The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-02-25

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marks merely apper-
tanned to "Blly's" preaching of the Gospel
Billy" Sunday catches the public eye
and ear by the novelty of his methods
Some go to hear him lambaste the preach
ers and to see them smile as Trough il
were a good joke when he tells them that
their preaching has made the churches
cold storage places with little storage
or likens them to the Scribes, Pharisees
hypocrites, of old, or tells them that they
are leading their congregations straight
down to He'll.
Others 20 to hear BILLY" Sunday be-
cause it is the fad. Business men and
railway managers realize that thousands
will come to town as TO n circus. They
bring pressure to bear upon the poor
preachers; for Billy wisely insists that
he will not come and save the citizens
from Hell II there is competition in the
business-insists that the churches close.
Under the pressure the preachers cannot
help themselves and SO make the best OF
It, hoping that people will not take BILLY
seriously as respects their hypocrisy. etc.
and assured that he will divide the spoils
evenly amongst the churches-not the
financial spoils, but the souls for cold
storage or to be let down to Hell.
others attend to see "Billy's'' acrobatic
feats jumping upon a table or smashing
chair; others because invited to be OF
the large choir; others to say that they
have heard Billy Sunday.
Amongst "Billys'' virtues we should
not forget the fearless way in which he
attacks social customs and sins. the fear
less way IN which he tells preachers what
he really thinks of them and what the
masses think. and the above-board man
ner in which he bargains the result Of
his efforts for cold cash.
To the extent that Billy Sunday seeks
to defend the Bible against Higher Crit
les, to the extent that he really shows up
the GOODNESS. Journalism. hypocrisy, of the
Laodcean Church (Revelation 3:14-17). en-
courages Righteousness of life and dis
courases drunkenness and lewdness. we
surely wish him Godspeed
Some of BILLY" Sundays Faults.
The Pastor said that if the reports that
BILLY" prayed to God most irreverently
and addressed the Redeemer as odd
Pal" were true then "Billy's" influence
on the public would lead on in the di-
rection in which the world is rapidly
moying-toward irreverence. He hoped
that Billy would become more reverent
and believes that this result would follow
a DelIe1 KNOWLEDGE Ol 0Ou ne COuiu
scarcely reconcile with honesty billy"
attempt-to tie up the souls he saved, in
churches which he declared were cold
storage plants leading down to He'll.
He was pleased to note that "Billy's''
last sermon in each place was usually
on the Second Coming Of Christ; and that
"Billy, apparently recognizes the present
and last stage of the Church. typiffed in
Laodicea. This caused him all the more
to wonder why Billy would help people
into the Laodicean Church, which the
Bible styles Babylon. and declares that
God spues out of His mouth. Next Sum
day the Pastor viii discuss the Second
Coming of Christ. from somewhat diff
ferent angle from "Billy's."
The Pastor declared that his blood boils
with righteous indignation to find "Billy's"
preaching a practical endorsement of the
d-dishonoring theory that the great
mass of humanity will suffer eternal tor
ment because, born in sin, misshapen in
iniquity psalm SID. they failed to live
sanity lives. True, BILLY" does not ex-
plain He'll. Like most preachers he prob
ably hides his true thought on this sub
iect. while allowing people to think that
ne believes in He'll of eternal torture.
Mr. Sunday and other preachers who
realize the fallacy of this great doctrine
II devils q Timothy AID owe it to the
people who trust them, and make up their
collections. to tell them the truth. More
than this they owe it to God that this
foul stain upon His character be denounc-
ed They owe it to themselves as men to
stand for the truth and to assist in open
ing the eyes of the poor deluded world.
The Pastor hoped that Mr.. Sunday will
yet realize that no one can long maintain
a moral standard higher than that which
he attributes to God. The injustice and
persecution Of centuries Is largely attrib-
70 doctrines ting
God as a demon who unjustly and unlov-
ingly created our race with the intention
that nine hundred and ninety-nine out or
every thousand would endure an eternity
of torture. OF this as a Gospel the Pas
tor has been ashamed for forty-four years.
A better understanding Of the Bible has
led him since to preach
The Not Ashamed Gospel Of Christ.
The Pastor demonstrated from Scripture
that the real Gospel. Good TidJigs of
great Joy which shall be unto all people,
had been turned completely around to
mean bad tidings of great misery to all
people-except an elect handful: and thar
Satan had deliberately plotted this turn
ing OF Gods Word upside down, and mad
foisted the error upon both the Church and
the heather world, with view to turn
ing all away from God and the Bible.
The speaker also called attention TO the
grave responsibility resting upon preach
ers for perpetuatioH Of this slanderous
blasphemy against the Divine character
The Scriptures clearly teach he declar-
ed that man was created perfect Dis
obedience brought the death penalty upon
the race-"Dying. thou shalt die Tho
wages OF sin is death For six Thousand
years the world has undergone this sem
tence AS basis for their recovery Jesus
died to save them from extinction. Their
recovery from sin and death is Scrip
turally STYLED the resurrection from the
dead, to be accomplished during Mes
siah's Millennial Reign Of Righteousness.