Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 286, 23 September 1891 — Be Consistent. [ARTICLE]

Be Consistent.

We are often am»ieed at the manier In whieh one xeligious teacher mdertakes to correct another on iome point in Bible doc;rinē, and at the same time entirey ignore others of far more impor»noe. :> In reading Dr. letter n the Builetin, we were pleased to see htm advocate the original form )f fcgiptism a# t he correct one, «rhereby the convert is immersied in water, a memorial of his faith md belief in Christ's death axid resurrection. The dociter aleo urgep implicit obedience to Divine eom* mands, in all thinge. His aufch6rfty an*l m some points his prac« Ejce ip scriptural. īn baptism he have pointed the tl Seeker ifter Truth" to the Saviour ? s eomoaand to Nicodenms and to the world. u Thatezcept a man born of water and of the spirit he ca*noflenter into the Kingdom of Grod." ThiS new birth is illustra« tive of man'e changed condition, kisentryinto a Chri&tians li£e by faith and obedeince to the exacit teaehings of Christ. An imperative command whieh excludes all from an entry into that future Kingdom if not obeyed. The Doctor so far ie perfectly correct, according to scripture, an4 any one w&o will reai thē last g»fct eommiwion by the Savious to his discijkefi,— to preach thq word, and they that repent and believe, baptise,—will readily undeprstant that the ordinance appliee only to thoBe who have arri ved at the age of mature unddi«taudin|. ' But to be a conslstent Ckiskian teacher one must be obedient ih a,U things, We have heard the learaed doctor in this clty calling uport his hearers to implicitly obey every word of the ecripture. at the same time tbe was trying to make out a lie of certain scriptural texts in order lo cbnVince -4ijiiiself an& others tijut;be was stifi obedt£nt to the Cr©ator. when weekly brfe*tnflg the Sabbath Day, agatpst ffe%dirBct command of Uenl, aBembo4itdin hiB immuiahle, unchatig*ab& law,

tbe Tēn Commandmbnts —lhf. perfect, the roya! law of.liberty. '*If*»ye love ine keep wf is v an ir)juDction tfeat bē quotes, <a«d a good one, tfeat cails every ChHsttan to pay stri(jt «obedience to tEe Law op God, and whieh' covers every otber. eomm|md embodied ih the H6ly scripttne; ln &at tfie e3s£ca* tiOn andkaīva£lo» of Baany who'are inislead hy the traditions of aaen, wē mll-gfv« ffa« dt>cfcor; or aihy 4&e a reward 3f ( $SOO if hō eaa $ofet Woft» of God, any that the perfect; law is ; ' Sp.