Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-01-07


taught a Purgatory 10 be mitlgaled
by prayers and masses Under the
impulse Of fear millions accepted
Christ and professed disclpleship. 10
total ignorance Of his real teachings.
and vet no more his followers than
when they were hcitheu Later on the
Adversary partially s.detracked the
Reformation Movement 10y leading
jealous people 10 renounce Purgatory
as unscrptural and 10 accept In its
stead for the world NJ large eternal
torment-a still more unsrriptural
proposition-a still more GOddlshonor-
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-
TIED saints will reach heaven and,
contrarlwise that all the insanity
will suffer eternal torture, neverthe.
less. not one In a hundred believes
this The most sanity. the most con
scientiOus Of them are troubled by
their fears. tormented by their sym
pathles, perplexed to understand Gods
dealings. hinderpd from having the
peace and JOY which the Master prom
lsed his followers The less conscien-
tious of them stihe 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 his faithful ones.
Unreliable subtsrfuges 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 a considerable
degree Of subterfuge success has come
along the lines of decelt--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 a considerable meas
ure Of fear To this extent 1t proves
a solace and satisfaction: but It Is a
subterfuge 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
jures 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
sound mind are impossible.
Divine Antidots For Fear.
Gods message through the Law and
the Prophets, to Israel. as interpreted
by Jesus and his Apostles. gives us the
true antidote for fear, 1t does not
deny sin. sickness, sorrow. death; 1t de.
nies no fact, but II does hold out a
remedy for all Of these. an antldote,
"the balm Of Gilead." Moreover, 1t in.
forms us that this antidote can be re.
ceived only through the cooperation of
our heads aud hearts.
1t informs us that this healing Is OBJ.
tainable by only a comparatively few
at this time, but, eventually, the Divine
blessings. worldwide, shall operate to-
ward all humanity as fully as have the
penalties of sin. 1t applies now lin full
degreel only to such as have the hear.
Ing ear, the eye Of faith and the an.
preciative, responsive heart. Others
may obtain measure only Of this con.
ISOLATION. The Great Teacher gave us
the key to this deliverance from fear
saying, we shall know the Truth and
the Truth shall make you free. If the
Son shall make you free, We shall he
free indeed" John viii. 80, 36D.
The first step toward having tbe
Truth make us free is to have the coat.
ing of ignorance and superstition re.
moved aud this is difficult matter
For Instance, the Catholic superstition
OF Purgatory and the Protestant super.
sutton Of eternal torment. for practical
" all mankind, have been so thorough.
" riveted upon their faithful that 10
break their bonds and get free Is n
ulliicult task. Only those who hunger
and thirst after the Lord and his right.
eousness are in any likelihood OF ever
being properly freed,
Others getting free from one error
are merely steered by the Adversary
into another as bad or worse God
seeSeth not these at the present time,
ne viii deal with them by and by nm.
uer Messiah's glorious Kingdom, when
Satan shall he bound. Now as the
Apostle declares, God seeketh such to
worship MIN as worship him In spirt
ana In truth; "The secrev Of the Lord
Is with them that reverence him ond
ne will show them his Covenant" no
VIII set them free now from the bond.
age OF superstition aud fear and nv
ana by In the First Resurrection . he
VIII free them from the body of cor.
rupuor.
In other words, at the present time
all humanity may receive a BLESSING
oi heartconSolation In proportion os
Lhey can come to the knowledge Of
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