The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-09
Doctrines Of the Bible School at
Shiloh.
An Interesting State
ment of a Novel Work.
Conquest of the World is the
7s Lofty Aim.

One of the most blessed experiences
Of my life Ia that have been ridden two
miles on rail for the sake Of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
| Such was the brief message Of Evangel-
ist George Higgins to Rev. Frank W.
Sanford and to the students of the Holy
Ghost and Bible school at Shiloh, in
Durham.
In relation to this message, Mr.. Sand
ford spoke. as follows for publication in
the Lewiston journal:
1.-THE letter that have received from
Mr. Higgins touched the hearts Of all
hers ct the bible school. He doesn't say
much. There isn't bit CT whine. not q
word Of resentment, not syllable Of
vain glory. not particle of bragadocio.
1t is simply the letter of a man who is
thoroughly permeated with the spirit Of
the Holy Ghost and the humility Of the
Son of Man. But there isn't any nav
kishness of sentiment. He tells us that
he has been ridden on rail and tarred
and feathsred, and he accepts 1t as the
servant of Sod should accept 1t.
81 tel y6u that letter is wonderful in
its simplicity. The words are few, but
the spirit that breathes out of the epistls
shows what the power of the faith can
avail. We feol that in the end God win
show that this treatment of His servant
and the style of the acceptance OF that
treatment contain a lesson that will work
to the good of the people in Levant
Now as TO the connection Of MIR. Hig.
gins with the school and the movement of
the crusade. Let me say at the outset
that admire Mir. Higgins as true and
devout man; man Of correct principles
and SO far as / have been able to judge,
an earnest, God-fearing, truly Christian
man. do not think that his most eager
detractors can find any flaws in the Chris
tian character of the man.
yet fear that In some respects he
has been indisoreet and too zesious.
have told Mr.. Higgins-I have just In.
formed him in the letter tat / have writ
ten in answer TO his, that. / belieyeIhe has
been injudiolous in preaching the things
that he has. In those respects he doesn't
represent the sentiment of the Bible
school, nor the opinions that gain from
my study of the Bible.
~ have told MIR. Higgins that 1 thought
he needed more student life hare at Dur
ham before he undertook 90 carry the
Gospel abroad. And yet he has preached
the truth as 1t Is revealed to his under.
standing.
sMy friend, you know that the truth
looks very naked to most men when 1t is
held up before the m. When preacher
comes to them and tells them what they
are in the sight OF God they are angry.
Preaching the Bible just as 1t reads is,
In these days, attended with considerable
adverse criticism of the preacher. have
found that outbound IL out long ago.
Still I1intend to preach the truth as l
| find IL. I intend that my students shall
preach the truth. When swe cease Co do
that our mission Is gone. That is the
work that we have set ourselves to do
without fear or favor. The people can
| lind enough of the other sort OF preach
ing. They can find consoliug reasoners,
reassuring oounsellors who tell them that
this word doesn't mean as it reads. -
| And the speaker tapped an open trible
81, and the men whom have associ-
ated with me In this work, feel that we
have no right TO take the Bible and trim
1t down to suit our own ideas-to put
into it our OWL beliefs. We are sworn to
preach it as 1t is. 1t is incomprehensible
to me that any man should
PRESUME 10 TAMPER WITH THE
| BOOK
| IN that manner. / don't see the need of
it. Let a man preach it as 1t lie and God
will see to the interp retation. He holds
the great secret and 10 is His business to
] unravel it in His own good time.
LAS say. our mission: is to preach the
truth. But | don't mean that our stu.
dents ara to 60 out into the world and
seek for trouble. don't intend that they
shall provoke strife. Thsre has been too
much of that over religious questions
We do not tolerate trimmers, but It il
necessary to remember that we must re-
form some of the old rules of life to moi.
| ern methods.
NOW here is..where the too Jealous re-
former may make mistakes. / fear that
Mr.. Higgins may have erred In this re-
spect. have written him that he has
preached some doctrines that ! could not
endorse and which Relieved stirred un-
necessary strife. He has made the mis-.
take of accepting as mandatory state
ments of God. rules Of living that are
merely counselled ms wise. God doesn I