| Show Poll PO It TO CO The fhe Presbyterian general assembly In n Los Angeles n eli will bo be noted In the thelis lis torr of that church as the one to which the tho denomination will b be In for a Q changed creed The fhe man has gone forth that the old creed must be d and the tho assembly can cannot not but net act accordingly U It U J supposed ed that the Ibe slow growth of th Ir tiby erlan terlan organisation la hi due to the ob j claims In Its lis articles o or faith and It Is Iii hoped that when ore are removed ts proposed in previous convention the Iho development will wll be moro morn rapid It to un that there are other besides to which tho theolo theologians gians and the leaders of ot religious rell lous bodies ought to give 1110 earnest attention On One IK III the tho reason realon why wh Inspiration and revelation as ItI understood un In former dispensations have Ino ceased C them Always when hep has hall blen n 1 work worl to do In relation to the kingdom of or Oed there have hav be bee n in inspired d m n women to guide and andl l laI a l the children t Ot f mn men Not even the tempI could be reconstructed after the exile without thi th guld alien ot or prophets And the T of or states tate that wonder wonderful fIll ful manifestations of ot the Divine pr euc were to Ix bf s a peculiar mark of ot the 1 day daya Why then are the no no apostle l 10 no reve revelation lation the thi Th Jo Joel l In III of ot th the Anil It shall hit com o to tn put pas In III last Jat dar ar with ODd God I pour out of my m upon nil 1111 il li anil your tons liOn and your our daughters shall prophecy ami your TOur young men set visions anti and your or old men ahal dr Am dreams and so IO OB Oil Why H It this not true tru about abc lt the churches hea of ot to today day that y fc to in III t th D DJ bIe In th tint th lb jIM fro jIMI I t it shall com eom to top p aft that whosoever hall lit call on th tb name of ot tM the Lord ab ll 11 be wired w ar I told Is Ie true today but bul that which precedes tl It I no longer true tru By what Vh t rut into of ot rr ran can th maintained If It one part art of or ortha tha prophecy U I Thy Is II not Mt Mth tho h th r If It the to t Ia ak k in tn nam of ot the th Ix rd la I no ed what hat I ihn that the he prom of 01 salvation through the U lit name hold hoM good Our U I Lord proved His III power tn fins fn by b the of miraculous Now How m art are ak d to proofs In I elfI and If appears to js 11 that thai n 1 Into tho t of inspiration revelation elation authority 1011 tower etc e Is lion one of 01 tile the most moat IrH an y ot 01 todA In the religious Why hi It not aol demanded Another Meet ci for n Is I Hut hit by b th the tad fact that Chris t So broken UP that it Is near 1 l ble to find tin truth amass I r tho lS fragments Unity say till the Lord Is I the ot HI people Whom is Ie the tho unity Ther Thern aro n I O different denominations In this country countr and this moans m of ot energy rivalry friction trl Uon Why do not tho church lead looi leaders ers ere take up this In III earnest the tho onuses and search for tor the th Cnn Can It bo that most of them lire as II Insensible to tho fate of the Iho world as was Wall Nero who Is said Id to have havi played while Homo Home perished In flames Lately ft R slight tendency to union has hilI been leen manifest During the tho last week w ek ekof of April ti conference was wall held at b lr between Unit United ed eel n antI and others with a view of ot preparing the WilY way for tor union It was WIS found that even If It ct l were set lOt a there thera were definite de obstacles The Tha nd I of the Individual church un tIer a n democratic Is II at Rt the foun foundation dation dUon of the Con policy while tho United Brethren the tho Methodist Protestants Prote tonta authoritative tive forms of government closely olo et 1 lied to tho ot at tho Methodist pal organization To them two denom denominations th seemed 1 dangerously lawless The same diver diversity ally sity appeared pred a In the matter of creed Tho United and Methodists Insisted on a n statement of ot doctrine The were willing to 10 Indorse Indor a It creed cre In general terms but Mo to sanction one me ns a test to 10 while tho Christians would aU 1110 nothing 10 o do 10 with any confession tont ot of faith and ant so o abandoned Th other three still cund tho matter and finally II It was that a n common genera counell coun bo be formed lo to which they all should send delegates eJ to advise on milt mat matters of ot general concern though nil 1111 the denominational machinery should re ro remain main as before bolarI Tho rho denominations are re to retain their present nt names but butto I to 10 odd to t them hem In with the council of ot the United I churches Details ot of the tho plan are aro to tobe tobe be worked out by subcommittees to meet Iri In Washington nut Dut beyond these thue and other similar efforts at nt amalgamation the are arc making war Ir upon ono another and anO thus Ihus hindering Instead of promoting the s of ot the kingdom of God GodIn In the meantime the tha movement back to 10 Homo In Is becoming very ory marked tn In omo circles Witness the ih r following written by b nn J clergyman for forThe The Lamp which appears In the tho State Sinio of New York Protestants ho glory In their sec lee sectarian tarlan divisions lons yes Anglicans who glory In hi their separation from the Apostolic po Bee glory In their shame lies the tho remedy save savo to 10 acknowledge le the error our fathers made four hundred years ago and by concert concerted ed action to take the meas measures ures which will In due time heal our schisms l and make malle us Catholics Indeed by II reconciling us to the Universal Fa Father l n ther of Christendom and us with the Holy the Mo Io Iother her ther and Mistress of nil all churches In which resides the tho Stat seat of or supreme au I the center of ot Catholic unity the chair of ot the Apostle Peter I to tn whom ur Lord said Thou and on this rock will I bund my church and the tho gates of hell Khali not nol prevail against It The Terminus nus ad Quern Quem of the Oxford movement seeing eem to us to be bo by hy logical and divine necessity n tho r lon Ion of the Eng English En lish Ush church to the tho authority o otho ot tho Holy 1101 See Gods way of accomplishing this Is I to multiply tho Catho Catholics within tho Anglican told fold until they fully possess the sanctuary and ore arc able to the keys of the king kingdom kin dom wrested by force from him into Inlo I the hands of St Poter to whom our Jur Lord originally gave them Truly Trul Protestant divines have many things to 10 occupy If they Ih do not cloce clOfe their eyes eyeR to existing facts Then there Is the tendency to 10 Infidel Infidelity ity that Is l visible everywhere the pul pulpits pulpits pits not excepted What are the causes of It all If It this question were thoroughly and honestly Investigated It 11 would be found that there Is Ilone one chief source from which nil all these evils spring In rejecting the theIn In guidance ot of the Almighty they the haVe hae opened o the n for error Contention factions and Infidelity That ThatIs Is II the cause c use of ot It Where the rho Spirit of the tho Lord Is there thero Is III truth light Intel Intelligence harmony and unity unit |
