RITUALISM

In whatever form it may exist, is a distinct denial of the finished work of Christ, the priesthood of all believers, and the presence of the Holy Ghost dwelling in the Church. Whoever substitutes a carnal ritual for a living faith in the Son of God, has left the foundation of the Church. It is pleasing to the -natural man to be religious if it does not cost him too much ; and ritualism, with all its show, its appeal to man's self-righteousness, has allured, it is to be feared, many souls into perdition. Let our readers beware of any thing which would turn them from the simplicity of Christ.