Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-08-05

lHASlSk kQ22tlly Great white
Throne" We re-
port the former. Each address lasted
for nearly two hours, but so deeply in.
terested were the audiences that they
seemed not to note the flight OF time.
He said.-
No other question could be OF deeper
interest to thinking people than the one
now before us--"Where Are the DeadT'
Our ancestors. our neiRhbors. our
friends. are dead or dying. and our
selves with them. Whit will be our
condition when the spark Of life dick
erS out7 have no new revelation on
this subject. have merely for my
guide what Is recognized by all Chris
tians az the Divine revelation on this
subject--the Bible hold that there
In no other source Of information com
parable TO H.
Before presenting his own findings
on the subject. In the Bible, Pastor
Russell reviewed the findings Of 9th
ers-Chrlstan I'm general The agnos-
tic view. that there II no life beyond
the tomb. he could not entertain. He
believed that mans organism, so much
higher than that Of the brute. implies
not only un nll-wise CreutOr, but His
benevolent intention for mans future.
He examined the Catholic view. and.
while according full liberty to every
Catholic 10 believe wnHt 10 him seems
reasonable respecting the dead, Pastor
Russell could not ngree with Roman
Catholic teachings lie summarized
their view TO be- that very mintly
few were NJ for heuven and that they
went thlther He complmented the
Justice of their Intentions. that a com
parntlvely small number Of humanity
We're worthy of eternal torture.
For his own part. he could not mag
ine any human being. on account OF
any human weakness or deprnvlty, as
meriting endless torture. The Catho-
lie view, that all heathen and prac-
tically all Protestants and Catholics
go In death TO purgatory, he could not
agree with for two reasons. First. he
finds 40 Scripturnl authority for such
a view, and secondly, his mind cannot
accept the thought that an aIl-wise,
ADJUST, ALLOWING and powerful Gre
ator will torture His creatures for CEN
turtles In any such manner az Catholics
generally believe. and as Dante's great
poem. "Inferno." 50 graphically do
picts.
Our Protestant View 10 Worse.
Pastor Russell declared that no was
q Protestant, In large measure be-
cause his parents were such. But he
declared that while no sees many
truths both In Protestant and in Cath.
ole teachings he considers that tho
Protestant view respecting the here
after or the dead the most dlabolical
conception to be found on the face
OF the earth, the grossest blnsphemy
against the Divine character aud pro.
vision for humanity Had he nothing
better 10 offer he would not be address.
Ing hts audience on the subject
Perplexed and dlsconcerted by hi.
early teachlngs, he had, when n youth.
dlSsar,ied all human creeds, and III,
Rihie as well-believlng that the latter
waS the basis for the former. II waS
a happy day for him when he learned
that this was mistake when he
learned that the creeds OF the DarA
Ages are dlametrically opposed to tbs
teachings OF Gods Word. Now hia
Blhle has become 10 him a new book
the most wonderful book In the
world It's teachings he now sees TO
be- beyond Oll comparison. the most
logscal-the only rational presentation.
and most glorious one respecting
man-cxplninlng hls past. present and
future as prenrrnngcd by wise. gra.
cious and allpowerful Creator.
Two Protestant Views.
Protestant vlows respecting the here.
after are various hut two In particular
represent ProleStnnt thought IN gen
etat Nl Ihe tNlNlnlSuc theory; (2
the Armhhun theory
Five centuri@ Ngo there Were no
rrotesanls all werc Catholics and be-
Ievsd M three places Tor the dend-
heaven for the Nintly few; rurgatory
for ,he general mass OF mankind; aud
hell. everlasting torture for the incor
rigihle Luther and cmdiutors eut 20
studying the Rihle, aud finding moth
ing there Respecting purgatory and
mass for the dead. they threw these
out Figumtlvely, they smashed com.
plct~iy the idea Of rurmtory. A little
hIer they were pernlcxed and said To
each other We have smashed purga
tory. hut now what shall we do with
all these thousands OF millions who
have hsen there In our imagination