The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-10

tam CDlS result. we answer, NO, u
thousand times, No! In our judgment
the perversions of the Truth, the dis
honoring Of our Maker, the Installing
Of misconceptions into the minds OF
The people, is an awful cost to pay.
even IL the results should be hundred
times as great as promised. Well did
Jesus say, "Ye compass sea and land
TO make one proselyte and when he is
gained, you make him two-fold more
child Of destruction than yourselves"
(Matthew xiii, 15). The conversions
achieved by misrepresentation OF GOD
instil a poison into the heart difhcuit
70 eradicate, impervious TO the Truth.
1t grieves me TO be obliged conscieD
riously thus TO characterize a move
ment which has. al least, an outward
appearance Of goodness. 1t will al
tract TO me the venom OF those whose
hypocrisies | criticize. 1t is not the
money that they will collect that
grieves me. for those who give II hon
estly. thinking rhus 10 serve rhe Lord,
will surely be blessed by him. 1t is
the hypocrisy OF the thing. the misrep
resentation OF their own belief and un
belief and the SANDER against the holy
name Of the Creator and the further
bambooZling and throwing OF dust INFO
rhe eyes OF the common people-thiS
awakens. and should awaken. right
eous Indignation. And the more 9th
ers do not speak. The more must
speak ip denunciation and in warning
TO the people to search the Scriptures
and become undeceived.
Hsarksn Now to Our Text.
The teachings OF all OF the creeds
Of the Ozark Ages" which have come
down 10 us. although they contain
many good things. are so befogged
with Misrepresentation of God as to
be a stencil To our nostriis and men
ace TO our spiritual health. They pic
ture 10 us God either reckless and
careless Of the future Interests OF his
human creatures. or else as powerless
70 aid any but the few. They picture
70 us millions going down 10 torture
during the four thousand years be
fore Jesus came into the world TO seek
and to save that which was lost. They
picture TO us that since his coming
only handful comparatively. or the
human family have become his dis
ciples. fOOtstep followers. Meet for
the Inheritance Of the saints in light"
All the others. according 10 our Prot
estant creeds Calvinistic and Armlni-
an. have gone down TO eternal torture.
From this standpoint IL is that DR..
CHAPMAN and Mr.. Alexander are the
heroes Of the hour. saving few more
whom God would have otherwise neg
lected. or, as some might say. saving
them in spite Of Divine REORGANIZATION
TO the contrary.
But what say the Scriptures: Does
the Bible substantiate such theories?
Nay, nay, In harmony with our text,
the entire Bible reveals to us a God
as infinite in his Wisdom and Power
as in his Justice and Love. Our text
tells us that he is mindful Of his crea
res-humanity. He was mindful in
the very beginning when he created
man and foreknew his fall. Away
back there he foretold that 1.-The Seed
Of the woman should ultimately bruise
the Serpent's head" Away back there
he indicated his Divine purpose. in
due time. TO redeem man from destruc-
ton (not from eternal torment, for
none were sentenced 10 torment.
The skins which covered the naked
ness OF our first parents cost the lives
Of animals. and thus God typicaily
prophesied better sacrifices for the
perfect covering OF mans sin and
shame. In Gods dealings With the ma.
tion Of Israel. he gave numerous types
foresha downing rhe later blessings. fol
lowing 1.-The better sacrifices" of the
antitypical Atouement Day-hlesslng
all the families of the earth.
God was mindful Of mans interests
all that fine for over forty-twe cen
turiesI. even though. during that long
period. nothing was actually accom-
plished The salvation was purpOsed
was planned was assured, but must
he waited for unril Gods due time.
! Reconciliation by Better Sacrifices"
/ When Jesus appeared the world was
still in sin-even the one little nation
! Of Israel was still under Divine con
| demns ton because OF sin-because
their typical sacrifices were insufficient
/ and merely foreshadows Of 1.-The better
sacrifices which God was mindful
| later to bring to pass.
Those better sacrifices are not yet
completed, though nearly so. we be-
lieve. They consist Of The Man Christ
! Jesus who gave himself a Ransom
for ALL" and also of the faithful few
whom he has accepted as his disciples
and who are walking in his steps
presenting their bodies living sacri
fees, holy and acceptable to God
through their Hedeemer Rom. xii, u
! God is still mindful of humanity
He has not forgotten his responsible
ties as a Creator The theory thai
God shirks his responsibility and al
lows the ninety thousand who die
daily to drop into eternal torment be
! cause Of carelessness or indifference
on our part is not true--is not Scrip
tural
God affirms his own responsibilit,
for every feature of his Plan. He de
clares. ''My Word that Is gone forth
out Of my mouth shall not return unto
me void: it shall prosper In the thins
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