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ears; and they shall tu rn away th eir ears from the tru th and shall he turned unto fables.” The R esults of P reaching Another ■ Gospel They are too awful to contemplate, and yet, here* is the plain word of the apostle. “But though we or an angel
from heaven preach any o ther gospel unto you th an th e one th a t I have preached to you, let him be under the anathem a of God.” Let men beware how they trifle w ith the Word of God. Let no man dare to stand in the pulpit and preach any .other gospel th an th is glorious Gospel of the Grace of God.
^'4- » & Has the Pulpit Lost Its Nerve? Have Some Laid Aside the Evidence of History and Embarked on a New Program? By REV. CHARLES L. GOODELL, New York
NE fears th a t in some quarters th e pulpit has lost its nerve and forgotten the evidence of history, th a t whenever Chris
which have not been proven, only if we believe and practice upon the things which have been proven. There are some who seem to be ready to refuse to believe anything which our fathers believed, and are quite ready to accept anything if it is not in the Bible. A book which denies is supposed to be honest and thoughtful, and a book which affirms, it is taken for granted, must be narrow and prejudiced. Those who doubt everything which the church has held for nineteen centuries give themselves amusing airs of superiority, and th e people who hold th e h eart of the Christian creed are likely to be re garded w ith intellectual pity. There is nothing worse th an the arrogance of learning, for th e learned man ought to be broad enough to know better.
tianity has been most convincing she has been most victorious, and whenever she has been most apologetic, she has been most futile; and also th a t it is the schools w ithin Christianity which are constructive and aggressive, and •not the schools th a t are critical and eclectic which have chiefly affected th eir generation. If, as some think, our fath ers were too sure about everything, it would be an immense gain if some of th eir children were absolutely cer ta in of anything. It would be a great disaster if th e intellect of th e church should be so occupied in recasting the form of the Scriptures as to have no streng th left for declaring th e Gospel which they contain. Is it not tim e th a t the streng th of the m inistry were w ithdrawn from purely intellectual exercises, from purely in tel lectual investigations and destructive criticism and given to evangelism? Have, we not had enough of recanting? Is it not time for some confessing? We are justified in disbelieving th e things
As a m atter of fact, th ere is no more ability in doubting than in believing. If th ere is a bigotry of orthodoxy there is also a bigotry of heterodoxy, and the last appears to be the more insolent. Why should so many prefer the evi dence .of non-religious persons on faith to those who are its chief experimental witnesses? It does not follow be cause Darwin knew about ea rth worms LET US HELP YOU SELECT YOUR CHRISTMAS
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