The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-07

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SIS to Afniachl. In every instance the
| word, sheol. which signifies The Orare.
| the tomb. and Is thus most frequently
| translated. M
urge upon all ministers OF educa.
fion TO join with me in explaining to
the public the true meaning of the He
brew word sheoi and the Greek word
hodes. Whatever may have been their
thought of expediency In the past they
should see that the mistaken views OF
| the meaning OF these words are un-
dermining the faith of Cbristendom.
The Psalmist really sald. "If as
cend up into the sky. Thou art there:
II make my bed in shcoi Ohe gravel.
behold. Thou art there. In the
uttermost parts of the sea. even there
shall Thy hand lead me and Thy right
hand shall hold me-" The thought -
that the Divine Power is everywhere.
that whether we live or die. nothing
can separate MS from Code Wisdom
and Power and from the ultimate ac-
complishment OF our rescue from the
power OF the grave. which Sod has
purposed and has promised shall, be
done through the great Messiah. For
His Kingdom we wait and pray. ~.
10 This View Unorthodox7
! The word orthodox signifies correct
In ;doctrine,'' am ready, to. admit
that my presentation is not the ordl-
nary one--but claim that It ia cor.
rect. that It IS the true doctrine Of the
Word of God II so. 1t IL orthodox. In
the highest sense OF that term, and ey-
erything to the contrary, being opposed
to the standards of Gods Word. must
be anorthodox. Everything depends
upon our standard. stand for the
Bible, its teaching, its doctrines, and
therefore am, orthodox on the con-
trary, Higher Critics and Evoutionists
and those who hold the creeds of the
Ozark Ages" contradictory to the Bi-
Bile, are proportionately unorthodox--
heretical.
What Christendom needs today is
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
1t to the extent of our ability. Let us
rejoice In every degree Of harmony we
all attain In the correct understanding
2f It. Let us Fellowship as Christians
all who acknowledge its Divine au-
thentioity 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 suppos-
ton that they We're 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 unehristlan in every sense
Of the word. They are civilized heath,
en-, in the sense that they do not recog.
nize any more than do the heather,
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 itD
the majority OF professed church men,
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
,elation nor do they accept the Lord
lesus Christ as the worlds Redeemer
from sin and death. OF course. there
fore. they do not profess to consecrate
their lives to sacrlfcially follow One
in whose redemptiye 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 denominatlonal
yokes, have any knowledge of the
Mystery OF the Cross OF Christ, the
Mystery Of the Gospel. THE Mystery
which hath been hid from ages aud
generations. but now is made manifest
to his saints" .tcolossians 1. 20l.
Alas, the majority seem content to
have merely name to live" and
Wish merely to 10 called Christians