Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1914 — PERSONAL OR RACE SALVATION, WHICH? [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PERSONAL OR RACE SALVATION, WHICH?

Pastor Russell's “Movies” Teach Both Views.

Moody and Beecher Quoted by Dr. Abbott as Representing Opposing Views of Salvation —Pastor Russell Shows That Both Views Are Biblical—At Opening of Photo-Drama of Creation In Indianapolis.

Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 15. - Pastor Russell is here today. opening the Photo - Drama fit Creation at Tomlinson Hall. Besides the initial expense of this’ beautiful and instructive Drama, it must cost a fabulous sum to have it going in several places at

one time—New York, Boston. Cleveland, Cincinnati, St Louis and here— Chicago and other places soon! “Whence is the money for so grand a cause—all free!” is the question everywhere. “Why not charge $1 a seat?” Pastor Russell’s only answer is. “1 cannot sell the Gospel. 'Jesus and His Apostles never took up collections, nor authorized me to beg in God’s name, so far as the Bible shows. People blest by the Message voluntarily send me money to further the work of reestablishing faith in God and the Bible amongst thinking people. In proportion as God supplies it, we spend It. It must be so!” The Pastor’s text was, “God wills that all shall be saved and come to a knowledge of the Truth.’’ (1 Timothy 2:4.) He declared that this salvation will be from all sin, sickness and death which all inherit from Adam; and that it will he ushered In by Christ’s Kingdom. The salvation now in progress is that of the Church—a “chief,” superior salvation. However, the Second Death will be the portion of all who prefer sin to holiness. Dr. Abbott on Boocher and Moody. In the course of his sermon the Pastor quoted Dr. Lyman Abbott, Beecher’s successor as Pastor of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, as having said, in an address at a Beecher Memorial service last October, that Mr. Beecher had remarked to him, “Mr. Moody believes that this is a lost world, and is trying to save some from the wreck. I befieve that it is the world itself which is to be saved, and that its kingdoms are to become the Kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ.” Commenting upon these two views, which generally prevail today, the Pastor showed that they are not contradictory, but that both contain an element of truth, and that both have Scriptural support The right understanding of the Bible lies in seeing that both views are parts of a general whole. Whoever gets a glimpse of that whole, the speaker declared, thereby increases both bis confidence in the Bible and also his faith and hope toward God; but whoever fails to get that comprehensive view remains weak in faith and uncertain of his theology.

The End of the Discord. The Pastor then demonstrated that Mr. Moody merely held to the teacbings of Jesns, the Apostles and the Prophets when he declared that man was created perfect, in God’s image, but had brought the death sentence upon himself through disobedience to his Creator’s just commands. This curse of death Is the cause of all our mental, moral and physical weaknesses. He showed that while the reaction of civilisation through the influence of Christianity was indeed a step upward for many, yet it was not a step out of degradation; for sin and death still prevail. Next the Pastor pointed out that the Gospel of Christ has not yet saved the world. Nevertheless, It has brought peace and joy to all followers of Jesus. These are to experience completeness of salvation at our Lord’s Second Coming. when they shall be changed from earthly to Heavenly nature. The Right In Beecher’s Theory. i. Mr. Beecher’s view, the Pastor stated, also contains Bible truth. He then demonstrated from Scripture that although the kingdoms of this world have not yet become our Lord’s, nevertheless the final outcome of the Divine Plan will include thia transfer. Contrasting these two views, the Pastor showed that Mr. Moody saw what Mr. Beecher failed to see, and that Mr. Beecher saw what Mr. Moody failed to see. Both views are Biblical, and neither is satisfactory without the other.