El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-08

giving promise Of an abundant harvest
he is wont TO believe that the God OF
nature is possessed OF the aItrlbuate
of love mercy and compassion; but
when. lust before harvest time perhaps.
nature gathers together the winds from
the four quarters OF the earth, and
compressfng them into bombs Of cy-
clouic fury sends them sweeping across
his fields, leaving only Wreckage and
min behind. that farmer 1lndS II rather
dffffcult TO believe that the God OF
nature is. possessed Of the attributes Of
love. mercy and compassion And so
If is with every one who relies alto
eether upon the evidences OF nature
FOR rroof Of love and mercy Of God.
For this evidence We must turn to
the bible. and this suggests another
thing which we believe IN common, that
the bible Is an inspired book, that it
came from God and contains a record
Of Gods dealings with man from his
creation down 10 the present time
There is. no difference between US here,
we all believe alike with respect to the
u A5cceptinE then, as we do. the bible
as a book inspired Of God, we naturally
believe in common a great many things
that are taught therein
Belief in the Bible
X We believe the bible record Of the
creation OF man, his sOjourn in the
Garden OF Eden, his temptation and
faH. his expulsion from the garden,
his separation from the tree OF lie
and consequent death
We believe the record OF Cain and
Abel. Of the world growing more and
more corrupt until all save Noah and
his family were destroyed in the waters
Of a great flood which God brought
we believe, that from the descend
ents Of Noah the earth was repeopled
and that in the process Of time, fearing
another flood, they conceived the idea
OF building a great tower, as means
OF escape from such a calamity, which
work resulted in the confusion Of
tongues and the dispersion of the peo-
pie into various lands
We believe the bible record OF Gods
call of Abraham to become the father
OF the Israentish nation, OF that ma
tons sojourn and oppression in the
the hand of Moses and Of their subse-
Quent settlement in the land of Canaan
We believe that the nation which
sprang from the loins Of Abraham was
intended to be a peculiar treasure unto
the Lord, the object Of his especial love
and care and that through IL he prom
ised a blessing 70 all the world
Promise Fulfilled by Christ.
We believe that promise was fulfilled
when Christ, the promised seed Of
Abraham came and, by his death upon
the cross slew the enmity that existed
between the Jew and Gentle As Paul
says: Having abolished, in his flesh,
the enmity, even the law Of command
ments contained in ordinances; that he
ments, create in himself of the twain
one new man. so making peace; and
might reconcile them both, in one body,
unto God, through the cross; having
slain the enmity thereby" Hence We
all believe in the divine mission Of
Christ: that he was the son and sent
of God for the purpose OF effecting a
reconciliation between rebellious man
and his God.
We believe that Christ in order to
accomplish his work Of reconciliation.
inaugurated upon earth an institution
known in New Testament history as his
Church" or Kingdom" We believe
also that the purpose of Christ in es-
tablfshing this Institution was, that re-
bellious men might become members Of
it and by conforming their lives 10 the
laws of his kingdom, might develop in
this life those characteristics that
would enable them 70 live in peace with
God in the world to come.
We believe also, that Christ, as the
mediator between God and man, had
the right, the power plenipotentiary. to
dictate to rebellious men the terms Of