Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-09-21

lHlM M VI 20 another Gospel
which is not an
Nla4.9-.11.A All1aS other; but there bC
llRASlGR RUSSGllJ some that trouble
you and that would
peryert the Gospel Of Christ;
let him be accursed. Galatians !, 6-S.
When we remember that there is but
the one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism
presented In the Bible we are astOund
cd TO find 80 many faiths, so many
Gospels" presented by so many de
nominations, al bearing the name OF
Christ aud all bearing marks Of some
relationship to the Truth-to the Dl
vine Revelation,
st Paul noted the fact that even in
his day the brethren in Galatla had
$50 sOOH' turned away, in part at least
from the true Message to another a
peryerslon No wonder, then, If during
dfteen centuries that Gospel was al
most buried under human tradition.
And need we wonder that we make
such slow progress since In getting
back to "the faith once delivered to
the saints the Truth that Jesus de-
clhred to be the snnctlfying power of
God working In His people?
II will not do to say that we have
many denominations, but only one Cos
pei. Denominations were not organ
lied for amusement, but because the
founders Of each believed that they
saw q sufficient reason sufficient diff
ference Of Gospel, to Justify them In
forming new sect We are bound to
admire their zeal for the Truth, which
led Them often through severe persecu-
tlons and through martyrdom towards
the Light
All the same ench Of us owes the
duty TO himself, to his brethren, and
above all, to the Lord, to search care
fully for the original Gospel of the
Word Of God no matter what It may
cost him to reject the more or less false
Gospels handed down by well-meaning
brethren Of the past
The Galatians New Gospel.
The new Gospel which the Galatians
wore disposed t) accept was one that
is very prevalent today, ana is as much
10 be rcprchcnded today as when ST.
Paul wrote. Their new Gospel con
sisted Of a mixing Of the Jewish Law
with the Grace Of God IN Christ as
the Apostle shows, They said, Believe
ON the Lord Jesus Christ, surely; He
Is the Savior lie Is the Redeemer; we
must believe on Him, but that is not
enough We must become Jews under
their Law arrangement, and between
the Law aud Christ we win obtain sal
Walton Many Christians today are
making the same mistake Of adding
something to the Gospel Of Christ
They hunger for some command, aud
desire to be under a Law, as dog
used TO wearing collar and chain feels
NOT himself unless thus restrained
such dear Christian people, like the
Galatians, do not fully appreciate the
Masters statement, III the Son shall
make you free, ye shall be free indeed"
such feel lost without Divine com
munds--rhou shalt, Thou shalt not,
etc. and rejoice specially In holy days
aud Sabbaths, Church going and formal
prayers, because they do not under
stand that God Is better plensed TO
have us sous than to have us slaves.
The poet got the thought correctly
when he wrote,
'Vre can no longer lie
Like slaves beneath the Throne,
our sous now Abba, Father cry
And lie tho kindred owns
A measure OF bondage to forms,
ceremonies and commands is probably |
reasonable to expect In immature
Christians, whom st. Paul styles
"'babes in Christi Il Corinthians NJ, ~
But growth In grace and knowledge |
Anust bring such more nearly TO the
stature OF manhood In Christ and to
an appreciation OF their relationship to
God as sons, else they will not make
their calling and election sure to the
best things that God has provided
The Social. Uplift False Gospel,
Irrom the most prominent pulplts Of
Caristendom the Gospel Of Christ re
spcctng the forgiveness Of individual
sin the reconciliation Of the individual
heart. the individual begettIng OF the
Holy Spirit, and the personal walk In
newncss Of life has been discarded
long ago this Message was considered
zoo personal. Many Of the preachers,
having had no such experience them
selves, properly enough We're chary OF
talking about what they did not un-
lersiand. But salaries must go on.
Sermons, therefore, must be preached,
and something must be said. The
Social Gospel has been brought for !
ward to an the gap. The message Of