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NO INFANT BAPTISM THERE.
The General Synod of the Evan
gelical Lutheran Church in the Uni
ted States maintains a Theological
Seminary at Gettysburg, Pa. In
that institution the Chair of Church
History and New Testament Eexe
gesis is filled by Rev. E. J. Wolf,
D. D. Dr. Wolf contributes to a
recent issue of the “Homiletic Re
view” a forcible article on I Cor. 7:
14, “For the unbelieving husband is
sanctified in the wife, and the unbe
lieving wife is sanctified in the
brother; else were your children un
clean, but now are they holy.”
(Rev. Ver.)
In the course of that article, Dr-
Wolf says: “What claims para
mount attention is, the meaning of
the terms translated ‘sanctified’ and
‘holy’ in tlie Authorized Version j
and it is scarcely necessary to in
form the readers of the ‘Homiletic’
that the origihal has only two vari
ants of the same stem, using in the
former clause the passive of the verb
‘hagiazo,’ in the latter the adjective
‘hagios,’ the two words having essen
tially the same force. And this re
veals at once, what has been so sin
gularly overlooked by dogmatic com
mentators, that the same property
of holiness which attaches to the
children attaches also to the unbe
lieving wife or husband. The anal
ogy between the two forms of rela
tionship is assumed, and if this qual
ity which the apostle predicates of
the children of mixed marriages en
titles them to receive baptism, then
on the same ground their unbeliev
ing parent is also entitled to baptism.
From this conclusion there is no es
cape. If half-Christian parentage
makes children Christians, so that
the Church differentiates them from
the children neither of whose pa
rents is a believer, baptizing those,
rejecting these, then the unbelieving
wife or husband in such a union is
equally a Christian. What the apos
tle affirms of the one he affirms of
the other, no more difference obtain
ing than that between an adjective
and the perfect sense of a passive
verb. In the one case holiness is at
tributed because ot descent from a
Christian, in the other because of
union with a Christian. An equali
ty of religious standing marks tho
unbelieving parent ami the children.
A commonly received opinion that
which determines from this passage
whether a certain child is to be allow
ed or refused baptism, classes the chil
dren with the believing parent; but
this is the very opposite of Paul’s posi
tion, who parrellels the condition of
the children in such a union with thbse
of the unbelieving parent. The ho
liness of the children is conditioned
by the holiness of their unbelieving,
not of their believing parent.”
This certainly sweeps infant bap
tism out of the passage, (unless w e
accept with it the baptism of all un
believers who intermarry with Chris
tians, which is certainly too loose
even for this age of growing loose
ness.) But, after all it is only a
half-truth that Dr. Wolf gives us.
The w hole truth sweeps infant bap
tism, not only out of this passage,
but out of the apostolic church also.
We state, but forbear to elaborate
it. The apostle’s reference is, not to
“the children of mixed marriages,”
but to the children of all Christians.
And this is the substance of his argu
ment: If you adopt the usage of
Judaism, which denies family rela
tionship to all who do not share
church relationship, you must not
only cast off the unbelieving husband
and wife because they lack this
church relationship ; you must cast
off your children too, since this
church relationship is lacking in
their case. Os course, infant bap
tism was a thing unknown to the
churches of Christ in tho first age,
and ought to be equally linkown
now. This view was cogently pre
sented and conclusively established
by Dr. John L. Dagg in a tract is
sued by the Southern Baptist Publi
cation Society, Charleston, S. C.,
forty years ago, with the title: “A
Decisive Argument against Infant
Baptism furnished by One of its
own Proof-texts.” We hope that
it has not been suffered to pass out
of print, and commend it to the rea
der.
A VOICE FROM NORTH GEORGIA.
Do not fail to read carefully, and
to reflect seriously upon the article
from Bro. A. B. Vaughn. North
Georgia ia a most inviting field for
Georgia Baptists. The State Board
and the Home Board are their agents.
They can accomplish the work as.
signed them only as the means are
supplied. Men and money are need
ed. Both the Boards named came
out of the year’s work in debt. They
did not go beyond the limits marked
out for them by the two conventions.
We called them to their work. We
must see to it that they do not fail for
want of means. Brethren of Geor
gia, will you heed the cry that falls
upon your ears from the destitute
portions of your own State? Your
own brethren need your sympathy
and active aid. A few consecrated
men and women are bravely battling
against the evils of intemperance, ig
norance, and religious destitution-
They want the gospel. They want
well equipped, devout preachers of
the gospel. They want denomina
tional schools, that is Baptist schools
taught by thoroughly qualified Bap
tist teachers. The field is open.
Send in the laborers. Pay them
their hire. I. r. b.
WHAT THEY SAID.
Few of our readers heard the dis
cussions on the various questions
that engaged the attention of the
late Southern Baptist Convention.
We have clipped some paragraphs
from a few speeches reported in the
Atlanta daily papers, and present
them with such editorial comments
as the subjects and opinions ex
pressed suggest. Those who can
not attend the Convention miss a
great deal in not hearing the discus
sions, The next best thing to it, is
to extract for them the essence < f
some of the speeches.
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HOW TO RAISE MONEY.
“The report recommends that the
home and foreign boards apportion
among the states the amount of mon
ey that will have to la? raised in
each, in order to make the total need
ed,the state boards to apportion their
several amounts among associations
and churches. The work must de
volve largely on pastors. Mass
meetings should be held at stated
times to stir up the people to giving.
Full reports of receipts should be
made monthly in the newspapers.
Reports of receipts should also be
read at associational meetings. 'Phis
should be supplemented by a wide
distribution of missionary literature
After all, the great necessity in rais
ing contributions is a higher type of
religious life.”
The report on the financial meth
ods of the Boards was read by Dr.
J. IL Kilpatrick of Georgia. lie is
one of the solid •men of the Conven
tion. What he says or writes is the
result of mature reflection. Here
are some suggestions contained in his
report. r /'hey cover the whole
ground. If the work is properly di
vided according to the above sched
ule, we believe the money wanted
will be in the treasury before the
Centennial year ends. Let us keep
in mind this missionary text.
“How shall they call on Him of
whom they have not heard? How
shall they hear without a preacher ?
How shall they preach except they
be sent?” May we ask you, breth
ren, how can they be sent without
money? Who will transport them
free ?
Remember the last sentence of the
report. “After all the great neces
sity in raising contributions is a high
er type of religious life.”
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Dr. Warder, of Kentucky, said,
“the Convention purposes to put to
work forces that will create this era.
“There will be good speeches and
sermons on missions this year. What
shall we do with this centennial
thunder?” He appreciated system
everywhere. There was no increase
in the receipts of foreign missions in
Kentucky last year, notwithstanding
the fact that the missionary speeches
of the year were unusually fine. As
Dr. Tupper says : “Aroused emotion
is a dangerous force. Stir up the
people to a high pitch, and they
throw their hats in tho air and go
home, thinking the work is done.
The method is to get people to make
permanent subscriptions to be paid
weekly or monthly. Collections are
all good, but they will not accom
plish the great purpose of the move
ment.”
The New Testament plan is plain
and simple. Anybody can work by
it, or rather, can give by it, that
will. Here it is. “Upon the first
day of the week let every one of you
lay by him in store, as God hath
prospered him.” It embraces three
items. First, when to give, “the
first day of the week.” Second,
Who must do it,'Every one of you.”
Third, Tho measure of the gift, “As
God has prospered him.” Try it.
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Dr. E. W. Warren wanted to dis
seminate the leaven throughout the
whole lump. In order to do so he
suggested the adoption of the demo
cratic method of organization. Here
is his plan.
“To carry out this idea he sugges-
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX: THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1892.
ted a central committee of three for
each state, and under them a com
mittee of three for each each associ
ation, then a similar organization in
each church.
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Dr. Felix, of Lynchburg, Va., said
that at recent meetings in his state
the preacher who was most eagerly
listened to was the one who gave the
people facts.
“The people seemed to be hungry
for information. These, facts are ndt
to be found anywhere a succint
form. Country preachers have lit
tle on the subject ih their libraries.
One of the first things political par
ties do is to get out a campaign doc
ument. What the mission movement
wants is a book of two or three hun
dred pages that will serve as a cam
paign document.”
This suggestion of a “campaign
document” was adopted by the Con
vention. A Manual of Baptist Mis
sions will be prepared and sent out
to pastors and ch urches. It is not
so much argument or appeal that is
needed. It is information as to the
amount of money and the number of
missionaries wanted in the various
fields. The heart warmed with love,
the facts given, the- money will
come.
Two words! One the word of a
monarch, wielding the sceptre of the
mightiest empire of his times, and
bearing the standard of conquest
through neighboring kingdoms. The
other, the word of an exile, whose
country had been invaded and sub
dued,and whose people had been car
ried awav into bitter, long captivity,
while he dwelt on foreign soil with a
feeble band of aliens, despised and
rejected even by these.
Two contradictory words! One
pronouncing a certain event an ab
solute impossibility. The other de
claring that this impossible event
should surely come to pass. They
wrapt up themselves, then, the clash
of wills that could not be “at one,’’
the collision of hostile forces which
could not both survive the battle be
tween them.
Two most unequal words, as man
judges! which shall prevail? that
which has the authority of a throne,
the revenues of a kingdom, the em
battled armies of a race to support
it ? or that which was spoken out of
the bosom of poverty, expatriation
and reproach, with not a shadow of
human helping or of earthly re
sources? 'j'hcre seems no space for
question : the weaker must needs go
down before the stronger.
But let us see.
The monarch was Pharaoh Iloph
ra, of Egypt, and his word (as we
learn from Herodotus): “I am es
tablished in my kingdom so firmly
that not even a god could cast me
down.”
The exile was Jeremiah, and his
word (Chron. 44 : 30). “Thus saith
the Lord, Behold, I will give Pha
raoh Hophra, king of Egypt, into
the hand of his enemies, and into the
hand of those who seek his life.”
Os course, there is no space for
question. The monarch’s word was
simply a man’s word; and there are
no such words but are liable to be
overthrown, and broken in pieces,
and trampled into dust. No matter
by what lordly lips they have been
uttered, nor with what lofty tones;
no matter though all the nations
blend their voices in an acclaim of
welcome and applause; still, merely
human words without exception are
weak with the weakness of their au
thor and lie where the bosom of dis
appointment and defeat may sweep
them away. On tho other hand, the
exile’s word was not his only; it was
the Lord’s as welland of such words
not one shall ever fail, be the lips
that breathe it never so faltering and
so faint. The whole omnipotence of
God is in the very least of
these words; and though “the
wide, wide world” should not furnish
so much as a single ear to heed it,
the very least shall prove as stable
and indestructible as the divine
throne itself.
We know what the issue of the
two words must have been ; let us
briefly state the testimony of history.
Disaster fell on the forces sent by
Hophra against Cyrene. For this
cause,or on this pretext,the Egyptians
revolted from his yoke, chose Amasis
to the kingdom in his stead, and put
the deposed monarch, whoso boast
ing had been blasphemy, to death by
strangling. A signal proof how
truly the Lords says: “My word that
goeth forth out of my month, it shall
not return unto me void, but it shall
accomplish that which I please, and
it shall prosper in the thing whereto
I sent it.” Oh the fixed word of
God, which no man can altar and no
man evade!
Our “two words,” seen from a
wordly point of view, appear to stand
widely apart and without connection.
The men who spoke them had never
met. Neither when speaking knew
aught of the other’s speech. But he
who moved the lips of the exile
knew; and so when we/put the two
words together, behold ope is a chal
lenge and defiance of the supernatu
ral and divine, while in the other,the
the supernatural and divine accepts
the challenge and defiance. It is a
fearful thing to set our faces against
the living God, and then to fall into
his hands, as fall into them we must.
Perhaps, the exile’s word was brought
to the ears of Hophra before the day
of doom, and by repentance he might
have averted the ruin he prepared
for himself, if he only would. Per
haps, it was brought to his ears in
the day of doom; and, “after so long
a time,” he humbled himself, not un
availingly as regards the life to come,
under the mighty hand of God who
had cast men down for his blasphe
my but did not therefore hate him.
Os this we know nothing. But we
know that divine forbearance en
dures with much long-suffering even
the worst of men before divine jus
tice deals its blow. And we know
too that when the time of that for
bearance is past, he who defies the
Holy One of Israel shall be des
troyed.
The prophet Jeremiah guides us
to the practical use we should make
of these things. He sets the predic
tion against Hophra and its certain
fulfilment before the alien Jews in
Egypt, who were lapsing into idola
try, as “a sign” to them that with
equal certainty would the Lord in
flict his threats of judgment on them
if they forsook Him. It is “a sign,”
no less, to us. By it we may work
ourselves: “so he smote sinners of
old, so will He smite us if w e go on
in sin.
But this is only half the lesson
which the unalterable writers of the
word of God conveys. Truly we
must say: Remember His word of
righteousness as Judge; “The soul
that sinneth, it shall die; ” “He that
believeth not shall be damned;” re
member and fear. But we may also
say : Remember His word of grace
as Father: “The Son of man is come
to seek and to save that which was
lost;” “The blood of Jesus Christ,
His Son, cleanseth us from all sin ;”
remember—and hope.
HOW TO UITiIZE THE CENTEN
NIAL.
The following condensed state
ment of tne suggestions made by
Dr. Broadus, we take from the
Western Recorder.
1. “Have special meetings. Get
speakers. Diffuse knowledge.
2. Circulate missionary biography.
Lend your books. Don’t preach a
sermon for the next twelve months
without an illustration from mission
biography.
3. Supply yourselves with maps.
4. Seek correspondence with mis
sionaries in the fields.
5. Conversations about missions.
Talk missions.
SECOND GROUP OF SUGGESTIONS.
1. Increased contributions. Not
a spurting up but a continual widen
ing, broadening. Mend our hold.
Lay greater stress on large contribu
tions from the wealthy.
2. Can’t we get something this
year for missions from every mem
ber of every church.
3. The Sunday-school. Make the
mission thought prominent. More
Sunday-schools in the churches, and
more missions in the Sunday-schools.
The women working with us
through our Boards, conducting
themselves so as not to have unpleas
ant recollections of the Apostle Paul.
3. More Missionaries. Pray the
Lord of the harvest that he will
send more laborers into the field.
Encourage our young men to go,
our best young men. Don't make
mistakes, young men. When thev
go, don't forget to pray for them
give to them and care for them. A
century with much to give thanks
for and so little done.”
The first group, it will be noticed,
suggests the means for disseminating
information.
The second group, suggests the
means for raising money.
One item in the plan of Dr.
Broadus was omitted from the fore
going summary. It is this.
In securing preachers and speak
ers for the special meetings, let the
church or churches with which they
are to be held provide for their trav
eling expenses, and notify them of
the fact when they are invited.
Many preachers would gladly go to
these meetings and give their time
and labor who cannot afford to bear
their own expenses. This matter
was specially emphasized in the pro
gram of the meeting appointed for
Americus.
The Centennial Missionary ball is
in motion. May it gather in vol
ume until it will be large enough to
meet all the demands of the year!
Much prayer, much faith, increased
knowledge and liberal giving, will
produce greut results, make glad our
hearts, spread the knowledge of the
truth as it is in Jesus and glorify
God.
(BAPTIST CONGRESS.
Last week our Northern brethren
held their annual meeting in the city
of Philadelphia. Many subjects of
great interest to our readers were
discussed. Through the kindness of
Brother F. J. Paxon in having the
Daily National Baptist sent us, we
are able to give a fair report of what
was said.
The National Baptist in beginning
the report of the proceedings of the
Baptist Congress, said ; “The meet
ings were opened by the body which
discusses every thing and decides
nothing.”
The discussion of “The Christian
Year,” very plainly showed that a
religious calendor was in conflict
with the New Testament idea. There
were speakers who favored a modi
fied form of the Christian Year.
Rev. R. S. MacArthur assumed that
ten men read Christianity in our
lives to one who reads it in the
Bible.
The question as to whether a
“Union of Baptist Bodies was
Feasible,” gave rise to an interesting
discussion. Rev. B. B. Taylor, D.
D., New York, thought the question
meant a union of Baptist believers
associated in such away as to have
a denominational appearance.
The attempt to unite Baptists is
unlike the effort to unite Presby
terians; for there is no such thing as
the Baptist Church of America.
There are thousands of churches but
no ecclesiastical body. Baptists are
distinguished as we used to dis
tinguish verbs in boyhood as regular
irregular, and defective. There is a
bond of union however, between the
various congregations, a bond none
the less real because not of theologi
cal belief or articles of incorporation.
The way of union is a better under
standing of one another in aim,
effort, and practice. All who are
called Baptists agree in recognizing
the authority of the Old and the
New Testament. Whatever troubles
there may be before the Baptist
Churches of America there can be
none on the question of revision.
Prof. Wilkinson has well express
the Baptist principle in three words,
“Obedience to Christ.” In the early
ages Christians manifested their
oneness not by elaborate ritual but
in charity and good works. The
Creed of the primitive church was
faith in Jesus Christ. Among early
believers the standard of right living
was the personal Christ. Here is a
basis of union for the various Bap
tist bodies. We have the same ordi
nances of the early church, and the
same standard of right living. The
union of Baptist bodies possible on
the basis of the primitive Creed,
Jesus Christ ; of the primitive ordi
nances, baptism and Lord’s Supper;
of the primitive standard of life, the
life that is full of the spirit of the
master.
Dr. Lewis speaking for the
Seventh Day Baptists said :
We believe the keeping of the
Sabbath is essential to a complete
Christianity. We cannot see how
men can keep the spirit of the Fourth
Commandment while disregarding
its letter. There is no statement in
the New Testiment that Christ rose
from the dead on the first day of the
week. There is no authority in
the Scripture for the keeping
of Sunday as the Sabbath.
There is a special need of press
ing the claims of tho Sabbath
at this time. The speaker stated that
they would gladly consider any
union which would not necessitate
the setting aside of the supreme
authority of the Scriptures.
Prof. J. A. Howe in behalf of the
Free Will Baptists thought the rar.
tons Baptist bodies are not to be
coaxed into union. Difficulties give
reason for achievement. Conces
sions to unity must be made to differ
ences of belief, and to time. The
thrice repeated prayer of the Master
that they may be one is not obscure.
What the Lord requires us to do
and to be is feasible. The next step
for Baptists to take is towards each
other. Baptistshave the principles
that will make up the character of
the ultimate Christianity. It follows
that if Baptists be true to themselves
they must reflect their allegiance in
some form of Catholicity. The
ghost of uniformity alarms us when
we think of any such thing as unity.
Every step nearer to the One Shep
herd brings them near to the one
fold.
Prof. W. H. Whitsitt, of the So.
Bap. Theo. Seminary thought or
ganic union not feasible at this
time.
Years of discussion and exertion
are necessary before it can be
brought about. The writer ex
pressed the conviction that union is
not feasible, basing his conviction on
the following considerations; the
first relates to the delivery of his
tory, which is against the enterprise.
The voice of history on this subject
is indubitable. The experience of
men in past ages speaks loudly against
the expenditure of labor along thi s
line. The drift of the period
is not toward federation. A mark
of the century is the pre
valence of religious discussions
Men to-day are more tenacious of.
their beliefs than they ever have
been before. Efforts for unity are
handicapped. Men of decided opin
ions are not ready to make conces
sions. Compromises are suspected
and feared. People who talk of
unity will soon find their own loyalty
under suspicion. A final reason why
unity is not feasible is found in the
fact that such efforts have not been
popular among ourselves. The ques
tion of organic union seems to lie
outside the range of probality.
Discussion of “Inerrancy of the
Scriptures,” was quite animated.
Possibly the best view of the subject
was given by Dr. E. G. Robinson
who said, after the searching criti
cism for centuries, he wondered that
so few errors are pointed out. Nine
tenths are scarcely noticable. Every
candid reader must admit marks of
human infirmity. The spirit of God
took men as he found them. Limited
in capacity. He did not approve of
placing the authorship of errors on
Christ, or on the Holy Spirit Christ
quoted according to the common
usage. To take what he said as evi
dence that he knew what modern
science has revealed, is to violate the
principles of interpretation.
Several speeches were made on
the subject: “The Pulpit in Rela
tion to Political and Social Reform.”
Dr. C. R. Henderson, of Detroit,
Mich., said:
Most reforms depend upon a com-
of moral, individual and
social elements. The regeneration
of man the prime element in the re
formation of mankind. The Church
must save the world in self-defence.
One of the first defects of lower
wages is absence from church.
Purity is impossible in poor tene
ment housings. A preacher is a
pastor, and a pastor’s duty is to sued
the lambs and kill the wolves.
1. The preacher must preach the
Word of God. He is embassador
from God and is under orders.
Amos was requested to preach else
where when he struck at the natio
nal corruption of Israel’s politics.
Jeremiah aimed his words so directly
that he was thrust into a dungeon.
As the whole Bible is the Word of
God the preacher should not shun to
declare all its counsels. The object
of a sermon is to reform all
agencies of evil, and the form
of the preaching should be
guided by Jesus Christ Himself.
Sovonarola demanded municipal re
form in Florence. No doubt he
made mistakes. The Gospel has a
right to control the actions of men,
and if, for instance, pugilism is pre
dominant, hit it and hit it hard.
Wherever the word ought goes,
there the preacher should go.
2. The preacher should not preach
anything he does not know anything
about. The last place for a buack
to be is in the ministry. It is waste
ful to sow wheat on January ice.
3. The Christian minister must
derive his sanction from the Bible.
If the minister fail in this, the
Church will divorce faith and daily
conduct. Should aim to instruct
and construct rather than to de
nounce.
4. The instruction must be timely.
It must actually be prophetic. If
ever the ministry becomes the tool
of a class of people, the ministry
will go down in the wave with the
class with which the ministry is
allied.
Dr. Mabie, Home Secretary read
the interesting report of the execu
tive committee.
The year 1892 marks the com
pletion of a notable era—the most
notable in Baptist history—viz., a
century of modern missionary enter
prise. This era, in the province of
God, was inaugurated by Willian
Carey. Out of Carey’s consecration
grew the English Baptist Missionary
Society. This society is about com
pleting a memorial undertaking in
honor of its founder. The English
society has cherished the hope that
the Baptists of the world join in
similar commemoration of the life !
and labors of the patriarch of pagan
evangelization. There are special j
reasons why such a commemoration
should appeal to our highest Chris
tian and denominational feeling.
As American Baptists we have
special reason for observing this
memmorial year. The Missionary
Union, springing from the Baptism,
in Calcutta, of Adoniram Judson,
our first missionary, is in an impor
tant sense the child of the English
society, if not of Carey himself. It
the early stages of our society’s ex
istence its very life was nurtured and
its course shaped by the apostolic
epistles indicated by Carey, Fuller
and their coadjutors both in the In
dia and England. It would betray
an unpardonable lack of appreciation
of those who have gone before us
and led us into our greatest achieve
ments not to join in the proposed
commemoration. A centennial com
mittee has been duly appointed tc
aid in raising during the present fis
cal year the sum of $1,000,000 foi
the maintenance and extension ol
the missions of the union.
ENCOURAGING FINANCIAL REPORT.
In pursuance of the vote of the
union at its last annual meeting, the
work of the year was planned on a
scale involving an expenditure ol
8060,000. The actual expenses, in
cluding payment of the deficit of
861,593.94 from the previous year,
were $635,827.24, an increase of
8102,159.09 over the previous year.
The receipts were increased $90,-
998.72, being $569,172.93. Although
there is a debt of $66,754.31, the
financial result of the year must be
considered a cause for encourage
ment, as the expenditures of the
society have increased $221,416.85
ip the last three years, and have
more than doubled in the last nine
years.
The special features'of the missio
nary work abroad during the past
year are the wonderful and gracious
revival in the Telugu Mission in
India, the exceedingly gratifying
progress of the Baptist cause in
France, and the first breaking of
the light upon the millions of the*
Upper Congo Valley in the conver
sion of more than sixty at Bolengi
Station, near Equatorville.
Christirnity in relation to heathen
religions was discussed by a number
of able bretheren. Lights were
thrown upon pagan religions. One
brother condenses much in the sen
tence “Christianity is to anterpret
the religious of the world so thet
there shall be seen by all worshipers
the light of the knowledge of the
glory of God.
The relative authority of scripture
and reason was likewise elaborately
discussed. Dr. A. T. Robertson said
“If God has given us a relation, it is
holy word, which is above reason,
which reason could never have at
tained. God’s Word is perfect; what
we need is the grasp of the Scripture
so that we can meet the questions of
the day in the Spirit of Jesus of
Nazareth. Scripture speaks in a
realm nbove reason, and is sole
authority, where it speaks.
Dr. Strong said he had been wait
ing to hear the one word sin; reason
and conscience are perverted by sin.
The child must not wait to obey till
every law has been explained. The
Scriptures are authority; I hold my
self open to all that science can ap
prove ; yet I recognize the supremacy
of God’s word.
We give on our second page to
day a most interesting and instruc
tive sermon from Dr. I. R. Branham.
While it is lengthly it is written in
beautiful, yet strong language. It is
comprehensive in its scope, forceful
in its expression, beautiful in diction
and breathes the gospel all through.
It will amply repay a careful read
ing.
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