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Show Kf 1 1 ' mills M)r WUOIUUUS. W&i. M . Dl I Urn Rilti of hell ptTH aitatrjit Hs&l1 ihailmlllCliiircii? Th.Nrwsl.M TOjl . lta rrriutttctl to iunl n antwsr lo NT till attrition, conctrnlnit which Ulflet- RM ) nt opinions are sIJ to 1iti ten ' W3 I v I prrniMl Tocetitljr by member ot tho H t Church. ttt s Th Lord tola rtr, after t KW f B S Aoitla huJ rasdo tin oonfeMlom RW ' "Thou art Ghrlil, tlmHonof Ills llln(t WML (Jod, that U. woulJ lullJ Hli Rk , Church upon tlili rock, and "llie ijatn BF cl hrll or rather Hades ihill not V" IS Till iRiln.t It." (Matlli. l. IS ) B.ui Tho language employed ! highly fit figurative. Court! of JuillcennJ pub. f U council! wero anciently often held EU Inthoniteiof cltlnnl much of tho J I , stMyand hiloe!of a community ' nl that time de ended on the strength B5, of tho gstes aud tho wliJom of tho .; Judges who t there. Undoutittdly Hfl the Lord alludes lo Ihli circumstance. Thar lain meanlngo! tho flguNti I pinion woul I then U , Ihit neither tho alrengtli nor ill the wisdom of the t lowen of tliikmii should nmoomo J , Rtn Ito victory orrr tho H Church, founded on sternal, revealed H truth. J, Tho ciutitlon tbertfjro li, Did tho BJ ' off til of darkness oTelLOnio lltti ! Church? Bid BUn gain tho vlctorj? Moil dectdeJIy not. Through Ihe jeriscullons that rsged durlcg lomo oflhepigtn emerort, million! were J slain, aud during tho succeeding ages H of apoittty million! wrro lid sstray H uud million! rooro vera ncrltlced on H , tho Blur ol Intolerance. But not- withstanding all thli the Church B vxliled In what John the lUmlitor J call, ila wlldermss, wlioro iho had a J plica pre) arrdolOod, that they ibould ( i . . lied hr a tliouaand two hundred aud jL' J slitydayt," or years. Whatever thli &1 may mean In dotill, Itcirtilnly con. Bfl m I vvyi lb general Idea that tho f Church not only xliled during I all thoie ytan of Till attempt! J i i at ber destruction, but tint the time of fl her hiding wai llmllril to certain M I pirlod, after wuloli ho would again - appear. 11 li thertfjro not ttuo that M tho gatti or lladu gilned the vie- lory. B To better understsnd the question, BSj t limit tw remembiied that the iur- '' pore for which tho prlmltlTe Church WH organise! on earth wii icconi- M pllthcd In viery i articular. Thli B9 i jurpoie wai to ireiro minklnd for H the 11ml nUiltlihrncut of thn klogdcnt Bh it braren on eatlh. Toward! thli Bfl end, all the dealing! of Uod with nn kind In ills Tarloui dlipeniatloni Iiito Bfl bien directed. Ill the pMrlarchal BB r dlipeniatlou the Lord dealt with law). BB i, ilea, i lucatlug tbim lor a higher dli BB 1 1 i iematlon. TliU was ouounimaleJ BB thenlutboMoiala era Iho fiiiillln BB were united Into a, nation, tho tiOld f guiding the alliln ol the peo-I peo-I la aud deTcluplug them for a H higher purpote. riili plan wai f further adTancid whin in tho new duintlon tho Church of Chtlit wai pjjjjj louudod and the member! icalteriu BB among tho nallooi ot tho earth, a irry BB lug Willi thent tho llddl It! they had BB iiil raced, lly thli tneaui tho educa. BB lion thuilnrobtali-uJIn the prerluua BC ageiaudtbo new truth! rereiled by BV1 Chrlit werootlered tu all the world. I True, the Church Iteelf wai hidden torn Tlew for a loogtlmr, but luuchol aaaau . lliu truth roolalmtd by Ibe Church BBJ ' remained on earth durlug all thli tin r, BBJ and IIUo a Iraveii It Iim leatened the BBa orldtua ceitalu ixteut, ufactliu. BB1 t ,-' tenlblo to overromr. TliU wai Hit Bl A' Ttr) urtio fir which Iho t'hurih BBfl ' ' wai founded, Theotjeit uur heireiily BBfl IVthtr hud In view wa to BBg rraru the tiatluui ol the BBK tarth fjr thu great kingdom BBB ' tocomr, In which all thu world ehali BBV bo united under ouu ruler, the King BBT ol kings and Lord of lords, lleuct BBM t I the gathering dliponntlon of our agn BB I )ltaratory to Iho lulllenuluni. The BBb I louitniniemeut of our era wai the BBB ( scattering dlijeuiatlou, ni this li the BBB I gilberlug one. Hut both sereo the BBB lime gltat uroir, the preparation fur BBV the llual victory of Uud nud the aBtsM LamK BBB Thu tvll one J re ailed as lltlli BBB agalmt tliuCliurcli us njalnat Chri.l. BBB Ho was lltlli, but Mil dtuth wsi 111. BBB. victory. The members of the Church BBH wtro alro a'alu, but tbe blood o BBBj . tho niirtyn as the ited of the BBBJ BBBj i I The ol lection to Iho view hero re. BBJF I tented wooll irobsb' hi tbU, that If BBV the gstn tf hell did not lovall aalutl BBaa Iho (Jhurth, then the ltoman BBJ deuomluitloii woulJ bo lujjiorled BBBJ in Hi cltlm to being thu true BBB Church tu a Mural deaoendaut frum IaaaW ll, prlmltlTe Church. To which It 1 lulll.'leut to lay that the ltjiniu Caliullci luvo no Juit cltliu wliatuver lo being the Church ot Chrlit. In fie Qrit plioii It lift! uever bum irovtu BBVJ that I'ctur ever wai In llouiu and tub BBJ ilttuj till authority tJ thu blihop of i.bat I late. Aud In the eecuud plan, Ajoit Ho luccililou U not ,he only ground on which a do. BBVJ ( lorainitlon ran reit Hi clalini lo being BBBl hetrue Church, l'urllj ofdoctrlno li BBBJ,! Kually uecewary. riivtiorlpturei say BKBMii hat "Whosoever tmmgreiuotli, and BBBB.U iblletli not lu tho doctrine of Chrlit, BJp lath not Qd," If Ihli bo io, tho BBBbj ' Iloman church forfeited Iti rlghli BBBBt luudredi (f years ago, when It BHBBJ hanged tbe doutrlnei of Chrlit and BBVB! utroduced Its own dogmas and crJI-, BBhB ' bIbs v BBBBBBftiBBBBBiafc . |
