The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-09-16
PULPIT.
(WHICH
Is THE TRUE
GOSPEL?"
81 am not ashamed Of the gospel
of Christ" (Romans i. l6).

Of Christ" Komans i. l6). |
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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 it
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 blessed and transforming effect
upon their minds. but it influences
their pocketbooks also. They no
longer appreciate the business meth
DDS of the Alliance nor the brand Of
Gospel which it 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 it were true that they would new
err 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-nine out of every
thousand Of humanity ever born are to
suffer eternal roasting because of ia
Their Adams sin and the ignorance. stu
nidity and meanness which have re-
suited.
Let the Truth Prevail.
/ If the intelligent men connected with
the Alliance really believe the horri-
bic nightmare of the Dark Ages which
they are proclaiming as the Gospel of
Christ, then. of course. they are eX-
cusable for preaching it. 1t is not for
others to judge of their honesty in this
matter. but it is for others to 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 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 misused
the word. applying it to the bad It'd
ings of great misery to all people. ex
cept the mere handful of the elect We
did 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 God through your traditions"
Thank God that, as in the natural
world he is sending us now the electric
light instead of the 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 Is the True Gospel?
Catholic and Protestant orthodoxy
have set forth for centuries two gen.
eral views of the Gospel Of Christ. TC
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 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
Inns, hot
that they may ultimately attain to
heavenly bliss for the remainder Of
eternity. If that is good tidings it can
be considered such only in contrast
with something more horrible. if 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
Protestants but Catholics and believed
in Purgatory, ETC., as above. Then
what was known as the Reformation
Movement set in. Catholics. Jews and
infidels will admit with Protestants
that a 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 theiy
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 rs unscriptural. They
completely demolished Purgatory in