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The Cry of Christendom; For a Divine Eirenikon: a Plea With All the Churches, for the Rights of the People ; Christianity and Peace
The Cry of Christendom For a Divine Eirenikon a Plea With All the Churches for the Rights of the People Christianity and Peace Author:Alexander King General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1890 Original Publisher: Printed for the author Subjects: Christian union Sacraments Church Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book yo... more »u get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: " Your faith should not stand in the wisdom of man; 'but, in the power of God." " Wherefore, be not unwise; but, understanding v:hat the will of the Lord is." "It is the Spirit that beareth witness, because tlw Spirit it Truth." " A man, protesting against error, is on the way, towards uniting himself, with all men who believe in truth." " Tuuth, crnsh'd to earth, shall rise again ; Th' eternal years of God, are hers. But Error, wounded, writhes in pain ( Anil dies, among h!s worshippers," CHAPTER III. SCRIPTURE TESTIMONY REGARDING THE SACRAMENTS. " How shall not the ministration of the Spirit be rather glorious ? " " Truth, in the end, shall shine, divinely clear; But, sad the darkness, till those times appear." In discussing the claims and ordinances of the Churches, our principal inquiry must be, " What saith the Scripture ?" " How readest thou ?" It is, therefore, very important, to enter, in the right spirit, upon a full, earnest, and intelligent, investigation of the divine record. Much unprofitable controversy has been sustained, by a partial and inadequate reference to portions of Scripture, wrenched from their true scepe, and forced into foreign service. But, the more rational and reverent course is, simply to seek the meaning which the words employed in any instance, were intended to convey. In order to this, it is important to discover the relations of different portions of Scripture, to each other; and on some questions it is essential to endeavour to follow historical sequence an...« less