New Britain herald., 1922-10-23
TAYLOR HITS AT
 MODERN THEOLOGY
Upholds Personal Devil and Liter- al Hell--SeeS Need for Revival

'oo' VI th' ueNli any that tHert is
 more inhdelity and hypocrisy in the
 churches today than there was on
 street corners years ago, Rev. A. B,
 Taylor of the Peoples church last
 evening delivered a sermon in reply
 to the essay read by Rev. F. B. flag
 gard of Hartfordtat the Baptist state
 convention last week.
 Mir. Taylor, who subscribes to the
 belief of literal hell with fire and
 birthstone and a fendish devil with
 hoofs. horns and tail. takes exception to the theory of MT. Haggard who
 eliminates these things in favor of the
 broader interpretation of religion.
 MT. Taylor said In part;
 Why do l compare modern theolo-
 BY with the Bible? Because modern
 theology does away with that for
 which the Bible was written. John
 20:3l says: These things are written
 that ye might believe that Jesus is
 the Christ the son of God; and that
 believing ye might have life through
 His name
 Rev. MT. Haggard said that in the 9th century a great revival occurred. Whole communities were regenerated and made respectable. Don't you think that it would be Gods bless ing If something like that would take place in New Britain in this goth cen- tury? But what is he doing to bring this about? He gave figures and told about the great increase in the mem- bership of the churches at that time. There was a difference between the uniting with the church in those days and today. Then. they proved by their lives that they were Christians. But what about today? He said the, evangelism of those days Is in trouble today. and he is giving his consent to help make more trouble. But here is where the biggest trouble comes in. These past few years the world and the church have almost been one. But I believe now the true church is going to stand firm and prove her strength. He said we are robbed of he'll We have heard this before. Pastor Rus sell made this same statement long ago. But that does not change Gods word which says: The wicked shall be turned into hell and every nation that forgets God He spoke about the ser mon that Jonathan Edwards preached on Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God This sermon was preached at Enfield, Conn.,, July 8. 1741. All over the house you could hear men calling upon God. l would to God that we might have picture like this in New Britain.
 The trouble is that men are not afraid of God and the judgment today. That Is the reason the masses are living the kind of lives they are liv- ing. It is far better to preach helll till the people smell the birthstone, than to let them come to where Sir Francis Newport came before death. When he said Don tell me there is no hell because I am passing into its flames now. He says we have been to give up the devil. They tell us that all the devil there is, is 1 the devil that is in you. Then when Jesus was in the wilderness tempted | of the devil it was the devil that was n Him.
 He said that the Universalists as l separate denomination have not at aimed any considerable size and per 1aps have no future, because the Uni versalists are too widely scattered [ through all the denominations today. There never was a truer statement | than that And it shows how cum hing the devil is. Those who have stood by the bible and the religion of Jesus Christ, have built the churches. Then those hypocrites come nto these churches and don't reveal themselves as they really are. until | hey can do 1t in an underhanded way
 He says there is no such a thing [ as the atonement. All the pictures of the blood that are given in the Old ! Testament that point toward the cross, were of no effect. The scripture, The blood of Jesus Christ, Gods son cleanses from all sin, means nothing. | Then if Christ died on the cross, God | just murdered his son. He also said | we have abandoned total depravity | Every man has a spark of God in him. But Jesus said to those of his | lay Ye are of your father the devil. David's statement. Tn sin did my mother conceive me isn't true. They asy if a man ever had a fall it was a | .all upward. The time was when we had infidelity on the street corners, put now we have worse in some of our churches. But as long as God gives me breath we will raise our voice against his tool of the devil. modern