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strange tor a thinking person to believe. But it is a fact declared by the Modernists. Men are saying, as I myself have heard them say: “My Christianity is of such a nature that It would not be affected even if It should be proven that Jesus Christ did not die, did not rise from the dead, or even that he did not live.” What do they mean? They mean that they now have in printed form, no matter how they got them, some teachings as to how to live, some social principles, and this they call Christianity. But “Christianity” means the “anlty” of Christ, if it means anything. You have no right to call anything “Roose- veltian” if it does not agree with the positions that Roose velt took. Now Christ distinctly declared that the teachings about human relations were not the heart of His message, but were only the arms and legs, (i.e., that by which it touched the everyday life). His central message was:, “This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him whom He hath sent.” The acceptance of Christ’s person and work at His own estimate is certainly the least that can be called Chris tianity. You might as well make a being that had no brain and call it a man, as to emasculate the teachings of Christ by cutting Him out as the Divine Redeemer, and still call it Christianity. The Christianity which is accord: ing to Christ—according to the Bible, according to the prophets and the apostles,—is the only Christianity there is. All else that takes the name is as false as the Bolshe vist who claims to be an American. (II) FUNDAMENTALS ARE WORTH FIGHTING FOR This is what distinguishes him from the mere Conserva tive. You will hear many men say, “Well, I believe in the fundamentals; I think that they are important, but I do not Join the Fundamentalist movement because I do not like their w ays, and I do not see the need of raising a disturbance. I believe in preaching the truth, and not wasting time in combating error.” But the Fundamentalists fall into line with Jesus and with Jude in fighting error in the church of God as well as in proclaiming the truth and suffering persecution. There are some real pacifists in the world, some people that will not fight over anything, but they are very few. Most people will fight when they realize that something precious is in danger. Every normal person, and cer tainly every normal Christian, hates a conflict, shrinks from it with a deep and awful dread. But every normal person also knows that active evil is never checked by acquiescent virtue. As has been said, “The wicked may flee when no man pursueth, but he flees faster when a righteous man is after him.” Some tell us to “deal only in the positive, to preach oUr gospel, pay no attention to-errors, and leave the other fellow alone.” That looks well on paper, and sounds very pretty, but it will not stand the light of history, or of reason, or of the Word of God. The best of seed will not dispense with the need of cultivators with which to attack the weeds, rtod and drink and following the laws of hygiene are nec essary, but when poison has been taken intentionally or unintentionally in your family, you do not Just say, “Now here is some nice meat and potato; don't pay any attention to the poison,” but you administer the proper antidote. No doctor will operate on you without making a complete cam paign against germs, nor would you want him to. If you were building a house and some one persisted in tearing out the foundations as fast as they were laid, would you smile
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The Career of a Cobbler
By Margaret T. Applegarth Abandoning the usual biographical methods, Mrs. Applegarth has Vishmuswan, a Hindu, tell the life story of William Carey to an incredulous listener. As the story is unfolded, the reader catches the spell of Carey’s wonderful life, as it grips the skeptical Hindu, who, be gining by utterly despising the cobbler as a worker in leather— the most outcast of all occupations in the eyes of a Hindu— ends by bowing his scarlet turban to the dust in humble prayer to the God of “Carey Sahib. Cloth 75c If money does not accompany order, goods will be sent C. O. D. If goods are to como by mail add 10% for postaga.
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