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name before. Their opposition 30 us
is ON the lines Of general principles
mentioned by the Great Teacher, "The
darkness hateth the light IAN things
that are reproved are made manifest
by the light" Ephesians v, 49,. Our
work Is to proclaim the troe Gospel
to incite Christian people b Bible
study In the light Of the Bfbiets own
testimony and without sectarian spec
tacles, which, In the past, have 80 dis
torted the Word Of God and set 1t
forth In false colors.
As Christian people come to see me
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 win be the collections of
the Christian Alliance. That Is the
real secret of their opposition would
that It were true that they would new
er take up another collection at Old
Orchard! 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-ntDe out Of every
thousand Of humanity ever born are to
suffer eternal roasting because Of ia
Their Adams SIN and the ignorance, stu
pidtty and meanness which have re-
suited
Let the Truth Prevail
II the Intelligent men connected with
the Alliance really believe the horr1-
BILE nightmare of the Dark Ages which
they are proclaiming as the Gospel of
Christ then, Of course, they are ex-
cusable for preaching It II is not for
others to Judge Of their honesty IN this
matter, but 1t Is for others 10 decide
that they Will no longer assist or Co
operate in the spread Of such horrible
travesties upon the Divine character
no longer assist financially or otherwise
in binding upon the poor beathen 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 misused
the word, applying It TO the bad It'd
ings Of great misery 30 all people, ex-
cept the mere handful Of the elect We
did this because 1t 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 God through your traditions"
Thank God that, as IN the natural
world he Is sending rs now the electric
light instead of the tallow candle, 30
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 tho True ooepef7
Catholic and Protestant orthodoxy
have set forth for centuries two gen
eral views of the Gospel Of Christ 10
whatever extent they now disagree
with these they should publicly dis
own and abandon them Until then
they are besmirched with whatever
odium attaches.
The Catholic Gospel GOOD Ttdfngs)
is that all the heather, all Catholics
and all Protestants, except a mere
handful go TO q 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
It upon Jews and Catholics and heath
ems everywhere. we should thoroughly
understand. enjoy and appreciate be
fore we waste good time and money
giving IT to others. Here IT is: -Four
centuries ago our forefathers were not
Professionals but Catholics and believed
In Purgatory, etc. as above. Then
whit was known as the Reformation
Movement set in Catholics. Jews and
infidels WIN admit with Protestants
that a great blessing OF enlightenment
and civilization has come 70 the world
In the train Of the Reformation Move
ment But none Of us is prepared 10
admit that the Reformers were per
feet. nor their work perfect
The Reformers criticized the Catho-
lie teachings which they had former
" believed They examined their
Bibles and found nothing there 30 the
effect that Mary was the mother Of
God, nor that we should pray 30 saints,
nor that we should use pictures or TN
ages In our worship. nor that their
sacrifice Of Christ In the mass was
proper. nor that there was a PurEa-
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