| Show TUB M it WI Ve have II a roIlY copy ot of l a paper In II railed This The Par Parth th whIch Is II to give 10 the tho Among mong oilier n nt r kle H heroIn IN I aunt t II calls Two TIo ot of the Church These Thue ore ns as tallow DIA 1 1 It a In III n a with It 2 U It I an for tor dispensing Christianity t n h i tue ot of heaven moo IMn on au run nib J 1 Jl It hi h I ti burnett InstItutIon wIth IJ a Z It III he In for lor hue thu ill at of at ChristianIty 3 It Ii b n a all on earth th the of heaven Till Thui s no novi th the J Church hurch Is rani 04 I with cult at Ih the of Ih the lIt list of lra Iro hut the con cart the two conception lIf t tho statUs of oC fhe Church I Is very drawn Out the one hand II Ihl th recognItIon that Ih the hurch I is n a Institution founded tl II by Christ sent IC by 19 HIm hIm the aId o of the Iho Divine spirit to elo tb Ills work On the tho other It 11 Is b d daM as aM merely nn an of torn men h to 1 the lie vIetta of DC Iii founders nil no to religion nut bit earthly so J peeking fuir the tho kingdom Ht at henn Tim JhB Iii ii which la Is the correct Mea idea 1 rho Fhe theory autO alto allo tI that t hy 19 the dIssenting are entIrely on wh what t Iw 1 In In tInt New Nets re nt or at them linn line any other guide fhe till jI jl 1 that is III not 1101 In holy hoh scripture auth cannot he be therel Is ot to lIB ha 0 as in III article ot of faith In hut this contention the th church has haa Ih the over Ot its opponents because there thero I he clearer lit n lie NeW W Testament this of at Christ and Cult HIs Iha concerning the character ot of the Church its ItH by tac In person on the tho ot of divine authority to Its ho hor r tt of truth through It It II tilt Iho lie tho power gIven to tot t ern to officIate III ha tho ot of Ih tile 1 lIther anti ot of the Iho anti of the Hol In th the ordinances and Inti intern ments ot of the Church that which th they y b by virtue of oC that authority beIng r recognIzed all amid sanctIoned In That It t a divine organization nn and not a 1 mere mero society mist up tip h by morn men We nel neeti not limo tho which wo have given In these columns times lint conception of the character of ChrIsts Church Is rite New Testa Tellia ment abounds with references to the not only nn an n a bod hotly ot of religious worshIpers Into Inlo Its lon ion organized with Christ as Its spirit heath but witti positive declarations Its ere ot of appoint Its ordinances of 01 divine lI Its members oil ott asso n Os one loy by the Holy Utmost any compilatIon of th tile WOO effected before nn any such book bool no lIa time Iho New was writ wrItten ten len the tho Church or of Christ Oil as nn an organ lain 1810 taught directed nn In divinely and the tho author fly Ity exercIsed therein was wal not obtained front books of oC nn any kInd but from Cram Dell Deity The following hs front rom the lie Leaflet mIght 1110 been lleen taken train Irom discourse or artIcle hog Ing from the thc This is hi the Idea of the Site Church we 0 find ho tIme the ns no It tells In what Jesus time tho Time rh ver very JOist net of ChrIsts U as nn gun able writer Puts Juts It II tiltS 1111 to gather 1 a fow orotund bum tOil it society We Wc know Inow the nOlneR and num her Jer ot of society the disciples At fir first t they werf dl era rt the III near him lie He taught them ly by worth ant example Ills 1111 var allIeS Ho explained privately to In only lie He them for tor their heir work by out two nut two to to omit JH heal al Jh There rn were evident evidently ly Iy ranks these li the Iho heat the l auth the ho third the seventy Ju hist t ills All s raised lie twelve tn tim the st sayIng All a m ray Father bath halh InC 50 tI sent I ou rue fhe nt oC mOl if ilme he otter this WM to choose to 10 lake tako the itt It Judas Julin that thum society odet or oror or 10 It lit ilo kIt up sonn after this we tue the Ihl hureh deacons and Ih the or JI hy 1 laying on of Next Wl tie read of elders eller or bler nr priests evidently In iii attica from rout and Time Lilies tle ties I go faith to hI the I hue titles ll ot of I lit nil ordaining In aver averItt dl Itt Flats rima this livIng f KIel Is IK In 1 ii hall hiatt In It 11 edi II ha germs for forat at It 11 4 that nl fist t amid great method 1 for ur sating souls as 1111 not to write R a issik or propound R a ite ben I by some hilt bitt WItS was itt III n a hutch In connectIcut with self Ui Its Jad io 80 rr this position taken loken h by Ih this nA as set ct forth In the Uie I Is from Irom n a scrIp l But In that titers has lIMn been I a continuous ot of tide authority rom the to tolie lie Ibl da day nd calling that apes tour ha J its Ihl M ata stray to In th tIme Which ot at nil all time pr bodies III It Is III called toiler hu has iso 1111 I logical 0 I Ie tu this contInuance it elan But that claims III ar we have hae shorn hown does dOf not hold good tram Crom th the fart Rt that tb the roves are not nol hate not been Apo dO not to l be to have divine which was II on one ot of the chief hl gifts anti antt of 01 In n postle in III time Ihl h that Christ set t up l lies nothing In it 11 but Iut It obtained remit thiS Catholic It II cc c loo ro tied It baa it 11 hu has In It its II Oil on the Peruse Idolatry IM anti thorough and IMI a O from rom the tho h ot of otoMI whole oMI neil tall halt men lIn women OllOR and nii of nit nil Ir agte sects AntI Ant d tIIt anti that hat J r I hundred l or mote Jn she Ihl Its took 11 1 RI o Ins Ia O no 11 ii H IM or to 10 tn t t u n front p Cod l It takes hue tho lIven given to time Ihl Immediately utter I Christs resurrection line ant It to Its own minIsters o of appoint In this respect lla It Is no better hetler ort oft than thon time the dissenting recta that have seceded from Irom It II as It from tM time i imol mol toothier her Those hoso per the of at power poster authority talo Ih thus that time UIO la Is U n hi I mini a 1 viO V orated hi by men macmu fur lur to seek tar tur lie tIC IC heaven hut not that set let up ott earthm nor any organism lb o tar rue lid authority II by or i is hi tho they are all 1111 on the sauna roo II nl This says a t their theIr aIms endeavors 0 UI to 10 mankInd or nn any goat work tile 01 attempt The Church of Jesus or at Lat that Christ t d 11 et up III establIsh h ill ru organized un on ec l body ot of lie 10 OM the Iho spiritual head It first to ti lie Ho gite tIme the same authority A nit lie received from tho ho with to ordain ithiers to tit dikes In the th hurch that whal by bytha tha t au earth anti In heaven that wicked men rut put them to that thuir concerning the to take ott r thel J departure wore vare literally that the tho lint iati was tie apostolic succession ond that tho ha ty by tho ho J occurred aol in hi the latter days s In or otiler e tO 0 u lather III Ito Iho o at atho Iho ho fullness ot of times WIh hi this lint to lie ho reopened rho Voice ot of God anti of at Christ na ira once more Men Ien held tIp tIe In first t Church Chulch ha have 0 mart nial that divine authority It h i ptY on earth never to be taken awat n again The Tho Church I is built hullt up on tin llO ic pattern lIh lie hire lite auth It 11 will nit iii 11 overcome It will abIde forever It ItIe itt Ie tIme Iho living Church of 01 ChrIst All Vh accept his lis teachIngs anti and obey Its lIa or cm receive recelo n a divine In for or themselves that It Is of oC loti GOit amid not of man Anti the tho Church established will pro pre vaIl over oter every 10 foe nn and tilt ml tue tho carth earth with the hue knowledge ot of to Ills lion hon honor lionor or glory and tilt tho salvation ot of man lind e |
