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A New Revelation!

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO DIR. ToGSo !!
This world has been all along the victim
of delusion. But the era Of light has at
length arrived. The philosophers stone
has turned up. The sage Of Montcvino,"
has promulgcd "another gospel" Christ
aims you have been mistaken Hear and
repent Of your strange errors! You have
believed for eighteen centuries that IN Jesus
Christ, the blessed Savior, "mcrcy and
truth have met together, righteousness and
peace have kissed each other" and uron this
union your hope for Heaven was founded.
But profound crpositor p DIR. Tosno ap-
plies to himself, the apostle Of vineyards,
the last, greatest prophet, (or the wine-cup,)
this blessed prophecy. "Thc TRUTH" of wine
soaking, not of God, and "mercy," j. c., in
diligence to scined;bbers (not pardon to per-
tinent sinners) have met together (.ohimD
1.-The righteousness" Of free federation to all
who would make money out of the sins
and .trailties Of their fellow men, and
"peace" or truce to dram -scllers-these kiss
each other" in his new system Of gospel
truth.
"NosAing (says Dr. Togno) i'll the Bible
is so beautiful as the imagery of the zinc
and ,cine constantly recurring, and nothing
ougth to be held more sacred, because as
sociated with our holy religion, and because
its tenacious tendrils are so Jorci6ly inter
e1oaaed Nth its Fundamental doctrines"
Verify, we have read scripture to no pur-
pose! We must begin anew. We have
been searching for a Sapior, holy and spir-
ituaL in his character, as we'll rs lis bless
;ngs. But now we are told that we are
yrievously mistaken. Wine-REp WINE,
it is that gives its unity, beauty and consol-
atory power 10 the Book Of Cod True,
Christ is still there, but even lie is to be hon
ored, not for saving sinners, but because he,
once Ito prove his divinity turned miracu-
lously water into wine. This one fact Gr-
relevant of course) silences thousand
EARNINGS, and reverses all accepted rules Of
scripture Interpretation. Hcnceforth search
the scriptures, not for salvation, but fer s0i,,e
red s0ine. Let all WHO take out Licenses
buy Billie, TOO, and make It without fear
"hte man Of their counsel" And as they
deal out the poison ,ohicl kills both soul
and body, and behold before them the
drunkard'sh haggered form and wild deliri-
ous eye, "with fine frenzy roIling," let
them turn to the Bible, and read their ap-
prosai uicrc, in the "oft recurring mention
of red wine. We have no doubt the Sa
vior's miracle at Cana was the great fact
which converted DR.. Togno to Christianity
He never would have professed it, had hi
: Bible been silent on this uital subject. Th'
charm Of the whole system had been lost
What though It be written there that til
wicked sashall. drink ;of the pine Of til
v,ash Of God, poured out soithous mia
tsrs. And again, "the angel (of judg
rnent) shall thrust ia his sickle into Il.
earth, and gather ths oiae Of the cart
and east Il into tbs soiw press Of the to,ut
efGody ~ Yet eyeni in such awful truth.
his mind sees nothing but oonsolatios i
,yine maEsrs, and honor and sspayd to th
d;saule,y and yendeis Of alcohol. "a,
says DR.. Togno, ain the bsnd of ti,s lord