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opening' of a new religic
the salvation of man.
sity, and this, at that tin
It was he that proclaim)
Christ the same vesterd
changed at all, who ch;
itv? If authorized, then
who declared that, not
should pass away. Afte
when this Gospel was hi
monasteries, it burst for
tqry, and through Germ
was received as the uptime
of Christ, the pure
taught the up-to-date rc
he such till he conies, w
can never accept the nc
the demands until we ?
change. Ami again; thi
styles ami things has re
hie houses of worship \
them into some other u:
a stately and expensive
are put into these mode
other in having the fin<
temple to the Lord (?
pipe organ, a paid choii
scholarly preacher, who
ing out the gospel, full c
therewith. All this witl
ev, while millions of pe
perishing for the bread
the modest beautifying c
be neat and comfortable
could all sing the soul-s
sung by our fathers an<
like to feel that we arc
church. But these up-tc
parently hear the fine
how? When the husitn
no words about Jesus, ;
ligion are heard on stn
course, some will argue
churches, and the finer
proved of the magtiifice
ing many millions, So
there was but one temj
their way to that only p
at that day. So millior
central house of worshi
and cities from one to
tended by from fifteen t
how much evil the upus.
Yes, the woeful dci
the Church of Jesus Chr
thirst for money, style i
ing up as a mighty bar
and communion with J
should ever enjoy. And
persisted in, will eventu
of spiritual life, and lai
gates and golden streets
dations, whose builder a
Columbus, Ga.
THE PRESBYTERI,
>n. The old was inefficient in
A new doctrine was a necesrie.
was an up-to-date religion,
ed through his apostle, "Jesus
lav, today and forever." If
anged it ? By whose author\VP
rail t/M* coil T*- ?-'-A
... .v^. cv?i. 11 \> as v^nnsi
a jot or tittle of this word
r centuries of degeneration,
ddcn away in Roman Catholic
th again in the sixteenth ccnlany,
England and Scotland it
to-date religion. From the
, unadulterated Gospel has
ligion, and it will continue to
hose right it is to reign. We
iw religion or any changes in
?ee the official seal of such a
is cry for up-to-date manners
legated the old, but comforta
to the rubbish pile, or turned
se, so as to replace them with
edifice. Thousands of dollars
rn structures, vying with each
jst, most beautiful and costly
) with its carpeted floor, its
flashy memorial windows, a
is tenderly careful in measur>f
fire, but no brimstone mixed
li its many thousands of mon ople
at home and abroad are
of life. We don't object to
>f the house of God. It should
, so that the people as of yore,
tirring hymns that were once
1 mothers. Some of us do not
: in an opera when we en to
_ - n ~
-dates draw crowds, who apsermon,
and go away?well,
;ss week opens until it closes
and the blessedness of his reeet,
or store, or office. Of
that God approves of stately
the better, because he apnt
temple at Jerusalem, costhe
did ; but in all the world
ale. Millions of people made
'lace for the worship of God?
is had a hand in building the
p. But now we sec in towns
one hundred temples, and ato
one thousand members. Oh,
tQ-date cry is bringing upon
-icusiun in me spiritual lite of
ist together with the insatiate
md worldly pleasures, arc risto
shut out that sweet union
esus Christ, which his people
this up-to-date watchword, if
ally lead us to the downgrade
id us far short of the pearly
of "that city which hath founnd
maker is God."
I
AN OF THE SOUTH.
[ Miss:
mtmmmun: ttiniumtxttimn:?.
THE PROMINENCE (
BII
By Miss Elizal
(Cont
Who has not read the fir
missions? In this book c
Christ continued to do an<
after Christ was received
through the Holy Spirit u
had chosen. The Spirit cat
Christ had begun.
After receiving the Gre?
returned to Jerusalem, not
but in great, great joy to aw
er" as the Lord had comti
band had had committed to
their own strength. After
tion the promise of the Fa
were endowed, clothed wit
the Holv Snirit nrwl
j ?I 9 nuiiltl
zation began ; for on that v
so great power that three
to their number. And th
such zeal and success th;
ignore their work, and ei
witness with his life-blood,
secution so terrible that
apostles left Jerusalem; t
forth on the day of Pentecc
the light of the world, and
it out.
Philip goes down to Sai
and founds a Church ; thei
chariot expounding the S
who receives baptism at hi
Peter is summoned to J
several days in the house c
reveals to him by a vision t
tion between the Jews and 1
but Peter's prejudice is stn
a message summoning him
necessary to open his eye
world" included the gentil
They had witnessed in J
Hnrl uro c Ar?n.^ " ~ 41
iuc way
the earth."
Now, the Palestinian di
by education or environme
this work; but the man a
meet, and Saul, a devout J
citizen, brought up in Tai
eational center of Cilicia, a
he and Barnabas, of Cypi
pointment of the church
C
iorcign missionaries.
Their program was to p
the Jews, and during their
primarily for their own n
these Roman provinces of
I
November 17, igog.
ionary ?
tmma UIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'TT
DF MISSIONS IN THE
1LE.
Deth Alexander,
inued.)
st great history of Christian
)f Acts Luke tells of what
I to teach; for he says that
up He gave commandment
into the apostles whom He
ne to carry on the work that
it Commission the disciples
in gloom as when he died.
rait the promise of the Fathuanderl
tlipm o-.:.. i:*.*!
, iui itua ill l it'
them a task impossible in
ten days of faithful expectather
was fiulfilled, and they
h strength supernatural, by
liately the work of evangelicry
day Peter preached with
thousand souls were added
cy continued to labor with
at their enemies could not
re long Stephen sealed his
Then there followed a perthe
Christians except the
>ut "the Divine light shed
ist" was destined to become
mc ^anhedrin could not put
naria and preaches to them
11 we sec him sitting in the
criptures to the Ethiopian,
is hands.
[oppa, where he tarries for
>f Simon. While there God
hat the middle wall of partithe
Gentiles is broken down
i>ng, so three repetitions and
to the home of Cornelius are
s to the fact that "all the
e world.
ferusalcm and Samaria, and
to "the uttermost parts of
\
sciples had not been fitted
nt to most successfully do
nd the hour were made to
ew, but a free-born Roman
sus, the cosmopolitan eduvas
called to the work, and
us, left Antioch under apthere?the
first Christian
reach in the synagogues to
first journey their work was
ation scattered throughout
Asia Minor. Nevertheless.