752 THE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S “And they w ere all scattered abroad th roughou t th e regions of Ju d e a and Samaria, except th e apostles * * * Therefore they th a t were scattered abroad w ent everywhere, preaching th e Word.” (1 Pet. 4:10) : “As every-m an h a th received th e gift, even so m in ister th e same one to an other, as good stew ards of th e m anifold grace of God.” (1 Cor. 1:26-29): \ , - “F o r ye see your calling, b reth ren , how th a t no t many wise men a fte r th e flesh, no t many m ighty, n o t many noble, are called; B u t God h a th chosen th e foolish th ing s of th is world to confound th e wise, and God h a th chosen th e w eak th ing s of th e world to confound th e th ing s which are m ighty; And base th ing s of th e world, and things which are despised, h a th God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to b ring to nought th ing s th a t are; T hat no flesh should glory in his presence.” . The appeal is to every honest, loyal, Bible-loving, Christ-following lay man,—do your best for Him who did His best for you, and DO IT NOW! ; T. C. H. PROFOUND PRESBYTERIAN PLATITUDES We are an old-fashioned Presbyterian. We have never had the advan tages so graciously bestowed upon the latter-day Seminary saints, having been taught that the Bible was God’s Word and that it meant what it said, and have jogged along for more than forty years with full confidence in its integrity. We have had the joy of seeing thousands of sinners saved and hundreds of saints separated to service, by this same simple faith, and have known of its wonder-working power in all lands. But now we are confronted with a remarkable sermon delivered by a prominent Presbyterian minister, pastor of a large and wealthy church in Southern California. This sermon is evidently intended to shatter our faith in the Book and awaken within our bosom an intense desire to be forgiven for our child-like simplicity during all these years, and to wish that we might have been gifted with brains rather than with belief. We love all men, and for over 40 years have given the best we have, in a humble way, in behalf of our fellow men. We love our fellow-ministers. We would gladly serve any one of them who are loyal follower^ of the Christ of God. We are saying these things in preparation for something which it pains our heart to say, but which we feel must be faithfully said, concerning this printed sermon which lies before us, which is filled with speculative sug gestions, having no foundation in the Word of God, but calculated to create doubts concerning the integrity of the Scriptures; calculated to hurt the heart's of God’s believing children; calculated to hurt the heart of Christ HimselfS-whom the preacher says he loves and honors. Lack of space forbids our quoting at length, although it is not our intention to do the preacher any injustice and we shall endeavor to avoid giving extracts in such a way as to do violence to the spirit and thought of the discourse. He says: “He (Jesus) does n o t ask th a t we receive anything th a t involves doing vio lence to ou r intellect. My m ind is th e C reator’s g ift by which I am able to prove all things an d determ ine th a t to which I am to hold fast. * * * There are some th ing s in th e records (th e Bible) which are given as statem en ts of fact
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