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our warning in these days. Only let us see to it that we hold to Scriptural methods and terms in answering error, that we are absolutely fair in our representations, and that at all times our motive is not simply the downing of an opponent but the triumph o f the truth of God. The Milk Diet E hear much in these days about the milk diet for convalescents and certain physical disorders. Milk W
roots into the c r e v i c e s o f then everlasting Rock.” Have we grasped the fact that the first step to peace has to do with the M IND ? Skeptical and depressing thoughts invade the mind, perplex the reason and rob the heart o f all peace. Let memory become the treasure house of God’s promises and you begin to appropriate o f that peace bequeathed to all Christians by our risen Lord. Out o f it, the heart life is fed when the famine season comes. The H EART is “ fixed, trusting in the Lord.” We may at
is, as we all know, especially adapted to infants and per sons suffering from weak digestion, nor is it ill-adapt ed to persons in robust health, provided they do not depend too much upon it. The writer of Hebrews knew a church that had to be put upon a milk diet, and according to his diagnosis, they Could not expect ro bust spiritual health on such a limited menu. This church was becoming apostate and he recommended, as a check to this process, a deep, pro found, faithful exposition of the advanced truths of Scripture, which he char acterizes as “ strong meat.” “ When fo r the timé ye ought to be teachers,” he says (Heb. 5:12-14), “ ye have need that one teach you, again which be the first principles o f the oracles of God, and are become such as have need o f milk and not o f strong meat; For everyone that useth milk is unskillful in the word o f righteousness, fo r he is a babe.” Are we not facing some
tain this peace precisely in proportion as we yield the mind to His will by giving up our own will and by “ leaning hard” upon God’s Word. W e have no promise of freedom from all sorrows; no promise o f continual success and prosperity, but we do have the promise of heart’s ease, without which prosperity is no boon and with which all sorrow and persecution may be made sweet. “ S t a y e d upon Jehovah, hearts are fully blest, Finding, as He promised,» perfect peace and rest.” Contaminated Christianity F ROM the very first some studied to pervert the Gospel o f God’s grace and make “ another Gospel” out of it, while retaining many of its original terms. Then it was the Judaizers; today it is the rationalistic theo logians who would make a few corrections. How can one who :has experienced the power of the eternal Gospel be true to his Lord and not sound out the warning in the very words of Scripture -. “ I f any man preach another gospel unto you than that y e have received, let him be ac cursed.” Such words do not
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Anonymous Letter Writer Traced!
The editor o f the Greenville Advocate has traced this bird back to his origin. H ere is what he says: “ W e are somewhat interested in evolution '., Bearing in mind that it is only a theory and not an established fact, we are willing to acknowledge that some human beings are justified in supposing they sprang from some lower order o f creation. “ One example may be brought to color this conclusion, v is: that o f the] anonymous letter writer. W e think such a person would be fully justified in claiming descent from the poisonous serpAit or loathsome centipede. Not a very happy .'existence, it is true, unless happiness can be found in bringing annoyance fo r others. The anony mous letter writer, as well as the malicious liar, must work in the dark, naturally, unwilling that any one should know o f his fellow being’s crime ■—must also work in constant fear o f discovery , There is no perfect crime, and every criminal leaves a clue. The process o f elimination will draw its cordon around a few . “ The want o f motive will allow others to be fr e e ; and the lens will soon focus, on the criminal — thenceforward to live friendless and alone.. Birds o f a feather flock together, but no bird will be found willing to,.flock with the anony mous letter writer or the chronic or malicious liar. I f such a person had a conscience, what a mis erable existence■he would have living with it.”
thing of the same condi tions today ? Can we expect to impress men with the fact that the Bible contains truths higher than human thoughts—-that it reveals di vine realities which no man could invent, if we neglect too much the teaching o f its profound truths ? Is not the church in many quarters slipping back to the point where it can take nothing but milk? “ Strong meat belongeth to them that are o f full age, even those who by reason o f use have their senses exer cised to discern both good and evil.” There are grades o f spiritual discernment. Some church members, as much as they may have heard about Modernism, do not seem to recognize it when' they meet it. Why is this ? They have known too little about the advanced truths o f Scripture. They have not been taught in the deeper things. In the late war, when the poison gas assaults were made, the safest ones were those who could perceive the first faint traces o f the gas, and put on their masks before the cloud settled. None were so alert to these fumes as
please some people, but as the apostle himself added: “I f I pleased men, I should not be the servant o f Christ.” ' It is necessary to constantly reiterate such warnings, and sometimes, because of prominence gained by leaders o f heresy, to use their names. A tourist in Oregon stopped at a roadside spring for a drink. The sign said: “ This is contaminated water.” Calling to a passerby, the tourist inquired, “ What kind of mineral water is this? I never heard o f this kind!” The owner of the spring decided to change the sign. Thereafter it read: “ This water is rotten, not fit to drink.” Every one seemed to understand that. In dealing with contaminated doctrine, it is necessary many times to speak in very plain terms o f those who are poisoning the wells of salvation. Let there be no let-up in
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