(2.) God possesses inherently all the attributes of self-conscious, mental, and moral personality at every point of His omnipresence and is communicable to and with all ingenuous, receptive minds by His Holy Spirit dwelling in and inspiring them. Hence manifold divine manifestations and revelations have been made during the successive periods of human history, in some measure to merr generally but especially and with marked demonstrations of reality and power to and through eminent personages or mediators, of whom Jesus of Nazareth was chief.

(3.) There is a vast realm of immaterial and immortal existence inspiring and comprehending the present state of being, wherein dwelleth an innumerable company of angels and spirits of multiform grade and character sometimes manifestable to kindred spirits dwelling in the flesh; and all the children of men from the beginning to the end of time are by nature and providence destined through a resurrectional process to enter that realm and occupy a place there on higher or lower levels of attainment forevermore.

(4) All mankind are by nature moral agents, possessing greatly diversified degrees of original capacity and acquired talent, and are therefore proper subjects of moral law, invested with more or less of personal responsibility, and amenable alike to discipline and to punishment or reward in whatever state of being or at whatever stage of development they may be.

(5.) There is a righteous and perfect retribution for all moral agents wherever existing, by

which God in the administration of His divine government causes every one to experience sooner or later such enjoyment or suffering as is most just, merciful, and salutary; always aiming therein at the highest and most durable individual, social, and universal good for both time and eternity.

(6.) Moral and spiritual regeneration by a rising out of animal selfishness and sinful indulgence. into the love of heavenly principles of man and God — as the supreme motive and impulse in life, is indispensable to the deliverance of every human soul from the power of evil and its attainment of Christlike holiness and happiness in this or any possible state of existence.

(7.) It is divinely ordained that, under the mediatorial reign of Christ, good will finally triumph over all evil in the world of humanity, righteousness and peace everywhere prevail, and "God be all in all."

2. Christ, The Scriptures, Reason, Conscience.

(1.) The historical Jesus of Nazareth is preeminently the Son of God, the foreordained Christ, Lord and Saviour of the world; to be loved, reverenced, trusted, and obeyed in all sincerity and loyalty of heart.

(2.) The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament contain records of indispensable value to mankind, especially those that relate to the Christ, which include promises of his coming and trustworthy testimony concerning his birth, the essential spirit and principles of his religion, his life

and ministry, his death, resurrection, glorification, and ultimate triumph over all the powers of darkness and iniquity.

(3.) These Scriptures are to be reverenced and studied in order to ascertain the facts, truths, doctrines to which they bear witness; always regarding the spirit rather than the letter of them as of vital importance to the salvation and happiness of mankind.

(4) The New Testament Scriptures transcend the Old, as they supplement and fulfill them in their teachings of absolute truth and righteousness.

(5.) The free exercise of the reasoning faculties in man- the understanding and the judgment — is necessary to the ascertainment and comprehension of divine truth in its various bearings upon human life and destiny; but the reason has no authority whatever against the truth when once. assuredly ascertained.

(6.) Fidelity to one's own conscientious convictions of truth and duty is essential to moral integrity and progress in the Christian life; but conscience is under imperative obligations always to conform itself to the ever-revealing, ever-rising light of God.

III. PERSONAL RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE TRUE

CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

I. God, the universal Father, must be worshiped in spirit and in truth, not in formal pretence ro glittering display to be seen by men; not in any

merely external solemnity or demonstration; not necessarily at any hallowed time or place; but always and everywhere with profound reverence and adoration for His moral attributes and perfections of character as an infinitely perfect, omnipresent, conscious spirit; and in proportionate degree with a like reverence and adoration for all that is absolutely divine.

2. Men must practice humility, self-denial, and self-sacrifice, whereinsoever self-esteem and selfindulgence are contrary to divine law and order, even unto great suffering and martyrdom for righteousness sake.

3. They must be just to all sentient beings of every name and građe, from the infinite Creator Himself to the lowest creature of His forming hand; in deed, in word, in thought; yet never unmerciful and vindictive.

4. They must be truthful in all exercises and manifestations of mind, in all manner of speech and action, without deceit or guile of any kind, and without resort to oath-taking or fear of penal vengeance from God or man.

5. They must love all moral and sentient beings, from God, the all-perfect One, to the most feeble, most degraded, and vilest of His human children, with that love which "suffereth long and is kind" and which "worketh no ill" to its object.

6. They must be pure, chaste, temperate, decorous, and orderly in all things; in desire, thought, motive, word, deed.

7. They must be patient and persevering, steadfast and courageous, in the furthering of all right aims and pursuits.

8. They must unceasingly endeavor by watchfulness and prayer, by constant progress in holy living, to become more and more Christlike in all respects; to be perfect in righteousness and love as God is perfect; trusting ever in divine strength and grace to supply their deficiencies and enable them to press forward successfully toward the ideal manhood and womanhood of the Gospel of Christ.

IV. PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL PROGRESS AND ORDER IN THE CHURCH.

I. The supreme, universal, and perfect Fatherhood of God.

2. The universal brotherhood of man and all finite moral agents.

3. The declared perfect love of God to all mankind.

4. The required perfect love of man to God. 5. The required perfect love of man to man, friend and foe.

6. The required just reproof and disfellowship of evil-doers.

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The required abstinence from resistence of evil with evil.

8. The designed and required unity and harmony of all Christlike souls.