The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-28
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The Celebrated Brooklyn Pastor
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~, -. 4. Oklahoma City
nov, q. Pastor
b Russell OF Brook.
6 lyn Tabernacle ad.
dressed large audi.
a y ences here twice
today in our prin,
4 cipal Auditorium,
We report one Of
81 his addresses from
1.-The following text
80, give thanxs untt
the Lord. for he i.
Er6S10b piisSeTfli good; for his mercy
GEsSE - endureth forever
Psalm evil. /. nv
Thanksgiving Day appeals to all Of
US, and We are glad that the Pilgrim
Fathers long years ago started the
custom. They placed 1t at the end Of
the harvest and iii recognition OF the
same. The keeping OF such n day up.
peals to all Civilized mankind In con.
siderable degree, because our. Great
Creator so organized us that the quail!
ity of reverence, Of worship. lies prom.
inently on the top of our heads. The
man or woman, rich or poor, educated
or Ignorant, bond or free, who has moi
this organ of veneratlon developed In
considerable measure cannot be appre.
ciative and deferentia toward his Gre,
ator, and hence would not enjoy
Thanksgiving day. We are glad that
these are comparatively few. We are
glad to. suppose that the majority Of
this great nation Of civilization looked
up 10 God with grateful hearts and
rendered him thanks for blessing.
manifested. ~
Hindranoes to True Reverence.
Nevertheless. the numbers increase
yearly of those who are losing thc!l
reverence for the. God Of the Bible an6
vaguely turning towards II God OF Ma.
turc. of whom they profess to know
comparatively little. These irreverenl
and unthankful felow.crentures are
not generally the most ignorant,of OIL
race. nor the least favored in temporal
mcrcics and blessings. Among them
are many learned. wealthy. influential
Their condition is well represented by
that OF n young woman who called Il,
my study recently. In substance she
said. Il have lost my God AM 9un.
happy. amIhoping that you will be
able to assist sme In finding him
again." Thank God. we were able tt
assist her. and now she is able to give
thanks to God mall sincerity.
j am not speaking to the irrevcrenl
in this audience. nor TO those of this
class in my larger audience of millions
all over the world. 10. whom speak
through the puhllt press. Lam speak.
Ing to others Wild while not yet fully
in the faith. ate still disposed to
give thanks. I bspeak to these be.
cause realize that each day is
bringing to the world grcater intclli
gcnce, more Independent thoughtful.
ness. In n wider use of. reason. |
speak because my. experience teaches
that unless thesanbe fully armed with
the Truth and awakened TO independ.
ont thought. tllcyurc almost certain &c
fall into NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Higher
Criticism. and mere form OF godli.
ness, which denies the real power
thereof.
The Truth Shall Make You Free.
The Great. Teacher prayed for his
followers. "Sanctifyithem through thy
Truth: thy Word Is Truth Iohn xvii.
10. TO be forcarmed with the Truth
is to be safcguardcdi against the error.
TO be ignorant Of the Truth Is to fall
Il prey TO the error-especially In this
"cvil day" when "a thousand shall
fall at thy side and ten thousand at
thy right hand" psalm xci. n. The
difficulty with lis has been that many
have supposed that the conversion OF
the world and its sanctiticatlon can be
better accomplished by misrepresenta.
tion of Divine Character and Justice.
Unconsciously we have learned to
twist and interpret our Bibles to fit
the erroneous creeds which were hand.
ed to us by our well-mcaning fore
fathers. The Day OF Judgment upon
these false creeds Is upon us. I'm.
less we learn that they do not prop.
crly interpret the Bible, we will re.
jcct the Bible when We reject the
crceds-and that must be very soon
for all thinking people. 40 the Law
sand to the testimony: If they speak not
according to this Word. 1t is because
there Is no light in them isaiah viii,
2W.
Causes For lnSratitude.
Come. let lis reason together. saith
the Lord!" II our creeds tell us truly
that we were nil born damned, either
TO Purgatory or to eternal torment.
should We give thanks on this nc.
count? II our crceds tell truly that
an elect. handful OF saints will escape
the torture. how do we know wheth,
error not we. belong TO that elect hand.
ful? Have we sufficient information
an this subject to, give thanks there.
for? flour crccds tell truly that near.
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