The Functions Of These Elders, Therefore, Determine

Christ Has Not Only Ordained That There Shall Be Such Officers In His Church - He Has Not Only Specified Their Duties And Prerogatives - But He Gives The Requisite Qualifications, And Calls Those Thus Qualified, And By That Call Gives Them Their Official Authority.

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.

Romanists Tell Us That The Pope Is The Vicar Of Christ; That He Is His Successor As The Universal Head And Ruler Of The Church On Earth. If This Is So, He Must Be A Christ.

The Church, During The Apostolic Age, Did Not Consist Of Isolated, Independent Congregations, But Was One Body, Of Which The Separate Churches Were Constituent Members, Each Subject To All The Rest, Or To An Authority Which Extended Over All.

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.