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Wednesday avening.~PrJ.y~r " ,and pr:aise 8 p. "m. , Secr~tary, W. W. Scott.
,VICTORIA, B. C.-Church meets at ,585 ,B6lskin Road~ Lord's Day,l1 a.
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VANC:OUVER, B. C.- Church meets' at 502 Hastings St. 'E. Lord's Day,
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ro.; Thursday,Bible Study 8 p. m. Sec.-Treas .• Arthur: F. Summerscates,6H2
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'THE PAST.
Ah many a thought and sad regret
Steals o'er my mind Of joys long gone,
When all life's summer suns have set
As it they ne'er had shone.
The sky that's gay with gorgeous douds
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Grows dim as darkness covers aU,
And things that, o:p.cegave worldly joy,
Are changed beneath. its pal'll
Then comes befote me a loved form,
Who 'sang to'me at evef!:ing's close,
The beauties of the earth and sky,
That only boyhood knows
Those voices hear.d in days long gone
Grow faint ,as on the past we gaze,
The fa€:es lance we lqoked ·Upon
. The friends of otker days.
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T'was ever thus the loved and fair
Are like the dew drop:or a; thought .
Frai'lcastles that we bui'ld in air,:;'
And weep that they are not.)
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Those cherished scen,e~of other years
Grow dim as seasons take th(fir flight
0, .may we look, beyond this. sphere,
Where there is,no more night.
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In reviewing this, book, let us keep in mind throughout the
fundamental pri,nciple of interpretation laid down by Dr; Charles
Hodge, the great Presbylerian scho'lar: J"The fundamental inter-i
pretation of all writings, sacred and profane, is that words are to!
be understood in their historical sens€' in whkh. it can be histori- ~
cally proved that they 'were used '1:)ythyir authors, and intended
to be understood by those to, whomtheYrwere addressed."Syste;m---.:
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Let Us beat in mind, also, that the, question at issue is not ~
"What meant Psallo in Paul's day?" but, What meaning was in~'
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Theentire effort of this book of '350 pages is focussep on one ii'
point: t6 make it a1'>pe<l!r
that P~allo means, and means only, to
play upon a musical instrument, or to sing and play at once upon '\
an instrument a mechanical devite of human invention and con-!i
rstruction, and that, as Psallo ,isfound in ,the New Testament, it is~•.
therefore not only the privilege, but the duty of Cfiristians to play ,ij'
upon such instruments in their worsh~pof Gcd in the churches. '
It is our purpose to show from the'test.imbnyof his own chosen witnesses that this was not even the primary meaning ,of Psalto; that
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changmg usage
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Dr. LouisF. Benson, 01i.~of Payhe's own wibl.esses, "a very
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reh in the United States-regarded as the greatest specialist in
.eriea along the lines of this research," states as. follows:
"The history of the m~aning of the word Psallu is not in dise, so well is it establisihed.It ha<;l the original mea,ning of.
eking .or twitching a string, etc., apart from music altoge,tger,
then (that' ,is later,' Ed.) an application to ,the 'music ,.ofinments whose strings were pluc:ked, but stH! apart frarn vocal
sie; and only in later usage did it come tomean to sing to the
ompaniment of 'stich an instrument."
According to ,thts 'learned Greek ;;cl101ar"the Greek' worli
/to first meant' only plucking or twitching
a 'string, with no'
rence whatever to music of any kind either instrumental or
.al; that in later and changing usage ac:qukes the meaning of
kinginusic by playing upon the strings of an instrument; and
.t in sWllater usage' it, e'ame to ' mean to sing with an, instrutal accompanimenf Ori~y one more-and a very short step
his process of changing usage tin we come to N,ew Testament
ApostoH,cmeaning, to sing without the use of man~made inuments., This testimony o( Dr. Benson is valuable and will
b~ denied..e.' It st1.'ikes,3:, staggering blow at Mr. Payne's un-,
. glng roea:nmg of Psallo: frof. RoberJ H. Webb, DepaTtment
Greek, in Gree~ University of, .Virginia, reit~rates the' same
timony ..
"The Greek verb Psallo meant ,originally to pluck, pulI or
tch. Fwm this general meaning it tOQk on the, special; mean~
, 'to pluck the strings .of a musical instrument."
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, Notice this latter is n9t the primary or "general" meaning,
it only a·,"spec:ial" meanitig which:it, "took on." . In the face of
s, what beoomes ,of M,r.Payne's Laboriouswork, the ~01eag6nY
which is to-. make it appear that :the one primary, general,
cial, c>illy;past, present and eternal meaning of . Psallo is to
,y UpOl't.amusical instrument.
Dr.. Webb also testifies to the next step in this changing
ge., '''Finally it is used to mean sing-to a .musical aocomiment." Other scholars of not less,fame wiU be called upon -to .
Itifyto a still. further change.of usage in New Testament and
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.Prof. 'Otis Johnson Lodtl, "'the distinguished head at: the De..:'
ment .of the Classics jbr Carlton," after pointing'out that
·.rID.m-;Thayer's
Lexicon.t6'the New Testamep.t and .Gensenius in
Hebrew Lexicon both give the prima~y meaning .,ofPsallez'n to
the "twanging of 'a string," goes,on to' say that it"sl;ems there'e unnecessary.to translate pS;1lleinby sing: "though 'it is pos,Ie that. among the Jews and-Christians it developed this special
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meaning." It wi'll develop as' we prpceed, that,this p0ssibility, ag;-,
mi~ted by so learned a man, has at aU times throughout th¢
Christian'era been admitted as a fact, find never seriQusly deniec:l
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before the epoch,of Mr. Payne's appearanCe. ,Prof. Maurice Hutton,-of the' University CoUe~e"aft2r speak,,'
ing of the us~ of Psal/o in some passages irr the New 'Testament;
says: ".In all these cases I assume the meaning to be, properly,"
sing to the accompaniment of the harp.",
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Notice he assumes this. 'But he goes on to say: "No doubt (as
Dean Alford says)fut came to be used carelessly, and generally of
"songs o'f praise; 'but it pr.operly means, .r~ther, melodies-tunes
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Note, he says "it 'came to be 1ilsed"in . this way generally,
so'ngsof praise. Its general us~ then, according to this autliority;,
came to be "songs of praise,': though he thinks it "properly mearj.t
melodies-tunes of praise played on an instrument.", He forget:s
that the proper meaning.of a worcl~is'the meaning which usage
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the usage Apostolic
and says,usage
thereofwhioh
is "np .
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it improper.
there is "no doubt," is therefore improper! ,And think of "'tune~
of praise, played on an instrument!'" by this learned Professor'.'
He might sing·hymns of praise, s(jrigs~ofpraise, or even tunes of
praise to God. But to play hymns·, songs, tunes, 0f 'even psalms
of praise, is an· impossibility. Even a, simpleton should under-;stand that there 'can .be no ,praise in m,.en;mechanical sounds . .If
this wer;epossible, . then, God would be "worshipped, with men's'
hands." . It makes no differepce who or how many are trying t~
do this, the Word of .God says it is not done. It is therefore im'/po$sible.
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D. F. Estes; Proressor of New Testament Interpretation, COlgate. University, testifies:
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"Th~ Greek verb Psallo origin~ny meant to playa musical instrument, to stdkethe lyre. But as often" happeIJ.s, this was
gradually m0Glified,and it .came to mean sing, . not ollllywith an
accompaniment, but also w.ith no stress on th,e idea of accompani1
ment. Reader,'please rub that in. This eminetlit Professor '(i)f
New l'estament Interpretation in Colgate University kn0ws what
he is talking about, and adds thi'tt this ,is held in common witH
most scholm's .ofthe day. I Tl:),isgreat ~;'scbolar, "in. comm0n with
~o~t schQ!arsof the day," ~r:ein a ~~st rec~less manner contra]
dlcted, pomt blank" by O. E. Payne. "
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J. Corrin Hutchinson, :Emeritus Professor of Gr:eek, LTniver~
sity of Mi~nesota, j,n agreem~l1ltthe s<;:holarsalre,ady cited, (:l,nd
common With most scholars of the ~aY says,:
"For the ordinary meaning of .ps(1~lo consuit Liddell andSc6tt's
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lyre or other stringed instrument' ; to sing with or without ac0'
paniment."
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Reader, what have we here? Liddell and Scott, Thayer and
tchinson, in common with most scholars of" the day, testifying
t p.wtto means to s£nf[ w'i:t11.
or without an' 'accompaniment, and'
t this. meaning is ordi"Jla7Y· that is, no,t a spedal or rarely used
aning, but one in <commonusage., Stick a pin right here. 1:his
,the best scholarship of the world, and there is absolutely no 'es-,
e from it. A cOIicludingstatement 9f .,'professQr Hutchinson
more weight than all the 1vi"nd let loose by modern instrumenmusic lovers He says: "It (psallo) . did n0t necessarily, in
mon usage, imply. an instrument, nor' did it necessarily imply
lack of an instrument." He is referring to "comrnonusage,"
er the beginnifl,gOE the Christian .era," and not to origina,l
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aning in commo!).use' in earlier times.';
Prof. W. A. MacDonell, of the Presbyterian Theological Col~
'e of Sas'ka~chewan, contribute1' valuable testimony to the his'ic and 'changing usage of p'Sal!ein:
The 0fi;ginalmeaning ofpsaltein was to pluck or puH out (e.g.
ii). From that :it passed to have the meaning 0f "to twang" or
,use to vibrate by touching.' This is the meaning it has in the
tuagi,Jil~.(tne Greek'version of the Old 'Tes,tament.) Aristotle,
1atoand Plutarch, also use the word in this sense. About the
.e the New Testament was written, it ,came to have the '.meanof 'to sing to the music of the harp,' to c;elebratethe praise of
d. Where is. now the unchanging l11eaning-""of O. E. P~yne?
fOesthis look -like it?r' Notice (1) to puB 'out; (2), to twang or
se to vibrate by touching;, (3) to sing accomp"anied wi~h ~he
p; (4) to celebrate the praise of God. The latest the Ol:m.s;tmR
age...
Our next authority is Richiird T. Elliott, M. A., D" LiU,
xon), Editor of the iAristophanes, Acharnians, etc" one of Mr.
'ayne's own prized witnesses, who says;
As.to the usual meart~ng of psallo, I should,rep'ly, that, in
assical and .ordinary Greek (apart from Jewish and Christian
iiters), the prima,ry m.eaningwa:s to Vull,.as of the hair, 01' more
'equent1y ,.ofthe bow, but. chiefly, as time went on, of playing a
tinged :instrument. As to whether its import was the same at
e tIme the New Testament wa.s written; J should reply that by
is time lhe ordinary Greek; ~(apart,from Jewish and Christian,
riiers)l, its ordinary meariing, w.as 'to ,play' with the fingers 'am a
ringed insttumertt."
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Notice that this scholar' evades giving in'fonrtation,regarding
'ewish and, Christian ,usage, but admits that his definitions of
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,PSALLOin classical and ordinary
Greek do not apply to Jewish
and Christian
usage,. Later he admits that PSALLO,in New
Testament use, is in the Revised'Version
and by other leading
scholars, and by commentators in general----,-:translated to "sing"
or "sing, praises."
But how amazing! it has just n()w been discovered-by
a man who was never before heard of-that
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these authol-ities, the leading scholars of the world, the translators of the Holy Scriptures, the commentators in general~were,
all ignoramuses-or
knaves-or
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But the University of Mrchigan, which "ranks with the great
~ducational institutions of earth," 'was appealed to for t~e meant:
~ng of PSALLO! And Prof. Campbell Bonner, who presIdes over
its corps of eminent. Greek' Professors testifies: , .
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"PSALLO means, first, to play ,on a, harp or similar im;trument,;
so often in classical Greek. I Then it came to m.ean sin/( to the
harp (or lyre) accompaniment.',~
Th~s, he says, "in classica~
Greek." 'Classical Greek is 'not what we are just now 'lo(i)kingEor;
but ~ew Testa~ent and Appstolic usage, which is not always subserVIent to classIcal Greek. In regard to New Testam~nt usage,
the best t~at this Prince of Greek Professors can say, in sl'lppbrl~
of the practice of the people with whqm he is affiliated, is, , "'In:
the New Testament, I think a, musical, accompaniment
is to be
supposed."
He thihks that there may' be a supposition of instru-'
mental music accompanying
the singing. Rather shaky. But'
this is the best that the b&st of them can do.
Joseph B. Mayor, Emeritus Professor of King's Col'lege, London, in note on Jas. 5:1'3: "PSALLITO,properly used of playing 00
17, ~it is impossible to
a stringed instrUment, I as Lucian Parasite
pipe without?
(flute, or to PSALLEIN1\without' a lyre. ,,,
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saying ,of Lucian, so much depended,upon by the modern advocates of instrumental music in worship, would be' true of the
earlier usage of the word. But Prof. Mayor goes on to say: "We
find it also used of singing, with the voice and with the heart."
Lucia~'s
statement .l.s th.erefore errone?us, as in this later usage it!' I
is possIble to prallem WIthout a ~yre.
The Expositor's Greek Testament (5 vols.}, in note on 1 COli.,
14:15, says: ' "PSALLO denote~, first, playing on strings, then singing to such a<;companirnent. Eph. 5 :1'9, distinguishes
t11is verb
that instrumentation
is implied; 'Un- '
from ado. The Editor'thinks
Tess forbidden, Greek Christians would be sure to grace their so:o.g$
music. Notice, that
with music."
He means with instrumental
Greek Christian, unless (wbidden, would be sure to use' instruments
with their song~; Why? Because, in their pagan worship they had
been accustome<;l to do so. But Greek Christians never do and I
never have done so. Why? The Western Church, that is the
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d use instruments
~n worship. But the Eastern or Greek;
hurch has always and still does, steadfastly reject them. Why?
:he a~thority here cited giv~s Uit') an.s.wer: They wer;e "jorbidden,"
herwIse they would hav:e been. "sure to use them."
The only
,gitimate conclusion is, that they understood
themselves to' be'
tohibited from such' use' etther by Apostolic precept or exam.ple,
hich are equal1y a:J.ithoritatlve and binding.
We learn from this
me authority that psalmos IS .a religious song'either with or witht instrumel'l~<tl, cLccompaniment.
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The Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, "the monumental
rk now issuing from the press unde,r the able editors'hip of Dr.
mes Hastings," furnishes some valuable testimony iJ;lcoroboran of the fQreg;oing~ He says: "It is weB knowp/that
instru-'
,enta,l music played an important part in both tJ:ie Greek and
brew temple rites ...
'. In the Hebrew tem]31e; at the' beginng of the ChrIstian era, the harp, lute, £lute, trumpet and dqlm
:ere used as accompaniment to ,psalms and canonical hymns;
it ... instrumental rrlu,sic Was forbidden in the early' Christian
He fUrther states that "the early Fathers $hunned the
hurch.'"
eek instrumental accompaniment."
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These iireJ?'oomerang f<;lcts,testified ,by Mr: Payne's own witsses',tp smite'liis newly made discbveries into ignominious oblivion
ut hear this authority a little further:
St. Augustine (5th
ntt,try) encourages the singing 9f psalms to the lyre or psaltery.
his ,regulation, or PART'IALALLOWANCE,
of i,nstrumental music in
e service of the church seems not to have affected the Eastern
anch, sinGe in the Greek" Church instrumental accompaniment
.as never been a:Uowed.'"
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Bearing tin mind that this the latest and most authoritative
f all human authorities hi "Religion and Ethics," it ought to
e i:lluminaHn.g to marry whose minds have' been confused. by
uch books as that under review. Note, '''A partial anowance," of
strum~l'il.tal music in the service of the church, began to be made.
hen? .away down4n the fifth cen~ury, after. the apostasy had
idely cl:eveloped and innov;ations had rfIoodedthe church.' .Where?
eneral'ly? All over Christen.dom? NQt at all. This "partial' al,owance" w;as in one congregation~iD'Africa,
ip the oPint'el1 o( one
frz.'can r;arkey. This substa.ntial authority
cOnfitms the al~eady
ell ,established fact, thaeln the early centuries ,of the Christian
ra, ,instrumental rousie" was not in ust1 in the worship of the
hurches.
Reader, what is 'the ),lse'or any mam butting'his :thickkuUed!head agains-t: .such a rock-faced fortress ',of fact?
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"To the Members of the Episcbpal Church;
"Dearly Beloved ~rethren, We think it expedient to give you
brief account of the rise of Methodism, both in Europe and
erica. In 1729" two young meR, in England,
readi.ngthe
ble, saw they could not be saved without holiness; followed af,r it, and indtedothers
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John Wesley was, born June 17, 1703,.at Epworth,
Linc@h'l-,
shire, England.
He was a member of the Church of 'England: "111
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1725, he was ordained a deacon, ahd, the fol'lowing
year elected fel10w of Lincoln College.", He took his degree in:
February, 1727, and in 1728 w:as ordair:ted a priest or pn~sbyter in
the Church of Engla:nQ."-~Htstoryr
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In 1129 he attended' the meeting of p. small society wh!ic)Jj,
had been formea. in Oxford, in which were included his brother,
Charles, and Mr. Morgan, for the purpose of assisting each other'
in their studies and consulting how they niight employ, their t;r.m~'
to the best 'advantage.
The 9ame yea'r,he became a tutor in,the,
college" .received PUPili;;,'and presided as qJ.Qderator in the disputa':..
tion six times a week.
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from the regularity
of their; lives, and
the'i~ efforts to do g(Jod to ~~hers, thafsome of t~e wits at OxfQrg.{{
applIed 'to the Members me name of MethodIsts,
a name by
w,hich John Wesley 'and. his followers have ever since :been:'distinguiphed.",
Ba~gs,
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"The history Qf Meth(i;)disIIil, cannot be given without a bio.
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graphy of John' Wesley., To him' belongs, the distinction
Founder.' Great men by a natural law come forward in, .groups";
.but to" insur~ the success ;ll}d unity 0f am~)Vement~ t).:teremust be"
a solitary pre-eminence:
While Charles Wesley, G~Qrge White- .•
field, John Hetcher, and Thoma,s Coke were mighty auxili,aries it':,
is arot:lnd J ohn Wesley that the religious movement of the eighteenth
centurYi caHe" Methodism, centers." {MeT. p. 14.)
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"The first Methodist were two Wesleys,' with Robert Kirkham
arid William Morgan." (McT. p.. 57.) Seventeen' hundred years,
Church in
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FIRST METHO~ISTSIN AMER.rcA-:-1736.
Mr. Wesley left England in. 1735, and arrived in America in
~6. (Me T. 74) "1YI'archthe- 7th he commenced his ministry at
annah~':' (MeT. 88..) 'In a few weeks after he had started his
t'listry . he started dai,ly morning and evening public prayer ;thus
ing a soc,iety., This was the first SOCIETY in Ameri.ca and
second in the world .. (MeT .. 88-89.) 'l
Mr. Wesley's work in Ameri{:a was not what he qesired it .to
, for he got into .a lot of troubfe and left the country and re'ned to Eng,land.
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"'Wesley's excessive pastoral fidelity and h~s ritualistic severmade enemies, and they found .occasion to' avenge
them
wH.h one of ,his parishoners;
,yes in an affai:rconnected
liss - - - - ~ - - ~ - It seems he' thought' of P,l'oposing marriage to
; but Delamotte warned fiim, and the Mdravians advised him
proceed no farther iLl the matter.'
Wesley answered; 'The
cr 'of the Lord
be. done.' The lady's uncle Causton, of bad
:ord, and them. in brief aut)1ority, sometime afterwards hat~hed
indtctmeh'trs-ten bills, ,some civil and some ecclesiastical-against
. , Wesley was'pn.ipared to' answer, al!1ldmoved for an immete hea-rin,g; but the court evaded his request.· Froin September
when the indictment was first presented, to the end 'of Novemr, when Wes'ley made known his intention to return to England,
seems' to have aUended no.t fewer than seven different sittings
the 'cOUrt, asking to be tried on the matters over whieh it had
isdictioR, but deFlying its right to take cognizance of the eec1estica16f€eIDses alleged. Thus harassed. and obstructed,power be:g in tl1e hands of bis ,enemies, and he unable qrld they unwilling
reach ardssue - ~ he gaVie notice of leavhig and left. (Mc.T.
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Mr. Wesley cl'~clalied; "why, that I who went, to America to
.vert ,others, was never myself cQnverle,d to God."
(McT.la7.)
en the Founder of the MethodistChurch
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. of England, with soMe' corrections anq ,abridgments,
It.reject$
the Athanasian
Creed and {ourteen of. the "Thirty.nine
Articles."
The remaining twenty"five in a modified form, ,constitute
the Creed of the Metho]Di$t 'Episcopal Chnfch:
The Methodist Episcopal' Church, South was 'established im:,
the year 1845 in"the city of .Louisvme" Kentucky,
and .there ar.f
several other branches of the Methodist Churcn, but they are aUi
about'the same in dOdrine.
I give bel~w their ,twenty-five ar'
ticles of faith, as existed in their Discipline in the year 1'909.
1. Of .faith in the Holy Trinity.;~ There is but'one ,livir11!;1
and true God, everlasting, without body or/parts" or ihfinite power,,'
wisdom and goodne;3S; the maker and preserver of all things, v1s';~·
ible and invisible; And in unity of this Godhead, there are three'
persons, of o~e substance power, and eternity,,· - the Father, die
Son, and the Holy Ghost.
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- -The Son, who is the, Word of the Father, the '''very and -eternal
God, of one substance wit11 the Father, took man's nature in: the
womb' of the blessed Virgin; so that th€('whole and perfect nature's,
that is to say, the Godhead and the manhood, were joined together;I
in one person, never to be . divided, whereof is One Christ, very
God and very man, who.,truly suffered, was cruCified; dead and
buried,' to re~ondle his Pather to us,' and to 'be' a sacrifice, not o~ly
for origina.l guilt, but also for' actual sibs of men.
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again from the dead, and took again Misbody ,with all things appertaining,to the perfection of man's nature, wherewith he as"l
oended into heaven, and there sitteth uptil he retum to judge aU .
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,4. Of the Holy, Ghost. - - The Holy Ghost, proceediRg' from
the Father and the'Son, is of one substance, majesty, and glory;
with the Father and'the son, very and 'eternal God ..
. ~.5. Th,e Sufficiency of ,the Holy Scriptures
for Salvation. - The Holy Scriptures contai!) all things rr€~essary to salvation; S0
that whatsoever is not'reaGl, therein, nor may be proved 'thereby",
ris not to be1"required of any man, that it shouId be believed as an.
artide of faith, or be thought ,requisite or 'necessary to salvation.
In the name of the Holy Scripture we do understand those cam~nlcal books of the Old and New Testament of whese authority was '"
never .any doubt in the church.
(Here are, the names of the books
of the Bible" J. L. H.»
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Old Testament. - -' The Old Testament is riot ,cOn- j,
trarv to the New:' ,for ,j1oth in the Old. and New Testament ever.:.
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Where,re they are not to be heard who feign that the aId fathers
d look for only transitory
promises. Although the law given
m God by Moses, as touching ceremonies and rites, doth not _
d Christians, nor ought the civil precepts. thereof of necessity
rece~ved in any commonwealth;
yet, . notwithstandi1'lg,
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ristian whatever is free fn~m the obedience" <ifthe commandnts which are ,called moral.
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following, of Adam (as the'Pelag~ans do vainly talk), but it 'is
corruption of tllenature
of ,everyman,
that naturally is jndered of the offspring of Adam, whereby mar). is very far gone
original righteousness, and of his nature inclined to evil, and
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am is such, that he can "not turn and prepare himself, by his
natural'strength
and wQrks, to faith, and calling upon God;
:refore we have no power to do good works, pleasant and actable to God, without the Grace of God' by Christ preventing
that we may have a good win, and worJdng with us· when we
e that good will.
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God onl'YEor the merit of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ
faith, and not for our own works or deservings; ,-.- wherefore,
.t we are justified py faith only, is a most wholesome doctrine,
very fun of ,comfort.
10. Of Good Works. -- Although g.ood works, which are the
,its of faith, and foUow after justification, cannot,put away our
.8, and endure the severity of God's judgments;
yet ar:e they
asing ,and acceptabl'e to God in Christ, and spring out of a true
lrively faith. insomuch that by them a .lively faith may be as
dently known as a tree is known by its fruit.
11. Of Works of Supererogation.-Volunta,ry
works, besides .
r and above God's commandments,
which a.re called works cif
ererogation, can not be taught without arrogancy and impiety.
by them men do dedare that they do not only, render unto God
uch as, they are bound to do,but that they po more for' his sake
n of bounden duty'is l'equired; whereas Christ saithiplainly,
,en ye have done aU that is commanded you, say, We are unfrohie servants.
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every sin willingly comted after justification is .the sin against the Holy Ghost, and undonable. ,Wherefore the grant of repentance is ;not to be, denied,
uch as fall into sin after justification; after we have received'the
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oy the grace of God rise again and ame,nd'oUr 'Iilies. And therefore"
they are to be condemnep. who say t'l;ley can no more sin as long a~
they Hire here, or deny the plate of fo:qgiveness to such as truly re'~
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ana the sacraments duly .adrninisterf'.d accordi'Ilg to Christ's,ordin,.
ance in all those'things that of nec:es8ity are requis,i:te to the same~
14.. Of Purgatory.---;- The Romish .doet,tin.e. concerning ]ilurga.J;
tor~, pardon, worshipping, and adoration, as well of images as QJf,
relics, and a1so invocatio.ri, of saints, is a.£ond ,thi,pgJcainly, inven~ed;
and grounded on no warrant df Scripture" but rel'mgfi'~nt tQ't};J.e"
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People understand-It
'is a thi-ng plainly repugnqVlt to the war,er ~f
God" and the cll;stam of the primitivechu:rcl;1, to have pu.blic pr::tyer
in' t1)e church, or to ,minister the sacraniients, in ·a, td,pgue not under~
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of ChrIst are,'
not anly badges or tokens of Clidstianmen'spr0£ession,bat
rather
they' are certain ,signs of grace, and Gad's good wiU towards us. by
which he doth work invisibly in us, qncl doth not ,only .quicken, ht;it
also strengthen and canfirm our' faith ,in him. ,There are tW0 sacraments, 'prc1a'ined afChrist or r.-ord in :the gospel, that is to say,
Baptism and the ~,upper of the LOl'd.':;.Thas~ five commqnly ,c~'lle,d
Sacraments, that 1Sto sa~, ConfirmatIOn. Penance, Orde,rs, Matrl ..•
J1lany, and Extreple UnctIOn, are not . tP 'be counted for sacramJ~nt~
of the gaspe'l, berng such as have partly groW-Bout oUhe corrupt
fallowing ofithe apostIe~, and partly a1"e'states of 1ife allowed, in the
Scriptures, but yet have not ,the 'like' nature Qf Baptism and the'
Lord's Supper, because they I\}ave,not 'any visible sign'orceremoVlY:
ordained of God.' The sacraments we,re not ordained of Christ to'
be gated upon, or, to,'be /,drried' about, but that w~ should duly 1;1S~,
them. And in such on1y as wor:thiJy receive the same they have a'
wholesame effect ':0r operation; but, they,;that
reoeive them un"!.
worthily purchase to tnemselVes condemnation, as St. POlal saith, 1
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Of Eaptism.~,Baptism
isnot"6nl'y a 'sign of profession,and
mark 'Ofdifference whereby Christians are distiriguis'hed .from others
tha,t ar,e,'not- ,baptized,; but,,'it ,is,also ,a ."sigri bf r~g€meration" .'or ,t'hf
ne~ birth. The :baptis11;lof yo~ng' chi~pren is to' be retained in, thef
church.
18. Of t:he Lord's $ullper._the:'Supper"of
the Lord 1s,npt Ol1Jy
a sign that Cht~is,tians, ought to baye among' themselves 'one to'
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~ath; insomuch that to'such as righHy, ' 'Worthily" and'.vi.th failhl
:eceive the same the bread which we take is a partaking af the bady
f Christ, and likewise tlne cup~bflDhi;ssihgis a p~daking, Of theplQod
:f Christ.
TraNsubstantiatian,'
or the change ,of ,the substait::rte of
read and wine in the Supper Of our Lord,cannot,.be
proved by
oly Writ, but~'is repugnant to the plain ~o.rds' o:f Scf[pture', ,oy.er~
roweth the' nature of a sacrament, 'a,nd h<111hgiVieri'~occasionto
any superstitians.' 'rhe bady af Christ is g,~veh.taken, a:nd efl'ten
the Supper, l'only after, a heavenly and scriptura:l malimer,.. .And
e means w.hereby the body ofCl<1rist is received in the Sl1Pper is
it'h. The sacram.ent of the Lord's Supper was not' by Christ re~
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,19'. Of Both Kinds.- The cup ,of the Lord i;; nat to ?,bedenied
t.he fay peap'le ;fof both the parts o'f the Lord's Sup]?er, by Christ's
d1nanoea'nd
commandment, ought to, be admm1stered to all
hdstians alike. '
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20. Of'the' One Oblati~n of Christ ,finished upon the Cross.~
e"~6ffering'of Cl<1r1stonce'made is that perfect redemption, prapidon and satisfaction for all the sins of the'lwhole WOrld, bath,odal.al;idlactual ;and there is none :other satisfaction for sin but tl;1at
one. Wherefore the sacrifice. of the masses ~n which· it is commonsaiGlthat the, priest doth offer Christ far the qui'ck and the dead,
have remiSSIon of palin orguHt, is a blaspnemous fable and danrous deceit.
2'1. Of Marriage of Ministers, ~ The mirtisters of Christ are not
bmnnandeGlby God's 'law either to. vow theesthte of single rife, ar
() abstain frbm marriage; the'refore, it is lawf~r far them;j'as far all
ther Christians, to marry, at the,it own"di~cretion, as they shall
iti.dgethe same to 'serve to,.go,dlines~.,.
'22~ Of the Rites andCerernal'l'ies of Churches.--'- It is nat Jiil08CeSry tbat rite's and <;eFemoni€s should: in aU pl~ces be the same, or
l~actTyalike; for 'they have b~en always d.ifferent' and may j;)e
'al!lgea ,according to the diversity,of cpuntries., times, and men'.s
anflers" .80 that nothl.f;1gbe ard,ained agail):st Gad's..word. whoever, thr6ug'h his private judgement, wit1:ingly and purpasely doth
periIy l5reakthe rites ana,ceremonies of the churcb to which he oe)Vlg~,which are not rep:ugnant to the, word of Gad, and are ordaind an~ approved oy, commQn authority, o}lght to"be rebukeq: apen• ~hat atners'may fea.r to dothe like,as one, that offendetb against·
ecommoVl order of. the church, and: waundeth the cOhscienc~s of
eak bretHren .. Every particul?l," church may orda.in, change or
b()Ii~fu,rites and ceremanies;' so that C(tH things, may be' done to. ed.i,catian. '
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Uniteq States of Ar;tlerica.
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Congress, the general assemblies, the governors, and the coundls0f
state, as the delegates of the people. are the rulers of the Un~F~d
States of America according to the division of,power made to theI:n
by the constitution of the United' States, and by the; constitutions
of their respective states. And the said states aref a sovereign ar;J#
, independent .natic)D, and ought nbt to be subject to >any forei~lt1
jurisdiction.
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Christians are not common, 'as touching the right, tiltJe and' p'ossest;
sion ofithe same, as some Sb falsely boast. Notwithstanding, every
man ought, of such things as he possesseth, liberally to give alms to
the poor, according to his ability.
25. Of a Christian Man's Oath.~As we confess that vain ,and
:rash ,swearing is forbidden Christian l)1en by our Lord Jesus Chrisf
and James his apostle, so we judge that the Christia,n doth not prb~
hibit, but that a ma.n may s,wear when a magistrate requireth. in q'
cause of faith and charity, so it be .done according to thepFOphet's
teaching, in justice. judgment and truth.
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The i[)isciplin~ cOJ;ltains.a ritual' and rules governing the I?<lw.agement of local congregatlOns, Conferences, Quarterly Meetmgs.
,CIasses, Missions. Char,iHes, etc., etc. The Catholic doctrine :of
sprinkling or pouring for baptism is retained, but the candidate may
request "THAT OTHER MODE."
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For a complete refutation of the Methodist Doc.trine, order
from Mrs. C. R. Nichol, Clifton, Texas, "A Study in Methodist'
Discipline" by C. R. Nichol, price 25 cents.
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FROM
AN OLD MANUSCRIPT
The following brief soliloquy originated
on the'strong side:'
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from a temptation
to,
"How happy are they who saH with wind and tide down the
tream 'Of popular esteem, having the banks ,of the stream on which
ey are embarked lined with admit-ing crowds, waving their hats
od bowing their heads in sigos of approbation and admiration.
ow tranquilly they glide along .. When· the sun shines and aU is
I'm; how easy and happy their voyage.
When storms arise they
take thems,Eilvesto the 'shore, and find themselves safe and happy
the caresses of admiring thousands.
Hbw eri,viable th~y! Who
ONTARIO.
In 1 Cor. 16, we have a peculiar case 'where Paul exhorted the
churches of Galatia to cQntribute for"a' certain work and q'lso to, appoiht some oQe (whomsoever they shaFI approve) to deriver those
contributions.
The churches of Ontario did' the same for last year"
and this year by my,\suggestion' (which I made in 'foro.nto last·
Thanksgiving day)'. We i1;1Ontario are trying to help three evange-"
lists instead' of one by 9iyiding in'to the Meaford', Toronto and St. ,l
Catherines distr.icts. The, evangeIi~t to take his membership with:
one of, the churches in each district, be under the oveJ;'sig~t of elders ./
of that church, and be .sent out by tbat church to help, sm.aHeri"I .
places in that district, and ,all contribut.ions to this special work to!
go to hirn,through the Treasurer, Of th,e'church where,he lives, the
different c_hurches in th~t district co~operatip.g t.o help$uPPOl:t him
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in the field. Now if there is anything w.ron!; about this j1;tst let us
know and give us a better plan, and I believe the, brethren of On,
tario will gladly receive it.' I
The Monthly Review w~sendorlOed by the brethren at June
eeting at Monday mornihli!: .session ,I and it was sugg.ested that a
an be appointed in each ,of the three districts to take subscriptions,
nd in church news; etc., and thus fill the paper so full bEchul'ch
ews that there would be no room left for adve.rtisements; that ad~tisements were j1,l!'tifi~bleonly when we did not, have better marIal to f'iJ,lup the space. ,
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not deskethe
a.ndrapid
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t~eir h.appYlb~~
CQ'n~rast i,t
withimperyon~ ent"
of vulgar applause.
How
¢epti:ble their advances .. After whole nights and days OF ,toilsome
rOWing they a.ppear not to have distarrced the shado}V of a man of
!taU stature.
No cheers' nor congrattllations
from the spectators:,
whOehance to cast an e.yeUpon them' from the ban~. except a nOW
and then 'God-speed' from some obscure one ,p~rched upon some
roc1<:or is~a.nd, who has himself'l)een buffeted with hardships.
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"'Sl:1chwas the prospect before me white I viewed the land;;cape'
w1tb the wrong end of the telescope next my eye; but all of a sudJi',,·
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den tumed·the o~her end, and strange indeed was the change i.n
the scenery. ].no;w,co1.j.lqread the inscription hn the' colors of the
descending barge and that on the ascending skiff.,J could.see a:lJ
devoted to, present happiness, and those" top, who sought .hapRj~
ness in,both worlds, on the side of those des,cending, 'bu:tnot oneJt
the ,admk~rs, <;>ftheir cour~e, nor of those embarked 01'1that voyag~,
had yet dIed. I looked,upon the stream and found, from the 1l!i~
scription and otner, hier6glyphics, upon the skiff, that their destiny
was mot to any port on earth, and, that their eyes was tix;ed on some
invisibie' and distant good, of such .charms as to make ~'thern sing
and !ri.mnph at every pull they gc:ve the oaF. A sm'aIl ccJ!llpa1'1Y.~f
the hv,lng and all ,that h?-d,ever. ~hed l09ked upo~, them eIther WitP.
perfect complacenCY-WIth a WIshful or an, envI01,lS eye. , In pre~
senting the two rival courses ofthe whole human Irace thus to tl:ie
eye of 'my. mind, T coukf better appreciate the wjsdom and hq.p'p{:'
ness which distinguished ,the respective ,cQ1,1rses
of the' sons of me,n..
,But am I not, said I, thus ~onfo1!lnding my ownre.fle€:tibns with a.
descriptive and symoolic representatipn of tIfi,ngs addressed to tJn.e
consideration of others?
True, it appears so. But' if I gajffi'ltiii'y
endthig way mQre readily, wl'1at\is the difference.?
"0 my soul, do you not ,know ,that every good intention' of
yours, and every 'good @ffort of yours, were it only to subdue one·'
evil inclination, is witnessed w:ith admiration by aU 'the excellent
that ever lived. Do you not remember tha,t the Saviour said tJllere
is joy in heaven' over one ,reforming, slooer, and even, ;too, ann0ng
the angels of God;. and, can' yqu think that one good deed of yours
i$ viewed with indifference by al'l,Yof, tl.1.eexalted"'dighitaries
of th'e
heavens'!, When \you make one f,igntepus effort to pr.oITIate goodnes§
in yourself, or in any hum.an being, know that. every good man and
woman on earth approves your course,;.ahd is; upon yOUr side; yes':
and all the spirits of the dead. The wicked spirits J\:now that YOU
p:re wise. and cannot 'out approve your way; and all the holy' and,
h<1lPPYfrom righteous'. Abel 'look doW'n upon you with. delight, and
~ongratulate ybu: on every adv,ance you can .make' in goodness~"
SfliOlilgerand more num.erous are those upon your side than they
that are on the side of your opposers. When :You a,re tempted to
,C01\lsl:.l'lt
YOUrrepu.t:ation and, your' worldly advancemerrtarnong men,
o reflect how liUle they, can do for you, and, how much against 'your
happiness.
Can they soothe' ,your trou'bles" can they heal your
woundg, tan they remove yom fears, ,or tra'11quiIize your agitatiorts?
No. no,-fu'lil wen you might know, from your past 'experience, hQ'w~
'litille they can do fQr'you. When they O1ioe smiled upon you and
cong1;atukited yoq, were 'not your att$ foa~is'll,and did not the iVery
, deeds for which they praised you give you pain? Have you ncH~"
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th-born remedies to relieve; and" will you now, when God has
iled upon you, pay your homage tO,human adulation, arid seek
please the pr:oud and the'vain wh,b cannot bless, you? No, my
1, you cannot tl'ms sin against your.Qwn felicity. Will it not 'be
re than a reward ,for aU privations and affronts in the way of
dness and self-denied obedience, to reflect that all the good and
se in :Heaven1s .e,s.timalion have toiled with you, and now approte your progryss., ~nd when you struggle with a:Irurementsl they
, with, in'tense interest, await .the issue, ancf<;lre ready to hail y<ot1.
th trliump'hant~ joy asvic.tor?
Be assured, then, ,in an your
uggles in behalf,· of truth a':ndgoodness, t'fl'at ',every just man upon
.eearth, every happy spirit in the invisible world, every ang~i in
aven, and what is more, your Redeemer- and your' Heavenly
ther, are aN upon your side, and ready to put an inco~ruptible
OWllil upon your head, and to ,g,reet ycm with
a be arty we~C0me,
Let these re~
ying, 'well done, }'iOUi§ood lima fa,ithful servant;'
ctions cause, you never to despond amidst di,fficulties, never to
iut in adversity, never.to yietd to temptation, never to, seek the
aise of men at the risk of forfeiting the praise of God. Rememlet that that day hastens) with every pulse, when YOt1.
woU'ld rather
., ve· the smi'les,of yt?ur Lord.and,pavi~mr, whetlyou. ':V0uld rat~er
:1;),EI,a,pprovedby HIm, than. -to be haded by an admInng wprld;"as
tbe paragon of ev~ry worldly exceUeLl.C!:e,as
.the soverejgn arb~,ter of
1the crowns and thrones tha~ mortals ever· coveted. 'Fhmk,
.inik, how m.a'ny smiles atte~t Y01:1,1;
c<?n:quests, an~ how .rri~y ·~yes
lth sadness, woU!ld beltIoId cyour dIscomfiture In 'thIS " glonous
ru,ggle. Fir~d by Hlese conskleratiqns, the' weak side becomes the
liOn-ger,and it is easy to burst through i all the restraints which,
oddly pride and' worldly policy would throw 'as obstacles in<"Jour
\ 'b.er L o.t's \yl ·e.
ay.. 'Remem
0
Of
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'(COPIED BY
M.
WATTERW0RTH.)
THE BOND OF PEACE-NO. ,6.
M.
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WATERW0RTH.
"For, I know this' that after My departing shall gr,i~vous wqlves
'dnter in among you, not ,sparing the flock. Also of your own seI.ves
$aH mep
perverse 1 things.
draW'
away,and
disciples
after
:them.arise,
Andspeaking
now , brethren,
oommendto you
to Goq
to the
irm'<;lof Hi~,g,race, which, is able.to build YOU1.lP.,and to give you
~n inheritance among aU' them which ,are sanctified." ACts
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is, very
simple.
The Christians
and rejoicecLin
now have"",t~,e
'Di,:,ine
message
in all
its .fulness
and be3;uty.had,They
,t)~y ,
bebef of aU the Lord taught and promIsed them. They becan
established on the rock 0f the everlas{ing Gospel. The distincti~
between the church and the world was very dear. \ Immediatel
after the pouring out of the Holy' Spifit on Pentecost (Acts 2), wh{:
the church really came into existence'. <weread in the Divine wor
that "they continued steadfastly in the apostles' teaching, in fellO\!lrship, in breakin'g of bread, and in prayers."
'The New Testamerl
teaches, as well as does church history, that the pro,cedure in the:
, (Eph.'5: HI). They taught and',exhorted one another~ ,in which' a'
were free to take part, (1 Cor. ~4: 26-31). They bro,ke of the brea':,
app.0,drank
intedon p.of
.laceat.a
hour.
.psalms
a,nd
worship
thetheLord's
Day
was
very
'simple.
They
gathered
at a'~~'
C'
a,nd
cup,certain
in
memory
of They
their sang
Lord,
(Acts
20: hymm
7).
Cor. 11: 23-31.) They contributed as they were prospered, (1 Cor:
16:J'72.). They'prayed and gave thanks uptq the Lord for all Hi!,
'if
mercIe~, (Acts 2: 42.)
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Early historians testify liberally concerning this simple for:.mof
worship in whi~h the Christians engaged, They were all brethren ifl
Chris,t. Even the apostles'were just plain Peter,Jam~s and J(;)hn. They
carried f!o prefixes or suffixes to 1 their mimes, and they arraYed,
their persons in plain apparel as' did their. brethren.
The highes~
seers;t"thes'e
:!ocal'congregatlOns or: churches wer.e severally reo
for the cours~
they ov~r
pursued; Hence
the captain
oCourover.;•..
!?al.
' sponsible
were. tth.e..feedersof
t h.,e flock
they
were
appointed
earth~y
appeal
was
the J;llessage
elderswhi'ch
ofofthe
loca:!
.congregations
vation ,~hen he had toa final
correction
and' instructionWhCI
tci
national or n~tional'or
provincial
council,· Synod,'
Conference
or
chapters two and three. A careful aA.1d. prayerful reading of tM!
truth ChaPters.
that the,will
Lord'
is very
particular
as regards
the doctrine
two
delilrly
convince
a'nY'one
who wants
to know and,
the .. .
practices the churches maintain.
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Among the great m",jority of professing Christians purity in:
have)
. the faith and worship was not long in eviden~e. Israel, as
.",ftseen. many turned away from the true worshIp of God, and hIstory
d'i again repeats itself.in the church of God. Inventions
and traditiOIw6f men are introduced until the truth becomes completely obscared. By 117 A. D., ",holy wate~," ,~m institution unknown tOI
the New Testament was in use in the worship. The "fast of Lent, "
by,140 A. D., infant baptism as earlY, as !50 A. D. Priest's ves-
i
w«=:
tures were in evidence in 257, signs of the CrClss; came aboutthe
same time, the mass in 300 A~ D., pnd the clergy wasl ferbidder:J;to
m~rry in:103 A. D. (this part ofthegreat
aposta~y ispra:in~ dealt
with in 1 Tim. 4 :3). Pope.ty began in earnest in 45'0; Wax candles,.
in 610. Images were introduced in 787.. " Instrumental, 'n;msic did
Terri'porM WQwerw~s ,assUlp.e€l
not came in until the ,sixth,century.
by, the Papacy in the ninth ,cer;1tury;' The Bible forbid;den to the
latty i141~29.. 1;[radition took stiH" ano~her ,advance, st~p' when
CaLvin'in 15'36 in the church at Geneva first gave official satIction
tospr.iril,ding fqr baptism.';'
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The"~b'ove named traditions and human. inventions, with m.any
~thers. were introduced ~gainst the prbtests of a large per cent of
• he' most devout 'communicants.
There is not one of thernthat
Some
,as the least v,estige of authority in, the gaspe,} of Christ.
>
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ifu.ctI(i)nSf.rom
t~.em were borrowed
ewisn worS!1ip;,'
oth~~,!~r~
in;tfb- J''
Paganism; from
and the
the J'balance
of them are
tneQffspt;~ngs\,
f. the fertile imaginations o.f men, .who co:nced:e<;l:
llght.ly, the break~,
ng of the '(COvenantof the Lord Jesus Chnst ..
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The Holy Spirit eamestlyexhorts;
"Let no l:nande~eiye ~ou
,y any means; for that 'Uqy shall .not come. '(The '~coming of the
ord jesus,) e~cept tl:1e~e come a faT'lingaway first, and tha tman
f sin be revealed, the son' of perdition; who opposeth"'and exaltetn
ims~lf above all that is called Goel or that. ~sworshipped.:'-'C ---;-0"And then snaIl that·wicked'be revealed. When.fhe Lord shaH
co~sume w~tli ,the sp'irit of h~s .mouth, "an<:is~all,:destrolj;b9th, th.1f
bngh:tlless of {l'lScommg: even, hIm whose COmF1Jlg
lS ,after'the WQrk~
ing 'Of S!ltan Witl;1aN Pt?w,erand sigt'l;sand ly~ng wond~rs, a.nd with
all. decelvableness of qghteousness
In them that,pensh,
,'beqause
t;hey,te'ceived not the love of th~ truth tbat they'might be saved.:' ,
~2 Thess., 2:3-10.)
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lJuman creeds,coundls,
andtra9itions have served ~mly to C01"lf:u.se' ' .
aha.. bewilder and' divide
the children of God. A retur;n to fhe ,
f41aw and ~o the tes;timoFlY~'is the ornly solutiptl,\;a:nd ,slillV:~tdonfor.
S. But we :must love tt.1!1th more than our preferences" the. w.0r:d .
of Godrn9re than oU:,r.:pr:6j:Udic~,s;'the,
faith pf the g0spefm6r~tha:n
9.UrqPinion~.",';Dhf' (ft't!t~","pre w~ole truth, and. nothi!l~,but the
ttqtli, that wromght S0 effectually: In the cO])Jvers'lOu.ofi!?ln.nersand
thesarnctifyin:g <t)f.sairl'tts; and ,.the breaking down" of'partitions,
(Divisions). during the first }'£hirty ye<ij.rsof theChristiah
era, has
lQst one of'its powers,'r. i~~is~:s,till the word 0'£ God-C.:"qu.ick and
powerful and sl1arper tBana~Ytw® ,edged sword.~'.i
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, During ..those· thirty ''Y\~a.rs'it was proclaimed in 'i~s;purity.
What the r;elig.jQusworld needs mostifl this day is a return: to Un-at
saine purity, to the one narrowwa.y; to the ~',oneLord" ori~ rattl).,
and one bapHs&.."
(Eph.'4"·:'I),:)
',",
.: .
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'\:
1/(,
'VocatIOns or usurpatlons.
These al~ came from the "man.of sm."
But he
address
the
separate
congregations;;ee
Assac~ation
send
to did
Christians,
because he
,~hp.
did
Holy
riot Spirit
address
Ii.ever
the autlior-ized
Holy See. any
orRevelations,
.the
such inter.}
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Carman, Man.itobia.
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Dear,Bro.McDougall:-We
are engaged in an interesHng
series o{ Special Gospel Meetings here, and we hope and pray fot
the conversion of sinners, and the building up.of the sai,~ts. '
The Carman. Church of Christ sent invitations to my neighboring, congregations of the same faith and. order, for any of their member~,who cOllld be spClr~d. t~' come to Carman for wors~lplan<;l mutual help on June 19th and 20th. We were favored Wlt\h the good
feH<!>wship
and he,lp e>fa nUTpber of our bretlll~en and sisters from
Winnipeg ahd Glenora. 'Bro. M. Hotte!', whb has been labor,ing
with the.c~:\4toh in Minneapolis had been secured by the Glenora
l!Hh.
~i::ethren to Begin a meeting with thE;m on Lord's"Daythe
But they graciously consented toJ;1ave him help nsin Carman for
the two days. mentioned.
Bro. Hotte!' is a careful student of God's
Book, and a gQod speaker and singer. We all appreciated greatly
his worK\and his good conduct here.
Servi<;;eson the 19th. were:-rO:OO a.m. Bible Classes lar~e'ly
attended;'
11:00, B~eaking Bread' service with ,house 'filled when
Bro. :Beamish of WinniIfleg presided at the Lord's table, and Bro.
M. Hottel fdIlowed with a special discourse to Christians 'on "What
Do. Ye More than Others ?"
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. 3':00 p. 'm.-Large audience again, and tJ1e writer spoke on "Reme,ri1iberLot's Wife."
8:00,p. m:.-Larg~ attendance, and Bro. M. Hottel spoke on
."
/ )~God's Way is Best.'"
Monday, the 20th, 3: p. m.-We had a most interesting meeting, lasting two,hours, with songs, prayers and several,addJ;:esses.
All 'who would were invited to speak concerning the' wqrk in their
part of t'he Master's vineyard as they saw it, and what they would
have it be, in the right of N. T. teaching. Many were ",l)ilterested
to, know !pore about the l?'ible Trainiqg SchooI, which j;f the Lord
W,i:ll,we propose to OJi>en in Oatman this fa:II. An 0utline of the,
main COllrses.o~ study, ,and of the impot,tance and value of such
training .!lwas given.
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At 8: p. m. service, Bro. Hottel and ,I divided the time on the
,sMoject pf "Faith," before a large and rn1,1ch intere.sted audience.
Tbe Carman folks were'good to the visitor;s, and cou.ld have takeN'
care of more. Tuesday morning the remaining visitors left; ,and:
Bro."Hottel went to open. up at or .near Glenora that night .. He
held .a . suoe:essful meeting there a year ago. and the Ghmora
brethren ar:e very much pleased to have him back .••
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Our meetings in Carmal1 c0lldnU(~. A good attendance encouraged the writer last nigpt.·
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H.1.. Richardson,
Carm(;n~, )
J,u'ly 4, 1921.
The Cannan Church is not asleep. Tiley are alive';(;o .the
needs. of the' great North West. ,They contribute . monthly toward
.the support of a Native W®rker in lndia, 'lp.onthly also to help an
ndia.n Brother preaching on a Reserv~ in Manttoba,
and monthly
to help keep Bro.Rogers in thefield,besides supporting,anevange.1ist.
:They are anxious to hGJ,vetheir young folks trained. for: efficient
workers in the Master's Vineyard, and are making ,it possible fOF
who wUl come from other p!],a<:esto s.ecure the, s.ame training at
'mall expense. We had a splendid Buslness Meetmg on Tuesday
:evening to .make all plans possibre at this date for'the School.
At a business meeting held immediately after' t'he, m<3rning
meefinglast L6rd's Day, it was decided that I should go to help
the churches near :Bromhead who have' been writing for my assistance. ' I arn: permitted to be with Bro. H. A. Rogers next Lord's
Day, the 17th.' We expeCt to be with 'the church in Regina for
morning and afternoon meetings, and Bro: Rogers 'begins,a ne.w.mis'sion meeting ilbout :.15 miles out oHhe city that night. I hope to
get the ben~fit of his stirdng discourses,for three nights, and lead
the singing, before going on to Bromhead.
Yours in Christ,
H. L. Richardson.
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Sunday, June 19th, 1921,
Box 103, Macrorie, Sask.
Review wiU be interested to know that
us once more for a weel( of meetings.
McDougall.-Nordollbt
wereDear
threeBro.
youths
accept~,Christ and
Bro. Rogers has been with
[)urilllg the meetings there
all who
r~ad besides
the Montftt)~
were
baptised.
much (
benefiCial
good i~ theto ,way
all who
of strengthenhig
atte.nded ..
the chur~h, and on a whole was
Brother C\ndSister Cleveland who were formerly with us were
back to' attend the meetings, .apd hav.e gone to Eaton with Bro.'
new church wnere\Bro.
Rogers to lead the singing ,etc. in opening
Fisher ,and some other Brothers and Sisters live ..,!! May God ',hewith
them, arid bless their endeavors."
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While Bro. Rogers is on his way back 'he may possibly be able
to give US'9- few more meetings, which we certain.ly appreciate.'
He
is oertainly good and I wish all could hear h.im.
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I amalsd',enc;losing '$1.ClO for renewal of the C. M.
wishing
you every su~cess with the paper.
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T. W., Banting.
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S.iI'Whitfield.
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Bro. and Sister Orr and Jarnjly.
MacFOrie, 'Sask.
June 27tfu, 192'k
I motored from W eyburn, Sas,~. to Harptree
Se,Bool District
June 4th, and preached femr times to the church then~. On accolm t
··,"'of the new schoo'! not being compIeteQ we thoughtbetter
to' discontinue for a while .. '
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Fisfi'e.rand"Edwin"Fisher
and wife nv:e. 'Preached.!
slx·tirpes. ' /,
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Bap.tlzed
one ..
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'Jane 25th I drov:e back to' [email protected],preached twite, yesterdarY.
Baptiz$d 'Ope. .we eont<inue~he meetings for this week''here. "
I thinK I have" ~n oPPoh~ni.ty of ;visiting the R,egrna:C1?,u/:.ch
n~xt 'Sunday., My nex~ meetmg IS .to be fOF I{arptree ~h<u:rch.
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H.y A.
Rogers.
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J~1.l
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l~i.S.-The,re were~~.~~,
fifty
at~Su.ndaY School here yesterday."."
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. July 7, 1921.,
The C.M~ R. was introduced to us by· Brother L. J. Keffer, of
Beamsvil1e,' Ontowhile he was ~n,g~ged i~ a series' of meetings at Jhi~ ..
place a year ago. We have heartily enjoyed the ·clean, wholes<Jnte
pages of th~s little paper. We have been espeCially pleased to find
its articles free from the sarcasm and bitterness which characterizes
so many of the religious journals ,of to-day.
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Wishing you every success in the great work in which you are
enrgageq, am,
Yours in the faith,Wesley S. Hawley,
. Ludington, Mich. R. No.3.
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week'~
'1llee<tin~"<qn
~he
12th. ~ith
the
ch1.:lJrcht~ere.
,!papt~zed
t~vee "
" I 18th,
c1rove
Harptree
to O\:bt
Macrorie,
(261"lniles.),
Began.'one
J,upe,
I fFom
drove>{~124
:pules
to Eatoma,
wher~ Bro
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Dear Bro:-Enclosecl please find $2.00 for which :ple~secredit
me with a year's sub. to the C. M. R. I may say we like.it well
and ,always look forwavd to receiving it as it sure helps to read the
articles from time to time,as we 'heed encouragement and help from
time to time. Will you ask about information about where we live
Estevan isa town of about 2000 peopl'e, has good train 'coliinection
in every direction, we moved down here 2 years ago and this last
spring Bro. Rogers visited us a couple 'of times and we had,a s.plel;ltime with him. He is a wonderfu,J teacher of the word. We had one
lady ta\.lght and baptized,and (believe
there will be quite a few
out :to hear him when he <;omes to haV1e meetings here Jater. We
are trying to interest the people in the meantime and trust and
prqy that we be abk to have a chuvch where we can meet and war •.
ship and do something for our Saviour who did so much for us.
We are try'ing to do week by week as he wished us in remembrance
of him, 'and ate looking forward to the time when we 'expect to
have a band of faithful workers. We ate yours sincerely in Christ.
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Glencoe, Ont, J'J.1ne15th. 1921De~u;Bro.., Mc00\lgaU~Lteceived
your letter a feW days ago,
I have writ!ten you' several
and ,Viis pleased to hear from you.
Umes'~but this is the first communication that r have :had from you
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., You have, ,or should have, an article from me that has hot been
Pv.blisfued yet on th,ebook o:f RC?ma:ns. It was th~ ,last "article that
Jwrbte ~m'that book. I·thrnk It was headed;, Rom: 11':2,5,26. It
.,was,wd:tten on these verses.
Yes, I .!think tl;1e Monthly is gaining, gl'ound' all' the time. I
'q
trust it wiH do much good.
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ani article as"soon as I ,ean 'get time to write:. ' "
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July 9, '21.
D.
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Manitoutin Island, wJ,;1ereI preached for about two weeks. We had
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good meetings, the people came out well and listened attentively.
There was on~, young lady baptized.
We also had three meetings'
over at Kagawong, in the Ag6cuIturai
Hall. Those who came
seemed very much interested and asked me to come again and have
a longer meeting. There are only two members at Kagawong
} whom I ~fiptized about four weeks ago. Then I went to Little
Current on the 19th and preached for the brethren there. We
would like to be able to give some time to the church there if we
could afford it, but on account of poor train ,connections and travelling expenses being so high it would make it difficult for me.
We are glad to report two baptisms at our home congregation
last.Lord's Day.
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Saturday June 25th I motored 137 miles to the'old T,allman
homestead, Smithville, to visit mother who is very ill. We trust
by the goodness of God she may be spared many years yet. On
day with the brethren of Bathurst
Street. There was one confes\ Sunday
motol'ed
sion and we,
baptism
in to
theTownto
evening. and spent a pleasant and profitable
O. H. Tallman.
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Harper, Kans.
I , July 6, '2l.
Dear Bro. McDougall:-I
returned to Kansas~k week ago after
spending three months in Ontario, my native Province.
I visited
the cnurches at Meaford, CblHngwood, Cape Rich, St. Catharines,
I Woodgreen and "Mosa," and was 'in Toronto for six weeks which
i.hl1e'wa$ mostly spent in the regular meetings. at Wycnwopd and
\I?athurst congregations afldin visitation.
I also visited Fern Ave.,
Church,'where Bro. D. H, Jackson is assisting the, faithful in doing
an excellent work, and was pleased also to be at a prayer meeting
in East Toronto, wher~ Bro. Schell is zealously working with an
earnest band of Christians
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It was a great pleasure to be acquainted with the brethren, and
I value v;ery·much my experience in Toronto.
Here I was enabled
to obser'le, first hand, the problems and opportunities incident to
gospel work in a great growing city. I was greatly impressed with
their syil"tem ip teaching: the children and young people. A great
door of opportunity is open to them and I look for precious fruits
from this f9-ithful work. Primitive Christianity has a goodly number of efficient representatives in the '''Queen City," and I shall not
soon forget the pleasant ,association with them,
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If I do not seriously mistake the signs of the times, there is a
brighter day,dawning,for New ~estament Christianity in Ontario.
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Almost everywhere among the churches and preachers there is a
sincere longing and determination by God's grace, to do more and
do it in the Lord's way. And the brotherly love and Christian fellowship, has never been, to my knowledge, so much in evidence.
, The Lord gave an increase of seven precious souls under the
ing. months
Apparently
a rich
the Kingdom.
\ three
efforts,
andsowing
at mostof places
there was a splendid hearSincerely yours in the faith,
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Regina, Sask., July 27th, 1921.
The writer left Macrorie on the first of July and reached Bro.
Ed. Schueth's place that night, about fifteen miles west of Regina.
I preached twice to Regir..a Church July 3rd, and baptized two
that evening: I went home on the fourth and spent ten days there
helping with the work.
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Bro. ft. L. ,Richardson had. been at Carman, Manitoba for
sotne we~ks holding meetings; I had the pleasure of hearing him
several times after getting home ..
Bro. Richardson came with me to, Regina July 16th, and he
preached twice to the church on the 17th, and assisted me in commencing a meeting in Mackie's School, (thirteen miles N. W. of
Regina,) the evening of the 18th and 19th. On the 20th, Bro. R.
left for'Estevan,where he would visit some brethren and proceed to
The Meeting in Mackie's ,School has been encouraging;
On
Sunday evening
the 21st,
,housewhere
did not
accommodate
the people. There l'
Broomhead
on the
he is
now preaching.
were many outside. While the invitation was being sung two men
came forward. ,After these ma4e the confession and the meeting
was dismissed almost the whole assembly proceeded'to the water's
edge where the two candidates were lowered into the liquid grave
and raised again to walk in newness of life., The gre<;ltestof respect
was manifested by the audiel1ce, mostly of outside people,'
A number of big autos with electric lights were placed at the
side of the water, so as to furnish good light for the people to see
to sing and for the baptizing-it
was a very pleasant evenirig.
The writer made use of the opportunity to impress upon the
witnesses the sacre,dness and solemnity of the Holy ordinance.
To
God, be the glory. The meeting it;l Mackie's School continues. _
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,H.
A. Rogers.
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P. S.-I will try and make my annual report next week.
H. A. R.
\ P. S.- There was an error in my letter in the June issue where
"Rev." appeared before Bro. Whitfield's name.-I
was not responsible.
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Lord's Day-IO a. m .. Bibje Schoo]; 11 a. m.), Breaking' of Bre.ad and worship.
Gospe'! p],'eaching v p. m., :6i.rstLord's Day of each m.onth (!present aI'rangement.)
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WEST fiORE, N ~.•~Church meets for worship and edification d-nO.30 a.
m. Bible Study ang, . Worship at :7.30 p. rn. D. McDo\!lgall, iffilder,lW. H.
Burgess, Clerk.
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Day.S p. m. Sunday School.
CA'RMAN, M.AN.-Church
meets on Lord's Daya:t 1'0 a. m. for ,Bible
Wednesday
SchooL
At U a. In. fo],' worsniJjl. At'l p. m. for Gospe] preaching.
8 p., m., Bi,\;il'e Study.
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at the home 'Of Edw,in Fisher each Lo~~
,Day at 11 a. m., ,in the name of Jesus, for worshi'p ..
JOR.DAN,ONT.~Church
meets on Lord's Day, at lO:,a. nl" for Bib]e
:Schoo]'. At 11 a. m., for Worship.
O. E. TaHman, Evangelist.
CI:..ACHAN,.ONT.-Church
meetsat2
p. m .• on Lord's Day,1 for Bib]e
Study. 3 p. m., Jar prea~hing and worship.
S'. Whitfield, Evangelist .
a. m. 'for worship.
T'IN'fERN, ONT.-Church
meets each Lord's Day at
'B'EAMSVILLE, O"l,T.-Church
meets on Lord's D<tyat H)' a. m. for llib]e
Study.
At 11 a. m. for worship. ,At 7p. m. for preaching.
Wednesday' at 8
p. m., Bible Study.
L. J. Keffer, Minister.
M,EAFORD,ONT.-Church
meets on Lord1s Dayat
10 a.M). for 'Bible
Study.
At 11 a. m. for Worship.; at 11.45 a. m al'ld 7 p. m. f:>r .preaching; Monday iJj p .. m. for Bilb]e Study; Wednesday at 8 p. m., for Frayer and Bib'le Study.
First Lord's Dayin each month Busines.s Meeting at 8. p. ill. ,J. L. Hines, Miniate],' and Evangelist.
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THORNBUIRd.~Churcn
at 'Thornburg meets "~n the home of W. A. Whit·
neld"Lord's Day at 10 a. m. f'Or Bible Class, and 11 !J.. m. for CJmm\:mi(!)n; also
J. L. Hines, teacher for Tuesday
every Tuesday at ..8 p. m. for Bible Study.
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KIRKWOOD, ALGOMA, near Thessalon.-Eib]e
Class'Lord's Day at 1.30
p ..m. Preac'hi..ng and B],'eak.i1agBread at 2.30 p.m.'
~i I. T. W.' Bailey, Evangelist.
McRORIE., SASK.-Chu.rch
meets in Monmawa]a School-house,
at 3 p. m.'
each Lord\s Day.
T. WrBaneing., Sec,-Treas.
'QLENONA, MAN.~Church
'meets in G]enona School-N.ouse, 11 a. m., for
worship and Breaking of 'B],'ead; '7.30 p. m., f0f preaching the Gospel; 8 p. m.,
Wed,nesd'ay, fr¥m house to N@tlSefor Brble Study.
Sec., Harald Macklin.
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8 p. !p.
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