Fiery Cross, Volume 3, Number 6, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 December 1923 — Page 2
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THE FIERY CROSS .Friday, December 7, 1923
Business Directory
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A plain presentation of Protestant American principles was set forth by the Rev. Charles Baird Mitchell, D. D., in his Reformation day sermon Sunday, October 28, at Grace Lutheran church, Fairmont, W. Va. Taking as his text, "The Just Shall
Live by Faith" (Romans 1:17), Dr. Mitchell said: The word Protestant suggests a negative attitude. This is unfortunate, because Protestantism is dis-
I tinctly positive and structural. All ! truths, however, have two sides. You
must deny before you can affirm. You must fell the forests before you can till the field. You must clean away the debris before you can lay the foundations of your temple. The sun protests before it asserts. It protests against the night, the moon
and stars, fog and disease and death,
owls and jackals, ghosts and specters. But even while protesting, it affirms; the birds begin to sing, the heavens are illumined with red and azure glory, the grass blades of the meadows are hung with diamonds,
the wheels of commerce revolve, and the roar of industry i3 heard in the
great centers of life. It is a mistake to suppose that Protestantism began with the Reformation. The Reformation was merely the revival of a dormant principle. In the hand of one of the mummies, taken from a crypt - by the riverside in Egypt, a hundred years ago, was found a bulb. It had been within the clasp of that dead hand for three thousand years; but being planted it put forth newness of life. How Protestantism Began All that Luther and the reform
ers aid was to- unclasp the stiff
fingers of a church dead in formalism and take therefrom a form of religion, which, though it shared in the darkness of death, had never died, and they planted it, and like the mustard seed it has grown and become a tree, so that the fowls of the air lodge in the branches of it. It is not at all necessary that in vindicating our position as Protestants we should make war upon those who differ from us. At the
same time it is becoming yea, it is imperative that all who are in the Protestant communion should be able to give to every one that asketh, a reason for their faith, and to defend that faith when assailed. This sermon, then, is a positive statement of the principles of Protestantism, a defense of those principles, and not an attack upon any belief. The great Protestant Revolution in the
16th century completes the breaking up of the civilization of the middle ages and introduces the modern era.
What is the real meaning of the great
movement? Why are we interested
in it today? Why do we celebrate the 406th anniversary of the nailing
of the theses to the door of the Wittenberg? The real meaning and force of the Reformation lie in this: It was a successful Declaration of Independence in religious thought and life.
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Insurrection ot Human Mind As Guizot puts it, "The Reformation was an insurrection of the human mind against absolute power in the- spiritual order." He summed it all up in that one sentence. The Reformation meant that every man stood for himself before his God. There was involved in it the right of the individual to speak the truth that is in him today against the falsehood that is hoary with centuries. There was involved the right of every human being to appeal from the authority of a spirit despotism
to the tribunal of his own conscience. The first element of value and permanence in the Reformation is the example of Luther himself. It takes a whole man to do what Luther did, and often the example of the great man's personality outlasts the
power ot tneology or ritual, it was worth everything. It was worth all the convulsions of nations to set the figure of that fearless Saxon monk in the eyes of the world, a constant rebuke to all time servers and cow
ards, a perpetual inspiration to the I timid, an example which shall light forever the pathway of all lovers of truth and progress. It is difficult to apprehend today the courage that was then required.
For a thousand years or more the authority which Luther opposed had been building and compacting. It was backed by every earthly pain and penalty, by all the horrors of hell and all the rewards of heaven. It matters not what the principles were upon which Luther proceeded, what -doctrines he sought to inculcate, everything would have fallen
flat and fruitless had it not been for his superb moral courage, a courage which not only wielded the hammer that nailed up the theses, but which burned the Bull of Excommunication which followed, together with the
Roman law books a public declaration that the German nation ought not to bo subjected to the jurisdiction of Rome. Summoned Before Emperor Two months after this, he was summoned to Worms to stand before the emperor, Charles V, and all the dignitaries of the church. His
friends tried to dissuade him. They reminded him of the fate of John Huss. "Huss was burned," said
Lutherl'but not the truth with him," On the morning of the second day of April he sets out in a covered
wagon for the distant city where he is to give Answer. Before him rides an imperial, herald bearing aloft the
golden eagle. Luther and three friends go jolting behind in that
clumsy wagon. The citizens of Wittenberg, trembling with apprehension, gaze after the humble procession through their tears. There is
an ominous silence in every town through which that covered wagon
goes. The streets are deserted and a great fear seems to "hover over the scene. When they come to Nuremberg, a pious priest brings forth
trom Ms cell a portrait of Savanarola and silently holds it up before
the face of Luther. He understood the gloomy propheey, that he, like Savanarola, would suffer death. But the wagon is driven forward. In Weimar, the imperial messengers are everywhere posting up the emperor's decree that Luther's books must be taken by all who possess and deposited with the magistrates. Not until the little procession reaches Eufurt does the gloom begin
to lift. From this time forward, crowds greet him and cheer him and
call down the blessings of God npon his head. Many join him and. follow him on the way to Worm3. The waiting authorities hear the tidings and are alarmed. Emissaries are sent to induce him to stop, to meet the representatives of the church privately.- He replies, "Were there as many devils at Worms as tiles upon the houses, I would cheerfully plunge in among them," and on the gathering procession marches to be greeted by welcoming crowds at the gates of the city. Faces Notable Assembly On the morning Luther stands before the most august assembly that ever convened in Christendom. Around him are gathered all that is
venerable in tradition and history.
all that is sacred in religion, and all
that is majestic in power. The great council Is the product ef-all the ages.
and m the background of the pag eant are the shadowy forms of doc
tors, prelates and kings builders of
the mighty and imperial church. In the presence of that grand and significant spectacle, the vast host of his living wedges, and the mightier multitudes of the dead, stands, silent and unmoved, the intrepid monk. At the end of his defense, the plain question is asked, "Will you recant?" For a moment he pauses, while the
uplifted torches flash against the diamond crosses of the church and the golden eagles of the empire. Then with isolemn deliberation came forth the words that make an epoch in history, "I am bound by the scriptures which I have quoted. My conscience is submissive to the Word of God. Therefore, I can not and I will not recant, because to act against conscience is unholy and unsafe. Here I stand, I can do no other. God keep me." And the
words at last are spoken which shall be God's own messengers of mercy "to open the prison doors.0 unbind the heavy burdens, ' to b3t the op
pressed go free. A man has been
found to assert once more, "One man's plain truth to manhood and to God's supreme design." Each Mast Stand Alone The second element of permanence and value of the Reformation is the principle that each one stands for himself before God. Luther swept from between the soul of man and the spirit of God the mediatorial machinery of priesthood and confessional, penance and purgatory, and brought God and man together in immediate contact. This principle he embodied in the phrase, "The just shaU live by faith" which, became the watchword of the Reformation. The great question for that age and for all ages was, "How the soul burdened with sin and self-condemnation is to obtain the forgive
ness of sins and peaceful reunion to God in the charactef of a reconciled
Father." The answer to that ernes
tion the reformers did not find in the teachings, injunctions, services and ceremonies of the church. They found it "In the doctrine of a freelygiven pardon," from the mercy of God through the mediation of Jesus Christ, a pardon that waits for nothing but acceptance on the part Of
the soul the 'belief, the trust, the! faith of the penitent. They found the difference between penance and repentance, an external form and an ecclesiastical penalty and an inward
spirit experience. Repentance was a change of mind, of the critical attitude towards God and man, a complete turning around of the whole soul and character. The apprehensioa of this difficulty by Luther was its beginning. The light that came had all the forces of a revolution. The experience that
completed his deliverance occurred at Rome, as he was climbing Pilate's staircase on his hands and knees. This celebrated monument is con
tained in a little chapel across from the Church of St. John Lateran.
climbed the stairway on his knees ; he went down on his feet. It meant the freedom of the religious life, the immediatenesB of the relation between. God and man. Faith in Its essence is the immediate repose of the soul upon God. The church had
said, and still says, "You must come in my way; through the avenues which I open; by the means which I appoint," Luther said, "There shall nothing stand between the con
science of man and the blessing of
tne innntte. The church had said.
and still says, "You must come to me
ror pardon; you must accept the
conditions which I impose." Luther
said, "God alone can forgive sins;
ana ie forgives, not on any condi
tion of fasting and penance, of pilgrimages and paid indulgences, but on condition of repentance and turning to Him. That was the issue, and, thank God, Luther won. BesponsIbilJly Is Individual The lesson of the ; Reformation is that in the soul's relation to God there is no collective responsibility. The-responsibility to God is direct and personal as the access to God is direct and personal. The third element of value and pe'rmanence in the Reformation is its recognition of reason. Luther's influence was in the direction of complete intellectual emancipation. While he insisted that the Bible was infallible, he also insisted upon the right of private judgment in its interpretation and application. This was a tremendous step. The church
had hitherto been the sole custodian
of the Book and claimed to be also
its sole interpreter. The volume was
embalmed in the ecclesiastical Latin and the common people had
no access to it. Luther translated it into German, scattered it by means of Gutenberg's invention over the land, and bade each man read it and judge for himself. So a prelate of the church said, "We must root out this invention of print or it will root us out. Luther matched the infallibility of the Book against the infallibility of the church. It was a piece of strategy in opposition to the pretensions of Rome. His command, "Interpret for yourselves," gave an immense impulse to the human mind and people began to read and to
think. ' The new day was born, and from Martin Luther the new era of religious liberty dates. Means Clean Conscience The Reformation is everything. What then did the Reformation mean? It means, first, a clean conscience. We protest against the subjugation of the individual mind and conscience to any other than God
himself; we affirm the treed om of mind, conscience and heart, the voluntary principle in religion, the enfranchisement of the nations and the deliverance of the race from spiritual bondage into the glorious liberty of the children of God. Let every man be his own mentor. In the four decades preceding the Reformation no less than thirteen hundred
persons were burned for heresy that is, for thinking for themselves, that being the meaning of heresy in those days. In point of fact, however, every man must think for himself as he values his own soul and hopes to please God. Every man must answer for himself at the judgment bar. It is said that when our forefathers came together in Continental Congress to consider the Declaration of Independence, there was a long silence. Why? They had before them a manifesto to which it was proposed to mutually pledge
their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor, and for which they would be called to account, not en masse, but person. It was not the
Continental Congress, but John Adams, Roger Sherman, John Hancock, Charles Carroll, and the other members of that Congress, who, one by one, must answer for the decision of that day. Well might they be silent. In like manner we face all the great duties of life. Alone must we stand before the judgment bar. Let no individual, no ecclesiastical body, prevent our face to face communion with God.
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Steps Ascended by Christ It consists of twenty-eight white
marble steps, and the legend is that the staircase was originally in the palace of Fontiu Pilate at Jerusa
lem, and that Christ several times
ascended and descended it when arraigned before the Roman government It was carried by the angels
so the story goes from Jerusalem to Rome. Multitudes of pilgrims at
certain seasons crawl up this stair
way on hands and knees, kissing
each step as they ascend, and .re
peating a prayer when they gain the
top. The performance of this cere mony is believed to have a merito
rious effect, and entitles the pilgrim to a plenary indulgence. Halfway up this historic stairway flashed into
the mind of Martin Luther like a ray of light direct from heaven, the words of the apostle, "The Just shall
live by faith." What is the use of this fieM-abasement, ot these ceremonies, ot this penance T Do they
make one well-pleasing in the sight
of God? It is not the outward act.
but the inward spirit. He had
An Open Bible The scriptures are free and open to all. Was it a great thing for the world when Columbus forced the
gates of Hercules and pushed his way out upon the open seas in con
quest of a new continent? It was
far greater thing when the Saxon
monk, rummaging through the library
of the University of Erfurt, came upon a dusty copy of the scriptures and opened it. He read there: "The just shall live by faith." And. still
further he read, "Search the scriptures, for in them ye think ye have eternal life, and those are they which
testify of me." Here was the search
warrant placed by the Master Kim-
self in the hand of every believer,
entitling him to read for himself,
interpret for himself the word of
God. As a result of this truth, Protestantism has multiplied the scrip
tures until they are now circulated in more than four hundred various
tongues and scattered them over the
face of the earth. The last four hundred years are the most glorious ot history. At the beginning of the Sixteenth century the world was in darkness. The scriptures were laid away in monasteries where the monks were engaged in illuminating missals, chanting prayers and swinging censers. The people without, the unshod people under the shadow of the monasteries, were in midnight darkness. The truth in the open scriptures flew abroad like Milton's naming torch. Schools, hospitals and institutions of mercy were mul
tiplied along the way. The people
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