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the Messlnnlc reign mentloucu IN =:
prophecy Is being fulfilled. They hO.d
that Christ himself IL the Invisible
King but that the Pope is not author
lied to represent him. Hence thiS spuri
Jus addition TO the Word Uf God Is as uc'
ceptaDle to PrOtestants as 10 Catholics:
indeed more 50. If we may judge by
the fact that the Catholic Bible omits
the spurious words. while the PrOtes.
tant Blble quotes them.
We here remurk that according to
Protestant theory Messlah's Kingdom
Is represented In the civilized nations
Of the world. especially Of Europe.
These all claim to reign by the grace
Of Cod" In which case. of course. wars
and battles between them are conflicts
between the various parts of Messlah's
Kingdom. And present military prep
arations on land and sea portend a
most sanguinary conflict between these
"kinEdOms of this world" which think
themselves and are called by Christen-
dom "liingdOms of God"
How glad we ure to see the Truth on
this subject; that the Kingdom Of
Gods dear Son has not yet been set
up. In amy sense Of the word-that 1t IL
still future. II cannot be set up until
this Gospel Age ends and the "elect"
saintly few Of every nation-Jew and
Gentile-shall be changed from earthly
to heavenly nature by the First Resur-
rection. which will qualify them to be
"kings and priests unto God and unto
Christ and to reign with Him a thou
sand years" Revelation Xxx. o..
II Is we'll that all Bible students
should mark this fly" and extract 1t
from the Precious Ointment. and no
tice how much sweeter and fresher
the Lords prayer Is to them forever.
"oh, What a Whopperl"
Thomas Paine was an enemy to the
Bible and to the Christian religion. but
largely so. we believe. on account OF
his poor understanding of 1t. And
his Misunderstanding Of the Bible was
largely due TO the false doctrines
handed down from the Dark Ages"
purporting to he biblical Who can
not sympethlze with the great infidel.
Thomas Paine. who. when reading the
last verse Of st. Johns Gospel, ex-
clnimed. 20. what a whOpperw 1t
reads. "And there are also many 9th
er things which Jesus did. the which,
IL they should be written every one.
suppose that even the world itself
could not contain the books that
should be written" tJohn XXI. 25,.
Surely any one of reasoning mind
should see the absurdity of such a
statement. Surely all Christian min
isters should have informed the Lords
sheep under their care respecting what
is and what Is not the Word of God.
the Bible. as II was recognized by the
Apostolic Church and written down In
the original Greek manuscripts. Why
any Christian minister should assaii
me because | endeavor to do for the
people what he has neglected to do l
cannot understand. l must leave 1t to
the Lord to judge between us. I am
Informed that hundreds of ministers
went to the Editors of the papers
which publish my sermons weekly and
endeavored to have them discontinue
their publication.
But the Editors perceive that their
age Of the Ozark Ages" but have be
gun to think for themselves. and that
many OF them are hungering and
thlrsting for the Truth respecting the
Bible-the Christians spiritual food
and drink. To the claim that many
read my sermons instead Of going to
Church the answer is. that Pastor Rus
sell Is preaching to the non-church-
going ten millions who are I'm the ma
jOrlty and that It behooves the minis
ters to provide for their people the
spiritual food for which they are fam
ishlng. if they would not lose them all.
Another Big Fly.
To the credit of such men as Luther
Calvin, Knox. Zwlngll. Wesley and
others living prior TO our day we must
explain that they had no opportunity
for knowing of the spurious passages
of the Scriptures. They. therefore
have no responsibility such as de,
wolves upon ministers of our day who
do. or should. know all about these
matters We cannot on this occasion
make further investigation. take on,
more OF these dead flies: but. the Lord
willing, at some future time John v
Z. 4 will have our attention. II Is
worthy of It. II has caused the Olnt'
ment to stink and has confused the
minds OF many of Gods dear saints by
the way In which the error In this case
hns been interviewer with the Truth.
My hearers should bear distinctly In
mind that what am here presenting
IL not Mt all In line with the presenta
tlons OF the Higher Critics, Theil
method Is TO read through the Scrip
lures and judge of them by their OWL
keen intellectual powers, aud thus tC
discriminate between which were
written by the Prophets credited. md
which were additions. Their Higher
Criticism claims keener scent oI
mental discernment than ordinary
mortals enjoy. by which they know
these things whether others can see u
! no nr NOT