The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-09-04

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tlRASIOR RuSSEllD Hebrews 4, 12-14.
The Bible is most
explicit IN Its declaration that Jesus, as
the Antitypical High Priest, offers but
one sacrifice Of Himself for the sins OF
the world. In our context st. Pau
points to the fact that the typfca
priests Of the Jewish Era repeated
their sacrifices yearly, on each succeed
ing Advancement Day. He netes to us
the fact that those were merely typical
sa0Aaces, which could never take away
sins; and then he tells US that the one
Esmiaos, on the ono Atonement Day, by
the Antitypdcal High Priest. 10 80 com
plets rs to le9ve nothing further to be
done. Christ dieth no more
death hath NO more dominion over
Him. 'sThis He did once. when He
offered up Himselr' without spot unto
God" Rsmans " 8; Hebrews vii, ~;
II. ~ A. matter 80 well established
we should settle In our minds and not
allow any theory or supposed necessity
10 nsvs NJ stherefrom. S
However, we behold two great Chris
tian comnunSCns holding a different
view-the High Church OF England and
the Church Of Rome. Both hold the
doctrine introduced into tho Church
about the Fourth Century, the doctrine
of the Mass. This doctrine holds that
the death of Christ cancels original
sin for believers and brings them into
Fellowship with God through faith In
the redeeming blood Of Christ But It
philosophers that sins committed after
coming into the family Of God need
cancellation also, and that nothing ex.
cept the blood Of Christ, the death of
Christ. can take away sin; and that the
merit of His death at Calvary having
been used to cancel our past SINS, q
fresh sacrifice Of Christ Is necessary
for the more recent sins.
Sacrifice Of the Mass.
Proceeding with the philosophy they
ask, How can we get fresh sacrifice
of Christ and apply 1t and thus be kept
cleansed in the sight Of God7 They
answer that the bread and the wine of
the communion service, after being
blessed. are the actual flesh and blood
of Jesus, and may be used afresh In
sacrifice for sins. t
Applying this philosophy these Chris
tian brethren perform a common. or
Low, Mass for general sins, In congre-
gattonal way, and High Mass for spe-
cial sins. Their Church services &C.
cordingly are not SO much studies or
expositions Of the Bible, but more par
ticularly participation in the cleans
inss supposed to accrue to all who at.
tend Mass.
Those who fall to attend Mass at
JsaSt once in year are supposed to be
horribly defled with the accumulated
sinA. The congregation assembled
rE1iss and prayer are chanted. and
then the officiating priest approaches
what they call the altar of sacrifice
o. = are the bread and wine, which,
being blessed, are instantly turned into
the actual flesh and actual blood Of
Christ The offlciating priests and as.
ssciates and 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 flesh. Thus the sacrifice Of the Mass
for the sins of the people present is &C
complished. Nc wonder the people are
anxious to be present, to be cleansed
afresh Of their sinsl
Net only is 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 Mistake?
With our convenient Bibles Catholic
and Protestant, we have much advan-
tage over our brethren of the Fourth
Century who invented the doctrine of
the Mass We now see that it Is I'M
scriptural and that the bishops, once
bbRPSc~o " NC SdNNCcSOt0 vi tuc
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
the sins of the whole world-past, pres.
ent and to come. Gods provision in
Christ for the forgiveness of sins is
applicable only to Adams Tor original
sin. and to such weaknesses as have
come to his children from that original
sin by heredity. God does not propose
In any manner to forgive sins wilfuily
committed. They receive stripes OF
punishments in proportion to their will
fulness.
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