Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1916-02-03
CAN'T SEE ITS
APOSTOLIC ORIGIN

A man must have tremendous
amount OF cheek to claim the Baptist
Church is of Apostolic origin, Dear
ing the marks of the same. When
possom looks like coon, then it might
be possible for the Baptists to deceive
the majority of Christians and cause
them to believe the Baptist church
was the real, true, genuine cnurcn OF
the Lord Jesus Christ, but so long as
there ars $50 millions of Christians
scattered over the earth that can trace
their origin, step by step, and INK
nv link. back to the Apostle Peter,
there is no danger of the Baptlsts or
any other 10th century sect deceiVlng
intelligent. honest sekeers AFTER the
truth, Poor Baptists are deceived and
being deceived, the blind leading the
blind. The idea of bridging a gap OF
1900 years to connect the Baptist Wild
the Apostolic church is ridiculous.
1t isa species of false teaching no
honest, intelligent man can swallow
but the apostles foretold about these
false teachers, so it doesn't surprise
ms In the least if there are raise
churches, for nearly all honest mon
concede that there is but the one holy
nure. genuine church-the Catholic
church is the only church under heav-
en- that can claim without missing
link Apostolic succession. All others
are false and spurious with no sort OF
legal origin whatever. they are not a
respectable counterfeit of the one true
church that has stood the test for ~
centuries. She has has assault after
assault made on her, and the gates OF
hell have not prevailed against her.
She preserved the gospel-of the son OF
God in the face and fury OF pagan
Rome and hid the manuscript unoer
the catacombs of Rome. Sne wrots
out the gospel of ST. Mathew in the
year 80 and gave it to the world.
-Four hundred years after she can
onized and guaranteed the bible to be
the word of God, and yet in the face
of all this she is traduced by these
false teachers and false churches.
What would the Rev. G. d. Dykes
know about the Bible being the in
spired void of God, If it was not for
the testimony of the church. He
must certainly know we had the
church before a line of the New Tes-
lament was written, and he certainly
ought to know it was not the Baptist
church. Gods two witnesses are the
church aud spirit, which are rejected
by the 10th century sects that infest
the land.
Brother Dykes. like many Others,
seems to not understand the origin OF
faith. Perhaps he would do well to
read 9 Thess 9:14, We have. through
the church, many things handed down
to us by tradition. For, instance, can
onization of Scripture, and regarding
the Sabbath. These changes we're of
apostolic origin and propagsted by the
Catholic chulch. If the Catholic
church is spurious church, why does
Brother Dykes and his so-called
church, accept the Scriptures as in
spired. Why do you and the church
honor the first day of the week in
stead of the seventh. Don't you have
to look outside of the Bible and to the
voice of Tradition. in other words,
the witness of the church.
Now, I'll close and ask all who
think their church is the one church
to prove it. step by step and link by
link. Christ's words will stand when
this world is on fire, and His church
lives and is prosperous above all 9th
er churches combined and the gates
of hell have not yet prevailed and new
er will. She lis stronger today than
ever before, and her power and in
fiuence is wonderful. l wish all men
would study the doctrine Of the Holy
Catholic church, is my earnest prayer.
UNCLE TOM.
Daylight, Tenn.