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to say these and is p
comes a man who s]
gandist, who docs no
seems to be his com
trines he preaches. 1
does not understanc
that there must be s
such devotion in sucl
and speak as lie spok
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"As wc leave the "N
neighborhood we m;
tlie Papacy founded
Kphemeral governmc
by man 011 shifting sa
others often born of 1
last to the end of tim
ing years; the one e\
heavenward, the oth
bv the force of desti
of peace, the other
tlie one with its ag
other grown godless,
from all restraints oi
being the centre of a
er languid in perp
against it, and all tl
Peter and upon this
the gates of hell sha
The above was wr
It contains many err
Christ was founded
is trying to sustain
When Christ aslo
that 1 am?" Simon 1
the Christ, the Son <
swered and said unto
jona, for flesh and bl
but my Father, whicl
thee, that upon this
the spates of hell slial
"rock" did Christ sa
afterwards denied h
but upon Himself, "
What church would
"Papacy," "Popery,"
diction ; but "My CY
Church Universal,
ter, St. Paul, the ap<
quent Christians. T
tians has continued
tians are found, and
founded a church an
more the builder St.
Gentiles," than St. P<
and from Rome for
have several times be
the Church of Chri
iicart of His disciple:
St. Paul wrote to
"Spiritual Rock"; "t
THE PRESBYTERIAIs
robably paid to say them ; but here
peaks not as a professional propat
live by it, and whose only motive
iction ot and his love for the docie
is a new specimen. The skeptic
1 him. The sincere thinker feels
omething in the faith that inspires
It men. May others like him come
:e?for our Lord and His kingdom.
1ST THE ROCK.
/ "Paschal."
/atican to visit the churches in the
ty reflect on the contrast between
on the Rock of St. Peter; and the
;nt and political organizations built
nd. The one a divine institution, the
violence and oppression: the one to
e, the others fleeting with the passer
leading its subjects upward and
ers hurried on the downward path
uction; the one a rock and centre
storm-swept, in perpetual tumult;
^c-long traditions of sanctity, the
irreligious, materialistic, detached
f conscience and morality ; the one
11 empire not of this world, the othetual
and irreconcilable conflict
he ideas it represents. "Thou art
rock I will build my church and
11 not prevail against it."
itten in 1905, by an eminent Jesuit,
ors. It is false that the Church of
on St. Peter, although the Papacy
its Popedom by St. Peter's name,
ed His disciples; "Whom say ye
3eter answered and said, "Thou art
the living God." And Jesus an'
him, "Pdesscd art thou Simon Barood
hath not revealed it unto thee,
!i is in heaven. And I say also unto
rock will I build my church; and
II not prevail against it." On what
y? Not on "Simon Barjona," who
im (unlike a rock steadfast manV
Christ the Son of the living God."
Christ build 011 Himself? Not the
T> 4.1CC - r TTfc ^ - T
x on mi?ui ivome on rapai jurislurch,"
i. e., Christian Church?the
rhis he did at the hands of St. PeDstlcs
and all the early, and subsehat
church of true Saints or Chrisin
all lands, wherever true Chrisbanded
together. If any one man
nong the Gentiles in Rome, it was
Paul, the learned "apostle to the
?ter. See St. Paul's letters to Rome
proof. The Papacy and Pones
en driven (or fled) from Rome, but
st has remained steadfast in the
s.
the Corinthian Christians of the
hat Rock was Christ." The insti
1 OF THE SOUTH.
tution of "Papacy" lias not been
violence and oppression" towar
"Heretics," as its history shows
"led its subjects upward and liea
it. Some of its Popes, history t
?. 1 i ...1 i
jinjuis^ciif cinu uiuwu liiuiiMcia c
the past has not been the "Centi
pirc of the World." Xor can it
all "governments" have been
Church of Christ, and "all the i
Some; many; pages of the loin
arc very far from being the reeo
tion." Although the Church of
end of time," it is very doubtful
with the Papacy, without its gre?
Book; now before me; publish
"Alphabet of the Saints." tells t
"The twenty-six saints in this vo
Lived in various places in variou
Hut now they're together in heat
All we think, say and do in tfic w
And since all that you ask. if yo
Will be granted by God at the pi
The Bible nowhere corroborz
makes the Virgin Mary or any i
see or hear any one of the millio
Rome Italy.
M
Lewisburg Female Seminary, Rev. R.
The positive note is ever bei
The constructive habit is far be
ive. Progress is rarely made by
down. Littering the way with
the track. One cause is not helj
other. The scoldinf
^ ..ML/i k uuv.;
porters, influence, or enthusias
away, or alienates or discourag<
an atmosphere of "don'ts" seldoi
fine, symmetrical characters. T1
ing and proving the crookednes
straight one alongside of it. T1
a bad habit out of the life is to
displace it.
May 18, 1910.
"divine" or "free from
els its opponents, or
Neither has it ever
venward," but far from
? 11 _ .. i ___
cilb us, were me most
ccr known. Papacy in
-e of the Spiritual Emtruthfully
be said, that
"leagued against" the
deas it represents."
* history of the Papacy
rd of a "divine instituChrist
"will last to the
if that will be the case
it reformation. A Papal
cd in 1907, called the
lie children as follows:
lunte of rhymes,
s times:
. en, and know?
orld here below;
.. r? 1 1
ii }ji ci_y iui ^uou cnus
raver of His friends."
itcs this teaching, nor
saint "divine," so as to
ns on earth.
I
L. Telford, D.D., President.
tter than the negative,
tter than the destruct"
the process of pulling
wrecks does not clear
)ed by depreciating an>
not win friends, sup?m.
It oftener drives
-s. Children reared in
m grow up happy with
ie easiest way of shows
of a stick is to lay a
ie easiest wav to nush
/ ? I
push a good one in to