The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-01

port Of his excel
lent address follows
Never before have l seen so cosmo
politan a city as Singapore. The
swarms of Chinese, Malays, Hindoos.
Javanese. Siamese. Singhalese. Bur
mese. Afghans. Madrassi, Tamils and
many other nationalities are here In
terspersed by representatives Of prac-
tically every nation in the world.
The sight of these commingled peo-
pies. only a few Of whom know of.
worship. or in any wise acknowledge
''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 without faith 1t
is impossible to please God (Hebrews
xi. g.: and How shall they believe in
Him Of whom they have not heard?"
(Romans L LII and also the commits
sion: This Gospel OF the Kingdom
shall be preached in all the world for
q Witness"
Tried and Found Wanting.
A considerable class of very good
people by their creeds tell us that If
God had foreordained the heather to
salvation He would have seen to 1t
that the Gospel was preached to
them: and that their not hearing the
Gospel signifies that God passed them
by" as "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 'sanctiied."
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 a knowledge of water bap-
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 1t does recommend a little.
This theory declares Gods love for the
heather. but says that He made faith
in Jesus sacrificial death a condition
of salvation and that the responsibility
| for the heathen's not knowing. and
consequently their going to eternal
torment. rests 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
single night.
Some dear people, holding the views
last mentioned. have started a Men
and Religion Forward Movement.
They propose to use about two million
dollars In starting the movement and
thereby to collect fund of thirty mil
lion dollars six million pounds
Dear people! How l love them fol-
their zeal. even though it be as the
Apostle said, mot according to knowl-
edge" (Romans K. 81 If they could
stand In Singapore's streets and jour
ney with US little the eyes of their
understanding would be opened. They
would begin to figure out that the sun
they expect to spend in converting thu
world would be little over half a pen
ny per soul. The United States Gov
eminent statistics show that a cen
six hundred millions and that toda!
the number is double.
A Better Hope Found.
Some, repudiating the creedS Of th,
past as no longer tenable, fault tn
Bible with being the basis for thos
creeds and abandon it with the creeds
Let US. on the contrary, declare tina
the difficulty with the creeds Of th
past has been that they divided up tn
Word Of God amongst them. and tina
each creed has a certain amount o
gold as we'll as a large accumulation
of dross. 1t would be too serious a.
undertaking for tiHiteS to put all tn
creeds into crucible and separate th
gold from the dross. Let US take tn
easier, the simpler method to whic
all Christian people should be willin
to accede, namely: to wholly cast asid
our creeds and go back to the Wor
of God-to the Bible-to the utterance
of Jesus, the Apostles and Prophets.
st. Paul's declaration is that th
Word of God is sufficient that the ma
of God may be fully furnished. q
Timothy iii. 10 His further sugge:
: ton Is that we rightly divide th
Word of Truth" and that 1T is abb
to make US wise unto salvation" LIE
us follow this course and allow God
Word to be it's own interpreter-allo'
one passage to throw light upon anotl
er; and thus let us reject none Of th
Divine testimony, but, bringing tn
whole together, find therein the Wi
! dom Of God. the Justice Of God, tn
Love Of God, the Power of God mt
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