Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-08-12
TINE CHURCH or cHRlsT A GLORIOUS
CHURCH.

feet and gave him to be the head over
all things 10 the church. 3"
Now, ] call your attention to a do
scription Of the church, as the great
apostle Paul gave to the Ephesians.
Read Eph. 5, 25-26.27 Husbands
love your wives even as Christ loved
the church and gave himself for it that
he might sanctify and cleanse it by
the washing of water. by the word.
that he might present it to himself a
glorious church, not having spot or
wrinkle or any such thing. but that it
should be holy and without blemish. -
This church is the church of Christ.
1t is not the Baptist, nor Methodist
nor Presbyterian nor Campbellite nor
Catholic nor Lutheran nor Old Hard
shell Baptist, but every truly regener-
ated man and woman in the world
compose this church.
Now, this church is full of mission
airy zeal and love for lost world.
Notice the great commission that our
Saviour gave his disciples: go We,
therefore, and teach, or make discip-
les Tor christians) of all nations, bap-
tizing them in the name of the Father.
Son and Holy Gho,t," Math. 2S:t9,
with the promise, "Lo. am with you
always. even unto the end of the
world" Math. 28:2O. This great
commission shows plainly that God
would not only have us use our money
in helping to evangelize the world,
but would have us to go az missionar-
les to take the gospel to the heather.
Read Rom. 1912, ''for there is no
difference between the Jew and Greek,
for the same Lord over all is rich unto
all that call upon him" 14th verse,
How then shall they call on him in
whom they have not believed and how
shall they believe in him of whom
they have not heard and how shall
they hear without preachers and
how shall they preach except they be
SENTr' Read Acts ] IS, Jesus said,
"Ye shall be witnesses unto me in Je-
rusalem, (their principal city, and in
Judea, their own nation) and in Sa-
maria, Ia nation despised by the Jews)
and unto the uttermost parts of the
earth.
Read Rev. SO, "And they sung a
/ new song, saying thou art worthy to
of for thou vast slain and vast re-
deemed into God by thy Blood out Of
every kindred and tongue and people
and nation" The meaning of open
ing the seals was the inroad or chan
Dels opened to all nations by the great
Blood covenant, and the faithful work
of men and women, who have gone to
the foreign field as missionaries and
suffered untold hardships in helping to
bring the heather to Christ. Accord
ing to the old Baptist idea, such man
as Bishop William Taylor made great
mistake in his work in the South Sea
Islands in bringing thousands of men
and women to Christ, who had once
sat at cannibal feasts. In the last con-
ference that he was in he arose in the
great audience and said with voice
full of emotion: 81 want to bring fif-
teen thousand Kaffirs to Christ before
l die" But according to the Old
Baptist idea Hardshell would have
to do that work or it would not be gen.
uine. God pity such ignorance. Their
strength is to sit still. Jesus Christ
was a missionary. God sent him to
this world. Read John 3:17, ''For
God sent not his son into the world to
condemn the world but that the world
through him might be saved. Read
John 90, 81 ''As my father hath sent
me even so send l you.
Now, in regard to Sunday schools,
} find no Scripture condemning them,
but do find many warnings in Gods
word against wine and strong drink
and filthy tobacco, foolish conversation
and many other things | could men
. tion. Yet many so-called christians
are finding fault with the Sunday
Schools and other things that help III
on to better life and will comprom
4 Use with ungodliness, live in error anC
: die and sink down into an eterna
hell. Why do you oppose the Sabbath
schoolH Read Cor. 1927, IS: NOV
We are the body of Christ and member
in particular, and God hath set some
in the church; first. apostles; second
j ly, prophets; thirdly, teachers. Nc
I doubt the apostle has reference to tn,
teaching of Gods Word. Read Epn
4, 11-12: "And he gave some apostles
and some prophets and some evangel
@ lists, and some pastors and teachers fol-
d the perfecting of the saints, for tn
u work of the ministry, for the edifyinI
n of tine body of Christ -
SO the Old Baptists can't lay an.
;, | claim TO raul TOT he was ullSSlOudT,
d himself and believed in all good works
l Christ was missionary. His Fathe
, sent Him. John the Baptist was
: missionary in the wilderness of Judea
4 so Bro. "Hardshell, l expect tina
u when you get this coal of fire on you
old hardsnell that you will crawl on
S of your shell and fire another blan
+ shell, so in conclusion l will preac
4 you hardshell sermon and expect
hot reply.
The preacher said. ''Bretbrun an
y Sisterin, you will find my text some
J, whar betwixt Generation and Revolu
IL ton that reads like this-ah, 'Fa
away on the Hepszidam mountai
. whar the whangdoodle mourneth fo
. his young l don't know jest wha
$ that great mountain is but it pear
ter me-ah that it ust be-ah, some wha
e in this world-ah. My dear brethrur
and sisterin-ah, you can see-ah by tn
way old Blaze face is a-pantin-ab tina
!, / have rode a long way-ah to spea
u to this dying congregational, and
g and behold-ab, as / was ridin' long
l. ah, passed by an ole mill pond-at
!, and an ole dead snag had shot up OF
" of the water ah, and 10 and behold
N alb, an ole mud turkle had crawle
u up thar-ah, a-sunnin' of him self-at
II ord ha Xoolr a fri 0ht at old Rlaz.