Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-03-15

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they would take. So we may see to-
day that Christians of all denomina-
lions are In trying position and that
| a prompt decision to stand 10y God and
the Bible is the necessary thing for
/ those who would be delivered from the
darkness Of the past and avoid falling
into the Adversary's great deception Of
the present-into which their leaders
are guiding them. Unless they heed
| speedily, the blind leading the blind
will fall into the ditch of Darwinism
| and the mire of Higher Criticism.
There are not many ways to escape
this threatening calamity! There is
| only one way-the Bible way. Many
Baptist and Disciple ministers are be-
coming awake tie the inconsis- .ncies OF
their positions and drifting without
foreknowledge of where their course
will end. For instance, l have before
| me the words Of the Rev. Dr. Mac DON
aid Of my own city, Brooklyn, ON Feb
ruary 27th. This gentleman speaks OF
| the Baptist Confession Of Faith as
"theSe Spaddling clothes of an ancient
dogmatiSm." And respecting the Bap-
fist doctrine which recognizes only Inn
Smersed persons as members of the
| Church of Christ and heirs of saliva
ton, he says, ''Henceforth it can be re-
0drded to be as dead as the cities OF
SOd0m and G0m0rrdh, aud as so0rthily
buried" The gentleman rejoiced that
| lu or ,inf
ordained to the Sixth Avenue Baptist
Church of Brooklyn who affirmed In
advance that he would invite all to
communion and Church membership
who loved the Lord Jesus. He urged
that associate members should be
received into Baptist communions
without imposing baptism upon
| them"
This courageous brother fails to see
wherein the course he advocates is
illogical. What he needs to see is the
real teaching of the Bible on the sub
iect of Baptism-that it is baptism into
Christ's death, and thus into the real
Church of Christ-not the Baptist
Church, nor any other human organiza-
ton, but the Church of God-''The
Church of the frstborns, whose names
are written in heaven" That roll con-
tains the names of all the sanity,
faithful, consecrated believers in the
Redeemer-of all denominations and
outside Of all denominations.
"Sanctfy Them Through Thy Truth"
1t is not sufficient that we get rid OF
the errors and superstitions of the
past. We must supplant those with
the Truth, that 1--WE may be able to
withstand in this evil day" (Ephesians
vi, 49,. 1t alone will constitute the
armor of God. Christian people hold
much precious Truth, but hold it in
so illogical and confused manner
that it fails to give them the needed
strength. God permitted us to come
to this very hour and has permitted
the present tests for the purpose of
| developing the characters of the SIS
raeliteS indeed, in whom is no guile"
ana for the purpose of gathering out
from them all the tares, all the chaff,
and all not at heart copies of his dear
Son. Let me now briefly summarize
the errors of our creeds and briefly in
dictate the Bible remedy
None of our Creeds were too strict
in defining the saintliness of the
| Church class, invited to become the
Bride of Christ and his Joint-heirs in
his Kingdom. On the contrary, in
many respects they were too loose
they were not nearly up to the stand
ard of the Masters word, IF any man
will be my disciple, let him take up
his cross and follow me-" Strait is
the gate and narrow the way which
leadeth unto life; and few there be
that find it" CIatthew vii, IL. Jesus
taught that his followers must drink
Of his cup of suffering and be baptized
into his dedth-and not merely into wa
ter. Our too-low standards have adj
mitted to membership in all denomina-
tiOns millions who are far below the
| Masters standards.
Our error and deception was the sup
position that all who are not sanity,
| all who would not become the Bride of
Christ, all who are not baptized into his
death, all who do not drink of his cup
Of ignominy will be eternallv tortured.
| This great mistake common to all
| Protestants land in the much modi-
fed form of Purgatory shared also by
| Catholics must be displaced by the
| Bible teaching that as soon as the
| elect Church shall be completed and
glorifed the antitypical Year of Jubi-
| lee will begin; that then for the thou
sand years of the reign of Christ and
| the Church as the spiritual Seed of
| Abraham, the nOn-eIect, of all the fam
| lilies of the earth will be blest by the
! elect Galatians iii, 16, %; Acts lii,
/ 1928. Let us. dear brethren, choose
this day to stand by the Word Of God,
| to reject all human traditions contrary
to it and to hold fast the things that
| are true, just, loving, good.
| If occasionally a thoughtless friend
asks, Why do you believe in Millen-
| mum? answer that it is one Of the
| Oldest doctrines of Christendom and.
/ above all, the Bible doctrine Answer
! that he who does not believe in the
| MuleUlun ana the FeSurFecllOu tHen
| of the world Of mankind-"All that
| are in their graves"-must account for
| the dead in some other way-must
claim that they have been experience
ing pain or pleasure for thousands of
years, or must claim that they are ex-
tinct as the brute beast and will have
no resurrection or must believe in uni
versal salvation regardless of knowl
edge of Christ or obedience to him.
On next Lords Day, we will discuss
| the Millennium and show its absolute
| necessity, not only from a Bible stand
| point but also from a scientific stand
! point. Choose We this day"-to stand
] for the Bible and reason and TO OPP
pose the Creeds of the dark ages and
their unreason,