The Red Cloud chief., 1912-04-11
Rev. Bayne's Answer

Acll as amusement, an being used to
give and take feel that can reply
with th- utmost good feeling We will
freely acknowledge that We do not do
ali we ought but want to call your
attention to some things that are
You ask: docs the Orthodox
church reach the lowest stratum OF
society?" I reply that 1t certainly
does. The writer himself, while In
New York was connected with a
church In one of the worst districts in
the city. That institution spent over
s2o,0oO year in helping the poor
The workers came in touch with over
1000 needy poor and degraded people
every week. Most of the 100000 was
spent on the people and the work
done for the most part was by the
church members who did the work
without pay. Anyone acquainted with
social conditions in any Of our cities,
knows through social settlements. in.
stitutional churches, missions, coffee
houses, etc, the tremendous work
that the Orthodox churches are doing.
Our various denominations are spend
ing seventy five million dollars yearly
in bettering conditions in the slnms of
our CITY and the results justify the
expenditure.
County Judge Fawcett of BROOKLYN
recently said: During the five years
he has been on the bench he had 2,I00
boys before him for sentence and not
one of them was an attendant at sun
day school. Just last week he said to
boy whom he sentenced for burglary,
Had you gone to Sunday school am
sure you would not he before me TO.
day. Yet you ask II the Orthodox
churches are reaching the masses. BY
the way, do not see why you should
be SO afraid OF the word orthodox,
either when applied to q church or a
minister Ifyou take the trouble to
consult the dictionary you would see
that Orthodox comes from two Greek
words-orthos meaning right. and
dokein meaning-to think. Hense
the word means, To think right No
one it seems to me ought to be ashamed
Of church that think right.
| Concerning the eternal fire punish
ment doctrine for the poor benigbted
heather let me say that any we'll in
formed person knows perfectly well
that no Orthodox church today, in any
denomination would think of putting
such doctrine in it's creed. Now q
word in regard to the ministers ere
dentials. The keenest mind among
|, the Apostles was Paul's. He is tho
great preacher TO the Gentiles. Pau
never regarded his work as that o
healing but he did regard preaching
his work. He never said: l came t,
heal, but he did say: came to preacl
the gospel AS for his credentials HI
distinctly says that the personal ex
perience which came to him when h.
met the risen Lord on the road L
Damascus, constituted his credentials
The credentials of the minister toda
n must also be the same. He too mus
meet his risen Lord in some grea
z experience in life and hear his call Il
2 no uncertain language: "Go preac
v the gospel"
We freely admit that there are cure
y wrought in the Christian Scienc
q church and among the Evangelica
churches there are just as great ones
We have the testimony of good reliabl
citizens right here in Red Cloud G
e wonderful cures right inside tn
churches. The law OF suggestio
q which probably lies at the root Of a
mental healing has beer intelligent
p used by our physicians for man
n years. In the hands Of educated spec
s ialists this law becomes power fO
good but it is a dangerous thing |
'' the hands of the ignorant or untrair
e ed. Or Paul Dubois psychic Trea
ment of Nervous Disorders" and D.
Schofeld's Illuminating work of tn
British Medical Society on, 18th
Mental Factor in Medicine" are onl
two of vast number Of medica! work
) by 'eadi"g Physicians, showing I'll
vast amount If work which has hee
quietly done along this line.
greatly fear that my friend, I'll
writer in his arden. desire tn slip A
over on ME has lost sight of one Of ii
- funacmeu,ai points of my sermon,
refer To the doctrine Of sin. Ell h,
n sin is real or il is unreal. Profes>'
a Bruce an acknowledged master
modern philosophy, in his Apolegetic
Page GO says: "Sin is n reality. Ever
one must firmly hold this who regar'
"a Christ as Christ regards himself. &c
'l didn't send Christ into the world
~ fight shadow, nor did Jesus die
VI save the world from an illusion Tai