New Britain herald., 1921-01-31
WORLD IS RAPIDLY
 GOING DEVILWARD
So Declares Rev. A. B. Taylor in
 Sermon on Pre- -MillenniaiStS


 Church of Christ. preached on Sunday night on "ArO Pre- -Millennialists Pessimists?" Ho said in part:
 There arc lot of people who claim we are pessimists because Ne believe tho world is getting worse. If we are pessimists because we believe this. then Jesus ig also. because in Matt. 24:37. he said: As the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be- So was Paul. because ho said. in 2 Tim. 3:I3: But evil mon and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being de- ceived.'
 Some say that wo havo snid that the quicker the world goes to the devil tho better because this will hasten His coming. We believe tho world is Eo- tns- to tho devil as fast as it can go, put wo are trying to save out of this old world those who will heed the Gospel. In Actg 22:I5. Ananias told Paul that he should be witness to all men. That is where we stand.
 Some claim that the Pro -Millen- nialistS caused the faf1uro of the In- ter-Church World Movement. We did oppose geetting millions of dollars and putting 1t into reforming the world instead of evangelizing it. We also opposed the going to men who wero not Christians and begging for money for Gods work. They also claim that all we get done is to sit around and gaze up at the stars watching for tho Lord to come. There Is nobody who is more anxious about winning souls than the Pre- Millenial- ists Read the history of n. l.. Moody and watch the work Of men like BiIly Sunday. Paul Rader. Mel Trauder. Munhall. Haiderman and Massee. An other claim they make is that we are a hindrance to missions. But if you will follow up the missionary work you will find that tho ones that arc doing things are men who believe in tho soon coming of the Lord.
 They also claim that we arc a to the progress of the church. We are when it comes to sales. taking chanches on cakes, oyster suppers and shows to make money to advance the Lords work. And we are positively against having pictures in the church to get the crowds and entertain them. in- stead of preaching the gospel to save them.
 lheY Clnltn we are too AtTlCI aDOuL taking people into our church when have have n desire to come. We try to hold to the word of God where Paul says. in Cor. 6:l5-Is: What fellowship hath light with darkness
 DO you know of any Pre-Millen- niRlIsts engaged in reforms? We are pessinists because we don't. We are not trying to fix up the world. The world was never worse than it is now There have never been more robberieE. murders. greed and lust than there is today, and we see the reformers trying to make conditions better with the law. The latest thing they ar etrying to do Is to compel peo- course it makes our hearts sad to see SO much going on. on the Lords day. , But cnn we make 1t better by trying to force men to live better? No! But if we get them to accept Jesus Christ into their lives they will want to keep the Lords day. We read the other day where a certain pastor told those who are supposed to be Christians. that if they went to church on the Lords day morning it was all right for them to go to the moving pictures on Sunday night. I would like to know how many souls that pastor has won the past year. if this has been his way of giving advice. We are pessimists if we don't fall into line with tho modern way of doing things. But by the grace of God we are going to stand true to the Ford if we must