772 THE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S those two great mountain peaks between which the church abides,—the cross with its sacrificial blood, and the glorious appearing of our Lord and Saviour Jesus dhrist, with the promised crown for those who look for Him. (2 Tim. 4:8.) And, by the way, if He has already come, let these critics produce their crowns! All through our land the propaganda of the ecclesiasts must be voiced by their servants, or they are threatened with decapitation. They are or dered to deny the return of the Lord; to make light of the doctrine; to even call it heretical, and to accuse .those who look for Him as idlers in the vine yard, as moon gazers, indifferent to the souls of men. We pity these poor servile servants who are driven by their masters to deny the truth of the Gospel, to rob the saints of their heritage and to deprive our Lord of their fellowship in the one thing dearer than all else to His Kingly heart the anticipation of gathering unto Himself all His dear ones. He has not come! He is not here! He sent another Comforter after His resurrection, and He, the Holy Spirit, abides in the body of every believer to glorify Christ and to fill our souls with abiding longing for Himself,—“ the same Jesus” who must come “ in like manner.” - T. C. H. . SHAMELESS SPECIMENS OF SEMINARY SEDITION - Dr. John Roach Straton, the pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, New York City, in a message to his Baptist brethren of the Northern Baptist Asso ciation, printed in “ The Religious Searchlight” (an occasional publication), makes, some searching criticisms concerning the teaching in the schools of his denomination as they relate to preparation for Christian service at home and abroad. We are taking this opportunity of reproducing some of the published statements of these college presidents and professors, as quoted by Dr. Straton, in order that our readers may have concrete facts with reference to the great and grave perils confronting the church and the nation by rea son of their extremely destructive teaching regarding the Word of God. “ Dr. McGiffert, in his book on ‘The Rise of Modern Religious Ideas’, says on page 206, that the changes in theological thought today mean— as he puts it—a ‘revolution in the old conception of salvation’. And just what this ‘revolution’ is he makes plain when he says further, ‘What man requires is not regeneration in the old sense, or a change of nature, but sim'ply an awakening to what he really is.’ ” . . ~ If Dr. McGiffert really wants to know what he is, m the sight of God, let him turnto Isa. 1 :6: “From the sole of the toot, even unto the head, there is no soundness in it (him); but wounds and bruises and putrefying sores.” And to Jer. 17:9: “The heart of man is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.” “ Prof. George Burman Foster, of the University of Chicago, in his book, ‘The Finality of the Christian Religion’, says (page 87): ‘Inspiration of the Book is -untrue historically and impossible psychologically; and further (page 112): ‘The Bible has all the marks of a deliberate human composition.’ ” Then, Mr. Foster, you make Jesus Christ a liar; you make all the apos tles lia r s y o u dishonor the Bible and besmirch your profession; for our LET NO MAN TAKE THY CROWN!
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