Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-08-12

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TO the standards Of Gods Word. must |
be uHorthodox. Everything depends
upon our standard / stand for the
Bible fits teaching. its doctrines. and
therefore am orthodox. On the con-
trary. Higher Critics and Evoiutionists
and those who hold the creeds Of the
Ozark Ages" contradictory to the BIZ
bic. are proportionately unorthodox-l
heretical.
What Christendom needs today Is a
return TO the Bible. an investigation |
Of its teachings and. correspondingly, |
a rejection Of all human creeds, which
are admittedly more or less defective.
Let us stand fast IN the liberty where
with Christ hath made US free" Let
us accept the Bible as the only stand
ard. Let us study II and understand
It TO the extent Of our ability. Let US
rejoice in every degree Of harmony we
all attain in the correct understanding
Of II. Let US fellowship as Christians
all who acknowledge its Divine au-
thenticlty and who, in harmony with
its presentation, are trusting in Jesus |
as their Redeemer; and who. in accept |
ance Of His invitation, have forsaken
all TO be His fOotstep followers
These are the real Christians, with |
whatever sect or party they may have
become identified. through the supposi. |
tlon that they were doing the will of
God. These alone are the saints: these
alone are running In the race course;
these alone have the opportunity Of |
making their calling and election
sure" The masses known as Chris
tendon are unchristan in every sense
Of the word. They are civilized heath |
en-, I'm the sense that they do not recOg |
nize any more than do the heather, a
personal God Of glorious character,
perfect in His Wisdom, Justice. Love
and Power They realize not His All
seeing Eye And their general lives
show their lack Of this knowledge and
this faith.
More than this (shall we say itN !
the majority Of professed church mem !
bers, so far as we can understand their !
sentiments as privately expressed and
publicly declared by the ministers Of
their choice, are no more Christians
than are the Jews They neither be-
lieye the Bible to be the Divine Rev
elatlon nor do they accept the Lord
Jesus Christ as the worlds Redeemer
from sin and death or course, there
fore they do not profess to consecrate
their lives to sacrincially follow One
in whose redemptive work they do
not believe
The Mystery Of the Cross.
Comparatively few Of the hundreds
of thousands Of those who have named
the name Of Christ, and who have
come under various denominational
yOkcs have any knowledge of the
Mystery of the Cross of Christ. the
Mystery Of the Gospel. The Mystery
which hath been hid from ages and
generations, but now is made manifest
to his saints" tCOlossians I, 2G)
Alas. the majority seem content to
have merely "name to live" and
wish merely to he called Christians
and to wear a jeweled cross. 1t Is but
the few Of those who have tasted that
the Lord is gracious and have felt an
earnest desire to know and to do the
Fathers will at the cost Of self.sacrl.
flee. With the majority the intima-
lion that certain course In life Is the
marrow way" the way Of the Cross.
is sufficient to turn them in m opposite
direction; for while they would like
to share the heavenly glorles and hon
ors of the Lord, they are unwilling to
be sharers in His ignominy, sufferings
and death.
These, without relinQulshlng their
desire for righteousness, are disincllned
to go to such lengths as the Master
md the Apostles taught and exempll.
fed Hence, they are not interested
in the deep things" Of Gods Word. |
but merely in the more superficial.
In the language of the Scriptures. they
are willing to say, I'VE will eat our
own bread, and wear our own apparel:
only let us be called by thy name, to
take away our reproach" isaiah iv, II
The fault lies largely with many of
the clergy who are not lending the
people to the faith once delivered to
the saints" hut away from IT,
Tho &0pintnrnAs IIaNtnAfI,g
that we are under the reign Of the
"Prince Of this world" Satan. and
that our Lord Mt His Second Coming
In power md great glory will bind or
restrain this strong one and overthrow
his empire, which is not OF Divine nu.
thorlzatlon, hut built upon human
weaknesses, ignorance and supersti.
tion. We are distinctly told that Sa-
tan shall be bound for that thousand
years (the Millennium that he may
deceive the people no more until the
thousand years shall be finished.
Surely, then, the Lord has used the
great Adversary TO assist In the ac-
complishlng OF the Divine purposes.
Satan may have supposed that he was
frustrating Gods plans, hut Just rs
surely he was mistaken The Divine
Word Is sure which declares, MY
Word that goeth forth out Of My
mouth shall not return unto Me void,
but It shall accomplish that which
please and II shall prosper in that
whereunto | sent IT,"
It IS time that all who really be-
tevc in the Bible, who really believe
That Jesus left the glory Of the IA.
her and humhled Himself even unto