The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-10-13

- and have given
it to you upon the altar to make an
Atonement for your souls (Leviticus
xvii. H. 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 that the first man
was created perfect in the image and
likeness of his Creator and that when
on trial for life or death everlasting
he was disobedicnt, and came under
the sentence Of death; and that all
trouble. all sin and sorrow. pain and
death. for the past six thousand years,
is the penalty. the result. of that fall
from obedience and harmony with
God. The Bible teaches the necessity
for an Atonement for sin. and this les
son was shown in the typical sacrifices
of builocks and goats. which Israelites
for centuries commemorated, especial
lv upon their Atonement Day, at the
beginning Of each year.
The Bible and Evolution Opposed.
Evolution claims that man started
as a cousin to the monkey. and that
instead Of falling into sin and death,
an evolution process has been bring
ing him up. up. 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 q Redeemer, a Savior. The
two theories are absolutely opposed.
Whoever believes the Darwinian the
DRY cannot. logically. be Christian.
Whoever is q Christian cannot. logical
", hold to the Darwin theory. And
yet the pulpits of Christendom are well
stocked with Higher Critics and Evo-
lutionists. and all of our colleges and
theological seminaries are graduating
others. all antagonistic to the Bible
and its presentations. For years the
fight has been conducted on the quiet.
The unbelievers hold the best and
most influential pulpits and professor
ships i'm Christendom. and insidiously.
craftily. undermine the faith Of those
who are paying them their salaries.
1t is time that the battle between
truth and error should come out into
the open. because the majority of those
who are being mised do not realize
the situation until their faith is entirely
undermined-unti their minds are so
entrenched in error that the verities
of Gods Word. including the words OF
Jesus and the Apostles. have passed
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amongst these. the stories of Jonah
and the whale, Noah and the food. etc..
endorsed by Jesus and the Apostles,
Higher Criticism Means Higher inf.
deity.
Today every college. every theolog-
ical seminary throughout the whole
civilized world, is teaching what is
commonly known as Higher Criticism
of the Bible-thougb the proper name
for il would be higher infidelity-in
fidelity amongst the high ones Of all
Christendom. These Higher Critics
are doing the same work exactly that
Thomas Paine and Robert lngcrsoll
did. only that they are carrying on
their work on higher plane-appeal-
ing not to the gross and the vile. but
to the refined intelligent and truth
seeking. AS result their influence
is thousand fold more injurious.
Those to whom Paine and lngersoll APP
pealed were very rarely Christians at
all: hence they DESTROYED very little
faith-they merely made the unbelief
more rank and foul.
But these Higher Critic infidels Of
this ''evil day" are making use Of all
the vast machinery Of Christendom in
all denominations. especially through
theological seminaries. to undermine
and overthrow the faith of all who
have named the name Of Christ. grea.
and small rich and poor. cultured and
ignorant 1t is being done systematic
ally. too, craftily. deceitfully. in a
manner that the masses of the people
would scarcely credit. II is safe to
say that fully four out Of FIVE who
graduate from theological seminaries
IF all denominations are Higher Critic
tnfidels. who are instructed that their
main business is to promote morality
amongst the people. especially to build
up Churchanity. particularly their own
denomination. and TO gradually.
stealthily. craftily wean the people
from the faith Of the Bible to their
higher critical dogmas. And they are
succeeding most wonderfully. A pes.
thence" is the only figure Of speech