Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-10-14

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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 disobedieut, 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 Atouement for sin, and this les
son was shown in the typical sacrifices
of bullocks 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 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 a recovery,
through . Redeemer, a Savior. The
two theories are absolutely opposed
Whoever believes the Darwinian the
ory cannot, logically. be a Christian
Whoever is 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 unbeievers hold the best and
most influential pulpits and professor
ships in 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 misled do not realize
the situation until their faith is entirely
undermined-unt their minds are so
entrenched in error that the verities
Of Gods Word. including the words of
Jesus and the Apostles, have passed
with them into the list of absurditles'
amongst these. the stories Of Jonah
and the whale. Noah and the food, ETC..
endorsed by Jesus and the Apostles.
Hiqher Criticism Means Higher Inf
deIity.
Today every college, every theolog-
ical seminary throughout the whole
civilized world. is teaching what Is
commonly known as Higher Criticism
of the Bible-though the proper name
for it would be higher infdelity-in'
fidelity amongst the high ones Of all
Christendom. These Higher Critics
are doing the same work exactly that
Thomas Paine and Robert Ingersol
did. only that they are carrying on
their work on a higher plane-appeal
ing not to the gross and the vile, but
to the refined. intelligent and truth
seeking. AS a result their influence
Is a thousand fold more injurious
Those to whom Paine and lngersoll ap
1ealed were very rarely Christians al
all; hence they destroyed very little
faith-they merely made the unbeiei
more rank and foul
But these Higher Critic inhdels Of
this "evil day" are making use Of al
the vast machinery Of Christendom II
all denominations. especially through
theological seminaries, to undermine
and overthrow the faith of all whC
have named the name Of Christ. grea
and small. rich and poor. cultured anC
ignorant 1t is being done systematic
ally. too. craftily. deceitfully. In
manner that the masses Of the people
would scarcely credit 1t is safe u
say that fully four out Of FIVE WHIT
graduate from theological seminarie'
OF all denominations are Higher Criu'
infdels. who are instructed that thei
main business is to promote moralit!
amongst the people. especially to bu'H
up Churchnnity. particularly their owl
denomination. and to gradually
stealthily. craftIly wean the peopl'
from the faith of the Bible TO thei
higher critical dogInas. And they ar,
succeeding most wonderfully. A pes
thence" is the only figure Of. speecl