The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-04-10

8tructlOn. IL must
(lEA2!Q& RQXElll) be said. however,
that the Pastor
used various Scriptures, any one Of
which might have served for a text.
Once the colleges represented. not
merely secular education. but the re-
ligious sentiment Of their founders,
usually religious men. Today. how.
ever. colleges are ashamed to acknowl-
edge any religious Affiliations: and al
though they represent high moral prin-
ciples, nevertheless. they are hot-beds
Of infidelity-disbelief in the Bible as
the Divinely inspired Revelation. This
condition is deplorable.
In the Pastors opinion the great in.
stitutions of learning. SO we'll equipped
for the incubation of faith in God. are
doing more to overthrow faith than are
all other influences combined. The in
crease Of knowledge he believed to be
accountable for the increase Of vice
He explained that the undermining Of
faith in the Bible as the Word of God
and the incubation Of the Evolution
theory tend to destroy all faith in a
personal God and in rewards and pun
ishments from Him. One of the most
peculiar things was that very wealthy
men have richly endowed leading COL
leges. thereby destroying faith and I'M
Intentionally leading mankind to social
revolution. to the precipice Of anarchy.
Sympathy For Higher Critics.
Nothing in the Pastors words indi-
Gated condemnation: on the contrary,
he manifested deep sympathy for
those entangled in the snares of Oc-
cultism and Evolution. He had been
entangled once himself. he said. but
had gotten free. Had he gone so far
as to doubt the existence Of God. he
believed that he would have been as
lost in Evolution as are many of the
noble men occupying college chairs.
The Pastor believes the difficulty Is
that many cannot accept the Bible as
the inspired Record. So also nc sd
once rejected it: for he had tho, t
to be in harmony with the a., I'D
creeds of the Dark Ages. Now lie is a
most firm believer in the inspiration Of
the Bible. One Of the surprising things
his Bible study has revealed is that the
Bible supports none Of the creeds: and
that none Of the creeds or sects use all
of the Bible. Each sect has selected
doctrines from the Word Of God. and
uses these in its own defense But
each finds there teachings which do
not fit in with it's creed.
Evidently none Of the secrs manu.
featured the Bible. Had the Calvin
lists done so. they would have omitted
texts teaching Free Grace Arminians
would have omitted Election. Catho-
lies would have added sumethin; to
teach the immaculate conception. in
duIgences. high and low mass. holy
water. holy candles. apostolic success
sion. etc. All would have put in texts
telling about the Trinity.
All would have omitted texts teach
ing that the dead are asleep. to awak-
en- in the resurrection morning In
deed. II IL most difficult for them to ex-
plain how there can be a resurrection.
II those VIII" seem to die are really
more alive than ever Evidently the
Bible was not made BY man.
My prayer and effort IS that think
ing Christians may see that this WON
derful Book. while ont Of harmony
with the creeds. b fully in harmony
with itself. The great Plan of saliva
tfOn which the Bible sets forth towers
Tar above all the efforts of puny men.
represented in the creeds Of Christen-
dom. The Bible Message could not have
come from elsewhere than Above
lsarnins's True Value and Cost.
Learning along all lines of present
day instruction is surely valuable. The
applied sciences are doing much for
the world. But while very important
and helpful to human progress. these
alone are not sufficient The human
mind must have theory respecting its
future destiny and the Objes.t Of It's
present existence. The searrher for
knowledge along these lines is usually
referred to Plato and Socrates. None
seem to think Of progress in mental
philosophy beyond the~e giants Of the
past Yet. II the Evolution theory i'e
true. these men were much ne;irer the
monkey state than We are today
The Past0r sought to impress the pro
pftsty Of beginning Bible study afresh.
fGnoring the crpt.ds Of the Dark Ages.
and permitting the old Book to explain
Itself. He pointed our. however. that
the Bible specifically declares that with
out the Holy Spirit IT cannot he fully
and clearly understood Those who
their lives to t;sal and thus
enter the School Of Christ will be
Taught Of Him.
He believes that unless the highest
Organx Of the human brain--thoSe mp
pertaining to religion and moraIity-be
cultivated the student is l"'orIy pre-
"red ip ..t.::~sH!ns ,'.r <',,-',,- ~ life.