The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-01-13
THEME: CHURCH UNION RICH

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as everything new must first be cru
CITED. A county Agent said to far
mer recently, "The Corn Club Boys
are raising 100 bushels Of corn to
the acre." The farmer answered, Il
don't believe it, my grandfather
didn't do such things" If our fathers
lacked vision, is that why we should
follow in their steps?
The cry against church union, is "You
are trying to rob US of our convic-
TONS" No, but we will have to be
robbed of some Of our disposition be-
fore church union is reality. Our
convictions are not in the way but
rather our self-willed dispositions.
First, The truth contained in the
text is so plain and simple that only
persons willfully dishonest will per-
vert it.
l have before me beautiful per-
sonal letter from Hon. Robert H. Gar
diner, who is the greatest laymen in
the Protestant Episcopal Church to-
day. On his letter heads he has the
text in Greek, Latin, andEnglish. You
may twist other texts in the Bible to
mean what the author never intended
they should mean, but here is one
that you cannot misuse even if you
go to the original sources to do it..
| 1t is as plain in the German Luth-
eran Bible as it is in the Douai-
Rheims version of the Catholic
Church. There is absolutely no quib-
bling about this text in the original
M. S. S. as l have the copies from
the Greek texts before me, also
have the German Lutheran, Catholic
and American Revised translations
on my table.
There is but one Of three deduc-
lions to be made. You must cut this
text out of your Bible to get rid Of
it,-or YOU MUST ADMIT that our
present UNCONVENTIONAL system is Un-
scriptural, Unchristian, an injustice
to God and the Holy Spirit. We often
hide behind an excuse and call it a
reason. Isn't this true?
Second, Why should there be so
many denominations when we all
agree on the following fundamentals ?
1. One God, three persons in the
God-head.
2. One Word, the Bible, New and
Old Testaments.
3. One Savior, "For there is no
other name under heaven given among
men whereby we can be saved
4. One Condemnation, Gail have
sinned and come short of the glory
of God"
5. One Atonement for Sin, "He
once for all offered Himself up for
our sins"
6. One Holy Spirit.
7. One Eternal Life.
8. One Church, the Body of Christ
"For we are all members of one
body"
9. One Judgment.
10. One Lords Supper,-"Not the
Presbyterian, Methodist, or Baptist
Supper, but the Lords Supper.
II. One Baptism, though many
forms. Cali are baptised into Christ. u
We may disagree in some particu-
lars in the above list but one thing
you cannot disagree on and that is
''That Christ is the Son of God, Savior
of the world. That by accepting Him
as our Savior from sin, and confess
ing Him before the world we are
saved" Who dare add or take away
one word from this statement!
Isn't that broad and morrow enough
to include the entire Kingdom Of
God? The trouble is that we mis-
take doctrine for discipline.
Third Our Present Denominations
method is wasteful COMPETE
tive System
1t is being realized that competi
ton in business is wasteful, tina
finally the consumer pays for this ex
travagance. Since this is true in com
merce it is much more in evidence
in religion. One merely need men
ton the maintenance of three to fv
large churches with salaried min
listers, often at starving salaries
where one church and one ministe
with trained church visitor as as
sistant would do more effective work
In fact two trained nurses and an ex
ira Bible teacher could be employs
with a margin in the treasury at tn
end of the year.
China could use 5000 workers thi
minute; and 10 millions of dollar
could be effectively used at this crit
ical and receptive period. But, n
1.-THE church must waste its men an