The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1911-01-06

were promulgated in the name of God,
Christ and his Apostles. st. Paul de-
dominates these doctrines of demons
q Timothy iv, u. These, primarily
taught a Purgatory, to be mitigated
by prayers and masses. Under the
| impulse of fear, millions accepted
Christ and protested discipleship, In
total ignorance of his real teachings,
and yet no more his followers than
when they were heather. Later on the
Adversary partially sidetracked the
Reformation Movement by leading
jealous people to renounce Purgatory
as unscriptural and to accept In its
stead for the world at large eternal
torment-a still more unscrfptural
proposition still moro God dishonor-
ing doctrine of demons.
Fortunately for ourselves we Prot
estants do not take our own doctrine
seriously. However much all Prot
estant Creeds assert that only bap-
tized saints will reach heaven and.
contrariwise, that all the insanity
will suffer eternal torture, neverthe-
ftSct hOb Ol0 III q hhhOAC0 OSHSF 90
this. The most sanity. the most con-
scienttous 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 conscten-
tious of them stife 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 hts faithful ones.
Unreliable subterfuaee Harmful.
There is only the one Divine remedy
for this harmful fear. That remedy
is associated with the Gospel of Christ;
but there are numerous subterfuges
Some drown their fears, disappoint-
ments and 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" unreason. OF late considerable
degree of subterfuge success has come
along the lines of deceit-denying the
existence Of sin, denying the facts Of
pain and sorrow and death and, con-
trariwise. affirming that everything
Is good, regardless Of the untruthful-
ness of this proposition.
The result of this self-deception in
deed relieves from considerable meas
ure of fear. To this extent It proves
a solace and satisfaction; but II Is a
and not the true remedy.
AS a proposition its influence upon the
mind, upon all the reasoning faculties.
Is injurious. The twisting of reason
necessary to this philosophy, which
calls black white, and pain pleasure.
and sin righteousness. is destructive of
sound reasoning ability. The habit of
perversion necessary to the calling of
bad good and wrong right not only in
lures the mind. but, in attempting to
sustain itself from the Scriptures, per-
verts the entire Word Of God. With
reason perverted and the Scriptures
perverted. the true message Of the
Scriptures cannot be enjoyed. Unless
fear be measurably eliminated. the
proper faith, hope, Joy and spirit of
jound mind are impossible.
Divine Antidote For Fear.
Gods message through the Law and
he Prophets, to Israel, as interpreted |
" Jesus and his Apostles. gives us the
rue antidote for fear. 1t does not
eny sin, sickness, sorrow, death; 1t de-
lies no fact, but 1t does hold out a
emedy for all of these, an antidote,
the balm of Gilead." Moreover, 1t In
orms us that this antidote can be re-
eived only through the cooperation of
ur heads and hearts.
1t informs us that this healing is OBJ
ainable by only a comparatively few
t this time, but, eventually, the Divine
blessings, worldwide, shall operate to-
yard all humanity as fully as have the
'enalties Of sin. 1t applies now Tin full
legree) only to such as have the hear
ng ear, the eye of faith and the ap-
,reciative, responsive heart. Others
nay obtain measure only Of this con-
olation. The Great Teacher gave us
he key to this deliverance from fear,
aging. "Ye shall know the Truth and
he Truth shall make you free. If the
Son shall make you free, We shall be
rec indeed" John wifi. 80, 30.
The first step toward having the
Truth make us free is to have the coat
ng Of ignorance and superstition re-
moved and this is a difficult matter.
FOR instance. the Catholic superstition
Il Purgatory and the Protestant super
dtion Of eternal torment, for practical
y all mankind. have been so thorough
y riveted upon their faithful that to
freak their bonds and get free is a
lihcult task. Only those who hunger
md thirst after the Lord and his right
business are in any likelihood of ever
'eing properly freed.
Others getting free from one error
re merely steered by the Adversary
nto another as bad or worse. God
eeketh not these at the present time;
Ie will deal with them by and by I'M
er Messiah's glorious Kingdom. when
,atan shall DO bound. Now, as the
Ipostle declares. God seeketh such to
rorship him as worship him In spirit
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