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the Kingdom of God, and after His 
ascension this nucleus added to it- 
self, divided and sub-divided into 
the various members of the church 
militant. By these two means, viz., 
the influence of the Holy Spirit and 
the life of the church, and by one 
other means, the spread of the king- 
dom of God has taken and is taking 
place. Of the doctrines of the Holy 
Spirit and the church, I suppose I 
shall not be called in question. The 
third means to which I refer is the 
Bible, and of my belief in regard to 
the Bible I may be called in ques- 
tion. Briefly, then, let me state my 
belief in the authority and inspira- 
tion of the Bible as the Word of 
God. By the authority of the Bible 
I mean its right to be trusted abso- 
lutely as the means by which the 
character of God and the Gospel of 
Jesus Christ are permanently made 
known. The authority of the Bible 
is the proof of its Divine inspiration 
It cannot be maintained, I believe, 
that God has limited Divine inspi- 
ration to the Holy Scriptures, but 
neither can it be denied that these 
Holy Scriptures in a supreme way 
reveal: the character and purpose of 
God, and in doing this they stand 
as a testimony to their own God 
given nature. 
In regard to secular and _ severe 
criticism of the Bible and Christian 
Doctrines,I think that such criticism 
does the Christian church a_ real 
service. Such criticism puts Chris- 
tian thinking upon its metal, and 
has always in the end resulted ina 
deepening of Christian faith. The 
activity of the Christian mind is 
aroused in three directions: (1) 
To understand more fully the his- 
tory through which Christianity 
was created. (2) To get a_ better 
grasp on the truth which constitutes 
it. (3) To apprehend more clearlv 
the task which lies before it. Asa 
result, we secure in the face of hos- 
tile criticism and even because of it. 
progress in Christian thought, the 
breaking up of crystallized and for- 
mal statements and the restatement 
Oftruth from new aspects suited to 
the thought, temper and understand- 
ing of the time. 
Other discussion of matters of 
faith I leave to the suggestion or 
question of the council. 
A Revolutionary Relic. 
At the recent celebration at Med- 
ford there was displayed an ancient 
British flag. The flag was cap- 
tured at Lexington, by Israel Fors- 
ter of Marblehead. It subsequently 
came into the possession of his 
brother, “King” Forster, captain 
of the Marblehead minute men, 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
who went to Medford. The first 
Israel died in 1818 and willed the 
flag to the son of “King” Forster, 
Isaac, 2d. The flag was lost for a 
time, but at last the second Israel 
discovered it at the State House 
draped around a_ Revolutionary 
drum. After some litigation, he 
recovered it, and on his death willed 
it to James F. Knight, a veteran of 
the Civil war. From him it came 
into the possession of his_ son, 
James A. Knight, a resident of 
West Medford. 
The peculiar thing about the 
flag is that when it was captured, 
the Continentals cut out the union 
which showed the English jack, and 
inserted in its place seven red and 
six white stripes to symbolize the 
union of the colonies. 
Thomas Brown. 
Thos. Brown of Manchester passed 
away at the Danvers hospital Wednes- 
day of this week at the age of 35 
years, 2 months. The news of the 
death was not unexpected, for he has 
been ina lingering condition for the 
past three months. Death was has- 
tened on by consumption. He was 
confined to the hospital May 22, 1903. 
Mr. Brown was born in Belfast, Ire- 
land, in 1870. He came to America 
at the age of 20, and in 1893 he mar- 
ried Mrs. Katherine Broderick, who 
survives him. Two children were 
born, one of whom died in infancy, the 
other, James Brown, survives. One 
brother and one sister survive him in 
California. 
He was a member of the Baptist 
church, of the Salvation Army, and 
he was a charter member of Conomo 
tribe, 113, 1.O.R.M. 
W. EE AL LEGG, 
Funeral services were held yester- 
day afternoon at Crowell Memorial 
chapel, Rev. E. H. Brewster officiat- 
ing. The members of Conomo tribe 
of Red Men attended in a body and 
held their services at the grave. 
Fined Fifty Dollars, 
On evidence secured by so-called 
‘“‘ spotters,’ John King of Manchester 
was brought before Judge Safford, in 
the Salem District Court, Thursday, 
charged with illegal sale of liquor. 
He pleaded guilty and a fine of $50 
was imposed, which was paid. As an- 
nounced last week, Chief Peabody and 
Officers Andrews and Lee made a 
raid on King’s lunch room last Friday, 
but found nothing in the line of intox- 
icants. 
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