The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Okla.) 191?-1915, 1914-02-17

'Ht AlulC- ANtN lhIht bDNlDlf AleNc-
land, Cincinnati, st. Louis and here
Chicago and other places soonl
whence is the money for SO grand II
Cause-9ll 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 MP collections. nor
authorized me TO beg in Gods name,
50 far rs the Bible shows. People
blest by the Message Uoluntarjiy send
me money TO further the work of re
establishing faith IN God and the Bi.
bic amongst thinking people In pro
portion as God supplies Il, we spend It.
II must be so!'
The Pastors text was. God wills
that all shall be saved and come 10 a
knowledge Of the Truth" q Timothy
21) lie declared that this salvation
will be from all sin, sickness and
death which all inherit from Adam;
and that II will he ushered IN by
Christs Kingdom. The salvation now
in 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 eeeeher 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 a Bcecher Memorial
service last October, that Mr. Beecher
had remarked to him, "Mr. Moody be-
lieves that this Is n lost world, and is
trying TO save some trom the wreck.
| believe that 1t is the world itself
which Is TO be saved, and that its king
dOms are 10 become the Kingdom Of
our Lord and 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 Gle
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 a general
whole Whoever gets glimpse OF
that whole, the speaker declared there
by Increases both his confidence In the
Bible and also his faith and hope to-
ward God; but whoever fails to get
that comprehensive view remains weak
in 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 aud 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 and physical weak
nesses. He showed that while the re-
action OF civilization through the in
6uence 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 5eeeher's Theory.
Mr. Becchers view, the Pastor stat
ed also contains Bible truth. He then
demonstrated from Scripture that al
fbg,f,.h tba LfprJ,p,e ~ thfs xvnrlH
have not yet become our Lords, never
thcleSs the hnal 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 10 see, and that
Mr., Beecher saw what Mr.. Moody fail
cd 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 ana likeness Of his Creator Re-
cause Of Messlahs sacrifice be Is to
have the opportunity to rise again to
that original perfection THIS upp0uu-
nifty will be open 10 all his iosterity.
70 this end they will be assisted by
Messiah's Kingdom, which will rule
catth's affairs In favor OF righteousness
The Church's salvation, in progress
since Pentccost, is TO Heavenly ma
turc. But the worlds salvation is TO
be restoration to perfect human ma
ture, which will find perfe, 'r ~ en-
joyment In a world. wide Eden. Then
Mr., MOody's anticipations and Mr..
Beeehcr's hopes win be fulfilled.