Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-11-26

s Hi "HEREAFTER.'
III We report his other
xxg3Ss Ill sermon of the same
date based upon
Mark xvi, is, 10.
NHeA2l The or
launched Immediately into his subject,
declaring the wisdom of the Provero
which says that dead flies cause pre-
cious ointment to stink. He remarked
the truthfulness of this in respect to the
Bible. 1t Is a precious ointment OF sweet
odor, but certain flies have gotten into
1t whose corruption have destroyed the
perfume OF the Divine records II. the estl-
nation of many-an intelligent and grow
ing nunnber Some of these dead flies
were mistranslations; some of them mis-
interpretations, and some of them, includ-
ing his text, were interpolations-unau-
thorized additions to the Scriptures as
originally written.
Many Use Spurious Texts.
Speaking of his text he remarked that
all of the sixteenth chapter of Mark from
the ninth verse to the end is now well
known to all scholars as an addition mace
to what St. Mark wrote. 1t has been
known for years to all Bible scholars that
the two Oldest Greek manuscripts known
to the world end the Book of Mark with
the preceding verse 49,. And these two
OiuSSI IAdiluSGIi pls bClOhs =" e
Century. Evidently, therefore. this add
ton to the Scriptures was made about
four hundred years after st. Marks
death. Why the ministers Of ChristendoEn
fail to inform the Christian public OF what
they all know or should know, Pastor
Russell did not pretend to say. Why
many of them use these spurious verses
as texts to sermons without explaining
that they are spurious was not for him
to Judge. He would say, however, that
some used these verses because they suit
ed their theories as no other verses in the
Bible would do.
Pastor Russell noted also how some
Jealous Christians used his text as a club
upon other Christians, claiming that ii
they are not baptized with water they
will surely be damned, millions of them
| even claiming that 1t must be by an i'm
mersion in water. And by damned they
mean eternally, eyerlastingly tormented
by fre-proof devils. They go further and
make this spurious addition to Gods
Word the basis of the theory that the
Church is responsible for the Christian
cation Of the world, and that every
heather who does not believe and who is
not b~aptIzed-sone say, imraersed-will be
damned to eternal torture for their unbe-
lief and lack of baptism. Thus this squirt
Gus statement dlshonors God, a~ntagonizes
all sensible minds, and makes narrower
and harder those who can and do believe.
Ability to Drink Poison.
Pastor Russell declared that many
Christian people had their faith shaken
in respect TO their own relationship to
God because of the statements following
his text-to the effect that all believers
would have the power to cast out devils,
to speak with new tongues, to handle
serpents without injury, to drink deadly
poison without injury, and to lay hands
on the sick and cause recovery. Many
worldly minded people. reading these
statements, declare them TO be buncomb,
or else that the Church of Christ has lost
a power which 1t should still possess. And
yet intelligent ministers quote these spu-
rlous words instead of informing the peo-
pie that they are no part of Gods Mes
sage and hat they are not true. Pastor
Russell admitted that the Scriptures do
teach that miracles of tongues, healings.
etc, were permitted In the days of the
Apostles for the purpose Of establishing
the infant Church. But he claimed that
such powers were communicated, accord
ing to the Scriptures, by the laying on of
the Apostles hands: hence that. as soon
as the Apostles were dead and those upon
whom they had laid their hands, and
conseeutiveiy those who had received the
Apostolic blessing and gifts OF the holy
Spirit were dead. all those miracles and
healings naturally ceased, as st. Pau
foretold Il Corinthians Kill, 81.
"Let Him That Hath an Ear Hear
Coming back to his text the speaker
declared that the Gospel was to b'
preached in every nation, not with &
view to converting all of mankind, but
as man, Scriptures show, as a witnes!
to the world and for the selection from
among the world of a little flock" O.
saints-'called, chosen and faithful'-t'
constitute Messiah's associates in his Me
diatoriaI Kingdom, which shortly Is t.
bless humanity with glorious opportuni
ties of knowledge and uplifting influences
which win restore the willing and obedi
ent to full harmony with God, full re
lease from sin and death, sorrow an
pain. to life eternal as parfect men In
Worldwide Paradise restored"
Pastor Russell declared that the obtec
and purpose of the Gospel everywhere
not to the Jew only, but to every people
could be easily demonstrated TO all hay
ing faith ia God. To claim that God Ia
tended the Gospel to convert the work
and to kno that 1t has not done so.
to destro% faith in God and to destro
hope in respect TO any glorious outconl
to the Divine Plan OF Salvation; for thos
who claim that God intended the preach
ing OF the Gospel to accomplish tn
worlds conversion must admit that 1t ha
Incompetence A0 5aNA RAAR0E@ AIN
Gods plan has been a failure for eightee
centuries what hope could any ons hav
that IL ever would be a success?
On the contrary, however, the Scrif
lures declare that the purpose and objeC
OF the Gospel Ia TO gather out an 'seiect
or select class from anongst humanity
to test and approve this little flock" a
to their willingness to follow In the foo
steps OF their Redesnaer. and to glorif
these by the power of the First Resul
reetion" In the end Of this Age, whe
the f~oreordained number shall have bee
selected. This, the proper view OF I'll
Gospel Of Christ, is fully upheld and sui
stimulated Us true by the history Of sighi
esn centuries. Thus we are seeing fui
filed she Divine Message through Ia
Prophet. MY Word that hal gone fort
cut Of my mouth shall not return unit
me void. II shall prosper In the thin
whsgete / zsnt tt.v IL Is sent 10 eatae
sh@ slect and Il will &csomnlisA the ID
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