The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-02

Al kDMlk /
AddI1sel Latge Audience, Under
Aaspices y he ihllihl6onl Bible
Students Assoaalion Uins tie Also.
dI6ods 1nieEpssie eseteht And
CHI nenlon Given.
Tsil Il a 4 ~ . 4 a
ei5t ~ Ii
ktye frequently rejected also the CEN
ifilafufhs wtll6h flld6 dogma, q 4 Ger
tin degree. misre1res eited. Thus NE
AZ in the day Of ne Jeetion 81 the
eteeds by the people Of an dsnomina-
tons, Gathoiic and Protestant, and
equally We afe 81 the DAY OF Bible re-
teton, hecanse Il IS ASSUMED that the
Bible. HAVING beed sthdied gBy the
foTiulatofs Or these cfeeds, must be
IN accord witI these. 61d hence. must
be responsible FOR the unreasonable
teachings, and must be rejected wheh
these are rejected.
SOME OF ds ran away Witt the doc
title OF @efecti6n.s thinking It the
Rhole Gospel Of Christ; whereas, our
ftgmenE was Incomplete, tnsdtisfae-
tor, and Haisrepresented the Gospel.
when taken alone. Others grasped the
doctrine OF free grace" and ran away
with that, claiming that it was the en-
tis Gospel = ignoring the Scriptures
which referred to election, etc.
These made a similar mistake. and
acknowledgement the Gospel Of
Christ in its Wilderness; It's solidarity.
Others grasped those Scriptures which
assure us OF. a universal opportunity
tor salyatfon; and Interpreted them to
mean that all mankind Will attain
eternal saivhdon. regardless Of their
wills and 7e6-opera don Others Found
difficulty in harmonfzing the telati6n-
ship between the heavenly Father. the
heavenly Son. and the holy Spirit, and
this contention led to, Unitarianlsm on
the one hand. and to Trinltarianlsm on
tke other. Others 81 us caught the
doctrine Of .baptism." and made Of It
the entire Gospel. and thus did violence
to the Iengths. and breadths and
heights, and depths Of the tfuo mes
sage. the true Gospel. OF which st..
Paul in ouFetext declares that he was
not ashamed. =
Noting the logical mind Of st. Paul,
who can doubt that he would be
ashamed. as we ourselves are. Of the
ffagmentary presentations Of the vhri.
Gus creeds which more or less oppose
and contradict each other? We maj
be sure that whatsthe Apostle would
endorse. as the Gospel Of Christ" we
need not be ashamed Of. Hence our
Determination SHOULD be TO search the
Scriptures. and to ind that one reason
able message Of the Divine Plan which
centers in Jesus our Redeemer.
Things, at Which We Gagged.
Men and women do, not find It, dim
cult to believe tip a wise, Just, loving
and powerful Creator; Just such a God
our hearts and heads tell US We should
expect; Just such d God rational peos
pie find no difficulty, IN worshlping.
Indeed, while some OF Us intthe past
may have believed IN the "total de-
praylty" Of the race. may We not real
lie that notwithstanding the fall, there
Is still In the human mind and heart
something which has .1ongings inf
Mite" something which cries out for
the living God, and which commands
our reverence and worship, In proper
tfcn as be Is recognized?
Spiritually we gagged at the sugges-
ton that a God Of all wisdom. love.
justice and power ever created our
race with the foreknowledge and fore
ordination that practically all Of these
thousands Of millions must suffer ell
ther putgatorial torture for several
centuries. as our Catholic friends pre-
sent the matter, or at the still more
irrational theory ofns ProtestaHts Chat
eternal torture is to be the fate Of all
except the elect few. the saints, who
now follow In the footsteps OF Jesus
a course contrary to the world and all
the tendencies Of life around US. Well
may We rag, and the sooner we reject
and eject this entire mass Of un.scrIp-
tutal dosmas, the better As q whole
1t comes to us from ouf4honest, but un-
enlightened fqrefathers, who verify
thought they did God service In tOrtur-
ing one another, even to the extent Of
burning one another at the stake, be-
cause OF little differences along the
lines Of these doctrines Of devils" q
Timothy ". " n
The rich spiritual food and the strong
faith, which we, dear friends, as b.
BILE Students. should desire and seek
for, are to be found. only in the Bibleit
self. We should not spurn suggestions
from one another, but we should re-
celve such suggestions tentatively, and
the Word Of God Should be searched,
sothat our ;faltfi should not stand In
the teachings OF men, but IN the power
sf God. as set forth In the Word Of
God. From this quarter only can we
expect Information respecting
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