The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-02-24

mid-week prayer-meeting." 1t claimed
that such a revival would cleanse thu
country Of filth. Of graft and Of greed
petty and big, of worship, of 6nt
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
I'VE cannot get a revival Of religion
by seeking a revival Of religion. No
where in Gods Word are men admon
ished to seek a religion or seek . re-
vival Of religion.
Herein is u trouble: we have lost
God! Men called preachers have ex'
planned away the Word Of God, max
ing 1t no longer a sure Word Of proph.
ecy. but an antique for the critics ia
analyze and discuss. The moral Law
has been lowered. The Ten Command.
ments have been reckoned as a piece
Of Mosaic plagiarism applicable to the
needs Of ancient nomads in the viii
derness. but having no more than I
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 do
MED. while treacherous compliments
have been poured out upon His name,
as that Of merely q great Teacher and
noble martyr"
Difficulties In the Way. Says Faster
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 I also have
50 frequently pointed out, namely, that
the socalled New Theology, Higher
Criticism and Evolution theories have
so undermined faith that it would be
folly to look for a 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-
cred unto the saints" Jude 81.
Most Important Points.
1t 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. It 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 or.
rors Of their creeds to a considerable
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 for
revivals Of religion-they will follow
irresistibly.
But what do we see opposing any
such desirable denouement? We sec
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
dock" was e and preached to some
extent. But this lofty Church Stawdard
wal di6icult Of application to the
world. and the worlds hope under
q Different stoSdard was not seen. 1t
clarifies u 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 transgressi0n 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 1t is an unconscious condi-
ton, a "sleep," the next lesson is the
resurrection Of the dead: MANY that
sleep in the dust Of the earth shall
awake, 80 some to shame and last.
ing contempt" Daniel XII, p. Man.
kind fall asleep with experience only
with unrighteousness and very indis.
tinct glimpses of holiness and saint.
ship. When awakened they will rec
0gnize the glory. honor and immortal.
fly Of the sanity Bride of Christ and
be- recipients Of her loving care and
blessing in proportion A. they respond
to the blessed privileges Of that time
A the Restitution work will progress
and they obediently rise from theil
degradation, their shame and contempt
Will gradually disappear and eventual
y p~srfecton Of human nature may b
attained n a eAsth also attaining pr
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