The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-09-29
Remedy.

clares that be has
no sympathy for the creeds which for
SO long a time have blinded and en-
shared Christian people. Pastor Rus
sell says he is laboring for Christian
union when smashing the creed fences
which have so long separated the
Lords sheep. He declares that the
Bible Is misunderstood and conse-
quently misrepresented In the house Of
its friends. He surely Is stirring up
infdels as well as Christians to q fresh
study Of the Bible. His sermons
through the public press. are undOubt-
eddy reaching millions who are not
church-goerA
Pastor Russelrs text for today was:
Lovers Of pleasures more than lovers
Of God: having a form Of goodness,
but denying the power thereof III
Timothy iii. 115). He declared that his
text relates to the present time; that
the world is going amusement-mad.
Theaters, automobiles. ball games and
seaside resorts are absorbing the spare
time. the spare money and heart-Sym-
pdLny VI Tue mdSSeS
The difficulty Is that the people have
been under superstition and idolatry.
and as they are now awakening. we
see the tendency toward revulsion Of
feeling. All the creeds Of Christen-
dom are r%epulsive. While each has
some elements of truth. taken as a
whole, they IN all false representa-
A. rA-l-- - nt--
Deserving tho Greed idots.
Gradually, the light Of the new Day.
dawning light shows rs something of
the errors Of the past. and the delusive
nightmares are disappearing. likewise
i our reverence for Jul creed Idols. which
have become abhorrent to all The
creeds are no longer believed: their
superstitious errors fail to control the
masses. hence slim attendance at the
churches. small collections. etc. The
creeds are now sustained merely By
the money Of the wealthy. which our
text declares Is merely a manifesto
ton Of a form Of godliness. without
its power. The wealthy and educated
upholders Of the creed idols and their
temples consist Of the unbelievers,
Higher Critics E~volutionistA, who
have no more use for the Bible than
for the creed
The needful thing ts to give the peo-
pie the true GospeAto restore to them
the Bible-to show them clearly that
it has been totally misrepresented by
all the idol creeds-that the true pre-
~sentation OF the Divine character is
sublimely grand! But alasl who shall
tell the people these things7 The min
listers Of Christendom are Is a deplor-
able condition When cross-Questioned
they must admit that they have not
believed their creeds for years, al
though outwardly they have been
priests to these creed idols. and have
offered incense before them weekly.
The people, not unwisely. have nc con
fdence in them
Hunger For the True Gospel.
Alas! that 1t must be said-but we
believe the estimate Is not exaggerated
which claims that three-fourths Of all
the educated ministers Of Christendom
are Higher Critics. infdels, total unbe
levers in the inspiration Of the Bible
How could these become leaders OF
instructors Of the people In respect K
Divine things?
In June last I spoke at the Boston
1 Theatre, having a capacity Of thirty
: six hundred seats. all filed, and with
. four hundred men on the platform be
hind me. while many stood. and
was told that crowds were turnet
: from the doors. The editor Of a re
ligtous paper, who was present cam
to me the following day and asked
0 "How do you account for the larg
crowds which attend your services
while 80 many OF u large churche
are comparatively empty-some Of on
= ablest speakers addressing twenty
forty OF fifty hearers2"
l replied, II believe the Prophet "a
plains the situation, There shall be
U famine In the land: not a famine 70
bread nor a famine for water. but
famine for the hearing Of the Wor
Of the Lordr (Amos viii, 11l tn
J. people r hungry. They have full
rejected the creeds Of the past, an
they have nothing souLsatisfying II
II stead. Thev arc hxNory; l am feedin
= them the Word Of God and demonstra'
y ing to them that the Bible Is the mos
l. wonderful Book In the whole work
e and that the only difficulty has bee
g that we have not understood 1t in II
B own light We have read 1t throug
D. the colored s~pectacles Of our i'd,
creeds." Pastor Russell urged his hea
a ers to confidence In God aud o frea
D. ' study Of the Bible