Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-03-01

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ing the dogmas of the past, have re-
jected the Bible also, believing that
the teachings of the creeds truthfully
represent Gods Word. These are wan
dering hither and thither, hungering
and thirsting, looking for the bread of
! life and water of life, and finding it
nowhere, because rney seek not where
alone it Is to be found
"Ho, Every One That Thirsteth, Come
Ye."
Ho, Ye all that hunger for Truth.
] Come We. There is an abundance for
us all in our Heavenly Fathers Won
derful provision-in the Bible. Desert
ing all the creeds and traditions CT
men, let US gather at our Heavenly
Fathers Board as his family, as his
children. Let us prove the truthful
ness of his declaration that Like as a
father pitch his children. so the Lord
pitieth them that reverence him." Let
US seek and obtain the satisfying por-
ton. Let us satisfy our longings at
the table of Divine provision. Mark
the Lords words and consider how
truthful they are, Blessed are they
that hunger and thirst after righteous
ness, for they shall be filed" (Matthew
v, @. 1t is this Truth-hungry class
that we address, We know their
heart-longings. for we had the same.
We know the satisfaction which they
crave, for we have received it and are
therefore doubly glad to hand forth
the bread of life ard the water of life
to those who desire it. There are
plenty ready to serve the appetites of
those who long for pleasure-ball
games, society fetes. chess, travel, etc.
We have not word to say against
these. 1t is not our thought that they
are going to eternal torment hence we
do not frantically beset them, annoy
them. Let them have their pleasure
Let them wait for the time to come
when something may occur in their
experiences which will put them into
the class of the broken-hearted and
contrite of spirit and cause them to
feel after God, if haply they might
| find him as a satisfying portion. In
| harmony with the Masters direction,
it is our aim to blind up the broken
hearted; to comfort those that mourn"
to tell them of the oil of joy which the
Lord is willing to bestow for their
| spirit Of heaviness and sorrow for sin
| isaiah Xxi. 1-3). AS the Master ex-
| pressed no reproof of those engaged
in any form of moral reform, even
asceticism. so ii is with us. We desire
| to oppose no one who is doing any
good work. whether he follow with us
in every particular or not. There are
so many engaged in doing evil works,
and so few engaged in doing good, that
not one of the latter class can be
spared from the ranks of the service of
| righteousness,
| AS the Master did not give his time
| to temperance reform, nor social re-
| form, nor political reform, but did
| give his time to the instruction of the
| people in the doctrines of the Divine
! Word, so let us be intent to follow
teaching for doctrines the precepts OF
| men, but the Word of God, which liv-
| eth and abideth forever-expoundin
unto the people the Scriptures and as
| SiSting them to see the length and
| breadth of their meaning. Neverthe-
less, as the religious teachers of the
| Masters day hated Jesus and his dis
| ciples FOR this cause, Because they
| taught the people," and prosecuted
| them because they did not walk In
| the beaten paths of their day, so we
| may expect also to be hated without
| cause; so we may expect that the
| scribes and Pharisees and Doctors of
| the people are taught, because the
| light of the knowledge of the glory of
God shining in the face of Jesus Christ
| is presented to the neople as an in
| centiye to love and obedience, instead
! of the doctrine of eternal torment. 1t
| matters not that all the educated min
istry today well know, and would not
| for a moment deny. their disbelief in
| the doctrine of eternal torment, if
] cross-questioned Nevertheless many
of them hate us and oppose us, be-
cause we show the people the true
| interpretations of Gods Word, and lift
| before the eyes of their understand
| ing a God Of Love, Just, Merciful,
Righteous altogether. and fully capa-
BILE both in wisdom and power to work
out all the glorious designs which he
''purposed in himself before the foun-
dalton of the world"
| "a They perceive that the teaching
Of the doctrines of Purgatory and eter-
nal torment has not had sanctify
ing influence upon mankind in all the
sixteen centuries in which it has been
preached. They fear that to deny
] these doctrines now would make a
! bad matter worse. They fear that il
the Gospel of the Love of God and Of
| the Bible-that it does not zach eter-
nal torment for any-were made gen
orally known, the effect upon the
world would be to increase its wicked
ness, to make life and property less
secure than now and to fill the world
still more, than now with blasphemies
(2) They fear also that certain
| amount of discredit would come to
themselves because. knowing that the
| Bible does not teach eterIial torment
according to-the Hebrew and Greek
original, they secreted the knowledge
from the people. They fear that this
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