A. A. JOHNSON, A. M., D. D., FOREWORD BY HENRY AUGUSTUS BUCHTEL, D. D., CINCINNATI: JENNINGS & PYE. [1901] THE NEW YORK 243552 ASTOR, LENOX AND 1902 COPYRIGHT, 1901, BY FOREWORD. DR. JOHNSON has had wide experience in presenting truth to men. As pastor, as presiding elder, as university president in Texas and in Wyoming, and now as pastor again, he has acquired the power to see truth from many standpoints. So, in his thought, only the fundamentals are fundamental. Indifference to these foundation truths of the Christian system is indifference to the program of God in the earth. Interest in these truths reveals a power to grasp the common-sensible in religion. The great revival which God is waiting to send to his Church must come from the right adjustment of ourselves to God and his program in the earth. Truth, which he has woven into the warp and woof of the entire Bible, must stand in our thought as essential. These nine foundation-truths are the real essentials: That God is our Father; that all men are brothers; that sin is not only a dreadful, but a deadly fact; that the Bible is inspired as no other literature in the world is inspired; that Christ is the Redeemer of man; that Christ has a definite mission to man; that there are clear steps into the new life; that the Holy Ghost is the fire of God to consume sin and purify the heart; and that the soul's vision of God is an intense and a most glorious reality. The fads of religion in our time are both numerous and harmful. Fads come usually in an age of comfort and leisure. St. Paul's method in dealing with fads was to say nothing about them, but to preach the truth. So, when we preach the truth with large intelligence and with Christ's mo tives, we render the best possible service to men and women who have come under the spell of the religious fads of our time. This booklet is a compendium of essential truth. It shows the way into the blessed life of conscious salvation. University Hall, HENRY A. BUCHTEL. University Park, Col., June 1, 1901. |