The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-03
Writings Of Ebert Hubbard "Ton1n1yrot''

sole and divine head They had only him do. and yet He would not T let them them preach until they had been baptized with the Holy Ghost.
 Therefore 1t seems to me 1t Is the nary mortal to attempt to preach the gospel. teach Sunday School class or do any other kind of Christian work Easoaf EoS ssn .n ss's s.Hs.sd w'h sae aseated' or orthodox. then hs 1: quail they are not qualified until they have
 Before ordained a man into the ministry. I would ask him If he had been baptized with the Holy Ghost. If s Would ssra aoa not osSan Ssi s Wsy Ess Himself did not begin to preach pub lioly until He was moro than 30 years olc. and He had been baptized with the yet man. Nobody can serve God. no matter how brilliant he may be, un- tn: rhs helk kk,Sie Se'fs tsil. u. who can be pap- tixed with the Holy Spirit. In Acts Il. 3a we read: For the promise that is, the promise of the bapti.m) is unto .1s sad nnto s: 1sns fsd our God shall call unto Him. So. if you have not bean naptised with the bsas aS sDt sDr tass it s ;%Dy1 you and I can be baptized with the Holy H1olS Spirit. then we must be bap-
 Dr. rorrey closed bv saving thai A really orthodox minister can preach his congregation right straight into hell unless he has been baptized with
 hs.. the Holy sRr H nHt S So s bs woa sreEations who are not preaching the truth, or are distorting 1t. He also stated that if a father and mother did mot seek hs sa.s the sSaDtsm the price they eternal punishment for their children He said the baptism with the Holy Spirit Is most solemn question, and that tn t. 1t 's the duty of every Christian
 After the sermon. on pr. Torrey's Invitation. a large number of Chris- that. they had already been so bap-
 Night Service.
 Refuge of Lies." was the subject of away the refuge of Hes" Isiah, xviii; IT: pr. Torrey said in part:
 Every man needs a refuge, Every H1 5eus e faH" os4 don onr science, the power of sin, the displeas- ure of God. and the wrath to come .~ Almost every man has something that
 
 trouble is not that men have no refuge but that they have a false one. what our text charactertzes as a refuge of
 aod O us tonight. that there is a day coming for testing the refuge of men. and in that day of testing. the hail will sweep ag ase true tu % one or a a false onef Is it. 1t a refuge that will stand the test of the hour that is coming. or Is 1t refuge that will go down In a day of storm? Can we tell7 We can. with absolute
 "There are four common sense tests that you can apply to every hope, that S Sdpe show or Gsy rsHss Si ss 4 hsss soS tests are: first. true refuge must be our own conscience; If 1t does not meet 1t is not a refuge from the accusations of our own conscience. neither is 1t c refuge from the displeasure of God for if our own heart condemn us. God Is greater than our heart and knowstR all things.
 "1n the second place. 1t must be one. trust in which Is making you a better trusting is not making you . better man from day to day. 1t Is not refuge from the power of sin. neither Is 1t . refuge from the wrath to come; for you may rest assured that any hope that does not save you from the pow CT of sin in the life that now Is can never save you Srom the consequences
 Tn the third place, it must stand the test of the dying hour. A refuge that only comforts you when you are well and strong. but will fail in that dread death. cod. and eternity. is absolutely valueiess.
 "Fourth. it must be . refuge that day. Unless 1t stands that great tsss 1t is absolutely worthless.
 Dr. Torrey applied these four com mon sense tests\to some of the refuges day. He named i've of these refuges soodne.s m ss' taS 5 Faith @ 0mn n the badness eS of ty: l5 Reison Nons of them stood the tests that he put them to.
 versalism were particularly interesting.
 Religion never saved anybody" He said that people who boast that they have been baptized and confirmed and are church dd e5s and give to the right straight to hell" He asserted that a great deal of religion does not make people one bit better. He said church who would cut you as wide open in a business deal as any man in town" He declared that that variety or EeIlRlOn VIII ScnO man tu tn6 deepest hell there Is.
 or universalism he said:
 "As rule. the profession of univer sallsm Is an excuse for a life of sin, and a comfort for the continuation in a life of sin. He showed that the be- lief that God Is too good to condemn anyone. that there is no hel, no future punishment for sin, did not stand any single one of the tests Ht did not say that all Universalists hold to their belief because they desire to sin, how ever.
 pr. Torrey spoke at length upon in- fidelity. He said. among. other things:
 The next refuge of lies--infidelity. How many a man Is trying to find con- fort tonight In infidelity. Let us ap- ply the tests. Does your. inidelity | meet the highest demand of your own out your sin and demands a new Hfe does 1t satisfy your conscience to say. Well. I don't believe in the Bible. don't believe in God. don't believe that Jesus Christ Is the Son of God Does that satisfy your conscien&? If human being. Is your infidelity. mak- ing you a better man? I have known | a great many infldels. My ministry has been largely a ministry to sceptcs, | agnostics and infdels. I have had their and have yet to meet the infidelity. l have known men whose characters have been undermined by infidelity-countless men. Oh, have had young men come to me with break ing hearts. with saddest confessions of immortality and of ruin, and have had them say to me time and again. The | first step was listening to Colonel In- gersoll.' or some other infidel lecturer, or reading an inidel book. I tell you. men. you young men especially, who