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Francis Murphy is conducting
Gospel temperance meetings in
Edinburgh, and more than 1,200
signers to the pledge has resulted
from his labors.
Moodv and Sankey Iwgan relig-
ious meetings
ct in Paris on the 8th
of October. The attendance was
large, the American Chapel being
crowded at the first service.
Mr. Leechers withdrawal from
the Congregational association has
brought out many comments, and,
among others, The Pacific, being
I the organ of the (’ongregationalists
on this, coast, makes the following
explanation of what Congregation­
alism is. This exposition seems to
. simmer it down to nothing but
polity,” which we are inclined to
) believe from this editorial would
better be written policy :
“ From remarks that have re­
cently. fallen on our ears, we are
prompted to say, that Congrega­
tionalism is a polity and not a
creed ; or, in exactor language, a
polity rather than a faith. It was
meant to be a polity that should be
' the plague of sects, and rid the
Prof 1). G. Porter, says the Chris­
world of them. It was meant to be
large enough to hold all holding the tian-Evangelist, has been writing
faith once delivered to the saints. an exhaustive art ide for the Chris
It is the polity of the faith; there­ tian Commonwealth of London, on
fore, and not the polity of a faith.
True, historically, Cong rogations 1- the meaning of the Greek term ren-
ists have usually been Calvinists, hlcrod “ Answer ” in 1 Pet. 3 :21.
of one type or another. But this when- baptism is declared to he the
was an accident. Jfdid not grow
of a good cmcnee.-lle.
but of f !ie pt>1 it W ' The polity ein examines^he use of the term in the
bosomed all the phases of Calvin­
ism as space emlaisoms worlds. It Septungint and classical Greek, and
is laTgc enough to hold other sys­ concludes that decision would Is- a
tems, provided they be systems, better rendering than “ answer,”
scriptural and evangelical, and not and much better than “ interoga-
mere congeries of atoms, or- nebular tion ’ as given in the Revised - Ver­
conglomerations. 'So then < ’ongre-
gationalism is a polity of the faith sion. We give the conclusion of
in its evangelical sense, ami not the the article:
polity of a faith in some narrow
We know that >• perofema was
sense.” ' »
used in the sense “promise,” "agree-
mmtr-“ covenants by the juri scon-’
The Central Christian church, at suits of the Byzantine covenant
Cincinnati, minders aliout 800 period; and the only question is
members, being probably the most how far back from that period this
numerous-organization among us as use of the word extended in popu­
a people."' ’ 1
lar speech." If,as*seemsnot unreas­
onable, this use reaches as far back
“How beautiful our lives would as the commencement of our era,
soon grow if we carried always then, liesides the meaning "decis­
with us, and put into practice, the ion,” which we have shown the
lessons we learn by experience! word to have had at that time, it
We look back at the end of the had also the meaning " covenant,”
year ami see many things that and this meaning is also pertinent
cause bitter regret, but instead of to Peter’s use of the
the
leaving
them
liehind
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peating the same follies and errors comes a covenant.
in the new year, A little lieroic
We have already stu-n how the
decision would enable us to rise rendering “ answer might lx? justi­
every day on mistakes of yester- fied by reference to th<? rogatio, or
• lay.” a S. a S. Time#.
* question, to which the decision ar­
rived at was properly an answer;
What we say is weak or strong and this also gives an intelligible
according to the strength or weak and pertinent sense.
ness of what we are. The minister
Baptism, then, is the ansn'er of a
himself is his own best sermon. good conscience toward God, the
The Christian himself is his own obedient believers response to the
best warning or persuasion to the summons oF the Gospel?
is an
ungodly. Live the truth, then, ami honest, truthful ilnisiiHi before
I>v living preacfi it, if you would ¡(Ml to accept JesuS as Lord and
have your work for God “mighty Christ. It is a solemn covenant or
to the pulling down of the strong­ covenant-promise to Go<], in which
holds of sin.”— Christian Inder.1
the individual honestly and faith-
•fully assumes the obligations of the
Make no apologies. If you have Christian life.
It is answer, decision, covenant
the Lord’s message, deliver it; if
not, hold your peace. Have short all in one. All these ideas are
prefaces and introductions. Say characteristic of baptism ; all of
your best things first and stop be­ them together characterize it better
fore you ge^ prosy.— Christian- than •r either of them alone, and all,
we believe, are properly included
Evwngdist.
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PORTLAND AND M0NM0ÜTH, OREGON ; FRIDAY, NOV. 17, 1882.
in the signification of eperotema.'
Instead, therefore, of finding in this
word the’infelicitous and maladroit
expression of an unlettered apostle,
xyhich it requires all the ingenuity
dFlearnedLand loyal theologians to
excuse am) explain, may we not
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il>» nnA.-rir^r Wia-
• lom of inspiration in selecting a
word to characterize this most im­
portant ordinance, .which is mon?
replete with pertinent significance
than any other word in the Greek
language, or indeed any other lan­
guage down to V the
__ present day '
Do F oreign M issions P ay ?—
The Moravian says:
Perhaps the best answer ever
¿fven to thiscominon <|uesiion i was
that of the converted 'Brahmin,
Narayan Sheshadri, a. few years
ago, Indore an audience in-Phila­
delphia. Ilis reply to the question
wAs As graceful as it was apt, and
something to this effect.' “ This
cultured audience convinces me
that missions pay. Long after
India had reached a high state of
civilization, your ancestors weiè
barbarous and degraded heathen.
It was the foreign missions of
Christianity that lifted them out of
this state, and gave them and you
tin- Christian civilization and en­
lightenment you now enjoy. You
owe what you are to foreign mis-
sions.” It is well for us sometimes
co look at it from this point of
view. We are the direct descend­
ants of heathens saved through the
missionary zeal of the Christian
church of centuries ago.1 “ Freely
ye have received ; freely give.’’
Whi.it.it has done for us it can and
will do' for~others,“"fnr
all the
world ’• < 'h.rixtia a Standard.
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Love is the. best weapon with
which to conquer an enemy. How
many who were proof against every­
thing else have submitted when
this was tried ! We find instances
of this everywhere. A fighting,
unsubmissive spirit in one l>egets
the same in another, while a spirit
of good will awaken like feelings
in the hearts of others. Love is the
most effective, the most powerful
force that can be used.— Ex,