The Washington times., 1915-03-22

AsI0& 90ssEID said; a.. .on,o mac.
countablc reason numerous Catholics
have gotten the thought that am
their foe. just as Presbyterians' Meth
odists. Episcopalians. Baptists, ec.,
have the impression that ] am lnei
foe. I am the foe to no human oeins,
especially to no Christian. oeleSe
more fully in Free Grace nan Wv
Methodists-that ultimately Eou bes
will reach every human being;
lievc more emphatically than 90 mos.
prcebyterisns that the Church - u"
especially elect class, and Is no" ' Deias
gathered out of the world 10 DC '.ou
agents in the ultimate BLESSING 81 a
the nor-clect. ! believe WIN ne iii
that only the Elect. the immersed WIZ
constitiJte tho Kingdom OF Cod al
,borah 7 deny their claim that oaptism
in water is the real immersion. noIu'
with the Apostle. that 1t ls uaPt's,
into Christ's death. similarly no,u
10 the great Catholic doctrlne Ia L.. the
is only one true Church, founded by tne
Lord Jesus Christ through His -Aposues'
nearly nineteen centuries ago.
am aware that several Churchy.e
claim to be Catholic. each declaring ~
self the true Church ana rePIop".,ur;nI
the others ms heretlcal. l take tne se Ia
hrooder catholic ground-that the "oIu
cathoIic mcars general: and tnat any
limitation such as Roman Catnonc'
croo, catholic, etc. 10 that extent oc
nies their cathoncltN. ernapS, ,,,oro
fore am really saying that ] am ,''o'e
catholic than any OF these nr, ~ ,oi.,,,-
must prove my point or be rn'sun sun
derstood I hold. and few. II any VIII
disu,Ite II. that the one catho,lc OF SCI
eraI Church Of Christ is that men,
tened in the Bihie-''the ,hurcn, %
the F'irst-borns. written IN ilea.It;,, "a
faI
thet the Lord in Heaven RECORDS as
members of His true Church al .ne
saintly-whcthcr Roman taLn1llCe' pan.
rIicar Catholics. Greek tathoiicS' pay
fists, Methodists, PrespS'er'ahs'
and none others. ,.n,,roh
Have we not here the one Cnurcn,
catholic, universal. the oniy LhutIS r.
which the Bible recognizes! IN ~
past we have been too mario" anu no 20
sI,pposcd that God was as narrow as
ourselves. 1t was on this account th1' ,.
Prcsbyterians Roman Cathoncs' Ahsr
cans Baptists and Methodists perse
cuted and were persccuted, cach tr'In
ing itself the true Church. Are We not
oiI getting broader conceptions or our
God and OF His Church? DO we not
see that we were mistaken in Gaining
the outward organization the Nhurcn
of Christ, instead OF rememper,hs Inc the
Church, that He alone reads the hearts.
that He alone is the Judge, ana ina.
! He alone claims the right to blot out
the names of reprobates?
St, Paul wrote against sectar1amsm'
already manifest in his day-some say
! ing: Il am of Paul others. am Ht
| Peter etc. The Apostle asks, is
Christ divided?' q Corinthians |; "
13D He explains that these sectar.an an
names signitied a spirit of division that
| failed to recognize the true Head OF
the Church. His true representatives
and His true members. The entire, foun-
dation of divided Christianity would dis.
| appear and the true Church Of Cnrist
be speedily manifest. IL true catholicity
were acknowledged.
| The great obstacle to unity is the
erroneous doctrine of eternal torment
| We must open our eyes wider ana see
/ that many Of our theories were mol
taught by Jesus and the Apostles. We
! must see that the Church is a com
paratively small company or Jesus
| footstep followers. irrespective or sec
tartan lines: and that the Biole teacnes
/ not that these are to look over the pat.
| Elements OF Heaven to all eternity ano
| see all others in torment. but that they
are to demonstrate their loyalty unto
| death and in due time be ASSOCIATED
! with Messiah in His Millennial King
dom which will bless all the families OF
the earth-the living and the dead VINO
will then he ressurrectcd.
The Twelve Foundation Stones.
|
Cod. the true catholic Church, "art
built upon the foundation of the Apos
ties and Prophets. Jesus Christ Him
self being the Chief Corner Stone
,Ephcsians 2:3oD The Twelve Apostles
are here referred to in their double
| offce-Apostles especially commissioned
by the Lord as His representatives, anC
Prophets. mouthpieces, for the procla
nation of His Message. Jesus pictures
the Church of Glory as the New Jeru
salem. and its twelve foundations a!
! twelve precious stones, in which ar.
! the names of the tlOelre Apostles OF
tho Lamb-no more, no less-St. Pau
| being Gods choice to take Judas place
To think of st. Peter as the only
foundation for the Church would be tC
deny Christ's teaching and st. Peters
own statement-that the entire Churcl
is symbolically represented as Twins
stones built, together by the Lore
through the Holy Spirit q Pete
2:4-l0l 1t was a costly mistake whei
our forefathers. overlooking this we'll
established point of Scripture, though
Of their bishops as Apostolic Bishops
and took their decisions in councils
assembled as the voice of God. TIL,
voice OF God to and through the Churcl
came only through "the twelve Apostle
OF the Lamb" All others claiming thi
authority are denounced by Jesus Him
self as pseudo o-Apostlcs-falsc Apostles
l-Revelation 90.
Power In Heaven and In Earth.
As St Peter was only one of the
twelve foundation stones of the Church
so. likewise, he was only one of TIL
Twelve to whom the Lord declared
Whatsoever yc shall bind on cart
shall be bound in Heaven: and what
socN er ye shall loose on earth shall b
loosed in Heaven" (Matthew 1S:1S)-
the same statement exactly that o.
another occasion He made to st. Pete
only But Hs gave the keys to 81
Peter alone.
Would it seem reasonable that Jesu
| shnmld tell His AnoSlleS that Go