Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-06-25

%GAH% A@ZRR 49,
aggregated 'aebts Of ali our c'lar~ts
so mueh' Tie unpaid inc
many OF the d.b,e is-so mr.
ufne ana Clergy expended in +
ptNaars' ete' 10 help pay the eEff'.
lures $50 much. The number
CnuTcn mem bership is-so many. II
number In S,nda, cohoots 10
many
Many Of our dear Christian frien1
say, What lack we yet? Have we no.
really attained the goal of our Churcl
ambition? Should we build finer eel
fees or pay larger salaries? Are We
not straining ourselves with collections
ask of us? I'VE are rich and increased
In goods and have need of nothing
In reply we may suppose the Lord t.
ask, Where did | give you instruction
respecting these things? Where in rl5
Word did you End the suggestion that
what | desired you to do in the worl!
was to erect great church edifices.
piles of stone and iron and mortar.
| polished woods and stained glass
You are not rightly reading my Word
However good in intention, you have
failed TO rightly diUide the Word Of
7ruthF' The Temple respecting which
| gave instruction is the spiritual one.
the Temple Of he holy Spirit-the Body
Of Christ which is the Church. |
fear that yen have forgotten the
true temple oe God while rearing
so many temples of earthly ma
terials. Concerning the true Temple
| instructed you that "the temple
Of God Is holy. which temple ye are
Giving stones being shaped and pol
ished 'for the habitation of God
through the Spirit" Show me what
you have accomplished in this way
Show me TO what extent you have
rightly divided my Word. aud prop.
erly instructed mankind respecting my
glorious character and my great Di-
vine Plan OF the Ages! Show me
fruitage OF the glorious message!
How many in all the millions thai
you report are New Creatures in
Christ Jesus" who walk not after the
flesh. but after the Spirit?" Let me
hear the message of my love anG
grace In Christ as you are proclaiming
it, What mean these sectarian di.
visions amongst your Why are there
so many Church ediices and so few
sanity worshipers? Who authorized
you to put these creedal fences be
tween my people to divide the flock:
Know We not that | said, there is one
| flock and one Shepherd? Why have
you so neglected the spiritual interests
Of my flock and their instruction in
! righteousness? Why are you so unable
to rightly divide my Word?
Instead Of coming together as
Church OF the Living God whose names
are written in heaven you have divided
into hundreds of sects and parties! In
stead of taking my Word as a whole
and rightly dividing its teachings as
between the different ages and dispen-
sations of my work, you have divided
my Word in a sectarian manner. One
sect has made one selection from my
Word and another sect has made an
other selection. Thus We array one
part of my Word against another part
of it, and hence get into confusion
and conflict. What have you to answer
for these things?
With shame of face we must all &C
knowledge that I'VE have done those
things which we ought not 10 have
done and have left undone those things
which we ought to have done, anC
there is no help in us" The proper
thing for us to do, dear Christian
friends, is to get down upon our knees
before the Lord and in contrition Of
heart to acknowledge that we have
wrought 10 deliverance in the earth
isaiah XVI, 49,; that our sectariau
differences are our shame; that the IL
norance that we have all been in re.
specting the Word of God is humil-
, iating. Now that our eyes are open
so that we can comprehend as never
before the harmony Of Gods message
from Genesis to Revelation, II means
a rich feast and blessing to our souls.
The Word Of God becomes more pre-
cious to us daily as we become able
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to the assistance Of our dear brethren
and sisters in Christ, Of all denomina.
/ tons, and to call upon them to join
with us in a determined stand for
righteousness. for Truth, for God and
for his Word.
We must show them that ignoraatly
we and they have d|ishonored our God
by misrepresentation Of bis character
and misrepresentation Of the real
teachings Of the Bible. We must point
them to the fact that the Bible does
not teach that all mankind except the
ELECT" saints will be consigned to an
eternity of torture at the hands Of Gre
proof demons. We must show them
that the election of the Church during
J this age-a sanity little fock-does no
e injury 10 the n0n-elecI- That,