Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-15

tphose names are
Britten In heaDen" (Hebrews xii, 29l.
AS last Sunday the question was,
What is the True Gospel" and we
found that true Gospel more or less
scattered in all the various creeds, and
none of them the pure and unadulter-
ated Gospel, 80 tonight we should be
prepared to find that the ono true Church
OF Christ for the past eighteen centu-
ries has been scattered here and there
amongst various denominations, and
that not one OF these denominations is
the true Church. Not one Of them can
claim to contain all the wheat and
none of the tares.
THAT They All May Be One"
l remind you again Of the simplicity
Of this Gospel which recognizes the
broad outlines Of the Divine Plan and
allows each individual t. see as many
Of the finer lines Of the same as his
spiritual development will permit. On
that broad basis Of Christian union the
early Christians were one and repro
hated any diuisian-St-paalr ahuhe1
those who said, | am Of Paul; l am of
Apollos; I am of Peter. AS only Christ
died for all of us, he alone must be
recognized as our Savior. AS He is the
Head Of the Church and the only
Head, He only must be recognized. AS
all We are brethren, so the class distinc-
ton as between clergy and laity must
be abrogated that we all may be one
Church with one faith, one Lord and one
baptism and one Godand Fatherover all.
Babylon the Great, the Mother of
HarIots."
How the divided Church with clash
ing creeds appears to the Almighty, He
tells US, calling us Babylon-which sig
nifies confusion. And who can deny
the appropriateness of the name? In
times past Catholics have applied this
name to the Protestant sects, and the
Professionals In turn have applied 1t to
the Church Of Rome. But when we
come to examine the Scriptures on the
subject they seem TO include all-the
Church of Rome being represented as
the Mother Church and the various
Protestant Churches as her Daughters.
The charge of harlotry which the Lord
makes against Mother and Daughters
must be acknowledged, although with
some this harlOtry has been more open
and pronounced than with others.
Spiritual harlotry represents the con-
dition In which the espoused of the
Lord becomes affiliated with and Joined
TO the world. The Church of Rome be-
came affiliated with or united to the
civil government Of Rome and when the
Roman Empire went to pieces she en-
tered into covenant relationship with
various divisions Of the civil govern
ment, and some Of these paramours
she still has, while others have left
Italy. Spain Is moody; Austria-Hun-
gary is her chief reliance at the pres
ent time. She Is we'll treated In Amer
lea, but not Joined to the American
Government. She is well entertained
and given every liberty in Germany
and by many In Great Britain, but
these countries are not her paramours.
The Greek Church is united to the
Russian Government: the Church of
England to the British Government.
The Lutheran Church Is Joined to sew
eral European governments. Others OF
our Protestant Churches, having no op'
p~ortunity for a~filiation with earthly
governments, have become united to
worldly systems, worldly organizations
of their own, In which, as a rule,
wealth, mammon, sits at the head of
the table. Like mother, like daugh-
tiers" is an old saying.
Union of the One True Church.
In a word, our Lords prayer win be
realized by the "overcomers." They
will be one with Himself and with
the Father, lone Lord, one Faith, one
Baptism, M God. the Father" But
as for the nominal systems their fu-
ture will be destruction as systems,
though many of Gods dear people in
them, failing to overcome, viii be
Saved 80 as by fire. in a great time
Of trouble with which this age Will
terminate and the new age Of the
Kingdom be ushered in q Cor. LII, 16).
You have my plea. Christian Breth-
rem, for the fulfllment Of the Masters
prayer In the union Of the Church
Dh4ch Is tho Body OF Christ" S"thc
Church OF the First-born, whose names
are written In heaven" This union
will not necessitate any r~eorganfza-
ton "a q new sect or new Church 1t