Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-06-04

wonderful work OF
art is being exhibited free to all.
Today the Pastors text was, Study
to show thyself approved unto God, a
workman that needeth not to be
ashamed, rightly dividing the Word Of
Truth."-2 Timothy 2:15.
The Pastor expressed regret that
comparatively few Of Gods people
have the full assurance of faith men
TONED in Scripture. He declared that
the great majority are losing, not only
their faith, but also the basis Of faith.
For years the great colleges Of Chris
tendon have been undermining faith
by undermining the Bible. While they
do not attack faith itself, yet they pro-
coed to do what Robert Ingersoll and
Thomas Paine tried to accomplishing
destroy confidence in the Bible as the
Word Of God. This confidence is the
very foundation Of all faith.
Those who reject the Bible have no
foundation for whatever faith they
may possess except the guess Of men
whose Judgment is imperfect, and who
would therefore picture as many diff
ferent styles Of God as there were
guessers. The speaker illustrated his
point by referring to the creeds of the
Dark Ages. He declared that while
heather nations have fashioned their
ugly idols out Of wood, stone, clay and
metal, Chrtstendom hns printed afro
cious descriptions of God the like Of
which could not be fashioned. He was
not faulting our forefathers. he said,
but the real instigator of the creedal
misrepresentations-Satan.
True Cause of the Falling Away.
The Pastor then discussed the cause
of this falling away from the faith.
He showed that, as st. Paul declared.
the god of this world hath blinded the
minds Of them,that believe not" He
fears that the eyes of many Christians
are not wide open for this very reason.
He reminded his audience that st. Paul
foretold that in the end of the Gospel
Age many shall depart from the faith.
giving heed to seducing spirits and
doctrines of demons" We are In this
time, she believes; and therefore many
are denying the faith-good, Intelligent
people, ministers. professors, theolo-
CLANS, etc, confessing that they have
lost the basis of their faith.
In the light of the New Dispensation,
the Pastor asserted, the decisions Of
the past are coming up constantly for
criticism. The great difficulty with
those who are losing faith in the Bible
as Gods Word is that they are I'M
familiar with its contents. Many still
hold blindly to the Scriptures, afraid
to read and even to think. What such
people call faith is mere credulity.
The Pastor pointed out the difference
between faith and credulity. The faith
! commended in Scripture relates to
Gods promises. Greduiity is prone to
believe anything. Faith must have a
basis, and that basis must have some
intelligent presentation. To believe in
the Bible as the Word of God merely
because our parents did Is not faith.
ProofstThaI the Bible Is Inspired.
Like all Christians, the Pastor relies
upon the internal evidence of the Bible
that ii is Gods Word. This evidence
is beyond doubt, The Old Testament
prophecies so interIock with the teach
ings Of u Lord and the Apostles that
no human being could possibly have
thought out the great Plan therein
found. From Genesis to Revelation
the parts so coordinate that one grand,
harmonious Plan of the Ages results.
Another strong proof Of inspiration Is
furnished in present-day conditions,
which were foreto..d by the Prophets.
The speaker discussed various objec-
lions brought forward by infidels, and
demonstrated concl1siveIy that neither
| Catholics nor Protestants had written
the Bible. Both would have inserted
much about the trinity, which - not
even mentioned therein; both would
have said a great deal about he'll, etc.
Each would have written fully about
their own peculiar fenets, concerning
which Scripture says nothing.
Fromits own standpoint. the Pastor
maintained, the Bible is very simple
and fully explains itself. He believes
that the whole world has been greatly
injured by the false conceptions OF
Gods character received from the Dark
Ages. He urged an Christians to study
the Bible and convince themselves that
It ii Gods Word.
Many people are following sinful
ways today who would, had they d
right knowledge of God. be following
after righteousness. Many men hare
been led to drink and into I'LL sorts OF
sin merely By reason Of not seeing the
real God; Tor II any one sees Elm that
pneis IRE toloye Hin