Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-02-03

poltan a city as Singapore. The
Bwarms OF Chinese, Malays, Hindoos,
Juyanese. slamese, slnghalcse, Bur
mesc. Afghana, Madrassl, Tamils and
many other nationalitles are here inter
spersed by representatives Of practi-
cally every nation IN the world Hence
forth New York City must in my mind
take second place as respects cosmo-
poltan population. The sight Of these
commlnged peoples, only few Of
whom know Of worship, or in any
wise acknowledge Che Only True God,
and Jesus Christ whom He hath sent"
atln my heart. and my head as we'll
My heart goes out In sympathy for
them. My head inquiries respecting
Gods provision for the three.fourths Of
humanity who have never heard Of
Him and DE salvation which He has
provided IN Christ
We recognize the clear statement Of
the Apostle that without faith II Is
impossible to please Cod (IIebrows xi,
o.; and his question, How shall they
believe IN Him Of whom they have not
heardT Romans K, 10 and also the
commissions This Gospel OF the King
dom shall be preached In oil the world
for o witness ana then shall the end
come iAlalthow xiv, ~. Properly
enough we ask, What kind Of an end Is
coming, and what viii II mean TO the
twelve millions who know not God and
70 the thousands Of millions OF their
ancestors who died similarly ignorant
Of liln7
am. Of course, familiar with the
diverse theories Of the various demon
nations Of Christians, voiced by their
crccds. defer TO these TO the extent
Oi saying that many noble men are
today aud have In time past been as.
socatcd with those Christian demon.
nations aud their differing prcsenta.
tions. On account Of their plety and
learning these men deserve respectful
attention, but we cannot admit that
they were inspired nor that their CON
cluaiona are lnfalllble It IA our PRIV
llego nay Il Is our duty, TO try their
suggestions AZ we would test gold
coin First we would ring H. II the
Ring were unsatisfactory, we would
apply the acid test and thus demon.
strate It. similarly, no human creed
should be accepted as nfaillhly cor,
rect without tho application OF tests,
Does Il have the right rIngI Docs lts
teaching eomp0rt with the Divine
ohnracter7 Ia Il reasonable, Just. ctcl
Secondly WIN Il siand tho acid test
of the Word Of Godl II not, Il must
be rejected, even though rs baser
metal be covered with a plating OF the
sold Of Truth,
Tried and Found Wanting.
II will not do for us to say what we
0aeN or what II err opiplon or what II
somebody's elsc's 5pess, while ut the
samo time we acknowledge the Bible
70 bo the nlylne Message II the nl.
bic be the plylno Message, "a st. Paul
says, Ut Il worthy OF an acceptation." 4"
Il Timothy w. % II not worthy Of all
nccepiatlon, Il IA NOT worthy OF ac-
cppshnce NJ oh, and an Christian hopes
built upon tho nlhlo would corrc.
spondlnRly fail Tho lesson of this IL
the goIldarliu Of the Truth the bible,
What does Il aay about the hoathenl
We npk this question OF the various
croeds of Chusiond0m aud hearken
10 their reply
"A considerable class of very good
people by thclg eveds toll Ma that II
God had foroOrialn6d lhO heather 70
salvation lie would hive seen 20 II
chat the Gospel would be preached 70
thcms and that their not hearing she
Gospol slenlaes that God passed them
by 90 "nonolotlg' that the "elect"
are to he nubd only amongst those
who have boon favored ~ God aud
who accepl that favor aud are ssnnc.
tlad by the Truth ANA "mado meet
for the inheritance OF tho aahta Ia
pght" lColOaslane \ i2l
Another class Of pCopo BY their
ereeds, which no longer truly Nprs.
seat them. ten Us that they bollcve as
above, only that they add another con.
dltlon. namely. that "lho Oloet," IN or
dpr ~ - ~ ,the olectn must DO
brought TO d knowledge or wpicr ssf
ilam complete immersion and must
obey lhh teechlng' otherwise they aro
not the trOy 'clcct' Thus these
arnee With tho former that The uoor
heather niasses a0 completely passed
py. have no hope Tor the future that
lhey are losl-.and By iosi they mean
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