Christian missions and social progress; a sociological study of foreign missions . so substantially the same article in his volume entitled The Gospel Message, pp. 263-291. (A bibliography of literature on the subjectaccompanies these articles.) Cf. also The Missionary Review of the World, February,March, April, and May, 1897, articles by the Rev. D. L. Gifford, on PolygamousApplicants: What Missionaries Think Should Be Done with Them; Laurie, Missions and Science (The Ely Volume), p. 482; Report of the Mission Con-ference, London, 1888, vol. ii., pp. 51-81 ; Report of the Missionary Conferenc
Christian missions and social progress; a sociological study of foreign missions . so substantially the same article in his volume entitled The Gospel Message, pp. 263-291. (A bibliography of literature on the subjectaccompanies these articles.) Cf. also The Missionary Review of the World, February,March, April, and May, 1897, articles by the Rev. D. L. Gifford, on PolygamousApplicants: What Missionaries Think Should Be Done with Them; Laurie, Missions and Science (The Ely Volume), p. 482; Report of the Mission Con-ference, London, 1888, vol. ii., pp. 51-81 ; Report of the Missionary Conferenceof the Anglican Communion, 1894 (George A. Spottiswoode, Editor), pp. 281-303 ; The Presbyte7-ian and Reformed Review, April, 1896, article by the Rev. S. , , on The Baptism of Polygamists in Non-Christian Lands; ThePresbyterian Messenger, June 20, 1895, article by Professor B. B. Warfield, on theexegetical interpretation of l Tim. iii. 2, 12, under the title The Husband of OneWife; The Monthly Messenger of the Presbyterian Church of England, October,1897, p. < X2 K ^ o- H o THE SOCIAL RESULTS OF MISSIONS 211 It appears to a plain student of the Bible almost beyond dis-pute that the Church of Christ cannot recognize a man while still apolygamist as a member of Christs body.^ Such a step would createa perilous state of uncertainty as to the inviolability of the moral pre-cepts of Christianity, and open the door to a plausible advocacy ofthe suspension of Christian standards wherever expediency seemed tojustify it. The supposed authorization for the admission of polygamists tothe Church is based upon an inference drawn from the instruction ofPaul to Timothy (i Tim. iii. 2, 12) that a bishop then must be blame-less, the husband of one wife. This is interpreted as implying beyondreasonable doubt that there were men of good and regular standingin the Church of that day who possessed more than one wife. Canthis exegesis, built upon inference or imphcatio
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