The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-09-04

ing on the water" The reply was,
"Thay were not far from shore; the
water was shallow; it was filled with
long floating grass which in a way held
him up. He seemed to be on the waves,
but he lost his nerve and began to slip
and slide. He thought he was falling
and so cried out for helpI" A fine
specimen this of Jerco Theology! Such
theologians constitute themselves into
a court of final judgment. They have
a sort of contempt tor those who do not
go out of the doors of their institute.
How they like to ring the changes on
the phrase. Scholarship is agreed"
verify knowledge will die with them"
They scout the idea of literal resur-
rection, or that the body of Jesus is in
heaven and not few quail before
them and either cease to testify or are
ashamed to proclaim the old faith. We
have today men who profess to be
Christians, vet try to prove that there
is nothing miraculous in Christianity.
Some openly deny the Virgin Birth of
our SAVIOUR. They sarcastically and
even blasphemously smirch the charac-
ter of the virgin mother and send her
down the ages as nothing better than
fallen woman. Yet such unblushingly
hold up Jesus before the world as
a bastard; or an illegitImate son.
The death of Christ. is in their judg-
ment, not an attonement for sin, while
the cross is symbol of brutal barbar-
ism. What do you think of preacher
who says Christ did not rise in the body
in which He died but He is phantom.
He laughs at the doctrine of hell; says
all are by nature the sons of God and
of course no son can be lost. Just now
the changes are being wrung on the
social teachings of Christ and the great
work of the church, they claim, is to
save the world socially and not to re-
deem it. Then there are those who
laugh at the miracles of the Bible, but
fairly break their necks in the race to
keep up with vagaries of spiritism.
They will sit by the hour IN a med-
amistic. seanc, waiting for communica-
tions from the other world. The Bible,
to them is not certain about the future,
yet they accept the declarations of
Herbert Spencer as the very breath of
the Almighty. These are the kind of
men the Jerico colleges are sending out
and asking for their ordination and that
they be given sway in our churches. In
heart such do not believe the Bible to
be the word of God. The churches need
to rise up and repudiate these semi
naries and their product. The time has
come as foretold by Paul when they
will not endure sound doctrine; but af-
ter their own lusts shall heap teachers
having itching ears and shall turn away
their ears from the truth and shall be
turned to fables" The remedy is the
sound doctrine of the Bible. The en-
trance of thy word giveth light. There
is no need to apologize for the Bible. 1t
will do its work if it has chance.
What do you think of preachers who
hold out the idea that soldiers who gave
their life in the world var are saved be-
cause they were in holy cause. 1t
was Gods work, therefore are they
saved? Jerico Theology again. Such
teaching repudiates Jesus as the only
saviour of the world and makes the sal
yation of these men depend on what
they have done rathetthan on Christ.
1t is false sentiment. It's a play to
the galleries; stopf or applause. 1t is
a self conceited declaration that shows
their unfitness to be leaders in Chris
tian thought. They are blind leaders
of the blind. Such may cry peace, but
there is no peace. They do not see any
necessity for repentance, though God
commands all men everywhere to re-
pent. Of course there is no merit in re-
pentance for we need to repent of the
sinfulness of our nature and of every
sinful hct and especially the sin of not
receiving Jesus Christ as our Saviour.
There is great need now of giving
heed to the doctrine of the Sabbath. 1t
was given for our profit, not for our
pleasure. Keep it holy. The doctrines
or teaching must be sound. There is
too much at stake. Souls are tremb-
ling in the balance. Character depends
on the teaching and character deter
mines destiny. What concerns each of
US above all things is this. have we
truly and sincerely accepted Christ as
our Saviour and King? If so then there
is no power that is able to pluck US out
of our Saviour's hand.
JOANNES.