The Detroit times., 1916-08-29
In the Religious World
miLIrANcY IN RELIGION.

methods OF Christisn Progress
There .s sense IN which every
Christian leader and teacher should,
like Paul. be ,ontroversislist
/ nasen 10 add. that Christian
controversy il a. different from
church squabble' ana denomination.
A. chickering's aad petty ousrreis a.
an eagle "a from a mos1 alto There
is no warrant In Scripture for the
miserable little bickeri1gs whic..
sometimes stultify the life OF a con
xregation.
The frst Qualification % con-
troversalist--as Paul makes clear IN
his secoud lette- 70 bis Co7nthian
converts an gnimpreSchable per.
sonal record. lie must 90 into sour
with dean hands The selfseeker
and the moneylover oannot conteni !
successfully for me faith ~ Christ.
That is why PEui pointed 20 his o~r
record Ia CoTinth and elsewhere. He
I
reserve. and showed that he bore
/ in his body the marks " the Lorl
Jesus Pauline conducts squared with
Pauline doctrine All during those
srduous tent-m sking dAvs. and
through per1lous prosecutions ana
personal sufferinTs he had BEEN un-
consciously preparing ms credentials
for he great debate Thus doee the
everyday duty. Vell done. prepare
Us for lfe's grea, crises
The Cause of Controversy.
Like every other pioneer. Paul
knew the bitterness OF seeing 9th
ers follow along the path hes had
blaxed in order 20 wres' bis leader
ship from him In addition 10 gar
nering the fruit Of his lsbors they
tried 10 discr~dlt hlm, Ater hs IA.
established a Christian church a.
CorintL. these false shepherds came
to iu.slead bis flo,k. foT ,heir oV-D
advantage n seems - II always
during he church periods ot aCtlv-
iiy there have 1teu these pre'ent.
ers ard usurpers, Nth tneil special
isuls and cults. anc thsi. criticism
uf the church II j. 10 lrs olas
from which the church >uFct- -o-
day Claiming Sign title and Ss.
pccial eifts for themselves these
false apostles mad attempted. az
parentlv, 10 vean the Cor!nthiau
Christians avay from Pail and ~
casi aspersions upor bis authority.
his s3lity. and bis financial irteg-
rity. IN The matter Of III. collection
for The Jerusalem Poor. Evidently,
also. ,hsSe usu-pers had condoned
practices on the par Of
church members. 40 that thev we're
departing from ths stric' line or
morality laid down by Paul. Kip
ling's fable OF the moth that cor
rup;ed a hive Of Young bees Is quite
applicable.
sore saints would have gone OF
= himpe-ing 10 sympathetic friends.
II ill-ircated as Paul was oy the
church al CorinJh. They would have
had a grievance for the rest OF their
DAYS Not so Paul he VA OF stern
er s'uf He knew the place OF n
grace Of resignation. and also the
place Of militant indignation. he
could he a suffering SAINT. but he
could also be a shifting soldier with
A sword OF controversy Fer he vas
A flr,t.class Fighting man Z seemel
to hiya the more Christian way 10
give nose interl0ptTs ar Athens a
chance 10 practice the virtues OF res
igns,ion and humiliation II IS bet
ter 10 wipe OFT plague tlsn 10 fs3
from u Paul wa lot the sort IL
citizen who would fee TO a pleas
ant suburb a1d le- the city 20 70 the
devil Instead, he sOuld STAY and
help clean up tho city. lr this spirit
no undert ook 70 cuu2ht"n the mis-
led COr.EthiaH CHRISTIANS and 20
contend viii their usIrriug leaders
While he offer r with difidencs
and apologies. hang all of strong
mans dislike TO- noasting, Paul
neyertheless submits nis own char
acter aud achievements ae "Eyhicii
A" in the great ecnrrOverFy Really
the whole ca-e rested o. re char
acter Of the apos,ls
That is Why it f. such IN ave.
some thing % be = preacher or .
Christian leadc- what - Dwight
l.. MOODY had been a CRATER. ami
the world had louna ij CG WHAT
IL Robert z. speer stouli be discov-
cred 10 oe an Idle. seli-s.c sing lover
OF money and OF no,oriety' Imagina
John r Mot putting his own com.
fort and reputation and bank ar
count above th Crristianizsi Of
the world, The con sequences would
be calanlhous for ali Chris endom
Whoever dares 20 ACCEPT place