The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-11-18
THE PULPIT.
A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY
DR.. !. M. HALDEMAN.
Theme: Seminarics 4 Menace.

building. the Rev. DR.. |. NJ Haltc-
man delivered the second sermon ca
The Signs OF the Time" His sub
iect was: The Modern Theological
Seminary Menace and Peril to the
Church The text was ii. Kings,
2:1G. Ic said:
Elijah. the mighty DrOnhet OF God.
who defed the king. smut W The
heavens that there was neither dow
nor rain, but. according to his word
slew the prophets OF Baal. called
down fire from heaven up0n the sac
rihcC. visited terrific judgment u"um
the land. is now to be taken uD 10
heaven by Il whirlwind. attended Ev
celestial hOrSemon and chari0ts Of
fire. Elisha, his successor in Che pro-
phetlc Office, accompanies him on the
journey from GilGal 10 Bethel. from
Bethel to Jericho. where there was a
theological seminary. and the sons OF
the prophets Ithc ministerial students
of that day. said to Elisha: Know
est thou that the Lord will take away
thy master from thy head this day""
AND lie answered: Yea. know it,
Hold ye your peace" And they two
went on to the River Jordan. And
illty OF the sons of the prophets wer;
and stood afar of to view what would
and smote the waters and they wcr"
divided. so that they two went over
on dry ground. And Elijah said unto
Elisha: Ask what | shall do for thee
before ! be taken away" And Elisha
said: Il pray thee. let Il double nor
tion of thy spirit bc upon me-" And
he said: Thou has asked a hard
thing: nevertheless. if thou see me
when 7 am taken away. it shall be so
unto thee. but if not. it shall not he
so. And it came 10 pass as they stir
went on, behold. there appeared n
chariot and horses OF fire. and parted
I them both asundCr. and Eliiah went
mp by whirlwind into heaven. And
Elisha saw it ana cried: My father.
my father. the chariot of Israel and
the horsemen thereof" And when
Elisha returned to Jericho with the
mantle of Elijah. the sons of the pro-
phats said: The spirit Of Elijah
does rest upon Elisha" And they
said unto him: behold. there be
with us Fifty strong men. Let them
50 and seek my master. lest rcyad-
venture. the Spirit OF the Lord hath
taken him up and cast him upon
some mountain or into some valley"
And he said: "Ye shall not send :"
But they urged him until he was
ashamed. and he said: Send" They
sent therefor" fifty men: and tn ay
sought three days. but found him not.
And when they came again to him
for he tarried at Jericho). he said
unto them. Did | not say unto you,
Go not?'"
To-day we have the same story.
The passng through Jordan typifies
our Lords death and resurrection.
for Jordan. in Scripture. sets forth
Judgment, and is a type of the cross
Of Christ. where with an agony that
rent the rocks and drew the veil of
midnight darkness over the face of
nature, He bore the Judgment of sin
in His own body on the tree. CRYING
ont: My God, my God. why didst
Thou forsake mel" Christ came not
to be an example or n teacher. but to
be sacrificc-to die for the sin OF
the world-for He poured out His
soul unto death.
The ascension of Elijah sets forth
Nm type our Lords ascension into
heaven, through the shining portals
glory. to sit down on the right
land OF the majesty in the heavens.
IN enthroned sin-purger. the risen
nan in the heavens in bodily pres
ere. The spirit of Elijah resting
nDn Elisha shows the spirit of Christ
inornated in the Church. After our
, Ioh's resurrection He breathed upon
Hislisciples saying: Receive We the
HOLY Spirit" and on the day of Pente-
cost the promise of the Father was
fulfilled. and they were endued with
power from on high.
Oul present-day theologians are
like th theologians of Jericho of old.
| They prceive the spirit of Christ, but
! repudiae His material presence in
heaven. All sorts of things are be-
ing attributed by them to the Spirit
| of Christ They tell us that the Spirit
or Christ has given us the marvellous
! inventions of the day. rapid transit.
alrShlps. woman suffrage, and in
splred the discovery of the North
Pole. All these things of the spirit
of the natural man. these Jericho
theologians If our modern seminaries
tell us are he outworkings of the
Spirit of Christ in man. OF course.
they deny lodily resurrection and
teach a ghostly Christ, instead of one
VINO called to HIS disciples to handle
Me and see that am flesh and bones.
and not spirit as ye think" and
who sat at meat With them, after His
resurrection, partating of broiled fish
and honeycomb. IS the SONS of the
prophets of old sought to account far
the disappearance Of Elijah. so do
our modern, up-to-date theologians,
whether native borL or imported,
seek to account for the disappearance
of Christ.
One would almost Think that when
these learned men in the wisdom of
this world" pass away, all knowledge
Elisha, who was called from The plow,
when confronted with the assertions
of agreed scholarship" trained men
tality and the assumptions of wise
men Of Jericho, grow ashamed and
stumble and fall in power and be-