The Washington herald., 1915-01-18


afternoon) preach
EA ed here today at
Macauley's Thea
ter twice to splen-
did audiences. We
report his dis
course from the
text Present your
bodies living sac
f@4SI0R RUSSED raDtsble rt4Ss; no5o' to God.
vour reasonable
service. Ce."-ROmans 12:1.
Speaking with great earnestness, the
Pastor declared that he repeatedly meets
with people inquiring for the Bread OF
Life-seeking to return to the Father
House. These seem to know that there Is
something radically wrong with the
preaching of the nominal churches. They
tell that they are impOrtuned for money,
hut that when they ask for soul FOOD
they meet with evasion and subterfuge
from many Of the great and learned, VINO
appear TO have lost sight Of the Bible
and heart-SonversiOn
Or on the other hand. they are met by
the Salvation Army. with traditions ot
the past which are not Bread. but as
indigestihle as a stone to anybody oi
ordinary intelligence. They are told with
all seriousness that God created our race
with full knowledge that nearly all would
spend eternity in torture. They are told
that to bn saved from that awful fate
they should become Salvstionists and
storm the sIums for Jesus. No wonder
the world is famiShinE. as fOrctold in the
RibIe. saving There shall he famine
i'm the land: not famine for bread, nor
thirst for water. but Of hearing the
Words Of the Lord. Amos Sll.
The Pastor hoped that some of these
hungry souls were present in his audi
"urc. He proposed to give them no hu-
man theories or SpeCulationS-noT would
h." compromise the Trush nor dodge the
ir', ytiun. He would endeavor to make the
way to God SO plain that wayfaring
man need not err therein. and he would
do this not by wisdom of his own, but by
Presenting Gods own Word-l Corin-
'nians 3:l&,I?.
Irstincfively tho most intelligent are
rcDeilcd with the thought that God would
pursue a course beneath the instincts of
the most DEGRADED. Undoubtedly the
Bible is true i'm declaring such falacies
''doctrines Of demons" Il Timothy Al
from the Bible viewpoint We can see
that il was master stroke on the part
Satan and his subordinates to misreD-
resent the teachings Of the Bible and the
God Of tn Bible so as to repel those
u hn in their weakness might he feeling
after God"
Truth-teIIinE Provokes the Clergy.
To tell the truth to the people. even on
50 simple subject. means to anger the
clergy, Why. do YOU ask? Because it
Troves them in the wronE and proves
that they have not been feeding the peo-
pie with the Bread Of Heaven. Instead
of building up the House of God, the
Church, they have been building meet
ing -houses-seekinE numbers and popu-
larity rather than instructing the people
in the Word of God. Remarkably few
church members know what they believe.
They give evidence that, if Christians at
all. they are the merest babes in Christ
None can Judge another's heart but all
should he able to judge the life. the
fruits. BY their fruits We shall know
them" said the Master.-Matthew 7:2o.
II the majority OF Christian people have
tho fruits Of the Holy Spirit. they keep
them hidden. and surely many Of them
manifest the fruits OF the Evil Spirit
''anger. malice. hatred. envy. strife. bit
terness. slander." etc. which the Apos-
ties style works Of the Devil" (Ephe-
slams 431: Galatians 5:19-2l: ! John 3:SD
We would not be misunderstood: We do
not complain that there are not nice
people in all the churches On the CON
trary. We compliment them on their edu-
cation. their refinement. their wealth,
their influence. Moreover, We compliment
them on their humanitarian sympathies,
as represented i'm hospitals. asylUms and
other bNnevOlrnCos.
But all these things are shared evenly
by people not members Of churches. Par
ticipation in good works is by no means
a proof OF being Christian. A Christian
is one who has como into very special
relationship 10 God through Christ, which
relationship exists not in respect to edu-
cation. wealth or color
With the pOpUarizinC Of Christianity
"amC such mobilization Of teachings as
invited all decent worIdlinEs into the
church. and made them think they were
Consecrated saints. and heirs Of all the
blessings promised in the Scriptures. BY
inference the theory has gone forth that
tho penalty for sin will be visited only
upon the worst sinncrs-those who neg
I.ct to sav. God forgive me- just be-
fore death. Notwithstanding the plain
statements Of the Creeds, every funeral
discourse lands the dead in Heaven, so
far as can he understood. A misinter-
probation of the Savior's words to the
dying sinner is made the basis for this
absurdity.
Let me say. then. with ali kindness to-
ward those who are deceiving themselves
church members and preachers are not
Christians at all, according to the Bible
standards This does not mean that the
Bible condemns them to eternal torment.
Thank God, no! II does mean, however,
that these self-deceived ones will have
neither part nor lot in the wonderful
blessing provided for Gods elect Church.
Gods Church is separate from all human
institutions; and only the sanity, regard
less Of denominational lines, are, mem
bers of the true Church, written in
Heaven
Surrender SeIf-SRcrIhce to God.
According to the Bible, no human be-
ing is ft for eternal life. 'All have
sinned." The original sin was committed
by Father Adam, when he was perfect,
In Gods image. Cut OF from God, the
race deteriorated, passing imperfections
of mind, morals and body from parent
to child. God declares His sympathy
for the sinner, and that He has made
provision for mans recovery from his
present deplorable state, Moreover q