The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-02-10

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men carrying away Twenty-Five Thousand
Dollars as a result Of a few weeks work
II the results could be expected to Justify
It. It was not his business what these
and other evangelists might do with their
goodly sums Of earthly treasure. He pre-
Such win undoubtedly have a reward for
their good Intentions Others. however.
thoroughly out of harmony with the un-
reasonable and unscriptura1 teachings Of
the evangelists, nevertheless stiie their
convictions and assist in the misrepre-
sensations of the Divine character and
Plan. Such ~partakers Of evil deeds and
false teachings can hope fer no reward.
but may surely expect Divine disappro-
baton.
Pastor Russell expressed his sympathy
with every movement for the uplifting Of
humanity. But he did not believe, that
anyone Is really benefited by doctrines
which traduce the Divine character and
misrepresent the great Creator, the God
Of Love. as venseful. unjust. unsympa-
thetic, toward his creatures. Those IN
luenced by such teachings ara he be-
lieves. seriously injured. II nisconcep-
ions given them Of God and Of the teach
inss OF the Bible will stay with many Of
them for years, to their damage.
Love Divine should be preached-a lovs
which has made q provision for Adam
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a knowledge Of the Truth and. by obedi-
enoe. to attain eternal life. either on the
spirit plane, az shares In Messfah's King
dom. or on the earthly plane. as sharers
In the great blessings Of re times Of
restitution Of all things which God hath
spoken by the mouth Of all the holy
prophets''-to follow the Second Coming OF
Messiah and the establishment OF his
Kingdom. for which we still pray. Thy
Kingdom come: thy will be lone on earth
as 1t fs done In heaven" II should be
preached hat now Is the time for secur-
Ing q place amongst the elect" OF the
spirit plane by walking in h footsteps
and his service as living sacrifices. 1t
should be preached that with the begin
ming of Messiah's Kingdom Of glory Par
adise Lost will begin to return n even
tually be worldwide, and human perfec-
ton and harmony with God, likewise.
Whatsoever man soweth that shall he
also reap" applies to everybody-to those
who now come to o knowledge Of the
high calling" to saintship and joint
heirship with Christ as Gods select
and also to the world In general. the non
elect. Every wilfui disobedience. every
violation Of conscience, means Just 30
much Of Divine displeasure and chastise-
ment to be- experienced before recovery
IL made. Only the weaknesses N fraii-
ties which have come down to US from
Father Adam. and which hinder us and
distress us at every turn. are forgivable
sins. because only for such Adamic con-
demnation does the great Redeemer make
satisfaction. Such as sin willfully against
full light shall perish In the Second Death
without hope Of recovery
The God Dishonorinv Teachings
But, alas! many Of the teachings 81 our
day have their roots In the darkness of
the past. Sometimes these teachings are
plainly stated and those who refuse to
Join n or another party or sect are
either directly or indirectly given to un-
derstand that their fate Is eternal torture.
Surely neither the Scriptures nor reason
support such theories. which the Apostle
styles doctrines Of devils" Il Timothy ".
y. Indeed, too. the majority Of. ministers
freely confess. in private, that they do
not at all believe the doctrines Of the
eternal torment Of all humanity except
the sanity few among Church members.
Pastor Russell declared that such preach
Ing not only ISLANDERS the Creator but dis
honors human reason and common sense.
as well as the Bible. He knew that mon
ey-getting Is only n of the motives lead
Ing up to such a Misrepresentation OF the
God Of all grace: Another motive is the
adding Of membership to Churches and
the easier moving Of the work along
IN AAAiCos obAAA a tlAIo Ollt0 allO
the best of all. is a desire to uplift man
kind from sin and selfishness.
However, Pastor Russell claimed, first,
that the dishonoring Of the Creator Is too
high a price to pay for the social uplift
Of those who would be claimed as con-
verts: second. he claimed that the same
persons could be much better Influenced
by the proclamation of the Truth. He
considered 1t a reflection against human
intelligence for a request to be made for
all preferring an eternity Of bliss to an
eternity Of torture to Indicate their pref
erence: and then to say that such are
converted. in the Scriptural sense. He
longed to see the zeal thus m~isapplied In
. way SO ~dishonoring to God and to hui
man intelligence turned toward the proc
lamation OF the Truth-the length and
breadth and height n depth Of thu love
Of God.
Gods Ways Are Not Mans Ways
God declares that as the heavens are
higher han the earth. 90 his ways and
plans are higher than mans isaiah Nv. 81.
How we rejoice in this! Instead Of leav-
ing mankind to go down to eternal tor
before Christ. and all but a sanity few
since Christ's sacrifce-God has been
working out a glorious plan of salvation
for all who will accept 1t on the Divine
terms OF obedience. God intimated this
plan through the sacrifice Of Christ when
he covered the nakedness Of our first par
ents with skins. each of which cost a
life. He intimated 1t again in the decla-
ration hat the "seed" Of the woman
would bruise the serpent's head. He re-
peatedly taught It in the types Of the
Jewish Law. During this Gospel Age he
has been preparing the Royal Priesthood.
Of which Jesus IL the Head and Chief
Priest. Soon these 'elect" will be COM
pleted-"then shall the righteous shine
forth as the sun in the Kingdom"
The election" OF the Church II only
Gods preparation for the blessing OF all
the non-elect-the world Of mankind
Adam and all of his children.
Aessiah's Kingdom will moi only re-
strain evil and overturn It, but It win
usher In Righteousness and the full knowl-
edge Of the glory OF God, to every crea-
ture.
II God were honored by the proclama-
ton OF the Truth which the angels pro-
claimed. great will be the blessing to men.
Love will melt moro coh and stony hearts
than Q fear. The angelic Message.
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