Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-26


ness OF preaching" which our text de.
cares is OF Divine arrangement The
many topics of interest and profit to
humanity all have their time and place.
But the preaching Of the Gospel has
an exclusive right Of way IN the Church
OF Christ If some claim that the peo-
pie viii no longer attend Divine sery.
Zee TO hear Gospel preaching We reply
that there are three reasons for this.
QJ The Church lost the re0l Gospel
during the Dark Ages, and few Chris
tian people have yet recovered 1t. The
word Gospel, as all agree signifies
good ddM0S, u message 0t joy; but the
message handed down TO humanity
from the Dark Ages has been the re
verse Of this-bad tidings Of great mis-
cry for nearly all OF our race. Is It
any wonder that the great majority
are disgusted with the horrible mis-
representations Of the creedsi Man
kind have trials and difficulties enough
In the present life, and need encourage
ment to hope for better things In the
life TO come.
(2l Responding to the growing senti-
meut Of intelligence, the ministers Of
the various denominations of Christen-
dom have ceased 10 preach bad idings
OF great misery for all but the very
elect Nearly all ministers. gradu-
ated within the last twenty years, lost
all their faith in the Bible as the in
spred Word Of God, in the theological
seminaries, where they were taught
unbelicf. under the name Of Higher
Criticism; where they also were taught
to consider it honorable TO smldfy
their manhood by accepting ordination
and salary for serving a denomination
whose published creed they dlsown
and dcspise In the same seminaries
they acquired the thought that ii Is
right and honorable to receive title,
honor and salary from a church, osten.
sibly as n Christian minister and Bible
exponent, and then TO use the oppor
tunity 90 undermine the faith of the
church and to destroy confidence in
the Bible as the inspired Word-of God
Under these conditions, what shall
these ministers preAch instead OF the
Gospel OF Christ, which they no longer
believer Is II any wonder that they
preach those things that they ought
not TO preach. and leave unpreachcd
those things that they ought TO preachf
Not many of their hearers care for
scientific dsqusitions; not many of
them care TO hear commonplace essays
on good morals SO how can such min
listers avoid foolish preaching?
90 Not content with undermining
the faith OF the people who trust and
honor and obey them, these ministers
mix their higher critical views and
evolutionary views with diluted moral
ity, and serve this as instead OF the
Gospel of Christ lie who thinks that
such a message will convert a mind
from sin to righteousness, from uDbe
lief to faith In God, deceives himself
He who thinks that such messages will
have a sanctifyingpower in the hearts Of
Gods people, equally deludes himself
No Gospel Without Redemption.
The essence OF the Gospel OF Christ
IS that He died for sinners. the Just for
the unjust. that He might bring man
kind back TO God But the false gos
pels deny that man ever fell from the
likeness Of God, nnd equally deny
therefore that he needed O Redeemer
and that he has n Redeemer. Such
spurious gospels. which leave out the
very core aud essence OF the Divine
Message, are fnlse, by whatever honor
able channel they mny have come. We
may be- sure that they are of the Ad
versary himself: for they make void
the Word Of God. the death OF Jesus
aud His resurrection, and Ills coming |
again TO give to mankind the glorious |
blessings and privileges bought with |
His precious blood
The True Gospel. the good tdlngs |
Of great Joy. which shall be unto all |
people. contains not single word re
spectlne nn eternity Of torture at the
hands Of fire proof demons. II contains |
not a single word which would dis
credit the Wisdom. Justice and Love
of the Father above. whose tender mer
cies are over all His works and whose
is yet to he extended to the
ends OF the earth
The True Gospel. acknowledging that
humanity has come justly under a pen
atty or curse Of death. sets before thr
groanlng creation a glorious hope
procIalms. as Jesus did. that the tin
IS coming when the curse shall be n
moved. and when God through The
Messinnfc Kingdom will wipe away
W tellrs from eff " faces lsalab !