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protest, and to this translation no objection was raised. This letter was signed by eight missionaries. The sum mary ran: ‘We do not dare to say that all the things recorded in the Gospels are literally true. When we study the four Gospels we find that certain things are differently described in the different Gospels, therefore we do not say all these accounts are without mistake. For example,—it is VERY DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH INDEPENDENT PROOF (evidence) that JESUS CHRIST WAS BORN IN THE VIR GIN’S WOMB. Its acceptance or rejection depends upon the reader’s first impression, and the present, prevailing state of his mind. Take the story of the demoniac of Gadara: Some of the links in this account must be missing, or the writers must have misunderstood some of the points. Had there not been faults in the account, doubts concerning it would not have been entertained by the reader.’ “In Article Three of this series, * * * we are in formed that: ‘No one will deny that it was a long time before the stories of the Gospels were collected, but no more import ance than is warranted must be placed on this * * * there is less proof for some things in ancient history than for the events recorded in the Gospels.’ “Evidently the writer thought it highly commendable to say that the events recorded in the Gospels are worthy of more credence than some things in ancient history! How grateful the Indian Christian should be for such a trust worthy foundation upon which to rest his faith! “Let it be noted that the writer of this, article, whom we understand is the Marathi editor (and, presumably, also, every member of the Board of Management) dare not say that ‘all things recorded in the Gospels are literally true,’ but he does not think it a daring thing to say that some are untrue! “We wonder whether all the missionaries belonging to the seven missions represented in The Dynanadaya FIND NOTHING TO OBJECT TO in the following extract from the English portion of their paper of December 7, 1922, which runs: ‘Every man, woman and child, however their image might be marred and defaced by sin, ignorance, folly and earthliness,—every man, woman and child, was a potential child of God, one in whom lay the seed of a divine life, a God, though in the germ. If we believe this, then we shall look upon every one about us, however fallen, with a new reverence and a new hope. There is within them, if only it could be stirred to life, this possibility of being a child of God. The root in every man, said an old mystic, is Christ. It has been said of Savonarola, the Italian reformer, that he went through Italy crying, Awake, awake, Christ! and the Christ that men had kept drugged and asleep within their hearts, awoke at his call. This is the task of the evange list. He has to awake the sleeping Christ in men that they may claim their true lives as children of God.” And yet these missionaries are being supported by the gifts of believers in the verity of the Word of God, the very foundations of which are threatened if Genesis 3 :15 is not authentic: “ And I will put enmity between thee and the wo man, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” Are YOU contributing to missions in India? If so, you have a right to know whether your money is be ing used to defame your Lord, or whether it is being used to preach the pure Gospel of salvation through the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
When the anarchists are trying to destroy the gov ernment, dogs this editor say: “ Come, beloved anar chists, you are all dear fellows, but no doubt a little mistaken. Please don’t destroy your country. Let us love one another.” What did Jesus say to the. Pharisees ? “ And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the eup and the platter; hut your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. Ye fools, did not he that made that which is with out, make that which is within also? * * * Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.” (Luke 11:39, 40, 44.) And listen to Paul, the apostle, who laid down his life for the.Word of God: “ But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.” (Gal. 1:8, 9.) “ If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema, Maran-atha (let him be accursed, the Lord cometh) ” (1 Cor. 16:22). The Sword of the Spirit is two-edged, and there are no words too strong to utter against men who take a Satanic joy in using the position they have attained, through the funds given by believers in the Bible, to destroy the faith once delivered. Rally ’round the Book! MODERNISM AND MISSIONS IN WESTERN INDIA “ The Indian Christian” relates the following start ling facts taken from “ The Dynanadaya,” one of the oldest mission papers in India, and the organ of the following missions: The American Marathi, American Presbyterian, Church of the Brethren, Methodist Epis copal, United Free Church of Scotland, Wesleyan Methodist, Swedish Alliance. The writer of the ar ticle says: “Before bringing this matter to the notice of oar readers, and those connected with these missions, we tried every available avenue to induce The Dynanadaya to discontinue publishing such articles, and to re-state their position with reference to certain doctrines which have been attacked in its pages. The result of these efforts is summed up in a letter from Mr. J. F. Edwards, the Secretary of the Board of Management of The Dynanadaya, who—in his letter to Mr. A. E. Storrie of April 28, 1923 (writing officially) says: ‘The whole of the correspondence between you and the Chairman of the Board, having been circulated to the Mem bers of the Board, these members having very clearly ex pressed the opinion that there is NOTHING TO OBJECT TO in the articles referred to, these members having also stated that there is, in their opinion, no need for any further con sultation than has already taken place on the subject, the matter can only b.e regarded as settled.’ “In our letter of December 20, 1922, to the Board of Management, in which we drew their attention to the ar ticles, we included our translation of part of the summary of the series of articles concerning which we raised our
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