Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Church of God Which Is at New Harmony: An Address
This is our theme and it is our text. The occa sion of our meeting to day suggests the matter about which, we propose to speak. The occasion is the celebra tion of the fiftieth anniversary 01 a church or rather the church at a, certain place. There is but one true church of God, and. That church is everywhere, where Christ dwells in the hearts of believers. Wherever there. Are those holding these four things, one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism, one God and Father, there is the church ofjesus Christ. The essentials to the constitution ot the church are things that pertain to the soul, which God can alone infallibly detect, and these essentials can not be vouched for by outward signs, ceremonies or pre. Scribed ritual nor by the word of mouth. These may be beautiful and the significance may be impressive, but the truth of which they were designed to be the visible expo nent may be wanting. In such a case we would have an image of something that does not really exist, we would have a d'elusive shadow created by artifice, of a substance that cannot be found. The existence of the church is evidenced to human eyes, not by a beautiful edifice, not by tall spires pointing heavenward, nor by well arranged pews, by a skilled choir of musicians, by logical reasoning and eloquence in the pulpit, nor by the observance of forms of worship, but by the Christlike char acters of those who profess to be members. Tested by this rule, some that challenge the admiration of the world by the architectural beauty of the church building, by rich. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
