The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-14
Choose 1e ThHDay
Between Truth
/ and Error.
Choose You This Day Whom
Ye Will Serve. :. II Jehovah Be God,
Serve Him" Joshua xiv, l5).


fessed them or were anxious TO give
them some new Interpretation more
consistent with the broader thought
and more generous sentiment common
to civilized man in this Twentieth
Century? | will do 1t.
Our Methodist friends are ashamed
of that feature of their creed which de-
clares that the Almighty is now doing
everything that Divine Wisdom and
Power can accomplish on behalf of
our poor race to bring all to full
knowledge of Christ and to opportu-
nifty of faith and obedience. They real.
ize that there is a weakness in this
argument. And when they protest
that God must work through means.
and hence that the responsibility lies
at the door of Christian believers to
carry the Gospel TO the heather, they
realize that this is an illogical argu-
ment too. For why should our Great
Creator send to eternal torment mil
lions of his creatures. because of an
insuificiency of zeal on the part of
some of their more enlightened fel-
Inconsistency of such theory our
good Methodist brethren tell us that
they hope that God has some other
way of saving the ignorant of heather
lands and. perhaps. of civilized lands.
We appreciate the loving heart
which prompts this answer and we
agree that it is true--that God has
Itttt W.
attempt to point out what that other
way is, some of these dear friends in
quire. Is 1t Methodism? Did John
Wesley preach It? Our answer is. No,
Brother Wesley did not preach It and
did not know of it. Not because 1t Is
new, but because 1t Is 50 very old and
was lost sight of during the dark
ages for fifteen centuries before
Brother Wesley was born. He was
feeling after 1t. yearning for it. hun
gering and thirstlng for It, but the
due time" for 1t to be made known
to Gods people had not yet come In
Brother Wesley's day. He preached
the eternal torture of all mankind, eX-
cept the sanctified believers In Jesus
the Savior But I'm his preaching of
the love of God he was used of the
Almighty to wondrouSly prepare the
hearts of Christendom for the broader
message of the Bible now due to be
seen and understood. Wesley's Cos
pei OF the love of God has mellowed
the heart of Christendom. which once
was frigid under the cold teachings
of REORGANIZATION, Predestination, etc
Of the Westminster Confession of
Falth--once the basis of nearly all
/ Protestant Communions.
If we and our Methodist brethren
! could maintain the same degree OF
| spiritual warmth that Wesley and theil
| forefathers enjoyed we might do with
| out further instruction. But we can
| not do this! None can stand still
J Christians today are losing their holi
! ness, their sanctification--thei zeal fol
| God is giving place to zeal for sect.
The light OF the Millennial morning
which for a century has been gradual
! ly breaking upon the world stimulat
ing thought in every direction, makes
II necessary for our Methodist breth
ren, as well as for us all, to awaker
to the wonderful privileges of our day
for Bible study: TO ascertain the rea
teachings of Gods Word. which, in th'
dark past we all seemingly misunder
stood and misrepresented Already thu
most intelligent one fourth of Meth
odlsm not only rejects Brother Yves
lev's theory. but alas. repudiatSs thu
Bible also! II accepts instead OF Sal
walton that most dangerous form o
inhdelity known as Higher Criticism
imd that most un-Scriptural proposi
tlon of human Evolution. which denie
the fall of our race and makes volt
Christs redemptire work and the glori
ous result thereof-human restitution
(Acts Ill, 1929.
Bury the Dead Past.
God forbid that we should bury an,
OF the doctrines of Christ and nj
twelve apostles! On the contrary lie
us strive TO resurrect these from tn
rubbish of human traditions whic
eighteen centuries have piled upo
them. Let us Instead bury our man
made creeds. of which we are Al
ashamed. Our Presbyterian friend
some years ago set a noble example I
all Christendom in the burial OF thei
Confession of Faith and their substitt
tion instead of "a much simpler an
much more rational statement
But. No, | must correct myself her'
This Is what they should have don
but did not do, Instead OF burying IN
old creed, not only from Sight. but ais
from odor, they have merely coyere
the corpse which is admitted to b
dead and placed the briefer and bette
Confession atop the winding-shee
They assuredly declare thar 1t is NJ
substitute but merely a representati'
i statement. Hence every time we rea
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