THE SECOND COMING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18322, 12 February 1923, Page 9

THE SECOND COMING.

Sir—ln Monday's Herald "Preacher," discussing my previous letter, assumes that all reasonable folk will have no difficulty in drawing their conclusion. With ' that statement I heartily agree, for when a man can uphold and endorse the minute of conferencethat General Booth's earliest gospel left men's hearts cold to-day—and afterwards challenge anyone to say that denomination has departed • from the old gospel, it seems rather strange lo<ri<\ General Booth was a trained Methodist minister, and his whole teaching and profiling from a doctrinal standpoint was on a par with John Wesley. I venture to predict that the work done by either of thc&j men will remain long after the present school of modernise higher critics and deniers of the Lord's coming will have passed away and their names be forgotten. It is evident by the prolonged mission of Dr. Oliver that thousands of hearts have been warmed by the old Gospel, instead of being left cold. May I suggest that if any of the fault-finders with Dr. Oliver's methods has anything better for the it-oral and spiritual uplift of their fellow citizens, now is a favourable opportunity to start their campaign, and matters will -be honestly judged by the fruits they produce. Ex-Methodist,