The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-27

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topic@ land to find therein5 the appfSs
priatefscpiptures citedl Ministers asg
them .thust when composing special
sermons and addressesAS5 s. III II
Nowall this sounds very good and
/ wonders how many unsuspectinK
souls have been caught with these
smooth words. For the author Of
those books is a religious Ishmaelit /;
every yman,sjhand lis against him and
his hand against every one. He Is at
war with all the denominations and
ambitious to be the founder of a new
sect, and has actually accomplished
that much. His adherents are chiefly
proselyted from the denominations Of
Christendom, and a,number Of simple
,Ghristiansahave been perverted. by Ills
theories and turned away from, tie
ILord'schurc6 to!follow9his sect. az
has of4late aspired to biggerrthInss
and, / do not kno@itog what 'extsntts
posed as aaprophet himself, and i1qt
merely an intetpretefsof ptophesSS
Ilbutllaiti ciaimito being in. a speed L
sense shat setVAntrpartlcularly 4Sfs
toned and pointed out An Matt 24ss IS,
46-ra ,cIaimE 1yAi 9hisb more enthus
siastic, followers sarasalktoo ready to
accept But. IL heaisia}p prophet his
methods 1 declare him to he of the
kind. ofiwhom Jesus said they shall
come inyaheep's clothipgsthe while In.
wardly, they areravening' wolves. His
peculiar, yiewsa dnnsistingiof: a new
Iamalgamation al errors as old as the
history of Christian doctrine, with
enough admixture of truth and Of mu-
tllated, misapplied, and mistnterpret.
ed scripture quotations to make It all
plausible, are most heartily hated and
combatted the Christian denomina-
lions Of which he speaks; and no one
knows that so well as the gentleman
himself. These books he so kindly
offers you for aanominal price, and
THAT bear the fair names Bible Stud
les" and Helping Hand" are nothing
in the.owoFld -abut'ythe "Millennial
Dawn& whose verysnane has been Of
a long timelin bad SAVIOR in the Chris.
tlan world, ongaccountgof which the
shrewa father Dof them changes the
name t1Gillennial DAWN to "studles
lin .thepseriptures, %,iand offers them
afresh; to Young Peoples Societies Of
Christian EndeavoFFsBaptist Young
People's1aUn Dpw6rth leagues,
land to all GhristiaInpeople IN general,
as a digestsof .scripsafar truth and a
treasury;io of scripture knowledge from
which to draw material for essays and
talks and information for perplexed
inquirers with the reassuring state
ment that ministers" so use them.
Now that, to my mind, caps the eli.
max, Of brazen guile and impudence
and insulting trickery to all these
Christian denominations that is hard
to bear and ought not, be borne. II
obtaining money by false pretense is
felony, no less Of a wrong is It tosob-
tain confidence or5even hearing on
false pretense. ssuchDatfrauds should
be exposed as widely and opening as
BIT is praotloed, and, every soul, should
| be made TO see the. cloyeh'foot Of the
author and theApromplgatersof these
volumes, Charles T. Russell formerly
| Of Allegheny, Pasraad now toi; Brook.
llyn, sN.sYi u ts,1J mn S.s 81
IL Mr.. Russell5oI any other man
wishes 70. present peculiar doctrine,
he has, humanity speRlt king fright te
lido so s,and. the sincerity Of his purpose
and belief is not to be called in dues-
ton, without compelling reason, how
ever false in itself the doctrine may
be. And II the man wants to litter the
United States and the world with his
books and tracts. that also Is his PRIV.
ilege. II he comes out like man and
says 'eThis is my doctrine, and ! be-.
lieye 1t to be the truth, and I wish all
men to read It and test It by the Bi-
Ible,e 1t would be no less than fair.
Even II he would say nothing at all,
and simply sell and scatter his books
without explanation and lei then'