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and go calmly on with your work, letting him do this, even if he were "such a sweet man"? Old Testament Fundamentalists I will not take time to bring you all the proof that the Bible contains, for the right of Fundamentalists to fight indifference of the faith, for then I would have to read you most of it, but I ask you to point out one prophet.that was not sent to denounce sin, error of doctrine and unright eousness of life? There were prophets among the people who were not Fundamentalists, who preached "Peace, peace, when there was no peace” ; but who were they? Why are not their sermons in the Bible, instead of those of the fighting Jeremiah? Because God did not send them. Read your Bible even with one eye open and you will see that the prophecies of the Bible are the sermons of the Funda mentalists who believed in fighting with all their might. But there is many a church today that would not have one of them as pastor. Do you think that Isaiah or Jeremiah would last very long in a church of today? How would Micah and Amos fare? Would they not be dealt with, as in days of old? New Testament Fundamentalists But come to the New Testament. Jesus was not a fighter, was He? He just preached the Gospel, just healed, just talked nice to people! He never called people hard names! It was always comfortable to be about Him, wasn’t it? Strange how people read their Bibles. They seem to have a blind spot. There are great parts of it that they never see. What was Christ’s attitude towards the Pharisees and the Sadducees, the two great religious groups of the day? Were His “woes,”—blessings? He called Herod "a fox.” He called the Pharisees and Sadducees "hypocrites,” and "whited sepulchres,” and "wolves.” He warned His dis ciples against them. He declared war on them. He did not denounce the sinners, nor those who persecuted Him; but He did believe, in war upon those in the religious group who sought to destroy the faith and bring a curse instead of a blessing up6n men. He taught His apostles so well that they followed the same plan, witnessing to the world, submitting to persecu tion, but fighting those who would pervert the faith. Paul called such "dogs.” John called them “anti-Christs.” John forbade anyone to wish them God-speed or to welcome them into the house. In his second epistle, v. 9, he says: "Who soever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of ChriBt hath not God.” The word translated “goeth onward” is the Greek word “Proagon,'” and is the equivalent of the Latin word which we translate "progressive.” . Many of the Modernists have taken to themselves the title "Progressive.” Let them have it. God’s Word states that the "Progressives” who do not abide in the teachings of Christ have not God, and certainly no one would contend that "Progressives” in religion today are abiding in the teachings of Christ, except such of His social teachings as appeal to them. They do not abide in His teachings con cerning Himself; concerning the Old Testament; concerning the inspiration which the apostles were to have, by which they wrote the New Testament; concerning His death and resurrection and coming again and kingdom. They throw aside with scant courtesy even His teachings through His apostles who were called for the very purpose of carrying to the full the things which He could not reveal while on earth. i . BATTLE BOOKS Many of the books of the New Testament were written especially to correct errors of doctrine, and therefore must have been written by Fundamentalists, men who believed
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Dr. Deck It a missionary In the South Sea Islands. This book, however. Is not a narra tive of missionary experiences, but a setting forth of the pos sibilities of the life of faith. There are seventeen chapters on such topics as “Re-digging Old W ells/’ “Civil W ar in the Soul,“ “Mounting up with Wings,“ “No Greater Jo y / etc. Spiritual and helpful. Cloth $1.25 Streams in the Desert Compiled bv Mrs. Charles E. Cowman Daily readings for a year, each comprising a text and a page or so of original com ment or—most frequently---- quotations. Their character is deeply spiritual. There are many other daily devotional books, but we have never found one quite so sa t isfying in every way. The readings for every day—or any particular day—seem to ex actly .meet tne need of th a t day. There is no other book like it. Beautifully bound In special cloth $1.50. The Laughing Buddha A Story of China in Revolt By James Livingston Stewart The author has been a mis sionary in China for twenty- three years. The Laughing Buddha is written against th at background and the conversion to Christianity of Lee-Chee, its chief character, his sweetheart and her mother. Madam Chang, makes of it a missionary docu ment. To the student of com parative religions it has value through its Dright exposition of Buddhism ana Taoism. But it is primarily an exciting ro mance of love and adventure, well told, and “a source of authentic reference concerning the manners, customs, habits and conditions of living today in West China.“ Cloth $2.00 The Joy of Discovery By Dr. John Richelsen
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