The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-10-09

lG8Sll& RgSSaEy Is IN the blood
1t to You upon the altar to make an
Atonement for your souls" Uevitlcus
xvii. III He said:-
all the trend of religious scholarship
in recent years is away from the Bible
and in line with the Evolution theory
The Bible sets forth ,hr: the first mar
was created perfect. In the image an;
likeness of his Creator and that whcr
on trial for life or death everlasting
he was dlgobedlent, and came under
the sentence Of death: and that al
trouble. Nil sin and sorrow, pain and
death. for the past SIX thousand years
is the penalty, the result, OF that fall
from obedience and harmony will
God. TIE bible teaches the necessity
for an Atonemert for sin, and this les
son was shown in the typical sacrifices
of bulloclis and goats. which Israelltcs
for centuries commcmoratcd. especial
~ upon their AtOnemcnt Day, at the
beginning Of each year.
Tho Bible and Evolution Opposed.
Evolution claims that man started
as, cousin to the monkey, and That
instead Of falling into sin and death,
un evolution process has been bring
ing him up. IN. up to his present high
elevation. This theory. having no
place for sin or a fall. finds. of course,
no place or need for recovery,
through Il 1lcdccmer, u Savior. The
two theories are absolutely opposed.
Whoever believes the Darwinian the.
DRY cannot, logically. lie Christian.
Whoever Is Il Christian cannot, logical.
", hold to the Darwin theory. And
yet the pulpits OF Chrlstcnlom are well
stocked with Higher Critics and Evo'
lutionlsts, uad all of our colleges and
theological scminarics are graduating
others. MI antagonlstic 10 the Bible
and Its prcsentaCons For years the
fight has been conducted on the quiet.
The unbcliercrs hold the best and
most influential pu,plts ard professor,
ships In Christcndom, and insidiOrsly,
craftily. undermine the faith Of those
who arc paying them their salaries.
1t Is time that the battle between
truth and error should como OH. into
the omen. because the majority Of those
who are being misled do not realize
the situation until their faith is en;irr;.;
uniermIncd-until their minds arc 80
entrcnclied In error That the veri:ieS
of GCd's Word. including the words of
Jesus and the Apostles. have passed
with them into the list Of absurditics
amongst these. the stories of Jonat
and the whale. Noah and the ilocd. etc.
endorsed By Jesus and the Apostles.
Higher Criticism Means Higher Inf
deity. &
Today every college, every thcolog'
ical seminary throughout the whole
civilized world. is teaching what Is
commonly known us Higher Criticism
of the B!ble-though the proper name
for 1t would be higher infidellty-in'
fidelity amongst the high ones Of all
ChriStendom These Higher Critics
are doing the same work exactly that
Thomas Paine and Robert Ingersoll
did, only that they are carrying on
their work on a higher plnnc-appeal,
ing not to the gross and the vile, but
to the refined. intelligent md truth
seeking. As. II result their influence
Is II thousand fold more injurious.
Those TO whom Paine aud Ingersoll ap'
pelled were very rarely Christians nj
all: hence they destroyed very little
faith-ihey merely made The unbelicf
more rank and foul.
But these Higher Critic infidels Of
>hls "cvil day" are making use OF nj,
the vast machinery OF Christenlom In
NIL denominations, especially through
theological semlnarics. to undermine
and overthrow tho faith of Ill who
lave named the name OF Christ. grent
and small, rich and poor. cultured and
ignorant. 1t is being done systematic.
ally. too. craftlly. dereltfully, In a
manner that the masses of the people
would scarcely credit. { 1t. Is safe to
SPY that fully four out of five who
graduate. from theological semlnaries
OF all denominations are Higher Critic
inldcls. win, arc Instructed that. their
main business Is to promote morality
amongst the people, especially to build
up Churclanity. particularly their own
denomination. and to gradually,
stcaltlilly, craftlly wcan the people
from the faith of the Bible to their
higher critical dogmRs. And they arc
succeeding most wonderfully. a "pcs.
tilcnee" Is the only figure of speech