The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-11-01
IsoBEL McCARMIcK
WEDNESDAY, NIGHT

near Dr. Bulgln speak. The subject
of this sermon was What l Believe,
and Why Believe 1t" and was voted
by the ministers of the churches in
Vinita and surrounding towns to be
the very strongest he has yet given
to the people. Although so few heard
him, it would seem to come as re-
ward to those who came through such
a night, and We know great benefits
were received by them.
The subject of this discourse was
divided into seven parts, and each of
the seven given careful and lucid ex-
PLANTATION; although the time was
short and the entire service lasted
only on hour and ten minutes, each
part of the subject was brought out
clearly and effectively, leaving no
place wherein one could doubt or ask
question.
The seven vital points of christian
theology are as follows:
First Repentance, which is a
change of mind or a new mind about
God
Second Justification, change of
state, or a new standing before God.
The justification in the eyes of God
being entirely different from that of
the courts in our land today. In the
courts, we prove we didn't do it and
are therefore justified and released; /;
prove an alibi and by being known to
be elsewhere than at the scene of
crime, We are allowed our liberty; or
we put up case of self-defense, which
proves us not guilty in the eyes of the
law Very different is the plea we
make before God Our only answer to
our arraignment before the court most
High is plea of guilty" and between
the sinner and the one Great Judge
comes Christ. who has paid that debt,
and says 60, and sin no moreN
The third, is regeneration. which is
a new lifefrom God We know it,
feel it, live it. and it requires not the
eternal weak effort of man to keep
this knowledge within the soul Once
possessed it guides, comforts and di-
reefs our actions in all things.
The fourth is conversion, which DR..
Bulgin says is a change of heart, or a
right about face" and we are brought
to feel that our efforts are in the
right direction, and that we are not
losing time Nfloundering in the deep
sea of ignorance and unbelief Con-
version is the act of the sinner, but
regeneration is the act of God
The fifth, is adoption 4 change of
family, and new relationship with
God. We learn his ways, and feel at
homie with him and not afraid to ask
for those blessings which rightfully
should be ours, and which may be if
we will only ask Him.
In the sixth part comes sanctiiica-
tion or change of service; a separa-
tion for God; and here DR. Bulgin ex-
planned that there was all the differ
ence between sanctification and
"cranktifieation' and spoke of the
great abuses to which this one word
lad led people to bring upon christi
anlty ii its real sense.
The seventh great principle is noli-
ness, which he defined as change of
likeness without which no man shall
see God. A reflection of the divine
image is the whole purpose in Gods
economy. Here he told an amusing
story of a man from the backwoods
of some state wherein he was holding
a series of meetings. The man rose
and said that he seldom went to
church unless there was a revival be-
cause he didn't get anything out of
the ordinary church meeting He said
Fer over twenty years, my cup has
been full of religion; not drap has
gone in and not ad rap came out" A
cattleman in the back of the house
whipped a bank note from his pocket
and said loudly "Weu brother, III bet
this here ten dollar bill that there's
wiggle tails in that cup o yourn," and
so it is with those whose righteous
ness is like that of the Scribes and
of old: they have the salts
faction of knowing that not a drop
goes in, and not a drop goes out; and
then follows the religious stagnation
which affects so many people in the
church today.
Dr. Bulgin's power to draw one out
of himself by the force of sane argu
ment is having its effect, and not alone
is the man or woman benefited who
have made no profession )f faith; but
those who have for years worked in
the very temple of the Most High, are
finding new truths to light the path