Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-03-17

", but not with evil motive. Having
gotten awake to the Inconsistencies
Of their creeds these scholarly men,
concluding that the creeds truthfully
represented the Bible, abandoned
faith in the Scriptures to the same
degree that they have abandoned
faith in creeds which their intellects
have repudiated. Now they are
seeking to gradually help Christian
people of all denominations to what
they consider the higher plane Of
Truth. What they hava-almost
anything in fact is better than the
/ sfcreeds'' they have repudiated. They
are working hard and succeeding
we'll In introducing their faith-de-
stroying theory into the minds of the
rising generation through the school
1lbooks. From these they have not
Eonly eliminated everything sympa-
Ethetic with Bible faith, but in the
! stead have introduced the subversive
| doctrine of Evolution.
AS for the rank and file Of Baptists
| and Disciples, probably three-fourthS
of them still hold vaguely and in
/ definitely to the Bible and their Con-
i LESSONS Of Faith though both of
these denominations in their limo
oency of mind think that they have
no creeds- that they take the Bible
only. AS these dear friends awaken
/ to the inconsistencies of their Con-
! fession and teachings they are in
great danger of following their
| leaders into a reputation Of every
! thing pertaining to the past-into
Higher Criticism, Infidelity and OAR
Winism
"Choose You This Day Whom Ye
1 Will Serve" Al
Joshua's words to the Israelites,
after they, had came into Canaan,
4 constitute our text. Joshua per-.
leived that the Israelites were in a.
trying position and that it was their.
auty to decide promptly and
thoroughly which course they would
take. So we may see today that
Christians Of all denominations are
/ IN trying position and that a
i prompt decision to stand by 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-unto which
their leaders are guiding them. I'm
| less they heel lspeedily, 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 threaten
i, ing calamity! There is only one
| way the Bible way. Many Bap
/ fist and Disciple ministers are be-
coming awake to the inconsistencies
of their positions and drifting with
out foreknowledge of where their
course will end. For instance, l
have before me the words of the Rev.
Dr. Mac Donald of my own city,
Brooklyn, on February 9th. This
gentleman speaks of the Baptist Con-
| fessio, of Faith as these sWaddling
clothes of an ancient dogmatism.
And respecting the Baptist doctrine
which recognizes only immersed per
sons as members of the Church of
Christ and heirs of salvation, he says,
! "Henceforth it can be regarded to be
as dead as the cities of Sodom and
Gomorrah, and as worthily buried,
The gentleman rejoiced that recently
a Baptist minister had been ordained
| to the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church
of Brooklyn who affirmed in advance
that he would invite all to commun-
| ion and Church membership who
loved the Lord Jesus. He urged that
associate members" should be- re-
ceived 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 subject of baptism-that 1t is
baptism into Christ's death, and thus
into the real Church Of Christ-not
the Baptist Church, nor any other
human organization, but the Church
of ..God-"1he Church Of the first
borns, whose names are written in
| heaven That roll contains the
names of all the sanity, faithful, con-
gecrated believers In the Redeemer-
| of all denominations and outside OF
all denominations
"sanctify Them Through Thy Truth"
1t is not sufficient that we get rid
of the errors and superstiaions of
the past. We must supplant those
with. the Truth, that I'VE may be
able, to withstand in this evil day
(EpheSlanS vi, 1SJ. IL alone Will
constitute the armor of God. Chris
tian people hold much precious Truth
but hold it in such an illogical and
confused manner that 1t fails to
give them the needed strength.
God permitted us to come to this
very hour and has permitted the pre-
sent tests for the purpose of develop
ing the characters of the "Israelites
indeed, in whom is no guile" and
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 |