Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-09-07


forever them that
s1.slalA e..a are sancti1ed." =
llPASl0R RUSSELl)l Hebrews x, 1914.
The Bible is most
explicit in It's declaration that Jesus, as
the Antltypical High Priest, offers but
one sacrifice Of Himself for the sins Of
the world In our context st. Paul
points to the fact that the typical
priests Of the Jewish Era repeated
their sacrifices yearly, on ench succeed
ing Alouemcnt Day lie notes to us
the fact TINT those were merely typical
sacrifices, which could never take away
sins; and then he tells Us that the one
Sacridce on the ono Atonement Day, by
the Antityplca High Priest, is 80 com.
plete as 10 leaye nothing further TO be
done. Christ dleth no more;
death hath no more dominion over
Hlm;" This He did once, when He
offered up Himself without spot unto
God" Romans VI o; Hebrews vii, q;
tx. 14l A matter so well established
We should settle In our minds and not
allow any theory or supposed necessity
to move us therefrom.
However, we behold two great Chris,
tian cOmmnnlons holding different
vlew-the High Church Of England and
the Church Of Rome. Both hold the
doctrine introduced into the Church
about the Fourth Century the doctrine
Of the Mass. This doctrine holds that
the death Of Christ cancels original
sin Tor believers and brings them into
fellowship With God through faith 10
the releenlng blood Of Christ But 1t
philosophers TINT sins committed nfter
coming into the family of God need
cancellation also and that nothing eX
cept the blood Of Christ, the death Of
Christ can take nwNy sin; md that the
merit OF His deuth at Calvary having
been used to cancel our past sins, q
fresh sncrnce Of Christ Is necessary
for the more recent sins
Sacrifice Of the Mass.
Proceeding with tho philosophy they
ask, How can we get a fresh sacrifice
Of Christ and apply It and thus be kept
CleunSed In the sight of God2 They
answer that the bread and the wine Of
the communion service, after being
blessed nro the actual flesh and blood
Of Jesus, and may be used afresh In
sacrifice for sins.
Applying this philosophy these Chris
tlan brethren perform common, or
Low Muss FOR general sins, In congre-
gatlonOl way, and High Mass for spe-
cial sins Their Church services nc.
cordlngly nre not 80 much studies or
expostlons Of the Bible, but more par.
ticulOrly a participation in the cleans
lngs supposed to accrue TO all who at
tend Mass.
Those who fall to attend Mass at
least once In year are supposed to be
horribly de1led with the accumulated
sins. The congregation assembled,
praise and prayer are chanted, and
then the officiating priest approaches
what they call the altar OF sacrifice.
On Il are the bread and wine, which,
being blessed, are Instantly turned into
the actual flesh and actual blood Of
Christ. The officiating priests and as.
soclates aud the congregation are all
on their knees TO worship the Host--to
give reverence to the freshly created
Christ on the altar. The officiating
priest then rises and breaks the bread
Of desh Thus the sacrifice Of the Mass
for the sins Of the people present is &C,
compllshed No wonder the people are
anxious TO be present, to be cleansed
afresh of their slnsl
Not only IL the sacrifice of the Mass
thus made for the living but Christ Is
similarly sacrificed for the dead sup.
posed to be suffering In Purgatory.
Where Lies the Mistaken
With our convenient Bibles catholic
and protestan0 we have much advan-
tage over our brethren Of the Fourth
Century who Invented the doctrine Of
the Mass We now see that Il is un,
scrptural and that the bishops, once
supposed to be Successors OF the
Twelve Apostles, erred-in other
words. they were not inspired they
were not successors Of The Twelve.
Whatever things these bishops bound
on earth were not bound In heaven
they made mistakes. as we all have
and doubtless Just as honestly as we.
Bible students see clearly that the
one sacrifice OF Christ is sufficient for
he sins of the whole word-past, pres
mt and to come Gods provision in
Christ for the forgiveness Of sins is
Ipplicabe only to Adams Tor original
IN. and 10 such weaknesses as have
ONE to his children from that original
In by hprpdlty God does not propose
D any manner to forgive sins wilfully
They receive stripes or
IN proportion to their viii
ilness.