FOREWORD These discourses were prepared and delivered to my own congregation, with no thought of publication. It is not because I feel that I have any superior wisdom on these subjects to offer the world, but out of deference to the urgent requests of many friends, that I have consented to their appearance in permanent form. In a spirit of kindness and with a willingness to accept all that is good in any ism, these subjects have been considered. It is my sincere desire that they may be received in the same spirit, and that they may contribute to the cause of truth. First Baptist Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana. J. N. FIELD. CONTENTS PAGE Dowieism, or the Modern Elijah; the Man and his Eddyism, or Some Facts about Christian Science... Mammonism, or the Mad Race for Money...... 68 Agnosticism, or Doubt as to the Existence of God... MORMONISM, OR, THE SO-CALLED LATTER-DAY SAINTS. For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for even Satan fashioneth himself into an angel of light. 2 Cor. 11:13-14, R. V. For of these are they that creep into houses, and take captive silly women laden with sins, led away by divers lusts, ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 2 Tim. 3:6–7, R. V. 'HE age of intolerance has passed. Ours TH is a land of unrestricted religious liberty. We have come to believe that it is each man's inalienable right to follow the dictates of his conscience. But, conscience or no conscience, a man can not stand on a hole in the ground, nor should he be permitted to stand on a foundation that is morally rotten. When it comes to this, that a society springs up in this land of liberty whose teaching and practice are a violation of the laws of God and of the laws of society, and whose spirit is antagonistic to the government, it is time to draw the line, even though that society calls itself a church of Christ, which is evidently a misnomer. It seems that these texts, written by divine inspiration, were intended for the self |