The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-23
(WHICH
Is THE TRUE
GOSPELp"
Il am not ashamed Of the gospel
Of Chnst" (Romans i. l6).


study in the light OF the Bibles own
testimony and without sectarian spec
tacles, which, in the past, have 80 dis.
torted the Word Of God and set II
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 a blessed and transforming effect
| upon their minds. but II influences
| their pockctboOks also. They no
| longer appreciate the business" meth
DDS of the Alliance nor the brand OF
/ Gospel which II sets forth The more
Gods people come TO II 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 1t were true that they would nev-
/ er take up another collection Mt Old
Orchard, The heather have already
, hnd too much Of their Gospel of dam
nation. Gods name has already been
slnndcred and blasphcmed enough by
the false Gospel message-that nine
hundred and nincty-nine out of every
thousand of humanity ever born are to
suffer eternal roasting because of ia
thcr Adams sin and the ignorance. stu
pidity 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 procaiming as the Gospel Of
Christ, then. Of course, they are ex-
cusable for preaching 1t. It is not for
others to Judge of their honesty in this
matter, but 1t Is for others to decide
that they will no longer assist or CO.
operate in the spread Of such horrible
trnvesties 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, aye 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 Uhe Lamp to his
peoples footsteps until the day dawn,
is now shining brighter than ever be-
fore.
Which Is the True GospeI7
Catholic and Protestant orthodoxy
have set forth for centuries two gen
erai views of the Gospel of Christ. To
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 Tidingsl
is that all the heather, all Catholics
and all PrOtestants, except mere
handful. 20 to 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 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 aud 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
| luuuelS VIII AUNT WlIu GfOteStanlS
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 Their
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 n Purga-
| tory anywhere. The Reformers threw
| out these things ms unscriptural They
completely demolished Purgatory in
| their minds, declaring that II had new.
er been anything more than imagina
ton. Then came another thought. viz:
What must we do with the thousands
Of millions of mankind that we ana
our fathers for centuries supposed