
in the desert except that it was the
place where God met man. Tae holy
temple Of old and the holy church of
the present are made such by the
presence of the holy God in the midst
Of His people.
The holy people of old were used
of God in a peculiar May to ,a the
recipient of His ruth. me holy
Church is a people set apall Tor the
service of God.
The term Catholic should apply to
the Church universal, and n-.~r to
any one branch of the Church 10 the
exclusion of others.
8. In thinking of the holy Catno-
lie Church it is necessary always 10
keep in mind the actual and tie idea.
IN ideal Republic is one where eacn
citizen is free and exercises the
rights, and responsibilities OF OMlzen-
snip. ~ man who pays his taxes and
oGeys the In an ideal Iiepub-
lie the term honorable can be truth
fully applied to every man holding
office, in such a republic every man
viii be contented and happy.
The actual republic, while unques
tionably the best form OF govern
ment the world has ever had. is a
decided modification of this ideal.
There are t~aX-dodgers who refuse to
bear their burdens and perform their
duties.
In the actual republic there are
anarchists who murder presidents
II plan to the overthrow OF the
government. .ut we never thing of
r~epudiating the republic because it
is not yet ideal. The actual proceeds
the ideal in the Church as we'll as i'm
government.
Men have misjudged the Church
and misunderstood the Scriptures,
failing to distinguish the aetna from
the ideal Church.
t.. We meet men who say they
can worship God in the woods better
than in the Church, reminding us
that Gods first temples We're the
groves" But that was savage man
the Druids of England and the wor-
shippers of Thor and Odin in the for
>'So VI A1tASpS, hS MAloulp u. All
of them was made horrible with hui
man sacrifices. The man who for
sakes the Church on Sunday and
takes to the woods is in a fair way
to return to savagery.
No beautiful sunse ever saved a
soul from sin but a searching sermon
does. Our Lords final command to
His disciples was to go into all the
world and preach the gospel to every
creature, baptising them in the name
of the Father and of the Son and of
the Holy Spirit. The only organ
ization attempting to carry out this
command is the church.
Paul declares it to be the purpose
of God, the Father, hat every knee
should bow and every tongue con-
fess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the
glory of God the Father. In the up
per room Jesus instituted the Lord
supper saying, "1nis is My body
which is given for you; this do in
remembrance of me. This cup is
the new covenant in my blood" The
only place where this command is
obeyed is in the church.
ii. The Church represents over
forty centuries of organized religious
effort. Acts 7.3S.
L. Beginning with the affairs and
offerings of Abraham and his Gescen-
dants continuing in the Tabernacle
service with it's sacrifices and offer
ings and it's ministering priests Gull
minating in the elaborate temple SER
vice, with it's altar of sacrifice it's
golden lamps-the Holy of HOLES
with the ark of the covenant and be-
fore the veil the altar of incense,
the multitude of whiterobed priests
and the neat temple choirs.
2. Then came the capture of Jer-
usalem the destruction of the temple
and tie exile of the people.
In the 1877 Psalm we hear the walls
of the heart broken exiles, by the
rivers of Babylon. There we sat
down, yea. we wept, when we remem-
bered Zion. upon the willows in the
midst thereof we hanged up our
harps. Then in order to keep alive
the fires of religious hope, the lead
ers organized schools for religious in
struction-the synagogues.
After the return of the exiles and
the rebuilding of the temple, the
synagogue still held an important
place as the church school.
From the beginning to the close
of His ministry Jesus taught both
in the temple and in the synagogue.
The church combines the worship
in the ancient temple service with
the instruction Of the synagogue and
the higher i%nspirational service of
Christianity.
The Christian Church represented
the devout souls who responded to
the call of Christ. Through the cen
turtles the church has been composed
Of the people who having heard the
call of Christ responded to that call
uniting themselves together under
His leadership to extend a knowledge
of God and to establish His kingdom
among men.
The Church is lie spiritual build
ing, being built upon the founda-
ton of me apostles and prophets,
Christ Jesus being the chief corner
stone"
For other foundation can no man
lay than that which is laid, which
is Jesus Christ" Cor. 3:11.
III. The place of the Church in