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22
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4
Turnul de veghe
Views from the Watch Tower
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(08 
b9) 
ZION'S 
WATCH 
TOvVER 
ALLEGHENY. 
PA. 
'Valtrr 
Bpsant 
fears 
especially 
the 
increasing 
naval 
armaments, 
deslg-nell 
"apparently 
for 
splf-protection," 
but 
in 
reality 
for 
aggrp~sion; 
"hde 
Lord 
Charle~ 
Beresford 
regards 
"the 
Chinese 
que~tlOn" 
\Hth 
mo~t 
applell('n~lOn, 
In 
many 
quarters 
the 
gleatp~t 
menace 
is 
believed 
to 
be 
of 
a 
socI:l1 
rathcr 
than 
international 
natme. 
The 
Earl 
of 
'''emys" 
states 
It 
a~ 
his 
opinion 
that 
Socialism 
i" 
blocking 
the 
march 
of 
human 
progress, 
and 
Arthur 
'V. 
Pinero, 
the 
dramatist, 
at­ 
tark~ 
tra,le~-uniolll~m. 
,Tospph 
Arch, 
the 
English 
labor 
leader, 
retaliates 
b,v 
df'drulllg 
that 
"u 
large 
accumulatIOn 
of 
wealth 
011 
tllf' 
Ollf' 
han,l, 
an,l 
a 
large 
inrrf'ase 
of 
pauperism 
on 
the 
othrr" 
I~ 
thf' 
growing 
eVil 
in 
ROCICt.v; 
amI 
Samuel 
Gompers 
{'xpres"E's 
ff'a 
n 
for 
the 
lowering 
of 
the 
American 
standard 
of 
Il\'in!!, 
hy 
OrIPnta 
1 
competition 
"The 
grf'atest 
politiral 
danger 
of 
the 
twentieth 
century 
i~ 
that 
the 
lllerea~inO' 
inf1nen('e 
of 
wf'alth 
will 
lead 
to 
increas­ 
ing 
dl~rf'g;lJ'(1 
of 
thf' 
°inalienahle 
rights 
of 
man," 
says 
William 
,Tennin(Y~ 
nryan. 
Prc<;i,lent 
Srhurman, 
of 
Cornell 
Univel 
sity, 
ff'n 
r~ 
I~(l~t 
1'hp 
""'{<I 
Itatlon, 
wor,hlp, 
an,l 
pursuit 
of 
money 
as 
thp 
f(lJ'('Il111~t 
"00,1 
of 
lift"~ 
TlI(' 
~aIt 
that 
mav 
save 
U'3 
from 
this 
hllghL" 
hc 
n:I,19, 
"i., 
to 
he 
found 
in 
our 
scliools 
and 
chu~ches; 
Jll 
P,"PI 
V 
union 
for 
a 
ri(Thtl'ous 
cause, 
and 
most 
of 
all, 
m 
the 
idf'n]<; 
;11I,1 
a~pirati(ln" 
~f 
the 
noble 
Rouh 
who 
will 
not 
suffer 
human 
<;o{'iptv 
to 
df'Cfpnl'ratp 
into 
a 
nHTP 
brutish 
struggle 
for 
Ilfp 
rlll.l 
the 
,,;Irviva{of 
tbe 
fittp~t," 
Pn'sident 
Hadley, 
of 
Yale 
{'niver~it.v, 
finds 
the 
thrpat 
to 
the 
public 
welfare 
in 
"legisla­ 
tIOn 
ha~PII 
on 
the 
sr]f-intere~t 
of 
inllividuals, 
or 
classes, 
in­ 
,t, 
:1<1 
of 
on 
puhlir 
sentiment 
and 
publIc 
spirit." 
Amon" 
the 
ecrleRiastirs, 
emphaRis 
is 
laid 
on 
the 
moral 
"\ 
.It 
')po. 
~ 
\Yhen 
questioned 
regarding 
coming 
dangers, 
the 
l~l~hop 
of 
Hereford 
replipd, 
in 
the 
word'! 
of 
Col. 
3:5: 
"Evil 
.1""'II'~ 
fln,l 
covetouRnesR." 
The 
BiRhop 
of 
Llandaff 
answered: 
"Infldelitv, 
annrehv." 
Cardinnl 
Gibbons 
says 
that 
"thE' 
great. 
{·,t 
<1;lTIQ'f'r~ 
that 
n'Ow 
seem 
to 
confront 
us 
are 
political 
corrup­ 
tH>l1 
all~1 
lll 
.. 
t 
for 
gain 
and 
the 
unholy 
purposes 
to 
which 
it 
is 
llPl 
\'('rtr'1." 
- 
"MEN'S 
HEARTS 
FAILING 
THEM 
FOR 
FEAR" 
"1'IIP 
VIf'W 
ten 
Vpflr~ 
a"o 
Rhowed 
a 
placid, 
smiling 
river; 
lIm\ 
\\(. 
~"f' 
the 
bo'i!ing 
r;pi<lS 
of 
a 
torrent 
plunging 
towa.rd 
whnt 
nhY9S 
no 
onE' 
knows. 
\Var 
haR 
followed 
war 
with 
SWIft 
ilIlP(,( 
...... 
ion. 
. 
.. 
'Vlwt 
the 
next 
stroke 
will 
be, 
who 
can 
say?" 
-Slll'lll'lfiPld 
RepublIcan, 
Lora 
Salisburv 
saia 
of 
threntened 
wars: 
"1'hf'<;f' 
,\an 
~ome 
npon 
us 
absolutely 
unannounced 
and 
\I 
Ith 
[plnhll' 
rapi.lity 
The 
war 
cloud 
!ises 
in 
th~ 
horizon 
with 
fI 
11IIJldlty 
that 
ohviate~ 
all 
calculatIOn,. 
and, 
It 
may 
be, 
a 
month 
or 
two 
month~ 
after 
thr 
first 
warnmg 
you 
receIve, 
you 
flwl 
\ 
ou 
are 
engaged 
in, 
or 
in 
prospect 
of 
It 
war 
on 
which 
"\ 
flll]' 
\ 
PI 
V 
p,{I'ltenre 
is 
Rtakl'd" 
. 
(;pn, 
':;-J. 
A. 
l\hleR, 
after 
his 
European 
tour, 
said: 
"1 
hn 
\'(' 
~een 
all 
the 
g-reat 
armie'3 
of 
Europe 
except 
the 
Sl.:llli 
.. 
h 
army. 
''''hat 
I 
have 
seen 
dops 
not 
indicat~ 
that 
the 
millpnniulll 
IS 
at 
hand, 
when 
swords 
shall 
be 
beaten 
mto 
plow­ 
.. 
ha]'l'~. 
" 
Th(' 
bte 
ni'!hop 
Newman 
gave 
his 
view 
thus: 
. 
"1'hi9 
i~ 
the 
mo~t 
unsettled. 
rondition 
of 
the 
world 
smee 
t]IP 
('l'\wlfl,ion 
of 
Christ. 
The 
stability 
of 
goverm~en~ 
is 
no 
Ion~','r 
a 
fact. 
Change 
is 
in 
the 
atmosphere. 
It 
IS 
Just 
as 
truc 
now 
ao. 
a 
thousand 
year'! 
ago, 
'Thou 
knowest. 
not. 
w}lat 
a 
Jav 
will 
brinO' 
fort.h.' 
. 
" 
Rtntcsmcn 
are 
at 
theIr 
WIts 
end. 
. 
n 
• 
• 
" 
'Phl1o'lophers 
sppculate 
m 
vam. 
\rphlJl~hop 
In'lnnn, 
Roman 
Catholic, 
dec!a.res: 
. 
, 
"Thf' 
h'md'l 
of 
socictv 
are 
relaxNl; 
tradItIOnal 
pnnclples 
.up 
]O~Ill" 
the!r 
'!a('r('dllf'~", 
and 
perils 
hitherto 
unknown 
are 
mUla('lllO'''' 
the 
Iifc 
of 
the 
soeinl 
organism" 
.Prof'" 
Andrf'\\9, 
ex-prp~idrnt 
of 
Drown 
University, 
says: 
"~o 
well-informE'd 
person 
in 
Europe 
seems 
to 
believe 
that 
p",ll'" 
1'1 
']l'~tinrd 
to 
enaure 
thE're 
very 
long. 
On 
all 
hands 
peo­ 
I,ll' 
arp 
prrparing- 
for 
war. 
Armieil 
and 
navies 
are 
strength. 
eIlP']; 
fortifieation9 
multiplied.; 
immrnse 
war 
treasures 
of 
gold 
pJl"d 
np; 
all 
po<;"ihle 
hypothetical 
plans 
of 
campaign, 
offensive 
an,1 
ddpn'!ive 
stlHlied 
an,l 
,Iiscussed; 
firearms, 
great 
and 
small, 
ceaqplC'~sly 
c~pprimentell 
upon 
and 
improved; 
civil 
measures 
<;lll,(JJ'(linatp 
to 
military, 
and 
statesmen 
to 
great 
army 
men 
and 
na 
yv 
men." 
:"i~nor 
Crispi, 
ex-prime 
minister 
of 
Italy, 
says: 
. 
"Enrope 
rl'<;embles 
Spain 
from 
a 
certain 
point 
of 
vle~. 
Atlnr"hl/ 
i,~ 
dominant 
every 
to 
here. 
To 
speak 
frankly, 
there 
IS 
no 
Enrope. 
The 
European 
concert 
is 
only 
a 
sinister 
joke. 
Xothing 
can 
be 
expected 
from 
the 
concert 
of 
the 
powers. 
\Ve 
arc 
marC'hin" 
toward 
the 
unknown. 
Who 
knows 
what 
tomor­ 
row 
has 
in 
;tore 
for 
us 
1" 
All 
of 
the"E' 
are 
rig-ht 
to 
somE' 
extent, 
for 
indeed 
and 
in 
truth 
the 
npw 
King, 
Immanuel, 
will 
bring 
in 
an 
everlasting 
peace, 
but 
his 
reign 
will 
be 
ushered 
in 
by 
the 
political 
and 
SOCIal 
and 
ecclesIastIcal 
troubles, 
which 
the 
BIshop 
of 
Hereford 
properly 
ascribes 
to 
"evil 
desires 
and 
covetousness"-other· 
wi~e 
selfishness, 
WhICh, 
as 
Bishop 
Llandaff 
declares, 
lead 
to 
anarchy. 
RELIGIOUS 
FEDERATION 
IN 
UNBELIEF 
AND 
WORKS 
In 
Great 
Britain 
ami 
ill 
various 
quarters 
ill 
the 
United 
States 
I 
eliglOus 
federatIOn 
is 
making 
progress. 
These 
unions 
are 
for 
greater 
amI 
more 
effective 
works 
of 
righteousne"s 
ac­ 
eording 
to 
their 
own 
statements, 
and 
religious 
convietion, 
faIth, 
is 
generally 
lost 
sight 
of-denominations 
of 
opposite 
huths 
"weklllg' 
rapprochl'l1lent-lll 
glOWl!lg 
unhf'lld 
as 
rl'~pe('t~ 
Bihle 
doctrines. 
Note 
the 
following 
public 
allirmation 
of 
un· 
]wlief 
in 
the 
reliability 
of 
the 
Scriptures 
by 
Rev. 
Rainsford, 
D. 
D" 
of 
New 
York 
City, 
rpportcd 
in 
the 
New 
York 
Jow'llal. 
"In 
his 
sermon 
at 
St. 
George's 
Protestant 
Episcopal 
church 
Rev. 
Dr. 
\v. 
S. 
Raill'3ford 
said 
that 
the 
teaching" 
of 
,Trsus 
('hrist 
in 
regard 
to 
his 
second 
C'omlllg 
had 
been 
gro~sly 
misun· 
derstood 
by 
the 
Apostles; 
that 
they 
had 
incorporated 
their 
mis­ 
takes 
into 
the 
New 
Testament; 
that 
the 
church 
htul 
hern 
grossly 
misled; 
and 
that 
the 
prayer 
book's 
teachings 
had 
been 
largely 
influenced 
by 
a 
handling 
of 
the 
Bible 
which 
did 
not 
,li~eriminate 
between 
the 
Rplritual 
teachings 
of 
Jesus 
and 
the 
eoncrpts 
of 
men. 
"The 
preacher's 
the 
... 
is 
was 
that 
the 
kingdom 
of 
God 
was 
not 
a 
world 
power 
at 
all, 
but 
a 
spiritual 
kingdom 
in 
all 
men's 
hparts, 
which 
couM 
never 
be 
established 
bv 
force, 
Imt 
could 
he 
wrought 
only 
by 
the 
persuasion 
of 
truth. 
Dr. 
Rain"ford 
said 
that 
the 
prophecies 
of 
the 
destruction 
of 
Jerusalrm, 
in 
the 
Gospel 
of 
St. 
Mark, 
had 
been 
understood 
to 
include 
the 
prom­ 
i~e 
that 
the 
Lorn 
would 
come 
again 
within 
the 
grneration 
of 
the 
Apostles. 
When 
he 
did 
not 
come, 
St. 
Jude 
attempted 
to 
rxplain 
the 
apparent 
failure 
of 
the 
prophecy 
by 
saying 
that 
one 
day 
was 
with 
the 
Lord 
as 
a 
thousand 
years, 
and 
a 
thou­ 
sand 
years 
as 
one 
dav. 
"'A 
delIghtful 
'theological 
subtrrfuge,' 
remarked 
the 
preaC'her; 
'a 
complpte 
twisting' 
of 
the 
I!1r,llll!lg 
of 
.J 
e~I1~. 
TllPre 
is 
no 
terrible 
judgment 
ahpad, 
no 
physically 
burning 
hell. 
Judgment 
is 
a 
process 
here 
and. 
now; 
salvation 
is 
a 
process 
here 
and 
now. 
There 
is 
no 
standing 
bpfore 
an 
awful 
throne 
and 
the 
separation 
of 
impossible 
sheep 
and 
goats; 
but 
the 
~eparation 
is 
here 
and 
now, 
as 
men 
go 
on 
up 
or 
slip 
down 
into 
the 
bog 
and 
mire.''' 
Here 
we 
have 
one 
of 
the 
nominal 
churPh's 
great 
men, 
one 
of 
it" 
"princes," 
doing 
his 
best 
to 
underminE' 
the 
faith 
of 
the 
p('ople 
who 
pay 
him 
a 
princely 
salary 
to 
hplp 
them 
to 
see 
and 
follow 
the 
Lord's 
paths. 
Nor 
must 
we 
condemn 
the 
man 
as 
a 
h~'pO('rite, 
for 
doubtless 
it 
is 
but 
another 
case 
of 
the 
blind 
leading 
the 
blind 
into 
the 
ditch. 
Thi., 
learned 
man 
has 
pas· 
siblv 
not 
vet 
learned 
that 
it 
was 
not 
Jude 
who 
wrote 
the 
wor'ds 
to 
which 
he 
objects, 
but 
Peter, 
(2 
Peter 
3: 
8) 
He 
per­ 
haps 
has 
not 
noted, 
either, 
that 
the 
same 
holy 
Spirit 
indIted 
the 
same 
lesson 
through 
the 
Prophet 
David 
crnturies 
before 
Peter's 
day, 
saying, 
"A 
thousand 
years 
in 
thy 
sight 
are 
but 
as 
yesterday." 
(Psa. 
90:4) 
The 
expression 
was 
so 
used 
by 
t 
he 
Lord 
himself 
also.-Gen. 
2: 
17. 
However, 
Dr. 
Raimlford 
is 
only 
following 
the 
logical 
course 
of 
all 
"highE'r 
criti('s," 
who, 
starting 
out 
WIth 
too 
mllph 
ego­ 
tism. 
find 
fault 
not 
only 
with 
all 
of 
the 
Old 
Tcstamrnt, 
but 
also 
with 
the 
New-eonfounding 
both 
prophets 
and 
apostles 
by 
their 
superior 
wisdom, 
and 
cla'3sing 
our 
Lord 
with 
these 
because 
he 
quoted 
those 
very 
prophecies 
which 
the 
superior 
wI~dom 
of 
thE' 
highrr 
rritir~ 
show 
to 
br 
spurious, 
wlllll' 
ollr 
Lord, 
lacking 
their 
wisdom, 
thought 
these 
to 
be 
genuine 
proph. 
ecies 
and 
quoted 
them 
as 
such. 
Truly, 
as 
the 
Prophet 
IsaIah 
foretold, 
the 
wisdom 
of 
their 
wise 
men 
is 
perished.-Isa. 
29: 
13, 
14, 
9-12. 
A 
PLAIN 
STATEMENT 
OF 
THE 
CASE 
The 
Rev. 
M. 
O. 
Simons, 
a 
Cleveland 
miniflter, 
is 
reported 
by 
the 
PUdn 
Dealer 
to 
have 
summed 
up 
present 
conditions 
in 
Christendom 
as 
follows: 
"Rev. 
Simons 
referred 
to 
some 
of 
the 
old 
battle 
fields 
in 
this 
warfare 
of 
ideas, 
and 
indieated 
how 
recent 
have 
been 
the 
great 
changes 
in 
rpligious 
thinking, 
by 
referring 
to 
the 
fact 
that 
only 
in 
1876 
Dr. 
Minot 
J. 
Savage 
preached 
a 
series 
of 
srrmons 
on 
'The 
Religion 
of 
Evolution.' 
So 
tar 
as 
known, 
he 
was 
the 
first 
minister 
in 
Europe 
and 
America 
in 
the 
reg· 
ular 
course 
of 
pulpit 
work 
to 
frankly 
accept 
evolution 
and 
to 
frankly 
attempt 
a 
reconstruction 
of 
religious 
thinking. 
'And 
it 
is 
hard 
for 
us 
to 
realize 
now,' 
said 
Mr. 
Simons, 
'the 
hue 
and 
cry 
that 
was 
raif;E'd 
over 
these 
sermons. 
Where 
are 
we 
now 
in 
this 
conflict 
between 
the 
old 
and 
the 
new? 
I 
believe 
we 
are 
on 
the 
verge 
of 
a 
frank 
confession 
that 
there 
must 
be 
a 
complete 
religious 
reconstrurtion. 
The 
old 
system 
of 
Chris­ 
tian 
doctrine 
rested 
upon 
th, 
fall 
of 
man 
as 
a. 
foundation. 
[2768] 
(08 69) ZION’S Walter Besant fears especially the increasing naval armaments, designed “apparently for self-protection,’ but in reality for aggression; while Lord Charles Beresford regards “the Chinese question” with most apprehension, In many quarters the gieatest menace is believed to be of a social rather than international nature. The Earl of Wemyss states 1t aa his opinion that Socialism is blocking the march of human progress, and Arthur W. Pinero, the dramatist, attacks trades-unionism. Joseph Arch, the English labor leader, retaliates by declaring that “a large accumulation of wealth on the one hand, and a large inerease of pauperism on the other” 33 the growing evil in society; and Samuel Gompers expresses fears for the lowering of the American standard of living, by Oriental competition “The greatest political danger of the twentieth century is that the increasing influence of wealth will lead to increasing disrevard of the inalienable rights of man,” says William Jennings Bryan. President Schurman, of Cornell University, fears mast the “exaltation, worship, and pursuit of money as the foremost good of life. The salt that may save us from this bhheht.” he adds, “is to he found in our schools and churches; m every union for a righteous cause, and most of all, in the ideals and aspirations of the noble souls who will not suffer human society to degenerate into a mere brutish struggle for life and the survival of the fittest.” President Hadley, of Yale University, finds the threat to the public welfare in “legislation based on the self-interest of individuals, or classes, in-tead of on public sentiment and public spirit.” Among the ecclesiastics, emphasis is laid on the moral \irtues, When questioned regarding coming dangers, the Vaishop of Hereford replied, in the words of Col. 3:5: “Evil desires and covetousness.” The Bishop of Liandaff answered: “Infidelitv, anarchy.” Cardinal Gibbons says that “the greatest dangers that now seem to confront us are political corruptien and Just for gain and the unholy purposes to which it is perverted,” ‘““MEN’S HEARTS FAILING THEM FOR FEAR" “The yiew ten years ago showed a placid, smiling river; now we sce the boiling rapids of a torrent plunging toward what abyss no one knows. War has followed war with swift auccession. . .. What the next stroke will be, who can say?” —Springfield Republican, Lord Salisbury said of threatened wars: “These wars come upon us absolutely unannounced and with terrible rapidity The war cloud rises in the horizon with a rapulity that obviates all calculation, and, it may be, a month or two months after the first warning you receive, you find vou are engaged in, or in prospect of a war on which your very existence is staked ” . ~ (ten. N. A. Males, after his European tour, said: “I have seen all the great armies of Europe except the Spanish army. What I have seen does not indicate that the millennium 1s at hand, when swords shall be beaten into plowshares.” The late Bishop Newman gave his view thus: . “This is the most unsettled condition of the world singe the crucifixion of Christ. The stability of government 1s no Jonver a fact. Change is in the atmosphere. It is just as true now as a thousand years ago, ‘Thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.’ . |. Statesmen are at their wits’ end. Philosophers speculate in vain.” Archhishop Ireland, Roman Catholic, declares: “The bonds of societv are relaxed; traditional principles are losing their sacredness, and perils hitherto unknown are menacing the life of the social organism ” Prof. Andrews, ex-president of Brown University, says: “No well-informed person in Europe seems to believe that peace 13 destined to endure there very long. On all hands people are preparing for war, Armies and navies are strengthened; fortifications multiplied; immense war treasures of gold piled up; all possible hypothetical plans of campaign, offensive and defensive, studied and discussed; firearms, great and smajl, ceaselessly experimented upon and improved; civil measures subordinate to military, and statesmen to great army men and navy men.” Signor Crispi, ex-prime minister of Italy, says: “Furope resembles Spain from a certain point of view. Anarchy is dominant everywhere. To speak frankly, there is no Europe. The European concert is only a sinister joke. Nothing can be expected from the concert of the powers. We are marching toward the unknown. Who knows what tomorrow has in store for us?” All of these are right to some extent, for indeed and in truth the new King, Immanuel, will bring in an everlasting WATCH TOWER ALLEGHENY, Pa, peace, but his reign will be ushered in by the political and social and ecclesiastical troubles, which the Bishop of Hereford properly ascribes to “evil desires and covetousness”—otherwise selfishness, which, as Bishop Llandaff declares, lead to anarchy. RELIGIOUS FEDERATION IN UNBELIEF AND WORKS In Great Britain and in various quarters in the United States religious federation is making progress. These unions are for greater and more effective works of righteousness according to their own statements, and religious conviction, faith, is generally lost sight of—denominations of opposite faiths seekmg rapprochement—in giowmg unbelief as respects Bible doctrines. Note the following public affirmation of unbelief in the reliability of the Scriptures by Rev. Rainsford, D, D.. of New York City, reported in the New York Journal. “In his sermon at St. George’s Protestant Episcopal church Rev. Dr. W. §. Rainsford said that the teachings of Jesus Christ in regard to his second coming had been grossly misunderstood by the Apostles; that they had incorporated their mistakes into the New Testament; that the church had been grossly misled; and that the prayer book’s teachings had been largely influenced by a handling of the Bible which did not discriminate between the spiritual teachings of Jesus and the concepts of men. “The preacher’s thesis was that the kingdom of God was not a world power at all, but a spiritual] kingdom in all men’s hearts, which could never be established by force, but could be wrought only by the persuasion of truth. Jr. Rainsford said that the prophecies of the destruction of Jerusalem, in the Gospel of St. Mark, had been understood to include the promise that the Lord would come again within the generation of the Apostles. When he did not come, St. Jude attempted to explain the apparent failure of the prophecy by saying that one day was with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. “*A delightful theological subterfuge,’ remarked the preacher; ‘a complete twisting of the meaning of Jesus, ‘There is no terrible judgment ahead, no physically burning hell. Judgment is a process here and now; salvation is a process here and now. There is no standing before an awful throne and the separation of impossible sheep and goats; but the separation is here and now, as men go on up or slip down into the bog and mire.’ ” Here we have one of the nominal church’s great inen, one of its “princes,” doing his best to undermine the faith of the people who pay him a princely salary to help them to see and follow the Lord’s paths. Nor must we condemn the man as a hypocrite, for doubtless it is but another case of the blind leading the blind into the ditch. This learned man has possibly not yet learned that it was not Jude who wrote the words to which he objects, but Peter. (2 Peter 3:8) He perhaps has not noted, either, that the same holy Spirit indited the same lesson through the Prophet David centuries before Peter’s day, saying, “A thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday.” (Psa. 90:4) The expression was so used by the Lord himself also.—Gen, 2:17. However, Dr. Rainsford is only following the logical course of all “higher critics,” who, starting out with too much egotism. find fault not only with all of the Old Testament, but also with the New—confounding both prophets and apostles by their superior wisdom, and classing our Lord with these because he quoted those very prophecies which the superior wisdom of the higher critics show to be spurious, while our Lord, lacking their wisdom, thought these to be genuine prophecies and quoted them as such. Truly, as the Prophet Isaiah foretold, the wisdom of their wise men is perished.—Isa. 29:13, 14, 9-12. A PLAIN STATEMENT OF THE CASE The Rev. M. O. Simons, a Cleveland minister, is reported by the Plain Dealer to have summed up present conditions in Christendom as follows: “Rev. Simons referred to some of the old battle fields in this warfare of ideas, and indicated how recent have been the great changes in religious thinking, by referring to the fact that only in 1876 Dr. Minot J. Savage preached a series of sermons on ‘The Religion of Evolution.’ So tar as known, he was the first minister in Europe and America in the regular course of pulpit work to frankly accept evolution and to frankly attempt a reconstruction of religious thinking. ‘And it is hard for us to realize now,’ said Mr. Simons, ‘the hue and cry that was raised over these sermons. Where are we now in this conflict between the old and the new? TI believe we are on the verge of a frank confession that there must be a complete religious reconstruction. The old system of Christian doctrine rested upon th: fall of man ag a foundation. [2768]

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