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The Fundamentals. philosopher would be gone. So he must remain in impenetra ble obscurity, speaking no .word, and making no intelligible sign or motion, in order that philosophers may continue their congenial business of making bad guesses at what he is like. A WARNING. It is not difficult for pne who has come to the knowledge of the truth through receiving the Word of God, “not as the word of men, but as it is in truth the Word of God’' (1 Thess. 2:13), to perceive the folly, and futility of all this. But who shall deliver the ignorant, the innocent, and the unwary from being victimized and eternally despoiled by these men who, professing themselves to be wise, have become fools? We can but sound the alarm and give warning, especially to those who are responsible for bringing up children, of the dangers which infect the intellectualistic atmosphere of our universi ties, colleges and seminaries. A REASON FC.R IT. In closing we may with profit to our readers point out a profound reason why the enemy of Christ, and of the men whom He seeks to save, should be desirous of impressing upon the minds of the latter the conception of pantheism. That doctrine wholly excludes the idea that man is a sinner, and hence it puts redemption outside the pale of discussion. Under the influence of that doctrine man would never dis cover his corrupt nature and his need of salvation, and hence, if not delivered from it, he would die in his sins. An enemy of man could devise against him no greater mischief than this. GOD MALIGNED. But the doctrine which the philosophy of our day has im ported from India works not only destruction to men, but also dishonor to God. Herein may its satanic character be clearly perceived by all who have eyes to see. Its foundation
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