New Britain herald., 1924-10-30
COMMUNICATED
Rev. Mir. Brooks Gives His ldes o the Truth fin Reply to Dr. Elfictt.

To the Editor of the Herald: (
 l have been asked by sevehnl to make some reply to the, address of Rev. Dr. Elliott, as reported in your issue of the 2S inst. am Ut a loss to know just why I should be re- quested to perform this task, unless it be that have become. to be recognized as the champion of the whole Bible. Frankly do not relish this sort of work. q had one experience, as boy, hunting pole cats which has remained with me through the years.) f
 To the one who suggested that I make reply quoted the Verse in Proverbs 26-4. Answer not fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him." But no sooner had l quoted that verse than I was reminded that the verse following gave the opposite advice: Answer a fool according to his folly. lest he be wise in his own conceit" Per haps he needs a reibuke.
 Anyone who is familiar with the Bible Is prepared for such remarks as Doctor Elliott and others utter. We are distinctly told in the word that the end od the age would be characterized by falling away from the faith, especially on the part of the leaders. ] In 1 Tim. 41-2 we read: Now the Spirit speaketh ex- pressly. that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doc trines of devils; Speaking lies In hypocrisy; having their conscience scared with a hot Iron. In Thes- salonians Pa we read: Let no man deceive yen by any means; for that day shall not come, except there come failing away first, and that man of stn be revealed, the son of perditioh. II . Peter 3-2 says: Knowing this first, that there shall come in. the last days scoffers, walk ing after their own lusts.
 There will evidently be more of this for we read in Luke 1S-S: T tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of Man cometh. shall he find faith on the earth ?"
 Every nation has had her Bene- dict Arnold and, every faith its Judas I.do' not marvel at such talk any more but allow every such speaker to label himself as an apos- tate and pass on. The pity which at first one feels over such weddings is soon changed to supreme con- tempt.
 The address was evidently a con- glomeration of verbal camouflage, meaningless speculation, cheap vau- deVille and glaring untruths. If Dr. Elliott is ignorant he should be removed from his position, If he has purposely crucifed the truth he should be branded as a knaye and a bold-faced liar. For him to say that Moody and Sturgeon would be modernists today were they alive, or that Wesley believed in evolution, is to slander these godly men and to hold the speaker up to ridicule.
 Mir. Bryan needs no defense from me, When the dog parks at the moon, the moon does not cease shining. pr. Elliott is not worthy to unlace the shoes of Bryan. Mir. Bryan is not, making infidels but disclosing those who have always been infidels under the cloak of the faith, MT. Bryan is the greatest preacher of the truth in America today. His vital and unanswerable arguments will not be effected by the ridicule of men of two by four calibre. Any man who can nos take the same position Mir. Bryan takes in relation to the Bible i, clearly not a Christian and is un worthy of the confidence of any true believer.
 1 pr. Elliott's address revealed ar alarming ignorance of the Bible. challenge him or any other to pofn out where the Bible says that +Je hovah tempted Jesus, and the ot.heI says the devil did" Wherein dt the Books of Kings and Chronicles | contradict each other?
 The inconsistency of the adb1res was evident in the fact that h, stated that the Methodists had no been effected much by. the pontro fersy between the fundamemtalist and modernists and with the sam breath said that there was cnmpara lively few fundamentaIists in tn
 Methodist church. would sugges that he read the book by Dr. L. W Munhall, Methodist, entitled "Methodistism Adrift," or read regn larly "The Eastern Methodist" pub iished by pr. Munhall Do find ou the condition in his own church.
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 there is little soundness in it.
 I will further recommend that Dl
 Elliott and all of his kind read care
 fully Ezekiel SS:6 and s4:2. Go
 will some day deal with those wh
 are unfaithful to their charges.
 May take advantage of this OF
 portunity to say to the people (
 New Britain, who stsT, believe tn
 whole Bible, and there Nare man,
 that the Peoples church stands al
 solutely upon all that that Boo
 teaches. It is faarlessly preache there without regard to fear (
 favor. New Britain ought to giy
 the "old Time Religion" a chanc
 to show what it can do for lost me-
 I will appreciate 1t, NIT. Editor, you give as much space to real trut as you do to untruth.
 Sincerely yours,
 IF. l.. BROOKS