Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1912-12-26

& difference between
 (RASI0R RUSSELDl foolish preachin;
 - and ''the foolish ness of preaching which our text de clares is of Divine arrangement. The many topics of interest and profit tC 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 will no longer attend Divine serv- ice to hear Gospel preaching. we reply that there are three reasons for this.
 Ql The Church lost the real Gospel during the Dark Ages. and few Chris tian people have yet recovered it. The word Gospel. as all agree. signifies good tidingS. message 0f 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 creedS? 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 nent of intelligence the ministers Of the various denominations of Christen lOm have ceased to preach bad tidingS If great misery for all but the very rlect.' Nearly all ministers. gradu ated within the last twenty years. lost Ill their faith in the Bible as the in ,pired Word of God. i'll the theOlogica seminaries. where they were taugh' Inbelief under the name of Highc, 'riuciSm: where they also were taugh to consider it honorable to Stultif! rheir manhood by accepting ordina tioI
 nd salary for serving denOminatioi whose published creed they diSOwI ind deSpise. In the same seminari" they acquired the thought that II i> light and honorable to receive title lonor and salary from q church. Osten Sibly as d Christian minister and Bibh exponent. and then to use the OppOr
 
 'hurch and to destroy confidence II he Bible as the inspired Word of God
 Under these conditions, what shai heSe ministers preach instead of ths iOspel of Christ, which they no IOnge believe? Is it any wonder that the! 'reach those things that they ouGh- rot to preach. and leave unpreacheC hose things that they ought to preach NOt many of their hearers care foi scientific disquisitiOns: not many oi hem care 10 hear commonplace essays 'n good morals So how can such min :ters avoid foolish preaching?
 (3l Not content with undermining he faith of the people who trust anC pOnOr and obey them. these ministers mix their higher critical views anG evolutionary views with diluted mOra' ity. and serve this as instead of the iiOSppl of Christ He who thinks that such d message will convert mind rom sin to righteousness. from unbe ef tu faith in God. deceiveS himself iie who thinks that such messages will nave il Sanctifyingpower in the h. arts of ''odS people. equally deludes himself
 No Gospel Without Redemption. The essence of the Gospel of Christ .> that He died for sinners. the Just for he unjust that He might bring man sind back to God But the false gos els deny that man ever. fell from the lkeneSs of God. and equally deny therefore that he needed Redeemer spurious gospels. which leave out the very core and essence of the Divine l Message. are false. by whatever honor i Ibie channel they may have come. We | may be sure that they are of the Ad- | versary himself; for they make void | he Word of God. the death of Jesus md His resurrection. and His coming | lgaiD to give to mankind the glorious blessings and privileges bought with His precious blood.
 The True Gospel the good tidings If great joy. which shall be unto all 'eople. contains not a single word re- 'pecting an eternity of torture at the lands of fire proof demons It contains lot single word which would dis 'redit the Wisdom. Justice and Love If the Father above whose tender mer- 'ies are over all His works and whose salvation is yet to be extended to the 'nds of the earth
 The True Gospel. acknowledging that has come justly under pen lty or curse of death. sets before the roaming creation a glorious hope. It as Jesus did that the time g coming when the curse shall be re-