Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-01
THEHIDDEN GOSPEL.
Or
THE CHURCHES TEACHINGS.
in Reply TO a Criticism.
Written for the Register.
(COncluded)


Nero he sets out on the left hand as suit
able for that Otherplace which they de-
signate as hell" Now le. us see if
there is one more worthy than Paul and
if we might set Paul off on the left hand
las Talmage has done, if We judge as he.
The first Christian martyr, ST. Stephen,
suffered martyrdOm under the command
of Paul. (Acts 22:20). And it is fut-
Their stated in the Scriptures that Paul
made havoc of the church, acts S:3).
among whom were thousands OF Christ
ian martyrs. Now, Brother Talmage,
designate the place for ST. Paul, accord
ing to your judgment. Is ii not Christ
who forgives? Is it not Christ who
makes the most sinful and the most de-
based of humanity 1t for His kingdom?
And 1t is not for man TO judge mis-
brother who should be worthy or IN
worthy. It looks to me as though Bro
Talmage is right when he said the Cos
pei is buried a thousand feet deep, for
Nero was the called and chosen head Of
the Roman Empire the anOinted head
Of the Imperial power that should muir
der Christian believers as much so as
any of the Israeliosh kings whom God
chose as the head of that nation, and
their slaughter of the heathenisS peo-
pie was no more unmerciful than the
slaughter of the Christians by the head
of the Imperial power of Rome. There
fore. It is Christ that fits US for our re-
inhabication of this globe in its per
fected state, now drawing near, when
Christ comes again, and not in 10 a
place that is called heaven to which our
departed loved ones are now supposed TO
have gone For why should they 80 TO
heaven now and return again when
Christ comes? Or ST. Paul mus be
nightly mistaken when he says, 1t
is sOwn a natural body it is raised a
spiritual body. Ii these things are so,
why mus. they depart from this the
place to which they return again? But
we Will leave this point for discussion at
any future time.
The text says, Beware of false pro-
phets." Brother Talmage says, The
old Gospel is buried fl.y feet under.
Yea, ne cOrrects himself and says even
a thousand feet under, and the work has
been done by the sl0ve,s OF those who
had been trying to conTive philosophy
Of religion. He is right. There is no
religion as defined by man, but by God,
which He was pleased toJcrm cOnfus-
ION. Rev. Ta.mlge both p9rtrlys the
work OF The false prophets and shows
from what hot beds they were trans
planted. For if the Gospel is buried so
deep, what new doctrine mus. they be
teaching? Is it not the creed of some
tters, b la htrs frl-
his world would have no need of pull
pit Of sermon, or prayer or church, but
thanksgiving and h0san3s would have
res0unded IN the temple CT which The
mountains would have been pillars and
the blue skies the dome OF the 0utspr5ad
world. Pat so far from that, as he re-
marked in the opening sentence of his
sermon, the greatest novelty Of the
Zines IS the Gospel" Let me say to
the 100000 c., educated and splendid
young men 3b0u, to enter .he Gospel
min.stery fr0m the Theological seminar
les Of all denominations On this side and
On the other side of the seas that .Aera
IS no drawing power like the glorious
Gospel. Him hath God Ill Ell up to
draw all men unto him I,is a q 0rious
tcn OF things -h8c God has designed for
the perfec- state. the seventh age Of The
world, and think that he must as the
apostles and disciples Of the Lord de-
claTed in ignorance 0f what they spoke
and knewl,. he truth until it was full
filed and il seems IN further evidence
when Christ told the woman at the Wei
that neither IN this mount nor at Jerus-
3-em, only under conditions, and when
the services OF the Jewish religion
Wclld man M longer serve God. bu. in
That perfect state in spirit and I'm truth.
and the advice which he gives % The one
hundred thousand educated and SPLEEN
did young men. that there IS nothing
IKE the glorious Gospel, which daciara-
zion he declares in that, Him hath God
lifted up 70 kaw al men unto Him"
How then, can he exclude Guiteau.
Booth, Thomas Paine. Mama Sahb.
Nero? F1r il tAe pronouu. al. does rot
include them th3t were the ones Christ
came TO seek. not the rich who need none
90 save them. well may he have exc!ud-
ca them and God give him The privilege
10 deSg nate who IS ft inhabitants In
the eternal kingdom of God
His further advice is to these same
young men: Get your souls charged
and surcharged with this GOSPEL and
you will have large audiences and will
not have to announce nm order TO as
semble such audiences. a Sunday night
sacred concert with a BRIEF address by
the pastor, or the presence of Black
PATHS, or Creole Minstrels. or some
new exposure Of Tammany. or a ser
mon accompanied with magic lantern
or steraoptican views" He well might
have said as St Paul advises. Preach
the Word and further, that Christs
example was TO condemn no man. and
His mercy extended to the hearts OF
humanity, thus drawing all people 10
Him, without the assistance of Sunday
night sacred concerts. etc.
There is where l have been Judged
and not impartially, for many have
only my views through secondary
channels, and I take this method of set
ting myself Alright, in defense of my
views, and so declare that though even
Rev. Talmage and Rev. Hodges have
judged and expressed their condemna-
ton toward sinners, l declare only
what the word of God teaches, and that
from its original sources to its present
condition. / judge the contrary, and
wish to show that their blindness
I wish to state, in other words this
blindness in part has happened unto
Israel, Christian Israel the counterpart
only in its succession, is the other part
with whom blindness has happened in
the same things. AS the counterpart
of Israel who foreshewed their belief
and whom in their blindness God will
save. For the Scriptures positively de-