Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-07
PEOPLES
Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL,
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabernacle.


an interpreter, he was heard by all.
HIS address was delivered under the
auspices Of the INTERNATIONAL
BIBLE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION.
A profound impression was evidently
made, and Bible study surely received
considerable impetus. Many inclined
to scoff at religion and the Bible, as
interpreted In the past. said reyerent-
", III this be the Gospel Of Christ
It is worthy Of all acceptatlon." The
speaker said;
we, dear friends. are living in day
in which the leading minds Of the
world are rejecting the Bible and It's
message In all the great colleges Of
the world; yea, in the theological
seminaries also, the Bible is classed
as antique. Professed faith in the
Bible. as the inspired Word Of God,
today calls forth sneers Of ridicule and
the comment that such believers are
sunlearned" But. my hearers, ] am
before you today to contend that II is
not the Gospel OF Christ" that is De
ing rejected By the intelligence Of the
world but another Gospel that came,
not from Christ, neither from the ApOs-
ties. neither is it taught in the Bible
/ am here to claim, and to endeayor to
prove that the Bible is eminently log
ical. thoroughly reasonable. and that
the message 1t bears to those who have
"ears to hear" is the most wonderful
message that could possibly be pre-
aented to human heads and hearts.
We are not here to claim a new rev.
elation making void the Word Of God
through Jesus and the Apostles; we
are not here to twist and turn their
words to make them appear to mean
what they do not say we are here
to show that the Bible taken in its
simplicity. and allowed to interpret it.
self Is the most wonderful book in the
world and that the Divine Plan of Sal
walton therein set forth is soul-satisfy-
ing and. as the Scriptures declare, suf-
ficient. that the man Of God may be
thoroughly furnished unto every good
word and work"
Theories Of the Dark Ages"
We are not here, my friends. to set
forth any sectarlan views of the Scrip
lures. nor 70 advocate new theology.
BY no means; we have already too
many theologles; we nave already too
many sects or divisions Of Christ! We
want no more. Chrsteudom is awak-
enlng 10 the fact that the various con
dieting creeds cast discredlt on the Bi
bic. The creeds Of Christendom uni
vorsaily dlscredlt eachA other by their
interpretations and universally they
discrodlt the Bible which would be
surely most ridiculous book. II It
taught all the various conflicting dog
mas
However, / should not be misunder-
stood as making an attack upon any
creed, or upon the adherents Of any
freed. Rather suggest that we may
well look with sympathy upon all the
various creeds aud sects. realizing that
Gods people have been In Babylonish
confusion for now many centuries.
Did not the Apostle tell that great
falling away would come? Ql Thessa-
ionians Il, 81 should we then be sur
prsed II we tnd his words have come
true, that for afteen hundred years the
Church OF Chrlnt has been deeply en-
tangled with errors and superstltions,
which make void the Gospel Of Christ?
Let us not then stop to dnd fault with
our forefathers. and 10 upbraid them;
let us rather so far as possible, as
rsume their honesty, their sincerity.
Let as take the Bible standpoint. and
roalize that the difficulty has been the
power OF our Adversary the Devil
and that he has deluded and ensnared.
not only the heather world. but TO
considerable extent Christendom
Mark ST. pauls words. THE god OF
this world hath blinded the minds or
them which believe not. lest the glo-
rlous light OF Divine goodness should
shine into their hearts li Corinthians
Nv. A., The mtimntlon Is that our great
Adversary. Satan. IS Interested 10 de
ceiving mankind. respecting the glo-
rions character OF our God. and his
wonderful Plan OF Salvation through
Christ. Satan uses as bis tools the
very best Of humanity that he can
bring urder his control, and nothing Ia
more evident than that he has com
pleiely deuded the heather world
With what the Apostle terms, doc
trines OF devils Not only so, but
10 the extent that he was able 10 do
80, be has evidently worked mischief
with the various reformatlons aud
ereeds or Christendom, Thank Nod
that 30 did not g,lu entire control OF
any OF these Thank God that there
is center or nucleus of truth ia each
OF these creeds. aud around that ker-
mel OF truth. germinating power may
b. felt Ia every denomination but the
Adversary has wrapped these ereeds
with layer after layer OF mlslransln-
ton and INSTRUMENTATION.
IN tho light OF our day. many are
able to discern more clearly than did
our foreiaihers The monstrous and
Cod.dlshonorine fallacies Of the creeds,
and. aroused 70 disgust they have ee
1ocled The irrational dogmass but they
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