Covenanter Witness Vol. 86 - Rparchives.org

THE COVENANTER WITNESSOfficial organ of the ReformedPresbyterian Church of N. A.MEMBER T EVANGELICAL PRESS ASSOCIATIONEditor: Rev. M. W. Dougherty, D.D.125 N. 4th StreetSterling, Kansas 67579Printed each week under the supervision of the Board ofEducation and Publication by the Patterson Press, Winchester,Kansas.Contributing Editors;Department Editors:Rev. Kenneth SmithRev. Kenneth McBurneyRev. L. E. KilpatrickRev. John K. GaultMrs. D. Howard ElliottOpinions expressed in our columns are those of the individualwriter, not necessarily the views of the ReformedPresbyterian Church or the editor.All material to appear in The Covenanter Witness shouldbe typewritten, double-spaced, and should be in Sterling, Kansastwo weeks before it is to be printed.The cost of all pictures is 30 cents per square inch.Obituaries — All words in excess of one hundred fifty, onecent per word. Money should accompany such notices.SUBSCRIPTION RATESIndividual (1 year): U.S. and Canada, $5.00, British Isles(L 2.00), all other places, $5.00;Individual (2 year): U.S. and Canada, $8.50, British Isles(L 3.60), all other places, $9.00;Group: U.S. and Canada. $3.50 if 100 percent ofcongregation subscribe; $4.00 if 75 percent of congregationsubscribe; British Isles - (L 1.60), all other places, $4.00.9-month student subscription — $2.00, 5-month introducttoryoffer — $1.50; 2 gift subscriptions to persons outsideof the R. P Church — $3.00 each. Single copies, 15c.Subscription Agent for U.S. and Canada: Mrs. M. W.Dougherty, 125 N. 4th Street, Sterling, Kansas 67579.Subscription Agent for the British Isles: Rev. Hugh Wright,B.A., 12, Knutsford Drive, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT14 6LZ.All checks should be made payable to The CovenanterWitness in U. S. Currency.Give one month's notice of a change of address. Send boththe new and the old address to Mrs. M. W. Dougherty.Postmaster; Please send Form 3579 to Mrs. M. W.Dougherty, 125 N. 4th Street, Sterling, Kansas 67579.Second class postage paid at Winchester, Kansas 66097.COOL. COLORFUL COLORADOINVITES YOU TO THE ROCKIES!COVENANT HEIGHTS FAMILY CONFERENCEJuly 12-18, 1971Under the auspices of Midwest PresbyterySPEAKERSJim Pennington. Robert McFarlandJ. Paul McCracken and Mel VosThis Week's WitnessLiving by the Stars .. .3Glimpses of the Religious World 4Faith of our Fathers—What Is It?—Where IsIt 5Why I Chose the Covenanter Pulpit .6The Christian Home — A Witness 7From the Study Window .8The National Covenant of Scotland. .9Thank You for Jesus. .10Lesson Helps 11Church News. . 14I-VCF Beach Evangelism Project 16WE HOLD THE FOLLOWING TO BE TRUTHS OF SCRIPTURE:The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the only infalliblerule of faith and conduct.preserve the purity of the Church.The duty which rests upon officers to maintain discipline andThe Trinitarian conception of the Godhead.Spiritual worship as a divine requirement mediated through theFaith in Jesus Christ as the only way of salvation.Lord Jesus Christ.Salvation by Grace.The exclusive use of the Psalms in the worship of the Church.Assurance of salvation as a possible Christian experience.The Protestant interpretation of the Sacraments.The Gospel Call and Election.The divine right of the institution of Marriage and thatit is notThe Holy Spirit as the Author of regeneration.to be dissolved except by adultery or "irremediable" desertion.Sanctification through the cooperating agency of the Holy Spirit.The Sabbath as a day sacred to rest and worship.The fact of death and hell as the destiny of the lost and heavenThe duty of nations and their civil rulers to honor Christ asas the destiny of the saved.King of Kings and Lord of Lords.That the Church of Jesus Christ consists of all those who believeThat Christian citizens are under obligation to obey lawful auin Him together with their children.thority.The Divine Right of the Presbyterian form of Church Government.The right and duty of the Christian citizen to dissent fromallThe Lord Jesus Christ as the only King and Head of His Church. governmental and national disobedience to the Law of God.That terms of membership or communion are essential to the That the Covenants of the past are still binding.2 welfare of the Church.From "The Communicant's Class" by J. B TweedCOVENANTER WITNESS