The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-02-06

heart goes with them. So, also, the bap-
fist church is misrepresented by the enc
mics of evangelism. They say the baptist
church believes that unless man is bap-
tiZed by immersion he cannot get to
heaven. False again. All baptists, whether
close communion or free communion
baptists, believe that if man accepts
Jesus Christ as his Savior he will 60 to
heaven whether he has drop of water on
his brow or whether he is plunged in the
Ohio or the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
being the only gate to their earthly COM
munion. So, also. the methodist church
is misrepresented by the enemies of evan
gelism. They say that the methodist
church believes a man can convert him
self, and religion is temporary emotion,
and that all man mas to do is 10 kneel
down at the altar and say he feels bad, and
then the minister may pat him on the
shoulder and tell him it is all right; that is
all there is of it. False again. The method
list church believes that the Holy Ghost
alone can convert heart, and in that
church conversion is an earthquake OF
conviction and q sunburst OF pardon,
and as to temporary emotion, | wish we
all might have that temporary emotion
which characterized Bishop James and
Mathew Simpson for a half century, send
that finally consumed their bodies for
God. so all denominations, for l have
not time to speak specifically of all of
them-not having mentioned now more
than one ont OF ten-they are derided,
they are misrepresented, they are carl
catured by the enemies OF evangelism.
Then. the great doctrines, how they are
misrepresented. There is your alb
surd doctrine of the trinity" these
men say. absurd beyond all bounds.
ii God IS one, He cannot be three,
and if He is three, He cannot be
one" They admit a trinity in many di-
rections. while not admitting it in this.
4 trinity in our own life-body, mind,
soul. Body with which we move. Mind
with which we think. Soul with which
we love. \ trinity in every man. They
admit a trinity in the alright, heat
moisture They admit trinity in the
court room-three judges on the bench
and but one court. OF course, all earthly
illustrations must fail in the presentation
of those great themes, and vet [ have
enough 10 show the folly of these men
who can see a trinity in fifty other
directions, but cannot understand
or cannot admit the trinity OF
God. This great doctrine OF the trinity |
cannot understand it, you cannot under
stand 1t. There are 10000 things we do
not understand. An ignorant man comes
to a chemist and SAYS: II don't believe
what YOU say about water having so many
component parts. Water is one, tor l
drink it every day. ] don't believe what
you say about air having so many COM
pOnent parts; l breathe il every day."
The chemist says 70 this ignorant man:
you come up to my laboratory and
l will demonstrate it, and L will
explain il" and he shows TO
this ignorant man that air has
so many component parts, yet air is one,
and that water has so many component
parts yet water is one, and the ignorant
man says: "Now | understand it." We
cannot down here in our ignorance under
stand the doctrine of the trinity and God
says: You come up after death into my
laboratory in heaven and l will tell you
all about IL and show YOU so YOU can
plainly understand it." In the heavenly
world we will have all these difficult mat
tiers demonstrated so far as is best for us.
The fact that the ignorant man can
not understand chemistry, or
denies chemistry, does not change
the facts OF chemistry. The fact
that you and in our ignorance cannot
understand the trinity does not change
the eternal fact OF the trinity. 49," SAYS
the enemy OF evangelism, '1here is your
absurd doctrine of Justification by faith
now you cannot explain that Yes, |
can. a man takes Jesus Christ for his
Savior and the Lord lets the offender off.
That's all there is about it. You are in
controversy with some one. He has out
ragged you, he has insulted you. He
apologies, he makes PREPARATION. You
say: Now, that is all right, that is all
right" We have wronged God. Through
Jesus Christ we come into peace with
God, and God says: You were all wrong
once, but you are all right now" That is
justification.