Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1890-03-27

toiiy 40. lOW uiu you unu tQdt
out 2' And when the missionary
answers: .'God has told us so,"
the Chinaman replies: "Me don't
like that God belly much; sende
me to helle before me born.' And
to make the matter verse the Chi
nese priesthood are importing and
translating Ingersoll's writings,
ridiculing speculative theology and
distributing them to counteract the
teachings of the missionaries.
In christianized countries where
the prevailing dogmas of specula-
tive theology are almost universally
accepted, and where children are
early indoctrinated into them,
preachers seldom encounter the
state of society so trying and dis
couraging to the missionary in
heath en- lands. The pressure of
public opinion, based upon wide
spread preoecupation, saves them
from anything of that sort. The
same condition exists IN Catholic
countries and the result necessari-
ly is. that Professionalism has no
fundamental doctrine to oppose to
Catholicism and, therefore, must
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sances as transubstantiation, con-
fession worship of Mary and infal-
libility, but the experience of the
missionary forces HIM to return to
his native land to seek assistance
and plead for such changes in spec
ulative theology, as upon new and
more thorough examination of the
word of God he thinks will be
scriptural, and also of great assist
ance towards successful presenta-
ton of the gospel in foreign lands.
The present movement is in re-
sponse to such demands.
The scriptures teach that fam
lily was selected, of whom Christ
was to be incarnated and born.
That family can be readily traced
in the historical portions of both
testaments. 1t extended from Adam
through Abraham to Christ. 1t is
the family that Paul refers to as his
kinsmen who, he says, are Israel
ties, to whom pertain the adoption
and the glory and the covenants
and the giving of the law and the
promises, whose are the Fathers,
and of whom as concerning the
flesh Christ came, who is over all
God blessed forever. These are
those whom God foreknew, whom
God hath not cast away, and in
whom both the Gentiles and other
Jews were to be engrafted as sons
and thus made co-he1rs of their in
heritance through faith. If this is
what Paul taught there is surely
nothing here to warrant the corol-
larry of election to dannation.
Of course,in such movement as
has been depicted, two things may
be legitimately apprehended. Elm
ination of speculative theology may
not be judiciously made on the one
hand and want of wisdom in refill
ling the void thus made may be
manifested. Let US hope, how
ever, that the Northern Presbyte-
rian Church will inaugurate such a
change in prevailing speculative
theology as will remove all him
dfances to the -pread of the gospel
and assist the church in waging sue
cessful war with infdelity and
heathenism. X.
The Senate has no business to !
have secrets from the people.
Senators are servants of the peo.
pie. The Government of the
United States is in no sense a !
private corporation, and there can
properly be no business of the
Senate which must be kept from
the knowledge of the people. |
Public sentiment is intensifying
against this whole secret session |
business, and even the Senate of
the United States is not superior to |
public sentiment. The farce being |
conducted by Senator Dolph's COM
mittee will only hasten events
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