THE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S 7 the vision of th is tru th shall we come into ‘the unity of the Spirit which is the bond of peace,’ and escape from the will-o’-the-wisp of un ity of opinion which can be b u t th e bond of contention.” This is typical of much that is being said in our present day about Religious Unity. But a unity that brings together Christians who believe in the Deity of Christ and those who deny the Deity of Christ, and thus by, implication make Jesus Christ a fraud and impostor, a unity between Bible Christians who worship Christ and Jewish orthodox religionists who reject Him and justify His crucifixion, is not a “ unity of the Spirit” and it is not a unity that is according to the Word of God, nor according to good, sane common sense. Neither is a unity between Protestants, who believe what the Word of God says, that “ there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,” and Roman Catholics who teach that there are many mediators between God and man, and that the Virgin Mary is a mediator between man and Jesus Christ, and who put the Virgin Mary in the place in which the Bible puts Jesus Christ, and who teach many other forms of idolatry, Christian unity. Unity, real unity, unity between all those who truly have accepted Jesus Christ as God manifest in the flesh, and their own Divine and only Saviour, and who surrender to Him as their Lord and Master, and who only differ from one another on minor questions of doctrine and church government, is a unity greatly to be desired, but a religious unity between worshipers of Jesus Christ and those who reject Jesus Christ is an enormity and a monstrosity that is to be shunned. There were many reasons why it would be desirable that up to a certain point widely different societies but which were all engaged in welfare work among the soldiers should cooperate in raising money for the work, but it was foreseen by many that this would inevitably result in this evil of which Dr. Prank Crane is an illustration, the very grave evil of utterly ignoring and sacrificing convictions that are fundamental and important. There can be a unity of effort in certain directions among Bible Christians and Roman Catholics and Jews,' but there can be no unity of worship and no unity in religious effort between Bible Christians and Jews who reject the Lord Jesul Christ. Such a unity would crucify the Son of God afresh. Many are making Religious Unity a fetich, but certainly Religious Unity has its limi tations, and there can be no unity, and it is not desirable that there should be, between those who" differ on questions of faith that are really fundamen tal, such as the Deity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. There is dan ger that there will be a sad harvest from this cooperation between the Y. M. C. A. and some of these other organizations. However pure and lofty were the purposes of the Y. M. C. A. in entering into this cooperation, designing Roman Catholics and designing Jews and so-called “ liberals” are certain to take advantage of it.—R. A. T.
SHALL WE Congratulate Ourselves or Believe the Bible? It is somewhat of a relief, in these days of man’s boasting—when many great leaders are heralding the idea that man at last is about to enthrone himself bove the powers of the universe by his science and perfectly master
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