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sm0y. Win reverence, because many
r. our creeds are white with centuries.
4hey were the creeds Of our fathers
md mothers. They must not be ham
l)ed ruthlessly. unkindly. But We
must approach the subject with cour-
40 becau&e 1t IL \ Christian duty. For
1pag centuries Gods people have been
11vided into scots and parties. separat-
q By creedal fences. At one time
lhey gloried in their differences. and
Destroyed one another in their zeal for
Nhat they believed to be the Truth.
Now We zee more clearly that none
6 our creeds are without Jaw. Now
- sre willing. yea. glad. to take the
4uth wherever we fin0 1t sind to &C.
knew1e0ge the error. though It be our
SWn: The oneness Of the Church re-
Quires that We should have this cOur-
&c! The interests Of the world de-
nand It: We have come here realiz-
II that the time for covering errors.
g which we are ashamed. IL past; that
re time for reverencing God and His
Word has come.
Z A. We Not Al Christians?
Our topic must be. What is the Cos.
pel Of which st. Paul was not ashamed
-''the faith once delivered unto the
saints"-"One Lord. one Faith. one
Baptism" (Ephesians ". s..
The speaker showed that the Roman
Catholic Church. In order to unite with
others. would need to cut out Of her
creed everything not found in the BIZ
bls-pra yers to saints. homage to pic
lures and images. the sacrifice Of the
mass. holy candles. holy water. Pur-
satory. the infallibility Of the Pope
and the general theory that the clergy
alone are the Church and brethren Of
Christ. and the laity the children Of
the Church.
The Protestant Episcopal creed next
lad attention. Little that was objection
able was found therein. One point alone
could cause any hesitancy. he was sure
Apostolic Succession. He urged that
no Scripture could be found sustaining
this theory In clear terms. On the
contrary. he gave numerous citations
81 proof that the twelve Apostles only
possessed plenary inspiration and were
directly under Divine control-St. Paul
hiking the place Of Judas.
Election MISUNDERSTANDING.
81 ton.
The Westminster Confession. the
1Dundation Of the majority of Protes-
,4Aont creeds. distinctly emphasizes the
Dachings Of Brother Calvin. We can
IN agree that the words elect and
solection. predestinated and foreordain-
"a. are Scriptural terms and that a
truth must underlie and pervade them.
But 1t will give none of us any pain
40 repudiate entirely the peculiar def
1itiOns attached to these words by
Brother Calvin. Surely we are all
prepared to deny that a God of JUS
ice. Wisdom. Love and Power fore
ordained and predestinated from be
1Ore the foundation of the world that
everybody but the ELECT" should go
to eternal torment.
Baptists and Disciples. Pastor Rus
cell declared. have something further
70 surrender Surely they may keep
water immersion. Surely they may
!. claim that. more fully than sprinkling.
represents the underlying thought
Impressed in the symbol. But the un-
1easonable and unscriptural thing
which they must renounce in favor
- union IS that water immersion is
- test Of membership in the Church OF
Cnrist. They must admit that Corne-
nus. at least. was accepted Of the
YAeA - >ho uo1x, Sn{rif
before his baptism in water tActs K.
~.
Baptists and Disciples should see
the absurlity of claiming that only
the water immersed are members OF
the Church of Christ. for thus. accord
ing to their theory. they would be
0ooming to eternal torture as unsaved
III Of their Christian brethren who
had not been immersed. Surely Bap-
tsts and Disciples. therefore. may be
expected to promptly and heartily re-
pudiate these test features Of their
theories.
The Methodist Creed was next ex-
amined. 4 was commended for the
Prominence 1t gives to the Love Of
God and His forbearance with the
misrepresentation Of those who hon.
eotly seek to be His children. The
speaker asked the Methodist brethren
% foreeo the worship Of their Church
ana to give the more homage to the
Lord He admitted the masterfulness
OF their organization. but reminded
them that their Episcopacy is not
modelled after anything shown us In
the New Testament. 1t does not even
pretend to be any authority along the
lines Of Apostolic Succession. 1t must
admit that the establishment Of its
bishopric was. at least. semi-fraudu-
lent-a supposed emergency. born Ct
error that an Episcopal ordination
was necessary to authority to preach.