Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-01-05

and pr0cl2lm-nS lAeil pASn
ton for the Gospel. 1t is as II as
sailants OF some fortress should as
sumo the garb OF its defenders ano
Tins obtain admission within It's
walls. that thew might batter tnem
more easily than from wltnout'-
Abp. Whately.
Hon. James j. Davis, Secretary Ut
Labor may not lie minister OF tne
gospel. but he dill some mighty go0o
preaching in the little Welsh Bap'ls'
Church at Sharon Pa, Sunday Deem
ber 20 1928. He said:
81 hold a deep and abiding falth
in the firmness of the tounoat''n
of true religion AMI can see o"t
little in the future for those VINO
seek 70 tear Down that foundation,
said Mr.. Davis "To my mind true
science anu tree religion can march
forward hand in hand and science
need not seek to destroy that Iof
which Christmas stands. In these
DAYS of many strange and weird De-
liefs VIC must hold fast u our faith
in God else neither lnd1vldual ny
nation can endure. I Will take my
religion in tbs cld-fashoned way
we are becoming so modern in every
thing that some of us are even Try
ing to moderniZe God.
This is a plain, straightforward
statement oil the situation and 1t awah
ems a 1everberation, an echo in th3
hearts OF all true believers. He Is
quoted further:
Il hold no sympathy with the IN
diyidual. Whether he be clergy OF
layman, who because his ltmltet
vision will no permit him to be-
lieve. seeks TO destroy the beliefs CT
others. To my mind the man who
finds himself er odds with the re-
ligious faith nc has embraced has
bur one course before him, II n
cannot by legitimate means chdnse
the principles of that faith. That Is
TO abandon thai cleed and TO set UP
a creed of his cwn. There can be no
excuse for the schismatic who seeks
to Dull down whole rel.g Gus struc
ture because he finds fault with ore
of the timbers which has gone in
to its building Let him follow tne
example OF TIE great Roger WI!
liams, who brought the principle OF
IN a0l
the religion which this church repre-
sents. When h. disagreed with ma
iority Of its creed. he got out. what
we need today is more of the spir!'7
of religious freedom, more real tor
erance for the beliefs and opinions
of our fellow-men.
1t seems to w. that this is con:!l
sion. logical deduction, to which
both sides can subscribe. There is no
objection to the Modernists exercising
and practicing tk.ir beliefs, but they
.hould not do 50 within the confines
Of a denominarion. which denomina-
lions fundamental principles are be
ing attacked by men. pledged and obi
gated in a most solemn manner to suo
port the same. The attack coming
from the laity corio be summarily deaf
with. but being fosteied in the pulpit.
it becomes an evil of the gravest inn
portance and steps should be taken 10
cause the anointed leaders to seek 9th
err rostrums from which to deliver
their scientific thunder-bolts. Mr..
Davis concludes
81 like the old fashioned preacher
whose sermon ZONES from, his heart
and soul as wei as from his mind.
His is no coldly statistical religion.
charted by mental engineers and
analysed by theological chemists
He rests his faith in the Bible, the
greatest book the world has ev-I
known. and ,t does not read ms
Bible hypocritically. The worlt
never needed the Bible mere than
it does now.
'The faitt that lives today will
never die The old-fashioned re
newborn Chr st wrapped Him IL
stronger now despite all attacks
than II hiss b " at any sine in the
1000 years since the mother of tHe
newborn Christ wrapped Him -
swaddling clothes and laid Him ~
manger TIE 81 rit that came frora
the little stable in Bethl' hem has
enveloped the whole world. Tho e