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THE K I NG ' S B U S I N E S S in colors traces the royal line back to David and to Adam, the chart alone being worth the price asked for the book. You w ill be amazed a t the facts brought forth in this treatise. 25 cents, paper.
A F IR S T CENTURY SERMON T w e n tie th C e n tu ry E rro r s C o rrected by a F ir s t C en tu ry Serm on P a u l’s Sermon on Mars H ill. Acts 17: 22-32. 1. A theism. Those who say there is no God are informed there is a personal God who created all things—v. 24. (Note p er sonal pronoun “ H e.” ) 2. Pantheism . Those who believe th a t all is God and th a t God has no existence separate from H is creatures are informed th a t God personally created the earth and th a t He is Lord of heaven (v. 24) and therefore cannot be identified w ith the things He has created. 3. Fatalism . Those who believe th a t no intelligence presides over the universe are shown th a t God is Lord of heaven and earth, owner and controller of the uni verse (v. 24). 4. Polytheism . Those who believe th a t there can be many gods are informed there is bu t one God (v. 28), having no rivals (v. 29). 5. M aterialism . Those who believe th a t God is represented only by m aterial things and th a t such things are eternal are in formed th a t God demands worship ap art from H is creation (v. 28) and will judge men through Christ if they give not their hearts to Him (v. 31). 6. Ritualism. Those who believe th a t God can be honored by purely external performances are informed th a t God is in capable of being profited by any service rendered merely by m a n ’s hand (v. 25). 7. Evolutionism. Those who believe th a t man is the product of force and m atter are informed th a t man is th e direct offspring of God (v. 29), created, not evolved (v. 24, 26). 8. Unitarianism . Those who believe th a t Christ is an ordinary member of the race are informed th a t Christ is the Judge of all men, proven divine by His resurrection (v. 31). 9. Annihilationism . Those who believe th a t death ends all are informed th a t there will be a resurrection of the dead and
THE DANCE DANGER We read concerning the daughter of Herodias in M att. 14:6, th a t she “ danced before them, and pleased H erod.” We all, no doubt, are aware of the sad tragedy th a t followed, namely, the rash promise of a drunken king, 'which took th e head of John -the B aptist. This dance as a social amusement speaks of crime, shameless ness, murder and high-handed disregard for the laws of God. H arold F. Sayles says concerning dancing: “ The dancing sanctioned by Scripture was always a re ligious act (Psa. 149:3; 150:4), practiced exclusively on occasions of national fes tiv ity and conquest, (I Sam. 21:11; Jer. 31:4), usually by maidens in the day time, in the open air, in highways, fields or groves” (Ex. 15:20; Judg. 11:34; I Sam. 18:6). We never read in the Scripture where both sexes united in dancing, either for worship or amusement.” Those who ju stify dancing, and object to our rebuk ing it, are not slow to quote S cripture in favor of th eir defense. They tell us th a t Solomon, in (Eccl. 3:4), says “ There is a time to dance.” So indeed he does tell us. But since th e Scriptures know of danc ing only as a religious ceremony, as an expression of thankfulness and praise, this tex t simply states th a t to the Jew there was a time to mourn and a time to be glad and jubilant. A young lady once asked Bishop McHvaine, “ Is it any harm for a Christian to d ance?” The Bishop gave her th e decided answer,- ‘‘A spiritual Christian, my dear, has no desire to dance.” Dancing is strictly against the sp irit of tru e C hristianity and leads to immorality, vice, shame and ruin. Where Christ is known, loved, served and wor shiped as Lord, dancing is out of the ques tion.
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