The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-21

for our Justification, assembled on high
to be our only mediator in the sane
tuary in heaven, where through the
merits of his shed blood, he secures
the pardon and forgiveness of the sins
of all those who persistently come
to him and as the closing portion of
his work as priest, before ne takes
his throne as king, he will make the
great atonement for the sins of all
such, and their sons will then be
blotted out and borne away from the
sanctuary, as shown in the service OF
the Levitical priesthood, which fore
Swallowed and prefigured the ministry
of our Lord in heaven.
Inspired Scriptures.
g. That the Holy Scriptures of the
Old and New Testaments were given
by inspiration of God, contain a full
revelation of his will to man, and are
the only infallibIe rule of faith and
practise.
4. That baptism is an ordinance of
the Christian church, tc follow fabE
and repentance-an ordinance by
which we commemorate the resurrec-
ton of Christ. as by this act we show
our faith in his burial and resurrec-
ton, and through that, in the resur-
rection of all the saints at tie last
day: and that no other mode more
fifty represents these fasts than that
which the Scriptures prescribe, name
s. That the new birth comprises
the entire cha nge necessary to fit US
for the kingdom of God, and consists
of two parts: First. moral change
wrought by conversion and a Christian
life; second a physical change at the
second coming of Christ. whereby, II
dead. we are raised incorruptible, ana
if living are changed TO Immortality
in a moment, in the twinklinG of an
eye.
:. That prophecy is Part of Gods
revelation to man; that II is included
in that Scripture which is profitable
t. doc n
US and our children; that so far from
being enshrouded in impenetrable
mystery. it is that which especially
constitutes The word of God lamp to
our feet and a light to our path; that
d blessing is pronounced upon those
who study it; and that consequently
il is TO be understood by the people
of God sufficiently to show them their
position in the worlds history and The
special duties required at their hands
World Events in Prophecy.
= That the worlds history from
specified dates in the past, the rise
and fall of empires. and the cnrono-
logical succession of events down 10
kingdom. are outlined in numerous
great chains of prophecy; and that
these prophecies are now all fuItll1eo
except the closing scenes
s. That Gods moral require mentS
are the same upon all men in all dis
pensations: that these are summary
contained in the commandments Spok-
en- by Jehovah from Sinai, engraven
on the tables of stone, and deposited
in the ark, which was in consequence
called the lark of the covenant, or
testament; that this law is immutable
and perpetual being a transcript OF
the tables deposited in the ark IN the
true sanctuary on high, which Is also.
for the same reason, called the ark OF
Gods testament; for under the SOUND
ing of the seventh trumpet We are told
IL Of
in heaven. and there was seen in his
temple the ark of his testament
Worship on Saturday
9 That the fourth commandment
of this law requires that We devote the
seventh day of each week, commonly
called saturday to abstinence from
our own labor, and to the perform
ance of sacred and religious duties;
that this is the only weekly Sabbath
known to the Bible. being the day
that was set apart before Paradise was
lost and which will be observed in
Paradise restored; that the facts
upon which the Sabbath institution is
based confine it to the seventh day,
as they are not true of any other day,
and that the terms Jewish sabbath as
applied to the seventh day, the Chris
tian Sabbath, as applied to the first
day of the week. are names OF human
invention. unscriptural in fact. and
false in meaning
A peculiar People.
10. That the followers of Christ
should be a peculiar people, not fol-
lowing the Tnaxi1nS. nor conforming to
the ways of the world; not loving its
pleasures nor countenancing its fol-
lies: inasmuch as the apostle says
that whoever therefore will be" in
this sense "a friend of the world is
the enemy of God" and Christ says
that we cannot have two masters, or,
at the same time serve God and mann
mon
II. That God. in accordance with
his uniform dealings with the race.
sends forth q proclamation of the ap-
proaeh of the second advent of Christ,
and that this work is sym boliZed by
the three messages of Revelation Il,
the last one bringing TO view the work
of reform on the law Cf-God- that his
people may acquire a complete readi-
ness for that event
L. That the grave, whittier we all
tend. expressed by the Hebrew word
"sheoF' and the Greek word "hades,"
Is a place. or condition. in which there
is no work, device. wisdom or know
ledge.
IS That the state to which We are
reduced by death is one of silence, in
activity and entire Inconsistencies.
Bodily Resurrection.
H. That out OF this prison house of
the grave, mankind are 10 be brought
bv a bodily resurrection. the righteous
having part in the first resurrection.
which takes place at the second COM
ing Of Christ; the wicked in the second
resurrection. which takes place in 2
thousand years thereafter
L. That at the last trump. the liv- J