Christian herald., July 13, 1883, Page 3, Image 3

CHRISTIAN
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It is only necessary to add that
one of the best ways not to “ lose
M inisterial T itles .—This edit- sight of our distinctive plea’* is to
I orial note we clip from the Chris- cease talking and writing about
iian-Eva/ngeli.t:
the “ other ” denominations, as
Selections and Comments.
century, let him usé his spiritualiz­
ing alembic and dispesse it into
impalpable ether. Let him preach
less of Christ than of Antichrist ;
let him be less definite in showing*
what sin is than in showing who is
which Paul is here speaking ne­
cessarily make “ Anna, Mary, Eliza­
beth, the daughters of Philip and
the ‘ daughters ’ named by Joel for­
ever dumb
” outside
of the public
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h| ; p OTf privyte* andincidental
occasions where alone they all did
prophesy ? Paul’s silence was to
be observed in the churches, and
had no reference whatever to the
prophesying done by these women
in private, and on quite different
occasions. Our brother concludes
that, while the Sisters can “ sing,
pray and take pArt in the social
meetings of the congregations,”
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thé blessedness of faith than on the
accursedness of infideliy. Above
all, let him set up as an interpreter
of prophecy, and rival Moore’s Al­
manack in the prediction of politi­
cal events, tickling the interest of
hearers w’ho are but moderately
spiritual by snowing how the Holy
Spirit has dictated problems and
charades for their benefit, and how.
if they araingenious enough to solve
G eorge E liot ’ s T heology .—It these, they may have their Christi-
E'Hrrt- -an grace^enriaheef-by-l^
Apollos, or Eldered Peter we was a better novelist and essayist cisely to whom they point at th& ing the speakers of the * church .’
will be ready to cease our opposi­ than theologian ; yet being a close “ horn that had eyes,” “ the lying meetings, evangelists, ‘ pastors and
tion.
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prophet,”- and the “ unclean spirits”
observer of men and things she did In this way he will draw mèn to Teachers,’ the authoritative ex­
L This is sound doctrine and well
not fail on more than one occasion him by the strong cords of then- ponents of the law of God.” Â
said; and now brethren, if you
to powerfully and acurately deline­ passions, made reason-proof by be­ pretty good conclusion after all.
faithfully apply this rule, what
ate sjme features of the popular ing baptized with ^he name of piety.
¡will become of that “ pastor ” ant
In this, way he may gain a metrop­
Missionary Column.
" pastorate ” about which we so clerical order. While wTe do not olitan pulpit ; the avenues to this
fully
indorse
the
wholesale
sarcasm
church will be as crowded as the
Dften read in your columns ? We
of the following paragraph from passages to the opera ; he has but
MISSIONARY BOARD. .
will see.
one of her recently published to print his prophetic sermons and
Church of Christ In Oregon,
biirdthemin
lilac
and
gold,
and
=
essays,
we
are
forced
to
admiWiat
f R evision .—The Christian Union
W. H. Adam», Portland............. President.
I. G. Davidson, Portland..............Treasurer.
there is often too much truth in her they will adorn the drawing-room
Skys:
S. M. Hubbard, Amity........Rec. Secretary.
table of all evangelical ladies, who
remarks. While reviewing Dr. will regard as a sort of pious B. Wolverton, Hillsboro. ...Cor. Secretary.
m The Old Testament company of
All communications relating to the employ­
gMevisers have now completed their Cumming on “ Evangelical Teach “ light reading ” the demonstration ment
of evangelists, protracted meetings, w-
ing
”
she
says
:
.
that the prophesy of the locusts operation
«Hast revision and are making up the
in securing pastoral work, etc. all
pledges ot assistance with requests for the
whose
sting
is
in
their
tail,
is
ful
­
¿appendix containing the unadjusted
Given, a man with moderate in­
same, and all business properly coming before
«differences between the American tellect, and moral standard not high filled in the fact of the Turkish the Board will be addressed to the Cor. Sec-
’ksv’ imtv -nto-
June
.¡,|and English revisers. The revision er than the averge, some rhetorical commander’» having taken ahorse’«- etc,, win ■A be
addressed to me t___
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The
brethren
of
Washington
tail
for
his
standard,
and
that
the
I will be completed probably toward affluence and great glibness if
■the close of the year, and will be speech, what is. the career in whicli, French are the veryfiogs predicted
Bbr ought out next year by the without the aid of birth or money, in the Revelations.
county have called a cooperation of
■^Oxford and Cambridge presses.
he may most easily attain power
all the churches and members
and reputation in English society ?
Is it L ogical ?—And so it has “ scattered abroad ” in the epunty
I U nion M eetings .—Some of our Where is that Goshen of mediocrity
preachers in Kentucky h^ve lately in which a smattering of science and come to pass that the Christian- to convene at Hillsboro on Satur­
been participating in “ union meet­ learning will pass for profound in­ Evangelist too is pressed into a dis day 2 P. M. before the 4th Lord’s
ings ” with the denominations. struction, where platitude will be cussion of the much vexed question, day in July. They have given up
as wisdom, bigoted nar­ “ Women in the Worship.” We holding their county annual meet­
This is'causing quite a controversy accepted
rowness as holy zeal, unctuous ego have no disposition to review our ings as usually managed. Both of
among some of our preachers in ism as God given piety ? Let such
which the course of those brethren a man become an evangelical preach­ contemporary, but we give the fol­ these are good moves. We look
who took part in said meetings is er ; he will then find it possible lowing paragraph for the single for good results. Eight were added
Condemned in te^ins not to be mis­ to reconcile small ability with great purpose of noticing its, logic. After to the church at Hillsboro on tho
understood. In the heat of the ambition, superficial knowledge showing that, according to the 4th Sunday of June, and two at
with the prestige of erudition, a
Rattle, the Apostolic Times re­ middling morale with a high repu­ prophecy of Joel, the daughters Farmington on the 1st of this
month.
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should prophesy, it says :
parks :
tation for sanctity. Let him shun
On the other hand Paul, in one
I We are not in favor of making practical extremes and be ultra
of
his letters, to the Corinthian
We desire to give notice that
my compromises with error for the only in what is purely theoretic;
brethren,
and
also
in
one
to
Timo
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Bro. H. B. Sherman, our State
lake of a union meeting or union let him be stringent on predestina
thy,
seems
to
require
the
silence
of
'
Meetings. We are willing to coop­ tion, but latitudmariin on fasting ;
Evangelist, will be here on or be­
erate as far as we can, with other unflinching in insisting on the Eter­ the sisters in the house of God. He fore the first of September; and it
denominationsi without Tosing*"an nity of punishment, but diffident of says: “ Let your women keep is the intention of the Board to
opportunity to present the truth or curtailing the substantial comforts silence in the churches: for it is not
I io good.
If we can impart the of Time; ardent and imaginative permitted unto them to {¡¡peak ; for have him, before our State Co-
truth and save sinners—advance on the pre millennial advent of they are commanded to be uudef* Operation, make a tour of the
the cause of Christ and build up Christ, but cold and cautious to­ obedience, as also saith the law.” counties of the valley so far as
pis Church on earth by working ward every other infringement of If this was the only passage in the possible, 1st, to arouse a deeper in­
tvith our brethren of other religious he status quo. Let him fish for Scriptures bearing upon this mat­ terest in this annual gathering;
bodies, then we are willing; but souls not with the bait of inconve­ ter we do not hesitate to say that
re must not lose sight of our dis­ nient singularity, but with the drag­ it would enjoin the total silence of 2nd, to become acquainted with the
tinctive plea. We must not so far net of comfortable conformity. Let women. It would make Anna, jrethren, and thus to get ready for
»inmingle with other Christian him be hard and literal in his inter­ Mary, Elizabeth, the daughters of the year’s campaign. He don’t in­
ieople as to lose our identity or in- pretation only when he’ wants to Philip and the “daughters” named tend it to be merely a fall and
pviduality ; but upon all occasions, hurl texts at the heads of by Joel forever dumb. Is it in winter campaign, but hopes to ex­
fid under all circumstances, we unbelievers and adversaries, but contradiction of the other passages
tend it through the whole year.
ust uncompromisingly hold high when the letter of the Scriptu ires of the New Testament ?
Does silence on the part of the So be ready to meet Bro. S. at some
¡e truth; yet with brotherly love presses too closely on the gent
genteel
d meekness.
Christianity of the nineteenth cen- ] women in the pubttc meefc'nys about | point in your county to be named
H posed that the opposition we make
HR to the wearing of ministerial titles,
I stich as D. D., Rev , Elder, etc., has
■ a personal bearing. This is a
■ mistake. We do not aim at any
I man but at a growing tendency
IM among us that we believe to Be a
Jfgrievous error. It was and is a
.. / fundamental principle of our move­
ment “to call »Bible things by Bible
. names.A Christian minister are
jRRible institutions, when we fin<
ination among the rest. When we
find whera the apostles 'took part
in “ union meetings ” with secta­
rians, and divided up their converts
at the close by mutual agreement,
will
example
: but
we
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i follow yi their
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until then we shall be satisfied with
preaching the gospel of Christ.
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