Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-02-05

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was crowded The Pastors text was,
"As 1t was in the days Of Noah, so also
shall ii be In the days Of the Son Of
Nan. Luke 1920
The address opened with a scathing
arraignment Of the Higher Critics
Our richly endowed colleges. he de
clared, are undermining faith in the
Bible, which means faith in personal
God, and are substituting scant rec
ognitiOn of the laws of nature. devoid
Of sympathy or mercy Practically
every minister graduated during the
last twelve years has been an agnostc
and a believer In human evolution.
Disbelief in the Bible account Of mans
creation In Gods image, means dis
belief also In fall from that image,
disbelief In the need Of redemption
and reconciliation, and disbelief in the
necessity for the Restitution to be aC-
compllshed by Messiah's Kingdom
Acts 9:l92l.
81 do not question the sincerity OF
the Higher Critics Experiences OF
my own along the same line forty
years ago give me great sympathy for
them" said Pastor Russell, He insist
ed. however, that It Is not honorable
for those who have abandoned the
creedS to pose before the public as sup
Of hn md to Il sfnl
aries and receive honorary titles for
undermining the faith OF the people.
while posing as the representatives Of
Christ and the Bible He declared such
a course dishonest and dishonorable.
The DeIuse Corroborated by History.
II would that ! might lure back to
the Word of God some of the noble
minds now arrayed against IT, know
their difficulty. In their minds they
associate the unreasonable theories of
our creeds with the Bible, believing II
to be the foundation for the gross dark
ness and superstition which once blind
ed us all Would that | could show
them, as now see ii, the fallacy OF
this posltlOn-show them that the Bible
is In most violent conflict with the er-
rors Of the past, and that it teaches
from Genesis to Revelation Divine
Plan so wonderful that all may be sure
that only God Of Wisdom and Love
could have devised it, and only those
moved by His Holy Spirit could have
written it"
But" quoth the Pastor the Bible
truly says that we may see the deep
things of God only by the illumination
Of the Holy Spirit. and that illumina.
ton is promised only to the sanctifed
The fearful thought impresses us that
by no means all Of the professed minis
ters Of Christ are sanctihed and in
condition OF heart to be guided into
knowledge of the Truth"
The speaker held that the Higher
Critics approach every Bible topic from
the standpoint Of unbelief, and declar
ed that If they would reverse their po-
sitiOn and seek for cOrroboration OF
the Bible story their success would be
better. These critics. exploring the
ruins of Babylon. found baked clay
tablets rudcly pcturlng the Ark, and
saying n few words about genera
deluge. Instead of saying that this
confirms the Bible thought, they re
verse the proposition, and say that the
Israelites, in captivity in Babylon
doubtless drew their story OF the Del
uge from the Babylonan legends.
How silly 10 suppose that the beauti
ful, interesting and connected nara
tive OF Genesis could ever have been
drawn from few poor, miserable.
words which the Baby
lonians have recorded on the subject
The Genesis account gives the geneal-
ogy Of Noah in most remarkable
exact day and year and
month of his life in which the Deluge
occurred the number OF days Of rain.
how long the food prevailed. etc, etc
Before the finding Of the Babylonlen |
tablets, the Higher Critics held that the
entire story Of the Deluge was n myth.
and that Jesus and the Apostles had |
been deceived when they quoted Moses
IN respect 10 It,
Geology Confirms the Mosaic Dsluqs.
Pastor Russell promised that next |
Sunday he woIld take up the moral
reasons leading up to and justifyinr
he destruction OF the human family
With the Deuge, as the matter is sci
'orth in the Scriptures lie might nos
,rally address the same persons. bu'
lirongh HIS sermons printed weekly :
OF newspapers, those desiring
night continue with him the study Of
be subject. Today be wished to deal