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mighty soul saving truth, this glorious consumma— tion of divine love and mercy to our sinful and per- ishing fellow men: “Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy GhOSt; and lo, I am with you alway even unto the end of time.” And in endeavoring to fulfill this great commission we must, at the same time, without fail, take his own word, and that word alone, for our constant companion and guide, for our real man of counsel in all spiritual things, for it has been graciously given us for this very purpose, for it is written, “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” This is the whole design of the Scripture, which must accordingly be abundantly sufficient as thus given by Christ himself for our ccnstant guidance in all things concerning the cor- rect government of his own church, by his own re— deemed followers in every age of time. “To the law and to the testimony if they walk not according tc this rule it is because there is no light in them.”

Fourth. I should now have shown you that the true order of Christ’s Church appears and only ap— pears when no lawgiver but Christ himself is recog- nized in all matters of religion, and when no author— ity in spiritual things is acknowledged by the mem- bers and office bearers of the church but the sacred OIacles of Scripture, and thus have proved to you

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