Christian Nation Vol. 18 1893 - Rparchives.org

Mar. 15 1893. A FAMILY PAPER. 7,declared absolnta and submission is demanded. The THE PRESENT TROUBLE IN THE CHURCH. century ago plaoe it among the grandest works ofBiahops must accept all his verdicts Whatever sentenceor penalty he inflicts against his opponents will a recent sermon says : " These contests are bitter and erected in the great Fair to exhibit to the world whatDr. Van Dyke in speaking of church dissension in human genius. It is flttingthat a building should bebe ratified by the apostolic office.harmful in exact proportion to tbe smallness of their has been alieady accomplished. A committee undertookto solicit subscriptions tor the erection of build­—News of a hurricane off Madagascar report high cause and the absence of real necessity for wagingwind and the loss of six vessels. Tbe wind was so them. Here again St. Paul gives us an inspired ings and other expenses. Chicago pledged $10,000high tbat the masts were instantly stripped of their description when he calls them ' strifes about words,' and $40,000 was secured in the United States andrigging. Nearly all the crew were lost. Buildings in Not truth-conflicts but word-battles, in which men Canada, to erect and maintain the Sabbath SchoolTamatav were swept down.quarrel over definitions and kill each other for a fig­Buildingure of speech. It has always been so from the days ters for Sabbath School workers from all over theThe model building is to be the headquar­—The Bishop Brooks Memorial Fund has closedwith a total subscription of $77,200. Committees when the robber Synods battled over the distinction world. It is to be used alao for all kinds of Christianbave been appointed to employ artists and architects, between Homo-ousia and Homoi ousia down to 1837 Meetings, Christian Endeavor and League Soeieties^obtain designs and complete the work.when the Presbyterian church divided on the distinctionbetween moral inability and natural iuability," general centre for the distribution of Ohristian litera­It will be utilized as a Dureau of information and as a—Tne death is announced of M, Adolphe Taine, amember of the French Academy. He had been sufferingabout a year. Under M. Pasteur he had beenWe regret to hear these words from an able advocate ture. It is designed also to exhibit the most recentof Ohristian truth. Dr. Van Dyke forgets that the methods of Sabbath School work and the appliancescontroversy between the Homoonsia and Homoi-onsia used in the education of classes. This is a magniflcentwitness to the living power of Ohristianity and tosubjeoted to injections of the Brown-Sequard fluidas a pulmonary phthesis. He was a celebrated historian.men represented the contest between the defenders ofEvangelical Ohristianity and those of Unitarianism. t'le life-giving, soul-edifying influence of the name of"Ha that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Jesus. It is a real type of the beautiful gateway enteringinto the city, aud will, we trust, be helpful to—As an example of the criminal folly whioh characterizesthe policy of European nations, we have theFather," were the momentous words uttered by thegreat Master Himself, and the followers of the Divine hold up before the world the Ohrist of little children.fact|that the governments of Germany, Eussia, France,Austria, and Italy, have in the aggregate the largesum of more tban a billion dollars iooked up iu theirtreasuries, as a war fund. This money which mightbelp thousands of starving poor is reserved for theblood-thirsty policy of war. Oppressive taxes grinddown the people to flllthe War coffers.—The London and North Western E. E. Co. hassent one of the Company's largest passenger engines,the Queen Empress, weighing withits tender 58 tons,to the World's Fair as an exhibit. There comes withit a special saloon sleeper, 42 feet long, weighing 23tons. The car is of the compartment kind, with brassbedsteads. Another exhibit is a composite carriage,with first,secoud and tliird class compartments in theBritish style of car.It has been discovered that in a steamship fromBremen a consignment of German rags was introducedinto this country in which baoterea has been discovered.They were landed on a permit issued byDr. Jenkins against protests. The rags were foundto have been used in German hospitals.A shock of earthquake was felt in New York andBrooklyn on Wedaesday morning. Houses wereshaken considerably and in some hotels in New Yorkthe shock caused several breakages.Xhe Pan am a investigations continue. Five prominentmen have been prosecuted on a charge of corruption.Charles de Lesseps has given his version of theaffair, implicating at least four prominent statesmen,M. Barhaut, M, Clemenceau, M, De Frecinet and M_Floquet. Politics seem to be as corrupt as they canbe in France.An effort is being made to induce the NationalOommission to open the gates of the World's Fair onSabbath on the ground that the recent action of Congressin voting $570,000 for premiums and awards,and directing that the amount be returned to theNational Treasury, absolves the Fair from the provisionclosing the gates on the firstday of the week.Commander Booth has signed contracts and madepart payments for a plot in 14th st. on whioh will beerected a large building to serve as National headquartersfor the Salvation Army of America. All the• money so far secured has come from voluntary contributionsfrom armv members.—The Chandler Immigration Bill awaits the President'ssignature to make it a law. The Act requiresSteamship companies to prepare and authenticate atthe port of departure lists of immigrints with fullinformation to" be delivered to immigrant inspectorson arrival. The Bill includes three additional classesamong aliens excluded, those over 16 years that areilliterate, cripples, blind persons or otherwise imperfecds,and persons belonging to societies which favoror justify unlawful destruction of life or property.Saviour could not forget these words although He hadbeen more thau three oentnries absent from the world.It was in fidelityto Him that fifteenhundred yearsago the deity of Cbrist wAs placed in the church confessionas an article of Oristian Doctrine. We canexcuse the semi-infidel historian Gibbons for the reproachhe oasts at these upholders of Ohrist's Divinity,but we cannot palliate the offence when it oomesfrom a professedly learned divine. It was not a wordcontest,nor a bitter struggle. It is true that theonly difference between the words used by the twoopposing parties was a single iota, but upon thepresence or absence of that letter rested the falsity orthe truth of that divine being of a Saviour. But thisis perfectly in line with every development of humanhistory. It was as a serpent that the devil firstdeceivedour parents, it is as an angel of light that thePrince of Darkneas deceived their p sterity. Whenthe followers of Jesus were sorely beset by temptationsduring the period of cruel persecution, theirlives were made to hinge upon the simple act orgoing to the altar and casting a grain of incense intothe fireor of refusing to do so; and they preferred topaas tbrough the flamesrather than yield this insignificantoffering to evil. James Eenwick, the last ofthe noble army of Eeformation martyrs, was offeredhis life if he would let one drop of ink fall upon thepaper. Posterity honors the fearless youth of twentysixyears because he bowed hia head to the maidenrather than yield one iota to the enemies of Ohrist hisKing. Had Dr. VanDyke lived nineteen oenturie sagothe church would have had no army of martyrs. Wewho have received the spirit of Zion's mighty menhonor those who refused to yield a point when thedeity of Ohrist was at stake. Today the conflictrages between two great opposing bands that are dividedonly by a single letter. The "theist" is on theside of God and of righteousness and defends theword of God in its unadulterated purity—while the"atheist" has no God but his own time-serving spiritof expediency, no Saviour but hiis own passions, andno word of God but his own weak and much idolizedunderstanding. A true Christian knows oh whichside of the line to stand.* **SABBATH SCHOOL AT THE FAIR.One of the flnestparts of the Exposition will be aChristian Sabbath School. It is to be erected at theprincipal entrance to the park, and over it will floatthe device, " The World for Christ," proclaiming theideal of the true Christian church. The InternationalExecutive Committee of the Sabbath School resolvedto undertake this project last Fall. Side by side withscience, art, tr&de and education, will apper the greatestinstitution of modern times. The achievementsof the Sabbath Sohool since its modern institution a*a