The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-12
PULPIT.
(WHICH
Is THE TRUE
GOSPELp"
Il am not ashamed Of the gospel
Of Christ" (Romans j. l6).

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/ work Is to proclaim the true Gospel
to incite Christian people to Bible
study In the light Of the Bibles own
testimony and without sectarian spec
tacles. which, in the past, have so dis
torted the Word of God and set 1t
forth in false colors.
AS Christian people come to see the
grossness Of the errors by which they
have been blinded. the light not only
has a blessed and transforming effect
upon their minds, but 1t influences
their pocketbooks also. They no
longer appreciate the business" meth
DDS of the Alliance nor the brand of
Gospel which 1t sets forth. The more
Gods people come TO correct under
standing of the teachings of his Word,
the smaller will be the collections of
the Christian Alliance. That is the
real secret of their opposition. | would
that 1t were true that they would new
er take up another collection at Old
| Orchardl The heather have already
had too much of their Gospel of dam
nation. Gods name has already been
slandered and blasphemed enough by
the false Gospel message-that nine
hundred and ninety-nine out Of every
thousand of humanity ever born are to
suffer eternal roasting because of IA
ther Adams sin and the ignorance, stu
pidlty and meanness which have re-
suited.
Let the Truth Prevail.
II the Intelligent men connected with
the Alliance really believe the horri-
BILE nightmare OF the Dark Ages which
they are proclaiming as the Gospel OF
Christ, then. OF course, they are ex-
cusable for preaching 1t. 1t is not for
others to judge OF their honesty In tlds
matter, but II Is for others to decide
that they will no longer assist or CO.
operate I'm the spread Of such horrible
trayesties upon the Divine character
no longer assist financially or otherwise
in binding cpon the poor heather at
home and abroad increased ignorance
and superstition.
Everybody knows that the word Cos
pei signifies good tidings." And every
body ought to know that as Christian
people. we have for centuries mlsused
the word. applying 1t TO the bad It'd
lngs of great misery to all people, ex-
cept the mere handful Of the elect. We
dlu this because It was handed down
to us by our forefathers. What Jesus
said to the Jews has been true Of US
as Christians. "Ye do make void the
Law Of Cod through your traditions"
Thank God that, as IN the natural
world he is sending us now the electric
light instead or tne tallow candle, so
through Bible study helps. concord
ances, etc, his Word (the Lamp to his
peoples footsteps until the day dawn,
Is now shining brighter than ever be-
fore.
Which 10 the True oospel2
Catholic and Protestant orthodoxy
have set forth for centuries two gen
eral views of the Gospel of Christ. To
whatever extent they, now Disagree
with these they should publicly dis
own aud abandon them. Until then
they are besmirched with whatever
odium attaches,
The Catholic Gospel Good Tidings)
Is that all the heather, all Catholics
and all Protestants, except mere
handful. go to Purgatory of awful
suffering. terrible anguish. lasting for
decades. centuries and thousands Of
years, roasting. boiling, agonizing, and
thus purging away their sins and dross
that they may ultimately attain TO
heavenly bliss for the remainder Of
eternity. II that Is good tidings 1t can
be considered such only in contrast
with something more horrible, II that
be imaginable.
Our Protestant Gospel.
Our Protestant Gospel, Of which we
are so proud that we want to thrust
| 1t upon Jews aud Catholics and heath
ems everywhere, we should thoroughly
understand. enjoy and appreciate be-
fore we waste good time and money
giving II to others. Here II is: Four
centuries ago our forefathers were not
Protestants but Catholics and believed
In Purgatory, etc, as above. Then
what was known as the Reformation
Movement set in. Catholics. Jews and
lnfidels will admit with Protestants
that great blessing of enlightenment
and civilization has come to the world
in the train OF the Reformation Move
ment. But none OF us Is prepared to
admit that the RefOrmers were per-
feet, nor their work perfect.
The Reformers criticized the Catho-
lie teachings which they had former
ly believed They examined their
Bibles and found nothing there to the
effect that Mary was the mother Of
God, nor that we should pray to saints,
nor that we should use pictures or i'm
ages In our worship, nor that their
sacrifice of Christ In the mass was
proper. nor that there was Purga-
tory anywhere. The RefOrmers threw
out these things as unscriptural. They
completely demolished Purgatory In
their minds. declaring that II had new
er been anything more than imagina'
tion. Then came another Thought, viz:
What must Me do with the thousands
OF millions of mankind that we and
our fathers for centuries supposed