But To Be The Vicar Of Christ,

If, Unable To Solve The Mysteries Of Providence, We Plunge Into Atheism, We Only Increase A Thousand Fold The Darkness By Which We Are Surrounded

It Is A Fact That Unless Children Are Brought Up In The Nurture And Admonition Of The Lord, They, And The Society Which They Constitute Or Control, Will Go To Destruction. Consequently, When A State Resolves That Religious Instruction Shall Be Banished From The Schools And Other Literary Institutions, It Virtually Resolves On Self-destruction.

All That Christ Did And Suffered Would Have Been Necessary Had Only One Human Soul Been The Object Of Redemption; And Nothing Different And Nothing More Would Have Been Required Had Every Child Of Adam Been Saved Through His Blood.

No More Soul-destroying Doctrine Could Well Be Devised Than The Doctrine That Sinners Can Regenerate Themselves, And Repent And Believe Just When They Please...as It Is A Truth Both Of Scripture And Of Experience That The Unrenewed Man Can Do Nothing Of Himself To Secure His Salvation, It Is Essential That He Should Be Brought To Practical Conviction Of That Truth. When Thus Convinced, And Not Before, He Seeks Help From The Only Source Whence It Can Be Obtained.

The Independent Or Congregational Theory Includes Two Principles; First, That The Governing And Executive Power In The Church Is In The Brotherhood; And Secondly, That The Church Organization Is Complete In Each Worshipping Assembly, Which Is Independent Of Every Other.