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half monkey, and we do not see why that would not meet the requirements anyhow. . . . . As for the Garden of Eden : From the best authentic information, it will be difficult to locate, for it is covered with thorns and thistles and weeds. There is a curse, upon it. Why not advise these scientists to stay in China and buy food for the millions of starving Chinese with their funds? It might be that such a service would make China a ‘‘near-Paradise ” to them. ' —T. C. H. A M A N L Y Methodist • It is always a joy to acknowledge the service wrought by men of God in which God is glorified, and we take peculiar pleasure in bearing testi mony to the life work of a manly man who for fifty years has borne the brunt of ceaseless service as an evangelist, a teacher and an author. Dr. L. W. Munhall, of Germantown, Pa., is the man. In his youth he was a blacksmith, and learned how to handle the sledge hammer and has never forgotten the art of hitting good and hard when there was a call for blows. He was in thirty-two battles in the Civil War and left a remuner ative practice to take up Christian work. * In those early days he was a leader in the work of the Y. M. C. A. and his evangelistic meetings for men set the pace for such meetings throughout the country; and we have reason to believe that there are many more faithful men in the Gospel ministry in this country today as a result of his strong^ fearless, faithful preaching than from the preaching of any other man living. He is still at it,—loyal with every fibre of his being to the old Bible and all of the great fundamental doctrines. Dr. Munhall has always been a loyal Methodist and has been used in an unusual way in helping to stem the tide of apostasy in his own denomina tion, and his book on “ Breakers” should be read by every Methodist lay man. Dr. Munhall has.also done great service along this line in “ The Eastern Methodist” of which he is the editor-in-ehief, assisted, by Dr. Charles Rhoads, a fellow of like mind, strong and virile in his editorial work. The Eastern Methodist is in its fifth year, sweet and strong, without any tendency to “ trim.” In a recent editorial we find the following: No church has stood more loyally for the Bible and the historic faith than this communion. Its almost unprecedented growth and prosperity is largely ex plained by this fact. The days of her greatest prosperity were those in which she most vigorously combated infidelity, rationalism and all other forms of unb.elief. The great body of this church’s membership and ministry still believe th e Bible is the Word of God, and the fundamental doctrines of grace. Of recent years the leaven of skepticism and unbelief has been a t work, until today, many of the objections urged by Tom Paine in his “Age of Reason,” against the Bible, are being taught in her Colleges, Theological Seminaries, Sunday School and other litera ture, course of studies for her young -preachers, and openly advocated by not a few Methodist preachers, and apologized for by some Methodist editors. The great mistake the Methodist Church is now making is in following the policy of silence regarding this disgraceful business, by the church papers and those in authority. The destructionists are taking advantage of this to push their dia bolical work, construing silence to'mean approval.
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