The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-02-08

and sound mind who will say that he be-
H6ves there ever was q baby in the lost
w0Sld, or ever viii be. I will make him
deed 10 the house I live in, and he can
take possession tomorrow.
So the Episcopalian church is misrepre-
sented by the enemies Of evangelism.
They say that church substitutes forms
and ceremonies FOR heart religion, and IL
is all matter Of liturgy and genuhexion.
False again. All Episcopalians viii tell
you that the forms and creeds Of their
church are worse than nothing unless the
heart 60 with them.
So, also, the Baptist church has been
misrepresented. The enemies Of evan
gelism say the Baptist church believes
that unless q man is immersed he viii
never get into Heaven. False again. All
the Baptists, close communion and open
communion, believe that IL a man accept
the Lord Jesus Christ he will be saved,
whether he be baptized by one drop Of
water on the forehead, or be plunged Into
the Ohio or susquehanna, although i'm
mersion is the only gate by which one
enters their earthly communion
The enemies Of evangelism also mis-
represent the Methodist church. They
say the Methodist church believes that 3
man can convert himself, and that con-
version in that church is q temporary
emotion, and all that q man has to do is
90 kneel down at the altar and feel bad,
and then the minister pats him on the
back and says, "Itis all right" and that
is all there is OF it. False again. The
Methodist church believes that the Holy
Ghost alone can convert q heart and in
that church conversion is an earthquake
Of conviction and sunburst of pardon.
And as to mere temporary emotion"
wish we all had more of the Temporary
emotion" which lasted Bishop James and
I WHaAA
keeping them on fire for God until their
holy enthusiasm consumed their bodies
So all the evangelical denominations
are niisrepresented. And then these
enemies Of evangelism go on and hold up
the great doctrines of Christian churches
as absurd, dry and inexplicable technic-
alities. ''There is your doctrine Of the
Trinity" they say; ''absurd beyond all
bounds. Ths idea that there is a God in
three personsi Impossible. II 1t is one
God He can't be three. and If there are
three they can't be one." At the same
time oil Of us-they, with us-acknowl-
edge trinities all around rs. Trinity in
our own -up-body, mind, soul.
Body with which we move, mind with
which we think, soul with which we love.
Three, yet one maH. Trinity in the air
| light, heat, moisture-yet one atmos-
/ phere. Trinity in the courtroom
| J4E00 JUDGES OF b1o DSuCHy Dub one COuEbs
/ Erin1ties all around about us, in earth1 y
! government and in nature. OF course, all
the Illustrations are defective, for the rea-
/ son that the natural can not fully Illus
| trate the spiritual. But suppose an ig-
/ norant man should come up to q chemist
and say: "I deny what you say about the
water and the air; they are not made OF
| different parts. The air is one; breathe
| it every day. The water is one; drink il
1 daz Vne oh ~Trf
the elements that go to make up the air
/ and the water" The chemist would say:
s'You come up into my laboratory and I
viii demonstrate this whole thing to
| you" The ignorant man goes into the
| chemists laboratory, and sees for himself.
4 He learns that the water is one and the air
\ is one, but they are made up Of different
4 parts. So here is a man who says: Il
/ can't understand the doctrine Of the Trim
| ity." God says: "You come up here into
| the laboratory after death. and you will
see-you will see it explained, you will see
| it demonstrated" The ignorant man can
not understand the chemistry Of the water
and the air until he goes into the labora-
| tory, and he will never understand the
Il Trinity until We go into Heaven. The
ignorance of the man who can not under
I stand the chemistry of the air and water
does not change the fact in regard to the
composition of air and water. Because
we can not understand the Trinity, does
that change the fact?"
land there is your absurd doctrine
! about justification by faith, say these an
| tagonists who have chswed up the little
! book Of evangelism, and have the cOnse-
| duent embittered stomach-''iu justification
/ by faith; you can't explain it." can ex-
plain it. It is simply this: When q man
| takes the Lord Jesus Christ as his Saviour
| from SIN, God lets the offender of. just
as you have difference with some one
i he has injured you, he apologies, or he
makes reparatiOn, you say: "Now, that's
all right, that's all right" Justification
| by faith is this; A man takes Jesus Christ
as his Saviour, and God says to the man
i 'Now. it was all wrong before, but it is
| all right now; 1t is all right" That was
what made Martin Luther what he was.
| Justification by faith, it Is going TO con-
quer all nations.
A man came into this church one nigh
and he was intoxicated, and at an utter
4 ance of the pulpit he said in subdued
/ tone: s'Thatis a lie." An officer of the
church tapped him on the shonlder and
( said: "You must be silent or you mus
go out" The next night that stranger
! came and he was converted to God. He
was in the liquor business. The next day
he sent back the samples that had JUS
been sent him. He began 20 love tina
which he hated. 1 baptized him by inn
mersion In the baptistry under this plat
form. A large salary was offered him i
he would return to his former business
/ He declined Il. He would rather suffel
with Jesus Christ than be prospered il
the world. He wrote home a letter 10 hii
Christian mother. The Christian mother
wrote back congratulating him, and said
''If in the change of your business yol
have lack OF means, come home; you ari
! always welcome home" He told d
his conversion to a dissolute campaniOn
The dissolute companion said: "Well, 1
you have become a Christian, you has
better go over and talk TO that dying girl
She is dying with quick consumption II
that house," The new convert went there
All the surroundings were dissOlute. II
told the dying girl that Jesus would saw
her. anOh - said she. s'that can't be, tina
can't be. What makes you think sol' q
81 have IL here in q book in my pocket b
replied. He pulled out a New Testament
She said: "Show IL to me, If can b
| saved. show 1t to me in that book. II
said. 81 have neglected this book as yoi
have neglected IL for many years, and
J don't know where 70 hnd il, but knoy
IL is somewhere between the lids.
< Then he began 90 turn over "a
} leaves, and strange and beautifu
20 say, his eye struck upon this passage
Z sslgeither do I-eondemn thee; 90 and 81
no more" She said: ttTt isn't possibl
/ / that is there!v ''Yes," he said, ''that !
5 there5 He held It up before her sdyin
{ eyes, and she said: 'fOh, yes, see IL 70
9 myself; accept the promise; neither d
4 / condemn thee; go and sin no more
: In a few hours her spirit sped away to th
9 Lord that gave It, and the new convei
" preached the funeral sermon. The ma
Q who few days before had been a blas
. phemer and drunkard and hatsr OF .
Z that was good, he preached the sermon
Z That is regeneration, that is Regeneration
: II there are any dry husks Of techuicalti
!, ID that, where are theyf All made oy'