The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-16

ilpnSfa i,SytnerS LOOK a. Bill 0lnercntl
view and claimed TINT the Father,
Son nnd holy Spirit were three Gods
who operated Us one. In proportion asi
these unscriptutaI human theories;
were received, they produced confn-:
sion. And when asked how three per.
sons corild logically be one person Saisd
how one person could be three persons
equal IN glory and power, of course no
answer could be given. Then the sub
iterfuge was raised This q d great
mystery which nobody can explain, (. II:
1tsshould not surprise US from what,
we know Of the structure Of huniany
nature TINT these extreme views were
opposed by others Of the opposite exs.
IRENE, some selalming that Jesus WIS
"a mere man; Tint lie was born rs are
other men; that Joseph was IFS father,
etc. Thus we behold the danger Of
any variation Whatever from the pre-.
else teachings Of the Word OF God. 7 4
It should be needless to say to Bible
Students that there Is nothing I'M the
Bible which declares affinity Of Gods.
There Is Just 6ne, passage q Scripture
quoted in proof! Of tho Trinity II John
", q. and It Is never quoted by sclioi.i
ars, because all ischolnrs know that 1t
WINS tampered With Several words hay;
Ing been added IN tile seventh century
which IRE mt found III amy New Tes.,
lament mantiscript Of earlier date
And those added words make the
statement as 4 Whole foolish. 81 ~ 81
II you will turn I'm your, Bibles TO
this passage, y:ou may strike Souf .fe
spurious words as follows in ytSse
seven: @Ing hearcn Tho Father, ne Word
and the H0lb Clos, md these three arc
sonc;:'' and In verse eight the words,
5''dhd There arc three that bear icitness hi
earth. 2. I, !. ,SSl u
After thus nih6ting the spurious
additions. after thus removing from
the precious ointment this dead fly OF
falsehood (which was inserted for the
very purpose Of decelring. and be-
carse no Scripture could Sbe found to
give color5to the doctrine 81 the }trfn-
ity- then you wiil be:able to read that
port Of the Word VI God IN Its pu:,
rlty and simplicity Then the .smys-.
terry part Will be gone from 1T for-
ever. 1t WILDE lii full accord with ythe
entire Bible In declaring, ITO us there
is one. God. the Father, ofwhom arenll
things, and ono Lord Jesus Christ. by
whom are all things and we by him.
~ Corinthians SyiiI, @. !. How absursty,
the passage reads III our common Ner-,
,siqn, sta ting tfSt tile Father and the
Son AMI. the li0ls Spirit ares bearing
witness In heaven that Jesus rs the
Son Of God! 4. Z. q
The pure Word J, of God presents
simply md beautifully the fnctS that
the great Creator the Father of all
smerctes, ,s IehoY an (, II and that He
has an only beyo ttens Son who Is vet To-
be the Savior or D eliyerer Of all sof
Adams race willing 70 accept the
grace OF God provided III him. And
5thereis one holy Spirit, ..the spirit Of
truth" .'tlie spirit Of y wisdom !, "tGe
spirit Of a sound mind, = the spirit OF;
power, energy, Evil: mind Of! the Father
which IS also tile spirit OF the Son.
md which must be also tile spirit. dis.
position. mind, wifi OF ali those who
now, come unto the; Father US, sons
through the adoption which Is In,
Christ Jesus. w w z X 81;
Tho Only Roaotten Honored.
Before the beginning of tile creation
OF God, before tho Only Bcgottcn Of
the Father became The Alpha 81 Crea.
ton, the ,Father$had wonderful 6pur.i
poses in himself respecting all his.
great plnn for the everlasting future
It Included this world, mud mankind
md the permission Of sin, and the re-,
demptlon Of man from $sin aud It's
penalty. and the restoration to be ac.:
complished ~ Messiah's Kingdom and
the glorious work Of eternity In fur.
ther creations in world after world. lf4
But, as the Master declared, these
things the 1rather had. Kept In his own
Eower- in his own hand. He dlrulged
tlrcm not to the angels. nor even to his
dearly beloved .only begotten Son.
I'VE have seen: how this Divine secret,
Divine purpose. wis symbolicaily reps
RESENTED Ii! the scroll ID the hands
OF Jehovah, as pictured in Revelation
y. l. We hnye seen TINT this revela.
ton was delivered to the Lamb, the
Only Begotten One, after he had been
slain--after. his consecrntlon at Jordan,
and in Its fitness after his death at
Calvary. when lie ascended up on high
lglorlned at the right hind o. I the,
Fathers majesty: Y s3Ss 4,
But before the Logos was made
flesh, before he undertook to. be mans
Redeemed, the Heavenly Father set
before him the glorious proposition
He infomed him that he had a plan,i
q scroll, and thai. the execution thereof,
was to be given to one who would
prove himself worthy, BY demonstrate.
Ing his loyalty to the Divine will.
We rend that God sent Ills only be-
gotten Son Into. the world, but we are
not to understand from this that he,
came under Divine commands. the re-;
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