The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-03-02

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ing the dogmas Of the past, have re-
jected the Bible also, believing that
the teachings of the creeds truthfully
represent Gods Word These are wan
dering hither and thither, hungering
and thirsting, looking for the bread Of
life and water of life. and finding it
nowhere, because they seek not where
alone it is to be found
"Ho, Every One That Thirsteth. Come
Ye."
Ho! Ye ali that hunger for Truth
Come We. There is an abundance for
us all in our Heavenly Fathers won,
derful provislon--in the Bible. Desert
ing all the creeds and traditions of
men, let us gather at our Heavenly
Fathers Board as his family, as his
children. Let us prove the truthful
ness Of his declaration that Like as a
father pitieth his children. so the Lord
pitieth them that reverence him." Let
us seek and obtain the satisfying por-
ton. Let us satisfy our longings at
the table of Divine provision. Mark
the Lords words and consider how
truthful they are, Blessed are they
that hunger and thirst after righteous
ness, for they shall be filed" (Matthew
', g.. 1t Is this Truth-hungry class
that we address. We know their
heart-lOngings, for we had the same
We know the satisfaction which they
crave, for we have received 1t and are
therefore doubly glad to hand forth
the bread Of life and the water Of life
to those who desire 1t. There are
plenty ready TO serve the appetites Of
those who long for pleasure-ba
games, society fetes, chess, travel, etc.
We have not a word to say against
these. 1t is not our thought that they
do not frantically beset them, annoy
them. Let them have their pleasure
Let them wait for the time to come
when something may occur In their
experiences which will put them into
the class of the broken-hearted and
cOntrite of spirit and cause them to
feel after God, If haply they might
find him as a satisfying portion. In
harmony with the Masters direction,
1t Is our aim to bind up the broken
hearted; to comfort those that MOURN"
to tell them of the oil OF joy which the
Lord is willing to hestow for their
spirit Of heaviness and sorrow for sin
isaiah Xxi, 1-3j. AS the Master eX-
pressed no reproof of those engaged
In any form of moral reform, even
asceticism. so 1t is with us. We desire
to oppose no one who is doing any
good work. whether he follow with us
In every particular or not. There are
80 many engaged in doing evil works,
and so few engaged in doing good that
not one of the latter class can be
spared from the ranks of the service Of
righteousness
AS the Master did not give his time
to temperance reform, nor social re-
form, nor political reform, but did
give his time to the instruction Of the
people in the doctrines Of the Divine
Word, so let us be intent to follow
his instruction in this matter, not
teaching for doctrines the precepts Of
men, but the Word of God, which liv-
eth and abideth forever-expoundin
unto the people the Scriptures and as
sisting them to see the length and
breadth of their meaning Neverthe-
less, as the religious teachers Of the
Masters day hated Jesus and his dis
ciples for this cause Because they
taught the people, and prosecuted
them because they did not walk in
the beaten paths of their Gay, so we
may expect also to be hated without
cause: so we may expect that the
scribes and Pharicnes ana Doctors of
the Law today will he grieved because
the people are taught. because the
light Of the knowledge of the glory of
God shining in the face OF Jesus Christ
is presented to the people as an in
centive to love and obedience, instead
of the doctrine of eternal torment. 1t
matters not that all the educated min
lstry today well know, and would not
for moment deny. their disbelief in
the doctrine of eternal torment, if
crOss-Questioned Nevertheless many
of them hate us and oppose us, be-
cause we show the people the true
interpretations of Gods Word, and lift
before the eyes of their understand
ing God Of Love, Just, Merciful,
Righteous altogether. and fully capa-
BILE both In wisdom and power to work
out all the glorious designs which he
''purposed in himself before the foun-
dation of the world"
~ They perceive that the teaching
Of the doctrines of Purgatory and eter-
nal torment has not had a sanctify-
ing influence upon mankind In all the
sixteen centuries in which it has been
preached. They fear that to deny
these doctrines now would make q
bad matter worse. They fear that If
the Gospel Of the Love of God and of
the Bible-that it does not teach eter-
nal torment for any-were made gen.
orally known, the effect upon the
world would be to increase its wicked
ness, to make life and property less
HNNuiN NAAtthi iipN anu " lht NOl III
still more than now with blasphemes.
(2) They fear also that certain
amount OF diScredit would come to
themselves because, knowing that the
Bible does not teach eternal torment,
according to the Hebrew and Greek
original, they secreted the knowledge
from the people. They fear that this