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A BANNER TO
What use can a Church
fession of Faith? There a
Bible itself to be their cree
of any Confession of Faith
But flip rpciilt lioc Koo.a J.
existence of a concurrence
out a standard definitely
And the fruit is indefinite
of harmony.
It has been a large part o
uess of the great churches
they have Confessions, fir
the Word of God, which
which they gather, and tin
The Reformed Churches c
the late Ninth Council in N
not identical in form and
sential doctrine, so that in
history, speaking various
Our and marr-li mmnoMl.r
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world for Christ.
A primary use of a Con
world the truth which th
Scriptures to teach. The
ground of the truth"; premankind
for God, and the
grace. The Church is con
tions. It is her office, not c
to defend it, but to hold it i
the eyes of men. Her own
youth, and all outside of
Church what she regards
truths of her great text-boo
flict of human thought, of t
sion of the Church of Chris
facts and truths which she
from the God of Truth.
A Confession or creed i<
lowship to those adhering t
they rally on the field. L
affirms unity, and it effects
of a chieftain, which draws
holds them in united move
ard of a church unites in c
common faith, and strength
? common service.
By her Confession, more
the teaching given by her ?
ministers of the Word, anc
ministers are instructed an
doctrine which the Church
bodies in its creed. It is tl
of all its witnesses and tea<
of all its preachers, the Chu
bers and jto all the world, i
T t line O 1 ? 1-~ a
..uo <1 ?ii\v pictiuns ia.ii.ii
system of truth, and speaks
a right to keep its teachers
ists and missionaries true tc
under its own banner.
One of the most vital t
church is the instruction c
form of catechisms the Chui
of the redemption through
r
THE PRESBYTERIA
BE DISPLAYED.
have for a creed or a Conre
those who, affirming the
d, deny the right and value
, or other standard of truth.
1 such religious bodies the
in unwritten doctrine with
stated to which to appeal,
views and often a sad loss
f the strength and steadfast,
known as Reformed, that
mly based they believe on
are the standards around
der which they go forward.
>f the world represented in
lew York, have Confessions,
statement, but one in esmany
lands, with a various
tongues, they heartily conand
confidently to win the
fession is to declare to the
e Church understands the
Church is "the pillar and
-eminently a witness to all
message of his truth and
imissioned to teach all na>nly
to uphold the truth and
Lip as a blazing torch before
members, her children and
her have right to ask the
as the vital and essential
ks, God's Word. In the conruth
and error, it is the mist
to stand and testify to the
has received by revelation
5 a bond of union and fel0
it, a banner around which
ike the flag of a nation, it
? unity. Like the standard
together his followers, and
ment and effort, th? standrne
body those who have a
tens and inspires them for a
over, the Church rbgulates
commissioned teachers, her
1 other office bearers. Her
d trained in the system of
finds in the Word, and emie
creed of the Church and
:hers. Through the mouth
rch speaks to its own memand
in no uncertain sound,
i, and affirms a concurrent
one eTeat messaw Tt hue
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, its preachers, its evangel)
its own faith, and battling
ises of the standards of a
>f her own youth. In the
rches bring the great truths
the love and the blood of
N OF THE SOUTH.
Christ to the minds and hearts
would she bring them up in the :
tion of the Lord. Probably no C
a better manual wherewith to iml
young in fundamental doctrine th
Presbyterians have in the Short
brings a somewhat tough and tr
youthful intellect, the mental ai
which it affords is worth the lal
learning it. The men who have j
diet are not, as a rule, the weak<
race.
The most crucial test of any do
character. Now men like the grea
and the great historian Froude, me
and John Morley, being judges, P
reason to be ashamed of the ethi
in history by their system of doc
fies to its capacity to build up firi
ter?to make men strong, brave, u
inspire them to high and noble a
love of righteousness and a passio
liiciii iu neroic enaurance ot suttt
sisiance against wrong. It is a du
owes both to her creed and to her
well drilled in the home, in Sabba
class. The world needs the discipl
still, and never more than today.
"VACATIONS FOR PREA<
INVESTMENT
This was the subject of a striki
cent issue of The Atlanta Consti
of soundness that we print it in f
remember that it was not written 1
a man of affairs, and that it was
lished in a religious paper, but in ?
There are still a good many peop
that the minister has comparativ
they can not see any reason why
cation. It is to be hoped that the
torial. Here it is:
"If the theory of regular vacatio
as a conceded commonplace in the
much more vividly should its prin
self-sacrificing men whose import
safeguard the spiritual status and
munitv?
"The clergyman's life has its be
and all its intermediate chapters, ii
Never is he released from a cont
whether it be preparation for his i
the even more exacting requireme
intimate terms with all sorts and <
"The demand upon his sympath
perpetual. In sorrow and sicknes
? r '
joji duu success ana ianure, man
services are in requisition ; and to e
ing call he must-bring^a keen and
a spirit chastened of weakness an<
"The ordinary individual woulc
collapse after a few days of grue
tests of this nature. But the pr
denomination, is expected to end
preserve his cheerfulness under al
August 4, 1909.
of her children. So
nurture and admonihurch
anywhere has
jue the minds of the
an English-speaking
er Catechism. If it
ying exercise to the
id moral gymnastic
bor and the pain of
grown up upon such
;st specimens of the
ctrine is its effect on
it theologian Dorner,
:n like Mark Pattison
resbyterians have no
cal results produced
trine. History testi11,
if rugged, characpright
and pure, aiid
ims, to give them a
>n for liberty, to gird
jring, and heroic rety
which the Church
people to have them
th-school, and Bibleline
of such a system
3HERS AS AN
ing editorial in a re
tution. It is so full
ull. As yoti read it,
by a minister, but by
not originally publ
large secular paper. ^
le who have an idea
ely little to do, and
he should take a va:y
will read this edins
has been accepted
business world, how
ciples apply to those
ant function it is to
welfare of the com
! 1 1 *
ginning ana enamg,
i ceaseless activities,
inual mental strairf,
.veekly discourses or
nt of mingling upon
ronditions of men.
ies is proverbial and
s, sin and suffering,
iage and death, his
ach fresh and differperceptivc
rrtfnd and
3 self.
I fall upon ab^u*?
lling and contra^ljjL
eacher, of whate^B
lure it smilingly, t<^
II conditions, and to l
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