The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-15

the incubation of the Evolution theory.
tend to destroy faith in q personal God,
and I'm rewards and punishments from
Him upon the Just and upon the I'M.
just One Of the most peculiar things
to him was that the very wealthy men
of the world have richly endowed its
leading colleges, thereby destroying
faith and Internationally leading man
kind TO social revolution, and more, to
the precipace Of anarchy.
Sympathy For Higher Critics.
Nothing in the Pastors words tndL
Gated condemnation: but on the con-
trary, he manifested a deep sympathy
for those who are entangled in the
snare Of Occultism and Evolution. He
had once been entangled himself, he
said. BE had gotten free in time,
thank Godl Had his experience gone
90 far as to lead him to doubt the ex-
istence Of the Supreme Creator, he be-
heved that he would have been as ir-
revocably lost In Evolution as are
many of the noble specimens Of our
race who are in college chairs.
The Pastor knew well that the pri-
mary difficulty is that they cannot be-
heve the Bible to be the inspired Rec
ord. So also he had once rejected 1t,
because he thought It to be In harmony
with the creeds Of the Dark Ages,
whose absurdites are more and O
apparent to all intelligent, thinking
people. Now, the Pastor pronounced
himself a most firm believer in the in
SEPARATION Of the Bible. He had Q rea-
son for the faith within him, which he
also explained BE said:
One Of the surprising things my BIZ
BILE study revealed was that the Bible
supports the teachings Of none Of the
sects, none of the creeds; and that
none Of the creeds and sects care for
OF use all Of the Bible. Each has
made selections Of doctrines from the
Word Of God. Each uses these In it's
own defense. and each finds In the BIZ
Bile other teachings supported by other
texts, which do not At in with It's own
creed. Evidently none Of the differ
ent sects manufactured the Bible. Had
the C%alvinists made it up, they would
have left out all the texts which teach
Divine Free Grace. Had the Armin-
ians-the Methodists, etc.-made up
the Bible. they would have put in more
Free Grace exits and would have left
out those which mention Election.
Had the Catholics made the Bible,
they would have added something to
teach the Immaculate conception Of the
Virgin Mary. and to prove that she
should now be prayed to and worship
CL They would have put in some
thing about in~dulgencies, high mass,
low mass, holy water, holy candles,
etc. They would have had it mention
St Peter as the first Pope. They would
have had 1t support their theory of
Apostolic Succession-that all the bish-
ops are holy apostles, as we'll as tho
original Twelve. They would have
put in as would most Protestants, a
number of texts telling about the doc
trtne Of the Trinity.
Both Catholics and Protestants would
have left out the texts which tell that
the dead are asleep, and that their
awakening Is to come In the resurrec-
ton morning. Indeed, they would
have omitted everything respecting the
resurrection; for it is one of the most
difficult matters to e~xplain-how there
can be a resurrection Of the dead, when
they teach that nobody is dead and
that those who seem to die really be-
come more alive than when thew were
living. Evidently the old Book, which
now / prize so highly, was not made
by man. The tntellectuais already are
discarding It, and the religious, finding
that they cannot defend their creeds
from it's pages, r at last dtscredtt-
ing the Word Of God!
Ny hope and prayer and effort are
on behalf OF the thinking Christian
people Of today. ! would have them
see that this wonderful Book, while
out of accord with the creeds Of Chris
tendon, and the world, Is fully In har-
mony with itself. / would have them
see that the great Plan Of salvation
which the Bible sets forth towers far
above all the efforts Of puny men, as
represented in the creeds of Christen-
dom. 1 would have them see the glori-
GUS fitness of the Bible Message; that
its length and breadth and height
and depth could not have come from
any other quarter than from Above.
/ would have them see that this wis
dom from Above Is the noblest science
and the best instruction"
Great men OF the past have perceiv-
ed that the Bible has been identified
with the best there has ever been Of
human progress. Many have been
their expressions respecting IL as the
Torch Of Liberty and Civilization. But
these dear men did not see the real
beauty Of the Bible, because they did
not understand its real Message, for
Gods due time for the full understand
ing of that Message is only now here.
And now Bible students have advan-
tages in Bible study such as never be-
fore were possessed. And now, in
Gods time, His Word is shining as a
light upon the pathway, with q bril-
liancy that is grand.
L~earnins's True Value and Cost.
Learning, along all the various lines
of present day instruction, Is surely
valuable. Chemistry has done and is
doing much for the world; so are cleo
tricity and other applied sciences. /
congratulate your city upon having in
its midst one of these institutions of
learning. I remind you, however. that