New Britain herald., 1924-08-18
GIVES OPINION ON
 RELIGIOUS DISPUTE
lecturer Explains Differences Of hOdernlsts and Fundamentalists

The lecture al the odd Fellows hal
 yesterday, where !. F, Dawson elu-
 sidsted the doctrines Of the modern
 lsls and the fundamenialisls was sell
 attended and listened to with Fapi
 attention, The speaker pointed out
 lhat the distress and perpleAily in
 the world is incident to a lack Of rey-
 ersnee for haly things. and that lhe
 holy things themselves are sludi0usly
 avoided because Of a mlseoneeplion
 of what is holy and righteous Holi-
 ness has primary reference 10 ones
 relationship 10 God. and the hapniest
 people in Ihe world are the right
 eausly inclined, possessing a living
 faith in God and in His word Of
 truth, the speaker said.
 The various religions calling them
 selves Christian have been under a
 cloud; for the doctrines and preeepts
 of men have had precedence over lhe
 plain statements of Scripture, Paul
 said that the mystery of iniquity"
 was already working in his day; and
 Jesus. referring to His second com
 Ing and the end Of the world. said:
 nevertheless when the Son Of man
 eometh. shall He find faith on the
 earth7" It was predicted that there
 would be great falling away from
 inc faith. II is a demonstrated fact
 in our day. of which we all are wit-
 nesses. Mfr. Dawson said.
 Three blighting errors have caused
 confusion. discord. and prosecutions
 among Christian people throughout
 the age. Briefly stated. these arc:
 GOA belief fin human immortality:
 ts) the so-called holy trinity. and ts) eternal torment in hell for all the race except the saints. The second of these is causing the controversy among those known as modernists and Fundamentals. The question is: Is Jesus now a man in heaven? Was He man such as other men while | on the earth? Was He God on | earth? Was He part God and part l man? An affirmative answer to any of these questions is wrong.
 Mir. Dawson said that the facts are as follows: Jesus, before He came to earth, was al, angel Of the highest or der, known as the Logos, created being, not having immortality. (Rev- elation 3:14; Colossians 1:15). The word mortal means dle-able; immor- tai means undie-able. If one Is mor- tai he can die; if immortal. he is death-proof. The spirit organism of nature of the Logos was divested, laid of, discarded in order to become man; but the life principle was trans ferred to the virgin Mary who nour- ished it and brought forth the babe of Bethlehem. TO demonstrate that His life did not cease In the tranfer, Jesus said: Before Abraham was I 8 m" (John S:5S). As 8 man He was by the Adamic con- demnation, not because Mary was the transferred life germ was perfect. Jesus, therefore, as man was per- f feet man, nothing more, nothing less. I Hebrews AHA. IS: 7:26; Philippians ' 2:D. When He died on Calvary He f ceased to be. He was not resurrected ' } man; He was not raised to the an- f selic plane; but He was raised to the F highest plane, even to the divine V plane. and thereon He is now, par 7, aker of immortality. He is now ieath-proof. q Peter 3:1S; John fl 5:26, Hebrews l.3: Philippians 2, o 1-s; Romans 6:e). Jesus has had three V distinct natures: Angelic, human and o iivine. But at no time did He have K wo natures at the same time; He was ', lever part one thing and part an- F ,ther. Jesus has never been, nor will Q ie ever be, Jehovah God. God is the ', Father; Jesus is the Son. Father {, ignifieS life-giver; son signifies life P eceiver. f, MT. Dawson asserted that the doc h rine of the trinity was forced upon h Christians at the Council of Nice in d, 25 A. D., by heathen emperor; and To he binding influence of that doc tr line is enough to keep Christians ig sc orant of Gods plans forever, should Q,
 not be eradicated. The confusion ,, , churchianity Is the legitimate fruit ge of not following Gods Word. The Ia implicitly of the truth Is hard for cr armed men to comprehend: The nI [odernists, who repudiate the old +h ogma that Jesus is God, go to the ex- t,, eme and claim that He was a mere oo an, born into the world like any ~, ,HET IHbH, dlu they tHci CDy lCpuuI~ i,, e the Bible and the ransom sacri- fr' ,e.
 The Fundamentalist.s hold to the ,a eory that Jesus was both God and .r an. They claim to believe the Bible, ro at Jesus Is the Redeemer and that I,a e Is the Savior; but they are wholly ..' lable to explain the philosophy of 1o demption, and to show how the {. lurch is released from sin. Being Nr lable to see the nature of Jesus as I, man, they are repugnant to the rl, ought that man is ever to enjoy N N erla sting life upon the earth. To NJ, ve human life on the earth. re- o, eming the world from Adamic To ath Is the real object of the ran inc m sacrifice. The development of ro, e Church Is incidental, and takes ril ice before the establishment of the .,e rds kingdom for the blessing and w, lift of the world in general. Acts I :14-1s; s:t9-21; Matthew 6:10.) o, - n-I