The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-03-12


a@sSMN as rule, relate to
minor m tt 9 rs,
such as the mode Of baptism or the
method Of church government, and not
to the vital question of salvation.
While they may differ some as to
forms Of worship and methods Of gov
eminent, 1t Is foolish for one to allow
his attention to be diverted to these
side issues, and lose sight of the main
question. Besides, it is an indication
of mental laziness when one is not
willing to search the Scriptures and
form an opinion of his own. God has
given us the Bible which reveals his
will, and mind capable Of under
standing 1t John 20:31l. Gods will
concerning the way Of salvation is re-
vealed SO clearly that even a child can
understand 1t. What excuse have We
then for deferring our duty?
We have no right to hold this mat
ter Of repentance in suspense simply
because there are some things In the
Bible which we do not understand.
There always will be things in the
Bible which we do not understand, and
If We wait until all things are under.
stood by US we shall never be saved.
II we will obey that part Of Gods word
we do understand, we will soon get
light on some Of the obscure things.
/ once met man on the train who
claimed to be skeptic, He said there
were so many different religions that
he did not know what to believe. "One
claims that we ought to worship Budd-
ha and another Confucius. Some say
that Mormonism is the true religion,
and l suppose you would say that
Jesus Christ was the only Saviour. In
the midst Of all these conflicting opin-
ions, how is one to know what to be-
lever
I said to him. my friend, did you
ever embrace any one of those relig-
ions?"
mo, sir"
"You remember the fable about the
horse which stood between two stacks
of hay. He was about to take a bite
from one when there came a smell
Of clover from the other SO inviting
that he hesitated; then he caught a
Whit from the other which led him to
turn again, and finally he starved to
death between the two stacks, be.
cause he could not decide which to
eat from.
NOW ny friend, are you not making
the same mistake which the horse
made? Here you stand in the midst
Of all these religions starving your
soul because you do not know which
one to choose. Had you not better en-.
brace some one OF them, and do it
quickly? If you think that Buddhism
is the most promising become Budd.
hist. II you think Mormonism is from
God, become a Mormon. If you find
salvation from sin in these religions
continue in them, but If not, then 40
cept Christ as your Saviour, and am
sure you will find salvation in him.
He is the truth; seek no further But
by all means embrace some religion,
and do 1t quickly for you are starving
your soul for the lack Of some one
to worship and obey"
Il believe there is some truth in
what you say" said the man, but
this is my station and / must leave
you. / am glad we have had this con-
versation and / hope We shall meet
again"
Apparently the man was convinced
of his mistake, and was becoming in
terested, but he was leaving the car
and what could I do? | thought of
the little package Of leaflets which
usually carry, and selecting couple
/ rushed out on the platform and gave
them to him. One was the Christian
life card, and the other was a leaflet
written by DR.. J. W. Chickering of
Washington, d. c. Before he died the
author had the names Of over seven
teen hundred people who had written
him or told him personally that they
attributed their conversions to this
tract.
Then I commended the man of God,
hoping that the next Christian who
met him, might lead him further along
Perhaps some of my readers have met
him. What success did you have?
Daniel Webster states his position
very clearly In letter written to a
friend: Il believe that God exists in
three persons: this learn from rev.
citation alone. SNor is it any objection
to this belief that cannot comprehend
how one can be three, or three one. l
hold it my duty to believe, not what
can comprehend or account for, but
what my maker teaches me. l be-
love religion to be a matter not of
demonstration, but Of faith. God re-
quires US to give credit to the truths
which he reveals, not because we can
prove them. but because he reveals
ham"