The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-04-05


The Pastor could not think that the
Baptist and Disciple bret would
have much difficulty in rejecting
water immersion ms test of Chris.
tian fellowship. If once they saw the
matter in It's true light. thus. The
Disciples. In holding that immersion
In water is for the remission Of sins.
are claiming. in fact. that all not thus
Immersed are lost-doomed ~ eternal
torment. according to their theory.
Ba ptists should see the abSurdtv of
claiming that only the water immersed
are members Of the Church OF Christ.
for thus. according 10 their theory
they doom to eternal torture. rs un
saved. all Of their Christian brethren
who have not been immersed Surely
Baptists and Disciples. therefore. may
be expected TO promptly and heartily
repudiate these test features of their
theories
| The Methodist Greed was next ex-
amined. 1t was commended for the
prominence II gives to the Love Of
God and His forbearance with the mis-.
seek to be His children The speaker
asked the Methodist brethren to fore
go. the worshiping of their Church and
to give the more homage to the Lord
He admitted the masterfulness of their
Organization. but reminded them that
their Episcopacy is not modelled after
anything shown in the New Testament
1t does not even pretend to be an au-
| thority along the lines of Apostolic
Succession They must admit that the
esta blishment of its Bishopric was. at
least. semi-fraudulent "a supposed
emergency, born of the error that an
| Episcopal ordination was necessary to
an authority to preach.
He'll and Pureatory Must Go.
Unitedly we must all acknowledge
that we grossly misunderstood the
teaching of our Bible when we believ-
cd and taught that our Almighty Gre
ator prepared Il great hell. manned
with fire. proof demons. with the fore
knowledge that all of our race would
20 thitlpr except us Il certain few
would be specially rescued by the
Savior. after His coming. when He was
not sent for over four thousand years
after the fail Looking back to the
Ozark Ages" we behold with horror
the terrible effects of this blasphemous
doctrine upon good men Of that time.
who thought they were copying the
Divine spirit and methods when they
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As we have learned that Purgatory
is not taught in the Bible. so also we
have learned that this hell of our fore
fathers is unscriptural-that the Bible
hell is the grave. the tomb, the state
of death This just penalty for sin is
what the Bible everywhere teaches
We now know that the Hebrew word
sheet of the Old Testament, and the
Greek word hadcS of the New Tesla
ment refer to the Craze. the state of
death, the tomb: and that they are so
translated more times than they are
rendered hell We now know that in
old English literature the word hell
was so used as signifying a pit, COW
cred place, grave. The Pastor an
nounced that free pamphlets, discuss
ing the word hell and the parable Of
The Rich Man and Lazarus, ETC.,
would be distributed by the ushers.
The Divine Plan Of the Ages.
With our hearts and heads agreed to
discard those features of our creeds
not found in the Bible and. as far as
possible, to harmonic what we do
find therein. what is the result? Is 1t
the Gospel Of which st. Paul was not
ashamed? The speaker submitted that
1t is, and believes that all Christians
could heartily unite and fellowship
upon its broad basis.
John Calvin and our forefathers
were right in declaring that the Scrip
lures teach the election" of ''little
fock"; but they were wrong in claim
ing that the great mass of humanity,
the non-elect, are ''passed BY" routed
for eternal torture. On the contrary
they all 60 to the Bible hell, the grave.
They are all unconscious there. The
Divine promise guarantees the resur-
rection Of the dead. both the Just and
the unjust. by One Who gave His life
for their redemption-"Who died, the
Just for the unjust" Il Peter iii, 1S).
In a word. merely the "called of
God" are being dealt with in the pres
ent time, although the remainder Of
mankind are having witness" and
are learning lessons which will be
valuable to them when their trial time
shall come. We have not In the past
sufficiently noted the difference be-
tween the Church and the toorld. The
Church is invited to walk the narrow
way" In tue footprints Of the Redeem
ef, bearing the cross with him. The
faithful are promised a share with
Him in His heavenly glory, honor and
Immortality.
But nothing is said about torment.
ing the world The entire race Of
Adam has been under condemnation
for six thousand years The coming
of Jesus and His death were not in
tended to increase mans condemna-
ton, but. by providing for their resur-
rection. to set them free from Adamic
condemnation to give to es.ch and to all
full, fair opportunity to demonstrate
their love of sin ~ love Of righteous
ness. when the lAtter shall be fully as
easy as the former-during Messiah's
glorious reign of righteousness-th
DhouSand years. The reward for well
doing will then be human perfection
in sinless Paradise restored