The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-09-11

eral extracts from a sermon by Car
uInai Gibbons. advocating a unite,
CnrEfendom. One of these we quote:
Hance 1t Is clear that Jesus Christ
INTENDED that His Church should have
one common doctrine. which all Chris
tians are bound to believe. and one
uniform government to which all
should be Loyalty attached. Where.
then. shall We find this essential unity
OF faith and government? / answer.
nowhere save In the Catholic Church. ''
Pf stor Agrees With the Cardinal.
The Pastor declared that he agreed
most heartily with Cardinal Gibbons
presentation In almost every partieu-
lar Cnquestionably. he ayerred. sec
tarianism Is wholly out of accord with
the teachings Of Scripture. st. Paul
pronounces it proof of carnality-of
an unspiritual state.-1 Cor. 3:3-7.
All conversant with history knew
that God had permitted the world 70
witness hrst. united Christendom.
ana second. divided Christendom
FOR long centuries Europe had prac-
ticaily but one Church-Roman Catho-
lie The results surely were not all
that conld be desired: for throughout
that period ignorance and superstition
neid sway. During the last few ceptu-
RES we have had Christendom divided |
INTO seets and parties. While the re- |
suits are not what Gods Word prompts |
US to expect. nevertheless this division
mas certainly tended toward greater
reeuom or thought. greater liberty
from Ignorance and superstition.
hut while agreeing with all the
scriptural premises laid down by Car.
oihai Gibbons. the Pastor disputed the
Snrulnals conclusion that this one
Cnurcn OF Christ is the Roman Church
Equally. however. he disagreed with
the various Protestant systems which
PROFESS each to be the Church. He
eohtenus tnat all are sons of God who
turn from sin. accept Jesus rs their
savior. approach the Father in conse. :
Grafton through Jesus and receive tbe 8
pe2etting Of the Holy Spirit of Cod
whether or not they join the Roman !.
cathoiic or any other human system. )
nut one OF which Is recognized of God. n
Christian Union Never Lost. ].
Inc speaker then discussed the Trua N
churcn OF Christ. From the Scriptural
standpoint. he claimed the masses
"ne'ner Catholic or Protestant. never ar
were that Church. but have been world re
~ people with religious sentiments ana
good desires. who misunderstood the
Teaching of the Bible. What tboso Sie
multitudes Of weIl-meanine but mic pc
'aAen people nave done in the way of of
organizing churches. lodges. banks am
'tc. has had nothing whatever TO do sa,
Win the great organization which God ACE
erected eighteen centuries ago and cha
nich mas persisted In the world AZ n iiol
INIT ever since. The True Church has 1ne
lever been divided. Each member 10 pr
.nited with the Lord. the Head ana ~
trough Him TO every other member sba
TINS One Church has always boon GER
laihtained one Lord Jesus. one fo;tb cor
lis word of Promise-and ono han. the
sm-c conservation into Cbrist's dao,h to '
: Timothy PHI. II: Ephesians 4.Ae core
asAed where is the history of this n !.
nu'en. the Pastor would reply. "Tbe &C.. Sc
o'iu hnoweth us not. even as 1t knew No.
IN not. II John BID The world of
,sus uay consisted of the professad IN,
'si"n'sos Yet they knew not the els.,
eat hedeemer whom God had cont mol
y crucined Him. Similarly. all down gust
gospel Age. the great raIjg,or. 1915
icners or the various systems bavo scrib
recognized the Body of Cbr,st No.
nee the most sanity Characters
'noic and Protestant-have hoo, No
Irtyrs. as were Jesus ona r,, oeeh shall
. anu as some may yet be If an ONT .ne
ra union be effected such as prevan evn
during the Dark Ages. ~. eiua =
Aindiy but forcibly the speaker show nor d
that TO some extent both C.tho,,. tion
o'es.aht systems have counter. chart
Gu .ne True Church. He did NOT ers OF
rye that these counterfeits were IN. other
'.ohai' out merely that the Church
iins under control Of brilliant m;nas The
spirit-oegotten. not Heaven the VI
T. Ioiiowed their MISREPRESENTATION the
scripture. The Catholic Church an ueslgn
Jesus words respecting the "I;tti. service
!. etc. to the clergy. not to the TIL.
'regation. This is the secret of FL MS Ias
hcys great mistake. In their 90. shall :
asucai system they have countar- red or
OF the True Church. The prot upon =
AZ denominations more or less bar. herein
tnis insidious error in n sIiobt,r be sub
rent form. differentiating betwean upon 81
y and laity. Thus the samo s,,,.'a
In all these systems dis' The s
sning them sharply from the Tr,,a lively S
en- all of whom are brethren. their n;
subscril