The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-03-28


not true of all, but these things are
found to greater or less degree in the
church. They hinder her work, vet in
spite of all. the church is the greatest
institution in the world. 1t would
strengthen her greatly if she would ex-
erclse little wholesome discipline and
expel from her members some Of the
wilful offenders.
Another characteristic of the church
that the times demand is that, her
benevOlences shall come up to the
divine standard. Here the church lags.
True there are a few members who
meet the divine requirement, but the
rank and file fall far below. The litter
system is repudiated and the result is
leanness of soul.
Her missionary enterprise must lead
the world and to do this it should ad-
vance far beyond It's present place. 1t
may be claimed that she leads the
world now. in benevolence. Wen grant
that. but what she is doing is only
drop in the bucket. Her commission is
to preach the gospel to every creature,
and after nineteen centuries of work,
she has not yet reached half of the
world not by any means.
Her educational standard must be
untanlshed by secularism. The church
has been weakened in her influence by
her aping German universities and cur
theological seminaries have played the
part of sycophants by catering to the
theology made IN Germany" She
has been duped by the claim of superior
learning
l can imagine the universities of
Germany laughing in their sleeves at
the simplicity of many of our educat-
ors and tiattering themselves that they
were the conservators of world klltur
and that they would shape the desti-
MES of the world by directing the
minds OF the youth so that their dreams
of world empire would presently be re
allzed. How well they haYe succeeded.
You can Judge from the unprecedented
conflict that is converting the countries
OF Europe into human slaughter pens
and Transforming our own country into
valley of Bochine, their boosted pa
trlotism is but the glancing rays of
sunlight on sea of tears and blood.
Our institutions fell into the snare,
they too caught the spirit of the age,
which led them to throw off diyinly APP
pointed restraints the yoke of churchly
control, and reYel in larger vision an
unrestrained investigation. 1t is well
to search for the truth, but in doing
that we must not cast aside the authori-
ty Of God, nor the restraints of His
word. Many Of our institutions no
doubt thought they were honest in
their positions, but they failed to main
tain strictly neutral attitude in re-
llgious subjects. They found that to
be impossible. This sentimental at
titude soon yielded to the tendency to
take sides against what may be called
traditional religion 1t was not long IN
developing into antagonism. the open
rupture was effected by declaring war
on historic Christianity and Theism.
The church sympathized with the
class and placidly acquiesced in I'M
warranted and unjust attacks upon the
Christian religion and the Bible. The
attack became open and decided, be-
tween what is called historical and
Biblical criticism The controversy
was against Christianity and Thesm,
which is the belief in the belief of the
one true and living God, as against
Atheism, Pantheism or Polythelsm,
that is many Gods.
The controversy laid the axe at the
very root of Christianity, and strikes at
the heart of Theism. 1t is a wolf in
Sleeps clothing and comes to US dis
SuiSCN III liIS bCdulllu vi S6ID VI IluIII-
anitarism," but stripped of it's attrac-
tive attire it stands out as a newly de-
developed type of Atheism, Atheism Is
the short cut to hell. Yet many of our
institutions of higher education are
only cess pools of heresy, quietly,
secretly and insiduously injected into
the minds of thousands of our youth
who are coming from their halls.
The friends OF higher education for
women regard it as the introduction of
a new Christianity. In reality it means
the introduction of secular tradition
and reconstruction of old methods and
truths, amid the applause of the
satanic hosts and the approval of Ger
man Kulture. The average university
class room has abandoned the attitude