The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-22

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Utica. MY. Aug. 2l.-Pastor Rus
sell OF Brooklyn Tabernacle. preached
here twice today TO large audiences.
We report one OF bis. dIscourses from
the above text. he said in part:-
One OF the wonderful things about
the Bible and the Christianity founded
upon the Bibles teachings is the fact
that It contains so much sympathy
comfort for the bereayed. the sorrow
ing, the troubled. This is not true of
any other. book or any other religion
In the world. And who is there that
does not at some time In life need SYM
pathy, need encouragement. need a
powerful and loving friend such as our
Bible assures us our God is to all who
will. accept bis favor? F
But our great Adversary. Satan.
seeks to make the light appear dark
and the; darkness appear light. He
seeks to negative the testimonies of
Gods Word, and. to a very great de-
gree. his tlcceptions hive been success.
full. ms is witnessed by the creeds OF
Christendom. Practically all of our
creeds even Though they assert that
Cod "a srnc,ons mercifnl Kind and
LOVING con,rodjct- mis- DESCRIPTION ~
him and HIS plan for humanity in
monstrops forms, Gondish IN tho or
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- he ,arao-dins,,or and nroorrnnro-
man. =, ,rhatsnaror oomo. 70 n,ss ,rd
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hhown' ,orein'eiueu anu pro.tueu iot
oeiore tneit ereatlon' IS .nere con-
lott IN tnis IS s"el pun eoa'llNs
OF satanies eoliu any ih,e'lisent anu
good peins rejoice IN sueh a pan o.
damnauon or sincerely worship an AZ
mghtysGod VINO wouid SO misuse us
unlimited power 10 distress ms crea
lures. born In sin. shapen In inquiry
In sin did their mothers conceive tnem.
The minority OF Christian creeds De
clare the same results, but -that the'
were not designed OIL Coo. not lore
known by him. not predestlnated. Tue!
tell US In other words that we nave III
incompetent Goq, weil-meaninS. pu
deficient In wisdom anu III power. II
there any comfort, In this! would y
assuage the griet ana pain OF thos'
suffering In eternal torment II inc!
could De. assnfea2ihatr th hesl, lot va
SUCH, not because of SSpiyine4nremedlt;l
ton: and design. but peeauselot OWN
incompetence surely there is no com
Tort TO be lad RON such . view!
| After all. we Frotestants DID no
make much OIL an Improvement upol
the theory held by our .foreIather
against which We protested IN me sly
teentn eentury.ESurels pnrgatoria
fortunes OF a lew centuries are d
worse' no less comforting than GU
Protestant conceptions OF IN eternit
OF torture Tor AL the non-clecL ou
Catholic foreiathers manufactured lul
satory without a shred OF scriptur
upon which TO base the theory. the
built It In their imaginations: they II
vented Its fires and fortunes. gu
Protestant foretathers. using their III
aginauons. gave US an eternal former
hell-not more tangible not more scril
tural than Pursatory. They did IL
deed use scriptural term-sheo
hades. hell-but. overlooking the fac
that these words all signify ;hc stat
, OF DEATH the condition OF tile deaf
they wrested the language and wqrpe
1t In an uhscriptural manner to signii
torture. The penalty or wage of 81
Is death" They made OF 1t tortul
everlasting. without the slightest a
thority OF Scripture except misunde
stood and misapplied parable, whic
rightly understood. teaches total
different lesson. The false Gosp