The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-09

Rome; Nay Pastor Russell Of
1 Brooklyn Tabsrhacle, New Tori.
preached here today TO a large and si e
tentiye audience Speaking through
an interpreter, Ne was heard by en- en-
His address was delivered under the
auspices Of the INTERNATIONAL.
1iBIBIR STUDENTS ASS cIAT'lsIoN3
| A profound Impression was evidently.
made, and Bible study surely received
! a considerable Impetus. Many inclined
to soon at religion and the Bible. as
interpreted In the past. said reyerent-.
| u, "Iftlis lletIe Gospel Of Christ
Il Is worthy Of all iacceptationt' The
speaker said;
We, dear friends, are living in q DAY
IN which the lending minds Of the
world are rejecting the Bible and Its
message In allthe great colleges Of
tie world; sea, in the theological
Semlnaries also, the Bible is clessed
as antique. Professed faith in the
| Bible, as the inspired Word Of God,
today cans forth sneers Of 'rldleule and
| the comment that such believers are
sunlearned," But. my hearers, ] nm
| before yoa today ID contend that It Is
| not the "GospeI Of Christi that Is be-
| Ing rejected 81 the intelligence Of me
| world, but another Gospel that came.
! not from Christ neither from the apps;
/ ties, neither Is It laugh III the Bible:
\ / am here to claim, and to endea1yoTE to
prove that the Bible Is eminently log
ieal, thoroughly reasonable. and that
the message 1t bears to those who have
Gears to hearts, the most wonderful
message that could possibly be pre-
scented 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 Is y.
b self, isSthe most &Qnde beck IN IN the tlll
world, and that the Dfy line Plan Of Sal s y
yatioa therein sst FORTH y gSli Il ttsfS:
Ing and !; as the Scriptures DECLARE su y
i ticient. that the man Of God may; IA he
,tJh.n1rrsn,SurIgl,i4 furnished INTO every good
word and work" ,,5.n. s!i;gslsts 33
Theories. efthos Ozark Ases,PS ~
i !, We are not here, my FRIENDSHIP SET
forth any sectarlanriewsrof the Scrip.
| lures, nor to.adYocate new theology.
By no means;Gwe have already too
many theolegies;twe have already too
] m.ily sects or divisions Of Christ! We
want no, more! Clristendcm y ,aBakJ
ening to the fact that the various CON |;
\ dieting; creeds cast dlscredit on the b.
bic. The creeds Of Chrlst !eE dom y, WI
yersally discreiit each other by their
Interpretations, and universally they
diseredit the, Bible, which would be
surely most ridiculous book. II It
taught all the various conflicting dog
mas.
However, should not be mlsunder-
stood as making an attack upon any
creed. or upon the adherents Of any
creed. Rather suggest that we may
4 well look with sympathy upon all the
various creeds and sects, realizing that
4 Gods people have been in Babylonish
confusion for now many centuries.
Did not the Apostle tell that q great
falling away would come? I'll Thessa-
4 lonians ii, s., s6oaId we then be sur
4 prIsed il we find his words have come
4 true, that for fifteen hundred years the
4 Church Of Christ has been deeply en-
tangled With errors and supeFstitions.
which make void the Gospel Of Christ?
i Let us not then stop to find fault with
4 our forefathers, and to upbraid them;
\ let us rather, 10 far as possible, as.
sumo their honesty. their sincerity.
1 Let Us take the Bible standpoint, and
realize that thedit1culty has been the
power of our Adversary. the Devil.
| and that he has deluded and ensnared,
! not only the leathen world. but to a
| considerable extent Christendom.
! Mark st. Pau's words, 1.-THE god Of
this world hath blinded the minds OF
them which believe not, lest the glo-
4 rlous light Of Divine goodness should
shine into their hearts" III Corinthians
4 ", A. The intimation is that our great
Adversary, satan, is interested in de-
celylng mankind, respecting the glo'
rlousS character Of our God, and his
1 wonderful Plan Of Salvation through
Christ. Satan uses as his tools the
very best Of humanity that he can
bring under bis control, and nothing Is
more evident than that he has com
pletely deluded the heather world
Ewlth what the Apostle terms. doc
trines Of devllsn Not only so. but
to the extent that he was able to Dc
50. he has evidently worked mischief
with the various determinations and
creeds Of Christendom. Thank God
that lie did not gain entire control Of
any Of these! Thank God that there
Is a center or nucleus Of truth In each
Of these efeeds and around that ker'
mel ii truth. terminating power maS
he felt lii every denomination, but the
Adversary has wrapped these creeds