| Show Im OF oi OFA A A contributor to tho the November Arena Mr Stanton Davis han Imn some timely regarding ln the of ot flee firo of or the preacher Ho lie asserts that lint the religious of or the day no longer combs coined from roan the tho pulpit for tor the reason that the Hie preachers as ns of at dead creeds have nothing to offer the tho public pu lc It U Is Ia for tor the tho preacher to the truth on ott the hits authority of ot othla Ills hIs own on Insight and experience To repent It on hearsay Is li nothing Mr Davis theil thel gees goca on to nay eny IH of ot the tho Is IB It lt his to oft off offset Sit set tho the pernicious bullet belief that Inspiration then lion line hn l to flow to the tho world that thuit tho book ot of Truth Is closed And this ho Ito e ottil m do only anI by h I being himself the voice olce of or truth It U Is largely he be because cause aue he hll hue has become b a n mere echo that lint shallow mm mill have concluded Inspiration line has ceased oensel and thore Is I nothing left lett to hut repeat what haw has already been ald H It veNts with the preacher to dill die disprove prove tOve this by lila hid Inspired utterance freo rM and clear us ua In the morning of ot the Ih wot Id lie Hi of nil men should be ho the champion eha of ot Inspiration for in 11 virtu of this only lists has the any rood rea reg reason son lion for tor and without this lila he Is la buta render r Let him show that Scrip Scripture ture Ure In III I not oil nil written nor Truth all revealed To do this he himself must add acme lI me lines lints The Tho truth contained In these thee lines should be lie It should need no demonstration And yet It Is one that Is unanimously unanimous denied by b the oc oe occupants of ot the Protestant pulpit That ThatIs Is II Its 1114 fatal mistake I In every field floh of at Inquiry It Is clear cionI to all aU that what IK is known Is but ai nj a n drop out of QC the Infinite ocean oc nn of or truth Geographers are still busily pursuing their Investigations In and almost over day I ornu new truths are rel to them concerning co the tho globe we Inhabit 14 I 11 i r i learn something constant constantly Iy ly about the ito Ch tIm now III and now combinations of 0 elements Archeologists add nihil dally daily 11 lly nov tootH to their belt store of ot knowledge Tho ho santo tony may bo 10 salt said of at linguists historians hl l ory science U III progressive Now facto aro an brought to III ii light everywhere modifying old Olti thrones anti and the tho for formation or mation motion of ot now nov IIO aloft prevent present themselves to 10 a 1 modern world 1 amid rapidly shifting nc no In lii nn nil an MI antiquated I gull and claim that lint tho the to which they are lire devoted U is Ht i admitting no change no il i new facts tiete no The claim III IH preposterous It la is con Call indicted by common If II rl are to men I they thuy have huwe n a lon u ii 1 particular c their theli I as 18 Would ha lio with without I out Oft meaning Hut a II particular men Mil for or Instance to the tha American people In III hits Ihl age of ot he be tho I edit to 10 tho the Heh w at nt time Iho hi I time Into of ot Isaiah or 01 Daniel 1 Common Helwe that a II man mitan who coined comell with no nil oUter word wore from on or than that given thour nde of ot years ago with no nu personal bo ho u II special to title t hat t Is I needed now IB is Infallible ull uld In the tt new conditions that hint con coil confront front the human Of Ot thele are plea pIes of ot mental 1 that lint remain It an hl and anti apply to III nil rill pea peo people pI pies III They do 10 not change nor cUn they h y bo be Ignored or set Hat It I III II truth titled fitted to existing ci stances the tho particular divine hr to 10 each ench generation that hint are tire hero eon COli anti and that ore are evidently now how in 1111 much as fU s In tiny any period Tho history of at the clearly nho shows 3 that Oct God In nil all nice ngos II has given to IU Ills children th the no ne revelations need neeti 1311 1111 d I t each particular Urns time Why Wh this Ihl age IKe be nn In exception Uon Our ancestors wore by dl sine lne first In tho th II en und and thon lion In their helm new Iten nil ti outside their primitive habitation Knoch I had to lIhle him hInt In he ho alice anco of or his hii work upon earth Noah was wn given a n to hi hl hiI Abraham Abraha m Moses MoseR Samuel tho the prophets l rn John the and the Apostles 11 lS all 1111 hail had special mos mimes sages worn wore by new revola revelations In III lie d of or them thorn to the world Theology that till long lung period of or time line sims Now facts were wera to hI it light nil all the tho Ito time nod new now light was upon facts already known It cannot bo ho that bitt hero thoro lire periods In human history when the tho light inspiration of haH hai h H but hilt dim dimly ly I or when It has hag been extinguished The Tho of or this line has al at always n ways caye been beon the tho rejection of ot tho the divine message delivered It In ho an tin abnormal condition owing to enmity against God just as ns the tho cessation of nt diplomatic re ril relations lations between hel wee II nations Is the eons conse quence of or hostility a n refusal to affect reconcIlIatIon lint Hut tint that II It by hy byno byno no moans means a proof that hint revelation Is lit not lIot needed In tho the past pnAt It II wits Will clearly that revelation should bo ho given to tomen tomen men icon In the tho last bat dayH H In tho the form orm of ot prophecies dreams r and visions all nil through tho ho abundant outpouring of the Spirit Thero There should also bo ho wonders In the heavens unit and In the tho earth before the lie day cloy of et tho the Lord conic como Joel 2 2333 Hut Hilt modern theology Pays this Is III Impossible U lii noth nothing hug ing new nai to be tie revealed The Tho I are complete The heavens lire arc for Cor over ocr God OO spoke In past Il st times lines to no more This ThIn wo say nay Is tho the fatal mistake of ot modern preachers For while they thoy tho hold hoh such Huch views they will 1111 close their ears cars and hearts to the tho of or hotly tilt Oil They Thoy will viii refuse to examine theIr credentials with a II ii mind open otien to con conviction They will induce theIr follow tallow followers ers ore to unto and persecute Gods 18 ser set servants Tho They Thoy will repent repeat history acting to some Homo tho the parts of or Ahab and Jezebel Herod Annas lInns and Pilate and Nero Noro That Is II the he terrible consequence ot or tha denial 1 of ot tho the Scrip Scripture ture turo doctrine concerning revelation und and inspiration |
