The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-07-03

Christ shall be all and in all" Then
we will have brought about the mil
lenium With the awful destructive
power now known to man, and because
transportation now places every COM
munity of the world on the battle
front, in another great world war
there is danger of the world almost
practically committing suicide. Our
uniting our forces, eliminating the
sinful waste of sectarlan expense and
eyangelizing the world is a matter of
tremendous Importance.
Issac Errett gives us this beauti-
full word picture: "a brotherhood re-
deemed united only in Christ, with
no test of admission but submission
to Christ, and no test of membership
but obedience to Christ's command
ments-such a brotherhood enjoying
in the closest spiritual unity the high
est spiritual freedom and consecrat-
/ ing all their powers in holy enthus-
iasm to the worlds regeneration,
would soon Danish infidelity, super
stition and tyranny from the earth,
mould the governments of earth into
more human forms, drive out self
| ishness, oppression, aristocracy and
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ideas of the fatherhood of God and
the brotherhood of man, and plant in
all lands, and in the islands of the sea,
peace and good will among the famil-
les of mankind. The spirit of God
would brood lovingly in dove-like
sweetness and gentleness over such
a scene, and heaven stoop down to
bless, with unwonted lavishness of
bounty, the reconciled earth"
In reply to the contention OF Messrs
Mains and Tyler, business and pro-
fessional people and farmers of En-
NETT that as the Christians are all
headed for the same place we should
all unite in union, work together as
one organized body for the building
up of great community church which !
will serve the community and meet all 4
demands in that service which cannot /
now be met because of the wasteful |
extravaganza Of divided christianity |
/ am authorized by vote of the mem
bership of the Christian church of
Emmett to state that we will agree to
any one of the three propositions:
First. If the christian people of
Emmett will unite on the New TesIa-
ment as their only authority in reii-
gious faith and practice, require
nothing as. a church ordinance except
ing that which is clearly, explicitly
and unquestionably required by the
New Testament is silent, give every
man liberty of thiught upon question
able things, but bind as fundamentals
upon the church only those things for
which one can lay his finger upon the
chapter and verse of the New Tesla
ment for the plain and unquesrion-
able "Thus saith the Lord" as a
church organization we will by the
sale Of our property and underwrit-
ng the balance among the people of
our own faith put $4,000 into the
church building, the pastor
will resign, the church organization
~ill completely disband and as indi-
iduals become members and support
RS of the community church This
will enable every person who loves
ruth and Christ above party to get
ogethcr on the basis of a lasting
mon Any compromise devised by
nan excepting under Christ's ctm-
and unquestionable authority
will only result in another division. 1t
5 now = good time for those who long
or Christian union in Emmett 70 be-
in the earnest study Of the Bihle to