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6f*ttîSTI AN ■ J. J. I Í f. 1 to some future number. To the first we say: Jesus Christ we ven erate, Worship fthd adote as the Son of God, God made man, equal in all things to his Father, eternal, infinite, omnipotent, creator of heaven and earth, to whom is due all honor and glory forever and ever. We also Venerate all the an gels and saints who are now in possession of the-heavenly glory, above whom the Blessed Virgin is elevated in bliss and majesty by reason of her calling, from# all eternity, to the dlghity of the ’Mother of God, by reason of her close relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ, relationship of mother and son, and by reason of the great sanctity and perfection of her life. This veneration of the Blessed Virgin, angels and Saints is not a worship of veneration, and these two kinds of worship were careful- ly diatfrqffiafred from timé imme- morial, the one being called “ latria,” a» I oration in the strict sense, the other “ doulia,” homage or venera tion of an inferior degree. We will give our “ Confere ” an irrefutable proof of the antiquity of this second kind of worship in the Church of Christ. St. Polycarp was Bishop of Smyrna, in Asia, and a disciple of St. John the Evange list. He suffered martyrdom for the Christian faith and died AD. 166. As his birth took place in the 80th year after Christ’s nativity and in the 47th year after Christ’s death, he certainly belongs to the primitive Church of the Apostles. He was living close after the time that Peter, Paul, John, Thomas, etc., converted the world. Now, we have the authentic acts of his martyrdom, written by the clergy of the church of Smyrna, immedi ately after his death. Joseph Scaliger,, a supercilious critic, says that nothing in the whole course of Church history so strongly affected him as the perusal of these acts, and those relating to the martyrs o^ Lyons ; he never read them but they gave him extraordinary emo tions—N. B. Joseph Scaliger w^s a Protestant. In the acts of St. Polycarp’s martyrdom, preserved by Eusebius, we read the exertions made by his disciples to recover his remains after he had been put to death. And then the author of those acts continues: “ Some sug gested to Nicetas, father of Herod anti brother of Dalces to beg the Proconsul not to allow the Chris tians to recover PolyCarp’s hotly, lest, they said, the Christians might ? < 1 -—------- - 1 begin to Worship Polycarp instead of Christ. That is what they said, at the instigation of the Jews who were watching our brethren whilst they were trying to remove Ms body from the funeral pile Stupid men, who did not know that it is impossible Wor us to abandon Christ, who d|ed for- the salvation of all men, and to cleave to another ! For, Him \9e adore as the Son of God; but the martyrs we love as his disciples and imitators on ac count of the eminent charity which they evinced toward their King and Master.” Such is exactly our view, or rather the teaching,yf the church : we adore God, we venerate the Saints. Therein there is no idolatry, for, it is God himself we worship in his Saints, because “ God is admirable in Ins Saints,” says the Royal Psalmist. We will add, that the acts of the martyrdom of St. Polycarpwcrr published in London in 1649 by Usher, Protestant bishop of Ar magh, and we conclude: if our contemporary is satisfied with the Bible, and thinks that to be the truth what his own imagination finds in the dead letter of the Scripture, irrespective of the floods of light that are thrown on the Sacred Writ by holy and profound writers of whom he is determined to be and remain voluntarily ignor ant, then, he stands upon ground where we do not wish to follow him. Why not ? Because he will find in the Bible whatever he wish es : Luther found therein Lutheran ism, Calvin Calvinism, Elizabeth Angelicanism and Beecher Beech erism. The “ Herald ” will proba bly find Herafdism. Missionary Column. MISSIONARY BOARD. Church of Chri«t In Oregon. W. H. Adams, Portland ............ Prn»idcnt. Henry Shadle, Portland... .Vice President. I. O. Darid’Kin. Portland.............. Treasurer. 8. M. Hubbard, Amity.... Rec. Secretary. B. Wolverton, Corvallis....... Cor. Secretary. All communications relating to the employ ment of evnngolittte, protracted meetings, co operation in securing poatoial work, etc. all pledges ol aMistance with requests for the Same, and all business properly coming before the Beard will t>e addressed to the Cor. Sec retary All collections, payments of pledges, etc,, will be addressed to the Treasurer. “She Hath Done What She __________Could.’.'__________ Which was far better than what the heathens do. They would do hardly their “ share.” She hath done what she could. Now, this is a short text, but it affords food for much thought. It was an accom* 3 HRRAtC plished fact. It was perfect both in tense and talent. “ Hath done.” Ah ' how much better titan good promises, and poor fulfillments. This vfiM, rather, a poor promise; but, to the sight of him wjio look- eth upon the heart, it was a grand accomplishment. It was “ more than they all.” One thing is sure, she never stopped to reason • about the disparity of the amount. She did what she could. That w as her portion. Take knowledge of this. It is not so much the great or small.^ It is a faithful giving according to ability, and especially from penury, when the sacrifice is felt. Be as-* sured if the giver feels it, the re sult bv others will likewise be felt. Remember also, to cast in the widow’s mite, requires more than a widow' and a small nickel. It re quires that this small amount be the. living—-Let us never forget the power and might of the “ivickrufs mite for it may be the means of encouraging you, dear reader, to do your “ might? and that now. devil delights in committing sin, and desires to continue in this work. The child of God, though he is not alwolutely free from sin, takes no delight in committing it, and as long as the pure germ remains in him and the love of God is upper most in his heart, he cannot know ingly and willfully engage in the work of the wicked one— [E ditor H erald ] A Yoncalla Items. * We have had some cold weather here from January 18th to 22nd; the thermometer ranged from 10 to 20 above zero, then it rained more., or less the l»alance of the month. All the oats arc frozen out. I think the wheat is injured some. I see in your edition of Feb. 2nd, under the heading of Heterodoxy from Anna C. Brackett. I wish every school director and superintendent in thislState would read it and en- ¿orge ¡t.~ Our church in this place, I am sorry to say, is neither hot nor cold, but lukewarm. Some are too . C or . S ec . contrary, or, as Paul says, carnal minded to join in and organize the Query and Answer. church, and others are sq near froze to death that there does not appear K ing ’ s V alley , O r , to be any life in them. It is a sad Feb. 5, L883. state of affairs; but I don’t know , Bro. J. F. Floyd’. Please explain the seeming con how long it will continue. I ask tradiction found in the first epistle the church everywhere to pray for of John 1 : 8, 10; also chap. 3: 6 us that we may have a revival of good work in this place. Yours in hope, 8. T. A. L ewis . J. M. C raton . --------------------------- 1 » » »'-------------------------------------- ANSWER. The verses in the first passage referred to read as follows: “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves’, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all un righteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, wre make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” One verse from the second will be sufficient. It reals thus: Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed re- maineth in him, and he cannot sin, I »ecause he is born of God.” In the first passage the aj»ostle teaches that no one is so holy or becomes so perfect here in the flesh that he is absolutely free from all sin; and hence the necessity of confessing-our sins tliaVThey may" •be cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ. In the second passage the writer has reference to the fact that there is no desire on the part of those who are born of God to continue in committing »in. The THE OLD-PATH GUIDE. F. G. A llex , Editor, G. W. J auckt ,Asaociato. his ib alargeeight - page weekly T devoted to the advocacy Mid defence of Apoetolic teaching and practice. “ Ask for the Old-l’atha, and walk therein ” is its motto, its practice aud its teaching. It» matter is pure, «afe, fwb and sparkliag. 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