Garfield's Church

The Rcv. Irving A. Searles, pastor of the South Sido Christian chureh, l'rairie :n .mu', corner of Thirteenth Rtrcet, hands iis tlio following brief statement of the belief and practico of the church with which Mr. Gartield stands identitied : 1. VVo oall ourxelves chiistians or disciples. The term " Canipbellite" is a nicknaiue that othera have applied to u-, as the early Methodists were oalled " Kan ters." Good taste forbids the uso of uicknaines. li. We beliove in God the Father. u. Wc believe that Jesus is tho Cbrist, tlic sou of the living God, aud our only Saviour. We regard the divinity of (üirist as the fundamental of truth in the Christian system. 4. Wo beliovo in the lloly Spirit, both as to its agency iu conversión and as an iidweller in the hearts of the christiau. 5. We aocept both the old and new tostament scriptureü as tho inspircd word of God. f. We believe in tho future punishment of the wickoi and the future reward of the rightenus. 7. Wo believe that Deity is a prayerhearing and iirayer-answering God. 8. Vve observe tho institution of the Lord's slipper on every Lord's day. To this tablo it is our practico neither to invite nor debar. We say il is tbo Lord's suppor I' ir all tho Lord's children. 'J. We plead for the union of all Qod's Ieople on the bible, and the bible alone. [0. The biblo is our only creed. 11. We maintain that all the ordinances of the gospel should bo observed as they wore u the days of the apostles. The Christian churoh has about half a niillioiicuiuuiunioantsin the United States.