Telegram-herald., 1891-01-12
DEMONS And DEVILS
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intelligent audience lasi night, a.
semDled 70 hear the pastor dissect .sThs
New Theology Of the pastor of the
Fountain Street Church." He spoke
with great force and deliberatlon evil
IDENTITY conscious Of the fact that bis
hearers anticipated IN incisivs and con-
vincing argument The foundation of
his remarks we're the words Of Paul 70
the Romans: "The word is nigh thee,
even in thy month; that is the word OF
faith which No PREACH" aud Of st.
Mark: ~ see men - trees walking"
He said that theology WAS undergoing
notifications, with the possible excep-
ton of tho Roman Catholic faith,
which, rs Lord McCaulay. had said
'saw the commencement of all the
governments and of all the ecciesias-
teal establishments that now exist in
the world and We feel no assurance
that she is not destined to see the end
of them ALL" and dwells among US ap-
parently unaffected by all of our
modern influences, IS great rock
keeps its place in the sea,
that although imperceptlbIy the ele-
ments slowly wear away the resistiye
substance, SO il is not improbable that
the forces at work in our day slowly
affect II, although the marks of trans
fr,py " ,.f a
ton of time. In the Protestant church
the change goes on rapidly before our
eyes. In number of denominations
there are already the right and left
wings, the conservative and radical. In
nearly all the more prominent eyangel-
zeal churches 1t Is almost impossible TO
determine q mans ecclesiastical con-
nectiOns by the belief which he avows.
1t would seem that during the past
twenty-five years entire denominations
notably the CongregatiOnal--of Cal
vanlstlc structure IN theology, nhave
abandoned old theories for the more
humane reasoning of Armenianism.
These changes have neen wrought by
civilization. The superstruc-
lures have been changed but many of
them have not penetrated to the found
atoms.
He then alluded to the three sermons
recently delivered at tho Fountain-st.
church saying:
"As one who conceives it his privi-
lege to act as q prophet and give you
the best and latest truth, or, as a
on the wallis OF Zion, whose
duty it Is to report all that occurs
within the range Of his vision of menace
or friendliness, owe it to you, and to
the system of truth which / hold, to
give some account, as we'll as critical
examination of the discourses to which
l allude.
The three sermons are upon the in
heritance of Adams sin, personal
devil and the endless punishment of
sin.
In two of these discourses--the first
and the last-there are symptoms on
the part of the author, of that mental
condition so admirably described by
the first text which l have chosen for
this evening. This Grand Rapids pastor
has confused vision-incidental to a
transition from one set of opinions to
another-such as may be expected in
one who is emerging from the old into
the new, or from an irrational to q
more rational type ofreligious thought.
The first discourse to which desire
to call your attention was preached
upon the subject, care we responsible
for Adams sln?" The theme itself, put
IN the form of question. indicates
that in the preachers mind 1t is at
least open to debate, otherwise We
might expect a simple categorical
affirmation, in the usual orthodox
fashion. But that fashion We have
not here. The mind of the preacher
has moved on from the accepted ira
ditional Evangelical theory, and pre-
sents another, entirely orthodox In its
character. Evil is continually spoken of
as faint which is handed down from
the earliest time Of man, and by the
law of heredity. Let one quotation
su flee: 81 think l would clearly repre-
sent your common sense as am sure l
represent Gods word, when say God
never counts man responsible for any
SIN but his own. TIE sin he commits is
enough for one man TO carry; so man is
not guilty of Adams sin. Adams sin
does not come to US as guilt, but it
comes to us as tendency. We inherit
from Adam not guilt, but o sinful ma
ture-a nature with it's tendency to-
wards evil"
Now that is very plain and une-
quivocal statement. 1t is also q very
revolutionary one as respects the or
thodox doctrine of sacrifice.
Now this new doctrine takes entirely
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