The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-03
PASTOR RUSSELL,.S
SERMON
.New Light for Bible Students
aRafa aHa ahat ye receive not of her plaques
Where Is Mygtjc R,hulo,o

aRa aRa1a .hat ye receive not of her plaques.
'heVeiatloh xviii, 2-5). "s"ee
Where Is Mystic Babylon7
wjtbo,,, fU student can examirTe the records
witnout astonishment and a reaiizeJto,
mat Mystic Babylon must he some s~,,.s !
I..Iu,shIlaI , system OF great mower in th,
caily fS at aurss in cai This Gospel Age and espe
gwen to Babylon. both In pronbecn q ~
IN ~. Keyeiation warns Gods people that I !
.hhey nave not YET found Babylon the,
institution i TeN as Tor nsSr her For so great al
WIN her false doctrine must be vnr'
ploinniien.. indeed to those who wer,
nnf,.i ulocr the influence of the stu.
Pci!ihg dratt from her cup.
indeed, the intimation is that tho Who'll,
~ ~, tineo zee world VIII be so intoxicated Will
cne, cne latse teaching OF Babylon as to bt
when .he fails 1t is particularly ex.
planned that all the great, the ricb. tSe
rnlghty' y the influential OF earth viii
mourn the catastrophe of her fall. Only
the sanity few will recognize its trme
| import and rejoice; as we read Alas
mat great city that was clothed In fine
rui,h ,.GIn ana ana purple and scarlet, and decised
LOT IN one hour so great riches is come 10
naught. What city Is like i,nto
this great city! And they cast dust on
ing. saying. Alas. alas. that great cIty,''
'kevelation xviii. 16-19).
But on the contrary another class re-
Joices. as we read:
Rejoice over her thou heaven md
ye holy apostles and prophets: for God
llalh avenged YOU on her. And I heard
voice or much people in heaven. saying
Alleluia. Salvation. and glory and honor,
and power unto the Lord our God: for
true and righteous arc his Judgments.
Tor he hath Judged the great harlot
fornication, and hath avenged the blood
OF his servants al her hand Revelation
xviii. 20. and XIX. ~
1t seems very clear, my dear brethren,
mat many Of us were once part and
parcel OF this great Babvlon-this great
system of confusion by which the divine
character has been traduccd through
misinterpretations Of the divine word. I
Protestants arc this Babylon system
and | am aware that Protcstants claim
that Catholics are this Babylon system.
To my understanding OF the divine
word. both are right. Babylon is the
mother system and the various sects Of
Professionalism arc the daughters. and the
name Babylon is family name. II be-
longs 10 the mother system first, and TO
all the daughters OF the system now as
well. Improper association with the
world. It's governments and systems. is a
daughters" have followed the example
Of the mother" and more or less arc
coming back into sympathy with her in
all particulars. None OF them have main
tancd the proper attitude OF virginitV
and scparatcness from the world,
Il Speak Not Unkindly.''
DO not misunderstood me. I believe
that there are trye saints of Cod in all
the various parts OF Christendom-
mother and daughters. ] do not even
upheld and are upholdng the various
sections Of Babylon have an evil in
tcntion, j believe that they are thor
oughly drunk" intoxicated with their
own cSoneous theories Tho fall OF
their present institutions Will be a
startling blow 10 them. for they verify
believe them Ia be Chrst's kingdom
and STYLE them such-Christendom.
The fall OF Babylon VIII astonlsh the
entire world. so complete is The illusion
that ChristeDdom represents the throne
and government OF Messiah among
men And be /; remembered. tho vast
majority i'm all the various scCts and