Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-03-20


which might have served for 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.
stltutions OF learning, so we'll equipped
for the incubation of faith I'm 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
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 IN
Intentionally leading mankind to social
revolution. to the preclpice Of anarchy.
Sympathy For Higher Critics.
Nothing in the Pastors words indi-
Gated condemnation: on the contrary.
he manifested a deep sympathy for
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cultsm 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 he had
once rejected 1t: for he had thought 1t
to be in harmony with the absurd
creeds Of the Dark Ages. Now he is q
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
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 its creed
Evidently none of the sects manu-
featured the Bible Had the Calvin
lists done SO. they would have omitted
,it,ia
would have omitted Election. Catho-
lies would have added something to
teach the immaculate conception. in
dulgeuces, 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 is most difficult for them to ex.
plain how there can be a resurrection,
If those who 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
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with the creeds is fully In harmony
with itself The great Plan of saliva
ton which the Bible sets forth towers
far 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
/ Learnins's True Value and Cost.
Learning along ali lines OF present
day instruction is surely valuable. The
applied sciences are doing much FOL
the world But while very important
and helpful to human progress, these
alone are not sufficient, The human
mind must have a theory respecting III
future destiny and the object of III
present existence The searcher fo
knowledge along these lines is usual!
referred to Plato and Socrates. Non,
seem TO think of progress in menta
philosophy beyond these giants of tn,
past Yet. II the Evolution theory bu
true. these men were mucn nearer tn,
. monkey state than we are today
The Pastor sought 10 impress the pro
priety OF beginning Bible study afresh
IGNORING the creeds of the Dark ArA'