Frankfort Pilgrim College - Pilgrim Yearbook (Frankfort, IN)

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W553k6QQQ6QSiE2UMfMWw5SEk6QQQ6QSiEd3 e 0 i Theolog1cal A is TEACHING THEOLOGY AND RELIGION- E SHALL WE FOLLOW THE MODERN IDEALS? Like most other subjects in the educational world, theology and religion E9 are suffering a change of their content and their meaning. Instead of gaining C5 in value and becoming' more clear to the average mind by this change they Go have suttered until tl1e old time idea of supernatu1'al is about eliminated until P now these terms mean but little except a natural theology and a human re- lig'ion. at lt is time that there should be an awakening' in our schools and the re- lig'ious world before we drift entirely into materialism and lose sight of G-od Q tj and llis truth altogether. Q Anv system of theology or any religion that ignores the supernatural and the divine is but a man-made thing' and has but little effect on the morals or fact ef a personal fyiod, the truth of the deity of Christ and His substitutionary Q saeritiee, and the vitalizing' work ot the lloly Ghost upon the individual heart E3 and lite of men is discarded, theology becomes an inert system of impractieable Q doctrines. ' Hur sehool must never lose sig'ht of the practical life-giving nature of E E . x . culture of men and quickly loses its hold on their minds and life. When the 6 theological truth and ot its actual and effieatious work in the mind and the heart of those who receive it in the nature and the Spirit in which it was given. It is the Spirit of the 'Word, rather than the letter, that gives lite Q qv and this should never be lost sight of in all of our teaching. This gives us a Q! L high standard tor the instruction of our youth, not the one commonly follow- 59 ed, but the real one and the only one of value. rf-.5 Q lllany schools seeing' the distressing' conditions that exist in almost every 9 eirele of lite believe that education, especially along the lines of religion, 5 will solve the problems and bring' us back to former standards of honor. So X L' many great sehools of religion are being' builded up, to which hundreds go to 0, learn how to bring in the golden age . These schools, alas, are Working on J the theory that a human Fhrist formulated a philosophy of living and a code Q of ethics, taug'ht the ln'otherhood of mankind and left us to work out our EQ salvation while in the ehains of depravity and the power of sin. They cause -... the t hristian religion to lose all of the presence and power of God, Christ Q and the Spirit and put it on the same plane of teaching as any other religion. ...- Q Thus the teaching' fails the ve1'y object for which it has been organized. Q Q The following' is so illuminating' that we are glad to quote it from Dr. Q5 - Patton: It is the incarnation that gives organic character to Scripture. It Qt is human g'uilt that eonstitutes the g1'eat presupposition of Revelation. It is S the doctrine of faith as man's repose to the overtures of love that meets the ty exigencies of man 's moral nature and makes the Bible the best and greatest Q message that man has ever had. Why, then. do men tell me that they wish J the Bible taug'ht religiously, but not doctrinallytl Vllhy do educated men who K9 Ca have been taug'ht to distinguish between the letter and the spirit show such proneness to mistake when they touch religious themes? Yet the wor1d.is full of men who speak in this way. These are men who stand in our pulpitis U '- and preach on the patience of Job and the moral courage of Danielg who find E9 material for sentimental sermons on the seasons. and practical sermons on the EQ Q importance of sleep, or the need of restricting emigration, but who are silent respecting the tremendous fact of sin, and the dogmatic significance of atoning blood. CContinued on page 365 Q Q QQEFSQQEGQQZZESQQEGQQQEFSQQHGQQZKESa -34-

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1 we comma if Th 1 ' 1 eo og1ca Q 19 CHRISTIAN PERFECTION ATTAINABLE - G3 :.- .... Q Tl1e doctrine of Christian Perfection is one illili is very vital, yet often 1l1lSUl1ClG1'SlOOd even ---- J aniong' professors of that state of grace. E3 ca Let 11s see iirst just what We mean by this C9 9. iU1'lll. In the Bible, some of tl1c words whicl1 car- ry the saine import are holiness , sanctifica- 2, tion and perfect lovc.'l By s11cl1 a state, we do 11ot l1l1ll0l'SiEillCl abso- Q lute perfection, for llotl alone has that. Neither Q do we 1110311 tlllQ'L'll4' perfection, which belongs P tnily to llllfilllvll angielsi lxlor yet clolxyc inlrply I 11 u , ,1 1 1 c aniic Jertet-tio11, w 1ic 1 at 111its ot 110 1 emis or SUbIh BURNH defect, lihysically or othcrwiscg for as long as W0 Q9 have these fallen bodies wc are liable to llli'll'llliilt'N, ignoraiice. and mistakes. Q3 ci No more does it imply exemption from iL'lllPiElll0ll, for Christ who was spot- 63 3 less in holiness, was subject to se1'e1'1-'ftt-111ptatio11 for forty days and nights fo ll11ll1GCll2llt'ly after the descent of the Holy Ghost 11po11 Hi111. .Q It clocs, l10WL'VCl', imply the exclusion ot all sin from the heart and tho Z 5' possession of the pure love of Hocl. lt si11'11ities a cleaiising' Hfl'0ll1 all filthincss of the tiesh and spirit and thc possession ot the L1'l'3Cl0llS cluster of the fruit G9 5 1 ' ' - , ' Q' . 'Q l i11 tlalations 5:22 23. xv of th1 Spllli was 1l1s11.1b11l lljw5i. vl' 111 .fl I 'I H pl K1 K ' I Q, -... Vtlcsley s tlCl'lllltl0ll ot Lh11st1a11 pc-1111-t1o11 ls box 1115.1 trocl W1tl1 all 0111 EJ heart. 111i11r,l, so11l and st1'c11g1'tl1. 'l'l1is,'l he says, implies that no wrong ci tcniper, 11o11c 0o11t1'ary to love, l'Gll'l2llllS i11 the soul, and tllill all the thoughts, tp! words. and actions, are Ql'0Vt'l'llCCl by pure lox'e.'l U The question 11ow arises as to its necessity. ls it Illt'l't'ly a privilegrc with 110 special obligation attat-ln-tl, or is it a requisite to an l'llil'2llll't' i11to Heaven? 31 The Lord 11ot only says, This is the will ot Hotl, even yo11r sanctitiea- tion, b11t He gives the explicit COIlllll2lllCl, lie ye holy . and to make sure that J there be 110 DllfillllClQI'SiilllCllllQ,' as to tilt' necessity of l1cart purity, He refers to Q9 Qi it as Holiness witl1o11t which 110 1111111 shall sec the Lord , E3 Now, realizing the ncctl of such l1cart cleansing let 11s see when and how it is toibe obtained. Q I tr. Qi It IS 1l0t, as some suppose, attainable o11ly at the time of death, bllf IS a fll- rect and l11Slill1iil11COllS operation of the lloly Spirit, 1-t't'1-ated i11 tl1c hearts of Q true believers, at a11y time Sllll'Ofllll'llt to 1'C,Q'l'Ill'l'ElllOll. Tl1is work of tho G3 Q' Spirit takes place when tl1c seeking' i11clivi1l11al Slll7lllliS wl1olly and unreservecl- ly to God and exercises faith i11 Hi111. 1, 'Tl1Ollg'l1 lllillly stumble at the simple naked faith required to obtain perfect A purity, it is as reasonable as illly orclinary business ll'2lllSUC'flOll. When one S C9 reckons with his creditors and l1as paid all, he reckons himself free. So then, Q9 as Christ had paid the full price for the sanctitication ot all, lll' who will n1ay reckon himself I11deed dead 11nt0 sin and hc will at that vcry D1OIll011i be- come fully Alive 1111to God. 't Ho may tl1c11 exclainiz H'Tis cloncg th011 tlost tl1is lll0lll0lli save q With full salvation bless. P Q Reclelnption illI'01l51'll thy blood I have, And spotless love and peace. -Susie S. Bnrseh. 100, ,