The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-16

As's SuHuuy Tue question was
What Is the True Gospel" and ",
FOUND that true Gospel more or Les!
scattered in all the various creeds. AMI
none of them the pure and unadulter
ated Gospel. so tonight we should b,
prepared to find that the one true Churrl
OF Christ for the past eighteen centu
ries has been scattered here and there
amongst various denominations. and
that not one of these denominations Il
the true Church. Not one of them car
claim to contain all the wheat anc
none of the tares.
THAT They All May Be One"
remind you again of the simplicity
OF this Gospel which recognizes the
broad outlines of the Divine Plan and
allows each individual to 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.
bated any division. St Paul rebukec
those who said. am of Paul: am OF
Apollos: nm 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 ye 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 land one Godand Fatherover all.
Babylon the Great. the Mother Of
Harlots"
How the divided Church with ella
ing creeds appears to the Almighty. He
tells US. calling us Babylon-w which sig
Mines confusion. Aud who can depy
the appropriateness of the name? In
times past Catholics have applied this
name TO the Protestant sects. and the
Protestants in turn have applied It to
the Church of Rome. But when we
come TO examine the Scriptures on the
subject they seem TO include ail--the
Church of Rome being represented as
the Mother Church and the various
Protestant Churches rs her Daughters,
The charge of har!otry 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-
1ition in which the cspoused Of the
lord becomes affiliated with and Joined
70 the world. The Church of Rome be-
came affiliated with or united to the
,ivil government of Rome and when the
Roman Empire went to pieces she en-.
cred into covenant relationship with
'arious divisions of the civil govern.
nent, and some of these paramours
me still has. while others have left
Ter. France is gone. Portugal also, and
italy Spain is moody; Austria Hun
,ary is her chief reliance at the pres
mt time. She is well treated in Amer
ca. but not joined to the American
government. She Is we'll entertained
md given every liberty In Germany
mt by many in Great Britain, but
hese countries are not her paramours.
The Greek Church Is united to the
Government: the Church of
to the British Government.
he Lutheran Church Is joined to sew
raj European governments. Others OF
ur Protestant Churches. having no op-
ortunity for affiliation with earthly
overnments. have become united to
'orldly systems. worldly organizations
I their own. In which. as rule.
fealth, mammon. sits Mt the head of
ne table. Like mother. like daugh.
ers' is an old saying.
Union of the One True Church.
In word. our Lords prayer viii be
nalized By the "overcomers." They
I'LL be one with Himself and with /
ne Father .'one Lord. one Faith. one /
aptism. one God. the Father" But (
for the nominal systems their fu-
Ire will be destruction as systems,
Rough many OF Gods dear people in
lem. failing to overcome, will be
saved so as by fire. in great time
trouble with which this age will I
'rminate and the new age of the
ingdom be ushered in Il Cor. iii, 15,.
You have my plea. Christian Breth-
N, for the fnlfillment of the Masters
-ayer in the nnion Of "the Church
hfch fs the Body Of Christ" the
hurch OF the First.born. whose names
e written in heaven" This union
Ill not necessitate any reorganiza-
On as new sect or new Church. It
the true Church, the only one which
Cd has ever recognized. BABYLON
ithout 1t would not be in any sense
the word recognized. and. as s,on
tie "overcomers' shall have esca,ed ;
ON Babylon, Babylon will come In re-
entrance before God that He NAV
ve her the cup of the wine of His
ratb. and suddenly In one hour her
II will occur Revelation xvi. 19). To
e true Church the Lord all along In. S
mated that their oneness is as mem d
RS of Christ, and not in earthly or. d
nizatioHs. Ia