Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-09-28

clares that he has
no sympathy for the creeds which for
SO long time have blinded and en-
shared Christian people. Pastor Rus
sell says be is laboring for Christian
union when smashing the creed fences
which have so long separated the
Lords sheep. He declares that the
Bible is misunderstood and conse-
quently misrepresented in the house of
its friends. He surely is stirring up
infidels as well as Christians to fresh
study of the Bible His sermons,
through the public press. are und0ubt-
edly reaching millions who are not
church-goers.
Pastor Russell's text for today was:
Lovers of pleasures more than lovers
of God; having a form of goodness,
but denying the power thereof Oil
Timothy iii, 1-5). He declared that his
text relates to the present time; that
the world is going amusement-mad.
Theaters. automobiles, ball games and
seaside resorts are absorbing the spare
time, the spare money and heart-sym-
pathy Of the masses.
The difficulty is that the people have
been under superstition and idolatry,
and as they are now awakening. we
see the tendency toward revulsion of
feeling. All the creeds of. Christen-
dom are repulsive While each has
some elements Of truth, taken as a
whole, they are all false representa-
lions OF the Divine character and Plan.
DESERVING the Greed idols. :.
Gradually, the light Of the new Day.
earth's Jubilee, is dawning. The
dawning light shows US something of
the errors Of the past, and the delusive
Nightmares are disappearing. likewise
our reverence for our creed idols. which
have become abhorrent to all. The
creeds are no longer believed; their
superstitious errors fail to control the
masses. hence slim attendance at the
churches. small collections, etc. The
creeds are now sustained merely by
the money of the wealthy, which our
text declares is merely manifesto
ton of form of goodness. without
its power. The wealthy and educated
upholders of the creed idols and their
temples consist of the unbelievers.
Higher Critics. Evolutionists. who
have no more use for the Bible than
for the creed.
The needful thing is to give the peo-
pie the true Gospel-to restore to them
the Bible-to show them clearly that
it has been totally misrepresented by
all the idol creeds-that the true pre-
sentation Of the Divine character is
sublimely grand. But alas! who shall
tell the people these things? The min
listers Of Christendom are is a deplor-
able condition. When cross-questioned
they must admit that they have not
believed their creeds for years, al
though outwardly they have been
priests to these creed idols. and have
offered incense before them weekly.
The people. not unwisely. have no con-
fidence in them.
Hunger For the True Gospel.
Alas! that it must be said-but we
believe the estimate is not exaggerated
which claims that three fourths Of all
the educated ministers of Christendom
are Higher Critics. infdels. total unbe-
levers in the inspiration Of the Bible
How could these become leaders or
instructors Of the people in respect to
Divine things?
In June last spoke at the Boston
Theatre. having capacity Of thirty
six hundred seats, all filed. and with
four hundred men on the platform be-
hind me, while many stood. and l
was told that crowds were turned
from the doors. The editor Of a re-
Hgious paper, who was present, came
to me the following day and asked,
"How do you account for the large
crowds which attend your services.
while so many of our large churches
are comparatively empty-some Of our
ablest speakers addressing twenty.
forty or fifty hearers?'
I replied, Il believe the Prophet ex-
plains the situation, There shall be
famine in the land: not a famine for.
bread nor famine for water, but
famine for the hearing Of the Word
Of the Lordv (Amos viii. 1D. The
people are hungry. They have fully
rejected the creeds Of the past, and
they have nothing soul-satisfying In
stead They are hungry; am feeding
them the Word of God and demonstrat-
ing to them that the Bible is the most
wonderful Book in the whole world,
and that the only difficulty has been
that we have not understood it in its
own light. We have read It through
the colored spectacles OF our idol
creeds.' Pastor Russell urged his hear
.efs to confidence in God and I fresh
study Of the Bible.