Show sunday SUMAY at church I 1 THE TRUE CHURCH T 1 w want ani y ait oit TO to berng nd to ta tile the one one true church to the church outside of which there is s no salvation I 1 do riot not aik oak where you go so 0 church chu rc h on I 1 n sunday 1 I cal only r ask ayou do you b alons long 0 to o the one true church where Is this one true church what is this one true church like what are the marks by which this one true churchman chur chmay you may well ask such questions give your attention and I 1 will provide you with the answers the one true church Is composed of all bol believers lovers in the lord jesus christ christ jt it is made up of all gods elect ot of ill all converted in men en and wo women 0 of f all true ch christians ris fians 1 I in whomsoever we can discern the election of god the father the sprinkling I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 ot of the blood of god the son the sanctifying sanctify ing work ot of god the spirit in that person we see a member of christs true church it Is a church of 0 which all the members have the same marks they are all born again of the spirit they all possess repentance toward god faith towards our lord jesus christ and holiness of life and conversation they alf all hate sin and they all ove eve christ they worship differently and after various fashions some worship with a form of prayer and dorfie some with none some iome worship kneeling and some standing but they all worship with one heart they are all 11 led by one spirit they all build upon one foundation they all draw their te religion ligion from one single book bok that I 1 la the bible they are all joined to one great contra centra that is jesus christ brist ib there Is one oie mediator between god and man that man christ jesus they all even now can say bay with one heart hallelujah and they can all respond with one heart and voice amen and amen it Is a church which Is dependent upon no ministers upon earth however much it viiu values i es those who preach peach the gospel to its members the life of 0 its members does not hang upon chui church h membership and baptism and I 1 the lords kuppr supper aj although though they hi highly ehly value these things when they are to be had but it has hag only one groate broj head ona one shepard one I 1 chief bishop and nd that of Is a jesus christ he alone by his spirit admits the members of this church though ministers may in ay show thol the door acor till he opens the door no man on earth can open it neither bishop nor presbyters presbytery presby nor con convocations ons not nor synods once let a man repent and believe the gospel and ahat that moiena moi moment ent he becomes a member of this church like the penitent thief he may have no opportunity of being baptised baptized sed but he has that which is far better than any water baptism the baptism of the spirit ile he may not be able to receive the bread and aitio in tile he lords supper but ho eats christs body and drinks christs blood by faith every day lie he lives and no minister on earth can prevent him film lie he may be excommunicated by ordained men and cut oft off from the outward ordan ordinances ances of the professing church but all the ordained men in the world cannot shut him out ol of tl alic io true church it Is a church whose existence does ont depend on forms ceremonies cathedrals church chapels pulpits fonts vestments organs endowments money kings governments magistrates or any act of favour whatsoever what Boever from the hand of man it has often lived on and continued chenall nall these things thing s leave have feea taken br efrom 0 om it it has aa often boon been driven lato lo the wilderness or into dens den denland sand and c caves a of 0 the earth by those who 0 ought u ahl to have haia been its friends its existence depends on nothing but the he present presence of 0 christ and ills ahls spir spirit an oathy and they lover wi with h A if t the he church cannot die this ls the church to tar which ree scriptural titles ot of present honor J an and and the prom promises ibes of oc future glory especially belong thil Is ille tha k body of jorj ct christ ibis ill is is the flock of 0 christ this la ia abe household ot of faith and the family of god this is gods building gods foundation and the temple of th the holy cho ghost si this this is IB the church oi 0 the first born I 1 whose names are written written in heaven this is the royal priesthood priest hood the I 1 chosen generation the peculiar people the purchased possession the habitation of god the light 0 of the orld horld the salt and the wheaton wheat ot the earth this is the holy catholic church of the apostles creed this is the one catholic and apostolic church of the nicene creed thise thias as that church to which the lord jesus promises the gates of hell not prevail against it and to which ile he 2 says ys 1 I am with you always e even vell unto the end of the world matt 1618 2820 this is the only church which possesses true unity its members are entirely agreed on all the weightier matters of religion for they are all taught by one spirit about god and christ and the spirit t and sin and then own hearts and faith and repentance and necessity of holiness and the value of 0 the bible and the importance of prayer and the resurrection and judgment to come about all these points they are of one mind take three or four 0 of them strangers to one another from tile remotest corners of the earth examine them separately on ailese these points you will find them all of one judgment this is the only church which pote Poi esses besses true sanctity its members are all holy they are not merely holy by profession holy in mind and holy in judgment of charity they are holy in act and deed and reality and life and truth they are holy not because of but because christ lives within them as paul said it is not I 1 but christ chris it which alveth in in me pi ll 11 they are re all more or less conformed to the image J of jeses jesus christ no ono one holy man lie belongs lOngs to this pils church h ack they ara are tl holy doiy hea t Is a b holy oly 1 I live yeti yet not L I 1 but but christ alveth in me 0 the they v y die die to coif self in order that christ bat might live an and a reign I 1 within n f this Ts is afie the only church which la Is truly cat catholic holle it Is not the church 0 of any one nation or people its members embers in are to be found I 1 lu ll 11 every part jartos ot the world where the gospel Is received and believed it Is not confined within the limits of any one country or pent up within the pale of any particular forms or outward government in it there them I 1 is ii no difference between jew and greek creek lack man and white episcopalian presbyterian methodist baptist tint falth in christ Is all its members will bo be gathered from north and south and and east ast nad and west in tho the list last day and will vill bo be or of every name and tongue but all one in jesus christ this is the only church which is truly apostolic it is built on the foundation laid by the apostles and holds the doctrines which they preached the two grand objects at which its members aim are apostolic faith balth and apostolic practice ant and they consider the man who talks ot of FOllo following wink the apostles without possessing these two things to be no better that sounding sounding br brass Bs and a tinkling cymbal this is the only church which is certain to endure unto tile the end nothing can altogether overthrow and destroy it its memoirs may be persecuted oppressed imprisoned beaten be headed burned but tile the true church Is never altogether extinguished it rises again from its at afflictions it lives on through ore fire and water when crushed in one land it springs up in another the Phar oalis the iho hernds the nero tile the bloody mary have laboured labour ed in vala vain to put down this thia chuick chui cn they slay elay their thousands and thou then pass aay aitay and go to their own place the tha true I 1 i church outlives them all and sees i them buried in his turn it is an all an vil that has broken many a hami iio in this world and will break wany many a bat hammer iliner still it I 1 is a bush which is often burning and aad yet is not con slimed this thia Is tile only church of which no one member can perish mee ance on enrolled rolled in lists oft 0 ahli ll 11 I 1 church sinners aze aie safe for or eterei eternity ty they are arc never cast away the election of god tho the father the continual intercession the son the daily renewing and power P of f god the 1 1 holy G ghost bosi surround and fence them in like a garden garden enclosed not one bone of Christs Chr lata mystical body dball ever be ba broken not orte one lamb oi ot christ chrisha hoi docte shall e ever vp r be ba aluck pluck ed out oat of hla hia hand this 13 19 the church which does the work of cladi A upon earth its members are a little nock flock and ana few jn bumber compared with tha gildren children of tho the world one or tw two 0 here and two or three therea there a few ew I 1 tta pariah lind and i a fow in I 1 iii dt but these theae are they which shake the ille universe voise thebe are they which change tho the fortunes or of kingdoms with their i A f t april ors d I 1 ese are they nl who c i are the active workers lor for spreading the knowledge of pure religion and undefiled those theae aro the lifa blood of 0 a country the shield tle the defence the stay and the support of 0 any pation nation to which they belong I 1 this thia Is the church which shall be truly glorious at the the end when all earthly glory is passed away then shall this be presented without spot before god the fathers throne thrones principalities and holers po powers lers upon earth shall come to nothing dignities and offices and endo endowments meats shall all pass away but the church of the first born shall shine as ab the stars at the last and be with joy before tile the fath ers throne in the day of christs christ s appearing when the lords jewels tire are made up and the manifestation of 0 the sons of god takes place episcopacy and methodism and elsm and congregationalism will not be mentioned inq one church only will be named aua and that is the church of tho the elect read reader er this is the true church to which a man belong it if ho he would be saved till you belong to this you are nothing better than a bost lost soul you may have tile the form the husk tile the skin and the shell eliell of religion but you have not got t the lie substance and the life yes yea you may have countless outward privileges you nian man enjoy great light and know knowledge lodge but if you do not belong to the body of christ your light and knowledge and privileges will not have bave your soul AMR for or the ignorance that prevails on this point men fancy if they join this church or maat church and become communicants and go through certain forms that aa a buet bet be ile right ditl w 1 rouls jis it Is an utter delusion it Is a gross mistake all were not israel who io were called israel and all are not members of charsta Chr sta body wao who profess a themselves christian take notice yo you may be a staunch staunch episcopalian or Aleth odist or presbyterian or independent or babtist Bayt or Heal cyan or plymouth brother alid and yot yet sot bot belong to the true church and if you do not it will be betterath bet bett teral erat last if you had never ever been born bom put almany as received him to them gave ho he the power to become the sons of god even to them that believe on his name john ROYDEN ROYDE N D ZOOK pastor sunday school 1000 a in weekday services bible study and prayer meeting ale eting wednesday p m synthetic bible study thursday p m choir practice friday everybody welcome to all services SUNDAY SPECIAL delicious sherbets Sher bets at geo W hur has it good opinion of r lanns tablets chamberlains tablets are a wonder I 1 never sold 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