The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-04-30


perpetuafes themselves. Let them read
of another people who were willing &c
accord to Jesus Christ a place a little
higher than the Ebionites, but only
midway between God and man. and
;let them see the Gnostics too being,
blotted out in a few decades. Let
them learn OF the Neoplatonists also.
who were willing TO accord to Jesus
Christ the character OF Il lovely man.
but withheld from him the honor of
deity. Let them learn of this people,
who, though willing to place Jesus
Christ alongside of Abraham and ~
thagoris and many other great men,
yet lived, ilou-ished and died within
q few decades Let them see another
class, called Arians. willing to US
cribe to Jesus Christ pre-eXistence.
yet net equally with God, see Arianisia
coloring to some extent Christian
thought but never getting strength
enough 10 conquer. Lec then, read
of the S.cinianS that came in the SIN
teenth century with another conccp-
ton of Christ, but not as God Let
them see Socianiansm de, too. Let
them see English Presbyterians at
fected by its influence. the weakest
of all protestant denominations in th;.t
country Let them read of how the
Consrega tionalists at one time seemed
20 be going over Wholesale to this
low conception of Christ. Let thelI:
see those who remained in the CcnGre-
gational body holding to the deity OF
Christ coming to number now 100000,
while those who held to the lower
conception Of Christ dwindling to sew
enty thousand in America. Then see
that God mas placed his stamp of dis
approval upon anybody that denies tie
divinity OF Jesus Christ. Let him sec
that the lower conception of Jesus
Christ that many to-day would have
us believe as true has had a fair trial
again and again-hag been weighed III
the balances and found wanting. Pee
pie discovering this will not be easily
led away from the true doctrine Of
Jesus Christ.
Then we have q S0Cd many pess!-
1nists among us. There is 2 tendency
toward pessimisIn everywhere. May
people think that this is day Of
heresies and isms and cliques. There
never was such fanaticism III the
history of the world as now Every
thing is going to the bow vows.
Now what those people need TO know
is 2 little church history. You have
that in your course, too. 1t is q good
John Morley says that true education
puts sunshine into your heart anC
takes moonshine out OF your head.
Now if a person viii study the hts
tory Of the church, he will find that a
of the bad people are not in tie
church as it is today. Why. do you
know that have discovered that there
is not an age TO whose church J
would arther belong than this one
They hold up to us the Puritan faith
a1-s q. >ex2 nlples Of high Christian liv-
ing, piorIs men. It's false Why, those
men, as much as we honor them, weIG
woefully short in the prime virtue OF
the Christian life, love, charity. They
killed people that wouldn't believe a.
IheE thought they ought TO. the pres
ent church cannot parallel by great
deal the Tanaticism and foOllshneSs q
past people. All the isnls OF the world
have not been spared for the present
church Go back to the second cen
tury There you find a class OF pee
pie who came to feel that because God
made Adam and Eve without any
clothes, therefore it is wrong TO wear
clothes so they Went around in naked
ness This society Of Adamites came
to number a great many people Can
you get up anything to-day more