The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Okla.) 191?-1915, 1914-02-16


one ume-New York, Boston, Cleve-
land, Cincinnati, st. Louis and here
Chicago and other places soonl
whence i the money for so grand a
c0use-all free" Is the question every
where. "Why not charge 81 n seat"
Pastor Russelrs only answer is, 81
cannot sell the Gospel Jesus and His
Apostles never took up collections. nor
authorized me TO beg In Gods name
80 far as the Bible shows People
best by the Message UOlUHtdrily send
me money to further the work of rC.
establishing faith in God and the BIZ
BILE amongst thinking people, In pro-
portion as God supplies it, we spend It,
II must be so!'
The Pastors text was, God wills
that all shall be saved and come to a
knowledge of the Truth" q Timothy
2a) He declared that this salvation
will be from all sin. sickness and
death which all inherit from Adam;
and that IL will be ushered IN by
Christs Kingdom. The salvation now
I'm progress is that of the Church-a
chief superior salvation. However,
the Second Death will be the portion
Of all who prefer sin to holiness.
Or. Abbott on 6seeher and Moody.
In the course of his sermon the Pas
tor quoted DR.. Lyman Abbott, Beech
er's successor as Pastor of Plymouth
Church. Brooklyn. as having said, in
an address at Beecher Memorial
service last October. that Mr.. Beecher
had remarked to him, "Mr Moody be-
lieves that this is a lost world. and is
trying 10 save some from the wreck.
believe that It is the world itself
which is to be saved, and that its king
doms are TO become the Kingdom Of
our Lord aud of His Christ"
Commenting upon these two views,
which generally prevail today, the Pas
tor showed that they are not contra
dictory. but that both contain an ele-
ment of truth. and that both have
Scriptural support The right under
standing Of the Bible lies in seeing
that both views are parts of general
whole. Whoever gets glimpse OF
that whole the speaker declared, there
by increases both his confidence I'm the
Bible and also his faith ana hope to-
ward God; but whoever fails to get
that comprehensive view remains weak
Ia faith and uncertain OF his theology.
The End Of the Diseord.
The Pastor then demonstrated that
Mr. Moody merely held TO the teach
ings of Jesus, the Apostles and the
Prophets when he declared that man
was created perfect in Gods image,
but had brought the death sentence
upon himself through disObedience to
his Creators just commands This
curse of death is the cause of all our
mental, moral ana physical weak
nesses. He showed that while the re-
action of civilization through the in
fuence OF Christianity was indeed
step upward for many, yet ii was not
a step out of degradation; for sin and
death still prevail.
Next the Pastor pointed out that the
Gospel of Christ has not yet saved the
world. Nevertheless, 1t has brought
peace and Joy TO all followers OF Jesus.
These are 10 experience completeness
OF salvation at our Lords Second Com
ing. when they shall be changed from
earthly TO Heavenly nature.
The Right In 6seeher's Theory.
Mr. Reccher's view. the Pastor stat
ed also contains Bible truth. He then
demonstrated from Scripture that al
though the Kingdoms OF this world
have not yet become our Lords, never
theless the final outcome OF the Divine
Plan will include this transfer
Contrasting these two views, the Pas
tor showed that Mr., Moody saw what
Mr.. Beecher failed to see. and that
Mr.. Beecher saw what Mr.. Moody fail
ed TO see. Both views are Biblical, and
neither is satisfactory without the
other
The Glorious View OF the Bible.
The Pastor then presented the Scrip
tural view. Adam fell from the moral
image and likeness Of hts Creator. BE-
cause OF Messiahs sacrifice he is to
have the opportunity 10 rise again to
that original perfection This opportu-
nifty will be open to all his pOsterity.
To this end they will be assisted by
| Messiah's Kingdom, which will rule
eaTtl's Affairs In favor OF righteousness.
The Church's salvation, IN progress
since Pentecost, is TO Heavenly ma
ture. But the worlds salvation is to
be restoration to perfect human ma
tUre, which will dnd perfection of en-
joyment In a worldwide Eden. Then
Mr. MoOdy's antlcipations and Mr.,
Beecher's hopes will be fulfilled.