"I never heard it just this way," he said. "The way you folks put it it's a personal matter and I never could believe that. I believe there is some great Supreme Being; but I do not believe in a personal God. I think that after you die you get what's coming to you; but you people say that you're saved right now and you know it. That can't be."
In the inquiry meeting, Morton took his Bible and sat down beside
Dr. Snyder. "Doctor, read that verse," he said, opening his
Bible to John 5:24.
"Verily, verily I say unto you, he that heareth My Word and believeth on Him that sent me, hath——"
"Does that mean, 'will have'?" asked Morton.
"No, 'hath,' is in the present tense," said the doctor.
"'Hath everlasting life', then, means that we have it now, don't it, doctor?"
"That is what it says, sir."
"Now look at Isaiah 53:6," said Morton.
"All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way and the Lord hath laid——"
"Not 'will lay'," said Morton. "'Hath laid' upon Christ 'the iniquity of us all.' Does that mean you, doctor?" asked Morton.