Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-02-23


- -: :s==:.:ssQ L he Journal not
2es!oss ES.;ssSl:Lssy long since appeal
ed ''for revival Of
old-time religion, which took time to
pray every morning and to attend the
! mid-week prayer-meeting." 1t claimed
that such revival would cleanse the
country of filth, of graft and of greed,
petty and big, of worship. Of fine
houses and big lands, and high Offices
and grand social functions.
Bishop Gambler also noticed the
Journals appeal and Pastor Russell
quoted him freely as follows
1--WE cannot get a revival Of religion
by seeking a revival Of religion. No
where in Gods Word are men admon-
vival of religion.
Herein is our trouble: we have lost
God! Men called preachers have ex-
planned away the Word of God, max
ing it no longer a sure Word of proph-
ecy, but an antique for the critics to
analyze and discuss The moral law
has been lowered The Ten Command
ments have been reckoned as piece
of Mosaic plagiarism applicable to the
needs Of ancient nomads in the will
derness. but having no more than
qualified bearing on the life Of today
The Sermon on the Mount has been
treated as AN iridescent dream The
lordship of Jesus Christ has been de-
MED, while treacherous compliments
have been poured out upon His name,
as that Of merely a great Teacher and
noble martyr
Difficulties In the Way, Says Pastor
Russell.
The words Of the Wall Street Jour
nal respecting the need of the old-time
religion are along proper lines Bishop
Gambler sees already what l also have
SO frequently pointed out, namely, that
the so-called New Theology, Higher
! Criticism and Evolution theories have
so undermined faith that it would be
folly to look for return of the pious
! earnestness of the past, which was
built upon a living faith, even though
1t was not the pure faith "once deliv-
Most Important Points.
It is useless for any to attempt to
believe or to attempt to teach others
that God is great, and just, and loving,
while at the same time teaching that
he prepared before the foundation of
the world an immense torture chamber
in which thousands of millions would
be forced to spend eternity. How our
forefathers could believe this and yet
believe somehow or other that God is
Love we do not understand 1t was
their faith in Gods love, and not their
faith in eternal torment, which con
stituted the power of God working in
them for good, and which offset the err
rors Of their creeds to q considerabl
degree.
What the world needs, and what
first of all the Church needs, is to get
doctrinally straight in respect to the
Almighty's character, and in respect
to His purposes with His human crea-
lures. AS soon as that condition of
mind shall have been reached there
will be no need to pray or to ask fol-
revivals of religion-they will follow
irresistibly.
But what do we see opposing any
! such desirable denouement? We see
| two hundred thousand Protestant min.
listers and Sunday School superintend
ents working against such desirable re
suits. We see about two thirds of
them advocating Higher Criticism-In-
! fidelity and the other one-third striv-
ing to hold the people in ignorance re-
specting the teachings Of the Bible
concerning mans future
Church and World Standards.
! During the Ozark Ages the fact
that the Church is a specially called
chosen, faithful class and only "a little
| flock" was seen and preached to some
extent. But this lofty Church Standard
was difficult Of application to the
world, and the worlds hope under
q different standard was not seen. 1t
clarifies our minds greatly when we
recognize that the ':elect" few are in
tended by God to be the worlds in
| structors and helpers by and by, when
the world will be granted an opportu-
nifty of rescue from sin and death, not
to heavenly conditions, but an earthly
Restitution Of all that was lost by
Adams transgression and redeemed by
the great Sacrifice Of Calvary
After learning that the hell to which
the world goes in death is the grave,
and that it is an unconscious condi-
ton. sleep" the next lesson is the
resurrection Of the dead: Many that
sleep in the dust Of the earth shall
awake. = some to shame and last
ing contempt Daniel xii. q. Man