Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1921-04-08

religious conditions of life," and thi.
"equalizing" will most certainly b,
"downwards" and finally embracing
those sins once hated. The trend Of
an intelligent denominationalism ha.
always been toward the mark Of
the high ealing of God, which is il
Christ Jesus" Jesus never gave hos
!. pitable reception to any proposition
of a compromising nature concern.
ing the establishment and progress
of his Kingdom. The DEVILS aim is
to get us all in one organization, and
then Swallow the whole thing" like
Catholicism as we understand it.
1.-The Peace Argument. There is
no merit of value in this cry fol
peace" 1t was a distinguished Eng.
lish author who, in one of his plays
makes a character say, clay on
Macbeth, and d-be he who first
cries: Hold; enough. Satan has
been crying peace for sixty cen
turies; but there can be no peace so
long as he rules the hearts of men;
| is found in the Community Church. p
| The true Christian is called SOL
dier;" and by all the known laws and
rules of warfare, the call for peace
implies willingness to make con-
cessions to the adversary; the terms
OF peace proposed by our common
advosary cannot be accepted by the
church, the principal condition being
THAT the world may continue to
live in SIM" The Church would. in
accepting such terms, prove trail
tor to her noble cause and Leader.
II Satan wants peace for the sake
OF public welfare, let him "surrend-
er" every living soul and institution
to our Lord.
ILLS an Organic Church a Ne
cessity? He who affirms this promo
sition is forced to make his arru
ment in the face of all fundamen-
tai truth, both natural and revealed.
a-Nature. In nature we find that
scenic beauty which is wonderful
SOURCE of mental inspiration and ioy
to all lovers of this variety picture.
painted by the invisible hand of
God for the entertainment and joy
of His creatures. What a miserable
world this would be if there were no
variety in flowers, birds, animals,
trees, music, oratory, literature, sci
ence and philosophy! o, what horror,
If we all thought alike! If our
thoughts were like those of the "Holy
Rollers" What would shackle the
human mind to these things. Away
with such horrors!
b-Revelation. 1t has been said
that there are no two things alike
in the world; and 1 would like to ex-
tend this space to the universe. The
stars differ in glory; who would seek
to abolish the glory of the human
mind, its verigated thought. Its in
tellectual beauty, a divine endow-
ment? A source of joy forever! The
Bible does not teach this proposed
unitary theory. In the Old Testament,
the Kingdom of God is represented
as being constituted of the Twelve
tribes (classes) of Israel; this sys-
tenn of religious government was
termed a Theocracy; here we have
local religious government, just as
it is today, the free choice of the
people interested. In the New Tes-
lament, this principle of variety" is
enlarged and extended to include
Foreigners" which the Hebrew
economy did not. Jesus said, "He
that is not against us, is for u.s."
Here Jesus conceded to the individual
religious worker the right to choose
his own method of Operation" which
is of the same spirit" said Paul.
when James, Peter and John, who
were pillars in the church, perceiv-
cd the grace that was given to me
(PauD, they gave to me and Barna-
bas the right hands of (Christian)
fellowship" Ga 2. 8. Here Paul,
Barnabas ct al. were classified" and
denominated "the Apostles to the
Gentiles," whose mission was to teach
the Gentiles the way of salvation
through faith in Jesus Christ; while
James, Peter and John were class
ed as teachers to the Jews, whose
mission was to draw them from a
too strict Interpretation of Moses; so
we have here the first evidences of
denomationalism, work of the Holy
Spirit. and which has since proved n
necessity and blessing to give ev-
cry man his place of service in the
Kingdom of heaven, which could not
otherwise have been done.
..IV-The Christian Agency. The
Church is the agency for the pro-
motion of the Kingdom Of heaven;
this agency has assigned or commit
ted the peculiar" doctrines of the
Kingdom to certain named commit
tees or, as we now call them, denom-
nations; and these denominations
have created "sub-committees," to
which certain peculiar "denomina-
tinonal' doctrines are committed for
propagation.
If should have occasion to write
again, on this subject, I will show
who these committees" are, and how
they are working, and what work
has been assigned to each. AS. u.