The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-02

The attempt was made to drive tiu:i
mainly TO God, Atrocions doctrines
were pronulga In Tie name 81: Sod,
Christ and his "A post Is. 81. lPaal de-.
/, nominates these octrines Of demonss
la Timothy W. II These, primarily,
( tnught a Purgatory. TO be mitigated
/ by. prayers and masses. Under the
impulse Of fear, millions nccepteds
Christ aud professed discipleshIp, in
total ignorance offhls real teacllings,
!, and yet mo more his followers than.
when they were heather. Later onithe5
Adversary partially sidetracked the
Reformation Movement by leading
zealous people to trenounce Purgatory.
as upscrlpturai and to accept In lis,
stead for the world at large eternal
torment-a. stu more unscriptural
proposit ion-a still more God .dishonor.
!, ing doctrine OF, demons. n;
Fortunately for ourselves we Prot.
I estants do. not take onr own doctrine
seriously. However much nil Prot.
estant Creeds assert that only bap.,
tized saints VIII reach heaven and.
contrariwise that NIL the unsaintly
will suffer eternal torture, neverthe.
less, not one ina hundred believes
this. The most sanity, the most con.
scientous Of them are troubled by
their fears, tormented by their sym.
pathies, perplexed to understand Gods
dealings, hindered from having the
! peace and Joy which the Master prom.
ised his followers. The less conscien-
+, tious of them stide conscience to their
own injury, gradually losing faith in
the Word Of God because OF this error.
They thus escape some Of the torments
OF fear but they do not attain the
love, Joy, contentment and peace which.
the Master promised bis faithfulsones.
Unreliable subterfuses Harmful.
There Is only the one Divine remedy
for this harmful fear. That+remedy
; Is associated with the Gospeliof Christ;
but there are numerous subterfugcs.
Some drown their, fears, disappoint.
ments aud SORROWS with alcohol or
/ various narcotics. Some seek to drown
them with sensuous pleasures, some
with business activity, some with
church activity some with .'devil.may-
care" upreason. 'Of late considerable
degree Of .subterfuge success has come
along the lines Of decelt-denying the
existence Of sim denying the facts Of
pain and sorrow and death and, con.
!. trarlwlse, affirming TINT everything
Is good, regardless of the untruthful-
ness, Of this proposition. .ys. 4
The result Of this self-deception In
deed relieves from considerable meas.
, ure Of fear TO this extent it proves
!, o solaces and satisfaction; but 1t Is a
subterfuge and not the true remedy.
As a proposition It's influence upon the
| mind, upon all the, reasoning faculties,
is injurious. The5 twisting Of reason
necessary to thfs5phiosophy, which
calls black white, and pain pleasure,
and sin righteousness, Is destructive of
sound reasoning ability. The habit Of
{ peryerslon necessary to the calling OF
= -
PAD go?d anu Wr yl1lg right not only, In
lures tne mind.4 but. In attempting to
sustain itseit. from tho Scriptures, per-
tverts the entire WORD OF God. With
/, reason spervertea ana the scriptures
Pefferted' the true message OF the
scriptures cannot pe enjoyed. Unless
rear pc mensur9ply eliminated, the
proper ialth' nope, JOY and spirit OF q
SOUND SOU mind are impossible.
X. Divine Antidotol For Fear; 4.
Gods message through, the Law and
the Prophets. TO Israel. MS internretcd
by Jesus and his Apostles. gives no tho
true antidote for fear + does not
deny sin, sickness, sorrow. death: Il do.
niles no fact. but %it does, hold ont a
remedy for nil Of these. anyantiilote,
"the balm of, G ilcad.p Moreover, 81 in.
forms us that this antidote can be 70.
ceived ouly through, ,',e, ,c,f1,.ot,erationr of
our heads and hearts, % ~.
II Informs us TINT this healing ia oh,
taiuable Inv only comparot,yelv fow
Mt this time. Inf. eyentuollvS the Divine
. blessings. world wide. shall .opera TO ,o.
ward all humanity as fully as have tho