The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-03-17

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promptly ard Thoroughly which course
! they would take Su we may see to-
day that christians ~ ali druomina
tiOns are IN u try iNg losiih' aud tbnt
u prompt tie, iSluu tu stand by Gnd ana
| the Bible - the frrrssirl ihIng for
those who would lp q livcrrd frnm the
| darkness uf tnr past ana avuid falling
into the Advcrsary's great deception Ol
| the present into which their leaderS
are guiding them Unless they heed
| siDppuiiN. the bird lpnding the blind
will tall inir the ditch Uf Darwinism
and the mirp of Higher Criticism
| There are uOi many ways to escape
this threatening caamlty, There is
only ore way the i'iblp way Many
| Baptist and Disciple ministers are be-
comlng awake to the Inconsistencies of
their positions aud drifting without
fOrekDOwl ledge of where their course
will end Fut instance. have before
| mo Ibp words NJ the Rev Dr Mac Don.
aid of my own city Brooklyn. on Feb
ruary 9th. This gentleman spenks OF
| he Baptist Confession of Faith a.
these scdddifRO ciOfhes Of an dnC1en
dOgmCfism " Aud respecting the Bap
tist doctrine which rpcognizrs only I'm
| mersed persons as members of tn
| Church of Christ aud heirs Of saliva
tion. he says. "Hencetorh II ran be
| Jdrded 10 be az de0d az fhe cuies q
SOdOm ana G0mOrrdh. ana as pOrthi
JHried The gentleman rejOiced tina
recently a Baptist minister hnd been
ordained to the sixth Avenue Baptist
| Church of brooklyn who affirmed IN
ldvauce that hr would invite all to
communion aud Church membership
who loved the Lord Jesus lie urged
! hat associate members should be
received into Baptist cOmluuniuns
without imposing baptism upon
hem"
This courageous brother fails to SEE
wherein the course he advocates H.
| illogical What he needs to see Is the
cal teaching Of the Bible on he sui
set OF Baptism that II is baptism nj,
Christ's death and thus into the rcl
Church Of Christ not The Raptrn
Church. nur amy other human ORG uiza
lion but the Church ut God "Ihr
Chur, /. of The lirstburus. whose unines
prr written In heaven That ruil con
tains the names ot all the SANITY
faithful conspcrated believers N the
Redc"mer-Ot all denominations ana
outside of All denominations
'sanetify Them Through Thy Truth
II is not sufficient THAT we get rid at
thp errors ana supprSttions ot the
past We must suppmnt those with
he Truth. that I'VE may be able tn
withstand in Tins evil dav" tEphpsians
vi. 49, II alone will constitute thu
armOr Of Gud Christian people huiu
much precious Truth. tut hold II IN
so illogical ana confused manner
that II fails to give them the needed
strength. God permitted us to com"
10 This very houl and has permitted
the present tests for the purpose OF
developing the characters of the lis
raelites indeed. ~ wnom Is no guile.
aud for the purpose of gathering on
from them all The larps. all the chan.
and all moi M heart copies OF his dear
Son. Lei me- now briefly SUMMARIES
the errors OF Oul rrppds and briefly In
dicate the Bible remedy
None OF our CrpedS were too strict
In defining the saintliness of the
Church class. invited t. 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 ana follow me-" 'Strat is
the gate and narrow the way which
leadeth unto life; and few there be
that fiDd IL" (Nlatthew vii. IA. Jesus
taught that his followers must drink
OF his eHp 0f SHDGiRg and he bdptised
INTO his dcdth-and not merely into wa.
ter Our tOO-low standards have al
United to membership IN all denomina
tiOns millions who are far below the
Masters standards
Our error and deception was the sup
position that all who are not saintly.
all who would not become the Bride of
Christ, all who are not baptized into Ills
death. all who do not drink of his cup
Of ignominy will he ete,nailv tortured.
This great mistake common to all
Protestants iand In the much modi-
tied form OF Purgaiory shared also by
Catholics DIust be displaced by the
Bible teaching that as soon as the
elect Church shall be completed and
glOri6ed 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
Abra ham, the ROn-eiect. OF all the fam
lilies of the earth will be blest by the
elect lGalatians lii. III. 20: Acts iii.
1929. Lei us. dear brethren. choose
this day 10 stand by the Word of God.
to reject all human traditions contrary
to II aud to hold fast the things that
are true. just. loving, good.
IL occasionally thoughtless friend
asks. Why do yon believe IN Millen-