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July 28, 1909.
lief that the doctrine of the Tr
Church, was erroneous. Me
Christ and ignored the existci
In 1530 he published a book 1
stated in an offensive way. T1
by all the Reformers, and Butz
thor should be put to death,
prison, but recanted. For sev<
lived either in Paris or Vienna,
his heresy, and possessed of
should turn the tide of the Ref<
nel of his erroneous beliefs. F
lished another book in which hi
sies. He was thrown into prist
Kormti n iromcf !*? ?* Ii
ft ao wv^iiii a^aiuoi nun. ?<
misc what would have been th<
he not escaped. Under an as
his way to Geneva. His prese
* ported to Calvin, and Calvin
and prosecuted him for blasphe
Calvin, it must be remembei
head of Geneva. He occupied.!
city that a pastor occupies to
prosecuting attorney occupies t
eration of the city was due to 1
tion was ever alive. There w
city: the Libertines, who stood
ality, and who championed Ser
Calvin, who stood for law and
time, was the acknowledged 1
tion; and Geneva was its cent
and logical that Calvin should j
was responsible for the spiritua
there confronted him one wh
and blasphemer, who had beei
than twenty years. In a very i
" of the Reformation was in the
wink at the blasphemy of Serv<
sion of weakness that might re
cause. The triumph of Servet
by the enemies ?of the Reforn
merely of Calvin, but of all tl
which was the Reformed faitl
him with less vigor, he would
own people, even as a pastoi
would permit an arch heretic
even as a solicitor general, wli
connive at the escape of a crirr
ted a grave breach against the
less could Calvin have done?
Calvin triumphed in the pros<
magistrates found Servetus gui
should be burned. After the se
Calvin plead with the magistn
the sentence to execution, inst
magistrates, however, who we
r ol\*m o 4 fliie 4-1 ^
mui 'wtti * in at lino unit, ItlU^C
morning of the dav Servetus \
ited him in his prison, assured h
toward him, and besought him
fused.
It was the unanimous verdici
that Servetus should die. It w;
ment of all the leaders of the
vetus deserved to die. Even ;
spirit of the times, affirmed the
I
, _ 1
THE PRESBYTERIj
inity as received by the
denied the divinity of
ice of the Holy Spirit,
containing these errors
le book was denounced
er declared that the auServetus
was cast into
sral years afterward he
, holding tenaciously to
the conviction that he
urination into the chan
inally, in 1553, he pube
re-stated his old herein
in Vienna, and proct
is not difficult to sur;
result of his trial, had
sumed name, he made
:nce in Geneva was rehad
him apprehended
my.
ed, was the spiritual
the same relation to the
bis church, or that a*
0 the state. The regennim.
However, opposiere
two parties in the
for license and immorvetus;
and the party of
order. Calvin, at this
eader of the Reformaer.
It was but natural
>rosecute Servetus. He
1 welfare o.f the people ;
o was an arch heretic
a a firebrand for more
eal sense, also, the fate
balance. For Calvin to
etus would be a confesact
disastrously on the
us would be construed
tation as a defeat, not
!iat Calvin represented,
i. Had he prosecuted
have been false to his
r would be false who
among his people, or
10 would, in a manner,
linal, who had commitlaw
of the land. What
ecution of the case. The
lty and decreed that he
ntence had been f>assed,
ites for a mitigation of
ead of the stake. The
re not on crorwl t#?rmc
- vv' 11,0
:d his petition! On the
vas burned, Calvin vistim
he had no ill feeling
to recant. Servetus ret
of the Swiss churches
as the unanimous judgReformation
that SerMelancthon,
the gentle
justice of the sentence.
\N OF THE SOUTH.
Considering the facts fairly ar
for its to arrive at a different cc
"NO MORE
By J. L.
"Does that mean there wi
heaven?" asked my child as 1
chapter of Revelation the othei
ers. We were sitting in our a
us the blue ocean, the tips of
pink as they caught the light
more sea." To me, too, this \
I have ever had that love for
to one born by its shore. I lo
by its swell, or sung to sleep 1
its surge. My children are lil
wonder at the little one's exc
For the lonely author of the
a far different meaning. We ca
some of the old masters, seat<
cliff of Patmos, looking out ;
gean, and feeling that with al
sea that is dividing him from
there, scarce half a hundred m
sus, and I *70* u;r others of
the sea is a 1 etween"; p
them again. To him the sea \
tion, and as he pictured the 1
saints, one of the most comio
there would be no separation,
loved ones on earth, no sepai
wrote "the sea"?the separati
even the sea could not work f
tion. If he could not reach
send them a message of com
imust 01 persecution; their
would "the Beast" and his fol
the face of the earth the disci
would send them a message oi
it must be veiled, but they 1
Revelation of the ultimate tr
Lamb that was slain. So th<
Church now and to all time,
taken courage from these wor
rating sea.
Cushing, Mass.
THE GREAT F
No one lives who does not
from something that is in his 1
or spiritual or both, is a drag <
est man or woman alive. 1
need not be a matter of hope
than a hope?it is a fact. It
those who have laid hold on
the place where we shall find
our dear ones' heavenly birth
even to us who are for. a littl
separated from them. Think
ing to mean to those who hav
pain or blindness or crippled o
it is going to mean to all of t
in the torturing struggle again:
^m that day to remember the
surrender.?Sunday School Ti
9
id candidly, it is difficult
inclusion.
SEA."
H. '
ill be no more ocean in
ive read the twenty-first
r evening at family prayottage
by the sea. before
the breakers edged with
of the setting sun. "Xo
vas always puzzling, for
i,: :
UIC WI11V.II 1^ 1 llllclLC
ved to be rocked to rest
by the tireless lullaby of
<e myself, and 1 did not
lamation.
Apocalypse the sea had
in see him, as figured by
?d in his loneliness on a
icross the beautiful Ae1
its loveliness, it is the
all his dear ones. Over
iles to the east, is Enhe
the seven churches, but
erhaps he will never see
vas the figure of separatuture
triumph of God's
rting thoughts was that
No separation from
ration by death, and he
on?"is no more." But
or him complete separahis
friends he could
fort. They were in the
faith was sorely tried;
lowers finally" blot from
pies of the Christ? He
[ hope?for safety's sake
would understand it,?a
iumph and glory of the
i early Church, and the
has been heartened and
ds sent across the sepaiELEASE.
long to be forever freed
ife. Weakness, physical
on the joy of the strong'hat
longed-for freedom
to any one: it is better
is definitely promised to
eternal life. Heaven is .
it. That is what makes
days a time of such joy
te while left behind and
what this release is goe
been living in physical
r dumb! Think of what
js who have been living
st sin! We shall be glad
times when we did not
mes.