Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-02-16

II must cost
i M fabulous sum to
llRASIQR RUSSEll) have 1t going in
several places at
one tlme-New York, Boston. Cleve-
land. Cincinnati, st, Louis, and here
and In Chicago and other places soOnl
Whence all this money for so grand a
causeY-aI freel Why do you not
charge n dollar a seat? are the ques
lions everywhere.
Pastor Russel's only answer is. 81
cannot sell the Gospel Jesus and His
Apostles never took up collections, nor
authorized begging in Gods name, 30
far as the Bible shows. People blessed
by the Message voluntarily send me
money to further the good work OF re
establishing faith In God and the 81
BILE amongst thinking people. In pro
portion as God supplies It we spend It.
II must he sol'
The Pastors text was: God Wills
that all should be saved aud come TO o
knowledge OF the Truth" Il Timothy
2:4D He declared that this salvation
for all will be from the sin, sickness
and death all inherit from Adam; and
that II viii be ushered In by Christ's
Kingdom. The salvation now IN prog
Fess IL that OF the Church--a chief"
or superior salvation. However. "Sec
ond Death" will be the portion Of all
who prefer sin to holiness.
Or. Abbott on Reeoher and Moody.
In the course OF his sermon the Pas
tor said; DR. Lyman Abbott the i'm
mediate successor to Henry Ward
Beecher as Pastor OF the Plymouth
Church, Brooklyn, delivered an ad-
dress, on October 18th last, at Beech.
er Memorial service, In which he stat
ed: "Mr. Beecher was the most IA
nous preacher In America, perhaps In
the world, and the most sharply crit.
cized. He never fell under the con.
demnation pronounced against the
prophet Of whom all speak well. /
was present-the year was probably
1870, though ! am not sure-at an In.
tervlew between Mr. Moody and MIR.
Beccher, In which the former urged
Mr.. Beecher to leave the Plymouth
Church for q worldwide evangelistic
tour with him. After Mr. Moody had
gone, Mr., Beecher said to me; !
should like to do IT, but Il is impos.
sible. We do not agree, Mr.. Moody
believes that this In lost world, and
he Is trying to save some from the
wreck. believe that II Ia the world
itself that is TO he saved. and that the
Kingdoms Of this world are TO become
the Kingdom of our Lord and OF HIS
Christ"
DR.. Abbott has stated very succinct.
ly the two views OF religion which
generally prevail today. ana which
were ably represented by Mr. Reecher
aud Mr. Moody While the difference
between these two views In wide
one, and seemingly the one contrndicts
the other, nevertheless this Is not 80,
Roth views contain an elenMnt OF
Truth Both views have Scnptural
support The right understanding Of
che Rible lies IN seeing how both Of
these views are parts OF general
whole. whoever can get glimpse OF
thnt general whole thereby gradually
increases both his confidence IN the
Bible and his own faith aud nope to
ward God Whoever fails 10 get that
comprehensive view remnins wrnk IN
fNth and uncertain OF his theo ~
He continuity recognizes lack anu
continually finds conflict between uis
heart and his head between his view
OF the Bible teaching and his reason
Tho End OF the pSoord
Let us note the two sides Of this sub
ject from the Rihe viewpoint: ana
thereby satisfy and hnrmonlze our
henrts and our heuda nud convince
ourselves that the story ot the Cross
and OF the worlds Redemption IL the
true story OF the Divine Program ant
TINT the results viii not be narrow
aud meager, but bruad aud generous
Mr Moody merely held to the teach
inrs ot Jesus. the Apostles and tn,
Prophets when he declared that that
whicn God created perfect In His owl
inage. mad been sadly wrecked by dis
otdlenre; that curse, OF blight, mac
cou,e upon mnnklnd and TINT thil
curse. or Divine sentence Of death, Il
behind all the tears and pain ant
groana. behind all the mentnl, mora
and physical weaknesses with whicl
we and our nelghbors are surrounded
Il N matter Of neredity Instead o
our condition being one OF evolution
from o lower to higher plane, u I
rendition OF devolutlon from q hlghe
IL a lower plane.
The reaction from barharism 10 clvi
liration through the influence C Chris