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CURRENT COMMENT.
My friend, Rev. Byron Beall, asks
space for the following communication:
ToThk Editoe:
My old antagonist. Colonel Smith,
editor of The Coubieb, asks a question
in last week's issue of this paper, which
I take great pleasure in answering. No
young man of his evident sincerity shall
thirst after light which I may possess,
and have such light refused. He says,
"Lectures and 6ermons for 'men only'
are a late invention," and he asks 6ince
when, I would ask Mr. Beall, has it be
come necessary to exclude women from
religious services in the house of God
on the Sabbath day?"
I fear the Colonel's intense labors on
his paper has not given him that leisure
to read his Bible that I trust be longs
for, or he would not have made the
statement that meetings "for men only
are a late invention. Let us go back
some 3,000 years in the history of the
world, and opening our Bibles at 2 Sam
uel, chapter 12, we shall find an account
of a minister by the name of Nathan
who had a service to which but one
man came, but he was a king by the
name of David. The preacher's subject
might have been well called, "Home
Guards Broken Down in Jerusalem by a
King," or "Adultery Exposed." And by
the-use of a parable he caused bis
audience of one to pronounce a hot judg
ment against himself for the murder of
Uriah that he might secure his wife,
the one f-pot on the otherwise fair name
of Isreal's great king. Would God that
all lectures to "men only" were as effect
ive as this one. "Thou art the man,
said the Rev. Nathan, and David re
plied. "I have sinned against the Lord,
and bowed his head in penitence and
Thame. Here is a meeting for "men
only" and the results were good. Col.
Smith says, 'It is questionable if any
good cames from these so called lectures
for 'men only.' Ministers who are re
sponsible for them are liable to criti
cism. I dare say that when it became
known throughout Jerusalem that Par
son Nathan had charged home upon
King David his crime of murder and
adultery there was criticism. But this
case will at least set aside the statement
that sermons for "men only are a late
invention. Not so very late, beloved.
But let me give one more case; this
time let us go back a little more than
1900 years. The preacher is John the
Baptist, an awfully sensational preacher.
The whole country was moved by his
preaching. He had an audience with
King rferod one day, and be chose for a
text, maybe. Lev. 20:21. "If a man shall
take his brother's wife it is an unclean
thing. And he preached "a sensational
sermon" that cost him his head, for this
was precisely the sin of Herod. Another
illustration of your statement, perhaps,
'that "it is questionable if any good
comes from these so called lectures 'for
men only. John surely found out that
"ministers who are responsible for them
are liable to criticism. Herod clearly
was of your opinion that "there has
been far too much said about this sub
ject in this city. And as you say, he
felt that "it is desirable to call a halt."
And he called it. If John was trying,
at you quote from Philip Brooks, "to
ketp himself before people's eyes by
somekind of intellectual f antasticalness
he failed, because that sermon for "men
only" buried him.
This instance disposes, at least, of
Editor Smith's statement that "sermons
for men only are late inventions." But
let us come a little closer. There is no
man of his generation that stands higher
in the religious world as a sound gospel
preacher than D. L. Moody, and he
holds services for men only everywhere
he goes. I attended such a service at
Omaha. And so does almost every
prominent evangelist in America, with
thousands of pastors. I trust this time
Colonel Smith was sa industriously
studious of his Bible that somehow he
failed to read the papers of this city
which have teemed with notices of such
meetings. Evangelist Chapman held
meetings here from which all women
were "excluded," which is not such a
hardship when yon stop to consider
that there are always a score of churches
to which women can go during the time
of the special meetings. Why, bless
you. Colonel, there are two "separate
services held for the two two sexes" each
Sabbath and have been for years, the
Y. M. C. A. holding one and the Y. W.
C A. conducting the other. Wake up!
Let no one think that I object to hon
est criticism. I welcome it, and at any
time that Colonel Smith may think that
I am going astray as a preacher, I trust
he will not fail to call me back to the
path of duty. At the same time, to
quote Philip Brook on sensational,
preaching "I think there is a great deal
of nervous uneasiness" on the part of
a few editors about their bretherh
of the ministry that is uncalled
for. When you intimate that
there was many boys to my services for
men as you do when you 6ay, "when
young boys flock to hear eta," you are
mistaken. In that large audience there
were not, I think, five boys under eigh
teen. I lay down this proposition.
-Sensational, perhaps. A minister who
has taken the full theological course,
and has had from ten to twenty years in
actual work, while by no means above
criticism, is as likely to know how to
preach the gospel as the average news
paper man.
Bveok Beall.
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The light which Rev. Beall would give
me comes darkly and ungrammatically.
I would hardly feel safe in taking it as
a lantern unto my footsteps. It is un
certain. Mr. Beall does not credit me
with a knowledge of the Bible and pre
suming on my ignorance and the
ignorance of the public he takes
liberties with the Scripture that are de
serving of rebuke. In seeking to dis
prove the statement that religious
meetings for "men only" are a late in
vention he makes two Biblical citations
that are conspicuously absurd. Mr.
Beall says: '-In Samuel we shall find
an account of a minister by the name of
Nathan who had a service to which but
one man came, but he was a king by
the name of David." What are the facts?
Did Rev. Nathan really prepare a meet
ing for "men only," and advertise his
sensational performance for weeks iu
the daily papers, and seek to attract the
multitude? There is nothing in the
Scripture about any meeting for men
only or any sensational advertisement.
The minister was tent. The Bible sajs:
"And the Lord sent Nathan unto David
and he came unto him," etc The Rev.
Nathan's conduct was seemly, and
there was nothing in the confidential
interview with David to suggest a com
parison with Rev. Beall's widely adver
tised bombastic public performance for
"men only." Rev. Nathan appears tc
have had something like an adequate
conception of ministerial dignity. M r.
Beall says; "Would God that all
lectures for 'men only' were as affective
as this one." It ought not to be neces
sary to ask a minister to read his Bible
carefully; but Mr. Beall could probablv
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make no better use of his time than in
giving a more thorough study to the
Scripture which is the foundation of his
teaching. The Rev. Nathan's confiden
tial talk with David is comparable to
the lectures for "men only" in only one
respect in that it had no effect what
ever. The Rev. "Nathan's conversation
with David took place in 1034 B. C,
and the king lived in sin until he died
nineteen years later. He did not, after
hearing what Rev. Nathan had to say
depart from Bath-Sheba, Uriah's wife
but continued with her, and Solomon
was born unto them. How was Rev,
Nathan's talk effective?
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