The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-01-30

demands two destiniesl And then as TO the
Presbyterian Church believing there are in
fants In perdiiion, II you win bring me a
Presbyterian Of good morals aud sound
mind who will say that he believes there
ever was baby In the lost world, or ever
will bo, will make him deed TO the house
live in and he can tako possession to-mor-
row.
So the Episcopal Church is misropresented
by tho enemies OF evangelism. They say
that church substitutes forms and core
monies for heart religion, and II is all mat
tr OF liturgy and genufexioD. False again.
An Episcopalians will tell you that the forms
and creeds Of their church are worse than
nothing unles the heart so with them.
So also the Baptist Church has been mis-
represented. The enemies OF evangelism
say the Baptist Church believes that unless
man is immersed he will never get into
Heaven. False again. All the Baptists,
close communion and open communion, be-
lieve that II a man accept the Lord Jesus
Christ he will be saved, whether he be
baptized by ono drop of water on the fore
head or be plunged into the Ohio or Susque-
hanna, although immersion is the only gate
by which ono enters their earthly COM
munion.
The enemies OF evangelism also misrepre-
sent the Methodist Church. They say the
Methodist Church believes that a man can
convert himself, and that conversion in that
church Is temporary emotion, and that all
a man has to do Is TO kneel down at the
altar and feel bad and then the minister
pats him on the back and says ut Is all
nj nnl hot ta all L. -
False again. The Methodist Church believes
that the Holy Ghost alone can convert a
heart, and In that church conversion is an
earthquake Of conviction and sunburst OF
pardon. And as TO mere temporary emo
tion," wish we all had more Of the item.
porary emotion" which lasted Bishop James
and Matthew Simpson for half century,
keeping them on fire for God until their holy
enthusiasm consumed their bodies
So all the evangelical denominations are
misrcpresented. And then these enemies
OF evangeli m go on ard hold up the great
doctrines OF Christian churches as absurd,
dry and inoxplicablc technicalities. "There
Is your doctrine Of the Trinity,n they say.
"Absurd beyond oil bounds. The idea that
there is God In three persons. Impossible.
II 1t is one God he can't be three, and II
there arc three, they can't be ono" At tho
same time all Of us-thny with us-aclsnowl.
edge trinities all around us. Trinity in our
own make-up-body mind, soul Body with
which we move, mind with which we think,
soul with which we love. Three, yet one
man. Trinity In the air-light, heat, mois-
ture-yet one atmo pherc. Trinity In the
court room-three judges on the bench, but
one court. Trinities all around about us, in
earthly government and In nature. or
course, all OF the Illustrations arc defective
for the reason that the natural can not fully
Illustrate the spiritual. But suppose an
ignorant man should c,me up TO a chemist
and say: ~ deny what You say about the
watcr and about the air; they are not made
OF different parts. The air is one; l breathe
It every day. The water is one; drink II
every day.
"You can't deceive me about the elements
that 70 TO make up the air and the water"
The chemist would say: "You come up into
my laboratory and win demonstrate this
whole thing TO you.n The ignorant man
roes into the chemists laboratory and sees
for himself. He learns that the water Is one
and the air Is one, but they are made up OF
different parts. So here Is man who says:
Il can't understand tho doctrine OF the
Trinity" God says: "You come up here
Into the laboratory after your death and you
win see-you will see II explained, you will
SEQ IL dcmonstrated.n The ignorant man
can not understand tho chemistry OF the
water and the air until he goes into the lab
oratory, and we win never understand the
Trinity until we go into heaven. The igno-
rance Of the nun who can not understand
the chemistry Of the air and water does not
change the fact In regard 10 the composition
Of air and water. Because we can not un.
dcr'tand the Trinity, docs that change the
factl tr Ha ~ @
"And therois your absurd doctrine about
justification by faith,n say these antago-
nists who have chowed up the little book OF
evangelism, and have tho consequent embit-
tered stomach; Classification by faith; you
can't explain itr can explain IT, II is
simply this: When a man takes the Lord
Jesus Christ as his Saviour from SIN, God
lets the offender on. Just as you have q
difference with some one, he has injured
you, he apologies or he makes reparatlon,
you say. snow, that's all right; that's all
right" Justification by faith Is this: aman
takes Jesus Christ rs his saviour, and God
says 10 tho man: "Now, II was all wrong
before, but IL IS all right now; Il Il all
right" That was what made Martin Luther
what he was. Justification by faith, II 10
going 10 conquer all nations.
'There Is your absurd doctrine about re-
generation" these antagonists OF evangel.
ism say What Is regenerationi Why, re
generation ls reconstruction. Anybody can
understand that Have you not seen people
who are all made over again by some won
derful influenced In other words they are
Just as different now from what they used
10 be as possible. The old Constellation,
man-of-war, lay down here at the Brooklyn
navy yard. Famine came 70 Ireland. The
old Constellation was fitted up, and though
II had been carrying gunpowGer and bullets
IL took bread 10 ireland. You remember
the enthusiasm as the old Constellation
went out OF our harbor and with what 10y
II was greeted by the furnishing nation on
the other side the sea. That Is regencr.
alton. Aman loaded up with sin and death
loaded up with life kefitted. Your obser.
vation has boon very small indeed II you
have not seen changes In character as radi-
cal as that
A man came into this church one night
and be was intoxicated, and at an utterance
Of the pulpit he sold In O subdued tone:
THAT'S . Hep An officer Of the church
tapped him on the shoulder and said; "You
must be silent, or you must 20 out" The
next night that stranger came and he was
converted TO God. He was in the liquor busi-
mess. He resigned the business. The next
day he sent back the samples that had Just
been sent him. He began 10 love that which
he hated. baptized him by immersion In
tho baptistry under this platform. A large