Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-03-16

Church. nor any other human organiza-
ton. but the Church of God-"Fhe
Church of the firstborns. whose names
are written in heaven" That roll con-
tains the names of all the sanity.
faithful. consecrated believers in the
Redeemer-of all denominations and
outside of all denominations.
"Sanctify Them Through Thy Truth"
1t is not sufficient that we get rid of
the errors aid superStitions of the
past. We must supplant those vtb
the Truth. that I'VE may be able to
withstand in this evil dav'' H.phesians
vi. 49,. 1t alone will constitute the
armor of God. Christian people hold
much precious Truth. but hold it in
so illogical and confused a manner
that 1t fails TO give them the needed
strength. God permitted us to come
to this very hour and has permitted
the present tests for the purpose of
developing the characters of the 'IO-
raelites indeed. in whom is no guile
and for the purpose of gathering out
from them all the tares. all the chatf
and all not at heart copies OF his dear
Son. Let me now briefly summarize
the errors of our creeds and briefly i'll
dictate the Bible remedy
None of our Creeds were too strict
in defining the saintliness of the
Church class, invited to become the
Bride Of Christ and his Joint-heirs in
his Kingdom. On the contrary. in
many respects they were too loose
they were not nearly up to the stand
ard of the Masters word. IF any man
will be my disciple. let him take up
his cross and follow me.'' Strait is
the gate and narrow the way which
leadeth unto life; and few there be
that find it" (Matthew vii. IA Jesus
taught that his followers must drink
Of his cup of suffering and be baptized
into his deQth-and not merely into wa.
ter. Our too-low standards have ad-
mitted to membership in all denomina-
tons millions who are far below the
Masters standards.
Our error and deception was the sup
| position that all who are not sanity
all who would not become the Bride Of
Christ, all who are not baptized into his
death. all who do not drink of his cup
of ignominy will be eternally tortured
! This great mistake common TO all
PrOteStants land in the much modi
fed form of Purgatory shared also by
Catholics must be displaced by the
Bible teaching that as soon as the
elect Church shall be completed and
gloriied the antitypical Year of Jubl
lee will begin; that then for the thou
sand years of the reign Of Christ and
the Church as the spiritual Seed OF
Abraham, the non-eLect, of all the fam
lilies of the earth will be blest by the
elect Galatians iii. 16, %; Acts iii
1929. Let us, dear brethren, choose
this day to stand by the Word Of God
to reject all human traditions contrary
are true. just, loving, good.
If occasionally a thoughtless FRIEND
asks. Why do you believe in a Millen
mum? answer that it is one of the
oldest doctrines of Christendom and
above all. the Bible doctrine. Answer
that he who does not believe in thu
Millennium and the resurrection theI
Of the world of mankind-"All tina
are in their graves"-must account TO
the dead in some other way-mus
claim that they have been experienc
ing pain or pleasure for thousands o.
years. or must claim that they are ex
tinct as the brute beast and will hav,
no resurrection or must believe in uni
versal salvation regardless of knowl
edge of Christ or obedience to him
On next Lords Day, we will discuss
the Millennium and show it's absolute
necessity, not only from a Bible stand
point but also from a scientific stand
point. Choose We this day"-to stanC
for the Bible and reason and to op
pose the Creeds of the dark ages anC
their unreason!