The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-07

Ic do make void the law OF God through I
your traditions--thc traditions Of the ancients
Uohn VII, "; Mark vii, l3; Peter j. l6).
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OF their grand opportunities for declar-
ing the Gospel of Christ. 70 their
own Master they must stand or fall
1t is not for me to forbid thcm becaji5e
they follow not with us. 1t is for
each one WHO stands as an, ambassa.
dor of Christ and of God to follow his
own convictions faithfully. Besides,
am assured that many of them are
loyal to the core
1t is my understanding that. as
minister of the Gospel, ! should take
for my guide In this matter the in
structions of my ordination. Like ST.
Paul my ordination TO preach the Cos
pei was from the Lord. | must preach
the message which | believe he has
given me q Timothy II. q. AS his
ambassador must preach the Word,
following the example of the Lord and
the Apostles. AS they avoided poll
tics, SO must |. AS they avoided vain
philosophy and "scicncc falsely so
called" so must l. AS they preached
the doctrines of Christ. so must /
whether men hear or forbear TO hear.
! remember the words of st. Paul to
Timothy: Preach the Word
with all long.sunfering and doctrine.
For the time will come when they will
not endure sound doctrine: but after
their own preferences they shall gath
er teachers to themselves; having itch
ing ears they shall turn away their
ears from the Truth aud shall be turns
cd unto fables" Oil Timothy iv. 2-4)
There is a Reason.
There must be reason why Chris.
/ tian preachers and their hearers have
! abandoned the study OF the Doctrines
| of Christ set forth by the Apostles
and Prophets. Is it not because they
no longer believe those doctrihesP Is
nary Professors have led the majority
| OF the ministry afur into unbelief in
/ the Bible, and that these ministers are
| gradually leading their coufiding flOcks
into other pastures green" than thuse
which the Great Shepherd and his ap-
! pointed mouthpleces the Apostles, ap-
| proved? Is not the Higher Criticism
infdelity of the colleges gradually pen
etrating even into the Sunday School
Lessons and even into the High Schools
| Of our MISUNDERSTANDING all faith In
Gods Book? But what led to this de-
parture from the Word Of God-into
Higher Criticism infdelity and into
the Evolution theory, which makes
void the Word OF God; and into Chris
tian SciencA, which puts a premium on
fAlsehood; and into Theosophy and
Spiritism, the deceptions of the fallen
/ angels -demonism? How comes II
that all these unscriptural theories
now flourish. whereas only century
ago Gods Word was respected and Its
doctrines were studied by Christian
people of various and conflicting
creeds? The answer is that with the
increasing light of our day the creeds
of the past are seen to be falacious
irrational, by all who use their think
ing apparatus. The leaders In the va
rious Churches discovered this In ad
vance of their Hocks. They promptly
and reverently set their creeds ON q
high shelf where the people might not
so particularly notice their flaws, but
mil, haf raN,nunnpn fpI
them, until gradually their attention
would be drawn aside and their hope
and faith transplanted to Evolutionary
soil or Theosophistic and SpiritualistiI
child's play.
with the decline of Christian doc
trines, including heart union will
Christ and an understanding of iti
terms aud conditions, Churchlanlty
came in, TO take the place of Christi
anty. Today the pride of all denoml
nations centers, not In their doctrines
but in their institutions. The people
are no longer eXhorted % hold fast t'
the doctrines of AIethodsm, Calvin
ism. etc, but To hold, fast to the Sys
TEN. They are no longer encourage
TO think of their system as being TIN
only one, outside OF which there woult
be no salvation, but they are encour
aged to cultivate a partisan spirit
which takes pride In their organiza
tion, It's wealth, the val.le of Its churcl
property, the largeness of It's collec
a tions, the grandeur Of its music, TN
N wisdom, learning and ability of IL
preachers, and the fashion and wealtl
of It's constituency,
1t is not our wish to offer singh
unkind or unbrotherly criticism. 1t 1
our duty and privilege, however, t
point out that the creed doctrines o
the vtriotis denominations, now set OF
the shelf as too frail and imperfect {
stand handling and Investigation. ar
not and never We're the doctrines o
Christ and the Apostles. 1t is our dut
ana pleasure to show forth TO Chris
tian people to the extent OF our abilit
that tha teachings Of the Bible. th