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CHRISTIAN HERALT) When the New York Independent, In an able editorialon " Power, states that the success of the apos tles of Christ in converting the peo ple was largely due to the aid of the Holy Spirit to bring all things to their remembrance and to guide them into all truth, we have no disposition to call it in question. But when it draws the conclusion that preachers must now be endow- •» • i •> • _J___ A L. „ successful in their ministry,wethink the assertion is entirely without scriptural evidence. The miracu lous gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out on the apostles to quali- phasis. This proposition is self- suppressed as far as possible. So ' hail with delight _any. jJenVafitFrreedsFu^proof the Stnfinel deny it.. If a Pope of good enterprise set for the '‘over Rome or the Catholic Church exist throw of this monstrous evil in our ed in the days of Christ or any of land. We regard temperance an his apostles and for hundreds of element of religion itself, and that years after their death, will the man’s religion is vain who does Sentinel please tell us where these not advocate and practice it. The are to be found, inasmuch as the temperance cause, then, to be a suc Bible is as silent as the grave about cess, must be advocated and de them ? Our brother ought to know fended upon Bible principles. The that th© dennmina- idea that the temperance work can .. ¿y tion, neither does it belong to any. be divorced Trom The We profess simply to belong to the the church is an incorrect one, and Church which Christ set up in the that man who places the temper beginning through his inspired ance causq on other ground than apostles, and we believe that this that of the Bible, is unconsciously tnni Ihn vmv*xr nn/l hn nno m but the sign of an apostle differed the. heavens from the Roman Cath feat the very end he has in view. from that of an ordinary preacher olic Church with her infallible We presume there is no good cause of the nineteenth century. The popes, practices and superstitions. which is not abused ;. and so the la ^XCPpHon ■ ■Mqi aposties, as a result of the out-pour- * ing of the Divine Spirit,could speak has ever been prevailed against or to the rule. We think when any with foreign tongues and work destroyed; and furthermore, we one becomes so temperate, as a few miracles as well as infallibly preach believe that faith in the Son of good people on this coast have done, the gospel of Christ But the day God and obedience to his will con that he will refuse to partake of of miracles has passed. Neither stitutes one a member of this the wine hi the communion at the was this special promise of Church independently of all the Lord’s table, though-it jpe the un the Father .extended to all Popes, creeds and denominations of fermented juice of the grape, on preachers for- all ages; and earth. Hence, we assert nothing the ground of total abstinence - the Tnair-whoexpects the* direct j of gift' of his Spirit from heaven to only that the Church of Christ ex-r ' puV words into his mouth and thus isted before the church of Rome. perance has developed itself into one compel him to be an efficient min If this assertion is not true*, and of the worst forms of intemperance ister of the gospel, will most cer the' Catholic Church is identical itself. Such extremes should be tainly be a failure himself and a with the Church that our Savior carefully avoided, and the temper stumbling-stone for the people. set Up, it is the business of the ance cause thus placed on a firm .. While we believe with the Inde Sentinel to show that, not ours. basis. The Home Guard is pub pendent that the presence of the Will he try it? Perhaps it can all lished on the 1st and 15th of each Holy Spirit is necessary in the be cleared up in the light of “ Tra month at $1 per year. ----------- . conversion of all men, we also hold dition.” PERSONAL MENTION. that this Spirit invaribly operates • We have received the second through the truth; and that this number of The Home Guard, a new We are glad to print a letter this truth is found in the revealed word temperance paper published at Cor week from our State Evangelist. o of God called the Bible. So then vallis, Oregon, and edited by Will the minister who fills his mind and C. King. The motto of the Home Bro. Morrison, our associate ed soul with this precious Spiritual Guard is “ Total Abstinence for itor, is with us this week conduct truth, and speaks it forth with so the Individual and Prohibition for ing our meeting. At this writing berness and earnestness is simply the State.” The paper is well fill the meeting continues with good in speaking as the Spirit through the ed with wholesome temperance food terest. Bro. M. is a workman who word guides him. He who expects and we hope it will be extensively needs not be ashamed, rightly di vid more than this is hoping against circulated and read by the people ing the word of truth. * hope. of Oregon. We have heard broth Bro. W. H. Adams sends us some The Catholic Sentinel is still af- er King lecture, and so far as our ter us. This time in a column and knowledge of hi:, course as a tem missionary notes for next week. a half reply to our brief paragraph. perance advocate goes, we do not Bro. N. B. Sherman, of Acton, We are asked for the proof that the regard him as an exrfemest or a Canada, writes us in behalf of Bro. “ H erald ’ s denomination was fanatic in the temperance work. Geo. N. Culp who, he says, will be founded by Christ and existed hun If his paper, therefore, is wisely dreds of years before a Pope was managed, we think he will be able in Monmouthsoon. Bro.Shermanhas recently baptized him and recom /thought of/ etc. We made no such to do much good for the people of assertion. We did assert however Oregon. While able, good and mends him as an excellent teacher in the school, and from the best of in substance that the Church of conscientious men may differ in frmilies, etc. We will be glad to see Christ to which we belong was their ideas as to the most effective this brother, and will have more to founded by Him and existed hun mode of warfare against intem say of him when he reaches us. dreds of years before either the perance, there can be no question ’ ------ -—— ♦ --------- Pope or the Catholic Church was among them as to the fact that, Had I read as much as others, I heard of, and we here take occasion not only the whisky traffic, but all might have been as ignorant.-— to repeat that assertion with em- forms of intemperance should be IIMee. viaitt THE TENDENOY OF THE -..... AGE. • Last week we wrote on idolatry in the churches, and endeavored to show that covetousness is a form of- idolatry as heinous in the sight of God and | as clearly condemned by thé New Testa ment Scriptures as the worship of the heavenly bodies or the beasts and creeping things of the earth. r"TTQ/T °Tw that the tendency of the ages is to unite the true worship with this species of idolatry and carry them both along in such a way as to please God and save themselves. ' W'^^revoTCèT'A r*' things do not like the idea of wholly forsaking the true God, and thus become avowed idolatftrs; neither ûrn i they willing, on are to completely give up their idolatry in all its forms and cleave unto the living God with all their heart. Their objeet is to unite the two and thus occupy neutral ground. They are willing to serve God, in their sense of acceptable service, provided they are allowed to serve their idols * tÄÄÄr ■ ■ «n«rT7“« ity in one hand and the world in ¡FT- . • the other. They wish to go to heaven with the cross of Christ in their hand and a large Sack of gold and worldly pleasures on their back. And this idea is not a new one; but as human nature is the same in all ages, we naturally expect to find it at an early day in the history of man. Accordingly, when we'•turn our attention to the history of the Jews, we find the idea in question prevailing among them. When the people at the foot of Sinai, during the absence of Moses on the mount to receive the law, prevailed on Aaron to make for them the golden calf, it was not their purpose to wholly give up the true God of Israel. They missed their leaderand mediator; hence when Moses delay- ed to come down from the mount they said, “ For as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.” Therefore they wanted gods to go before them or to be their loader; and instead of wishing to give up their God of heaven altogether, they only de signed to worship Him through their golden idol. This then was a direct attempt to blend the true worship with the false—to worship the God of Israel on the one hand : and the gods of this world on the other. Another striking exam pie is found « ■1- » r . A ■ 4 • . * '