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LEVOTEP TO THE RESTORATION OF APOSTOLIC CHRISTIANITY.
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C hristian H erald .
J. R FLOYD,
Editor and Publisher, Monmouth, Or.
H. T. MORRISON.
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Let the brethren keep up their
contributions to our State work.
While the Evangelist has ceased his.
labor with us, there are many other
points to be looked to, and the
brethren are in need or money to
carry on the good work. Money as
well as grace is necessary in preach­
ing the gospel of Christ.
The letter last week from “Three
Little Girls ” was good. We hope
they will write again. But now we
wish to ask these three little girls a
question. What would you do if
three little boys (or big ones either)
should attempt to walk with you
in the public streets with cigars in
their mouths puffing the vile tobac­
co smoke into your faces ?
I gCMHMMr
1. On one side of the shept only.
2. In a plain legible hand.
3. Let tlie re be plenty of space between the
lines.
4. Write with a pen instead of a pencil, 80
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MONMOÜTH OREGON ; FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1884.
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1884, gives the numbers of the re­
5. Write brief articles.,
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A brother wishes to know, in­
patient.
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view of the fact that during the
There were five additions to the last year we have been treated to a
Oak Creek church at our last ap­ number of essays on Woman’s Work
pointment, the third Lord’s“ day ; in the Church, if it would not now
be in order to have a few articles
all by letter.
on Mans Work in the Church. We
One addition to the church by think s<J.‘•-But the first thing to be
baptism last Lord’s day. Bro. settled is to find out whether the
Waller' expects to be with the men are willing to work at all.
brethren at McMinnville next Sat­ Should this question be settled in
urday at 2 P. M., and the Lord’s day the affirmative, then we know of no
following.
better way to settle the second than
’A man once said to Mr. Spurgeon, to first let the women find their
a 1 thought preachers preached for own field of labor, and then turn
souls: notformoney.” Mr.Spurgeon over the men to them to be straigh­
replied, “ Yes, they do preach for tened out and put to work as the
souls, but they can’t live on souls, women may determine! Be patient,
and if they could, it would take a brethren, your turn will come by
great many like yours to make a 'and by. Should the brethren wish
to get to work earlier, they will
breakfast,”— Ex.
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please let us know and we will see attached no great importance to the
method of baptism.” Sprinkling
what can be done for them !
was only allowed in case sufficient
< The Congregational church at water to immerse in could not be
Portland, of which Mr. Marvin is had. But after all, the important
.quite
stormy time for the last few weeks'.
It seems that Mr. Marvin and a
good portion of his flock are be­
coming a little too broad for the
creed of that church, or rather they
are desiring to dispense with the
thing altogether. It gives them
trouble in receiving members into
their church, and in keeping them
in there when they get them
Human creeds, being the outgrowth
of. rank sectarianism which is con­
demned by the Scriptures, are pro­
ductive of evil only, and that con-
tinually. If this church woulu
only follow the example of Christ
and the Apostles, it would not have
much trouble in receiving members
into its membership and fellow­
ship. How would it do for it to
try the new Congregational Creed ?
Or better still, we recommend to it
anl the
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inspired Apostles gave to the
Word of God, and that alone, as
their rule of faith and practice.
Try it.
Already some are trying to make
a point for sprinkling on the recent
discovery of the “ Teaching of the
Apostles.” The Christian at Work
says: “ We remark, by way of
epitomizing—what the reader will
notice—that while preference ik
shown in baptismj^for “ running
water”—and presumably immersion
—though this is- not stated—bap­
tism by effusion was practised:
very clearly the immediate succes­
sors <A the Apostles attached no
great importance to the method of
baptisrfi. It is clear, too, that bap­
tism was an invariable prerequisite
to communion : and nothing what­
ever is said as to the baptism of in­
fants,—a silence not without signi­
ficance.” With all due respect for
the opinion of our learned contem­
porary, we beg leave to state that
in our judgment the document does
not very clearly show that the “im­
mediate successors of the Apostles
of the Apostles regarded baptism,
but how did the inspired Apostles
themselves regard it? What did ,
the Savior command; and what did
his Apostles.practice, and what did
they authorize others to practice ?
Evidently many serious errors c‘rept
into the Church even during the
first and second centuries; and If
sprinkling was practiced at all dur­
ingthat early period, it was only
one error among others which
neither Christ nor the Apostles au­
thorized. Furthemore, we advise
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oursprinklingfriends to deal lightly
with this matter till the true date
of the document has been unmis­
takably settled.
The Congregational chprch has a
New Creed. Its history is briefly
summed up as follows : " The Na­
tional Congregational
Council
which met in St. Louis in 1880 in
•response to memorials from the
Congregational Association of Ohio,
the General Congregational Con­
ference of Minnesota, and the Con­
gregational Central South Confer­
ence and a careful paper by the late
Hiram Mead, D. D., of Oberlin, ap­
pointed a committee of seven to
select a commission of twenty-five
men “of piety and ability, well
versed in the truths of the Bible '•
and representing different shades of
thought among” the Congregational
churches, to prepare, “in the form
of a creed or catechism, or both, a
simple, clear, and comprehensive
exposition of the truths of £he glori­
ous gospel of the blessed God for
the instruction and edification of
our churches.” The commission was
appointed, and has just completed
the work assigned it. The Creed is
brief, having only twelve articles of .
faith, is simple and clear in its lan­
guage, and is, we think, quite an
improvement in doctrinal state­
ments on the old creeds of the day
generally. We find in this creed
but little speculation about the mph
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