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T ucker A National Weekly of the Episcopal Church Vol. XVI No. 14 NOVEMBER 26, 1931 Five Cents a Copy THE WITNESS is published weekly by the Episcopal Church Publishing Company, 6140 Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. The subscription price is $2.00 a year; in bundles of ten or more for sale at the church, the paper selling at five cents, we bill quarterly at three *ents a copy. Entered as Second Class Matter April 3, 1919, at the pos toffice at Chicago, Illinois, under act of March 3, 1879. T estimony B y BISHOP JOHNSON H A T is the faith that Christ taught? There are asked for a verdict from them as to their faith in Wtwo answers to this question. Him. When sending them forth His final charge was, One is that Christ taught a philosophy of life as “ Be ye witnesses unto Me.” other greater teachers have taught men and this phil­ As a jury considering facts, they were to give their osophy is subject to revision, amendment and substi­ verdict to the world. Added to this, it happened that tution. According to this theory the place to evaluate the chief persecutor of the Apostles became the lead­ the Christian religion is in academic halls. He is ing attorney for His defense. The addition of St. primarily a teacher come from God. Paul to the Twelve had a distinct evidential value. I would say that this is the view popularly held by Now let us examine these jurymen and take their many of His followers. To me it is contrary to the testimony. St. John! Take the stand and tell us facts and inadequate for the purpose of the Gospel. what the Christian religion is ! His answer is definite It is a different gospel from that which permeated the and to the point: “ That which was from the beginning, Roman Empire and demonstrated its power to affect which we have heard, which we have seen with our human society. The whole fabric which was built eyes, which we have looked upon and our hands have up in the first few centuries rested upon no other handled, of the Lord of life,—that which we have seen foundation than that of the risen Christ. If there be and heard declare we unto you; that ye also may have a Kingdom of Heaven out and beyond existing King­ fellowship with us.” i St. John i :i-3. doms, then the ascent of man must be a process of St. Peter! What is your testimony? “ We have life rather than one of thought merely. not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made Thinking, as Goethe says, is easy until it is trans­ known unto you the power and coming of our Lord formed into action. Then it becomes difficult. Do Jesus Christ, but were eye witnesses of His majesty.” not misunderstand. The Gospel has a philosophy of II St. Peter 1:16. life but action precedes the philosophy. It is “ Follow m e i rather than “Agree with me." St. Paul! What is your understanding of the reli­ The first and great commandment is love. The gion which you have embraced from conviction? primary consideration is the relationship that love “ Moreover brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel involves. which I preached unto you; which also ye have received The test of St. Peter’s interpretation of His Master’s and wherein ye stand, by which also ye are saved; for purpose was not contained in the question, “ What do I delivered unto you that which I also received, how I teach?” but rather in the question, “ Who am I? ” that Christ died for our sins according to the scrip­ and the final test of St. Peter was not, “ What have you tures and that He was buried and rose again the third learned?” but “ Lovest thou Me?” day, according to the scriptures.” “ And that He was Without detracting one iota from the value of study !seen of Peter and then of the twelve; after that He and thought in developing the Gospel, one must insist was seen of above five hundred brethren—and last of that the Gospel as presented to men is primarily a all He was seen of me.” life and incidentally a philosophy; not primarily a phil­ It is evident that all these men agreed that the Gospel osophy and a life flowing out of that. was founded on a life; that the essential things were the facts in that life, and that their business was to E T us see how those appointed as His official wit­ bear witness to that life as the source of our life. L nesses regarded their mission. What happened? Christ chose a jury of twelve men, not distinguished OW when you substitute for this principle a set for social or intellectual attainments. These men lived N of theories about religion, you may be a phil­ with Him on intimate terms for three years. He then osopher but you have changed the character of the Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. Page Four THE WITNESS November 26, 1931 faith as delivered to the immediate disciples of Christ. fundamental. If Christ was God in the flesh, then Of course, when you have done this, you have pro­ life flowed out from Him to us. If Christ were merely duced something that may be interesting, but it is not a philosopher, then He merely takes His place as a the Christian religion. It is something essentially great teacher. different from the original Evangel. The fundamental difference is tremendous, and The religion that Christ preached stands or falls much of the language which He used is unintelligible upon the historic reality of His person. It is the and some of it is preposterous. fashion today to build a religion upon the assumption The two conceptions of the Gospel are so radically that Christ as described in the Gospels was a myth. different that they cannot stand on the same platform, This brings us face to face with a divergence that is for they do not talk the same language. Origin of Church School By . C. W. N E W H A LL Headmaster of Shattuck School H E American colonies and later the states, in their fathers, as they labored to found on the western con­ T earlier years, had little knowledge of Germany, tinent schools suited to the needs of American youth. France or other European countries, and the schools For it must be remembered that our Puritan fore­ of those countries were not the models for the earliest fathers were dissenters of the most pronounced type.