BOONE COUNTY HISTORY.



     After all, the subjects of agreement are many among Christian
people of every kind and a little patience and forbearance will allow
them to get alongr together very pleasantly. This ought not to involve
or imply any sacrifice of principle. Our own church ought to be dearer
than any other and                            we ought to learn
to love her doctrines                       land life and cherish
them as among the                             dearest things of




earth.v Lteant                                 z       Th     w
evote. d f tand lal                          churches which are
deotyped ad ptya ito the teachings of
the historic church,                          which practice cate-
chetical instruction                          and Christian nur-
ture and discipline,                          adsteadfastly ad-
here to the customs                           and teachings of the
fathers will deserve                          and receive as cor-
dial recognition from                         others as they will
by sacrificing every-                         thing distinctive that
they may be " like                            others." The glory
of the L ut h eran                            church has been to
exalt Christ and his                          ordinances a Kd to
bring, the individual                         into a saving rela-
tion of faith to the                          blessed Savior. Her
type of piety is of                           the faithful, persist-
ent kind, which is        REV. W. Hi. DAVIS.  not raised up by an
emotion to-day, which has burned out by to-morrow.  She believes in
cultivating the solid and substantial traits of character, and she has a
mission in the world, a grand and glorious mission, which will never
be carried out until the church militant becomes the church triumphant
and the great hosts of the King shall possess the kingdom.



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