The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-02-22

lent address f0ll0TS.-
Never before have l seen so co>mo-
pOlitan city as Singapore. The
s1arms of Chinese. Mnlays. HindOos.
Javanese. Siamese. SinghaicSe. Bur
Inese. Afghans. Madrassi. Tamiis ami
many other natiOnalitieS are here in
terspersed by representatives Of prac-
tically every nation in tle world.
The sight Of these commin..!ed pcc-
pies. only few of whom know of.
worship. or in any wise acknowleds"
'the Only True God. and Jesus Christ
whom He hath sent" stirs my heart.
and my head as well
We recognize the clear statements
Of the Apostle that "Withcut faith it
ia impossible to please God (IIcbrews
xi.. O.: and How shall they feaieye in
Him OF whom they have not heard?"
(Ronans x. 14I and also the commits
sion: This Gospel OF the Kingdom
shall be preached in all the world for
a Witness"
Tried and Found Wanting.
A considerable class of very good
people by their crecds tell us that il
God had foreordained the heather to
salvation He would have seen to it
that the Gospel was preached to
them: and that their not hearing the
Gospel signifies that God ''passcd them
by" US ''non-elect:' that the ELECT" are
to be found only amongst those who
have been favored Of God and who ac
cept that favor and are "sanctificd."
Another class Of people by their
creeds. which no longer truly repre-
sent them. tell us that they believe as
above. only that they add another con-
dition. namely. that "the elect" in Or
der to be Of the elect" must be
brought to knowledge of water ban-
tism-complete immersion-and must
obey this teaching.
Another theory held denies that
there is election" and denies that
any quantity of water is necessary.
although it does recommend a little.
This theory declares Gods love for the
heathen. but says that He made faith
in Jesus sacrificial death Il condition
Of salvation and that the responsibility
for the heathen's not knowing. and
consequently their going to eternal
torment rcS.s with Christians them.
selves. They say that God did His
part in providing the Savior. and that
the carrying of this knowledge is
wholly dependent upon Christians.
: One would think that with this view
few Christians would be able to sleep
Il single m:l.r.
Some dear people. holding the views
last mentioned. have started Il Men
and Religion Forward Movement,
They propose to use ahnut two million
dollars in starting tie movement ami
thereby to collect Il fund of thirty nil
lion dollars (S;x million ruurG-;
Dear people! How | love them fo,
their zeal. even though it lie aS the
Apostle said. mot according t" kmowl-
edge" tROmans y. - If they could
stand in Singapores streets and jour
ney with us Il little the eyes of their
understanding would be opened. They
would begin to figure ont that the sum
they expect to spend in converting the
world would be little over half pen
ny per soul. The United States Gov
ernment statistics show that Il cen
tury ago the numbers of heather were
six hundred millions and that today
the number is double.
A Better Hope Found.
Some. repudiating the creedS of the
past as no longer tenable. fault the
Bible with being the basis for those
creeds and abandon it with the crecds
Let us. on the contrary. declare that
the difficulty with the creedS Of the
past has been that they divided up the